Chapter 2971

After saying goodbye to Old John, Xia De, carrying the supplies he had raised from the priest and Old John, did not rush to the next city immediately. Instead, after putting the things in his hand at home, he looked at the direction of the Yodel Palace from the window.

So twenty minutes later, in the Yodel Palace, in the circular study of King "Larus III", Leisia, who was looking at documents outside the giant curved desk in the middle of the office, suddenly heard a few slight cat meows.

The princess looked up and saw little Mia and a silver cat even smaller than it crouching on the windowsill outside the glass.

"Oh~"

She called out in surprise and hurriedly got up to open the window to let the cats in.

Because the sun was late to appear today, the Yodel Palace at 11:00 AM was still lit. As the political center of the entire Delarion Kingdom, this study, which was most often used by Larus III, was illuminated in every corner by wall lamps, crystal chandeliers, desk lamps, and table lamps.

However, His Majesty the King was not in the study for the time being. When Leisia opened the window to let the cold wind and the cats in, she was the only one in the study.

"Dorothy has already told me about tomorrow night, you don't need to come and notify me again. By then Grace and Helen will bring me over directly. Even if you miss me very much, we can see each other tomorrow."

Her Royal Highness the Princess said with a smile after closing the window, and then hugged both cats at once. And the reason little Mia didn't struggle was that it was concentrating on wanting to rub against the silver Xia De cat.

So the Xia De cat jumped nimbly onto the carpet and turned into Xia De, and Leisia put little Mia on her father's desk, and then hugged her lover:

"Let me guess, you are not in a good mood, so you want to get comfort from me?"

"Leisia, you really know me well."

Xia De hugged her and sighed:

"Sometimes I also think that after experiencing so many things, I should have been very accustomed to this kind of calm before the big battle, but now it seems I still can't."

"You always comfort others, and of course you also hope to be comforted yourself. No one is born to fight so many troubles and enemies. Only when you show fragility in front of me can I more truly feel that you are the real... person around us."

Xia De laughed and let go of her, finding that Her Royal Highness the Princess's emerald green eyes were also looking at him.

"Your way of saying this is very strange. Whether I am a person and whether little Mia is a cat are both very certain things."

"Yes, yes, Sir Knight, then do you need me to comfort you further?"

"A kiss?"

"Father just went to the Parliament, and will probably finish the meeting at noon. The conscription mobilization order for all counties in the country that I am dealing with here is very troublesome, but in fact, it can be solved in an hour."

Her Royal Highness the Princess suggested with a smile:

"Do you want to try here..."

"Absolutely not!"

Xia De refused, and then gave her a passionate kiss before Leisia could put forward further ideas:

"Leisia, I have indeed neglected you recently. After the Vesta Woodland matter is over, I will compensate you well."

"You, always thinking about other people's affairs, when can you think about yourself? I think after the forest matter is over, what you need most is actually rest."

She helped Xia De tidy up his collar:

"Okay, then see you tomorrow, Xia De."

"See you tomorrow, Leisia... Speaking of which, has your father prepared for national-level conscription mobilization?"

The next stop after Tobesk was Randall Valley. In fact, because he often helped Vanessa get things to Randall Valley City, Xia De almost ran to the Forsaken Church every other week.

It was still night outside, so the interior of the Forsaken Church, which had taken on a new look since last year, was also lit.

The golden candles on the numerous candlesticks were burning under the wall hanging the holy emblem. The scent of incense produced when the candles burned gave the interior of the church a more intoxicating sense of holiness.

This time, meeting the Guardian didn't involve running to the courtyard, because when Xia De walked out of the basement behind the church, the girls stationed in the church told Xia De that the Guardian was already waiting for him.

Today, the Guardian appeared with the face of Mr. Lathers, the father of Siris, and he sat on the long seat in the middle of the church.

"Did you know I would choose to come today?"

"Just a guess, after all, the current situation is really appalling."

After Xia De sat down beside him, the Guardian, dressed as a clergyman, said:

"Even if I had anticipated the worst situation, I couldn't have anticipated in advance that so many things would happen in just one week. I have already read the information you sent about the Doomsday Rift and the Crazy Moon, plus today's situation, it seems that the Chosen One of time must be selected."

Xia De nodded and briefly explained the current situation of the forest and the enemies to be faced next:

"The time is Saturday night, the day the silver moon shines."

"What do I need to do?"

The Guardian asked, and Xia De had already thought about it:

"You stay in the city and assist the Church in protecting Vesta City. Once the city falls, the fragile time balance of the forest will be broken immediately. By then, even if the Chosen One of time is selected, I'm afraid the entire region will still be swallowed by the time rift."

The Guardians might have power that was different from real demigods, but at least no Thirteenth-Tier could beat them. But it was clear that the Guardians were also not the opponents of the Ancient One in the forest. The power of the earth did not restrain time and trees.

Therefore, letting the Guardians help guard the city was also the most secure arrangement Xia De could think of. He didn't want to find that the city was gone when he finally walked to the last step while running around with Emilia.

Mr. Lathers nodded and agreed:

"When do I need to appear in Vesta City?"

"Do I need to make some preparations in advance to help guard the city?"

"For the sake of security, if I can set up a large ritual in advance, my spellcasting effect will be better."

The miracles and curses of Ringed Shushi can be amplified by rituals. For example, the "Heaton Seal" of the Dawn Church is theoretically a single-body defense ability, but with the assistance of wands, rituals, and choirs, it is not impossible to cover an entire city.

"Then you should set off immediately. The Five Gods Church should be making preparations now, and they will cooperate with you."

Leaving Randall Valley, the next stop was Moon Bay City.

Entering this area from the Dragon Nest outside the city, and then entering the urban area through the St. George Stone Bridge. When taking a carriage to the morgue in Spider Alley in the Lower City, Xia De found that the residents of Moon Bay City had a high acceptance of today's special astronomical phenomenon, or rather, they were not as panicked and uneasy as the residents in other regions.

After all, having just recovered from the great disaster in the "ancient prophecy", the people in the City of Wealth now had a high acceptance of everything.

Spider Alley was still the same. The Spider Tavern with lights on pointed the way for Xia De, because the sewer entrance leading to the underground morgue was not lit. The guards responsible for guarding the morgue entrance were not there as usual. Xia De guessed that they were playing Rod cards in the tavern.

And when Xia De entered the morgue area along the sewer, he found that there was only Mr. Ptolemy Albel in the morgue again today.

"Don't misunderstand, my colleagues are not absent from work. Although it is still night outside, it is indeed lunch break now, and they went to have lunch."

The smell of preservatives filled the spacious morgue. The vampire species who walked out from behind the curtain with brown stains was still wearing the brown robe he often wore.

This belonged to the standard clothing of coroners, just like the clergyman's robe of Priest Augustus. After more than a month of not seeing him, Mr. Ptolemy Albel's changes were not big. He nodded to Xia De, signaling him to wait a moment:

"However, for people like us who work underground without windows all year round, what the weather is like outside is actually not very meaningful."

He took off his gloves stained with blood and put them on the armrest of the handcart piled with "surgical" equipment:

"So the final battle of Vesta Woodland is about to begin, right?"

The pale-faced man looked like he was in his thirties or forties, and there was an indescribable decadence when he asked this:

"It seems I have to ask for a day or two off. I'm not complaining, but I didn't break my attendance record during the Battle of Moon Bay, and it seems I will break it often in the future. It doesn't matter, after all, compared to the attendance record of a thousand consecutive days, the significance of saving the world is greater."

But Xia De originally just wanted to borrow a sword:

"Mr. Albel, are you also going to Vesta Woodland? I mean, aren't you in a sealed state now?"

The coroner nodded:

"Yes, and wanting to break free from the petrification seal is not easy. After all, it was originally a ritual of the ancient earth sect of self-sacrifice. But the good news is that after a whole autumn of research and effort, I found that although my main body cannot break free from it, I can temporarily retrieve power through some special methods."

He pointed to himself:

"The current me is just an incarnation state, while the main body is in a petrified state. But stones are not immovable. Some time ago, Bernhart sent me several ancient scrolls collected by the clan from Wilndale City, so I mastered the method of controlling stone statues."

"Controlling stone statues? Does it refer to miracles of the transformation school such as 'Stone Pier Mobilization'? Do you want to use your main body as a summon?"

Xia De guessed, but the serious vampire species shook his head:

"It's better than you think. I can briefly possess this incarnation onto the stone statue of my main body. Although it is a bit arrogant to say so, it was indeed the god's divine descent that gave me inspiration."

"In short, I can briefly turn my consciousness and soul into light particles, return to the stone body used for fighting, and then control that body to transform into a giant dragon to fight. It's just that this behavior has restrictions, so the time I can continue to fight will not be very long."