"Yes, it's those nuns. The Council has a very good relationship with the nuns of the spiritual order... What's that expression on your face?"
Tifa looked at Shade suspiciously.
"In fact, I always thought that the Witch Council had a bad relationship with any ring wizard group."
Xia De spoke his true feelings. After all, most of those witches had strange personalities.
Tifa gave him a reproachful look;
"The Speaker has many friends. How come they are here too? It's strange, but they are friends. Shade, let's catch up with them. But you don't have to go forward. I will go to contact them and ask about what's going on here."
Beyond the area in front is the Millwood Forest, where the core of the dark realm is located. Obtaining some intelligence at this time will be very beneficial for the next action.
Although Tifa must be by Shad's side to move more safely in the core area of the dark realm, since those nuns can also glow, it is okay for Tifa to stay away from Shad for the time being.
The two hurried over, and Shade stopped at a safe distance, while Tifa walked alone through the darkness of several dozen meters towards the walking nuns.
They were dressed in white and black, and walked in almost the same pace. If he met them at night, Xia De would feel that they were more like a group of female ghosts.
Tifa's appearance alerted the nuns. Although everyone covered their eyes with blindfolds, it did not seem to affect their perception.
Tifa made a gesture and took out a pendant from her neck, thus gaining the trust of the nuns. They talked in a low voice for less than three minutes, and then the nuns continued to set off, but judging from the direction, they were not heading towards the forest ahead.
Tifa turned back to Shade. Judging from her expression, she must have received good news:
"The nuns saw Miss half an hour ago and showed her the way!"
"So where is Miss Carina now?"
"The forest ahead, but the forest has been covered by black crystals. At least the lady was in good condition when we met half an hour ago."
Tifa pointed forward, and Shad looked over there, clearly seeing a giant black stone pillar that seemed to penetrate the sky and earth.
"Any news about Darkness?"
"Another battle took place nearby forty minutes ago. The nuns said that the sinner possessed by the devil used an extremely filthy form to force back the group of ring sorcerers from the Church of the Dawn that had caught up with them first, injuring one of the high-ring sorcerers, and then moved towards the center of the area."
"So is there anyone else around here?"
"Before we came, three lone high-ring warlocks appeared, but they were all forced back by the church. In addition, the Iron Right Hand of the Church of Creation should have also gone to the core of the domain, 20 minutes later than Darkness and 10 minutes later than the young lady. The Blood-weeper Hermons was indeed chased by the Sunshine Greatsword just now. If there were no other things to deal with, the two thirteenth-ring warlocks of the church would have joined forces to prevent him from leaving."
Tifa said as she walked forward with Shade. They arrived a little late and missed the great battle that took place here. It seemed that everything had come to an end and they only had time to watch the end.
"So what are those nuns doing here? Why do they sound like they're always around?"
"I don't know either."
Tifa shook her head regretfully:
"They are also here for the second chosen one, but it seems they are not here to kill him. But don't worry, Sister Tiffany, who is leading the team this time, is only slightly stronger than me. She is a seventh-ring warlock. They have no intention of moving forward."
The nuns had only stopped in this direction, and had only seen people moving forward in this direction, so there must be more ring mages in the core of the realm than the ones they mentioned.
Shad and Tifa continued to move forward. The thick darkness became even denser in this location, and their bodies could almost feel the tangible oppression.
The blessing that Augustus priest gave to Shade was being worn away, and Tifa was also in a bad state. But as long as they didn't fight, they could still hold on.
The black crystals on the ground became denser and larger. After saying goodbye to the nuns, they soon saw an old man in a gray robe lying on the ground among the crystals.
When they got closer, they found that he was still alive, but had fallen asleep. After Shade turned him over, Tifa recognized that he was Mr. Modro, the eleventh ring warlock of the Peace Church. Although he looked uninjured, his breathing was very weak.
It was already evening, and Shade used Scindia's Silver Moon Gift and Fullness Food to treat him, and Tifa also took out a small bottle of green potion. After drinking the potion, although Mr. Modro's eyelids moved a little, as if he wanted to open them, he couldn't.
Xia De then put his ear close and heard the old man murmur a word in a low voice:
"vampire."
"Vampire? The Blood Spirit School is indeed related to the vampire clan. It seems that there is at least one high-level alien ahead."
Tifa said worriedly, because basic common sense is that alien ring mages of the same level are stronger than human ring mages.
"We need to hurry up. It looks like we are really late. I hope the battle is not over yet."
Shad said.
Continuing forward, we saw several more ring sorcerers from the Orthodox Church. Two of them had already died, and one could be given a false state of immortality and was no longer seriously injured after being treated.
Most of the injured had traces of being corroded by the human pus. Shade carried out emergency rescue on the survivors, but because the moonlight on his fingertips was severely suppressed, he failed to successfully dispel the human pus.
He could only do what he could, but when this was over, the church should be able to find a way to treat the injured.
Going further, a ring wizard who was not from the church appeared. He was also in a coma, and no identification was found after checking his belongings. Tifa suspected that this was the other helpers that the Bloodweaver had summoned when he went to Tobesk. Since he had long planned to assist Darkness in the ceremony, there was no reason for him not to have other people around him.
So they were not sure how many enemies were ahead.
The oppressive darkness made every breath difficult. The silver light on her body and the golden light behind her barely supported her weak vision. At 7:23 pm, Tifa was finally able to see the black pillar that pierced the sky and the earth in the darkness. Five minutes later, they passed through the empty town covered by giant black crystals and entered the strange and twisted Millwood Forest.
Now, it would be more appropriate to call this place the Crystal Forest.
On the outskirts of the Crystal Forest, Shad finally saw two high-level warlocks of the Church of the Sun, joining forces to fight against a tall demon.
The demon looked almost the same as the one that Shade had fought in the cornfield, but it looked even more powerful and could fight by splitting its own body organs.
The dismembered body floated in the air, drawing strength from the thick darkness, looking extremely terrifying.
Tifa, who knew more information, told Shade that this was the demon "Hidden One" guarding the dark realm, an alienated individual born from the Servant of Secrets. If this demon appeared in the outside world, it would take at least two middle-ring warlocks to deal with it, but in the dark realm, two high-ring warlocks might not be able to defeat it.
They bypassed the two fighting parties and officially entered the crystal forest under the trunk of the giant tree. Although the surroundings were still silent, the chaotic elements showed that there were more ring warlocks in this forest than imagined.
There are traces of battles everywhere along the way, because no matter which side wants to move forward, they must defeat the demon guarding here.
At this time, the ground beneath their feet had completely turned black in this crystal forest, and more and more black shadows were hovering around. They were struggling to move forward, and the black scars on the dark box carried by Tifa were increasing, and the four metal amulets were almost completely cracked.
Fortunately, the blessing of the Augustus priest helped Shad see farther, allowing them to avoid most battles. The demons living here have stronger perception than Shad, so when a few demons discovered them, Shad and Tifa were forced to open the Dark Box to hide.
Although this would increase the risk of the relic losing control, the demons in the Crystal Forest were no longer something they could handle. After all, this was the core of the angel-level relic, and even if they could successfully reach it, the monsters guarding it were not something a middle-ring warlock or a low-ring warlock could handle.
But even so, they were ultimately unable to safely pass through the Crystal Forest and reach the center.
It wasn't because he was stopped by a demon, nor was it because he encountered an unexpected ring wizard. When he could see the spiritual light flickering in the center of the forest from a distance through the gaps between the crystal trees, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook, and then it seemed as if the whole world was making a shrill cry.
The sound came from all directions, like the roar of a giant in the darkness, or the howling of a ferocious beast from before the era, but more like a terrible evil spirit wailing in the middle of the night.
"Be careful, something is wrong. Could it be that the final battle has already begun ahead?"
Shad and Tifa supported each other and saw the deep and thick darkness in the space around them, flowing towards the center of the crystal forest like a trickle. However, the flow of darkness did not restore the surroundings to normal, but made the chaotic whispering elements even stronger.
At this moment, the silver moonlight on Shad was compressed to the extreme, and the four metal amulets tied around Tifa's waist were all shattered. With a crackling sound, the crystals on the trees and the ground began to spread in all directions.
The spreading crystals clung to all the surrounding objects and naturally surrounded the two of them in an instant.
However, due to the light on Shad's body, the dark crystals did not climb onto his body. But Tifa's situation was a bit worse. When Shad noticed, Tifa's legs were completely wrapped by those black crystals, and they were about to spread from the waist to the chest.