A fiery red hue was already emerging from the darkness in the east.
Crack!
The majestic doors of the Holy Temple Council Hall creaked open, and two figures emerged in sequence.
Leading the way was a black-haired youth. His face, still bearing a hint of youthfulness, was visibly etched with frustration and annoyance.
Each step seemed deliberately weighted, leaving behind footprints of varying depths on the solid stone floor.
He emanated a frightening aura!
Following behind the black-haired youth was a girl clad in a white priest's robe, a few strands of messy, light silver hair escaping from beneath her loose hood, and a weary expression on her face.
Anyone awakened in the middle of the night and forced to cast several large-scale spells in succession would feel exhausted, especially when it concerned the death of a team member.
"Captain, I'll head back first." After closing the doors, Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri quietly spoke to the brooding figure ahead.
Of course, she knew why the captain was angry. The location and position of Quaiesse's death had been fully confirmed late at night.
But the fact that the two of them only emerged from the council hall now was enough to show that the Chief High Priest and the Six Scripture Captains had no intention of sending them, the Black Scripture, into action.
Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri speculated that the Wind Flower Scripture or the Water Light Scripture, which specialized in covert operations and intelligence gathering, had already been dispatched several hours ago.
Furthermore.
The Scripture Captains had also given up on Quaiesse. The most important thing discussed in the entire meeting, which lasted from midnight until now, was the Scripture Captains' belief that Quaiesse, if resurrected, had a high probability of leaking information about the Theocracy.
Or rather!
The reason Quaiesse was resurrected by the enemy, or even the event itself, was a covert operation by an unknown force targeting the Theocracy.
The basis for this conclusion was that her detection magic could not detect the enemy who killed Quaiesse, although there was also the possibility of multiple individuals.
The occurrence of this result.
Clearly indicated that "anti-detection" measures had been taken.
A headache flashed across Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri's tired face, and the corners of her eyes glanced at the closed doors behind her.
The Scripture Captains were still discussing, probably confirming all the information about the Theocracy that Quaiesse knew, and making adjustments and a series of other arrangements based on this information.
Fortunately, she didn't need to do this kind of thing.
This thought flashed through Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri's mind, followed by an almost imperceptible sigh.
The only good news was that the enemies shouldn't be too strong, otherwise they wouldn't have taken these measures specifically for countermeasures.
"Okay, good."
The black-haired youth heard Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri's words from behind, paused, forced a smile on his displeased face, and nodded.
As the captain of the Black Scripture, he had some understanding of the abilities of all the members, but not much knowledge of the specific details of each person.
After all, these guys weren't that strong anyway, he could solve them all alone!
Only Quaiesse was more pleasing to him, not because of the other party's strength, but because Quaiesse could help him temporarily manage the Black Scripture when he was being a hands-off manager.
He went to the Earth Scripture Captain, that old man, to find out where Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri lived, and rushed to the location of Quaiesse's death as soon as possible.
As a result!
He was delayed by a group of old guys until now, and they wouldn't let him act, saying that there were Dragon Lords in the Angelicia Mountains.
Dragon Lord?
Was he stronger than him!
Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri noticed the change in the emotions of the captain in front of her, bowed slightly, and quickly turned to leave.
Just as she arrived outside the temple.
Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri saw a blonde figure standing outside with a smile on her face, waiting.
Ninth Seat - Clementine!
"Hi, lovely silver-haired girl, I heard my brother died." The blonde woman looked at Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri with an unchanged smile.
Another troublesome guy.
"My condolences."
Thousand Leagues Astrologer Chieri nodded expressionlessly, and after saying that, quickly left.
The corners of the blonde woman's mouth turned up, revealing her snow-white teeth, and she quickly followed, her giggling voice ringing out: "Tell me, how did he die?"
[TL: This is the end of that for now FYI]
When the black-haired youth suppressed his emotions again and came out from inside, the fiery red sun in the east had completely emerged.
Eh?
The black-haired youth suddenly raised his head, only to see a figure suddenly appear in front of him where there was originally no one.
It was also a girl.
It's just that the other party's appearance was a bit peculiar, half of her hair was silver, and half of her hair was black, even the pupils of her eyes were also one silver and one black, exactly the opposite of her hair color.
This black and silver-haired girl, looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, carrying a cross-shaped war scythe, and looked at him expressionlessly.
It was a true indifference.
Seeming to be bored with anything and unable to muster any interest.
But just standing there quietly, the other party was like a black hole, devouring the surrounding invisible aura.
The other party was not really only fifteen or sixteen years old, in the memory of the black-haired youth, the appearance of the black and silver-haired girl never seemed to have changed.
"Want to fight? Senior?"
The black-haired youth's originally unhappy emotions seemed to have found a place to vent at this moment, and he suddenly laughed.
"Okay." The black and silver-haired girl nodded, her tender lips curving.
Five days later.
Lava zone.
A unit of about 50 people, dressed in simple gray-blue clothing, wearing veils covering their faces, and exuding a sense of silence and embarrassment like they had been exposed to the elements, entered this area.
"Captain, the place where Lord positioned Quaiesse's disappearance is here." A member spoke breathlessly.
The temperature here was already extremely high, not to mention that their attire made their whole bodies feel airtight.
"Group - Fire Attribute Resistance Increase." The Scripture Captain nodded slightly, raised his hands, and chanted softly.
A red magical light immediately flashed on the bodies of all the members, and the feeling of heat on everyone's bodies immediately dissipated a lot.
"Search!"
The Scripture Captain raised his hand and waved, and a serious voice sounded.
The people behind immediately took action, and magical lights flickered non-stop.
"There is magical power residue!"
"There are traces of battle!"
"Suspected residue of faith-based magical power."
"There are traces of giant creatures!"
"…"
"No personnel left."
Pieces of simple or vague information quickly converged towards the Scripture Captain.
The expression of the Scripture Captain hidden behind the veil gradually frowned.
The previous information was understandable, but the latter "no personnel left" made him a little puzzled.
"Captain, all the traces show that the person suspected of killing Quaiesse should be two people, one is a faith-based magic chanter, and the other is a warrior."
After collecting all kinds of information, the vice-captain immediately began to report.
Hearing this answer, the Scripture Captain was not surprised. As one of the Six-Colored Scripture units, all those who could join the Black Scripture were true powerhouses.
What's more, Quaiesse himself was good at group operations, and it was almost impossible for a single person to solve Quaiesse.
"The information currently detected concludes that these two attackers were likely attacked by giant creatures after killing Quaiesse." The vice-captain continued to report in a calm voice.
"Are you saying that those two people also died here?" The Scripture Captain frowned even more.
The vice-captain did not answer, this was originally a conclusion drawn from the traces, and naturally could not be truly confirmed.
Rumble!
Suddenly, a huge lava wave was set off in the distant lava sea.
A huge fire dragon rushed out of the lava sea, its whole body flowing with magma, flapping its wings, and floating on the lava sea.
"Humans!"
An angry roar resounded throughout the lava zone.
All the members of the Scripture unit looked in horror at the terrifying figure in the distance.
At this moment, everyone knew what kind of giant creature the two enemies who killed Quaiesse had encountered.
"Run!!" The Scripture Captain's voice became terrified, and he shouted with all his strength.
Rumble——
Violent attraction gathered from the sky above the lava sea, instantly sucking the members of the Scripture unit who were close to the front into the depths.
"Ah——"
"Ah——"
Before these people could even get close to the lava sea area, their bodies were affected by the high temperature and burned in mid-air, making miserable screams.
At this moment.
On the other side, in an unknown place.
A sun-obscuring canopy of thick smoke shrouded the sky, the air was filled with a strong smell of sulfur, and all around were active volcanoes emitting billowing black smoke.
Scorching red lava spurted out from these craters from time to time or flowed actively.
In the distance was a rugged terrain formed by black rocks.
In the lava flowing out of an active volcano, a touch of orange-yellow light swam quickly through the lava, it was a strange red fish.
With a regular eruption of lava!
This strange red magic fish, with the help of the lava's impact, leaped out of the crater, and then fell rapidly down the scorching rock wall.
Eventually.
This red fish monster stabilized its body in mid-air, and with a flash of light, it transformed into a human figure.
"Hiss! Flying!"
After dispelling the transformation, the burning pain all over his body made Minori take a deep breath, and quickly activated magic to rise into the air and said:
"Damn it, that red dragon and the Lava Dominator must have an affair!"
"Also! What the hell is this place!"