Slane Theocracy.
Dawn, a fiery red hue was already emerging from the darkness in the east.
Crack!
The solemn doors of the Holy Temple Conference Hall creaked open, and two figures emerged one after the other.
Leading the way was the Black-Haired Youth, his still somewhat immature face clearly showing a sense of frustration and annoyance.
With each step, he seemed to intentionally exert more force, leaving a series of uneven footprints on the solid stone slabs beneath his feet.
He emanated a frightening aura!
Following behind the Black-Haired Youth was a girl wrapped in a white Priest Robe, a few strands of messy, light silver hair peeking out from under her loose hood, and a weary expression on her face.
Anyone would feel exhausted after being woken up in the middle of the night and casting several large-scale Magic spells in succession, especially when it concerned the death of a team member.
"Captain, I'll head back first." Astrology Thousand Miles said softly to the sulking figure in front of her, closing the doors behind her.
Of course, she knew why the captain was angry. The direction and location of Quinn Easai's death had been fully confirmed late at night.
But the fact that they had only just emerged from the conference hall now was enough to show that the Chief High Priest and the Six Pillar High Priest had no intention of sending out their Midnight Scripture.
Astrology Thousand Miles speculated that the Wind Flower Scripture or Water Light Scripture, which specialized in covert operations and intelligence gathering, had already been dispatched several hours ago.
In addition.
The Shrine Priests had also given up on Quinn Easai. The most important thing discussed in the entire meeting, which lasted from midnight until now, was that the Shrine Priests believed that Quinn Easai was highly likely to leak Theocracy intelligence if he were to be resurrected.
Or rather! Quinn Easai's resurrection by the enemy, or even the event itself, was a covert operation by an unknown force targeting Theocracy.
The basis for this conclusion was that her detection Magic could not detect the enemy who killed Quinn Easai, although there was also the possibility of multiple people.
The appearance of this result.
Clearly indicated that "anti-detection" measures had been taken.
A hint of headache flashed across Astrology Thousand Miles' tired face, and she glanced at the closed doors behind her.
The Shrine Priests were still discussing, probably confirming all the intelligence that Quinn Easai could have known about Theocracy, and making adjustments and a series of other arrangements based on this intelligence.
Fortunately, she didn't have to do this kind of thing.
The thought flashed through Astrology Thousand Miles' mind, and then she sighed almost imperceptibly.
The only good news was that the enemy shouldn't be too strong, otherwise they wouldn't have taken these measures to specifically deal with them.
"Okay, sure."
The Black-Haired Youth heard Astrology Thousand Miles' words from behind, paused, forced a smile on his displeased face, and nodded.
As the captain of the Darkness Scripture, he knew a little about the abilities of all the members, but not much about the specific details of each person.
After all, these guys weren't that strong, he could solve them all by himself!
Only Quinn Easai was more pleasing to him, not because of his strength, but because Quinn Easai could help him temporarily manage the Darkness Scripture when he was being a hands-off leader.
He had gone to the Earth God Shrine Priest, that old man, to find out where Astrology Thousand Miles lived, so he could rush to the location of Quinn Easai's death as soon as possible.
As a result!
He had been delayed by a group of old guys until now, and they wouldn't let him take action, saying that there was a Dragon Lord in the Angelicia Mountain Range.
Dragon Lord?
Was he stronger than him!
Astrology Thousand Miles noticed the change in the captain's mood, bowed slightly, and quickly turned to leave.
Just as she arrived outside the Holy Temple.
Astrology Thousand Miles saw a blonde figure standing outside with a smile on his face, waiting.
Ninth Seat · Gale Break!
"Hi, lovely Silver-Haired Princess, I heard my brother died." The blonde woman looked at Astrology Thousand Miles with an unchanged smile.
Another troublesome fellow.
"My condolences."
Astrology Thousand Miles nodded expressionlessly, finished speaking, and quickly left.
The blonde woman's lips curved upwards, revealing her snow-white teeth, and she hurriedly followed, her giggling voice ringing out, "Tell me, how did he die?"
When the Black-Haired Youth suppressed his emotions again and walked out, the fiery red sun in the east had already fully emerged.
Huh? The Black-Haired Youth suddenly looked up, only to see a figure suddenly appear in front of him, where there had been no one.
It was also a girl.
However, her appearance was somewhat peculiar, half of her hair was silver, and half of her hair was black, even the pupils of her eyes were also silver and black, exactly the opposite of her hair color.
This black and silver-haired girl, who looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old, was carrying a cross-shaped war scythe, and looked at him expressionlessly.
It was a true indifference.
Seeming to be bored and uninterested in anything.
But just standing there calmly, she was like a black hole, devouring the surrounding invisible aura.
She wasn't really only fifteen or sixteen years old either, in the Black-Haired Youth's memory, the black and silver-haired girl's appearance never seemed to have changed.
"Want to have a fight? Senior?"
The Black-Haired Youth's originally unhappy mood seemed to have found a place to vent, 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 and wearing veils covering their faces, exuding a sense of silence and embarrassment like they had been exposed to the elements, entered this area.
"Captain, the place where Lord located Quinn Easai's disappearance is here," a member said, panting slightly.
The temperature here was already extremely high, not to mention their attire, which made their whole bodies feel airtight.
"Group Cast · Fire Resistance Boost." The Scripture Captain nodded slightly, raised both hands, and chanted softly.
A red Mana light immediately flashed on all the members, and the feeling of heat on everyone's body immediately dissipated a lot.
"Search!"
The Scripture Captain raised his hand and waved, his serious voice ringing out.
The next moment, the people behind immediately took action, and streams of Magic flickered non-stop.
"There's Mana residue!"
"There are signs of battle!"
"Suspected residue of faith-based Mana."
"There are traces of giant creatures!"
"..."
"No personnel left."
Streams of simple or vague information quickly converged towards the Scripture Captain.
The Scripture Captain's face, hidden behind the veil, gradually frowned.
The previous information was understandable, but the "no personnel left" made him a little puzzled.
"Captain, all the traces show that the person suspected of killing Quinn Easai should be two people, one is a faith-based Magic Caster, and the other is a Warrior."
The vice-captain immediately began to report after collecting all kinds of information.
Hearing this answer, the Scripture Captain was not surprised. As one of the Six-Colored Scripture units, all those who could join the Darkness Scripture were true powerhouses.
What's more, Quinn Easai himself was good at group warfare, and it was almost impossible for a single person to take him down.
"The current information obtained concludes that these two attackers, after killing Quinn Easai, were likely attacked by a giant creature," the vice-captain continued to report in a calm voice.
"Are you saying that those two also died here?" The Scripture Captain frowned even deeper.
The vice-captain didn't answer; this conclusion was based on traces, so it couldn't be truly confirmed.
*Rumble!*
Suddenly, in the distant Lava Sea, a massive wave of lava erupted.
A gigantic fire dragon burst out of the Lava Sea, its body flowing with magma, flapping its wings as it hovered above the Lava Sea.
"Humans!"
An angry roar echoed throughout the Lava Zone.
All members of the Scripture troops looked in terror at the terrifying figure in the distance.
At this moment, everyone knew what kind of giant creature the two enemies who killed Quinn Easai had encountered.
"Run!!" The Scripture captain's voice became terrified as he roared with all his might.
*Rumble*—
Violent suction gathered from the sky above the Lava Sea, instantly pulling the Scripture troop members closest 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 began to burn in mid-air, emitting shrill screams.
...
At this moment.
On the other side, in an unknown land.
A sun-obscuring pall of thick smoke shrouded the sky, the air filled with the pungent smell of sulfur, and all around were active volcanoes emitting billowing black smoke.
Scalding, crimson lava occasionally spewed from these craters or flowed actively.
In the distance was rugged terrain formed by black rocks.
Within the lava flowing from one of the active volcanoes, a streak of orange-yellow light swam rapidly through the lava; it was a strangely shaped red fish.
With a rhythmic eruption of lava! This strange red Demon Creature fish used the force of the lava to leap out of the crater, then rapidly descended along the scorching rock wall.
Finally.
This red fish-like Demon Creature stabilized itself in mid-air, and with a flash of light, transformed into a human figure.
"Hiss! Flight!"
After canceling the transformation, Tang Zheng inhaled sharply due to the burning pain all over his body, and quickly activated Magic to levitate into the air, saying, "Damn it, that red dragon and the Sun Angler must be having an affair!"
"And! What the hell is this place!"
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