Miss Annat and Miss Bei Ya Si both took the water bottle from Shade. Because the previous battle consumed too much energy, Shade, who was almost exhausted, was unable to produce much water this time. He could only let the three of them treat those injuries that might be fatal first.
After doing this, I looked at the tree:
"One last thing, burn this tree."
The treetops rustled, but they didn't dare to attack the three people under the tree. There were still two minutes left for Shade's divine overflow state to end, and what it did was correct.
"What should we do now? I still don't understand. This is a keeper-level relic after all. How do we destroy it?"
Iluna asked, Shade stood under the tree, and the two ladies stood behind him. The giant tree emitting orchid light in the underground cave was indeed beautiful, but it would be better to destroy it.
"Just set it on fire."
The woman's spirit appeared before them again, and she still only spoke to Shade:
"My body has been absorbed by the tree and is almost fused with it. God's Blessed One, you set the fire from the outside, and I will help from the inside. This is equivalent to the self-destruction of the corpse tree of the Secret Keeper-level relic, and this will destroy the tree."
After saying this, he disappeared again.
“Is it that simple?”
Miss Bei Yasi still didn't understand, but Xia De understood that the other party probably felt the power of the old gods in him:
"Let me set the fire, you guys take a break."
As he spoke, in order to prevent the headless body of the Silver Eyed Man from being burned, Shade bent down and tried to pull the body aside. However, the vines bound the body and prevented Shade from pulling it to his side.
"Um?"
A golden light flickered in his pupils, and the vines retreated. Xia De pulled the corpse to his feet, raised his right index finger, and a flame emerged with a puff.
Then he blew at the flame, and the sea of fire spread forward.
"Oh~"
A painful groan came from the tree in front of him, and then it seemed to come from all directions. The flames licked the tree trunk, and then spread to the entire canopy at an extremely fast speed.
The giant tree was shaking, and the vines were trembling above the three people's heads.
Behind Iluna, a golden life ring slowly appeared, and then transformed into a golden scale:
"balance."
The power of the chosen one spread out in all directions, and the power of the relic was further suppressed.
The burning branches and fallen leaves continued to crackle in the sea of fire, but none of the burning objects falling from the top of the tree canopy hit the three people under the tree.
They looked up and saw the big trees above their heads being engulfed by flames in an instant. The heart-shaking wailing sounds continued to come from all directions.
As the flames grew more fierce and the wailing grew sharper, a bright white light appeared in front of them.
Ms. Gina Angela Sewell, who died a thousand years ago, reappeared. The death of the corpse tree seemed to make her soul more complete. At this moment, she appeared in front of the three people, and her transparent body radiated a soft white light.
She was wearing a white robe and barefoot, and she bowed slightly to Shade:
“Thanks for your help.”
"Are you staying here to guard voluntarily, or are you a soul that remains here by accident?"
The female fortune teller was very curious about this. The holy white soul shook its head under the madly burning tree. The fire illuminated the three living people, but there was only holy white light on the soul:
"I am not just staying here. I have always been here, guarding this relic."
"So what are you going to do after that?"
Miss Bei Yasi also asked, looking around hesitantly:
"Mercury Blood already knows about this place. I'm afraid more people will break in in the future."
"Then, could you please hand over our Lord's statue, holy emblem, 18 golden engravings, and the collected books to the Orthodox Church for safekeeping?"
Ms. Sewell asked the sorceress with short brown hair. She recognized the Sunshine Gun and naturally knew that Miss Bei Yasi was from the Orthodox Church:
"Once our Lord awakens and the Order is revived, we will reclaim these precious items."
"no problem."
Iluna nodded:
"But the church may look through those materials. I hope you don't mind."
"No problem, you can copy whatever you want as long as it doesn't damage it."
"What about you?"
Xia De also asked. Although he had ignited the fire, it was completely out of his control. In just a few minutes, at least two-thirds of the treetops had disappeared. The temperature was rising, and black ash was falling to the ground. Even the roots under the floor were ignited by the fire, and flames appeared from the cracks.
It was getting hotter and stuffier here. Fortunately, the ruins had a unique gas exchange function, otherwise the three of them would have been poisoned by the gas sooner or later.
"I will leave and keep going."
She said softly, and Shade and the other two ladies stood in awe. Not many people can face death calmly, especially souls who have stayed in the world for a long time, and they are even less likely to leave... ... The two souls in the cemetery are exceptions, they have nothing to worry about.
"Also, my Lord's creation."
She looked at the God's gift box that Shade had temporarily placed on the ground and paused:
"God's favored one, you will keep this item temporarily. When my Lord is resurrected, please return it to its original owner."
"no problem."
Of course Xia De would not refuse.
"Besides, I have nothing to give you. My companions and I donated all our property before closing this place. However, each of us kept one personal item. I have no right to deal with other people's relics, but my inheritance belongs to you."
The Holy White Soul pointed to the tree trunk behind him. With a crackling sound, the trunk of the giant tree was licked by the flames, revealing the body hidden inside the trunk. Only the skeleton was left of the body, but the skeleton was crystal clear like a gem. The tentacles in the trunk were entangled with it, absorbing power from it for years, but now both of them were about to be completely destroyed by the fire.
Xia De looked into the flames in confusion, not understanding what the other party wanted to give him.
Miss Annat's eyesight was better, she let out a light exclamation, then waved her hand, and a small piece of paper floated out from the corpses and tree trunks engulfed by the fire.
Shade reached out and caught the flying piece of paper between his fingers. Luvia and Iluna both stretched their heads to look, and on the side facing Shade, there were abstract patterns of the sun, moon, and stars, superimposed together to form a strange combination of patterns.
"The card back of the Rhodes brand?"
Miss Bei Yasi said doubtfully. In the firelight, the back of the card seemed to be flickering.
"But I remember that the Rhodes Card was issued hundreds of years ago. Why would a ring warlock from thousands of years ago possess the Rhodes Card?"
She asked Miss Annat, who was from the Prophet Association. The latter's frown relaxed and her purple eyes looked at Shade with a smile:
"I already understand, did you guess it?"
"Could it be..."
Xia De stared at the card in his hand in a daze. He did not turn it over to see the front, but raised his head and asked the soul in front of him:
"How did you get this card? Did your god ask you to collect it?"
The Creator of Innocence once gave Shad the advice to collect all thirteen Vientiane cards.
Miss Sever's soul shook her head slightly:
"No, this is my mother's relic. I don't know its exact origin. I kept it with me to commemorate my mother. I actually didn't know what it was before I died, but it has been immortal for thousands of years, so it should not be an ordinary thing."
Shade moved his fingers slightly, and the card was turned over. The front of the card only had white, black, and cool colors close to the two colors.
A man in a robe, with an unclear face, hangs upside down above the card with his arms outstretched. His right leg is straight and directly touching the upper edge. Wooden tentacles wrap around his right foot and disappear into the edge of the card. His left foot is slightly bent and rests on his right knee. In his left hand is a familiar bell, and in his right hand is a scale. Below is the blurry appearance of a city, which only exists as a background.
The number 7 is marked in the upper right corner of the front, and the small flower logo is in the upper left corner. Between the two, that is, in the center of the upper edge of the front of the card, there is a black vertical line in a white circle, which is the logo of the "Founding" series.
There was a little blank space at the bottom of the card, with a line of small words written there:
When using this card, if the points exceed 21, the points will be reset to zero, all your cards will be discarded, and you will draw new cards.
"Origin Balance?!"
Miss Beas said in surprise.
Shade looked at Miss Anat, very puzzled by the coincidence of this card. He corrected in a low voice:
"No, it's the impermanence of everything. Balance."
The crackling sound of the flames above my head became a little quieter. This unusually large fire did not cause many branches and leaves to fall, but instead engulfed almost everything on the plant.
The dim light of the flames represented that the corpse tree was reaching the end of its life, but it also represented that the soul in front of it was about to leave.
"I hope this card is useful to you."
She said to Xia De, and the smile on her face made the light around her even stronger:
"I have guarded the ruins alone for a thousand years, suppressed this relic, endured the darkness and loneliness. I think it's time to leave."
"You are truly an admirable person."
Miss Beas praised, saying that she also came from the church and knew what piety this was.
"No, this is what I should do. The three of us volunteered to guard the ruins and voluntarily accepted this future. Now I am the only one left. This is not forced by others, but my own wish..."
The flames completely engulfed her body in the tree trunk, but the flames could not suppress the white light on her body.
“I never regret it.”
Before he finished speaking, the three of them and the soul looked up at the sky. At this time, the treetops above their heads had basically burned out, leaving only the flying ashes. Suddenly, a beam of light descended from the sky and enveloped the Holy White Soul.
"Um?"
In the beam of light, the white light around Gina Angela Sewell gradually gathered behind her and turned into two pure white wings. At the same time, the golden light in the beam of light condensed into a dazzling golden ring above her head.
The three were stunned.
"Goodbye, then."
Ms. Sewell was not surprised by her changes. Instead, she looked up, above the ground, with great concern.
He bowed slightly to the three of them for the last time:
"Greater dangers will be waiting for you. Please always believe in light and justice. God's favored one, I wish you good luck."
The voice was a little distorted, she shook her head and pointed her finger at the three people. The white light from her fingertips entered the bodies of the three people, and then she flapped her wings behind her, rising up in the light of the sky, and finally disappeared.
The burning trees around them were left with only the last flames. Shad and the two ladies kept looking up at the sky, and no one spoke.
After a long while, Miss Beatrice asked in a low voice:
"She...became an angel?"
Miss Anat looked at the sky where the light had disappeared in surprise:
"It's just like an ancient myth, where a devout believer... ...hasn't her god gone far away? I'm more interested in where the angel will go."
Xia De also looked at the stone wall above his head. He didn't know what to say:
"Even though so many incredible things have happened tonight, this is definitely the most incredible one."
After all, everything else had been anticipated before the three of them entered the ruins.
The flames gradually died down, and the whispering elements gradually returned to balance. Under his feet was the headless body of the Silver-Eyed Man, and further away, a dark mass was buried in ashes. It was the remains of a vampire.
After seeing the angel appear and disappear before their eyes, the three people doubted whether everything they experienced today was real. But the body's feelings could not be faked. The angel treated them before leaving, and except for Miss Bei Yasi's left eye, all the pain in their bodies and souls disappeared. Even the drowsiness after the overflow of divinity disappeared.
Of course, this was mainly because he didn't actually use much strength.
However, Miss Beiasi still had no eye in her left eye, having sacrificed it to gain wisdom, so it would be impossible to restore that eye by ordinary means.
The fire gradually went out, and in the disappearing light, Miss Beas gradually became depressed. Even though Miss Anat promised to help her find a suitable magic eye, the young brown-haired girl was a little sad. She took out the eye mask that had been prepared long ago from her pocket and put it on herself, showing an ugly smile to Shade and Miss Anat.
In fact, Xia De had just picked up the two silver magic eyes of the Silver Eyed One, but they originally belonged to the Silver Eyed One, and she obviously didn't want to use them.
By now, all the tasks of going deep into the ruins have been completed, and the three of them are ready to leave to avoid being blocked in the ruins. As for the departing angel, the things that Miss Bei Yasi handed over to the Orthodox Church for safekeeping were temporarily stored in the dark room of the ruins. Anyway, the mercury blood was not found, so the church would collect it later.
The Thousand-Eyed Gargoyle, a Secret-Keeper-level relic, was numbered 3765, and the mirror behind the Secret-Keeper-level relic was also planned to be left in the ruins, waiting to be recovered by the church.
The gargoyles, nicknamed "giant gods," were too big for them to move, and the mirrors were too dangerous. So, these two items and the ruins themselves were left to the church as a deposit to help preserve the legacy of the Creator Order of Innocence.