Although neither Bernhardt nor Shade said that word in the conversation just now, the keen girl still noticed something. Seeing that Shade was really going to leave, Miss Swift asked timidly.
"no need to worry."
The stranger patted the young witch with flaxen hair on the shoulder:
"Guard this place well. When I ran all the way here, the situation outside was getting worse. I think the decisive battle is about to break out. Now you are the top person in charge here."
He smiled and was about to leave, but Miss Swift grabbed his sleeve:
"Just like the vampire said, do you have to go up the mountain? The road up the mountain is difficult. Souls from all eras have appeared, and Hazama is releasing them into our world ahead, regardless of whether those souls are willing or not."
"I must go."
Shade put his hands behind his back and patted the fishing rod that he had carried all the way:
"I must go."
"Then please don't miss me. Missing you will draw the soul related to you to reality and create more enemies for you. Good luck."
When we crossed the city again and headed towards the entrance of Sikal Mountain, there were actually a lot less undead on the streets than before, but the whispering elements in the thick white mist were stronger.
Explosions and roars from unknown sources came from every corner of the city, and the light above the five churches in the city was radiating increasingly powerfully to the entire area.
The ritual of "Holy Tree Scar" is almost completed. In the cities that have been transformed into sanctuaries, evil spirits are being quickly expelled. However, this also means that in mountainous areas where civilization is sparse, the battle will become more intense.
The "Scar of the Holy Tree" ritual needs to expel all evil spirits in reality before it can be truly completed, so the battle at this moment should be a decisive battle.
Following the red halo from the city to the foot of the mountain, he encountered almost no obstacles. However, when he approached the mountain forest, the densely packed souls wandering in the thick white mist were almost as big as those he encountered in the narrow room.
arrival situation.
There are also traces of rituals on the ground in the mountainous area, but not every inch of the land has the light of divine magic. From time to time, there will be bursts of spiritual light, which will appear higher in the mountainous area, and abnormal golden thunder will flash from time to time in the sky above the head.
Even with the blessing of the Witch Emperor, Shade inevitably encountered a fierce battle after going up the mountain.
Without divinity in his soul, the sense of emptiness made his mental state very bad. Without the Night Watch in his hand, he could not even use daylight rays to perform range attacks.
Although he did not fall into the undead tide, every step forward wasted more time. Holding two moonlight swords, the light of the silver moon accompanied Shade's every step, but the undead rushing out from the dense forest,
But it seems like there is no end at all.
Fortunately, as the silvery white light erupted above the mountain top, the shadow of a giant red rose bloomed in the sky.
A huge brass thirteen-ring life ring appeared in the sky above the shadow of the rose. Then, as countless bright red petals drifted towards the mountainous area, the dense fog in the mountainous area actually became much lighter.
Even when Shade touched those petals, he discovered that they were entities. According to "her" prompts, eating these petals can restore the consumed spirit and even heal injuries:
"The thirteen-ring warlock who stayed behind in reality is the principal, Mr. Andre Pigman. Sure enough, he will definitely take action at this time."
Shade looked in awe at the huge roses blooming in the sky. He remembered Grandma Cassandra saying that Professor Pigman came to support Fort Midhill with a level 0 relic. The three thirteen rings of the church
All in the small room, only the headmaster of St. Byrons is in reality:
"Thirteen rings combined with level 0 relics are really powerful."
These falling roses soon covered the ground. The white mist dissipated slightly, allowing most of the ferocious undead to hide again in the mountain forests blocked by trees, and the pressure to move forward suddenly became much smaller.
But this situation did not last long, and the out-of-control narrow room soon gained the upper hand again. As the roses in the sky disappeared, the white mist surged out again, and Shade had to face dense enemies again:
"No, if this continues, by the time I catch up with them, it will be too late!"
Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly a gunshot sounded from the side of the mountain road, and a familiar figure jumped out of the forest.
Wearing the uniform of the Delarian Royal Army and holding a pistol in his hand, this is a corporal. It was the young corporal who died in front of Shade when he first entered the narrow space and asked him to deliver the relics to the Red Water Camp. (
Chapter 600)
The vigorous soul sprang out from the forest, and the transparent bullets sprayed from the weapon in his hand quickly attracted the enemies blocking Shade:
"Sir, I'll lure them away for you, hurry up! Thank you!"
Without even giving Shade time to thank him, the corporal led the enemies and disappeared into the forest.
Shade pursed his lips and looked at the dense forest, and continued to move towards the mountain.
As we go deeper into the Sikal Mountain, the presence of church ring warlocks can be detected around them. The appearance of roses gives them a chance to rest and adjust, but the battle is still extremely fierce. From time to time, there are even figures flying over from high altitude.
I don’t know if he is a high-level warlock from the church or another organization.
After Professor Pigman used the level 0 relic, he did not take action again. Instead, soon after, the traces of magical rituals on the mountainous ground became brighter, and the spiritual light intertwined with the thick fog, as if he was conducting a final test.
Not only the church ring warlocks, but Shade also heard the intensive and violent gunshots. The Delarian Royal Army cooperated with the church to seal off the forest, and at this time they should also have been attacked by the undead. The bullets will not have any effect on the spirits.
effect, but there are not only spirits, ghouls, inferi and other physical enemies in the mountains that are their opponents.
Grace and Helen's red halo first went up the road, but then turned into the dense forest. When Shade entered the forest, vines shot out from the surrounding trees and wrapped around his legs.
Shade noticed in the darkness that the surrounding trees were not trees, but rare undead creatures - tree demons.
He swung his sword to cut off the vines at his feet, but more vines shot out from all directions.
"Silver Moon!"
The burst of moonlight temporarily drove away the dead vines, but before Shade could leave, the vines came back again:
"This place has become a tree demon forest. No, I can't waste too much time here."
The sudden sound of wind passed by his ears, and a transparent black thing flew out from beside him. After landing in the woods, it immediately caused a violent explosion. Shade turned around in surprise and saw Carson.
An agent of the Kingdom of Rick, Professor Higgins (654) who was buried in the Sikal Mountains.
The spirit of the linguistics professor wearing glasses, holding a steam bomb obtained from nowhere, quickly threw it towards the tree demons, and at the same time shouted:
"Grey-headed Eagle, let's go!"
Professor Higgins' soul was sent directly to death by Shade at that time and should not have appeared here. At this time, it seemed that it was not a soul, but more like some kind of obsession, just like those who attract living people to dream into the narrow room.
shadow.
"But Professor."
"Go quickly! Remember, eternal loyalty!"
Professor Higgins' "soul" entangled the tree demons, and Shade was able to escape from the tree demon forest and continue to move deeper into the jungle.
The red halo did not go up the mountain, but lingered on the mountainside. At the same time, Shade keenly noticed that the white fog in the mountains was actually gathering over Fort Midhill below the mountain, and gradually over the city.
A huge mist cocoon formed, seemingly gestating something.
White and silver light pierced the sky, and the principal of St. Byrons flew towards the giant cocoon of white mist, but it had nothing to do with Shade for the time being.
There were lush trees in the forest. In order to rush for time, Shade jumped between the branches. But he soon discovered that there were traces of blood in the rich white mist. As the blood mist penetrated the white mist, [Echo of Blood]
The traces I followed turned out to be intermittent.
Although it did not disappear completely, it was enough to make Shade lose his direction in the thick fog at night:
"Damn it, that ritual is affecting the power of blood."
The Sikar Mountains are so large that it is almost impossible to find lost objects in the middle of the night.
But at this moment, a young lady wearing a robe from the Middleburg Mechanical College slowly walked out of the fog. The transparent spirit looked at Shade, and then pointed to the southeast.
Shade was stunned:
"You were killed by the serial murderer Henry Val (Chapter 629)"
He hurriedly thanked him, and then entered the fog again. Following the direction pointed by the soul, he saw traces of the echo of blood again. Keep moving forward, and every time Shade loses his target, a new female soul will come out and continue to work for him.
give directions.
Their images are close to evil spirits, with their chests and abdomen cut open to reveal transparent internal organs, but their expressions remain soft.
Although Shade didn't know them, he guessed that they were all innocent people murdered by Henry Val. At this moment, they were released from the narrow room and returned to the world of the living again.
Shade has done a lot of things at Middlesbrough this autumn, but he never imagined that he would also be helped by those who have left.
Continue to track Grace and Helen, but the direction turns down the mountain:
"Is this going in circles?"
He followed down the mountain in the forest, and then realized that the location at this time seemed familiar. All the ghosts of the victims had appeared, and no one would come to guide them, but Shade had already guessed the destination.
But before he could think about it, there was a heavy sound in the dense forest ahead, and with the ground shaking slightly, the undead soul of the heavily armored headless horseman actually walked out of the forest.
This is a member of the sage-level relic [Headless Knights] who attacked the narrow church. At this time, his body was wrapped in bloody thorns, as if he was controlled by the thicker blood mist:
"The vampires are really well prepared and even used the undead. But I don't have time to tangle with them now."
He deliberately wanted to avoid it, but the undead knight had already caught up with him. The opponent relied on the characteristics of his spirit body and ignored the trees to charge. He raised the sword in his hand and slashed at Shade's head——
Clang!
But it wasn't Shade's sword that blocked the attack. A familiar figure jumped out of the forest, holding a stabbing sword to block the knight in advance, and then took the initiative to entangle with him.
It was a thin, middle-aged man, wearing a black formal suit, with a ridiculous red flower in his ear. It was Count Darak of Candela, the third nail who had dueled with Shade in the fog:
"Mr. Hamilton, leave quickly and I'll catch him!"
Although the body is still thin, the spirit is so healthy.
"count?!"
"Get out of here quickly. The final aggregation of undead is being nurtured in the narrow room. Even you can't defeat it. Go quickly and find the Zhengshen Church!"
As he spoke, the count and the headless knight walked and fought, and soon disappeared into the white and blood-colored fog.
The giant white cocoon above Midhill Fort was trembling, and the final power of the narrow room was about to appear; although the blood mist that appeared due to the vampire ritual did not spread, the blood color became thicker.
Shade looked at Count Darak's leaving figure and was speechless for a moment.
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the sky, and when I looked up, I saw a battle broke out between the unknown undead that looked like flying birds and the magician using magic, and flew further away. However, a piece of black metal fell down.
, lighting up the mountains and forests at night.
In the fog, in the fire, in the smoke of gunpowder, the voice rang in my ears:
[You are not the only good person. Foreigners, don’t think this world is so bad.]
"She" is chuckling:
[In this era, you have left deep memories for many people who have left. They happened to meet you again tonight. It was not an arrangement of fate. Originally, the living could only enter the narrow space when they missed the dead;
Now, the memory of the dead and the living person appear in reality and appear beside you.】
The stranger remained silent and continued walking into the thickening blood mist.
[Kind deeds may not always be meaningful, but at least they have meaning now, right? 】
