Chapter 201: Harmony Greenfield Ritual

Ge Lei Luo set up a simple camp in a rain‑sheltered mountain hollow and rested for a night. At first light he awoke in a leaky tent. He brushed his thin shirt; it was already soaked through by drizzle and dew. Fortunately, Maztek's rainy season is fairly warm, with a comfortable temperature in the low‑twenties, so he need not worry about chill.

The young swordsman roughly brushed his sharply defined body, donned sturdy leather armor, and suddenly recalled what had happened after leaving the temple.

'General, my life is yours; for the gods I will repay with my eternity after death, but now, in my brief life, I will give everything to become the sharpest blade in your hand.'

Ge Lei Luo knelt before a burly middle‑aged man clad in ornate obsidian battle armor and a multicolored feather crown, and respectfully spoke.

Indeed, in his short, dark life, it was Thus: Duzula Shiliu Shi who gave him hope; his parents died on the kingdom's battlefield, and he himself was destined to follow them.

It was the General who saved him.

From then on, he became a covert operative the General placed within the temple's forces.

'Go, Ge Lei Luo, you are the only person I trust.'

The memory ends here; the young swordsman awakens, the secret mission assigned by the General still fresh in his mind.

He is to go outside the city to rendezvous with the foreign continent's army, coordinate at the crucial moment, and crush the temple's forces.

He is the General's most trusted man, which is why the General entrusts him with this daring divine undertaking.

He will wait here, no matter how long.

——

Duzula City, barracks.

The old Mage sat on a custom beast‑skin chair, took a sip of a chilled drink, its bitter taste tinged with a faint after‑taste that he adored; whenever he finished this beverage brewed from so‑called 'coffee beans,' his mind felt suddenly clear.

He now needs them to give his tangled mind some direction.

'That's the situation, Master,' Xia Nai said with a wry smile.

Sai Fa Er felt a headache; he hadn't expected the child he casually rescued to become entangled with the gods. As a Mage, his instinct was to avoid dealing with such transcendent beings.

But the words spoken by the god behind A Mai Ya genuinely piqued his interest.

It wishes to destroy the Tai Zi Ka and A Zu Er church forces, which aligns perfectly with the Golden Legion's objectives.

Regardless of whatever pact the twin gods of Anmu and the Feather‑Serpent deity have reached, all of Maztek's native divine powers are evidently enemies of the Golden Legion.

If this self‑proclaimed fertility goddess truly is as it claims, then cooperation is not impossible.

The only hesitation Sai Fa Er has is whether the god truly holds the identity it claims.

After learning this, Sai Fa Er consulted numerous local texts and confirmed that, long ago, a deity worshipped as the 'Fertility Goddess' did indeed exist.

She is a twin, the sister of Vati'er, the plant guardian worshipped by the Paite people—yet unlike Vati'er who submitted to A Zu Er's divine might and became his subordinate, the Qi Er Ti Zi church vanished millennia ago.

The Tai Zi Ka church launched a divine war against her.

The information matches, and the timing matches as well.

Nevertheless, Sai Fa Er still feels something is off and harbors doubts.

It's not unreasonable for him to be suspicious; in fact, on the Feren Continent, false gods have repeatedly masqueraded under the names of deceased deities to swindle worship. After long deliberation, Sai Fa Er made his decision.

In any case, refusing a god—even a god's lingering soul—is unwise, especially since its current aims align with his own interests; it's better to go along with the flow.

After all, the assistance the god offers is extremely useful.

'The Harmony Greenfield ritual?' Sai Fa Er muttered, staring at the blueprint in his hands; the paper was covered with extremely intricate Divine Power Runes, clearly forming a massive Divine Power Spell Circle.

According to A Mai Ya, this Spell Circle can siphon the power of the central target at its eye; the stronger the target, the greater the extraction.

With the Qi Er Ti Zi Artifact—Harvest Manifestation—no energy source beneath a god can evade the effect of Harmony Greenfield.

According to A Mai Ya, the Harmony Greenfield ritual was originally knowledge bestowed by Qi Er Ti Zi upon its church; after the Tai Zi Ka church destroyed the Qi Er Ti Zi church, it obtained the ritual's blueprint and used this Spell Circle to seal the power of the Qi Er Ti Zi Artifact.

Harmony Greenfield was originally designed to work in tandem with Harvest Manifestation; the Tai Zi Ka church altered the Spell Circle, turning the ritual into one that draws the Artifact's own power to sustain the Circle's cyclical operation.

Had Nasca City not been destroyed by Naimi Xisi, Harvest Manifestation might have been eternally suppressed until the day the pyramids vanished.

In the version of the Harmony Greenfield ritual employed by the Tai Zi Ka church, at least five pyramids are required to keep the Spell Circle running; consequently, after the pyramids in Tikar City and Nasca City were destroyed, the Circle collapsed on its own.

However, the Spell Circle given to Sai Fa Er by Qi Er Ti Zi does not require such hassle, because Harvest Manifestation is no longer a suppression target but serves as the energy source for the Circle, rendering the pyramids unnecessary.

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'With this, we no longer need to worry about the pyramids' power,' Xia Nai said beside him.

Sai Fa Er nodded; that was his thought as well—once the Spell Circle is covertly etched into the city, activation will allow extraction of the sealed pyramids' power.

All along, the reason for preventing Thus: Duzula Shiliu Shi's rebellion was the pyramid's turtle shell; whenever temple forces sensed something amiss and retreated into the tower, they could unleash the pyramid's power to instantly annihilate all rebels in the city and then take over.

The pyramid's deterrence is what stops them from crossing the line.

But now it's different; without the pyramid's aid, those shamans could never hope to stand against Thus: Duzula Shiliu Shi and the Golden Legion's troops.

Really think all Spellcasters are perverts like Juan Ce Long!

Thinking of a dragon whose Spellcasting Ability is twisted to the heavens, Sai Fa Er shook his head and relaxed.

'We must act quickly; the Golden Legion's army should arrive soon,' Sai Fa Er said, standing up at once.

Xia Nai nodded, followed him, and entered Thus: Duzula Shiliu Shi's chamber.

'General, I have a method that might solve the pyramid problem,' Sai Fa Er said with a smile.

Thus: Duzula Shiliu Shi, a towering, naturally imposing Niksalan, looked calmly at Sai Fa Er, his eyes showing no ripple.

He knows these foreigners from other continents possess all sorts of strange methods; it isn't his first encounter with them, so even if they claim to have a solution for the pyramids, he isn't surprised.

He simply listened quietly as the other party relayed information about the Harmony Greenfield ritual.

(End of Chapter)