Chapter 2214: Chase

The gorgeous light trail defeated the darkness that Emilia's vision could see as if it were splitting the sea. Even those human-shaped protrusions on the wall seemed to fear this moonlight, actively retreating to the lower floors along with the receding darkness, bringing with them the wall cracks they had caused.

As an Angel-level relic, 【Night Watcher】 naturally restrained 【Corpse in the Wall】, which was why Xia De could repel the other party in one blow.

But when he put down his sword and gasped slightly, he also knew that he could not completely defeat the relic with his current strength, so he just slashed out a sword and immediately turned to look at Emilia.

The elf girl with red eyes didn't even have time to talk to Xia De before she hugged the longsword he handed over. Then, Xia De, with empty hands, bent down, tucked Emilia into the side of his body, lifted the little unicorn with his right hand, and then ran toward the higher stairs in two or three steps.

The darkness below the stairs was only temporarily repelled. When the moonlight and the power of 【Night Watcher】 dissipated as Xia De continued to move upward, the surging darkness continued to chase the people who wanted to escape.

Xia De's perception was much stronger than Emilia's, so the "protruding human shapes" and "wall cracks" that Emilia saw were just the appearance of 【Corpse in the Wall】 in his eyes. What he could perceive was that there was indeed an unknown entity inside the wall slowly moving upward.

Those protruding human shapes that resembled corpses, and even that patch of darkness that was rising, were just relic effects naturally produced as the core of the relic appeared in the wall of this clock tower. Its slowly rising main body was the most dangerous thing, which was a relic of Angel-level in the true sense.

Emilia didn't know what Xia De was thinking. She only felt that she was rotating and rising very steadily. Perhaps because she was holding "Night Watcher", when the bright yellow runes on the silver sword blade entered her emerald green eyes, Emilia finally came back to her senses.

"Xia De~"

She called out softly, but Xia De, who was trying hard to climb the stairs with Emilia and the little unicorn, had no time to respond.

The ancient rune "My heart is clear, the sword slashes demons" was in ancient elf language. After all, this longsword itself was forged with elf forging techniques in the Third Era. Emilia recognized those runes, and after reciting them softly in her heart unconsciously, she felt that all the influence brought by the relic disappeared.

She felt as if she had returned to that night when she was held by Xia De and running in the forest. But unlike last time, this time they were facing real danger. What was the same as last time was that she was protected by Xia De again:

"I can't do anything..."

"No, that thing climbs stairs faster than me!"

Just as he was thinking this, Xia De stumbled, and like Emilia and the little unicorn just now, he was unluckily tripped. "She" in his ear laughed softly:

【Outsider, you have perceived the attack of "Misfortune".】

"That damn crow!"

But Xia De was not tripped, just stumbled forward and stood firm. So he simply adjusted his posture, first put down the little unicorn he was carrying on his shoulder, then grabbed the hilt of 【Night Watcher】 in Emilia's hand, let her back face himself, took her into his chest, and Xia De's hands grabbed Emilia's hands, then led her together to stab the longsword into the floor of the stairs under their feet:

"Miracle - Moonlight Thorns!"

The sharp longsword very smoothly stabbed into the stone floor, and then dense silver moonlight thorns grew rapidly from the cracks in the stair floor. Before the surging darkness appeared, the thorn bushes blocked the stairwell like a spider web.

The human-shaped protrusion that moved the fastest was the first to touch this big net. Then, thorn-shaped traces also appeared inside the wall. The thorns rapidly pierced the human shape, and also drilled out from the wall cracks brought by the human shape, making the big net woven by thorns even denser.

"Run!"

After doing this, Xia De hugged Emilia and turned to continue upward. The elf girl was carried along by him, but still couldn't find a chance to open her mouth. And the little unicorn, which had recovered its ability to act, ran in front of them. The unicorn emitted a faint light, and the light spots touched Xia De's body, making him feel that his actions were becoming smoother and smoother.

Facts proved that in such a narrow space, the effect of "Moonlight Thorns" enhanced by 【Night Watcher】 was far better than all other abilities. Xia De and the little unicorn ran upward together for at least twenty seconds before he felt that the thorn bushes he released were directly destroyed by powerful force.

And at this time, there was not much distance left to the top of the clock tower. Even if the Belindell Big Ben was the tallest building in the city, for Xia De's speed, this could only be considered a warm-up.

"Xia De, you came to save me again."

Only then did he hear Emilia's voice again. Emilia was still being held by him with one hand. To facilitate running, 【Night Watcher】 was also still in her hand.

"I promised that I would let you safely pass this difficulty, of course I would come to save you."

He said this in the gap of adjusting his breathing, and at the same time perceived the space. The end of the stairs was not far away.

"If, I mean if you really encounter a problem that you cannot handle in a while, Xia De, you can let go of me, let me myself..."

"What silly things are you saying."

The little unicorn running in front jumped out of the stairwell, entered the maintenance personnel passage on the top floor of the clock tower, and then continued to rush forward, rushing toward the door connecting the clock tower machine room to the sightseeing platform. One could reach the sightseeing platform directly by taking the elevator from the bottom of the clock tower, but walking the stairs also had to pass through the machine room.

Xia De followed closely and rushed out. He had no time to observe the interconnected gears and shafts on the back of the clock face beside him. He followed the unicorn and saw that the door blocking them was locked. And the little beast didn't even give Xia De a chance to make a move, lowered its head slightly and rushed forward, the horn directly smashed the door, letting it enter the open viewing platform first.

The sound of rain and the cold wind rushed into the room. On a rainy day, generally speaking, in order to be waterproof, the roof of this viewing platform was open, but at Xia De's request, Miss Belindell had the automatic retractable roof retracted in advance. Therefore, when Xia De also rushed out from that broken door, they were immediately drenched by the rain.

But no one had time to care about the rain. He turned around quickly and looked at the broken door with the little unicorn. As a white lightning flashed from the top of his head, amidst the rumbling dull sound, the whole clock tower began to vibrate. Dense black tentacles climbed along the wall from inside the door and reached into the rain. The doorway blocked by black mist could no longer see the scene of the corridor inside the clock tower.

Xia De did not release 【Moonlight Thorns】 again, but hugged Emilia and retreated with the little unicorn, trying to stay away from the wall as much as possible.

One by one, the protruding human shapes came from the walls inside the corridor to the walls outside the door, making even denser cracks cover the wall. It was just that this time they did not try to break away from the wall, just solidified inside the wall, but this made them look more like corpses imprisoned here.

Black was staining the wall, and the sound of rain could not cover the "lament" emitted by the clock tower itself. Xia De and the little unicorn didn't even dare to blink. After Xia De put down Emilia, they stood in front of the pointed-eared elf girl together to protect her, and also waited together for the thing that served as the core of the relic to come here.

"Staff of Yggdrasil."

【Night Watcher】 had been held in Xia De's hand again. Emilia pursed her lips and looked at Xia De, and suddenly heard his soft whisper.

"Yggdrasil?"

The pointed ears shook, and she felt that she seemed to have heard this word somewhere. And as Xia De pulled down the key hanging on his chest, the key held tightly in his palm emitted white light outward.

This light extended to the left and right sides until it transformed into the black long staff that Emilia had seen before and made her feel a sense of familiarity.

Of course, this was also the thing that Iluna entrusted her to help investigate.

Holding the sword in his right hand and the staff in his left, Xia De, who was holding his breath, could feel even if he closed his eyes that the most terrible thing had already wandered from the wall to the corridor at the top of the clock tower.

It was coming.

At the same time—

The rain was blown by the wind and swept past the side of the Belindell Big Ben, then hit the square ground below.

In the square under the clock tower, the man who looked up and watched most of the Belindell Big Ben clock tower being dyed filthy black sighed, and then said to his companion behind him:

"Has Mr. Joshua Brooklyn, the 'Hand of Radiance' of the Dawn Church, not arrived yet?"

The Fifth Tier sorcerer who also belonged to the Creation Church shook his head:

"That gentleman went to the north of the city to investigate ruins this morning and has not returned yet. However, the 'Beast Hunter' of the Nature Church who just arrived locally yesterday should arrive soon."

The Belindell Big Ben, which inexplicably changed color in the rain and emitted strong whisper elements, was naturally discovered by the monitoring ritual with the five major cathedrals as the ritual core in Moon Bay City at the first time. During the time Xia De, Emilia, and the little unicorn climbed the tower, the team of the Creation Church, which totaled twenty people, was the first to arrive.

But the team of twenty people didn't even dare to touch the outer wall of the clock tower, but observed the changes of the clock tower from different angles to determine what had happened here.

"Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"

Then the sorcerers from the Dawn Church and the Peace Church appeared together. The white-haired Twelfth Tier old gentleman who led the Dawn Church looked up at the clock tower in the rain and couldn't help but sigh:

"This formation... Angel-level relic?" ===== CHAPTER 2215 =====