Chapter 798: Aftermath

"Xia De, how does your body feel now?"

Half an hour later, Luweiya, having received Difa's message and knowing Xia De had woken up, came from Silver Cross Avenue to No. 6 St. Deran Square.

"Very good, I wasn't injured, and I even feel like I've become stronger."

By this time, the maid had already left, and Xia De was greeting her downstairs with Mia. The weather was quite nice today; the late autumn morning St. Deran Square was bustling with people, and after opening the door, one could see the bustling city streetscape.

"Whether you were injured or not can only be determined after an examination. However, your expression is very strange."

The purple-eyed girl said suspiciously.

Xia De stepped aside to let Luweiya enter the door, and as she brushed past Xia De, she sniffed her nose slightly:

"So that's it. Detective, stealing intimacy with someone else's maid is not the behavior of a gentleman."

She smelled the perfume, which most people wouldn't notice, but which had a very special scent.

"I didn't... with Difa..."

A slender finger wiped Xia De's face, and he immediately stopped his voice.

"Of course I know you didn't go to bed, but I bet, Xia De, you definitely weren't honest."

She walked into the door with a smile; after all, this wasn't the first time she had discovered Xia De's secret dealings with maids:

"I don't mind this point; getting on good terms with that Great Witch is also helpful to us. Miss Difa is indeed very charming, even from a woman's perspective. I'm just very curious, what exactly did you do?"

Xia De hesitated for a moment, took her hat, and placed it on the shoe cabinet:

"Hmm... just had breakfast."

"Breakfast?"

Luweiya asked suspiciously, so Xia De leaned into her ear in the foyer and whispered a few words.

The purple-eyed girl first frowned slightly:

"Wait a minute, don't omit so many words and replace them with vague sounds, how would I know..."

Then she realized something, her cheeks flushed, and she muttered softly:

"A trained maid is indeed different, so bold."

She pushed Xia De away slightly, her purple eyes looking at him:

"Although my figure isn't as good as hers—damn it, I actually admitted it... but we can try it sometime in the future. Xia De, you really worked hard this time, welcome back."

She kissed Xia De's cheek, and the two came to the third floor. Luweiya, of course, first cared about Xia De's physical condition, and only after repeatedly confirming that he was very healthy did she start talking about Midhillburg.

Regarding the choice of the Chosen in the waters of death, Joey Barton had already spoken on Wednesday night. Of course, the version he told was the one modified by Xia De and the others sitting around the campfire, and facing Luweiya, Xia De naturally wouldn't lie and told the complete story of what happened in death that night.

Luweiya listened quietly. At first, she sat opposite Xia De, then sat next to Xia De, and finally held Xia De's hand:

"Even if your friends can give you help, wasn't this too risky? In the past, when confronting those powerful enemies, although they were also risky actions, at least there were others around every time. This time, you went to fight Joey Barton alone. Although you won, don't do this in the future."

She said with great worry, but Xia De didn't feel that this was a risky act. Before stepping into that water surface, he had already thought of everything:

"Don't worry, Luweiya, I cherish my life more than anyone. Look, not only did I return successfully, but I also became a Fourth-Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi. Now, you, me, and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na are all Fourth-Ring."

Xia De slept for a whole day, and news from Midhillburg spread like snowflakes from that city to the entire material world.

This morning, because he was busy eating breakfast, Difa only gave simple news, while Luweiya obtained more detailed intelligence from the Divination Society.

For example, the fog in Midhillburg did not disperse immediately after the decisive battle early Thursday morning, and even persisted until this Friday morning. This was a sequela, and the Church was actively working to solve this matter.

The casualties of ordinary citizens in Midhillburg do not yet have an exact number, but the casualties of the Church's ring sorcerers and the Delarion Royal Army have been counted.

Even though the Church's plan this time was very complete and the unexpected appearance of the gods made the battle that should have been more intense much easier, the Church's sacrifices were still nearly thirty people, and the Royal Army confirmed more than 300 deaths.

The latter number is not large; after all, although this era is peaceful, there are still small frictions between the two countries, and the death of 300 people is only equivalent to a small battle. But the former is a considerable number. The cultivation of ring sorcerers is not easy, and most of the ring sorcerers who participated in this operation were middle-ring and high-ring. This is already the most serious damage the Church has suffered in nearly a hundred years, and it can even be said that there is no one else.

But fortunately, for a Church with supernatural power, as long as they are not dead, there is no such thing as an incurable injury. The enemies this time were undead, and although they were attached with whisper elements, there were no injuries that could not be treated. Therefore, although the number of casualties was huge, it would not have a fundamental impact on the Church.

Besides the Church's sacrifices, other ring sorcerer organizations such as the Academy also suffered damage. Luweiya focused on the crazy phoenix that sealed the passage on the top of the mountain in the Interstice, which also sacrificed itself in the final battle.

"Wait, can't the phoenix be reborn in the fire?"

Xia De asked immediately.

"The Church did not find the reborn Ancient One. Perhaps it left along the path guided by the gods, or perhaps it entered the mountains again to wait for recovery."

After saying this, Luweiya smiled:

"From Tobesk to Coldwater Port, and then from Coldwater Port to Midhillburg, although Midhillburg's sacrifice was the greatest, Midhillburg's action was also the most successful."

She counted on her fingers:

"Almost all of the Church's goals were achieved. The problem of the Interstice was permanently solved, the quota for the Chosen was also determined, and they even determined the camp of the God-Caller. Oh, also, now your 【Night Watcher】 is in Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's hands. The sacrifice is valuable, Midhillburg was not destroyed, and all of this is worth it."

Mentioning "God-Caller," she looked at Xia De, and Xia De knew she had been waiting for this topic:

"Yes, it's me."

On the night of the God's Descent in Tobesk, Luweiya and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na knew that Xia De was the physical vessel of the Old God.

"Xia De, what exactly are you doing? Why do you want to be with that blood-sucking... Why, what did the god do in Midhillburg? I don't understand, I really don't understand, why you want to do this."

She sat sideways and hugged Xia De's neck. Xia De knew that before he returned early Thursday morning, she must have been worried all night, but couldn't tell anyone.

No crying sound was heard, but tears had already wet Xia De's collar. She was really scared.

"Remember Grace and Helen I mentioned?"

Mortals shouldn't know too much about the gods. Xia De could only roughly tell what happened after he went to Midhillburg again that night from his own perspective.

"... There are no conspiracies or tricks. It sounds ridiculous, but the appearance of the gods was really just for those two red butterflies. The protector of the vampire species wanted blood wine, and that Silver Moon Old God who borrowed my body had promised to protect them in the past, so there was the God War early Wednesday morning. Don't worry, I am special; the god borrowing my body won't cause me too much harm."

Xia De held Luweiya's shoulders:

"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Just for two butterflies from the mortal world, two gods fought fiercely in the Mount Sihu area, but in the end, neither of them took them away. I think, even if the Church racks its brains, it can't think of the truth that night; even the most brilliant diviner would never believe that there would be such a boring thing."

The girl, still sobbing, looked at Xia De with somewhat red and swollen eyes:

"God is too far away for me, and all I want to grasp is you."

She kissed Xia De, and this kiss had the taste of tears.

"Look at me."

The two looked at each other at close range, and there were still tears in those moving purple eyes, while the owner of the eyes saw the determination in the eyes of the young man speaking:

"Luweiya, I will accompany you to the end of everything. I won't leave early; this is a promise."

She hugged Xia De again, and only let go after a long time:

"Sorry, I'm going to touch up my makeup."

Standing up and walking toward the washroom, Xia De touched Mia by his side. To appease this cat whose breakfast time had been delayed, the cat's tail was now wearing the 【Ring of Incarnation】, 【Ring of Fish Training】, and 【Ring of Vampire Species】 at the same time:

"I'm Fourth-Ring, and Little Mia is following closely at 'Third-Ring'... Where did the Vampire Species ring come from?"

【Luweiya An Na Te is really worried about you.】

The voice in his ear sounded, Xia De's attention was diverted, and he moved his gaze toward the washroom:

"Sometimes I worry about myself, but since I have decided to embark on the path of becoming a god, I will not hesitate. After all, it is the path I chose myself. The divinity of the God of Blood was burned again, and I urgently need the next drop of divinity. Even if it's not for the Fifth-Ring preparation, it's for the state of divine radiance... Power~"

Xia De sighed in his heart, and Luweiya soon returned, her face returning to normal. After whispering an apology for her emotional loss of control, she continued to talk to Xia De about Midhillburg.

The story continued from the God War, followed by the gratitude of thousands of souls actually reaching Xia De, and finally Sister Daifulin somewhat "despicably" letting Xia De accept the power of fire.

Regarding the Original Fire, Luweiya didn't have many opinions, but she wanted to find a time to meet Sister Daifulin alone. It's just that now the 【Traveler's Travel Gate】 is damaged, and meeting is not easy. As for the power Xia De gained, Luweiya leaned her face close, looking at Xia De's face at close range:

"Indeed, although the appearance hasn't changed, you are indeed more attractive than before, my knight."

She kissed Xia De's lips lightly:

"This is a very precious gift. Perhaps you don't realize it yourself, but this means that the world will also maintain goodwill toward you. If you were a diviner, divining fate would become easier than others... You did a great job this time, Xia De."

"You also forgot one thing, I also contributed to the greening of Midhillburg. The ritual - Trace of the Holy Tree and my maze - Tree's Kiss produced a chain reaction, and because I had the temporary blessing of an ancient god on me, the tree on the top of the mountain..."

Xia De pointed upward, and when mentioning this, Luweiya couldn't help but laugh:

"Oh, I knew you did that. Although Midhillburg fought in a mess from Wednesday night to early Thursday morning, because of the fog drifting out from the Interstice, most ordinary people lost their memory of that night, so the Church's aftermath work is not difficult to do. But the tree on the top of the mountain cannot be hidden."

She covered her mouth and chuckled, this action was very ladylike:

"That tree and the campfire under the tree are the core of your maze and absolutely cannot be easily erased. According to the inspection of the Nature Church, the roots of that tree cover the entire mountain. Not only is there no need to worry about the Interstice, but even the hidden danger of the volcano has been solved. Because that is the effect of a high-ring maze, illusions cannot cover the traces of the tree. Now the Midhillburg City Hall is racking its brains for that giant tree. It is said that they are organizing experts and scholars to try to explain the appearance of that tree relatively reasonably from the perspective of monsoon and soil changes."

Xia De imagined the photo of that tree appearing in the newspaper, with experts and scholars discussing it below, and immediately shook his head with a smile:

"Don't tell me about this, I've done enough for Midhillburg, and I didn't take a penny. For the aftermath, let the local parish and municipal departments worry about it. With that tree there, that undead behemoth absolutely cannot break through the seal." ===== CHAPTER 799 =====