Chapter 423: The Aftermath
Before leaving, Arcais turned back for the last time and said: "Half-elf~ The power you have does not belong to you, without that holy artifact, you are still just an ordinary mortal today, and you are not qualified to stand in front of my eyes and say the word 'sanction' to me." β
"In the same way, your power comes from Ishtar," Serena sneered.
"That's right!" Alcais did not deny this, but the angel's eyes had more confidence and pride than Serena: "But even without the blessing of my lord, I still have power above all mortals in the world, and if you lose your holy relic, you are only one of mortals." β
A cold light flashed in Serena's eyes, and she greeted Arcais without fear: "It is because I am a mortal that I can better understand the needs of mortals, and you!angel~ You stand too high, just like the goddess you serve, just to realize your own ideas and insist on going your own way, when has Ishtar ever listened to the requests of her disciples?"
Edward, who was on the side, noticed a detail, and when the title 'angel' was mentioned, Serena's words were full of strange ridicule.
In response to Serena's questioning, Arcais smiled indifferently: "Haha~ Worldly mortals are ignorant and blind, setting fire to the forest for a little harvest, losing credibility for a little money and deceiving, and they don't know how to look at the long-term future and only pursue short-term interests, so worldly mortals will support the strong and support those who know how to govern to become kings." But this is not enough, mortals also need a more powerful being to guide them, and they also need a 'god' who will not be corrupted by power to outline the whole future for them, although it will bring some pain in the process, but in the end, only my lord Ishtar can lead this world on the right track. β
"You probably mean that the mortals you are talking about include other races besides humans, right?" Serena asked, disgusted but still cold.
"Hasn't time proven it?" the wings behind Arcais slammed into a holy streamer, "Humans, a small and short-lived race, but they have the credentials to reach the pinnacle of all things in the world." Our Lord has seen this qualification of humans for a long time, whether it is elves or dwarves, it is only a matter of time before other races will eventually be eliminated by humans in the process of development, and what our Lord has done is only to promote and shorten this process. β
With that last word, Arcais spread his wings and rushed into the sky with the other two female angels like sharp arrows from a string, and quickly disappeared into the sky like a shining meteor.
The voice of Arcais finally came from the sky, and when she saw the other party leaving, Serena frowned slightly and just shook her head slightly, and the priestess walked up to Edward and the others and touched the protective shields on the three of them: "How is it, are you hurt?"
Serena asked with concern when she noticed that Edward had lost his right hand, and the priestess noticed a number of wounds on Edward's body, large and small, and it was clear that the child must have fought a terrible battle to save Tia.
Edward scratched his head and finally said with relief: "It's okay~ The right hand is just a mechanical armor, but if it is broken, there may be some trouble if it is repaired." β
Serena nodded, and with a gentle wave of her hand, the clean water element moistened the wounds on Edward and Tia's bodies back and forth, and the wounds quickly stopped bleeding and began to heal under the influence of the divine magic. Soon, the skin that grew from the wounds of the two men became as smooth as that of newborn babies. While receiving the treatment of the gods, Edward also explained the whole thing to Serena in a rough way.
Undoubtedly, Tia was found missing, the cultists were found to be kidnapped, left the city to search for the cultists' altar, fought with the cultists and the human lion, and then dug tunnels to reach the demon altar located underground, and was suppressed by the demons in the abyss, but TongguΓ² injected groundwater to destroy the demon's altar, and then rescued Tia, and after escaping, the night of escape was still discovered by the cultists, until the crisis moment, three angels descended from the sky and destroyed all the cultists.
"That's about it," Edward sat down on the stone and waved his hand, and that's it.
Serena pondered for a moment, it should be a fact that the two children destroyed the altar of demons. In the temple, it was precisely because the altar was destroyed that the cultists could not hide in the eyes of the goddess of ice and snow, and it was precisely because of the goddess's prophecy that he had time to use the holy relics to distort the space and rush here.
"Do you know what a demon in the altar is like?"
Edward was stunned. Recalling that the previous demon appeared as a black shadow like smoke, Xiaodouzi had no choice but to shake his head, but remembering that before entering the altar, he saw the emblem on the door Edward still said it one by one.
"The emblem of six fingers? should beββThe Lord of the Dark ββ" Serena nodded: "Forget it, let's talk about it later, let's talk about it when we go back." β
The cloak behind Serena shone with a streamer, and in an instant, the streamer wrapped everyone and disappeared in place.
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After a few hoursββ
In the lumber yard more than ten kilometers away from the royal capital, thousands of workers were joined by several times the number of guards and dozens of mages and priests of the holy capital. Under the leadership of Serena, the chief priest of the goddess of ice, the demon altar was excavated and built underground, facing the blasphemous demon altar, although the altar has been washed away by the flood and has lost its effect, but in order to prevent cultists from trying to repair the altar, the chief priest has been magical, and finally completely reduced the entire demon altar to ruins.
According to the information of the owner of the lumberyard, the Royal Guard of Saxony, together with the security forces, the city defense and the intelligence services, launched a large-scale operation on the cultists in the first time of its history. The guards, who had important information, quickly arrested hundreds of cultists lurking in the royal capital and nearly 1,000 suspects suspected of having dealings with cultists; not only that, the intelligence department also tracked down and uncovered a plan for the cultists to move outward, and carried out a large-scale encirclement and suppression together with the neighboring territories, annihilating hundreds of cultists in one fell swoop. Not only did the royal capital take action, but the lords of all the territories of the entire Kingdom of Saxony also received orders from the royal family to start searching for cultists in their respective territories.
So far, the Kingdom of Saxony has captured more than 400 cultists and destroyed several cultists' dens, which can be said to be a major victory for the entire eastern continent against demon-worshipping cultists in recent years.
A day later, Miria finally retrieved from the temple that had been investigated. Details' and left Edward and Alphonse, in the temple Edward and Tia were subjected to the purification ritual carried out by the chief priest Selina himself, of course, this purification is indeed to ensure that there will be no remnants of demonic power left on the two of them, before Tia smelled the incense was not found, under Edward's reminder, Selina checked several more ultimatums and asked the chief priest to deduce that the incense may have been purified in the previous angel's holy flame.
As the heroes who destroyed the Demon Lord's altar, Edward and Al have been treated with unprecedented courtesy during their time in the Temple, and if it weren't for the fact that their identities are too sensitive, the Temple would have taken this opportunity to hold a solemn ceremony for the two of them.
It's just that under Miria's blowing, and Alphonse's body can't be repaired, Edward can only say goodbye and return to the residence first.
"Just send us here, Tia, your body is just right, take care of your rest. As he reached the gate of the temple, Edward said to Tia, who was seeing her off.
Tia just nodded slightly, although the girl's face still kept a smile, but after so many things to be kidnapped by the cultists, sacrificed to demons, and finally saved by the angels of the Holy See, especially Yarcais's questioning of Tia's beliefs, Tia has always seemed very lost, although after the enlightenment of Priest Elena, the girl has not fully recovered her former cheerfulness.
"Goodbye Tia!" Alphonse also greeted Tia as he said his final goodbyes.
On the way back, Edward and All were silent, and Miria in the carriage only watched the two children quietly. This time they ran out and did an unexpected thing.,When they reported back, even the boss (Yalin) was startled.,Sneaking into the demon's altar to save people and destroying the altar.,I have to say that this is really a little unbelievable.γ
Miriah's silence made Edward's heart weaker, it stands to reason that he and Al should be severely criticized for doing such a big thing this time: "That ~ Miss Miria we ββ"
"Don't say anything. β
Miria directly interrupted Edward and said: "I have reported the matter to Lord Arrin this time, and now Lord Arrin has asked you to return to the Arnold Mountains immediately, and I have informed the royal family of Saxony to arrange your return trip." β
"Are you going back?"
"That's right, it's tomorrow afternoon, and I've told Alin about the condition of the two of you in advance."
"Al's body may still be able to recover, but I'm afraid no one will be able to repair my mechanical armor. β
Edward didn't give any hope for the mechanical technology of another world, this world is still using very primitive forging methods, and it is still using blacksmith hammers to create iron tools completely by hand, and it is simply whimsical to let a group of primitive people repair the precision instrument of mechanical armor.
Miria glanced at Edward and said, "Don't worry, it's already arranged, as for the mechanical armor, Lord Arin seems to have arranged professional personnel to repair it." (To be continued......)