Chapter 50

Until dawn.

The sheriff and the soldiers were still clearing the corpses from the battlefield.

When the sky grew bright, the Burning Moon Festival fireworks above Shi Ying Town finally ceased.

The town hall sealed off news of the threatening letter and the Brotherhood's attack; in their view, this was merely an ordinary festival.

Given the existence of Plague Mages on the continent, cleaning the battlefield and handling the corpses was a massive undertaking that allowed no carelessness.

These were hyenas that had come sniffing around, worshipping some Plague God, swearing to devote their lives to creating and spreading plagues; whenever a major epidemic struck, they were always involved.

Rod did not stay here any longer; after a brief exchange with David, he returned to the forest.

Little Little Bangde had been waiting here long ago.

She suddenly threw herself forward, sobbing and blaming herself:

"Sorry, Rod, my spiritual power was insufficient in the later stages."

The early support from the pony girl was extremely strong; the orc Amy, who had weak resistance to impact, had been blown away countless times. But as the 【Explosive Arrows】 were used too many times, her spiritual power dried up, leaving her able to use only the simplest spiritual arrows.

"It's fine; isn't the meaning of actual combat to find problems?"

Rod patted her small head to offer comfort.

"Indeed so."

Lady Kali stepped out: "Control of spiritual quality, concealment of arrows, and command of the battlefield are all things you lack. I will address each one. Little Little Bangde, intensify training starting tomorrow."

"Ah—"

Little Little Bangde wailed.

"Balancing work and rest is also important; do not exhaust this child!"

The half-deer girl Miss Xiao Ke jumped out from the side and carried the pony girl back.

As always, she kept stealing glances at Rod, but today the alertness was gone from her lively eyes, replaced by worry.

Only when she saw no severe injuries did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Don't forget, last time I only used Tier Four spiritual power to strike, and you still didn't defeat me," Lady Kali suddenly said.

Rod did not pay much attention to their training.

Clearly, the elf and Little Little Bangde had a certain degree of competition regarding victory and defeat.

Hearing this, Little Little Bangde immediately became indignant.

"That doesn't count; next time I will definitely defeat you! Intensified training starts tomorrow!"

At this moment, Tally walked over listlessly.

She had just gone to arrange a position for the ghoul Pan Ni outside the forest.

"Master, hurry home~ I can't take it anymore—"

As soon as she saw Rod, she ran over.

Her transformation spell gradually faded, reverting her to her true succubus form; she was completely naked, her dark blue twin peaks deformed as they were squeezed against Rod's abdominal muscles.

Miss Xiao Ke, her face flushed, covered Little Little Bangde's eyes.

Lady Kali frowned slightly, her gaze drifting unnaturally to the side.

As for the Tree Spirit, she continued to stare at them expressionlessly.

"What are you doing? Surrounding my dear master, what do you intend? Go, all of you, return to your own homes!"

Miss Xiao Ke and Lady Kali were only too eager to leave; the former muttered curses while the latter snorted coldly, and both soon returned to their respective dwellings.

Vivian, however, said nothing, silently watching Rod.

Rod could see she was still angry and couldn't help reaching out to wipe the dust from her face.

"I'm sorry, Vivian; I didn't consider much, I simply didn't want to drag you into it at the time."

The Tree Spirit did not reply to him, turned around, and used 【Tree Walker】 to leave the spot, clearly not accepting this explanation.

To be honest, he hadn't expected Vivian's reaction to be so intense.

Tally had already kissed him by then, her wet and hot tongue licking his entire face.

Rod's blood boiled; the two embraced and kissed as they returned to the ranger's cottage.

Perhaps it was the lingering fire of battle.

That night, he was even more proactive, almost leaving his mark on every part of Tally's body.

It was only on this day that he learned that the function of the demon's twin horns was the same as that of twin tails.

City of Radiant Light.

In a lecture hall within the Yige Church at the city center.

Stained glass on the ceiling filtered colorful sunlight, a beam of light descending from the heavens shining straight onto the podium table on the stage.

An elderly man with a kind face extended his palm, gently stroking the congregation member kneeling before him.

The beautiful woman whose head he was stroking wept bitterly, as if enduring a supreme blessing.

She raised her head voluntarily, constantly kissing the wrinkled palm.

Tears and the Se De Chun Yin mixed together, blending into a rosy flush that stirred fantasies.

"Most revered Yige, Almighty Yige, Great Yige, I, Marjorie House, am willing to give everything..."

Gazing at the sixth wife of the House family head, Bishop Buck felt neither joy nor sorrow.

She was a qualified believer.

Foolish yet ambitious.

Fourteen days ago, this sixth wife was recruited by the believers; afterward, after contributing a large amount of Jin Along, she successfully obtained the opportunity to be received by Cardinal Bishop Buck.

What she sought was an opportunity for conception.

The House family

Any resident of Radiant City who subscribed to the Earth Daily knew that the House of Haus was once a second-tier family in Twilight City, and only because they came to Radiant City to worship ancestors did they escape disaster, becoming the sole great family to survive after the fall of Twilight City.

Offspring of great families are always cold-hearted; this ancestral worship involved no young people except for one eighty-year-old scion of the main Haus line.

Thus, the Haus offspring, sons, and nephews were almost all sacrificed in the war against the Heavenly Court Flower Kingdom; to continue the line, the sole remaining new clan head, disregarding his eighty years of age, successively married six concubines in less than two months.

Those who understand, understand.

This eighty-year-old elder's spiritual accumulation had regressed to the First Tier.

How much capability in that regard could he still maintain?

"Humans are in their purest state at birth; only after being stained by the world's filth do they become covered in a layer of dust. Some can cleanse themselves, while others cannot. Mrs. Marjorie, you belong to the latter, and precisely for this reason you cannot conceive."

Bishop Barker said with pity for the world and compassion for living beings.

At the same time, the scripture in his hand emitted a faint spiritual light.

"World filth? What is this?"

Although she had become the sixth wife of the House of Haus, in truth, before this she was merely an obscure offspring from a tiny family.

"It is born innate; it is the shackles binding humanity. The Great Igo descended upon the continent precisely for this purpose, to liberate all humanity from its bonds."

"So... that is how it is!"

He wanted to speak further, but glanced to see a clergyman at the lecture hall door nodding at him.

Bishop Barker pointed to the missionary room behind, which looked like a chamber, where a bed could be vaguely seen.

"Please move to the rear, Mrs. Marjorie. Kindly wash your body first; shortly, I will personally remove your bonds."

"Very well! Thank you, Bishop Barker!"

Mrs. Marjorie stood up and walked cheerfully into the missionary room.

Only after Bishop Barker heard the sound of the door closing did he beckon to that clergyman.

"Speak."

"Bishop Barker, the operation in Shi Ying Town has failed."

"Failed again?"

"Intelligence indicates that an Eighth-Tier Scorpion Woman has appeared in the Wind Wall Forest."

He presented a report detailing the entire process of this operation.

"Eighth Tier, huh?"

Bishop Barker frowned: "The previous King of Aethelron is truly difficult to deal with; even the Wind Wall Forest has a hidden hand laid. Since an Eighth-Tier has acted, the missions in Shi Ying Town and the Wind Wall Forest shall be temporarily shelved; it is not as if we can only begin from this direction."

"As you command. Then the infiltration of Gale City..."

"Continue as before."

"... This ranger actually hasn't died yet." His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the text on the report.

"Should he be eliminated?"

"No need to worry; in any case, the ritual in the Death Desert is already complete; I fear he will die from it before long."

(End of this chapter)