It's just ahead. "

Xia De and Iluna, who also came towards the guardian, noticed from a distance that the thirteen-ring magician of the church had a first round of confrontation with the guardian in the language of sublimation. Iruna was sitting on the horse holding the rein, and Shad hugged her waist behind her.

The two came from behind the guardian, so it was inevitable that they stepped into the black mud that spread like a vast ocean earlier. However, the undead skeleton horse summoned by the bone whistle with the power of the ancient gods was able to run forward directly on the black mud, and the terrain did not hinder their actions at all.

"Let's separate early in a while, don't go there together. I still have three holy grails, Jinshi, Nursing, and Blossoming, and Jinshi and Nursing are reserved for you. You also know the formula for configuring the elixir. It is said that you met the Witch Council on the way. If there are thirteen-ring warlocks who are stained with black mud, use this to treat them. I have a new thaumaturgy, which can directly heal witches, so you don’t have to worry.”

Xia De said in her ear behind Iluna, Iluna's ears were a little red, but her voice was calm:

"No problem, it looks like this is the end, I don't know what will happen this time."

"I didn't notice the traces of Sister Devlin's spirit fluctuation, the nun should have arrived earlier than us..."

Xia De was a little worried, but at this moment, in the direction of the battle taking place in the distance, thousands of slender mud pillars made of dirty black mud suddenly rose into the air, and then they seemed to be captured by dexterous invisible big hands. Like weaving, a black sphere gathered in the air, trapping a figure in it. But then the black ball of mud exploded from the middle, and the twelfth-order great witch, Miss Xiwei Aurora, who was radiating light all over her body, held the birch wand with gems on the top that Shad had touched, and used the gems. The silver moonlight evaporated the thousands of black mud that tried to trap her again.

At this moment, she is like a goddess who radiates light in this snowy night. The bright silver light on the top of the relic wand seems to replace the moon behind the cloud at this moment to illuminate the surroundings, and even the long brown hair that was blown away by the night wind Every strand of hair seems to be glowing.

However, after repelling the attack, the witch did not fight back, but cautiously fell to the ground. Although Iluna and Xia De didn't know what this meant, the skeleton horse still carried them towards that direction. When the distance was about the same, Xia De lightly pushed Iluna's back, and then jumped off the skeleton immediately. Without saying goodbye, they went to different directions in the snow.

At this point, the disgusting black silt has completely covered the ground, and there is no place to stay. Most of the surrounding trees have been transformed into gray. The forest where Shade is located is not on fire, but the fire not far away can fully illuminate the horrible lines on the stones and dead trees. The faces with their eyes closed, unexpectedly It seems to grow from the trunk of a stone tree.

Stepping forward on the black mud, I thought there would be some obstacles, but I didn't expect to see the witches gathered together in a short time, and Luvia was also here.

Seeing Shade who came with [Night Watchman], Luvia hurried over and hugged him, and the other ladies reacted differently.

"Our doctor friend helped Sirius and me, but he didn't get too close for fear that other people would see him."

While embracing, the purple-eyed girl whispered in Xia De's ear.

"Where's Sirius?"

Both Miss Galina and Miss Benanis were there. Although Miss Aurora and Miss Silvia couldn't see clearly, Shad could clearly feel the unique spiritual fluctuations when they were fighting.

However, there is only a young girl with blond hair here. Luvia pointed to the front of everyone worriedly:

"Over there, it looks like you've been right to be concerned."

"The situation is very complicated, no one can stop the crazy guardian."

Miss Galina's complexion turned pale, which was caused by the excessive consumption of the spirit. Tonight's battle lasted all night, and both she and Miss Benanis needed to rest. Only the twelfth-level Miss Aurora and the newly arrived Miss Sylvia were still in good condition.

"you

Are you injured? "

"I'm fine, Galina got a spot of mud on it." Miss Benaniss said, hugged Shad lightly, and then pointed to the red-haired witch. The Duchess of the North Country leaned against the gray stone tree at this moment. Although she was embarrassed, she still pretended to be strong in front of Xia De. The only thing she didn't want to show was her weak side in front of Xia De, not at any time.

"Shad, the Holy Grail."

Luvia said briefly, while Xia De shook his head and walked towards the witch. The warm hug made the red-haired duchess want to cry:

"I'm fine."

Even so, she still wanted to break free from Xia De's embrace, but Xia De would not let her go:

"With me here, don't worry."

Immediately afterwards, Xia De touched the grayish-white part of her neck with his fingers emitting golden light:

"Activated clay."

The spells obtained by absorbing the divinity of the earth are essentially healing abilities. For the loss of limbs and organs, Shade can replace them with mud, turning the mud into living flesh and blood. As for the petrification symptoms caused by "Crazy Earth", as long as he is not dead and his soul has disappeared, he can treat it. Even if ordinary spells have a similar effect of dispelling petrification, their priority should not exceed the "petrification" effect of the crazy land, but Shad's spell comes from the ancient divinity of the earth.

The location where everyone is now is a petrified river valley forest. A small piece of land without black mud has been opened up by Luvia's "Power of the Earth · Fertility Domain" and the power belonging to the [Witch Council] that Shade can't see clearly. area.

Looking forward, the woodland did not extend far, and then disappeared by the riverside of the Elrond River in the night, and the strange open space surrounded by woodland and river channels by the river was the place where the chosen one ceremony was held.

At this time, a long rough stone table was lying alone in the center of the open space, and there were fourteen seating positions beside the long table, which were placed in advance by the church after knowing the possible ceremony locations of the chosen ones.

And the crazy guardian of the earth was sitting alone at one end of the long table. On the table in front of him, there was a black mud fluid that was more terrifying than any filth so far, and the fluid was slowly shaping into the shape of the black holy grail.

The guardian put his hands on the table, pointing the palms of both hands at the horrible liquid.

Because he had seen the real "Heart of the Earth", Xia De almost

It can be seen at a glance that the essence of those black fluids is the power of the heart of the earth.

The snow is getting bigger and bigger, and the foul power contained in the gray snowflakes can be felt by even a first-ring warlock. The gray snow contaminates the soil and pollutes the land; contaminates ordinary people and spreads various diseases; contaminates ring warlocks, and the ensuing whispers increase the possibility of everyone going crazy.

It is obvious that the petrified forest with gray snow and the river with floating ice have been contaminated by black mud, but the content of black mud in that clearing is extremely small.

This is not because the land is special, but under the feet of the guardians, the filthy silt has seeped into the soil, outlining a huge ritual matrix on the ground. The overall shape of the ritual matrix is ​​circular, with the Holy Grail in the center. On the inner side of the circle, flowers, grasses, seeds, fruits, and ancient runes symbolizing soil and stones are being slowly formed out of black mud. This is the ancient knowledge acquired by the guardians from the heart of the earth, and it is also the ritual of the mad guardians trying to pollute the earth. And allowing the guardian to perform the ceremony is not because people don't want to stop it, but because people can't stop it at this moment.

Surrounding the open space, twelve hill-like giants made of mud, each maintaining a different appearance, are evenly scattered around the open space at the twelve full o'clock positions of the dial. Among the faces Shad could make out Mr Granger, Lathers, Mr Fleming, the original founder of the Stonemasons' Guild. All the clay giant avatars had twelve life rings on their backs, and none of the twelve left their positions in the face of the attack. Xia De vaguely understood that the power of all the clones was connected as one, and the crazy guardian standing in the black mud was equivalent to standing in his own mystical lock, so he temporarily blocked four thirteen rings and more than ten It is not impossible to be a high-level ring warlock.

After all, even if you are not crazy

The mad guardian is not comparable to ordinary thirteen-ring warlocks.

Fighting in the air at this time are the "Nightmare Witch" Miss Maria that Shad had seen in the Pantanal Battle, Ms. Triss Michel, the "Freedom Singer" from the Church of Peace, and the Witch The two witches of the council and some high-ring warlocks that Shade didn't know.

All were concentrated at the edge of the Petrified Woodland, southeast of that clearing. As the life rings appeared in the air one by one, the continuous steam fog almost evaporated all the snowflakes that had not yet fallen.

Due to the guardian's pollution ritual, the space here is even hardened like mud. It is much more difficult to use the language of sublimation than before, so no one uses the language of sublimation this time.

"Nightmare Witch" Miss Maria held a slender branch in her hand. Under the resonance of the strong whispering elements, she raised the branch in her hand and let it grow rapidly until it grew into a huge right arm of a vine floating in the air. The Warlock held it up from below, holding it up.

That was definitely not an ordinary arm. Xia De, who was in frequent contact with the power of the tree father, even perceived the power belonging to the "World Tree" from it. The green light illuminates the night sky, and even touching that light, all the injuries on the body feel like they are about to heal. The black mud on the ground receded briefly in the green light, and under the bare snow surface, sprouts of plants actually drilled out.

The exuberant vitality different from the earth is displayed on the giant arms in the sky. And "Free Singer" Ms. Triss Michel also landed on that arm, and then she bent down and pressed her hands on her arms.

The metal armor with the prayer of "God of War and Peace" gradually took shape from illusion until it was completely covered by the right arm of the vine.

The two thirteen-ring warlocks worked together, and with the help of a huge right hand that was suspected to be made of an angel-level relic, they slammed into the open space from above obliquely at the next moment. The guardian who was sitting at the end of the long table was slowly forming the black clay Holy Grail.

But as the twelve huge clay clones raised their arms together, the black mud around the open space gathered in an instant, forming a black rock shield above the open space together.

Bang~ The huge impact sound was accompanied by the collision of spirit and energy, and for a moment Xia De even felt that his eardrums were about to be punctured.

But the physical collision is not the essence of this confrontation, the confrontation between the distorted earth and life force determines the outcome of this blow.

The green and black stream of light spread to the surroundings with the huge shock wave formed by the impact, while the splashed black mud hit the surrounding people like dense bullets.

The petrified giant trees fell one by one. They were first contaminated with vitality and restored to their original shape, but then contaminated with black mud and petrified again, and quickly switched between the two.

Xia De, who can completely ignore the black mud, immediately stepped forward to block in front of the ladies, [Night Watchman] pierced the ground, and the golden shield protected everyone in it.

Of course, the protection ability of Heaton's seal is actually not that great, it's just that the divine light in Xia De's soul is almost overflowing at this time, which makes the thaumaturgy effect so good. The impact of filth and life caused the four elements to briefly cause strange phenomena in this area. Shade, who was holding the sword in one hand in front of him, looked at his feet with some relief after Miss Galina and Miss Bernice behind him put their hands on his shoulders respectively.

Green shoots drilled out from under their feet, but in the blink of an eye they petrified into stone. Then the stone was stained with black mud gushing from its roots, and turned into a pitch-black stone snake, but the snake was hit by green light chips and turned into a real snake, but before it could move, it was blown away The black mud smashed into a pile of minced meat. The minced meat turned into soil, seeped into the ground and merged into the earth again. If this is not the outskirts, if it is not because the Orthodox Church has arranged in this area in advance, and because the power of the guardians is too concentrated to suppress the spread of the power of this collision, Shad even believes that the entire Randall Valley Under this blow, the city will become history.

It's just that this attack was unsuccessful after all. The two thirteen-ring warlocks of the church slowly fell back to the ground with the relics that were close to being out of control. Four of the guardian's twelve earth giant clones were broken, but there were new ones immediately GIANT came out of the black mud to substitute.

The earth is the source of the guardian's strength, black mud

Continuously restore strength for him. Luvia's divination is correct, when the Guardian stands on the ground, he is almost invincible.

When the smoke cleared, Shad finally saw where Sirius had gone.

In the open space guarded by the twelve giant clay avatars of the guardians, apart from the guardians themselves, Sirius is actually also inside.

The young blond girl seemed unable to leave. She stood on the edge of the clearing and looked at the guardian who looked like her father, and the guardian who was manipulating the black clay chalice with both hands finally looked at her after the church's blow. . Shad, who pulled the [Night Watchman] out of the soil, wanted to rush over, but was held back by Luvia:

"Trust her," said the purple-eyed girl. "How did she get in there?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Galina gave an answer:

"Since the two of them joined us, we have been together

up, but in a blink of an eye she was gone. Most likely, it was the guardian who "invited" her in."

The guardian didn't mean to hurt Sirius, he stared at the young girl, for a while, the chest and back where Shade and Iluna touched with the "Pieces of the Heart of the Earth" at the same time, it was pitch black The color of his face faded a little, and the color of emotion appeared in those eyes without any emotion.

The guardian's stable body fluctuated like a phantom. He was still sitting there, pointing his hands at the wriggling black holy grail that was about to take shape, but the head above the shoulders was swaying from side to side. The phantom created by the swing made him seem to have grown out three heads. And that illusion soon became real. The upper body of Mr. Lassus in the soul state seemed to be "shaked out" by the guardian's body. The lower body overlapped with it, and the upper body separated from that body.

Under Siris's shocked eyes, the soul that was separated for a short time stretched out his hand in her direction with difficulty. The white light on the soul at this moment has a radiance that even the saints cannot have. This is an unforgeable trace, which means that even the world accepts their sacrifice and contribution.

"Sirris."

The young girl did not expect to see this picture at this time, and Mr. Lathers, who stretched out his hand, did his best to speak a complete sentence in a brief moment of sobriety: "The memory connection just now awakened I, the horn of doomsday, must not be blown here, if you want, join us, we need a normal soul, to wake up the sleeping spark of consciousness.”

Only the soul of the upper body is half an open space away from Siris, but the holy white light on the soul has drifted to Siris's vicinity. That light not only illuminated the way forward for her, but even allowed her to see memories, those memories that belonged to the guardians. "What's happening here?"

Iluna, who joined the people of the Church of the Sun, also saw the situation in the open space at this moment. However, the teams of the Five Gods Church did not actually meet together, but dispersed separately.

The current leader of this team is Miss Maria, the "Nightmare Witch" of the Church of Nature. She and Iluna who rushed over just now worked together to control the angel-level relic [the dry branch of the World Tree] that was on the verge of getting out of control.

"The Witch Council has reported the situation. If there are new guardians who voluntarily integrate into the old group of guardians, then there is a chance to awaken the crazy guardians."

Miss Maria said.

The lady appeared to be around thirty-five years old, and she was wearing a suit suitable for action and combat similar to Iluna. The only difference is that she wears a garland of colorful flowers on her head. Iluna had seen this lady in the Pantanal swamp, and she was very impressed with her, especially those eyes that seemed to have illusions.

No matter who looks into her eyes, they must go through the judgment of illusion resistance, otherwise they will automatically fall into a deep sleep.

"Can it really be awakened?"

Iluna asked, she had actually heard Luvia talk about it, but she didn't know all the details.

"According to the calculations of the church, the probability is very high. Even if the girl who is suspected to be from the Witch Council is a candidate for the earth's elect, I can't guarantee 100%. After all, there is no precedent for such a thing."

The sorceress of the thirteen rings also looked at the silent Siris:

"No matter what she does now, it is her own decision. There has never been a shortage of people who voluntarily sacrifice, but since she is not a member of the church, we will not encourage such sacrifices." Iluna nodded, holding the bag in her hand The two holy grails held out were handed out:

"After I got separated from the team just now, I met people from the Witch Council, and they gave me this. Last time, the Council shared the formula of [Universal Earth Elixir]. This should be useful to us."

Miss Maria nodded, ordered people to dispense the medicine now, and sighed softly:

"I even want to wonder if the base camp of the Witch Council is here. Their performance this time is too active...... Oh, young girl, this is for you." She took off the The wreath on her head was handed to Iluna, but Iluna hesitated to take it:

"Miss Maria, this seems to be from your natural church...

"Yes, a sacred object of the Church of Nature. In 2201 of the Fifth Era, the wreath weaved by our Lord himself when God descended. This is a true artifact, inherited by ring warlocks who have mastered the thirteen-ring magic [Nature's Spirit Recovery] in the past. At the same time, the wreath itself also contains the flowers of the four seasons.”

Miss Maria put the wreath on Iluna's head with her own hands, and then smoothed her messy hair with a smile: "The chosen one for balance, this time, I'm afraid you will be needed to check and balance the chosen one." But don't worry too much, your church is ready..."

She whispered softly in Iluna's ear, and Iluna's expression of embarrassment because of accepting an overly expensive gift immediately became extremely serious.

At this moment, Sirius Lasers stared blankly at his father in front of him, and then lowered his head to look at his hand.

The memories in those white glows are not forcing her to change her mind, but telling the stories of her former guardians. Xia De once wondered what kind of situation would make a normal person willing to give his life and everything else. Now Sirius finally knows the answer because people who have contact with the heart of the earth can see the prophecy that the heart of the earth made to the earth, about the destruction, disaster and doomsday.

Voluntary sacrifice is not only for the race, for the earth, for the world, but also for the protection of all relatives in the world.

Mr. Lathers stared at his daughter, and Sirius finally looked back at the forest, as if he could see the person in the dense forest petrified in the snow:

"I. She finally shook her head gently:

"Father, I know this may sound selfish, but I'm going to go my own way. And I promised a man that I couldn't...I couldn't do this. He promised me that I wouldn't have to. Anything, he will help me solve all the troubles." Mr. Lathers in the holy white light showed a kind smile, UU reading www.uukanshu.com He didn't ask Sirius to do anything, but finally said :

"You must live your life happily, you must be happy."

The soul was absorbed by the crazy guardian again, and Sirius just felt a blur as if he had entered the open space inexplicably, and then he saw the witches and Shad in the forest. And the crazy guardian sent her out, obviously because he didn't dare to kill Sirius.

The young blond girl stretched out her arms and hugged Shad, so Miss Galina and Miss Benanis went to see Luvia, but she actually looked at them with a gratified expression. After walking with Sirius just now, the unexplained guilt and sadness in my heart finally turned into joy at this moment. Luvia vaguely sensed the traces of fate again, and saw the arc of fate being deflected by Shad.

And behind her, the phantom of long-haired Luvia flashed past. She knew that Xia De once again changed those doomed tragedies that she could never change.

The red-haired duchess of the northern country and the blond female opera singer of the southern country exchanged glances. From Luvia's gratified expression, they each had relatively bold ideas.