Chapter 1419: Snake and Bear

Are there any other church teams nearby?"

Luweiya asked.

"No, but ten minutes ago, we observed that Ringed Shushi from the 【Snake Heart Society】 who assist the orthodox churches had passed by nearby. In addition, according to previous communication with the orthodox churches, there should be a high-ring professor from the Zalas Academy of Literature nearby."

The 【Snake Heart Society】 is a Ringed Shushi group that has been active in the border area between Kesenrick and Delarion, that is, the central part of the Old Continent, for many years. Its scale is roughly equivalent to the 【Spiritual Cultivation Group】, and its relationship with the "Peace Church" among the orthodox churches is quite good.

This Ringed Shushi group practices secretism, and apart from its name, very little other information is known to outsiders. Even Luweiya only heard in the Divination Association that this group of people's power is related to mirrors and dragons.

"Miss Swift, you and a seventh-ring lady, take a dose of 【Mud Potion】 and go observe the situation. If the church's rescue is not timely, you will take action to help."

Luweiya quickly made up her mind, and although 【Mud Potion】 has a near-instant kill effect on earth element creatures, it is a pity that the configuration of this magic potion is limited in raw materials and techniques, so before this big event started, the great witches didn't prepare too many in total.

"Also."

Miss Swift turned and left, and Luweiya called the girl who came from the roof to deliver the news again:

"Pay attention to the news from Miss Sylvia at any time, and communicate with the church. I want to know where the Red Moon Witch of St. Byron is now." (Little Mia running...)

The fire was burning, and the further away from the river bank, the closer to the Osenfort manor, the more bizarre the scene in the burning forest became. The craggy strange rocks and the flames that deduced various illusions did not exist in the normal world. The sorrowful souls who wailed in the fire and begged Xia De to save them rendered this place like the hell in fairy tales.

Xia De didn't know what happened in the city at this moment, didn't know what the girls who were missing him were thinking, and even

didn't know if the escaped Stone Osenfort had been caught by Joey Barton and Lady Marilyn Hendel.

He was still running forward in the maze. Except for the monsters that dropped gems and the illusions that attacked Xia De's heart, the Stone Mirror Demon-Gede had set up more obstacles on the way forward, trying to delay Xia De's pace.

For example, Xia De saw a hole filled with gold and silver treasures on the way, and saw a golden egg placed on the top of a big tree, guarded by countless flame birds, which made the soul crave. He even saw a stone bookshelf standing on a fork in the road that deviated from the high-brightness prompt and the direction indicated by 【Source of Chaos】 from afar. If Xia De guessed correctly, there must be the knowledge he needed on that bookshelf, but he still ignored it.

Sometimes people will encounter the most tempting temptations at the most inappropriate time, and Xia De knew what he should give up.

According to the rules, the demon could not directly attack Xia De, but the demon's domain could comprehensively suppress Xia De's wound healing speed, as well as the recovery speed of spirit and physical strength. He carried the big-tailed squirrel that was innocently involved, and even though he was gradually panting, he still didn't stop to rest.

Finally, in the thirty-second minute after the game started, Xia De finally saw the distant view of the Osenfort manor in the burning fire.

And ten minutes later, when Xia De finally rushed out of the burning forest and staggered into the gate of the Osenfort manor along the uphill road, he felt his physical strength was exhausted for a long time.

In the past, even if the consumption in battle was too much, it was only the lack of spirit. The last time something like this happened where physical strength could not support it, the outsider was only a first-ring.

The burning forest was bright enough, but the courtyard of the Osenfort manor, separated by a wall, was as gloomy as coming to a dark dungeon. In the normal world, the firelight of the forest was enough to illuminate most of the courtyard, but now the light could not penetrate the demon's nest.

The world was still gray, and only dots of inexplicable green light appeared on the ground like moss. There was no fire,

and the sudden drop in temperature around also made Xia De, who had burn marks and sweat flowing down his forehead, couldn't help but shiver, and then felt his body seemed even weaker.

After leaving the huge burning maze, 【Source of Chaos】 could no longer continue to guide Xia De, but the high-brightness traces seen from the "Demon Eye" and "Blood Echo" under the amplification of Priest Ao Gu Si's eye drops were still helping Xia De move forward.

However, after passing through the manor gate, Xia De, who was resting on his sword, actually saw in front that those high-brightness traces

split into five, appearing as five forks in the courtyard.

"You finally came."

The demon's voice came as scheduled in the sky, and the slick voice sounded more annoying than ever to Xia De:

"After walking out of the maze, you came to the final puzzle. So, which one in front of you is me?"

Then there was continuous laughter, and the laughter continued without any intention of stopping.

Xia De could only continue to search in the courtyard of the Osenfort manor along the forked traces amidst the laughter that made him upset.

And at the end of those traces, Xia De found a tiger sleeping like Little Mia in the flower bed, a lion digging a hole under a damaged wall on the east side of the courtyard, a gray-haired squirrel standing on the eaves almost blending with the eaves, a brown bear shrinking in the shadow of the corner, and a large black snake coiled on the headless soldier statue in the northwest.

All five animals were imprisoned by the light ring of 【Imprisonment Light】, and then concentrated by Xia De. Because 【Imprisonment Light】 had no harm, this didn't count as Xia De violating the rules.

Xia De first took out "Night Watcher" to aim at each animal,

but didn't expect that corrosion marks appeared on all animals.

"Sure enough, it won't be that simple, is it a choice of one out of five?" There were only the last ten minutes left in the one-hour countdown, and there was not much time for Xia De to waste. He looked at all the animals in turn, and then "She" whispered in Xia De's ear:

【Maybe, that tiger is not the demon.】 "Why?" 【You can try touching it.】

Xia De reached out his hand and touched the tiger's forehead, and the tiger actually rubbed against Xia De timidly.

Xia De understood immediately:

"It's you! The tiger that coexisted with the soul of the folk scholar Mr. Benjamin Elfort?"

Xia De widened his eyes in surprise, and the tiger rubbed against Xia De again very humanely. Of course, this was also likely because when he met Xia De last time, it was beaten violently by Xia De on the snow and used to explain the dangers of big tigers to the cat.

"You actually haven't starved to death yet? But it's really bad luck to be caught by the demon."

Although the demon could replicate creatures, there was still a difference between the replica and the main body, and this tiger had a unique soul mark because of its special experience. So the tiger's suspicion was ruled out, and Xia De continued to look at the remaining four animals.

Also at this time, the big-tailed squirrel in his chest pocket suddenly wriggled, and then drilled out from Xia De's pocket. After jumping to the ground, it squeaked around the squirrel Xia De found.

"What do you mean?"

So Xia De took out the 【Fish Training Ring】 and put it on the big tail of the squirrel. This ring could not be used for animals that ate fish, fortunately, squirrels didn't catch fish. "Do you know this squirrel?"

Xia De asked the squirrel he rescued from the fire, and the latter immediately made the sound of a young man:

"Yes, this is my wife! We fell in love because of an acorn, made a private vow in a tree hole of a big pine tree, and conceived the next generation during a romantic autumn dusk."

This squirrel actually spoke in a literary way. "Let her go quickly, even if you are my benefactor, but if you want to bind my wife and do bad things to her, I will also issue a duel to you."

The animals Xia De met in the past were often full of slang and dirty words, didn't expect this wild gray-haired squirrel to be quite civilized:

"Are you sure this is really

your wife?" Xia De was worried that the squirrel recognized the wrong mouse:

"Is it possible that she is something else transformed?" "Absolutely impossible, you are not a squirrel, you won't understand our fated bond. Would you recognize your own wife wrong?"

That squirrel actually asked Xia De back, and then said: "I will prove it to you that this is absolutely my wife." Saying that, it actually went around behind the squirrel imprisoned by Xia De, and then climbed up directly, and then...

Xia De took back what he just said about this big-tailed squirrel being very civilized.

"Alright, alright, I know that is your wife." Xia De said hurriedly, and after taking back the 【Fish Training Ring】, he also let go of the mother squirrel, letting it communicate with the big-tailed male squirrel Xia De rescued.

"Three more."

Xia De looked at the remaining lion, snake, and brown bear,

and then ruled out the lion's suspicion:

"The hint given to me by the butler among the two low-level demons is: what I like 'is not' a lion."

Before meeting the five animals, Xia De was very confused about this hint, but now the meaning of this hint was too obvious. So, although the butler and maid were both low-level demons, in some respects, the wish Stone Osenfort made when summoning them to "deal with the demon" actually came true.

"Only the snake and the brown bear are left."

The brown bear's volume was the largest among all animals, so Xia De used a full five light rings to imprison it. And that snake was almost as thick as Xia De's waist, because it had no hands or feet, so Xia De also used five light rings and put them on its body.

"I remember, the first of the three cards Luweiya divined for me was a poisonous snake."

Xia De looked at the snake that was still spitting its tongue: "But... would it really be that simple?" ===== CHAPTER 1420 =====