Chapter 1899

Grandma Cassandra's figure disappeared abruptly, without finishing the last sentence. But Xia De was not worried about the safety of the doctor and the priest. He probably guessed that the doctor's coffin could also be used as a special water vehicle, so the two decided to try to break through the barrier between the two islands.

With the doctor's luck, Xia De was very worried that they would always be lost in the thick fog; but with Father Augustus's reliability, Xia De felt that perhaps soon, he would be able to see the two of them appear in front of him riding that coffin.

After the contact with Grandma Cassandra ended, the girls in the hotel came forward as usual. Miss Hailey Aurora steamed Xia De's clothes dry, and Difa brought the potion.

This time Xia De's time out was very short, so Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya didn't ask Xia De what he encountered again with worry. It was Xia De who discovered that although more girls who were originally unconscious in the hotel had woken up, the number of people who needed rest and healing had also increased.

"The monsters around are becoming stronger, and their sensory abilities are also becoming stronger. Every earthquake makes the blood color in the fog outside thicker, and they become stronger accordingly. I have a feeling that it seems this island is coming alive."

Princess Lei Qianya explained to Xia De with worry:

"Although the hotel can still be maintained now, and your bonfire can ensure that at least the first floor is safe, and there are plenty of healing potions. But judging from the current situation, there will be no problem here within an hour, but it's hard to say if the time is longer... After all, we don't have many high-ring warlocks."

Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy were both at the Fifth Ring. They knew their levels were the lowest, so they didn't add trouble by participating in the battle, but only summoned the princess holding a spindle and the match girl carrying a basket to act as guards at the door. And because they didn't participate in the battle, Princess Lei Qianya was responsible for the material allocation work here and knew the overall situation of the hotel best.

"Don't worry, it won't take that long."

Xia De said:

"Don't worry about anything, leave everything to me. Maybe things will end in the first half of the night. When tomorrow dawns, we will still have time to spend the remaining half of the Red Butterfly Day."

That root segment had just been handed over to Grandma Cassandra to be passed outside the island. The big tree under the island and the Edwards Ascension Technique had the most direct connection. If people outside the island could figure out the secret of the tree roots as soon as possible, they should also be able to know the way to land on the island.

Now everyone is racing against time, and Xia De even believes that Laplace Klein Howard, whose main body has always been in the Edwards mansion, should also be calculating the time. He wants to use Xia De and Iluna, who is somewhere unknown, to help him complete the final part of the ritual, but Xia De and Iluna are actually seizing power by this.

It is not yet known who will win or lose in the race against time, but it cannot be said that either side has fallen into a disadvantage yet.

More than thirty minutes have passed since the entire Green Lake Hotel appeared on the island. People outside the island are about to arrive, and the Edwards family banquet is about to begin. Xia De guesses that he probably doesn't have many opportunities to return here anymore. So after a short rest, he set off from the hotel again under the farewell of the girls.

Walking into the forest along the familiar path, although the monsters wandering in this rainy night fog have become stronger, because Xia De's connection with this island has become deeper, he is instead able to bypass every battle more quickly, pass through the forest quickly, and enter the town again.

On the way, he encountered supplies sent from outside the island by the Church twice. Among them, the alchemical doll that could spontaneously attract monsters made it more convenient for Xia De to move forward.

As for the town in the thick fog, there were still no pedestrians on the road. When he reached the position where the cross collapsed and the blood tree rose, those townspeople who were kneeling were still there, and Xia De just bypassed them and headed straight for the road leading to the top of the hill in the south of the town.

Because he had already encountered something in the town, he originally thought he could walk directly to the gate of the Edwards mansion this time, and then be forced to look for keys or invitations and the like. Unexpectedly, at the end of the originally straight road, he was blocked by a manor that shouldn't exist.

The manor was just blocking the intersection from the town to the old Edwards house. The manor gate was wide open, and the firelight from the windows of the house could be seen in the fog-filled courtyard, as if welcoming Xia De's arrival.

"Just now it was the Edwards brothers and the Green siblings, this time it should be the turn of the Folen brothers, right?"

Xia De didn't choose to take a detour either, so he entered the manor holding his long sword, and entered the interior of the open mansion along the central axis of the courtyard.

Just as he thought, entering the interior of the building was a magnificent banquet hall. Men and women wearing evening dresses and long skirts were all gathered together, watching two people in the crowd fighting each other.

It was indeed the Folen brothers. The two brothers, wearing left and right monocles respectively, were dueling with a rapier each. Their postures were quite standard, but they had no protective gear on their bodies, and they were quite ruthless when they started.

When Xia De saw them, the brothers' bodies were already covered with wounds. As they moved, blood flowed from their stained clothes onto the carpet. Looking closely at the carpet, it was clearly a carpet made of fine tree roots.

The townspeople watching cheered happily, either applauding or loudly encouraging the brothers to continue their attack. Each of them stood in place, and even if the movements of their upper bodies were large, their lower bodies remained motionless.

Finally, under the feet of a lady wearing high heels, Xia De discovered the root system that pierced through the soles of her feet from under the floor, so he understood that the townspeople here were indeed controlled by the big tree that ran through the entire island.

Xia De passed through the crowd and arrived inside. Both Folen brothers turned their heads to look at him, but the movements of waving their rapiers did not pause at all, as if their heads could no longer control their bodies.

Xia De didn't move to stop their movements either, but said directly:

"Let them stop, what are you going to do this time?"

"Just want to show a little family affection."

The voice came from beside him. Xia De looked at Laplace Howard, who was wearing a black formal suit, a handkerchief stuffed in his chest, and holding a glass of red wine in his hand:

"Your family's family affection is forcing twin brothers to kill each other?"

"This will not endanger life."

The diviner said very plainly:

"Compared with this cruel world, this can already be considered a very kind means."

Xia De smiled mockingly:

"Let them stop, I want to continue to move towards your mansion. What do you want me to do this time? Or use my perfume to feed your family's big tree?"

"It seems you have already understood the meaning of doing this."

"How could I not understand?"

The Folen brothers stopped attacking each other and stepped down from the carpet made of tree roots.

The diviner turned around, took a long sword with a shape very similar to 【Night Watchman】 from the old man who looked like a butler behind him, and then made an inviting gesture to Xia De:

"Do you want to compare swordsmanship with me? I heard that the God-Caller's swordsmanship is superb. Try it with me, you only need to persist for five minutes, whether you win or lose, you can continue to move forward."

He took the initiative to walk towards the red carpet:

"Time is almost up, this is the last barrier blocking your progress. I promise you that after this duel, you will get an invitation, and my descendants you are concerned about will also safely wait for you in the family house."

He stood still on the carpet and turned to look at Xia De:

"How about treating this as a warm-up before the banquet? We will discuss many things tonight. If you can win against me, I am very willing to tell you in advance some things you have always wanted to know."

"For example?"

Xia De frowned deeply, and the diviner waved his long sword to dance a beautiful sword flower:

"For example, what Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy Louisa were chosen by the world to do."

Xia De walked towards the carpet holding his sword, and the diviner smiled and held the hilt with both hands, holding the long sword upright:

"Come, let's do it according to the etiquette of a duel."

So Xia De also held up 【Night Watchman】 and touched his sword. The two stepped back two steps each, adjusted their breathing frequency, stepped forward, and waved the weapons in their hands.

The quality of the long sword in the diviner's hand was of course not comparable to an angel-level relic, but it was undoubtedly also an extremely sturdy weapon. The two long swords intertwined. Although the sword gradually showed cracks, it did not break because of this.

And the diviner's swordsmanship was indeed exquisite. His current body was still not his main body, but his strength was surprisingly great, even greater than Xia De's strength. Fortunately, it was only "exquisite" swordsmanship, which was still not comparable to Xia De's swordsmanship, which could now be called "master" level.

They tacitly did not use miraculous arts, just like ordinary people conducting the most classical duel. While the long swords collided, parried, dodged, and blocked, the townspeople gathered together continued to cheer and applaud.

They didn't just cheer for the diviner, they would also cheer for Xia De's excellent attack.

The five-minute duel was not very long. Even if his strength was slightly inferior, Xia De still occupied the upper hand by relying on the convenience of the weapon and his swordsmanship skills. The diviner's black formal suit gradually had many cracks, and this body, which didn't know where it came from, would bleed because of this.

And although Xia De had made a few mistakes and his defense was broken by the opponent's long sword, even until the end, he only had his clothes damaged and did not receive any real harm throughout the process. The sword fight between the two sides upheld restraint and elegance, and the collision of the long swords did not carry the ruthlessness and determination to kill the opponent.

But Xia De would not relax his vigilance because of this. At the end of the five minutes, which could even be called harmonious and friendly, when the long sword and the long sword collided again, and the sword in the diviner's hand changed moves abruptly, Xia De immediately understood that he was finally going to reveal his true purpose.