Chapter 3255: The Hound's Coffin

Xia De had let the little hound help deliver a letter before he left last time, so the ladies also roughly knew about the 【Corpse Tree】. After meeting up, Xia De simply described the sealing plan he brought from the future, and then the gorgeous witch emperor affirmed the idea of the "witch" of later generations, and then asked Xia De:

"This is a kingdom of corpses and undead. If it is not handled, this tree will soon recover. What are you going to do?"

"I have a strange spell specifically for sealing. I have accumulated enough spirit again just now. I don't require a long-term seal, a temporary seal is enough."

He said to the hound who was standing at the door with its child:

"Some things involve time, so I can't say much, but I promise you that in the future, it will definitely perish in my hands."

The hound then spoke human language:

"Now is enough, just seal it temporarily. Even my master didn't have the ability to permanently contain it."

"Do I need to help?"

Miss Violet, who had been holding Xia De's hand from the beginning, asked again, and Xia De shook his head:

"It doesn't matter, I'll do it this time. After sealing this place, we will leave immediately. I feel that something else will come over later."

"Wait, there is something else here. The burial objects you left last time, and many things I collected before are all here."

The hound pointed at a position under the tree trunk, and Theresa walked over with a shovel. Xia De wanted to help, but was pulled by Miss Violet:

"Let her do this kind of thing. You, you haven't seen each other for so many years, and you still like to rush to the front. You were like this when we were in the god's tower back then."

"I always feel that after not seeing each other for a long time, I should do more for you."

"You... so this is why you are likable."

So Theresa could only dig out the rusty metal small coffin herself. After confirming that this was the hound's "property", she retreated with Miss Violet and Sister Belen, who had been silent all along.

Xia De inserted the "Moonlight Greatsword" into the ground under the tree crown again:

"Mythos · Tree Kiss."

The suppression of the strange world made the starry sky unable to unfold above his head, but everyone present felt that the surroundings had become different. The crackling sound of the bonfire burning was heard, and the Moonlight Greatsword did not disappear after leaving his hand, but flames emerged from the position where the sword tip pierced the ground.

The red-gold bonfire appeared around the silver greatsword, and the burning flames were extraordinarily reassuring. The tongue of fire licked the runes in the sword body. The familiar scene made Sister Belen want to take a step closer to confirm, but she was stopped by an outstretched arm.

Miss Violet looked at her sideways, and the nun, who had her hands folded together and hanging in front of her chest, nodded slightly and retreated again.

When this Mythos was mastered by Xia De, Xia De didn't know Sister Daelin yet, but undoubtedly the "Tree Kiss" in the current state had been deeply influenced by the nun and the First Flame.

The rustling sound of the tree crown continued to bring the natural breath to this dead land.

Xia De closed his eyes and placed his hand on the silver moon greatsword inserted into the bonfire again, so dozens of flowing fire streams emerged from the bonfire, forming a circling long dragon in the thin mist composed of the breath of death. The fire stream surged toward the big tree in front, and then bound it firmly like a chain. As those fire streams gradually extinguished, dozens of black scorch marks appeared on the surface of the 【Corpse Tree】's trunk.

Although the 【Corpse Tree】 in front of him was still that tree, in the eyes of the three high-level witches, the rise and fall of the relic's whispering elements had almost been suppressed to zero.

All its elements and spirit were sealed. The relic was still this relic, but before this seal was broken, it was just a tree.

"A good seal, is this power derived from enlightenment and virtue?"

Miss Violet, who saw all this, asked. Xia De moved his gaze away from the petrified Moon Greatsword and nodded to her:

"We'll talk about anything later when we go back. We can't stay here for long."

After speaking, he said to the souls of the two hounds beside the witches:

"Follow us, we will take you back to the world of the living, and then you can truly leave."

The two hounds followed. Xia De picked up the pure gold scepter again, turned the hound's corpse into a toy and stored it in his pocket far away from little Mia, found a gold brooch at the place where the "Mourning Knight" was repelled just now, and then led the group of four to leave quickly under the guidance of Sister Belen, who was holding the oil lamp. The grave robber Miss Liard was not here, so she was the one left behind to guard the hut.

During this process, Sister Belen did not have any communication with Xia De, but when Xia De looked at her before setting off again, the nun nodded slightly to him. She saw a dazzling firelight on Xia De at that time. She knew that it was the flame left in the body of the fire-bearer in front of her by a junior from an unknown number of years later.

As for what the other party meant, as a fire-bearing nun, Sister Belen naturally understood.

What made Xia De very surprised was that although the witches took more than ten minutes to find him, the group had only just set off—about three minutes later, they saw the stone hut standing in the open space.

"Space has changed."

Miss Violet said softly. Theresa was holding the small metal coffin and it was inconvenient to knock on the door, so Sister Belen knocked on the door. Two seconds later, Miss Liard's nervous face peeked out from the crack of the door:

"Mr. Hamilton, you are back!"

And after four people and two hounds all entered the room illuminated by the firelight of the fireplace, the originally spacious hut became a bit crowded. Miss Liard diligently moved chairs for everyone, and Theresa put the small metal coffin on the table with great effort. During this process, Xia De was actually very worried that the old table would collapse.

The coffin was a sliding door, and after opening it, the large pieces of gold reflecting the firelight of the fireplace illuminated everyone's faces. Everything stored inside was goldware.

"These are all rewards for you."

The hound standing at the door with its daughter said to Xia De, but Xia De cared more about something else:

"This coffin..."

He hesitated, and the hound also gave a positive answer:

"Yes, the master couldn't bury me back then, so he buried the coffin under the tree. After I became part of that tree, I have been carrying this coffin with my roots. If we can return to the world of the living, please bury my corpse in this coffin."

Miss Theresa and Miss Liard then took out all the items piled up in the small coffin and placed them on the table for counting. There were not only burial objects in it, but this strange world also produced other wonderful things.

The two girls looked very excited, while Miss Violet and Sister Belen had already sat down at the table.

Xia De took out the supplies he prepared this time box by box and sat down. The cat was finally allowed to jump onto the table, but after finding that the table was not very clean, it jumped back to Xia De's shoulder again.

Theresa still recognized little Mia and greeted the cat with a smile. Little Mia always seemed to have some magical power, and everyone's mood would become very good when it appeared.

Xia De finally had time to say hello:

"Although it's a bit late, it's really been a long time, Miss Violet."

The golden-haired witch smiled:

"Just now I was thinking, if you called me 'Empress Violet', I would definitely be very angry. Yes, it's been a long time, but it can also be said that I didn't expect you to appear so quickly again. It seems that Theresa should be encouraged to go out and walk more in the future."

"I will, teacher!"

Theresa immediately indicated, and Xia De laughed:

"There's no need to be so deliberate. I don't want Theresa to run into me in a dangerous place again. Then Miss Violet, how did you get here? You said just now that it was Miss Theresa who called you?"

"She took the initiative to call me. She didn't do this when you were there, because she was afraid you wouldn't agree. Although we haven't been together for a very long time, I can be sure that if Theresa said it in front of you, you would definitely say 'don't involve Miss Violet in things related to the Old God'."

Xia De smiled embarrassedly. He would indeed say so, but since the witch had already come, he wouldn't say anything more:

"Theresa and you are both very concerned about me, I know this very well. I won't say words of thanks, that would make me look very hypocritical... Is there anything I can do for you?"

The golden-haired witch emperor blinked:

"This can wait until the matter is over."

Then Xia De looked at Sister Belen again. The nun still kept her head slightly lowered even when sitting. Miss Violet waved her hand, letting the teapot warming on the fireplace fly over to pour tea for everyone, and Xia De said to the nun:

"Sister, I'm back. After I returned to my era, I communicated with my nun. She said that when I need it, I can completely accept the power of other nuns. Sister Belen, now that the number of relics is already very large, I am afraid we will soon carry out the final exploration.

So please share your flames with me, yes—I need your power."

She nodded gently, and then finally raised her head and "looked" at Xia De:

"Then hero who carries the fire, what kind of power do you need?"

Xia De came from an era where the First Flame was more complete. He could learn attack methods related to flames from Sister Daelin. What he needed now were those lost secret methods, or those unique to a certain generation of nuns, such as the "Indestructible Fire Seal" of the past:

"Sister Belen, I want to learn the secret method you mentioned last time that can sense the location of the First Flame. Whether it is in the current era or my era, I need such power."

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