Chapter 301: Miracle! Opening the Passage Through the Misty Mountains!

Not long after Princess Luoying left, the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling also arrived at the Misty Mountains.

Of course, she was not the only one who came here.

The maiden Meng Ying, Princess Lottie, and Mia all came.

There were also a great many beastfolk from the Miracle City.

Quite a few roads had been built within the Misty Mountains.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling was naturally brought here by the female winged folk, and they arrived at that mighty pass at the border with the miasma forest of the Misty Mountains.

The gate of this mighty pass was very wide, facing directly toward the Misty Mountains on the side of the Spirit Kingdom.

On that side, there was still dense primeval forest.

In the forest, poisonous fumes surged skyward.

This poisonous gas even spread to the other side of the boundary line, so the lands too close to the forest had not been developed.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling and Meng Ying came up onto the city wall of this mighty pass and looked toward the primeval forest on the other side.

That was a primeval forest stretching over twenty kilometers.

Such a vast primeval forest, with its lush green plants and heavy moisture—even though Meng Ying was a Grand Magus, her specialty was fire magic, and to burn this entire primeval forest with fire magic would still take a very long time and a great deal of effort!

If it were not fire magic, it would be even more laborious.

This was also the reason why, although the Spirit Kingdom had several Grand Magi and had long had designs on the beastfolk realm, it had never sent these Grand Magi to clear away this stretch of the Misty Mountains.

Without fire magic, clearing it would simply be too laborious.

Moreover, back then the Misty Mountains had not been burned away by Lin Yan for the most part, leaving only these twenty kilometers.

Back then, the Misty Mountains were seventy or eighty kilometers wide, and at the widest point even over a hundred kilometers!

As time went on, more and more people arrived at this mighty pass.

Seeing that nearly everyone had come, the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling stood up.

"You may begin, Saintess!"

Meng Ying said.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling nodded.

Then, she began to pray.

As she prayed, a massive ball of flame descended from the sky and crashed thunderously into the forest before the mighty pass.

"Boom!"

In the forest, a great blaze sprang up.

Once this great blaze ignited, it swiftly spread to both sides, quickly reaching a width of a hundred meters.

Then, the great blaze stopped spreading sideways and instead headed toward the far side of the forest.

This sight looked utterly miraculous.

These flames, as if they had grown eyes, only burned a hundred meters wide and no longer continued to spread to either side!

The flames headed straight toward the direction of the Spirit Kingdom.

Before this mighty pass, they burned out a straight great road leading to the Spirit Kingdom!

Even better, the gate of the mighty pass was aligned exactly with the middle of this straight great road!

Upon the mighty pass, seeing this miraculous sight, all the beastfolk prostrated themselves.

This was a miracle of the Lord of Flame!

Only the Lord of Flame descending power could accomplish such a miraculous feat!

The rolling flames spread especially fast.

Every second they advanced several dozen meters.

The distance of over twenty kilometers was covered in barely more than ten minutes.

By this time, on Lord Hawke's domain, over a hundred thousand people had already gathered.

Lord Hawke had spread the news, saying that the Flame Country's deity, the Lord of Flame, would display a miracle, descending power to burn through the Misty Mountains and open a passage between the Spirit Kingdom and Flame Country!

Once this news was released, it instantly drew the attention of countless people.

One must remember that just a few days ago Flame Country had annihilated the Slo family, and this matter had now fully fermented—it was at the very height of its momentum.

On the streets of the Spirit Kingdom's cities, out of every ten people, at least eight were discussing this matter.

Releasing this news at such a time naturally drew a great crowd of onlookers.

Among them, commoners were naturally the most numerous, but there were also quite a few nobles.

Some nobles who lived far away did not come in person, but had already sent scouts to check on the situation.

In fact, among the crowd there were also a great many church scouts and royal scouts.

They had all been sent to check on the situation!

The Spirit Kingdom was about to go to war with the Horton Kingdom; at such a sensitive time, Flame Country's god descending power to open a passage through the Misty Mountains would naturally draw the attention of the church and the royal house.

"It's been so long since I've seen a miracle—I never thought I'd get to see one again today."

A commoner in the crowd said.

"Yeah, I wonder what manner the Lord of Flame will use to open the passage through the Misty Mountains."

Another commoner said, puzzled.

"It should be by burning it all down in one go, right? Didn't a fire break out in the Misty Mountains a few months ago?"

The watching commoners discussed animatedly.

The nobles had also gathered together; compared to the Lord of Flame displaying a miracle, these nobles cared more about how this matter would affect them.

The eastern nobles were all worried that Flame Country would attack, but according to the news Lord Hawke had revealed, Flame Country would not attack.

Flame Country's opening of the passage through the Misty Mountains was solely for the better sale of divine beans.

After all, transporting by magic bag, the transport volume is actually quite limited.

But once the passage is opened, the transport volume will greatly increase.

"They probably won't attack, right? I heard the royal court has already sent an envoy delegation."

A noble said.

"The royal court's attitude this time is a bit strange. After sitting back and letting the Slo family be wiped out, they actually still sent an envoy delegation."

Another noble said.

"I don't know the reason either. Hey, by the way, have any Church mages appeared on your lands lately? I've applied many times, but the Church's mages still haven't come to help with growth-boosting and pest removal."

At this moment, a noble brought up another matter.

"I thought I was the only one who ran into something like this. I've also applied many days now. The Church says the mages are very busy lately, but no matter how busy they are, it shouldn't take more than a week without anyone showing up."

Another noble also showed puzzlement.

"Look!"

At this moment, someone cried out in alarm.

These nobles stopped talking and looked up one after another. They saw that in the primeval forest of the misty mountains, a towering great fire had been lit!

This flame came too fast, and burned with extraordinary violence!

In an instant, it set the verdant trees burning fiercely.

But this flame was very strange — it only burned a section of about a hundred meters.

This hundred-meter section happened to line up with a main road along the edge of Sir Hawke's territory.

Yet on either side of this hundred-meter section, even in places right next to it, the flame never spread over!

"How is this flame as if it grew eyes!"

Someone muttered.

"No wonder they call it a miracle. You have Flame Country gold coins, right? On them there's a flame symbol. I don't know why, but carrying a Flame Country gold coin on you gives a special sense of security."

A commoner said.

"This flame is burning so fast."

Right away, someone else noticed.

The flame was burning far too fast.

Those towering great trees were burned to nothing before long.

Precisely because it burned so fast, the fire was also extraordinarily fierce. The flames shot skyward, the fire-tips even leaping a hundred meters high into the sky!