The Path of Ascension to the Priest

After crossing half of the Statu continent, Irene and Vera finally entered the territory of the Principality of Shas.

The geographical location of the Principality of Shas is just sandwiched between blood clans and black witches. The Central Holy See has not sent a bishop to serve in the Holy See of Shas. Without the suppression of the Holy See, the Principality of Shas has already fallen into the hands of dark forces. All over the fields, people were devastated. In just a few months, more than half of the civilians here were killed or injured. The royal family and nobles were not greatly affected by the protection of the knight army, but they were also panicked.

The king and the nobles sent several letters of appeal to the Holy See, requesting that the bishop be dispatched as soon as possible to expel the dark forces. However, after waiting for a long time, there was no response.

Xinerte City is located at the northern end of the Principality of Shas, which is closer to the blood field. Seven or eight generations of blood clans can be seen gathering and eating everywhere in the city, and the strong smell of blood spreads in the empty streets.

Irene and Vera put away the skeletons and walked side by side on the street. Their petite figures were covered by black cloaks. During the time they lived in Wucheng, Irene had seen any bloody scenes...made it by herself Yes, but it has been too long since then, and now she is a little uncomfortable seeing the picture of these low-level vampires eating.

The blood clan below the sixth generation is some blood-sucking monsters controlled by appetite. Once the desire/desire to suck blood comes up, they are irrational and unable to control themselves. Even the clan is not willing to admit their existence.

Vera took Irene to find a safe place to stay in the city. When passing by a small alley, five or six low-level blood races who were eating inside heard their footsteps and turned their heads to look at them. Because of hunger, they His expression was a little ferocious.

Vera's footsteps paused, and she faintly guarded Irene behind her. She stared indifferently at the vampires in the alley. Black air suddenly gathered around the vampires, and white hand bones came out one after another from the black air. Skeletons filled the alleys, and their sharp finger bones pierced into the blood race's chest, smashing their hearts to pieces.

"...wait for me here." Vera took out the bone staff and summoned some skeletons. She jumped on top of the skeletons and sat down, and said to Irene expressionlessly.

Instead of finding a safe place to stay, it is better to make this city safe, and let Irene stay here alone, so she can feel more at ease.

Irene looked at Vera's back, blinked her eyes, pursed her lips but couldn't hide her smile, this person still protected her as seriously as when she was a child.

After cleaning up the low-level vampires in the city, Vera found an abandoned tavern for Irene to rest.

Two skeleton racks were being cleaned in the tavern. Vera and Irene were standing outside waiting. The midday sun was a bit harsh. Vera took off his hood and whispered to Irene next to him, "I can do it tomorrow." Hurry back and be careful yourself."

Irene reached into her sleeves and touched the neck of the little hairball. She smiled and said to Vera, "Don't worry, I will protect myself."

Vera nodded, just as the tavern was being cleaned, Irene walked in to check, she took a deep look at Irene's back at the door, lowered her eyes slightly, and said in a soft voice that seemed to be floating in the air, "I'll stay Two lion men protect you."

Irene didn't notice Vera's abnormality. She turned to Vera and patted her chest, raised her chin and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll be safe."

Vera looked at Irene who believed in her wholeheartedly, her slightly lowered eyes concealed a trace of complicated emotions, she sighed softly, and after leaving two lion men guarding the entrance of the tavern, she summoned the skeleton Turn around and leave.

After Vera left, Irene walked around the tavern, and finally sat down at a table in the corner. She grabbed the little hairball out of her sleeve and put it on the table, then took out a handful of leaves, and gave the little hairball The regiment fed while waiting for Vera to return.

From Xinerte City to Wucheng, one day and one night at Vera's speed is enough for her to go back and forth. She was worried that Vera would not find her if she ran around, so Irene stayed in the tavern obediently, accompanied by a small hairball It's not boring either.

Time passed quickly. When Irene was dozing off on the table, there was a sudden noise at the door. There was a lion man left by Vera outside, so Irene was not very worried about any danger she encountered. She raised her hand Rubbing his eyes, he thought it was Vera who came back and got up to meet him.

"Vera?" Irene opened the door excitedly, looking at the people standing outside, the smile on her face froze instantly.

Standing outside the door were two black witches in red robes. When they heard the sound of the door being opened, they turned around at the same time. The witch on the left had long brown hair and gray eyes that were exactly the same as Irene's. Irene smiled and said softly: "Long time no see, my dear daughter."

Irene's little face turned pale, she slammed the door shut, turned back to the table and put the little ball of fur into her sleeves, the panic of seeing Granna and the anger of being betrayed by Vera made her hands tremble. Trembling uncontrollably, she bit the tip of her tongue trying to calm herself down through the pain.

Vera...a friend she trusted so much... Tears flashed in Irene's eyes. She took out the teleportation scroll from the space gem, but no matter how she shook it, it didn't work.

The surrounding space has been blocked.

The door was pushed open with a creak, and Grana and Noah walked in one after the other. Seeing them coming in, Irene couldn't help but backed up to the wall, her back pressed against the cold wall to slow her down. Slowly calming down, she glared at Grana bitterly, her hands tightening unconsciously on the little hairball, pinching the little hairball awake.

Grana looked at Irene's hateful eyes, and raised the corners of her lips slightly. She spread her hands and said helplessly, "It has nothing to do with Vera betraying you."

"You should reflect on yourself, why did your only friend betray you?"

Grana took a step towards Irene without any trace, and said very cruel words in a soft voice, "Maybe this is your fate, who likes to make friends with a troublesome one?"

"Do you think your friend from the Holy See will come to save you this time?"

Irene bit her lip, and kept telling herself not to pay attention to Grana's words, not to follow her thoughts, but...she couldn't control it.

She seemed like a nuisance to everyone.

Although Irene hated Grana and never treated her as a mother, it must be said that as long as it was spoken from the other party's mouth, it would have a huge impact on her.

Seeing that Irene's mood was a bit wrong, Noah was worried that she would hurt herself, so she raised her hand and pulled Grana behind, signaling her to stop talking, "We won't hurt you, Irene, I need a little help from you .”

Irene looked at her coldly, and refused without hesitation: "I will not help you."

As she said that, she looked down at the little hairball in her hand. Although the little hairball was awake, it was lying on its stomach in a daze, without noticing the impatience of its master.

Irene was anxious, but she didn't dare to throw the little hairball out rashly.

Noah was not surprised to see Irene's refusal. She sighed, took out the bone staff and waved it at Irene. A cloud of black mist appeared under Irene's feet, and sent her away before she had time to react. gone.

After sending Irene back to Wucheng, Noah put away the bone staff and turned to look at Grana, frowning and said: "You have gone too far with Irene."

Although Irene is considered an outlier in the group of black witches, in fact Noah doesn't care much about it. She watched Irene grow up since she was a child, and she still likes her somewhat.

Granna leaned on the table and said casually: "What are you talking about, didn't you ask me to bring her to you?"

"I mean your attitude to her."

Grana shrugged, "She is also hostile to me, don't you see?" She complained to Noah, and walked out the door with her, "Look at her, like a black witch? "

"It's the biggest failure of my life."

Noah retorted disapprovingly, "She can use dark magic and witchcraft, so why isn't she a black witch?"

Erin is just a dark witch who doesn't live up to Granna's expectations.

Tang Qiu, who is far away in the elf territory, still doesn't know what happened to Irene. She is busy recuperating her body for Delphine. Although elves have a long lifespan, endlessly expending their own vitality to support the tree of life will only speed up the process. The aging and death of Delphine.

Life force cannot be abused.

The holy water of light and the healing technique can only restore Delphine's spirit to normal. The fatigue she felt due to the lost vitality cannot be eliminated, and she still needs time to rest in order to fully recover.

Although the elves didn't know what Delphine was doing, they could see that she was tired. The elves were worried, but they couldn't do anything, so they secretly brought gifts to ask Tang Qiu for help.

During the period when Tang Qiu lived in the elf territory, every morning when he opened the door of the tree house, he could see a lot of elf specialties piled up there.

The situation of the elves and the situation of Delphine made Tang Qiu, an outsider, couldn't help but sigh. She came to the tree of life alone and looked up. The state of the tree of life and what she saw for the first time Same time, nothing changed.

The holy water of light was mixed into the flowing stream to provide the tree of life with light elements. Tang Qiu observed the tree of life for a while, then bent slightly and put his hand into the stream.

There is only the power of light in it and no hidden dark elements.

"The problem is not there." Delphine's voice suddenly came from behind, Tang Qiu turned around and watched her walk beside him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what is the problem?"

Delphine stared at the Tree of Life and said flatly, "The problem lies in this continent."

"The light can no longer illuminate it."

The original body of the tree of life is the seed condensed by the goddess of the forest. It was planted before the gods left the mainland, and it was nourished and thrived when the first pope shrouded the land of Sistatu with light.

The ungrown tree of life is the most sensitive to the state of the Sittau continent, and when darkness falls, it will be affected.

Delphine should have thought that after the civil war in the Holy See more than 1000 years ago, the light was no longer pure.

Tang Qiu took his hand out of the creek, wiped it off with a square towel, and said with a frown, "The Holy See's tree of life is in good condition. If you need it, I can find a way to bring you some elven fruits."

Delphine shook her head, "It's useless."

"why?"

Delphine raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, and said in a weary tone: "Elf fruit can only breed dark elves now."

This continent has been eroded by darkness too badly.

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When I say one step closer to the end, I don't mean it will be over soon. There are two or three months of updates before the end