Chapter 3934

Even in the rain, there were guards at the entrance to the Command Post, but the carriage bearing the Astley family crest was not stopped.

Miss Cruz, who was driving, was clearly no stranger to this place. She did not let Xia De get out of the carriage immediately, but went to check the situation herself. She returned in less than half a minute:

"Mr. Watson, the people at the Command Post say the mistress and her party have already left."

Although there was more than one route from Fragrant Mansion to Gray Rock Pass, Miss Cruz was very familiar with the routes the mistress usually chose. She had been worried about missing them, so she had been observing the road along the way. With the bad weather today, there were few carriages on the road, so the probability of two carriages missing each other was very low.

Xia De thought for a moment:

"Besides the trip to Gray Rock Pass, did Wei Ge have anywhere else to go?"

Miss Cruz shook her head lightly:

"The mistress only had this one matter to attend to today."

"When did Wei Ge's carriage leave?"

"About half an hour ago. We should have been entering the Lower City at that time. If there were no accidents, we should have crossed paths with the mistress's carriage in the northern part of the Outer City."

Wei Ge had always been wearing a "limiter," so Xia De's "Witch Detection Badge" could only sense her at close range. The badge had shown no reaction on the way here.

"We'll head back now, and faster. If we don't see them when we return to Fragrant Mansion, I will ask my diviner friend for help."

"Understood."

The young woman driving jumped back onto the carriage and drove quickly away from the Gray Rock Pass Command Post. Xia De was very worried inside, but the carriage had only just driven out of the gate before it stopped again.

It wasn't that Miss Cruz had found Wei Ge, but someone was waving at the carriage from the side of the road. Amidst the pattering rain, Xia De heard a familiar voice:

"Is Mr. John Watson here?"

Miss Cruz hesitated, guessing that the person was a friend of Xia De's. Xia De opened the carriage door in surprise. Delia A. Sabel, whose hair had turned from straw-yellow to gold, was standing by the road, smiling while holding a black umbrella and wearing a black and red dress. Behind her was a local inn, as if she had just walked out of it. Since the banquet at the Elf Camp after the Battle of Fate, she had appeared again so abruptly. Xia De even suspected that she was following him.

But soon, the lady's words stopped Xia De from thinking about such meaningless things.

"When we parted last time, you said you hoped our next meeting would be in the warmth of spring. Although it is indeed spring, it's a pity the weather isn't very good. Mr. Watson, you seem to be in a hurry. Is there an emergency?"

Miss Sabel asked with a smile. Xia De nodded immediately:

"My friend seems to have gone missing. She left here half an hour ago and we didn't cross paths on the road."

Adele Isabella, who had been following Wei Ge out of amusement and dissatisfaction at Wei Ge's "showing off," had stumbled upon her accident and sensed Xia De approaching, so she said:

"If the person you are looking for is a sickly lady, I think I know where she is."

She glanced at the young woman driving, who was immediately frozen in time:

"I told you last time that I am acquainted with the Speaker of the Witches' Council. I heard from her that this lady seems to have run into some trouble. Mr. Watson, do you need me to lead the way?"

"Of course, Miss Sabel. I've found that every time you appear, you help me solve my troubles."

"That's fine."

Adele hid the hand Xia De had just held in her sleeve and clenched it, smiling in response. Then she whispered the destination to the young woman driving.

"I know her, but she doesn't know me, which is why I didn't greet her when I ran into her earlier. That sickly lady seems to have seen someone related to her at Gray Rock Pass and followed them. Although I don't know what happened afterward, I sensed a faint fluctuation of elements nearby a short while ago... My perception is very keen."

She explained why she knew Wei Ge's whereabouts, but didn't mention that she had left a time clone to follow them. Seeing the unease on Xia De's face, Adele felt both happy and unhappy:

"Then, Mr. Watson, I won't reminisce with you for now. Although I'm very curious about how you came to be here, finding your friend is more important. Do you need my help later?"

Although he didn't know the specifics, Xia De certainly didn't mind having such a powerful helper as Miss Sabel:

"I do. She is... a very important friend."

The fist in her sleeve clenched tighter, but Adele's expression remained unchanged:

"I noticed it when we parted last time—you really do have quite a few beautiful friends~"

The carriage first drove out of the Gray Rock Pass fortress, then instead of following the main road toward the Outer City of Arcadia, it turned south at a country path intersection and quickly came to a stop.

"They are by the riverbank of the Sernier River now. We'll walk the rest of the way."

Miss Sabel left the carriage nimbly, and Xia De followed quickly, calling out to Miss Cruz:

"You can just park the carriage here and come with us."

The three of them quickly left the road accessible to carriages. The rain was still heavy, but Miss Sabel just waved her hand, and none of them could feel the raindrops anymore.

They descended rapidly along stairs carved into the side of the hills and, after crossing a suspension bridge through a small woods, saw Wei Ge and her party from a height five minutes later.

Due to the terrain, the Sernier River was turbulent all year round at this section of Gray Rock Pass. At this moment, Wei Ge and her party were not standing directly in the riverbed, but on the embankment to one side.

There was a clearly man-made road on the embankment, which stretched from the Gray Rock Pass fortress far away and should have extended from the side of the lower part of the fortress all the way here.

Wei Ge's party consisted of four people. Besides the witch herself, there were a maid, a guard, and a young woman dressed as a carriage driver. Except for the ninth-ring maid, the other two had already fallen to the ground.

The group of people fighting Wei Ge and the others were not the group in uniform black robes Xia De had imagined from Friday night.

The three of them were all high-ring sorcerers—a combination of one tenth-ring and two ninth-rings, which was a formidable team in most parts of the material world.

Wei Ge had clearly drunk the blood brew and removed her limiter. At this moment, she was using the effect of the "Chaos Echo" spell to enhance the other spells and secret arts she was casting. The maid behind her was defending against the opponent's attacks as best she could.

Both sides were not in close contact, merely standing in place and bombarding each other with spells and incantations. But even though Wei Ge was fighting with all her might, she was merely struggling to hold on.

This was not only because Wei Ge was limited by her physical condition and unable to fight at full strength, but also because among the three people opposite them, the ninth-ring female sorcerer in a hood, whose face could not be seen, stood behind her two companions, holding something lovingly in her hands.

The mere existence of that thing here directly affected the surrounding environment. Even though the three of them—Xia De and the others—were not joining the battlefield but were located on the edge of the battlefield on the high ground, they could still feel a terrifying pressure and inexplicable spiritual pollution centered on that female sorcerer, making it almost impossible to breathe.

Under this silent pressure, not only was the surge of spirit within the soul affected, but even the body and soul themselves felt an urge to flee quickly.

Of course, Xia De was not deeply affected, but Miss Cruz was already trembling slightly. She was only a mid-ring sorcerer, and the strength of her soul could not compare to anyone here:

"What is that?"

Miss Sabel once again demonstrated her extensive knowledge, having already let the time clone she left behind dissipate:

"It's normal that you don't recognize it. Even I had only heard of their legends before. The 'Alliance of the Holy Child'—this is an extremely blasphemous and sinful terrorist sorcerer organization. They have survived several encirclement and suppression campaigns by the Five Gods Church but still stand tall. In the eyes of the Church, their danger level is even higher than some evil spirits or demons. The title 'Holy Child' is generally given by the Church to high-ring sorcerers who have made outstanding contributions. One might not appear in several hundred years, and most are awarded to those who have sacrificed themselves. But the 'Holy Child' in the 'Alliance of the Holy Child' is not a title, but a 'Holy Child' in the true sense—that is, the child of a 'Saint'."

Ignoring Miss Cruz's surprise, Xia De had already bitten his right hand and drawn a red crescent on the palm of his left hand with his blood. As his left hand trembled slightly, tiny red light spots drifted from the crescent on his palm, quickly condensing into that red crystal-like longbow with a silver bowstring and decorated with changing moon phases.

"God-descended Saint? A Saint's child?"

"That's a bit of an exaggeration, but have you ever thought about this: although the mortals used as vessels for divine descent die immediately after the descent, if they existed as descendants before serving as containers for the Great Ones to descend into the material world, then would their descendants possess special qualities? If they had biological siblings, would the descendants of their siblings possess special qualities?" ===== CHAPTER 3935 =====

The title of 'Son of God' is generally given by the church to those high-ring mages who have made outstanding contributions. One might not appear in a few hundred years, and most are awarded to those who have sacrificed. And the 'Son of God' of the 【Son of God Alliance】 is not a title, but a 'Son of God' in the true sense. Yes, that is, the 'child of a Saint'."

Not mentioning the surprise of Miss Cruz on the side, Xia De at this moment had already bitten his right hand and used blood to draw a red crescent on the palm of his left hand. As his left hand trembled slightly, tiny red light spots drifted from the crescent on his palm, and the light spots quickly condensed into that red crystal-like longbow with a silver bowstring and dotted with moon phase changes.

"God-descended Saint? Child of a Saint?"

"It is indeed a bit exaggerated to say so, but have you ever thought about it? Although the mortal used as a vessel for God's descent will die immediately after the descent, if they existed as descendants before being the vessel for the Great One to descend into the material world, then would their descendants possess special characteristics because of this? If they have blood-related brothers and sisters, then would the descendants of their brothers and sisters possess special characteristics because of this?"