After bidding farewell to the professor of Zaras Academy of Literature, Shade continued to walk towards the Natural Church in the center of the narrow space. As for the content of the letter, it informed the church in the narrow space that once the bells coming from the direction of Xikar Mountain were heard, the ceremony should be started in advance.
Such an important letter was sent by a stranger named Shade because there was more than one channel transmitting this message. Something seemed to have happened on Mount Sikar, and the church planned to start the ceremony ahead of schedule.
Even though the sound was suppressed, strange noises could still be heard coming from everywhere along the way.
Joey Barton, whose real body is currently unknown, is definitely controlling the undead, and the narrow space itself is also counterattacking the actions of the living. The church has mobilized a large number of people this time, plus the help provided by the three major thaumaturgy schools and friendly organizations such as the Prophet Association, so far it has barely been able to resist the counterattack of the narrow space.
When he finally approached the Natural Cathedral, Shade witnessed a "tide of the dead" with his own eyes.
It was a terrifying scene. He climbed to a high place to try to find the direction, and then saw the fog swirling around in front of him as if it was stirred by the wind. He jumped over the street with his jumping ability, jumped onto a bent gas street lamp, and then jumped onto the roof of another house facing the street. Only then did he see that it was a dense mass of undead, like a tide, rushing towards the natural church that was looming in the fog.
Everything in the narrow space is a "dilapidated and damaged version" of the real world, except for the Natural Church, which looks almost exactly the same as the real church and is even glowing.
At this time, the golden bell on the side tower of the church was being rung continuously by a burly figure whose face could not be seen clearly. The sound of the bell could not travel very far, but every time it was rung, a circle of green ripples would spread outward from the church, and evil spirits would be slowly melted when they came into contact with the ripples.
There are also ring sorcerers guarding the main entrance and side windows of the church, using spells, magic, and incantations to drive away the undead spirits that approach the church.
This was the nth time that the church had come under attack, and the church's ring sorcerers were quite familiar with how to deal with it. Even if the narrow space suppressed the power of divine magic, the divine magic rituals of the Five Gods Church, with the church itself as the ritual base, could offset this negative suppression.
At the end of this horrific wave of undead, a giant black evil spirit appeared with a hunched back and a bone hammer. It was hard to imagine what kind of living person could become like this after death.
But the huge size also meant that the area under attack was wider. It didn't even touch the wall of the church before it was blasted into a sieve by the golden light bullets that were like a rain of light, and then turned into wisps of white ash and disappeared.
People at the church windows clapped their hands in celebration, and then re-arranged the destroyed outer defense rituals and traps. Meanwhile, Shad's attention shifted to the other end of the dilapidated street where the church was located.
At the intersection of the foggy street, a figure slowly disappeared into the mist. Because of the short and deformed appearance, Shade was almost certain that it was Joey Barton.
"He appeared on the top of the mountain, on the mountainside, and at the foot of the mountain at the same time? He absorbed the Joker and actually inherited the ability of the clone?"
As if noticing Xia De's gaze, the slowly disappearing figure suddenly became clear again.
It was indeed Joey Barton. He was leaning against the cracked red brick wall at the corner of the street, looking at Shad on the roof through the white fog.
The two stared at each other until Joey Barton looked away. He squatted down with great effort, then pressed hard against the ground—
Boom!
A dull sound came from the Natural Church on the other side of the street, and then a small silent earthquake occurred with the Natural Church as the center. After the earthquake, a black wind broke through the church door and flew into the sky like a tornado.
Following closely behind was Iluna, a 17-year-old girl dressed neatly. She rang the holy bell at the door of the church, then squatted slightly and suddenly threw the golden thunder spear in her hand:
"Sunshine Gun!"
Of course, Shad couldn't hear the sound, but he guessed that Iluna must have shouted this sentence.
The sun spear penetrated the clouds and hit the center of the black wind. As the golden lightning exploded in the air, a woman wearing a white wedding dress and riding a dark red horse appeared in the black wind.
The wedding dress that should have been pure white was covered with black bloodstains, and the veil completely covered her face. In her right hand, she held a sharp black sickle, and in her left hand, she held a man's head in front of her chest.
Because the man was in the sky, Xia De couldn't see the man's expression clearly. But when he stared at the woman, his inexplicable intuition made him understand:
"The fourth nail! It was sent to the narrow space by the church... Did it escape?"
I was slightly surprised, and then I looked at Barton at the street corner. He nodded slightly to Shade, then backed away and disappeared into the fog.
Obviously, he is tempting you to catch up.
"I know."
Xia De supported the fishing rod on his back and picked up the kerosene lamp at his feet. He glanced at the woman in a wedding dress riding a horse above the church and the two high-level warlocks flying out of the church:
"But even if it's a trap, I'm going to chase it."
Without attracting the church's attention, Shade returned to the ground from the roof and came to the corner where Barton had just stood. Of course, there was no one there at this time. Shade looked around at the empty street and stepped forward to take a look to the right. But he didn't expect that the world would spin as soon as he took a step. The white fog quickly gathered and completely blocked his sight. When his vision returned to normal, the surroundings were no longer a city, but a mountain open space full of black dead trees and twisted weeds.
"Space movement? No, I have the ethereal rune, and space-related power cannot be so effective on me... It's not that my position has been moved, but that another space has been spliced in?"
There was only black dead grass that looked like buds in the clearing. On the other side of the clearing, Joey Barton was waiting for Shade.
After not seeing him for a day, his skin color became much whiter. It was not a healthy white, but a white like a corpse. However, his declining health brought about an increase in his strength.
Even the least perceptive ring sorcerer could easily detect the strong whispering element in him.
"Mr. Watson, why are you so persistent? Do you have such deep feelings for Midhill Castle?"
He stared at Shad calmly, his voice coming from all around the dense forest, as if he was everywhere.
This is a little trick to instill fear in people, and Shad won't be fooled.
"I once said that I am an outsider and I have no feelings for this city. But now that this has happened and I have the ability to stop it, I can't just watch you make a big mistake."
"You still want to convince me?"
"You have begun to fuse the relics. You can't turn back."
Xia De said softly, and then a sigh came from all around the dense forest:
"yes... "
Mr. Barton lowered his head and said nothing more. Shad frowned and raised the sword in his hand.
Suddenly there was a sharp explosion, and Joey Patton's neck stretched out like a snake, and his head flew towards Shad like a cannonball.
Since he had decided to stop the other party, Xia De didn't want to try it at all:
"Daylight ray!"
The right index finger was placed on the sword, and then both hands held the sword and thrust forward. As the color of the midday sun gathered on the sword, a thick beam of light shot out with the huge wind pressure.
The beam of sunlight not only penetrated Joey Barton's body, but also left a straight trail of light in the dark forest behind him.
Joey Barton's body completely melted in the beam of light, and the panting Shade quickly drew a circle under his feet with his long sword, then knelt on one knee and put his forehead on the hilt of the sword:
"Space stability aura."
Crack~ A clear cracking sound appeared in my ears. I looked up and saw that I was back to the corner of the abandoned city surrounded by white fog. Joey Barton knelt on the ground and was trying to get up panting. Shade stepped forward with a sword in hand and appeared beside him the next moment.
The sword fell and slashed at the opponent's neck, but the strong hand suddenly raised up and grasped the sword of the Night Watchman. The long sword was humming, the runes on the sword were clear, and the sword slashed the demon and emitted a bright light.
Joey Barton, holding the sword, slowly stood up against Shade's strength, his eyes still calm:
"I am no longer the One-Ring Seer you knew."
The Night Watchman automatically fought back against the evil force, and dozens of white sword beams hit Barton's chest. He swung it violently, and the Night Watchman was snatched from Shade's hand, flew out diagonally and stuck in the ground, buzzing because of the vibration.
"I know."
Shad threw a right fist, and Joey Barton threw a left fist. The two fists collided head-on, and with a cracking sound of bones, Shad flew backwards, breaking the tilted street lamp pole across the road, and then crashing through the brick wall of a nearby shop.
When I got up from the rubble, I felt that my entire right hand had lost all feeling, and it was obvious that I had multiple fractures:
"This power is too exaggerated."
He endured the pain and climbed up. Joey Barton still stood there looking at him, but did not catch up with him:
"The gentlemen of the Truth Society told me that only the chosen can fight against the chosen. Mr. Watson, you are an audience member, so don't think about interfering with the performance on the stage."
Xia De snorted and said nothing.
Joey Barton is still talking:
"Perhaps the Chosen One is really the one chosen by fate. If I rely on my own strength alone, it would be impossible to break through the church's defenses, but fortunately, Hazama is unwilling to be sealed. So, I help it, and it helps me."
"In stories, people who say this are usually villains."
"Fortunately, this is not a story, this is an epic."
The middle-aged man who looked like a deformed child watched Xia De limping out of the ruins, supporting himself with his right arm:
"Mr. Watson, I have few friends in my life, but I consider you, who I have only met a few times, to be one of my few friends. Please watch carefully, watch everything, watch what happens today. This night at Midhill Castle will go down in history."