Chapter 515: The Sleeping Luweiya

The area covered by the Angel-level relic 【Darkness Domain】 was not just about people falling into a deep sleep and being forgotten. This darkness was trying to melt and swallow everything around it, until everything, both physical and non-physical, turned into a part of the darkness.

Therefore, the earth turned black, the appearance of trees and wild grass became increasingly strange and twisted, and everything seemed to possess the characteristic of absorbing light. Even space itself was affected by this darkness that shrouded everything, and space itself appeared somewhat chaotic.

This was like a piece of space having been dissolved by darkness, causing some locations to connect with distant, disconnected places. One wrong step could lead to who knows where.

This kind of chaos did not occur on a large scale; the space as a whole remained normal. Xia De was also vigilant because of his core spirit rune 【Space-Time】 when he almost took a wrong step.

If one truly got lost in this kind of place, even Xia De would probably find it very difficult to find the correct road again. After all, he only had the magic 【Time Perception】, not the high-ring magic 【Space Perception】 known as the nemesis of "getting lost syndrome."

Hiding in the darkness were the demons known as "Secret Servants." On the periphery of the 【Darkness Domain】, these robed, one-eyed demons were distributed relatively evenly because the divine arts rituals arranged by the Church on the outskirts of the area were preventing them from spreading more darkness to the outside world.

The power of the relic belonging to the interior of the domain also affected Xia De's powerful soul perception ability. Coupled with the limitations on his vision, he had only set out for five minutes when he bumped into a Servant of Secrecy rushing out of the darkness. This kind of demon had an exceptionally large field of vision in the darkness.

But this time Xia De had sufficient preparation. He buckled the seal onto the 【Moonlight Greatsword】 and held the greatsword with both hands to face the enemy. When the other party rushed over, he slashed forward with great force. Even though the two-handed greatsword couldn't split this terrible creature with a huge vertical pupil on its face into two, the exorcism power attached to the sword itself still made terrible black smoke rise from its whole body.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia De pointed with his hand again:

"Mind Blast!"

The accumulated power plus high mental concentration made the short creature pointed at fly backward, the vertical pupil on its oval face exploded directly, and then it flew into the darkness and disappeared.

Without the 【Light】 spirit rune, even if he dismembered the other party, he couldn't completely kill the "Servant of Secrecy," so Xia De didn't bother to chase after it, but quickly left while the 【Mind Blast】 made the other party temporarily lose the ability to act.

Before arriving at the edge of Forest Town where the diviners were stationed, Xia De bumped into Servants of Secrecy three times. Except for the first time which was an encounter with a single individual, the second time he encountered a pair of individuals, and the third time he encountered dozens of individuals holding a ritual in the black cornfield.

The second encounter ended with Xia De escaping with his sword, while the third time he lay in the cornfield without daring to move for ten minutes, witnessing those demons sacrificing black flames with his own eyes. Those flames were related to the expansion of the Darkness Domain.

At the edge of the 【Darkness Domain】, Servants of Secrecy wearing tattered robes were everywhere like mice, and each individual was not exactly the same. This was not only expressed in appearance but also in power. This kind of demon creature seemed to have large differences between individuals within the race. Perhaps in the core of the Darkness Domain, there existed demons not inferior to high-ring mages.

Fortunately, the enemies Xia De encountered at present were not strong.

Like outside the town, Forest Town was also completely shrouded in darkness, and it couldn't be seen that there were any signs of normal life. Black shadows patrolled in the town, and there were some black crystals like table salt on the ground.

Xia De originally thought that those diviners could make resistance when the domain expanded suddenly, but judging from the current situation, they probably also suffered heavy losses at the moment the relic ran away.

Bang!

Just as Xia De was thinking about how to find Luweiya, a startling explosion sound came from the town.

The transmission of sound inside the relic was also affected, and this piece of darkness could also absorb sound. At this moment, Xia De could hear the sound from outside the town, which could only show that the explosion scene was absolutely more terrible than he thought.

"Is it a battle between Ring Mages? Or something else?"

【Too far away, and the dense whisper elements seriously hinder perception.】

She whispered softly in Xia De's ear, which made Xia De turn his head toward the side again subconsciously. Every time he heard her voice in the darkness, Xia De always thought she was by his side.

Although Xia De and the metal box behind him were both glowing, this piece of darkness had an extremely strong ability to swallow light, so he didn't have to worry about being discovered by others from far away.

Therefore, he didn't deliberately hide, but went directly toward the direction where the sound came from.

The sound came from the central street of Forest Town. Xia De entered the town from the east in the darkness and needed to pass through Douglas Street before turning into the central street.

But just as he walked into the somewhat gloomy town, Xia De saw people lying on the ground. These were the residents of the local town who had fallen into a deep sleep because of the arrival of darkness. Now about six hours had passed since the incident, and their condition was still okay. The blackening of the skin surface was not serious.

If the matter was solved quickly and the rescue was timely, they wouldn't remember anything after waking up, and the Church could handle the aftermath of this matter very easily... provided they could wake up.

After approaching the intersection of the two streets, besides the local townspeople, there were many outsiders lying on the street. One could judge this point from their clothing.

After careful inspection, Xia De understood that these were all people from the Diviner Association through the snake-tail pendants they wore.

Luweiya said that in order to cooperate with the Orthodox Church, the Diviner Association had transferred one-third of the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi diviners in Tobesk, which was 12 people, to this town this time. Xia De counted in the dark and found 7 of them near the intersection, and among these 7 people, two were wearing the metal magic amulets provided by the Church that Luweiya had mentioned in the letter.

The diviners only provided support, so originally they didn't need to enter the 【Darkness Domain】, so the Church didn't give everyone an amulet. And judging from the current situation, they still resisted for a while and encountered trouble when they were collectively transferring.

"Is the power of the relic enhanced? How come they were still affected even with amulets... Oh, there is another one here!"

Because it was really too dark around, Xia De could only see the people lying on the ground when he was quite close. Therefore, the woman leaning against the low wall at the street corner was the last one Xia De noticed.

He ran over quickly, and then was surprised to see that it was actually Luweiya.

"Oh, my Mia, what on earth is this~"

Xia De sighed, kneeling on one knee beside the female diviner with short brown hair, feeling very worried. She closed her eyes, tilted her head, and leaned against the low wall. There were no traces of injury on her body, just like a sleeping princess.

"Luweiya, Luweiya!"

He called softly and shook Luweiya's shoulders, but the other party had no reaction. When Xia De let go, she even fell forward and onto him because of the imbalance.

"What should be done in this situation?"

Xia De tried hard to think of a solution. At the same time, the sound from the central street continued. Now Xia De could be sure that this should be a battle between two high-ring Ring Mages. He felt chaotic elements.

"Let me think..."

He reached into his pocket, first fed Luweiya some water processed by 【Satiety Food】, but it was useless. He put the 【Youthful Eternal Leaf】 into her mouth, but it was still useless. So he divided a few drops of 【Weak Angel Potion】 and dripped it into her mouth, but it was still useless.

Finally, he looked behind him:

"Maybe it would be useful to put the 【God's Gift Box】 on Luweiya's head."

But thinking about it, he felt it was a bit too exaggerated, so he placed his finger on her forehead:

"How is it?"

【She is eroded by the power of darkness; you only need to temporarily drive away the darkness, and she will wake up.】

If Xia De had the 【Light】 spirit rune, he would only need to summon the life ring and let the spirit light shine on Luweiya. But he didn't, so he could only think of other ways.

He reached out and grabbed Luweiya's hand, wanting to pass his light to her like he did when fighting the enemy with Miss Difa last time. But the darkness last time was only brought by the appearance of a demon; this time it was a true Angel-level relic, and this method didn't work at all.

"Alright then, it can only be like this."

He took out the red ink pad box prepared for the seal from his pocket, cut his finger with a small knife, dripped his blood into it, and then added some No. 3 holy water (note), and mixed it with the leaves of the light-emitting grass he carried with him.

Light-emitting grass was a special plant that could spontaneously emit light only in a completely lightless environment in the middle of the night. It mostly grew in the primitive forests in the south of the Old Continent and was a relatively common special plant, often used in various rituals.

After mixing all the materials, the completed ritual didn't make Luweiya glow. After the red traces flickered a few times, the girl with purple eyes made a sound like sleep-talking, and then trembled a few times and opened her eyes.

"It actually worked, what kind of ingredient played a role?"

Xia De was very happy.

"Oh, Xia De, why are you here? Am I dreaming?"

There was still a dazed look in Luweiya's opened eyes. The pair of purple eyes blinked hard, and the expression on her face showed that she was completely powerless at this moment.

She was different from Xia De; she had woken up in the interior of the Angel-level relic without any protection. The feeling at this moment should be even more uncomfortable than Xia De's experience on the Fish Bone Pirate Ship.

After a few breaths, the purple-eyed girl finally cleared up. But she suddenly covered her mouth and asked Xia De somewhat weakly:

"What is this taste in my mouth?"

It was the taste of 【Youthful Eternal Leaf】 and many strange potions.

In this darkness, Xia De told her the current situation and helped Luweiya confirm that the current date was twelve-twenty-three on Saturday noon.

Luweiya also told Xia De what she had encountered. The general situation was about the same as Xia De had guessed. Around seven-ten this morning, the darkness in the distance suddenly spread, and it reached its current scale almost instantly.

The amulets given to the Diviner Association by the Church could still work in the first few tens of minutes, but when President Stan organized the diviners to prepare to transfer and join the Church's team, they encountered enemies. Coupled with the fact that the deep darkness became stronger and stronger, the amulets failed, and all Ring Mages below the mid-ring fell into a deep sleep.

And Luweiya was wearing two amulets given to her by Yi Yi Yi Lu Na, so she lasted a little longer.

"Then what is going on with the battle over there?"

The sound from the central street was still continuing.

"Is President Stan fighting a powerful demon individual?"

Xia De asked again.

President Stan had originally returned to the city after the 【Darkness Domain】 was controlled, but because of Dacnisi's matter, he had entered the front line of containing this Angel-level relic again, coordinating the diviners of the association to help the Church find the target.

And Luweiya was originally not in the team; she had run to the town temporarily to meet Yi Yi Yi Lu Na.

"It's not a demon, it's another Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi."

With Xia De's support, Luweiya stood up with difficulty. To prevent the darkness from making her fall into a deep sleep again, Xia De originally wanted to hand the glowing box he was carrying to her, but the 【God's Gift Box】 could only be held by children, and Luweiya couldn't carry it at all.

So Xia De collected the amulets from those sleeping diviners, and adding Luweiya's original two, the four amulets together could barely allow her to move in this area.

But she couldn't leave Xia De too far. Luweiya described it like this:

"You are like the sun now, no, the moon. Although you cannot completely drive away the darkness, your side is the position least likely to be affected by the darkness."

"President Stan is fighting a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi... you found Dacnisi?"

Xia De was greatly shocked.

"No, no, in this area, there is more than just Dacnisi and the Blood-Weeping one as foreign Ring Mages."

Luweiya reached out and patted her head a few times, wanting to make her dazed brain clearer:

"It's the Truth Society."

Xia De knew this organization. A few weeks ago, he and Priest Ao Gu Si had caught a lunatic in the cemetery who was trying to fuse with a relic using his body. The 【Truth Society】 was a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi organization rooted in the south of the Old Continent, with an ancient heritage, researching taboo rituals and magic, and had been wanted by the Orthodox Church for years.

"The other party is a nine-ring mage and a five-ring mage."

"But President Stan is a ten-ring, and there should be other Ring Mages from your association around him. But listening to the sound, how come both sides seem evenly matched? Could it be that the Truth Society has mastered a method to not be affected by the 【Darkness Domain】?" ===== CHAPTER 516 =====

"The opponent is a Ninth-Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi and a Fifth-Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi."

"But isn't Mr. Stan a Tenth-Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi? And there should be other Ring Mages from your Society around him. But listening to the sounds, why does it seem like both sides are evenly matched? Could it be that the Truth Society possesses a method to remain unaffected by the 【Darkness Domain】?"