franphil Chapter 289 "The Messenger Girl"
Chapter 289 "The Messenger Girl"
Chapter 289 "The Messenger Girl"
Unclaimed, ancient elven relics—of course, there are none here; the elven relics here are all family property.
Although Xia Er had already hinted to Klein that he had already searched the place thoroughly for anything of value.
But Mr. Fool... he seemed very confident, especially after unlocking the Book of Calamities. Although he didn't dare to directly divine the origin of the book, he still had the courage to use the Book of Calamities to divine the location of the ruins.
A notification that the firewall was under attack appeared in front of Xia'er.
"You don't actually think you can find a bargain using the 'Book of Calamities,' do you?"
Xia Er found it somewhat amusing, but he ignored Klein's divination.
Through dream divination, Klein discovered three hidden spirit realms near the Roseside Islands. One of them was the area where Kavituwa was located. Klein looked at the sea serpent's enormous body and felt a chill run down his spine. He absolutely could not go there.
The second place was a gathering place guarded by the elves. For rational reasons, Klein still did not intend to make contact with it. What was the difference between provoking the elves and provoking Kavituwa?
If he could report it, he could take advantage of the chaos while the Storm Church and the elves were fighting, but because of his fellow countrymen, Klein didn't want to trick the elves like that.
The third place is the hidden cave that Shael opened during Sequence 4. This place is not guarded and has been abandoned for a long time. Even after Shael was promoted to Sequence 3 Sea King, he did not stay here for long. So Klein chose this place.
This abandoned, unguarded place, which seemed to be relatively safe, was perfect for him to explore.
When Xia Er realized that his old house had been used as a "copy" by Klein, his expression became somewhat subtle. He was quite poor back then, and he had basically consumed all the extraordinary characteristics he had, leaving him with nothing. At most, there were some of the collections he had caught while fishing.
Some spiritual materials dropped by sea monsters, and... the mermaids I kept at the time would often make ornaments from their most beautiful scales and give them to me, as well as some special products of the elves, such as the golden spring water of Sonia Island.
Do you really have to explore this?
Shael quickly made some changes to his hidden hut in the spirit world, not wanting Klein to use his hot spring water as an auxiliary material for the next series of potions.
The various seafood caught were of no concern. Runes appeared and disappeared, slightly downgrading the cave's exorcism setup to prevent accidentally killing the dear Fool.
He can just show off a little.
The cargoes of the Fourth Age were truly enormous.
After resolving this minor trouble, a few days later, Xia'er saw a fluctuation in the void before him, and an ancient evil creature with golden hair and red eyes, carrying four heads, appeared before him, its mouth still holding—
A letter.
Renette Tinicol was just delivering a letter. Her original plan was to drop off the letter, ask for an ancient gold coin for postage, and then leave. In fact, that's what she did. But when she saw Shael, she suddenly felt something was wrong and took another look.
Then an arm embraced the cleanly cut, headless neck, and a white-gloved hand casually rested on the lace-trimmed shoulder. A noble, irresistible force pressed down on him, and his entire body seemed to freeze as if in death.
With his left hand on Renette Tinicol's shoulder and his right hand supporting an open, illusory book with feathered serpents encircling its surface, Shael looked down at the mysterious symbols on the book constantly updating, seemingly still immersed in his own world and unaware of the changes in the outside world.
The letter that Rene Tinecole was holding in the mouth of one of her heads floated to the ground. Her four heads looked at the swimming feathered serpent with some fear, panic, and bewilderment. Her spirit body, which had been floating in the air, slowly fell to the ground. She was deprived of even the power to twist her body and had no courage to resist.
Shael's eyes were devoid of any color as he turned the pages of Death's Uniqueness in his hand. A chilling and deathly silence began to permeate the room, as if it had become part of the underworld. Even Renette Tinicol was affected by this power; her initial fear gradually faded, and she became indifferent and deathly silent under the pale halo.
The envelope on the ground quickly rotted and disappeared; the letter on it roughly described the recent findings of the exploration and—
The discovery also included an ancient gold coin used to pay the reward.
Klein's real intention was that he felt uneasy about a spirit being with a house in the spirit world being willing to act as his messenger. He wanted to send a message so that the knowledgeable "angel" could take a look and help confirm the situation and see if there was any danger.
He was overthinking it; most spirit creatures are very docile.
The Fourth Age.
Deep within the underworld, Calderon.
This place was once the earthly kingdom of Greygardy, the progenitor of the phoenix, and was home to many terrifying undead creatures. But now, these undead creatures are all cowering in fear in remote ruins or twisted shadows, not daring to make a sound.
Above the city, two beams of light faced each other, stretching across the entire sky of Calderon.
In a pale radiance, the "God of the Dead," or rather the "Emperor of the Underworld," Salinger, stared with an extremely gloomy expression at another pure white radiance tinged with coldness. Within that radiance, a figure with a perfect face, slightly pointed ears, and holding a phantom book calmly looked down upon the scene.
Roar!
Salinger's expression was ferocious as he completely unleashed his mythical creature form. The enormous feathered serpent flapped its wings, communicating with the power of the entire underworld, attempting to expel the enemy from Calderon.
Facing the enraged "Emperor of the Underworld," the "Hermit" remained expressionless on his lifeless face. He flipped through the illusory book in his hand, and the pure white light composed of a vast stream of information formed the wings of a phoenix. The illusory phoenix emerged from the light and suppressed the "Feathered Serpent," who was roaring to the sky and somewhat frenzied.
It was as if two consciousnesses had been born in the entire underworld, the "Phoenix" and the "Feathered Serpent," each holding a portion of the authority, and neither of them could fully integrate the power of the underworld.
In "The Gift of the Earth," the most valuable ability is very suitable for the "Hermit." As an informational being, the "Hermit" can even briefly transform into a composite mythological creature like an ancient god. All that is required to endure is the temporary erosion of the God of Death, the Gate, the dual-path mystical knowledge, and the madness of the mind.
Once the state ends, one can naturally recover. After all, the original Grey Garley existed in this state for a long time without her body collapsing, let alone a hermit who only imitates her for a short time.