Chapter 1270

When Xia De and Miss Bernice returned to the Wilde Opera House, Luweiya had already arrived and was talking to Miss Lathers about tonight's events. And Luweiya also brought them new news:

"Professors from the Zalas Literature Academy will also participate in the operation by Eldron Lake tonight. Among the three major academies, only the professors from the Zalas Literature Academy have arrived in advance."

"These don't matter. We will wait on the periphery tonight; it doesn't necessarily need us."

Xia De said. He didn't carry 【Night Watcher】 this time. Before determining the whereabouts and identity of the demon, he would try his best to avoid carrying this relic.

"In addition, one of the three auction items that may point to the Heart of Earth, the statue of Edward Marcus, I already got my hands on it yesterday afternoon."

The statue was conjured by Xia De and placed on the coffee table in the study. The three ladies checked it one by one, but didn't find anything peculiar.

"Could it not be this?"

Miss Bernice said suspiciously:

"These stones came from Randall Valley, in the southwest, so this is not a petrified corpse."

And at this time, Miss Lathers was using her miracle to investigate. After Miss Lathers also finished checking, Xia De said:

"I also checked at home last night and didn't find anything suspicious, so now there is only the last method left."

A brilliant silver arc of light was pulled out in his hand, and in an instant, the complete ancient statue was cut into a pile of gravel.

Everyone picked up those small stones to check and confirmed again that this was really just an ordinary antique. Of course, the process of obtaining this antique was not a waste of time; at least it gave Xia De a reason to contact Stone Osenfort.

"Breath of Time."

Xia De took a deep breath. As the gray smoke flew from those stones into his nasal cavity, the statue's time flowed backward, returning to its original appearance. Because the spellcasting consumption was one-fifth of the time, this spellcasting probably consumed less than 20 seconds of Xia De's life.

"Really, I've told you many times, don't use this miracle casually. Is your lifespan infinite?"

Luweiya blamed him immediately upon seeing this.

"Perhaps it's just that we can't see the value of this statue, so keep it complete first; maybe it will be useful."

Xia De said, and Miss Bernice and Miss Lathers only then knew that this miracle of Xia De, which directly affected time and was close to a miracle, actually came at the cost of lifespan. They also thought that Xia De had better not use it casually.

After all, just as Xia De had said, the only bet that mortals can be sure of is that mortals will eventually die.

One of the three items, the statue, was in hand. The remaining two, the ceramic vase and the antique key, were in the local Stone Art Exhibition Hall and Earl Granger's hands respectively. The curator of the former is the folklorist mentioned by Hai La Osenfort who can seek help, and the latter involves whether he is a descendant of Mr. Lehman.

Of course, although finding these two items is urgent, it is definitely not possible to do it this Thursday. Time was approaching dusk, and what kind of things would happen in Eldron Lake in the upper reaches of the Ailong River would be revealed soon.

Because it was unclear what would happen, this time the witches accompanying Xia De, besides Xia De, Luweiya, and Miss Lathers, were only three nine-ringed witch followers, who were also the general accountant and the styling and clothing designer of the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe.

The church did not block the area around Eldron Lake, but set up a large camp by the lake, relying on the camp to prepare for the ritual to dispel the Crazy Earth.

The church's ritual was much more complex than Xia De's "Power of Earth · Healing Aura," and general rituals require a long time to completely purify the earth heading toward madness. In the past, when "Crazy Earth" appeared, there was no fear of a long time. After all, as long as those black muds and Crazy Earth were restricted from spreading outward, it would be fine to solve it in a month or two. But this time, relying on water bodies, the spread of the earth's madness was very

rapid. Therefore, in order to accelerate the originally long purification ritual, the Sun Church, which presided over the ritual, united with the local Nature Church to act together.

The plan was probably that at dusk, the church Ringed Shushi would act together to completely freeze the polluted area under the water surface, ensuring that the spread of pollution was temporarily controlled. Subsequently, complex divine rituals would cooperate with the Sage-level relic 【Great Elf Sage Oak Staff】 transported from the suburbs of York City, Dekoram County, Carsonrick, striving to complete the purification before dawn.

Because there was no experience of such hurried purification in the past, the church had no conclusion on whether this was feasible, so it could only dispatch more Ringed Shushi teams to prepare to deal with possible situations.

But in Xia De's view, this time it was not that the more people the better. After all, the pollution originating from the earth's madness determined that as long as the effects of Crazy Earth could not be exempted, it would be useless even if all the Ringed Shushi in Carsonrick were found.

In short, when the group of six people wearing robes and riding horses arrived at the top of the hill on the east bank of Eldron Lake at dusk that day, they rode on their horses and saw the setting sun in the west spilling over the frozen lake surface. The brilliant setting sun was reflected by the ice surface, as if the great lake was glowing in the setting sun.

The nearly circular great lake was surrounded by the winter white forest around it. Further away, one could see a few wisps of blue smoke drifting from the rural villages. A few large ships were frozen in the lake, and near the west side of the lake, small fishing boats were parked next to the pier, and surrounding the pier, the church camp was also bathed in the setting sun.

The group of priests wearing white robes were praying to the last ray of the setting sun at this time, praying that the divine power of the sun could still protect them in the night. This was the basic divine ritual of the Sun Church 【Sun's Blessing】, and if used by a large group of priests, the effect was quite powerful.

Looking from the top of the hill area, the camp surrounding the pier was quite large. A rough estimate was that there were at least three digits of people in the camp. Of course, it was impossible for all of them to be Ringed Shushi, but such a scale was enough to be called a major operation.

Xia De pulled the reins and asked Miss Bernice, who was riding a date-red horse beside him:

"I remember Randall Valley doesn't have a thirteen-ringed Shushi stationed all year round."

After all, the thirteen-ringed Shushi of the Five Gods Church were also limited, and they had to take into account the development of the distant seas and the exploration of the New Continent.

"Yes, but last week, in order to encircle and suppress the cultists, the Sun Church dispatched the famous 'Earth Shaker' Mr. Pierre Granger. This thirteen-ringed Shushi is as good at the power of the earth as I am, especially good at creating earthquake-type miracles, but unfortunately, this kind of move cannot be used indiscriminately in urban areas."

"Granger?"

Luweiya asked curiously, and Miss Lathers on the side took off her hood to reveal her beautiful long hair:

"Yes, this gentleman was also originally from Randall Valley. It is said that he has a distant relative relationship with Earl Granger's family, but you also know that Granger itself is not a very rare surname, so whether he is a relative of the Earl's family, no one can explain clearly."

"Will he appear tonight?"

Xia De looked at the camp by the lake with great anticipation, but Miss Bernice shook her head slightly:

"Even if the information passed through the black market is believed by the church, the only thirteen-ringed one cannot be transferred out of the city. After all, cultists are still lurking in the city, and leaving a thirteen-ringed one in the city is the correct approach... However, I heard that the Five Gods Church intends to dispatch one thirteen-ringed one each, arriving in this city next week or later, to deal with the matter of the Chosen One of Earth."

"The epic of the Chosen One is really having a greater and greater impact... Go set up camp, let's rest for a while."

Xia De suggested, so the group turned their horses around. And Xia De fell to the last, turned around and looked at the ice surface that was almost fiery red:

"What will happen tonight?"

To prevent being noticed by the church, Xia De and the others chose their camp in the forest far from the lake. After simply setting up the bonfire and erecting the fence, Xia De even used the newly acquired miracle 【Moon Thorn】 on the camp entrance.

When his finger pointed to the fence entrance, the bright silver thorn bushes immediately drilled out of the soil, interlacing and densely blocking the camp entrance. And it was not just blocking the entrance,

subsequently, the thorns climbed along the fence until they completely merged with the fence, as if the camp was surrounded by silver thorn bushes.

Miss Bernice tried it. Although these thorns could be destroyed from the inside, it also required some means. And wanting to destroy the thorns from the outside, even an eleven-tier witch felt tricky. Of course, this also had to do with her not being good at combat and it being impossible to use a maze here with all her strength.

And wanting to fly from above the thorns into the camp, those thorns would grow upward to block, but unfortunately, as long as you fly high enough, it wouldn't make Xia De's bright silver thorn bushes react. Therefore, the scene most suitable for this miracle is still a relatively closed indoor space.

"This is somewhat like the miracle 【Thorn Light】 mastered by Iluna (Chapter 975)."

Luweiya said to Xia De:

"However, her moves require spellcasting materials, and it is a miracle unique to the Sun Church."

After the evil object in Pantanal was burned, Sister Daifulin gave Xia De many interesting powers with the first fire, one of which was that the bonfire he lit himself was warmer, and staying around it could also quickly restore physical strength and spirit.

At this time, the bonfire was warming everyone, and the smoke emitted had also been eliminated. Because they had already eaten before coming, there was no need to cook.

The six people sat around the bonfire chatting. After the sun completely set, Xia De, Luweiya, and Miss Bernice went to the lakeside together. Because all three had "Power of Earth," Miss Lathers led two high-tier witches to respond here, ensuring that there was at least a way out.

It could be seen that Miss Lathers was not very willing to watch the three take risks, but because of Miss Bernice's insistence, she could only agree helplessly.