Chapter 2827: Mission, Miasma, and Princess

If that pink tree man representing the body of the Sage-level relic is really in the city, its combat power must be inconsistent with the containment record, so the search team going out needs to have enough strong ring sorcerers to lead the team. The Sun Church and the Natural Church have a total of three thirteenth-ring sorcerers, plus the Chosen One Iluna, originally intending to divide the urban area into four, and the four of them would lead the team to patrol separately.

But now that Professor Dannister of Saint Byrons is also in the city, the original division into four can become a division into five.

"Professor Dannister, may I ask how many ring sorcerers Saint Byrons has in the urban area?"

Miss Maria asked, and the red-haired female sorcerer looked at Xia De who was sitting beside her:

"The professors of the Academy are all outside the city. I came to the city tonight to contact the witches of the Witch Council, so I stayed here. They said they can provide help. Let them take over part of the patrol work, and the God-caller is also willing to help."

Xia De, who had been silent, nodded. He made up his mind not to speak unless necessary, which helps to build his persona.

Others present didn't ask about this. Since she could "meet by chance" the God-caller, it is normal to have a friendship with the witch. Now is not the time to inquire about such things. This time it can only be regarded as confirming that Saint Byrons has indeed had a connection with the "God-caller" for a long time - perhaps the "God-caller" is a ring sorcerer from Saint Byrons.

"Everyone, this is the city map of Vesta City."

The twelfth-ring sorcerer originally stationed locally by the Natural Church cast a spell, using illusion to create a huge city sand table above the conference table.

Then emerald green lines divided the city along the main streets of Vesta City, and Miss Maria signaled Miss Dannister to choose first, so Miss Dannister chose the East City at will.

Compared to when the two came, in just over ten minutes, the green miasma outside the window looked even thicker. After the short meeting, Xia De and Miss Dannister didn't leave immediately, but talked to Mr. Yuri Aston, a candidate belonging to the Natural Church, and the "Sky Blade" from the early Sixth Era.

Of course, this was with the church's consent, and Iluna didn't get a chance to talk to Xia De.

The location of the conversation was this conference room. Mr. Yuri Aston, whom Xia De met for the first time, was a middle-aged man in his thirties with rather sparse hair. He looked quite scholarly, and compared to the battlefield, this kind of person should appear in a school or library.

Mr. Yuri Aston had worked in the local church for more than twenty years. Before this, he had only heard the story of the "God-caller," so he was very respectful when he met the "God-caller" this time. He also saw that the "God-caller" mainly wanted to talk to the Paladin, so after he appeared, he just greeted Xia De and made an appointment to find him if necessary, and then hurried to other parts of the church to help.

As for the "Sky Blade" who looked like a righteous character, Xia De just heard people call him "Mr. Astrea":

"I have heard of your legend."

Miss Dannister also temporarily avoided here, so only the two knights were left to talk.

Before Xia De could speak, the Paladin spoke first. He knew the language of the current era by relying on the power of time, but because the language he originally used was the prototype of modern Kansenrik common language, there were many ancient grammar and words rarely used today when he spoke.

This was somewhat like the way Sister Devlin spoke.

"Actually, I originally wanted to say, I have heard of your legend."

Xia De said with a smile. The two sat on both sides of the ring conference table, with hot tea in front of each person. The conference room was illuminated by the coal gas lamps on the wall, and the atmosphere looked very friendly. And not only was he very curious about the gentleman opposite, but the gentleman opposite was also very curious about him.

"My legend is all things of the past, but you are still creating legends."

The Paladin looked at Xia De, his eyes were very powerful:

"After I came to this era, the legendary stories I heard about the modern era mostly featured you. Modern people may have actively or passively accepted your existence, but do you want to know what I, who have listened to your stories for half a week, think of you?"

Although the content of the chat was not Xia De's original idea, he didn't mind talking about this:

"Please speak."

"The Great Prophecy of the *Whisper Poem* did not appear only after the Sixth Era stabilized. In fact, in my era, the legend of the Great Prophecy left by the witch emperors of the previous era was already circulating."

He asked Xia De:

"Almost every appearance of a Chosen One is related to you, but you are not a Chosen One. If I am not mistaken, you should know the truth about the Great Prophecy better than our Five Gods Church, right?"

Xia De shook his head very seriously:

"This is really not the case. In fact, I can't figure out what the thirteen Chosen Ones prophesied in the Great Prophecy mean to this world. Now I can only say that they are related to the inevitable doomsday. If the church has other understandings of the *Whisper Poem*, I am also very willing to listen to your insights."

The Paladin also shook his head seriously:

"There are indeed some sayings, but they are all groundless guesses. After I came to this era, I also tried to inquire about these things from people in this era. It is a pity that there is no answer.

I don't belong to this era, and I can't stay here permanently. I just hope that capable people like you can make the right choices at the right time. The poem has turned to the eighth chapter, and there shouldn't be much time left.

Although you don't belong to the church, you shouldn't have any essential conflict with the church. If possible, I hope you can start comprehensive cooperation with us early. I know that there are shadows in the Orthodox Church of this era, and the Moon Bay and Vesta dioceses have similar problems, but at least we are still fighting for civilization and the world, aren't we?"

Xia De really wanted to explore the stories of the beginning of the era from the other party, but due to the urgent time, he could only make an appointment with the other party to chat when he had time.

After meeting Miss Dannister, the two quickly returned to the hotel. After explaining the situation to Galinna, Miss Sylvia, and Flora, the three great witches all expressed that they could take people out to search for the traces of the tree.

"I will go with Sylvia, Xia De, you go to see Margaret's situation alone and then come to meet us. Flora and Miss Dannister stay here for the time being, Luweiya's divination should have results soon."

The duchess arranged it this way. Although she and Miss Sylvia were not thirteenth-ring, in the urban environment, the thirteenth-ring could not fight with all their strength, so the twelfth-order great witch should be enough.

Xia De set off after taking the 【Night Watchman】. At this time, looking down from a high place, all he could see was the thick green fog rolling. This fog had a sweet taste, the taste of inferior industrial saccharin in the Outsider's memory. Except for ring sorcerers with extremely strong physical fitness like him, even high-ring sorcerers must use "Bubble-Head Charm" to protect themselves from any influence.

So when Xia De found the group of witches, he found that everyone's head was covered by a transparent bubble. Galinna was the same. Seeing Xia De's expression of holding back laughter, the beautiful red-haired witch reached out and gave him a bubble, and then continued to walk into the deeper part of the thick fog.

At this time, even if the 【Night Watchman】 was still inserted in the sword sheath 【Blade of No Edge】, the light was constantly seeping out from the seams of the sword sheath, which also represented the omnipresence of whisper elements. However, after an hour of searching, Xia De and the two great witches and the high-ring girls had walked through every corner of the East District of the city, even the dirty and smelly garbage alleys, but still couldn't find the so-called tree man.

When they returned to the Accordion Hotel, it was close to four o'clock on Friday morning. But if the miasma was always so thick, I am afraid that Vesta City would not be able to welcome the sunshine even in the early morning.

The people who went out rested for a while, and the maids prepared tea and snacks for everyone. After Xia De drank a cup of tea, he went to Luweiya, and the purple-eyed girl finally got a conclusion:

"The tree is in the city, but not in reality, but in someone's dream. The specific location is the center of the city. I can't accurately know the address of the dream object, but the whisper elements on that person must be the strongest.

Force it out of the dream, and then you can destroy the tree man's body in reality and end the disaster tonight."

Luweiya consumed too much spirit for divination, and after leaving the divination result, she was helped by Leiqianya to return to the room to rest.

But there was no need for Xia De and the witches to find the dreamer in the city, because not long after he shared Luweiya's divination results, with the slight vibration of the whole city and the strong fluctuation of whisper elements, the shadow of a behemoth appeared in the thick fog to the west of the hotel.

That direction was the direction of the Golden Music Hall. The shadow that appeared as if it had moved in space was the appearance of a huge tree.

After it appeared, it was immediately attacked by thaumaturgy in the fog. The witches in the hotel immediately recognized that it was the church's divine art. In other words, the church had already forced out the tree hiding in the dream one step ahead.

The tree itself was glowing, and its shadow in the fog looked taller than the tallest building in the city. The shadow of the canopy swayed, and thicker fog was continuing to spread from the city center to the urban area. Facing the attack, a sigh of an old man like "Ah~" hit everyone's spirit like a heavy hammer.

But the tree man, even as a relic, looked abnormal in appearance. When looking from a distance, there seemed to be something like cysts on the trunk. After Xia De and Galinna, Sylvia, and dozens of high-ring girls approached the battlefield on the roof, they found that large pieces of white cysts were tightly attached to the trunk of the giant tree man. Even without trypophobia, anyone with a normal spirit would feel disgusted when seeing this scene.

Looking carefully, black insects were curled up in those white cysts. The pink canopy and the black trunk made these things very eye-catching in that strange pink light. Xia De, who had seen similar things in the underground mineral veins, recognized at a glance that these were all sleeping paradox insects.

These cysts were attached to the upper end of the giant pink tree man's trunk, and some were even directly attached to the facial features of the tree man's face. They wriggled constantly as the tree trembled violently, as if sharing their power with the relic. The power of the insects gathered into the trunk, then merged into the miasma, until it sprayed out from the lush canopy of this giant tree.

This is probably why the Sage-level relic 【Dream Tree】 suddenly possessed the power to divide time.

And below the tree man were four legs composed of human-like black roots, and there were two thick wooden arms on both sides of the trunk. It "stood" above the Golden Music Hall, and its legs stood straight without letting its body touch the music hall.

And I don't know if it was because of those sleeping paradox insects, this tree's resistance to divine art was extremely powerful. The erected wooden arms easily blocked the vast majority of attacks from the fog, and as the tree man's mouth on the dry bark opened, large pieces of black insects flew out from it.

But it is not because those flying insects that look like "paradox insects" are paradox insects, but they also possess the power of time.

The ring sorcerer team of the church hidden in the fog immediately greeted those flying insects. Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded above the city, and then in the violent explosion that seemed to shake the world, hundreds of thunderbolts bombarded the canopy of the ancient tree man straight down.

The pink glowing canopy grew upward under the bombardment of thunder, and the pink light lingering at the end of the branches formed a barrier to try to resist this round of thunder, but in the higher night sky, "Thunder's Fury" Mr. Gareth Sander's thirteenth-ring fate ring faced the starry sky, and even meteorites were mixed in the thunder and fell together during the second round of thunder bombardment.

"Earth Power - Earth Energy Cannon!"