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"I am deeply saddened by Ryan's death. Phoenix sighed heartily.

She gave Lin Qiu a very strange feeling, both Gosya and Helena described her as a fierce beast, but when they met, they spoke softly, and it was difficult for people to associate her with a monster that would burn everything in a fit of anger.

The deep sea describes her a little more bizarrely.

When they first meet Herrot and McCallis, the Deep Sea recognizes them at once, and describes their powers as irresistible. However, she did not feel Phoenix's presence, and in her words, it was just an empty illusion standing in front of them.

In addition to Prince Richard, who was born without nicking power, there are more or less strong and weak energies in the body of normal people, and this power is the main source of deep-sea perception. But now, if they hadn't seen Phoenix with their own eyes, the deep sea wouldn't have been able to sense her presence at all.

"What exactly does 'Rite of Sacrifice' mean?" Lin Qiu asked directly. He knew who the intruder Phoenix was afraid of was, and that person could be called their common enemy at the moment.

The Sith is a hundred times more of a threat to the kingdom than Phoenix, which has lost its power.

Phoenix's answer was equally succinct: "An ancient ritual." ”

The reason why Phoenix lost its power goes back hundreds of years. Even though it had the ability to die, it was no match for Gosya, and her last battle with Gosya took place near the imperial capital, when the city was not yet built and the northern frontier was nothing more than a deserted survivors' refuge camp. She didn't intend to tell Lin Qiu about the tragedy of the battle, but at the end of the battle, the original king Az-Teris sealed the rift in the sky at the cost of his own life.

A few monsters such as Phoenix and McAris escaped from the encirclement of humans, but as the "most troublesome" monster in Gosya's eyes, she became the object of Gosya's attention, and although the saint could not kill her, she placed a seal on her, so that her power kept declining every year. Fisquez tried various methods, and even reborn dozens of times, he couldn't get rid of the seal. Until one day, she meets a man who calls himself the Sith, and he tells her that there is a ritual that will help her break free from this seal once and for all.

The Sith wasn't lying, it was an ancient and mysterious ritual, but in order to accomplish it, Phoenix had to split her power into two parts, and when the separated part of the power was reshaped, she would take back the lost power. However, in the process of cooperation, the Sith suddenly changed his mind.

He has a deeper conspiracy.

And it was from that time that Phoenix saw clearly the contradictions of mankind - the peace that Azi-Teres had to pay for at the cost of his life was not accepted by everyone, and the Sith and the forces behind him have been trying to destroy this hard-won peace. The quickest way to do this was to reopen the rift and let the tide flood into the world, so he needed a medium.

After the Great War, Mercuris disappeared, and Harrow resided in the North - under the nose of the Holy Maiden, she was the only one who was the most suitable choice. Unable to accept that he was being put on the side of a mere human, Phoenix was furious, and rumors of her violent personality began around that time.

"So the sacrificial rite is actually ......," Julius concluded with a bewildered expression.

"That's right, it's a reincarnation ritual. Phoenix did not shy away from admitting: "The ritual you have seen before is essentially a way of selecting successors, and those who can perfectly inherit my power will be called the Holy Son by the cultists." ”

"No wonder Duolun fled to the imperial capital. Lin Qiu suddenly realized that maybe Duolun knew the truth about the Holy Son and foresaw his future, so he stayed away from the Divine Bird Sect.

"Doron is a good carrier, but it's not the only one. She didn't seem to take Duoren's defection to heart: "In the past hundred years, I have long realized how complex human beings really are, and I will not pin all my efforts on one person...... Moreover, the human body is simply not enough to carry even a quarter of my strength—if the Son does not complete the ritual within the time limit, the power will erode his will. ”

This also answered the doubts in Lin Qiu's heart before, the reason why Duolun fell into a state of madness from time to time was probably because of the power in his body. Time is running out for him.

He immediately understood Luna's importance, "So your next candidate is Luna. ”

Phoenix is noncommittal.

"But she's been robbed, aren't you in a hurry?"

"I know. Phoenix continued, "She's in the Order's church right now—you're going to get her back for me, aren't you?"

"You're so confident?"

"You don't want me to lure the Sith and his men out right now, the kidnappers of Luna are just a cover to lure me out...... But he himself didn't dare to show up easily, because the king still had the existence he feared - so why should I panic, and the advice I gave you is to take care of your little apprentice with peace of mind. ”

Before Phoenix could finish speaking, a dull bell rang clearly from above.

"It's the bell that starts the feast. Julius judged: "There are three bells, and after the third bell the feast begins." ”

Phoenix winked at the two of them, "Even if you want to make enemies with me, it's not now. Until the Sith is defeated, our goal will remain the same for the time being. ”

......

When Lin Qiu and Julius hurriedly came to the first floor of the statue hall, Liya and the others had already left.

"So here's the problem. ”

After digesting the truth that Phoenix told them, Lin Qiu suddenly realized another serious problem: "How are we going to turn this thing off?"

The spiral staircase leading to the lower castle is very conspicuous in the center of the statue hall, so that if any servant accidentally walks in, he will be able to see this secret passage that did not exist in the first place.

Obviously, there could be no instructions for this secret passage around.

"That's a good question. Julius felt that Lin Qiu's question had reached his heart. However, he is not a captain known for his reasoning and finding secret passages, and there is still a glimmer of hope if Corria does not do well here. He only knew that if the secret passage between Phoenix and King Ryan was accidentally discovered, the king would explode tomorrow.

"It seems that there is only one trick to use. ”

"Don't try to fool me!" said Julius, who immediately became alarmed.

Under Julius' stunned gaze, Lin Qiu took the young orange snake wrapped around his arm and gently placed it on one of the display cases.

Jörmungard looked reluctant.

Immediately after, Lin Qiu picked up another sign, and after writing a few strokes on it, he nodded with satisfaction-"Jörmungad, I'll leave it to you here, if anyone breaks in later, you will bite his nose for me!"

With that, Lin Qiu touched Ye Mengade's head to appease. Then he pushed the door open and hung the sign on the doorknob.

- "There are sea monsters inside, please do not enter." ”

-- The sign says.