Chapter 730: Priest, Truth Society, and Rhodes Cards

After saying goodbye to Iluna on the water surface and agreeing to meet on Thursday to inform each other of the situation, Xia De took Mia and dived into the dense forest again, preparing to go home.

The thick fog in the forest was still lingering, but the traces of the divine ritual on the ground were no longer glowing. Presumably, the battle in the distance had also ended.

Although there were some accidents just now, the kiss under the moon on the water surface made Xia De feel very good.

But before he had walked two steps in the forest, he frowned and stopped:

"Who?"

"Me."

With the appearance of the voice, the moonlight was projected onto the ground through the branches, and the large shadows of the trees looked a bit terrifying at night. And walking out of those shadows was Priest Augustus wearing a gray priest robe. He had an embarrassed expression. If he hadn't been seen by Xia De, he would definitely not have walked out.

"Priest?"

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's so late, why are you here... when did you come?"

"Don't worry, I didn't see anything just now."

The priest shook his head hurriedly and signaled Xia De to talk while walking:

"After returning to Tobesk, I won't say anything."

He emphasized again, as if afraid Xia De wouldn't believe it. But after speaking, he hesitated for a moment and whispered a reminder:

"I can understand young people pursuing beautiful people of the opposite sex, but you must also control the scale and... quantity."

"Priest, you really came early!"

Mia, who was poking her head out of Xia De's arms, also cooperated with a

"I arrived when you charged out of the woods. You hid truly well; if you hadn't walked out of the dense forest, I wouldn't even have been able to discover you."

The priest laughed as he walked hurriedly through the foggy woods with Xia De. Although he often mocked himself for being old and unable to do many things, this old priest could still move as swiftly as flying through the forest at night.

"I came here to find something. The madman who just summoned the Death Scythe has what I want on him."

"You also know that it is the 'Death Scythe'?"

The battlefield at the center of the lake was far from the woods; the priest should not have been able to hear Joy Barton's voice.

Priest Ao Gu Si hummed and said quite complacently:

"I can understand most powers related to death with just a glance. Although the power that man used just now was strange, I knew the name the moment I saw it."

This should be related to the power of the Angel of Death:

"That is a true death blow, capable of using the concepts of death and finality to shatter any entity or non-entity that one wishes to destroy."

"Then does it have any weaknesses?"

Xia De asked humbly for advice.

"Of course it does. No matter how powerful that move is, it is still used by a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi. The user himself seems to be only a low-ring? Isn't it very easy to kill him before he uses this move, or kill him after dodging this move?"

The priest said, and Xia De nodded immediately. Compared to Dac Nisi's talent for manipulating darkness, Joy Barton's death talent, while looking intimidating, was not as comprehensive in its effects as the Dark Vortex. Overall, it was not even as useful as Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's talent for forcibly lowering an enemy Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi's level.

"Then what are you looking for?"

Xia De asked, thinking for a moment about the items on Joy Barton:

"Luo Luo De Pai 【Founder · Death】?"

"You know that I have always kept my distance from games like Luo De Cards."

The priest shook his head and nimbly jumped over a tree trunk lying across the ground:

"I don't know what I'm looking for either, but it must be on that person. Xia De, who exactly is that guy? I only know that the church found the person who returned from the dead and used this as a trap to lure the 【Truth Society】. Was the guy just now also a member of the 【Truth Society】?"

So, on the rest of the journey, Xia De introduced the life and past of the "Death-Defier" Joy Barton to the priest. Of course, to avoid involving the priest in the deadly matters of the "Chosen One" and the "Whispering Chapter," Xia De only said that the other party was very important and that all parties were looking for him, but he did not mention the epic of the Sixth Era.

"So that's how it is, returning from death..."

On the small path back to the city, the priest pondered:

"Even I have never heard of such a person. Judging by his appearance, he should have an extraordinary ability to control death powers... second only to me."

Xia De kept a straight face and said nothing.

"Xia De, I can see that you also want to find that person, so why don't we do this: if you have any leads on him, call me to go find him with you."

"That is, of course, no problem."

Although the priest was only a Second-Ring, he could still be of great help, especially in the Interstice.

"You need to be vigilant against that person. His understanding of death will make him even more powerful in the 【Interstice of Life and Death】. The essence of death also makes him harder to kill than anyone else; this is a very tricky enemy."

Priest Ao Gu Si reminded him again, and Xia De nodded cautiously, lamenting in his heart that the powers of the Chosen Ones were all so unique and unreasonable.

It was already very late, and Xia De would not enter the city, so he planned to part ways with the priest outside the city. Taking advantage of the time, Xia De briefly told the priest about the recent events. The priest actually knew about the "Four Nails" matter, but only roughly. After listening to Xia De's detailed explanation, he smiled and said:

"Returning from the dead in the Interstice, but not knowing that he returned from the dead? Oh, I do have a method to determine the area where the target is located, but I cannot perform a detailed search."

"That's fine, I will do the detailed search."

Xia De patted his right shoulder; the red butterflies gifted by Grace and Helen could find the remaining two targets within a small range. Now the red butterfly that was searching for the clown had dissipated, and two remained.

"That's good. Tomorrow is Wednesday... I need to prepare for a day. We will meet on Thursday and see if we can find those nails in one day."

Priest Ao Gu Si's tone was quite casual, as if they were just going into the woods to hunt rabbits not much bigger than Mia:

"Don't worry about their power. I saw that clown just now. I am least afraid of these dead people who should have died. What we need to worry about is not being able to find the other party."

"Alright then, Priest, let's meet at Oak Street on Thursday at noon."

"What are you going to do on Thursday morning?"

Priest Ao Gu Si asked curiously. He knew Xia De's personality; if he didn't have something to do in the morning, he would never drag the time into the afternoon.

"I have an appointment to meet Yin Yi Yi Lu Na Beiya in the morning."

Hearing this answer, Priest Ao Gu Si's mouth twitched, and he turned to look at the mountain forest aside:

"If one day you are stabbed to death by Annette or Lu Yi Sha, I won't help you."

Of course, the priest did not say this out loud, but he truly believed there was such a possibility.

The affairs of Mid-Hill Fort would not stagnate because of Xia De's departure. In places he could not see, the church had also done a great deal of work.

The aftermath of the 【Truth Society】 encirclement battle was heard by Xia De from Miss Aurora on Wednesday morning; the witches were also very concerned about this matter.

In general, the church had learned the lessons from the Tobesk and Coldwater Port incidents, believing that letting those madmen who seemed unlikely to cause major trouble but in reality could do anything roam around in a city where major events were about to happen would cause serious damage to the harmony and stability of the material world.

Therefore, the Mid-Hill Fort Diocese of the Church of Nature applied to the Holy See to unite with other Orthodox Churches to wipe out the most active members of the 【Truth Society】 in Mid-Hill Fort before the sealing ceremony next week.

"The church has made a great determination this time; yesterday they even dispatched a local Thirteen-Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi to join the battle."

Xia De and Miss Aurora were sitting in a carriage heading to the Cassandra Auction House; Xia De had already returned the gold ring.

And listening to the witch's tone, she was also near the battlefield last night:

"The 【Truth Society】 is truly surprising; they could even bring out the Angel-level relic 【Star-Calling Magic Stone】."

Fearing that Xia De did not know what that was, the witch added an extra explanation:

"The Angel-level relic 【Star-Calling Magic Stone】 is related to the evil things sleeping in the starry sky. Using the magic stone can summon a meteorite filled with curses, plagues, and mental pollution to smash into the area where the magic stone is located. As for the side effects, every time the magic stone is used, there is a 10% probability of waking up the evil things in the starry sky to project themselves, appearing in the material world along with the meteorite. Among all known Angel-level relics, this relic is the most dangerous and is very close to the measure of an Angel-level object."

Correspondingly, Xia De's 【Night Watcher】 longsword should be the least dangerous kind of Angel-level relic.

"The Church of Nature is so lucky to have recovered such a useful relic."

The brown-haired witch clicked her tongue. At the same time, the carriage jolted, causing Xia De to temporarily emerge from the memories of last night:

"Were all the Ring Mages sent by the 【Truth Society】 to the local area eliminated or captured?"

"Of course not, two ran away, but that's not important. The important significance of the church's operation is to deter those Ring Mages who came chasing the Chosen One not to act rashly recently. Speaking of which, Grandma Cassandra received news that the church confirmed who the Chosen One was yesterday, but the other party ran into the Interstice, and I heard it's a man, and a madman at that."

She shook her head:

"The church used 'nails' as bait this time, but I didn't expect to hook the Chosen One, and he even got off the hook; it's truly ridiculous. Since it's a man, the task the Council sent me here for becomes simple. Find him; if he cannot be completely controlled, eliminate him. Since he is unwilling to submit to the Orthodox Church, he must not be a good person."

But Xia De thought Joy Barton could not be considered a completely bad person.

【If there is an opportunity, will you kill him?】

The whispers in his ears asked softly, and Xia De turned to look out the window:

"Ask him if he will give up resurrecting the dead. If he gives up, I will cut off one of his arms as the price for him attacking Yin Yi Yi Lu Na... although he held back against me, the attack on Yin Yi Yi Lu Na and her party was a true death blow. If he doesn't give up, then let him return to death. If the Interstice collapses because of him, how many living people will be left in Mid-Hill Fort?"

Xia De had gained a further understanding of Joy Barton's personality. For those he was close to and trusted, this gentleman would never easily harm them, but for those he was not familiar with, he did not hesitate to take action. Perhaps it was the displacement in his youth or old age that created this personality, and his complex personality and methods of doing things also made this person more real and clear in the fog of Mid-Hill Fort.

There are never purely good or bad people; Xia De was very clear about this.

【Are you sure you aren't doing this for that "Founder · Death" card?】

"Her" laughter rang out in the wind, and the city outside the window was still shrouded in that strange thick fog.

"Don't you go slandering me..."

Xia De's expression did not change in the slightest:

"But if it really comes to a situation where I have to kill Joy Barton, I will definitely get that 'Founder · Death'."

Xia De never hid his desires, especially toward "Her".