novelonline Chapter 3034 Snowy Night Intermission
Chapter 3034 Snowy Night Intermission
Chapter 3034 Snowy Night Intermission
"Let's go and meet up with Vanessa and the others first."
Shade tugged at the elf girls' hands. Emilia had no objection, but the big elf let go of Shade's hand, then stepped back a few steps with his hands behind his back and a smile:
"I told you I would only help at the very end."
"But it's not very convenient for you to leave the city and return to the ship now, right?"
Shade asked, and the elf girl nodded with her hands behind her back:
"Including the Fisher family's arrow, you found five arrows for me, and I have one myself, which makes six. Now that the Bennet family has completely disappeared, I think I can go find their arrow.
Go do your business, and I'll be there when you're ready to leave town."
"What exactly do those arrows do? Do they really have a special killing power against the Ancients?"
Xia De asked again, and the elf girl pursed her lips and shook her head:
"It has other functions. When Treefather made them, the ancient gods had not yet left, and the ancients in the forest had certainly not yet been born. These arrows were born for a more noble reason, although it is impossible to completely... Anyway, I still hope to get more arrows, so that at least I can."
At one point, a sad expression appeared on her face. She thought she had concealed it well, but Shade still saw it.
Xia De wanted her to explain the matter clearly, but the elf girl shook her head slightly and nimbly avoided Xia De's hand that was grabbing her wrist:
"The road will be long tonight, remember to take good care of Emilia. See you later."
"Wait a moment, take this."
As Shade spoke, he took out a piece of silver "jade" from his pocket and threw it to her. It was his longbow [Star Mark]. Although it was a sage-level relic, Shade used it very rarely:
"see you later."
As he spoke, the elf girl smiled at him while holding the glowing jade, and then walked into the chaotic night without looking back. Shade stared at her back, while the elf asked in a low voice:
"Shad, who is she?"
"You really didn't recognize it?"
Emilia shook her head blankly. She felt that she had shaken her head more tonight than she had in the past week.
"She looks familiar, but I haven't recognized her yet. But I can see that she is worried, and maybe she wants to part with us after what happened in Vista Forest? Shade, can you keep her here? I like her very much, and so does little Lianna. I want to ask her for advice on how to take care of Chocobos in the future."
After she finished speaking, she yawned slightly, still feeling a little sleepy. She hadn't felt any discomfort when she was extremely nervous just now, but now she suddenly felt that she couldn't open her eyes.
Xia De held her hand:
"I will keep her, Amelia, I swear to you I will."
The witches of the [Witch Council] were very happy to be able to come into the city to help the church. After all, a new "Thirteen Rings" witch had been born in the council, and the Thirteen Rings was still the strongest level in today's era.
Therefore, the church let the witches set up their camp in the Golden Music Hall, which was located in the center of the city and at a commanding height. It was also the headquarters for the city defense battle tonight, and the witches were assigned to the entire area of the two performance halls, including the backstage.
The Golden Music Hall has been transformed into a true battle fortress. Under the light shining from the top of the side tower, even every brick and stone on the outer wall is branded with divine runes.
Xia De actually thought it would be better to put the headquarters in a church in the city, but the five churches currently served as the five most important nodes for the city's defense rituals. In order to prevent the entire battle command sequence from being damaged when one node was destroyed, the church finally chose this ancient building in the city center.
Vanessa, Sylvie and Megan, who had entered the city early, had already set up the base of the parliament. Vanessa also arranged in advance for Hillis to take people to meet the returning Shade and the elf on the west side of the concert hall. Specifically, Hillis brought two girls from the Central Ring to wait for them in a tea shop on the street.
When Shade carried the already asleep Emilia into the tea shop, and both parties confirmed their identities, Hillis excitedly hugged Shade:
"Things are going well, aren't they?"
"Bennett has already lost to Emilia. Although there were some twists and turns in the middle, Emilia performed very well. However, she used the Word of Ascension in succession and even summoned the Sword of Light. Now she needs to rest for a while."
Hillis immediately looked at the underage elf behind Shade with a loving gaze. Most of the girls on the boat regarded Emilia as a little sister:
"Let's go to the church and meet up with everyone. The situation is very complicated right now, but Vanessa and the others are all safe."
Hillis held a permit that allowed him to enter and leave the concert hall at will. When he carried Emilia on his back and followed the girls into the concert hall, Shad did not hide the elf, so soon the news that the elf of St. Byrons had returned was known to everyone.
Shade's plan was also revealed to the church, so the church realized that Thomas Bennett had lost to the elves. So when Shade saw Xiwei, who temporarily stayed in the concert hall and did not go out to fight, the church had already sent people to inquire about the news.
Siris was in charge of informing the church of Emilia's good news, while the elf was temporarily placed by Shade on a chair in the front row of the performance hall, where she tilted her head and continued to sleep. The maid brought a blanket and carefully covered her with it. Shade hugged Sivi on the stage, and then went backstage with her. The maids were still preparing Emilia's bed. They had prepared everything, but they didn't expect that someone would need to sleep tonight.
"Emilia has already won the qualification from the third candidate, but the process was tortuous."
He tried to recount what happened just now as simply as possible. Xiwei did not expect that such a thing would happen, but he won anyway:
"Now the only ones left are the Paradox Bug Guardian who represents the Earth and the watchmaker who regained his qualifications. I came back ten minutes ago, and Megan replaced me to cooperate with Vanessa to intercept those bugs over the city.
According to the church's estimation, this is only the first wave of the insect swarm's attack. According to the spiritual signals fed back from underground after the mine blast, the insects sleeping deep in the forest should be awakening in batches."
"Can the battle line still hold up now?"
"No problem for now."
The Great Witch nodded slightly and continued to introduce:
"I'm sorry, but we haven't found any trace of the Watcher yet. The Church feels that at this stage, the bugs are simply wearing down the human's fighting spirit. I'm afraid the real melee won't happen until late at night."
"So what's the situation outside the city now? Can communication between the city and outside the city still be carried out?"
“Yes, I just sent the current situation in the city to the ship before you came in.
The Shining Emissary has left Lake Yuren. The situation in the forest is more complicated than in the city, but the intensity of the battle has not reached the original expectation. The professors of the academy who are currently staying in the forest are trying their best to find out what is happening underground. After all, those bugs will appear sooner or later. If they don't appear now, it means that everyone will face greater trouble in the future. "
Apart from the long-anticipated paradox bugs, no other enemies have appeared near the city, but the reconnaissance rituals arranged in advance in the forest have detected a large number of abnormal whispering element reactions. Everyone knows what this means, but it is not yet certain when the relics controlled by the paradox bugs will move towards the city.
But in fact, none of the above are the most dangerous things at present. The biggest trouble now lies in the time rift:
"About not long after you entered the time transfer station, a tree hole that was contained by the Church of Nature destroyed itself. Just as you said before, after the tree hole was destroyed, an unstable time rift was directly formed in the original place. At that time, the terrible thing that drilled out of the rift almost wiped out a containment team of the Church of Nature."
Xiwei is quite worried about this:
"That tree hole was not destroyed by humans. It was more like it was damaged on its own. Now our tree holes have been temporarily moved from the ship to the woods to prevent accidents. But in addition to the time rifts formed by the tree holes, I don't know if you have noticed that there are more and more black cracks behind the white fog in the night sky, and the number of strange time cracks found in the forest is also increasing sharply."
"It seems like we have really reached the point where we can no longer hold on."
Xia De pursed his lips and said, Xi Wei nodded:
"The guardians of the earth can only go to the forest to investigate the situation. They can rely on the power of the earth to temporarily seal some small cracks. But Sister Defulin is still in the city. I wonder if you saw the 'fire meteor' just now. That is..."
The chandelier above her head suddenly shook, and then the ground began to tremble. The sudden earthquake interrupted the witch's words, and then, amid the humming sound coming from deep in the earth, the gas lamps in the backstage corridor flickered twice and then all went out.
Xia De raised his hand and held up the silver ball of light. The girls in the corridor and backstage rooms also used light magic of different colors. No one was too panicked.
About half a minute later, the extinguished gas lamp lit up again after flickering several times. But when looking out the window, one could see that only the core urban area and the eastern and northern districts of the city had regained light.
Emilia was really exhausted, and she fell asleep immediately without being woken up by the subsequent earthquakes. After hearing that the girl had used the Word of Ascension and the Sword of Light, Xiwei complained a little about Shade. After the bed was arranged, he asked Shiris, who was in charge of the logistics here, to carry Emilia to the small bed to rest.
"I want my unicorn pillow"
The sleeping elf was still whispering in her sleep. Xivi and Shad watched as Shiris covered her with a quilt and left someone to look after her before they left the dressing room together.