"Sir, what will happen on the mountain?"
Although Bernhardt and Shade did not say that word in the previous conversation, the perceptive girl still noticed something. Seeing that Shade was really about to leave, Miss Swift asked timidly.
"Don't worry."
The stranger patted the flaxen-haired young witch on the shoulder:
"Guard this place well. When I ran all the way here just now, the situation outside was getting worse. I think the decisive battle should break out soon. Now you are the highest person in charge here."
He smiled and was about to leave, but Miss Swift grabbed his sleeve:
"Just like that blood-sucking creature said, do you really have to go up the mountain? The way up the mountain is difficult to walk. Souls from all ages have appeared. The narrow space is releasing them into our world, regardless of whether those souls are willing or not."
"I have to go."
Xia De put his hands behind his back and patted the fishing rod he had carried all the way.
"I have to go."
"Then please don't miss them. Missing them will draw the souls related to you into reality and create more enemies for you... Good luck."
When we crossed the city again and headed for the entrance to Mount Sikar, there were actually fewer undead on the streets than before, but the whispering elements in the thick white fog were stronger.
The sounds of explosions and roars from unknown sources were heard from every corner of the city. The light above the five churches in the city was radiating more and more strongly to the entire area.
The ritual of "The Trace of the Sacred Tree" is nearly complete, and in the sanctuary city, evil spirits are being rapidly expelled. However, this also means that in mountainous areas where the power of civilization is sparse, the fighting will be more intense.
The "Trace of the Sacred Tree" ritual can only be completed after all the evil spirits in reality have been expelled, so the battle at this moment should be the decisive battle.
Following the red halo, he came from the city to the foot of the mountain and encountered almost no obstacles. But when he approached the forest, the densely packed souls prowling in the thick white fog were almost as numerous as what he encountered in the narrow space.
There were also traces of rituals on the ground in the mountains, but not every inch of land was illuminated by divine magic. From time to time, there would be bursts of spiritual light, appearing at higher altitudes in the mountains, and abnormal golden thunder would flash from time to time in the sky above.
Even with the blessing of the Witch Emperor, Shade still inevitably encountered a fierce battle after going up the mountain.
Without the divinity in his soul, the feeling of emptiness had already made his mental state very bad. Without the Night Watcher in his hand, he couldn't even use the daylight rays to carry out range attacks.
Although he was not trapped in the tide of the undead, every step forward wasted more time. Holding two moonlight swords, the light of the silver moon accompanied Shade's every step, but the undead rushing out of the dense forest seemed to have no end.
Fortunately, as the silvery-white light burst out above the top of the mountain, the shadow of a giant red rose bloomed in the air.
A huge brass thirteen-ring life ring appeared above the rose's phantom. Then, as countless bright red petals drifted toward the mountainous area, the thick fog in the mountainous area actually became much lighter.
When Shade touched the petals, he discovered that they were real. According to "her" suggestion, eating these petals could restore consumed spirit and even heal injuries:
"The thirteenth-ring warlock who stayed in reality is the principal, Mr. Andre Pigman. As expected, he would definitely take action at a time like this."
Shade looked up at the huge rose blossoming in the sky with awe. He remembered that Grandma Cassandra said that Professor Pigman came to support Midhill Castle with a Level 0 relic. The three thirteenth rings of the church were all in the narrow room, and only the headmaster of Saint Byrons was in reality:
"The combination of the thirteenth ring and the level 0 relic is really amazing."
These falling roses soon covered the ground. The white mist dissipated slightly, allowing most of the ferocious undead to hide in the forests covered by trees, and the pressure to move forward was reduced a lot.
But this situation did not last long, and the out-of-control narrow space soon gained the upper hand again. As the roses in the sky disappeared, the white mist surged out again, and Shade had to face the densely packed enemies again:
"No, if this goes on, by the time I catch up with them, it will be too late!"
As I was thinking about it, suddenly a gunshot was heard from the side of the mountain road, and a familiar figure rushed out from the woods.
Wearing the uniform of the Royal Army of Draerion and holding a pistol, this is a corporal. He was the young corporal who died in front of Shade when he first entered the narrow room and asked him to deliver his remains to the Red Water Camp. (Chapter 600)
The agile soul rushed out from the forest, and the transparent bullets sprayed from the weapon in his hand quickly attracted the enemies blocking Shade's way:
"Sir, I'll lead them away for you, go! Thank you!"
Without even giving Xia De time to thank him, the corporal led the enemies and disappeared into the mountains and forests.
Xia De pursed his lips and looked at the dense forest, then continued to move towards the mountain.
As they went deeper into Mount Xikar, they could gradually detect the presence of the church's ring warlocks. The appearance of the roses gave them a chance to rest and adjust, but the battle was still extremely fierce. From time to time, there were even figures flying from high altitudes, and it was unknown whether they were high-ring warlocks from the church or other organizations.
After using the Level 0 relic, Professor Pigman did not make any more moves. Instead, soon after, the traces of the divine ritual on the ground in the mountains became brighter, with spiritual light and thick fog intertwined, as if making a final test.
Not only the church ring warlock, Shade also heard the dense and intense gunfire. The Royal Army of Draerion cooperated with the church to block the mountain forest, and should have been attacked by the undead at this time. Bullets will not have any effect on spirits, but there are more than just spirits in the mountains, ghouls, infernal corpses and other physical enemies are their opponents.
The red halo of Grace and Helen first went up the mountain along the main road, but then turned into the dense forest. When Shade entered the forest, vines immediately shot out from the surrounding trees and entangled his legs. Only then did Shade notice in the darkness that the surrounding trees were not trees, but rare undead creatures - tree demons.
He swung his sword to cut the vines under his feet, but more vines kept coming from all directions.
"Silver Moon!"
The burst of moonlight temporarily drove away the dead vines, but before Shade could leave, the vines returned again:
"This place has turned into a tree demon forest. No, I can't waste too much time here."
Suddenly, the sound of wind passed by his ears, and a transparent black object flew out from beside him. After landing in the woods, it immediately caused a violent explosion. Shade turned around in surprise and saw Professor Higgins, the agent of the Kingdom of Carsenrick, who was buried by him in the Sikar Mountains (654).
The spirit of the linguistics professor wearing glasses, holding a steam bomb that he got from somewhere, quickly threw it at the tree demons and shouted:
"Gray Eagle, go!"
Professor Higgins's soul was sent directly to death by Shade at that time, so it shouldn't appear here. What appeared now didn't look like a soul, but more like some kind of obsession, just like the shadows that attract living people to dream into the narrow space.
"But Professor..."
"Go! Remember, eternal loyalty!"
Professor Higgins' "soul" entangled the tree demons, and Shad was able to escape from the tree demon forest and continue to move deeper into the jungle.
The red halo did not go up the mountain, but lingered on the mountainside. At the same time, Shade keenly noticed that the white fog in the mountains was actually gathering over Midhill Castle below the mountain, and gradually formed a huge fog cocoon over the city, as if it was nurturing something.
A silver light cut through the sky, and the headmaster of St. Byrons flew towards the giant cocoon of white mist, but this had nothing to do with Shad for the time being.
The trees in the forest were dense, and in order to save time, Shade jumped between branches. But soon he found bloody traces in the thick white mist. As the blood mist penetrated the white mist, the traces followed by the echo of blood became intermittent.
Although it didn't disappear completely, it was enough to make Shade lose his way in the thick fog at night:
"Damn it, that ritual is affecting the power of blood."
Mount Sikar is so large that it is almost impossible to find a lost target in the middle of the night.
But at this moment, a young lady wearing a gown from Middleburg Mechanical College slowly walked out of the fog. The transparent spirit looked at Shade, then pointed southeast.
Xia De was stunned:
"You were... killed by the serial killer Henry Val (Chapter 629)..."
He hurriedly thanked her and then entered the fog again. Following the direction indicated by the soul, he saw the traces of the Blood Echo again. He continued to move forward. Whenever Shade lost his target, a new female soul would come out and continue to guide him.
Their images were close to those of evil spirits, with their chests and abdomens cut open, revealing transparent internal organs, but their expressions were still gentle.
Although Shade didn't know them, he guessed that they were all innocent people murdered by Henry Val. At this moment, they were released by the narrow space and returned to the world of the living again.
Shad did a lot of things in Middlesbrough this autumn, but he never imagined that he would also be helped by those who have left.
We continued to track Grace and Helen, but the direction turned down the mountain:
“Is this going in circles?”
He followed closely down the mountain in the forest, and then realized that the location seemed familiar. The ghosts of the victims had all appeared, and no one would guide the direction from now on, but Shade had already guessed the destination.
But before he could think too much, a heavy sound was heard in the dense forest ahead. Along with the slight shaking of the ground, the undead ghost of the heavily armored headless knight actually walked out of the forest.
This is a member of the Sage-level Relic Headless Knights who attacked the narrow church. At this moment, blood-colored thorns are wrapped around his body, as if he is controlled by the increasingly thick blood mist:
"The vampires are really well prepared, even using the undead. But I don't have time to get entangled with them now."
He wanted to dodge, but the undead knight had already caught up with him. Relying on the characteristics of his spirit body, he ignored the trees and charged forward, raised his long sword, and chopped towards Shade's head.
clang!
But it was not Shad's sword that blocked the attack. A familiar figure jumped out of the woods, holding a rapier in hand to block the knight in advance, and then took the initiative to tangle with him.
He was a thin middle-aged man wearing a black suit and a funny red flower in his ear. He was Earl Darak of Candela, the third nail in the duel with Shade in the fog:
"Mr. Hamilton, go away, I'll hold him back!"
Although his body is still thin, his spirit is so healthy.
"count?!"
"Leave here quickly. The narrow space is nurturing the final undead aggregate. Even you can't defeat it. Go quickly and find the Orthodox Church!"
As he spoke, the Earl fought with the headless knight as they walked, and soon disappeared in the white and bloody fog.
The giant white cocoon above Midhill Castle was trembling, and the last power of the narrow space was about to appear; although the blood mist caused by the vampire ritual did not spread, the blood color became thicker and thicker.
Shad looked at the departing figure of Count Darak and was speechless for a moment.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the sky. Looking up, an unknown bird-like undead was fighting with the ring magician who used divine magic, and flew away. A black metal fell down and ignited the forest at night.
In the fog, in the fire, in the smoke, a voice rang in my ears:
You are not the only good person. Stranger, don't think the world is so bad.
“She” was laughing:
In this era, you have left deep memories for many people who have left. It is not fate that they meet you again tonight. Originally, the living could enter the narrow space because they missed the dead; now, the dead remember the living and appear in the world, beside you.
The stranger remained silent and continued walking into the increasingly thick blood mist.
Good deeds may not always make sense, but at least they do this time, don’t they