"Yeah, you saw it. It's indeed something I care about."
"Hasn't the Black Bowl been handed over to Senior Buckhorn for investigation? Let's return Unit 5 to the Codex Country for preparation. The attacker should not be bold enough to pursue it even if it enters the Codex Country."
Kevin and Liz started wearing casual clothes after returning from Nolde.
"Just like this, we can't feel at ease. Moreover, we have now received a request from that Lord. He is also very concerned about what is happening in the northern part of the empire."
"Kevin, don't be like a tight string all the time. It's good to relax sometimes."
"I'm sorry, Liz, for making you worry. As an apology..."
Kevin hummed a ballad a little, which was a familiar sound from the past at Aster House.
When I hear this tune, I can’t help but think of the time the three of us spent together ten years ago.
"After things here are over, let's go back and take a look."
"Ha, now that things have happened, what shame do I have to face..."
"My sister will definitely be happy if she knows that Kevin is here to pay her respects."
Kevin thought about what to say now, and wet his lips desperately. But the sound seemed to be stuck deep in his throat, and he just couldn't get it out as he wished.
"I really have nothing to do with you, so I just agree to it."
The two are now in a small town on the other side of the basin north of Alstar. Their destination is the elf belief ruins nearby. Although there is no sign of connection with other phases, according to "Roaring Lion" Buckhorn
According to the statement, there are monsters here that should not normally appear in the main material world.
"Although the seniors said that the loss of elf belief is not a problem of our Qiyao Church, in fact, it is an indisputable fact that the church's code has absorbed the teachings of elf worship. There are still some people in marginal areas like this that even the church cannot reach.
More original features, after all, this land became part of the Erebonia Empire only a few years ago."
"Before that, the Rowan region had always been a war-torn area. It was even more dangerous than the Northumbria Autonomous Prefecture further north."
The Empire is also a quite unfamiliar country to Liz. Although she has stayed in Crossbell for a while and met many Imperial people there, there is still a big difference in being there.
"This...well, maybe."
After Kevin applied the triple Holy Word blessing to himself and brought the whole body into a higher resonance, he touched the stone tablet with his fingertips and outlined the opened runes on it. As the three runes were written, they were covered with moss.
The magic circle covered by it began to glow again after many years.
Undecipherable ancient language appeared around the stone tablet, and the content that even Kevin could not recognize could prove that it was not the writing of the Dark Ages, but something used by the generation before the Great Collapse.
Liz took out the guided camera she carried with her and took photos. After completing the necessary collection, Kevin removed his finger, and the light of the stone tablet suddenly disappeared, and the surroundings returned to darkness.
"The collection here has come to an end. There are still three locations mentioned by Senior Buckhorn. Let's leave it until tomorrow?" Liz said to Kevin after looking at the stars and moon hanging high in the sky.
"I wanted to finish it as soon as possible. But since it's already this time, there's nothing I can do about it."
As soon as Kevin turned around, he realized that he was being hugged from behind.
"What's wrong? Liz?"
"Just now it felt like you had gone somewhere far away."
"Well, I didn't go anywhere? Calm down."
After Liz let go, Kevin held her shoulders.
"It's not that I won't be lonely, but it's okay now."
"Um."
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The two people who stayed overnight in the town immediately began to investigate the stone monument of the elf worship ruins early the next morning.
After confirming all three stone monuments, the two returned to the hotel to check out and pack their luggage for the last time. While going through the formalities, someone dressed as a courier came to the service desk.
"Is there a lady named Liz Argent here? There is a package for you."
Kevin and Liz looked at each other, first suspicious, and secondly wary. No one had told them about their arrival in this town, and the express delivery must have happened yesterday or even earlier. How could they predict it so accurately?
Will she appear here at this moment?
"I'm Liz. Where did the package come from?"
"Signed by the Cathedral of Hariaco, Northumbria. Please sign for it."
After the courier left, Liz and Kevin were also puzzled by the unexpected package.
"The capital of Hariasko, I remember, was destroyed in the Salt Pile Incident, right?"
"The cathedral was rebuilt last year. But...it's strange why I asked you to collect the package by name. You must have never been to the Northumbria Autonomous Prefecture."
The two asked the innkeeper for a table to sit down at. Liz took out her pocket knife to cut the seal and unpack the package. What appeared in front of them was...
"The black bowl, is it entangled? Could it be that Liber's 'gospel incident' is not over yet?"
"No, I found some details. Although the workmanship is good, this thing is different from the one I know."
Kevin had seen what the real "gospel" looked like in Liber, and the one on the table, except that it looked like a black semicircle, had no similarity in texture or border pattern.
"A bad joke."
If the magic sword wasn't around, Liz even planned to kill this thing with one sword.
"Let me keep it. If the other party really has any purpose, just take this thing with you, and we will know after a while."
Kevin put the black bowl into his luggage, and after checking out with the innkeeper, he and Liz quickly left the town.
Choosing to walk instead of hiring a carriage was to pretend to expose an opportunity and make the people behind the scenes think that they were taking action lightly.
The unusual time indeed came. When we were heading south and approaching the border of Alsta, it started to rain heavily. What was different was that it was black rain.
"The coat is not wet at all. Is it an illusion?"
"Among the ancient relics I recovered in the past, there is also a prop that can produce the illusion of rain and fog in a large area. But...be careful! Liz!"
The black rain turned into mist when it came into contact with the surface, and these black mist turned into black shadows that looked like humans and animals, spreading towards Liz.
Kevin immediately took out the Star Cup crest, calmed down his emotions and chanted the Holy Word as quickly as possible. As the "Star Cup Field" opened, the black shadows that had not had time to escape before the field opened were directly decomposed and purified in one breath.
"Liz, are you okay?"
"I'm not injured, but when did we get here? Where is this place?"
After Liz said this, Kevin also looked around.
"Are you still being tricked? Be careful. They are coming for us."
The two of them are now standing on a small platform. It was obviously daytime just now, but now there is a starry sky above their heads. And outside the platform, there are many small platforms, and there are other people standing on them who have been teleported by the light beam one after another.
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Among them, Kevin also found several familiar figures.