Chapter 182: Movements in the Theocracy; That Dragon and Fish Have an Affair

Slane Theocracy.

Dawn; a touch of fire-red had already appeared in the darkness to the east.

Crack!

The majestic door of the temple conference hall was pushed open a crack, and two figures walked out one after another.

Walking in the lead was the black-haired youth. His still somewhat immature face clearly showed a sense of depression and irritability.

Every step seemed to be taken with intentional extra force, leaving footprints of varying depths on the solid stone floor beneath his feet.

An intimidating aura radiated from his body!

Following behind this black-haired youth was a young girl wrapped in a white priest's robe, her messy light silver hair and weary face visible beneath a loose hood.

Anyone would feel exhausted after being woken up in the middle of the night and forced to cast large-scale magic several times, especially when it concerned the death of a team member.

"Captain, I'll head back first." After closing the door, Zanshin Senri whispered to the figure in front who was sulking.

She naturally knew why the captain was angry. The direction and location of Quinaise's death had been fully confirmed late at night.

But the fact that they had only just come out of the conference hall now was enough to show that the Chief Priest and the Six Pillar Priests had no intention of sending the 【Black Scripture】 out at all.

Zanshin Senri speculated that several hours ago, the 【Wind Flower Scripture】 or 【Water Bright Scripture】, which were adept at covert operations and intelligence gathering, had already been dispatched.

Additionally.

The priests had also abandoned Quinaise. The entire meeting had been discussed from midnight until now. Most importantly, the priests believed that Quinaise, having been resurrected, had a high probability of leaking Theocracy intelligence.

Or one could say!

The reason Quinaise was resurrected by the enemy, and the event itself, was a covert operation by an unknown force targeting the Theocracy.

The basis for this conclusion was that her detection magic could not detect the enemy who killed Quinaise, although there was also the possibility of multiple people.

The appearance of this result.

Clearly meant that "anti-detection" countermeasures had been taken.

A look of headache flashed across Zanshin Senri's weary face, and the corner of her eye glanced at the closed door behind her.

The priests were still discussing, likely confirming all the intelligence Quinaise might have known about the Theocracy and making adjustments and a series of arrangements based on that intelligence.

Fortunately, such things didn't require her to do them.

This thought flashed through Zanshin Senri's mind, and she let out an imperceptible sigh.

The only good news was that the enemy shouldn't be too strong, otherwise they wouldn't have gone to such lengths to specifically counter them.

"Yeah, okay."

The black-haired youth heard Zanshin Senri's words, paused his steps, forced a smile onto his unhappy cheeks, and nodded.

As the captain of the 【Black Scripture】, he knew a little about the abilities of all members, but didn't know much about the detailed information of each person.

After all, these guys weren't that strong; he could solve everything by himself!

Only Quinaise was pleasing to his eyes, not because of the other's strength, but because Quinaise could help him temporarily manage the 【Black Scripture】 when he wanted to be a hands-off captain.

He had sought out the Earth Priest, that old man, just to find out where Zanshin Senri lived, so he could kill his way to the location of Quinaise's death immediately.

As a result!

He had been dragged along by a bunch of old guys until now and wasn't allowed to act, saying something about a Dragon Lord existing in the Azerlisia Mountains.

Dragon Lord?

Was it stronger than him!

Zanshin Senri noticed the change in the captain's mood, bowed slightly, and quickly turned to leave.

Just as she arrived outside the temple.

Zanshin Senri saw a blonde figure standing outside, waiting with a full smile.

Ninth Seat: Gale Runner!

"Hi, cute silver-haired girl, I heard my brother died." The blonde woman looked at Zanshin Senri with an unchanging smile.

Another troublesome guy.

"My condolences."

Zanshin Senri nodded expressionlessly and walked away quickly.

The corners of the blonde woman's mouth lifted, revealing snow-white teeth, and she hurriedly followed, her giggling voice sounding: "Tell me, how did he die."

When the black-haired youth suppressed his emotions and walked out, the fire-red sun in the east had completely risen.

Huh?

The black-haired youth suddenly looked up, only to see a figure suddenly appear in the previously empty space ahead.

It was also a young girl.

It was just that her appearance was truly somewhat strange: half of her hair was silver, half was black, and her pupils were also one silver and one black, perfectly matching her hair color.

This black-and-silver-haired girl looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old, carrying a cross-spear-shaped war scythe, and was looking at him expressionlessly.

It was a true indifference.

A boredom that seemed unable to take interest in anything.

But just by standing there calmly, she was like a black hole, swallowing the invisible aura around her.

She wasn't really only fifteen or sixteen years old; in the black-haired youth's memory, the black-and-silver-haired girl's appearance had never seemed to change.

"Do you want to have a fight? Senior?"

The black-haired youth's previously unhappy mood seemed to have found a place to vent, and he suddenly laughed.

"Okay." The black-and-silver-haired girl nodded, her supple lips curving. Five days later.

Lava Zone.

A troop of about 50 people, dressed in simple gray-blue clothing and wearing veils to cover their faces, entered this area, their entire bodies exuding a sense of silence and exhaustion from sleeping in the open.

"Captain, the place where that lord located Quinaise's disappearance is right here." One member said, breathing somewhat heavily.

The temperature here was already extremely high, and the fact that they were dressed like this made their entire bodies feel stifled.

"Group: Fire Attribute Resistance Boost." The Scripture captain nodded slightly, raised his hands, and chanted softly.

A red magic light immediately flashed on all members, and the stuffiness on everyone's bodies immediately dissipated quite a bit.

"Search!"

The Scripture captain waved his hand, his serious voice sounding.

The next moment, the people behind immediately took action, and magic spells flashed continuously.

Original text is being read!

"There's residual mana!"

"There are traces of battle!"

"Suspected faith-based mana residue."

"Traces of giant creature existence!"

"..."

"No personnel left."

Pieces of simple or blurry intelligence information quickly gathered toward the Scripture captain.

The Scripture captain's face, hidden behind the veil, gradually frowned.

The previous information was understandable, but the later "no personnel left" made him somewhat puzzled.

"Captain, all traces indicate that the person who suspectedly killed Quinaise should be two people: one is a faith-based magic caster, and one is a warrior."

After the vice-captain finished collecting various intelligence, he immediately began to report.

Hearing this answer, the Scripture captain was not surprised. As one of the Six-Colored Scripture troops, everyone who could join the 【Black Scripture】 was a true powerhouse.

Moreover, Quinaise himself was adept at group combat; it was almost impossible for a single person to solve Quinaise.

"The conclusion drawn from the currently detected intelligence is that these two attackers were likely attacked by a giant creature after killing Quinaise." The vice-captain continued to report in a voice without fluctuations.

"You mean to say that those two people also died here?" The Scripture captain's frown deepened.

The vice-captain did not answer; this was a conclusion drawn from traces, so it naturally couldn't be truly confirmed.

Boom!

Suddenly, a huge wave of lava surged in the lava sea in the distance.

A huge fire dragon rushed out of the lava sea, its entire body flowing with magma, flapping its wings and hovering over the lava sea.

"Humans!"

The angry roar echoed through the lava zone.

All the Scripture troop members looked at the terrifying figure in the distance in horror.

At this moment, everyone knew what the giant creature that the two enemies who killed Quinaise had encountered was.

"Run!!" The Scripture captain's voice became terrified, and he roared with all his strength.

Boom—

A violent suction force gathered from above the lava sea, instantly sucking the Scripture troop members who were close to the front into the depths.

"Ah—"

"Ah—"

Before these people could even get close to the lava sea area, their bodies were affected by the high temperature, and they began to burn in mid-air, letting out miserable screams.

At this very moment.

On the other side, in an unknown land.

Thick smoke that blotted out the sky covered the sky, and the air was filled with the rich smell of sulfur. All around were active volcanoes emitting rolling black smoke.

Scorching red magma erupted from these volcanic craters from time to time or flowed actively.

In the distance was rugged terrain formed by black rocks.

Just in the magma flowing from an active volcano, an orange-yellow light swam quickly through the magma; it was a strange-looking red fish.

Following a regular eruption of magma!

This strange red magic fish used the impact of the magma to leap out of the volcanic crater, then fell rapidly along the scorching volcanic wall.

Finally.

This red fish monster stabilized its figure in mid-air, and with a flash of light, it turned into a human figure.

"Hiss! Fly!"

After canceling the transformation, the burning pain all over his body made Tang Zheng take a deep breath, and he quickly cast magic to ascend into the air:

"Damn it, that red dragon and the Sun Anglerfish must have an affair!"

"And! What the hell kind of place is this!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 183 =====