“Help! Help!”
Continuing forward, the highlighted traces and the source of chaos clearly pointed to the road on the left, but Shade heard a very familiar woman's cry for help in front of him.
He didn't want to pay attention to it, but the voice was actually approaching. Xia De subconsciously looked up at the road wrapped in flames in front of him, and then saw that Margaret, who should definitely not be here, appeared not far from the road in front.
She was held hostage by her brother, Prince William, with a dagger. Her fair neck was bleeding from the sharp knife, just like a crack on a piece of fine porcelain. She was shouting for help and reaching forward with both hands, as if trying to grab Shad.
Fake.
Xia De was stunned for a moment, then swung his sword:
"What I hate most is when someone turns into a woman and lies to me!"
The arc of silver sword light split the illusionary Margaret and Prince William into two pieces. Still not satisfied, Shade walked over again to see what was going on. Then he saw that this road was a dead end. Behind the illusion, a big-tailed squirrel was crushed under a broken tree trunk and was squeaking.
This time it's real.
she said softly.
The end of the fork in the road ahead was not far from the intersection where Xia De was, so he wouldn't waste too much time. Xia De hesitated for a moment, ran over, bent down, lifted the tree trunk, and rescued the big-tailed squirrel from under the trunk.
But at this moment, a rustling sound suddenly appeared, and then the burning tall trees on both sides all fell towards Shade. Shade could have avoided it by jumping with the rag, but the squirrel in his hand could not avoid it.
There was no time to hold up the shield, so he could only protect the squirrel and then withstand several falling heavy objects.
With his physical fitness, he would not have any problem even if he was hit by these blows. But in the strange demonic realm, after being hit, Shade felt that his false immortality was almost triggered. He groaned, then spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground, and felt that several of his bones were broken.
"What do you want me to say about you?"
The sound of the devil's laughter appeared in the sky:
"You didn't save your own princess, but you saved a little animal. Put away your pitiful compassion. Look at what you are like now. I think you have learned your lesson now, right?"
Shade still said nothing. He picked up the frightened squirrel, then returned to the fork in the road while healing himself, and continued to follow the traces towards the deeper parts of the burning forest in the demon realm.
The exit of the maze is not far away, and this devil's game will soon have an outcome.
(Little Mia is running...)
10 o'clock at night, downtown Randall Valley, Church of the Sun and the Earth.
The seventeen-year-old girl who was meditating with her eyes closed in the somewhat messy main hall opened her eyes. At this moment, other people who noticed her inexplicably felt that there was a strange heaviness about Yin Luna Beias.
She clenched her palms, recalling the inexplicable phenomenon that occurred during meditation:
"It's really strange. As long as you meditate deeply in the Randall River Valley area, you can hear an irregular heartbeat... What does this mean?"
"Ms. Beas, Mr. Granger wants to see you."
The young nun who came hurriedly said to Yin Luna, Yin Luna touched the demon hunting seal on her finger, nodded, stood up, glanced at the various ring warlock teams that were being dispatched or ready to set off, and then walked to the back of the church with the nun.
The belief in the old man with the lantern, the god of the sun and the earth, is the main belief in the Randall River Valley. The magnificent church has a back garden, which is still full of flowers even in late winter under the influence of the church's divine power.
Of course, the explanation for ordinary believers is that this is a miracle of the church.
In the back garden, Yin Luna saw the thirteenth ring warlock transferred by the Church of the Sun, "Earth Shaker" Pierre Granger, and the ascetic monk Shade had seen before. Although they stood directly in the snow, and the latter was barefoot, the strange thing was that the gray snow seemed to deliberately avoid the two of them, leaving no snow on their shoulders and heads.
The hemp-robed monk saw Yin Luna coming, nodded slightly and left. Yin Luna also greeted him and asked Mr. Granger:
“The Church is really ready to...”
"Yes, since the incident in your Tobesk Diocese last summer, the church has been in a relatively passive position in a series of events. This incident must not happen again."
Yin Luna frowned and asked again:
"What's the situation now?"
"It's not even midnight yet. Although revived fossil creatures have appeared outside the city and scattered earth elemental life forms have appeared inside the city, we can still handle it for now."
Mr. Granger said, taking a small box from the stone fence with rose and lily patterns surrounding the snow-covered flowerbed and handing it to Yin Luna:
"Just sent from the Vatican."
It was a red wooden box with a sun-patterned holy emblem on the lid. Yin Luna opened it and saw a golden stone lying on the red lining:
"This is... ... "
"A fragment of the heart of the earth."
Mr Granger explained:
"The Heart of the Earth in the original era has long since collapsed. It is now located in an unknown location deep beneath the Randall River Valley. It is only a wreckage. Although these disintegrated fragments no longer have the power to directly affect the earth, they are still treasures for ring sorcerers. According to the news from the Witch Council, the ritual of the chosen one requires a ring sorcerer with the 'power of the earth'. You will participate in the banquet as a guest. The Church hopes that you can master a kind of power of the earth."
"It's not something I can master immediately."
“It’s good to give it a try.”
Mr. Granger said with a smile, so Yin Luna touched the golden stone with her finger, frowned slightly, and put the box away:
"I heard that the Heart of the Earth has the ability to automatically aggregate? Has the church never thought about collecting more fragments of the Heart of the Earth over the years?"
She talked about the news she heard from Shade, that if there were enough fragments of the Heart of the Earth, it would even be possible to directly awaken the Guardian.
"The ability of the fragments of the Heart of the Earth to automatically aggregate can only be exerted within a certain range. Moreover, the era when the Heart of the Earth collapsed was quite far away from the Sixth Era in which we live, and the prosperity of the Five Gods Church only began in the late Fifth Era, so it is not easy to find."
Mr. Granger explained patiently that the entire conversation between the two was in Carsenric, but Mr. Granger's Carsenric was quite standard, so Yin Luna could understand it completely.
As the two were talking, a three-ring warlock walked over quickly with a parchment roll tied with a ribbon and handed it to Mr. Granger. The latter took it and took a look:
"Something happened outside the city. Are there fossilized bones of a giant dragon under the Randall River Valley?"
"Do you need me to go?"
Yin Luna asked.
"Sister Defulin has already rushed there. She is the best at dealing with this."
Mr. Granger shook his head, and Yin Luna narrowed her eyes. She knew that Sister Develyn was near the Moon Worship Ruins, with the Night Watchers ready to pick up Shade. Now that the nun was distracted by other things, Shade was missing his most important helper.
Gray snowflakes fell in a flurry, but they could not dye Yin Luna's brown hair any other color. Winter ants moved in groups on the paths cleared in the garden, warning people of the coming of a major earthquake.
Suddenly the ground shook. For the nth time tonight, an earthquake shook the church again.
Yin Luna and Mr. Granger stopped talking. The latter said goodbye to Yin Luna worriedly and walked towards the main hall in front to wait for new news. He was a thirteen-ring warlock who stayed in the city and would not go out unless it was absolutely necessary.
Yin Luna continued to stay in the church garden, looking up at the night sky, thinking about the stranger who was dealing with the devil.
Two blocks away in the Wilde Opera House, Luvia, who had also finished deep meditation, opened her eyes. Unlike Yin Luna who heard the irregular heartbeat, the revelation that deep meditation gave to the fortune teller was even more bizarre.
She didn't talk to anyone, but picked up the obsidian pendulum and swung it, then quickly placed her divination cards on the table.
"Yin Luna Bei Yasi."
He whispered to himself, and after turning over the card, he saw "Earth" on it.
"Interesting... Shad Hamilton."
She whispered again, and this time when she turned over the card, it read "Shadow".
"Shad's Central Ring Ascension Word Spirit Rune, the shadow of the silver moon guides the final direction. It looks like it's tonight."
I stood up, opened the door and walked to the corridor, just in time to run into Miss Rita Swift who was about to open the door:
"Miss Sylvia has sent new news from outside Oxenfurt Manor. Sister Develyn has temporarily left. Oxenfurt Manor is surrounded by an indecipherable spatial barrier. Miss Sylvia is trying to enter the manor directly."
"Send her a reply. Even if she can't get in herself, send the night watchman in."
Although she was extremely worried about Xia De's current condition, the purple-eyed girl still showed her strength:
"Where's Miss Hayley Aurora?"
"I entered the parliament five minutes ago and haven't returned yet."
Miss Swift said, seeing the fortune-telling cards on the table, she wanted to ask Luvia about the fortune-telling result just now, but the girl in a maid dress who hurried over from the rooftop observation point brought new bad news:
"Two streets to the east, a fallen earth elemental giant appeared. The target is moving towards the southeast. Two mid-ring warlocks from the Peace Church who were patrolling nearby have joined the battle, but they can't stop the big guy."