"Cohen, step aside."

A woman's voice came from behind the ghost soldier. Hearing this, the ghost soldier immediately nodded sideways, took a step back, and disappeared.

However, Arka could clearly feel that he was at the entrance of the mine.

It was Lumina who had come to their camp a few nights earlier and told them about the situation.

"Alka, right, you still haven't left yet, do you still want to peek at this treasure?" Lumina frowned, looking at Arka with some incomprehension.

Alka is indeed a saint of the Church of Our Lady, and it should not be a fool to be able to become a saint of the Church of Our Lady.

And in such a situation, if this treasure is forcibly taken away, let alone them, it is impossible for the Church of Our Lady to let him go after that.

This truth made her a little incomprehensible.

Or is this treasure important to him?

Hearing this, Arka shook his head and said, "No, the reason why we are still here is to solve the problems here.

So I need to dig a little deeper into some of the issues that exist here. ”

"Resolved? Over the years, there have been many people who have come here to try to solve the problems here.

But you can see that we are still here, and those evil spirits are still here. ”

Lumina stretched out her finger and pointed around, saying without hesitation.

It seems that the female ghost in front of her has lost most of her hope.

The reason why it may still be here is that the Guardian's treasure will not cause an accident and cause a bigger problem.

Thinking of this, Arka looked at her and suddenly said, "Where are the souls of those demons?" ”

Hear this.

Lumina frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Right around the treasure, they are actually the last line of defense for the treasure. ”

Hearing this, Arka couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

It's funny.

However, he still expressed his meaning: "Well, how about I completely destroy this demon's soul first?" ”

"Do you have a way to completely destroy the souls of these demons?" Lumina asked, frowning, staring at Arka in disbelief.

If it was somewhere else, she would have believed it.

After all, these demons have become the state of the soul, not the state that was once alive, which can return the soul to the abyss.

But the problem is that this is the scar of the world, not far away, and there is a huge rift that leads to the abyss.

The breath of the abyss infects this land all the time.

It is extremely difficult to try to completely destroy the demon's soul in such a place, so that it does not return to the abyss and be resurrected.

"Don't be surprised, I've sent some demons back to death forever before I came here."

Lumina looked at Arka.

He thought about it for a moment before he turned to look at Cohen behind him.

"Cohen, go in and tell Hengers to help tie up one of the weakest demon spirits and bring them outside."

Hearing Lumina's words, Cohen nodded and walked in through the entrance to the cave.

Alka just stood outside and waited.

It was about half an hour before Arka heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the cave.

Horseback riding in a mine? It can only be said that it is worthy of the soul.

Hengers, riding a ghost warhorse, walked out.

In addition to him, he was followed by two ghost soldiers in heavy armor.

The hands of the two soldiers bound a small demon with some kind of soul-like chain.

Arka looked at the demon.

It is a micro-dreaded demon with a three-stage strength, a demon the size of a child, but extremely fast, similar to an assassin.

Even if he was bound by chains, he kept roaring.

"What's wrong? Are you damned humans finally giving up? ”

Even if he was chained and dragged to the outside world, he kept shouting.

Then the incessant invective began.

Looking at the demon, Lumina waved her hand slightly, and the soul-like mist wrapped around the demon's mouth, making him hum and unable to make a sound.

"Come on, show us the power to trust you."

Hear this.

A mirror, like mercury, emerges from Alka's feet and flows past.

Looking at the liquid like a mirror, the ghosts in front of him did not dodge.

Until the mirror turns everyone's feet into mirrors.

The mirror flipped, and everyone entered the reverse space in the mirror.

Lumina looked at her surroundings and quickly reacted and asked:

"This is the world inside the mirror?"

Alka nodded, not explaining too much.

The surroundings began to distort, and some light and shadow appeared, as if reality was beginning to fall into the dream.

Arka is gradually perfecting his abilities.

As you fall, the surroundings begin to gradually shift towards a dream.

Lumina is worthy of being a scholar of the Spell Council of the Salalan Empire.

It was clear from her expression that she recognized the source of the change in her surroundings.

"Dreams?"

With such a voice of doubt.

The surroundings have completely stepped into the dream environment.

The world of mirrors breaks open, and a misty creature emerges.

It's a foggy creature that's like a normal cloud.

A completely harmless-looking face, imprinted on the clouds.

Lumina's eyes widened as she watched the scene, a legendary creature that could only be seen in books and only existed in dreams.

"Your Majesty."

Arka nodded, then pointed to the demon trapped by two ghost soldiers holding chains.

"Take him into the furnace."

Cloudmist looked at the demon and shook it.

Hengers waved his hand at the situation, and the two ghost soldiers silently let go of their chains.

The demon had apparently had some insight, and seemed to recognize the environment in the dream, as well as the misty creatures in front of it.

The moment the chains were released, they began to dodge in the mirrored space of the entire dream realm in an attempt to escape.

But his mouth was still shackled.

Finally broke free from the shackles of its mouth, and the dream creature like a cloud instantly turned into a rope-like existence, firmly binding the demon.

"Damn humans, what do you want to do? No way! You can't take me to dreams! Let go of me! The abyss will curse you! ”

It was clear that the demon in front of them was not as reckless and bloodthirsty as most of their kind.

He rarely showed the fearful and timid side of the devil.

And looking at his frightened performance, he can know that this demon in front of him seems to know something about the situation in this world's dreams.

It has been said that the World Forge has long ago smelted demons into the essence of the world.

This is why most demons choose to abandon their invasion of the dream world, unless, like the Devouring Mouth, they target the hidden gods in the dream world.

Otherwise, most demons will choose to avoid it.

This is the lesson of blood.

Looking at this situation, the ghosts in front of them can already see it.

Arka really seems to have the ability to completely destroy the demon, making the demon's soul howl incessantly.

They are very rare, even life...... Well, for the first time in my life after death, I saw demonic fear.

The cloud-like mist creature bound the demon and sealed his mouth once more. dragged this group of souls hard, and returned to the real dream world from the breach again.

Arka stroked it lightly in front of him.

The dream in front of him was set aside like a picture, revealing the scene of the world's melting pot.

In front of Lumina, the full picture of the world's crucible appeared in front of them.

And so, they watched as the cloud that bound the demon dragged it to the edge of the furnace.

And now the world's melting pot has long had a group of dedicated maintenance and users.

Among the new misty creatures that have been added to them in the past few months are some experienced users.

Looking at the demon that had brought it over, a misty creature like a giant pinched the result in his hand, and then threw it directly into the melting fire.

The demon's soul was instantly burned into a long streak of smoke and drifted upwards, filtering through the top of the Smelting Tower into pure energy.

It looks like there will be new misty creatures born.

It wasn't until the scene disappeared that Arka canceled the picture.

Turning to look at Lumina.

"How? I've proven what I'm capable of. ”

Lumina was a little surprised, and looked at Arka incomprehensibly and asked, "Are you a dream king?" ”

There was uncertainty in her voice.

It seems that she is very knowledgeable, and through the picture just now, she can see some characteristics that may be in the dream realm.

And then through the honorific title of the misty creature just now, I knew the identity of the Arka in front of me.

Arka nodded.

"But...... How is this possible? You're human, you're not a dream creature. You still have a body in reality. ”

Obviously, this is not in line with what she has learned, what she has learned.

"The world is big, and there are always a lot of exceptions that can't be replicated."

Hearing Arka's words, Lumina's soul body made a motion as if taking a deep breath, trying to calm her emotions.

"Yes, you did. Now tell us what you think. If that's possible, we're here to help. ”

The identity of the Holy Mother of Erkaa has gained their trust, coupled with being a dream king, and what he has just done, has completely gained their trust.

Such an existence peeks at a scepter-level treasure, even at the expense of offending the gods he believes in.

Obviously it shouldn't be at all, it's stupid.

Because Arka didn't even see the scepter itself.

Hearing Lumina's words, Arka nodded, and the world in the mirror flipped upside down. In an instant, they broke away from the reverse mirror world and returned to reality.

"Question number one, is it because of the artifact and the anchorage of the ritual area that covers this mountain range that the evil spirits can't leave this mountain range?"

"You're right, but it's not that they can't leave the mountains, they can't leave a certain range. This is the core of the entire mountain range, where a very rare mineral was once mined.

So even if they can reach the farthest distance, it's in the mountains. It doesn't spread farther afield. ”

Lumina explained.

Hearing this, Arka nodded, just as Lucilia had said.

"The second question, the Staff of the Cloud is the core of the ritual, and these evil spirits seem to be able to revive again, is it because of the ritual?"

Lumina nodded, "That's right, the Staff of the Cloud plays almost 80% of the ritual power.

And the reason why we were able to destroy those demons here was because of the immortality of the soul after being anchored through this treasure.

If it weren't for a treasure, it wouldn't have been able to do such a thing, let alone that it was a scepter-level treasure that raised the height of the ritual to a level that didn't belong to it.

And the price is that the ability of the ritual will always be maintained, but fortunately, the treasure of the Cloud Staff was strong enough at that time, and it was very easy to maintain the ability of the ritual.

It's just that now, the good side of that time has become a difficult problem to solve. ”

Cancel the ritual, and the evil spirits will immediately leave the place and spread around.

And the number of evil spirits, even Lumina is completely unclear to them.

In that case, they didn't know exactly how many civilians there were.

Because even if they knew, there were thousands of soldiers and civilians who had become evil spirits.

In the battle with the demons, under the influence of the abyss, the strength of these evil spirits has long been not what they once thought.

"It is impossible that the coalition at the front does not know the problems here, how they solve how to think?"

Alka asked.

"The easiest way to do this is to send enough troops to surround the exit of the mountain range. In a moment of suspected liberation, clean up those demons that are pouring out.

As long as most of the evil spirits are removed, the rest will not cause much trouble.

However, the problem is that too many troops are needed, and the front line will always need troops to defend. And it is impossible for the demon to give up this serious flaw so easily, not only we demons also know the situation here. ”

Hearing this, Arka nodded, and sure enough, there was still a demon considering this.

It's impossible for these demons not to take advantage of the problems in this area.

Fortunately, these demons will not come here, because these evil spirits have gradually become evil spirits in the battle with the demons, and they will only have stronger special attacks against the demons.

After thinking for a moment, Arka looked at them and said, "If I can bring the ritual and the area where the ritual is located to another space in a very short time, will it solve the problem?" ”

"What do you mean?" Lumina asked with a frown.

"This area is the scope of the ritual, right?"

Arka pointed around, meaning farther away, of course.

The area where this ritual circle is located is quite large.

Lumina understood what he meant and nodded.

"I mean I'm going to dig up the whole area and take it into an enclosed space. Can this be solved? ”

Hearing this explanation, Lumina couldn't help but ponder.

Seeing such a situation, Arka did not bother and waited quietly.

After a while, Lumina nodded uncertainly.

"If you dig up the whole piece, including the Staff of the Clouds, then the ritual will still be there. It will still be in good condition. There is no longer a threat here. ”

"Are you sure?" Arka looked at him and asked solemnly.

Lumina nodded, "If you can guarantee that a whole piece will be dug up directly, and it won't affect the operation of the Cloud Staff itself." And it's an enclosed space. ”

"Good."

Then the main problem is solved.

Arka spread out his palm, and Vasteva's heart emerged from his palm.

"This is one of my scepter-level treasures, and there is a small world in it, and I have great control over this small world."

Then the earth card appeared from his side: "And this treasure that can control the earth element, can assist us in this task." ”

Before they could speak, Arka said again, "But there's a problem, those evil spirits are just as free after they are poached, right?" ”

Lumina nodded, and that was what she was going to say.

"So the main problem now is to gather all these evil spirits back, is there anything you can do?"

Hearing this, Lumina thought for a while before shaking her head: "Maybe there is, but I definitely can't think of it for a while, I have to think carefully about it." ”

Arka nodded: "My companion will also think, so please think about it with you and those of you who have the knowledge and ability in this area."

Brainstorming, more people can come up with better solutions. ”

Lumina nodded, agreeing to the request, for she did see hope.

That glimmer of hope is enough.

After confirming the connection between the two parties, Arka immediately left.

When Arka left, Hengers and the others stayed where they were.

"Is it possible?"

Hearing Hengers's words, Lumina stared blankly ahead.

"No, what's the solution? We don't have a choice, do we? Maybe...... That was not the case then. ”

As she spoke, Lumina looked around, and from time to time evil spirits wandered from all corners of the world.

She can name each of these evil spirits.

The brave soldiers, the civilians who accompanied them to the end, are still here.

They are all her former companions, comrades-in-arms, friends, and even relatives.

However, in her ritual fierce battle with demons, the soul was extinguished again and again, and she suffered the pain that she should not have.

After destroying the demons, he couldn't come to rest, and he was transformed into such a terrifying appearance by the abyss aura of the battle with the demons.

Maintain the abyssal aura in this area, and never return to the appearance of a normal soul.

It became...... Monsters that have been dealt with.

"He was a believer in Our Lady and I could feel Our Lady's gaze on him. This time, pray that He will bring us true peace. ”

Hengers dismounted and patted Lumina on the shoulder.

Lumina nodded.

The figures of several ghosts then vanished in place.

Arka also went all the way back to the camp where the stone house was located, and told Xia Daiti and the others about the communication matters he had determined.

Then the preparation began.

Prepare for mutual exchange and thinking, and the final response to this matter.

(End of chapter)