Chapter 277: Lament and Harvest

The descent of the Evil God on Thursday night, and the subsequent battle with the unknown moon god, of course, could not be quelled so easily. And one thing most related to the citizens of Tobeisk was that the whole city was under martial law today, strictly forbidden from going out. The Lidevich Field, the church, and the Tobeisk garrison were controlling the situation in the whole city in all aspects, so as to search house by house.

On one hand, the church had made a great determination; even if it meant smashing half of Tobeisk, they had to catch the lucky survivors among the 【Lord of Blood Banquet】 cultists and the members of 【Mercury Blood】. On the other hand, last night, the church's High-Ring Ringed Shushi almost went with the determination of total annihilation to block the Evil God. Although they were finally saved by an unknown Saint, the people who were forced to participate in the Blood Banquet were still seriously injured.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na being able to get that bottle of No. 1 Holy Water Essence was because the church gave it out considering the injuries of others.

Therefore, the city-wide martial law also meant maintaining public order under a high-pressure posture when almost every High-Ring Ringed Shushi was injured.

But last night's events also frightened other Ringed Shushi in the city. Now no one would go to touch the church's bad luck, and almost everyone was very happy to see that group of lunatics being caught by the church.

That is to say, except for church members like Miss Beiya and a few royal family members who had obtained passes, any citizen today had to stay at home.

Tobeisk was the capital of the Delarian Kingdom, and such city-wide martial law would of course cause an uproar. But considering what happened last night, even the Yodel Palace did not express any opposition.

The news of His Majesty the King accepting an emergency interview last night was the front page of all morning newspapers today. Although the whole city was under martial law today, the newspapers were still delivered because the citizens needed to know what exactly had happened:

"Cultists poisoned the whole city, hundreds of citizens died last night, city-wide search today... oh."

Beside the dining table, Xia De, holding the newspaper, could not help but sigh. The news in the newspaper looked terrifying, but in fact, the number of casualties was not hundreds, but thousands. Although compared with the fact of "Evil God's descent," this number was not large, and even for the peaceful year of 1853, it was common for thousands of people to go missing in Tobeisk in a year, but the number of thousands of deaths in one night would definitely make the entire Old Continent panic.

Xia De's guess last night was correct; it was indeed the cultists poisoning through the "Silver Parrot Milk Delivery Company" controlled by 【Mercury Blood】, offering sacrifices to the Evil God to constitute a grand "Blood Banquet."

This was mentioned in the letters obtained from the Silver-Eyed One's corpse, which was why Luweiya was able to infer the general origin of the matter before seeing Xia De.

"There might be public mourning activities later, the impact of this matter... fortunately there is you, otherwise the casualties last night would be more than this. I know you won't let anyone know what you did, but I know what kind of risks you took... Xia De, this seems a bit unfair to you."

Miss An Na Te sat at the dining table with Xia De, she said softly while holding a spoon. Xia De moved the newspaper in front of him away and looked at her. He was still sighing about the casualties last night:

"Things can't be calculated like this. Miss An Na Te, the things each of us has done will eventually leave traces in this world and eventually affect us again. Although what I did is unknown to others, one day, I will understand the meaning of this to me."

The diviner liked such words very much, she stirred the food in the bowl with a spoon:

"That's right, Xia De. Speaking of which, just call me by my name in the future, there's no need to call me 'Miss An Na Te'."

"Alright then... Luweiya?"

"Yes, that's my name. Does it sound strange?"

City-wide martial law meant that today's original work, which was accompanying Mrs. Lemeier to receive the inheritance, was definitely impossible to complete. And Luweiya was now staying at Xia De's house, unable to return to the Diviner Association to inquire about news.

The two were both trapped at No. 6 St. Deran Square. Fortunately, they had nothing else to do. After breakfast, they sorted out last night's harvest together.

Of the six relics, only five remained now. The Magic Eye 【Greedy Silver】 was taken away by the 【Lord of Blood Banquet】 as a meal. The specific distribution would have to wait until Miss Beiya returned in the evening. Of course, the Sage-level relic 【God's Gift Box】 definitely belonged to Xia De. That lady who became an angel had personally said that this item was to be kept by him.

And as for the remaining three blank pages of 【Puppeteer's Script】, Xia De would not touch them no matter what.

Luweiya was quite interested in the Vientiane Impermanence card that Xia De had newly obtained. She borrowed it to conduct research. In her words, this was an item completely related to fate.

Xia De explained that the Vientiane Impermanence card really possessed the power of an Ancient God, which surprised Luweiya.

"Didn't you see that fight last night? Didn't you see that dark golden scale?"

Xia De was also surprised:

"I thought you had already discovered it."

"How could you think that mortals could witness the battle of gods? Although my eyes are powerful, I only barely saw the final moonlight. I even dare to bet that except for Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, I should be the person who saw the most things."

In this way, Xia De did not need to worry about exposing his identity. At the same time, the doctor, the priest, and Miss Lu Yisha should not easily link last night's moonlight to Xia De.

With nothing to do during the day, Luweiya flipped through the letters from the blood-sucking species and the Silver-Eyed One brought out from the ruins in the living room, while Xia De confirmed his newly acquired power on the side.

The harvest in the ruins was huge, not only allowing him to be promoted to a Second-Ring Ringed Shushi directly, but also allowing him to completely harvest two new miracles: 【Moonlight Greatsword】 and 【Toy Making】.

The former could not only compete with the blood-sucking species suppressed by Miss Beiya in the ruins, but could also cooperate with 【Lagley's Jump】 and 【Time-Distorted Blade】 to produce quite coordinated attacks.

Of course, if it weren't for the divinity, those cracks that followed would probably have made Xia De look good.

After Xia De burned divinity to become a god, 【Moonlight Greatsword】 even confronted the 【Lord of Blood Banquet】 head-on. It should be said that it was worthy of being a miracle obtained by using a relic; it did not need casting materials, and the consumption when using the miracle was also very low.

When using the miracle, only the step of pulling the "Moonlight Greatsword" out of the air consumed the most spirit, and the subsequent loss was almost equal to the recovery speed of Xia De's spirit. Moreover, even if the greatsword shattered, it could be pulled out again immediately, with no waiting time. And as Xia De's Ringed Shushi level increased, the Moonlight Greatsword would also become more and more powerful. This was undoubtedly the strongest attack means Xia De currently mastered.

The only drawback was that the Moonlight Greatsword would disappear once it left his hand; it could only be used for close combat, unlike Miss Beiya's 【Sunlight Spear】 which could be thrown.

Although injecting spirit and elements into the sword could make this greatsword produce attack effects similar to "sword light," doing so consumed a lot, completely incomparable to the long-range attack effect of "Silver Moon's Slash." ===== CHAPTER 278 =====