Inside the Church of Our Lady in the City of Return.

As the worshippers in the prayer hall left their seats one by one, Brev, who was at the top, closed the canon in front of him and hung it around his waist through the chains above.

Although he was previously a knight of the ears of wheat, he is now temporarily the pastor of the church.

For believers like them, the change of identity is so easy.

After all, they were priests and believers first, and knights second.

After the believers had finished walking, Brev stepped down and sat down at the back of the prayer hall, where Arka was waiting.

"I've kept you waiting."

Hearing this, Arka only smiled, and he also prayed to the Virgin Mary by the way.

After a few words of greeting, Brev's expression became serious, and he began to say: "After two months of low-frequency attacks, the demon's offensive has gradually picked up, although it is still above a low frequency.

The targets you've brought to our attention have been frequently appearing in the Demon-Resistant Fortress lately. ”

Hearing this, Arka couldn't help but turn his head to look at him: "Calland the Slayer? ”

That's exactly what he told Brev to keep an eye on at the Demon Fortress.

You must know that in the months when the demonic offensive broke out two years ago, this demon was severely injured by Grayval.

As a result, Arka has heard from him almost completely for two years, except for sporadic knowledge that he will sometimes appear in some of the marginal walls.

The main thing is to fight a harassment, and it is rare to be fixed in a place where the fighting is fierce, and apparently he is also hiding.

And eyewitnesses said he was not in good shape.

At that time, Arka only asked Brev and them to help pay attention, after all, his strength had not yet reached the sixth stage.

With the standard of strength at that time, if you were in the Demon Fortress, it was easy to be in too much danger.

After all, it was the closest place to the crack, and there were almost no restrictions on space or otherwise. It was also the place where the fighting was most intense, and no one could pay attention to Arka under a strong attack.

Plus the Devouring Mouth, and now the extent to which the demon wants to take out Arka.

If he didn't have six stages and ran to that kind of place, it would be tantamount to killing himself.

So Arka didn't go once, and during the two years they would go to defensive places, mostly concentrated in the surrounding fortresses, such as the Demon Hunting Fortress.

Unexpectedly, his strength had just reached the sixth stage, at least after the Demon Defense Fortress had the power to protect himself, he heard the news of this demon.

It's hard not to think that Arka is setting a trap or something.

At this time, Brev also said: "It is a bit of a coincidence, according to the damage that Grefal certainly inflicted on him, he could not have recovered so quickly.

And according to his active performance in the past few times, it can be seen that his strength has obviously declined to a certain extent, and there are very obvious scars on his body.

He's not in good shape, and it's clear that being active now is not what he intended. After all, the demon is reckless, but none of the demons at this stage will be stupid. They can only be described as crazy at best. ”

To put it simply, it's seducing Alka, which is a bit like seducing Arka's past targets.

Alka leaned back in his wooden chair and couldn't help but think.

Do you want to go over?

The main problem is that it has to be over.

After he knew the process information about repairing the world, he was already thinking about something he needed to do.

And this demon-proof fortress is definitely going to go.

It's a place where you can't escape.

Seeing that Arka was thinking, Brev waited quietly beside him, and did not make a sound.

After a while, Arka seemed to figure it out and said, "Go, but the goal is not to see Callander, but to see the place where the battle is most intense."

By the way, let's see what they want to do. ”

Hearing this, Brev nodded, and did not say any admonition or anything else.

Because Arka is not the same as them.

And Arka himself knows that he has a hole card that will ensure that it does not put himself in mortal danger.

That is, he can accept the strength of the dream realm, and his current strength of the dream realm has climbed to about the middle of the seventh stage.

Still rushing towards the eighth stage.

Once he received it, he really couldn't figure out that with his strength and treasures, he would be killed in an instant.

And he was only on the city walls, and as long as his target wasn't on Callander for the time being, then it was unlikely that he would be tempted to go to an extremely dangerous area.

And above the fortress, there are too many strong people around.

If Arka's strength to accept the dream reaches above the seventh stage, and he will still be mortally threatened in this situation, then it makes no sense for him to hide or not.

That's right, it's like demons don't really die.

The worst and worst outcome is the death of Arka and the return of his soul to his dreams.

"I'll go alone." Hearing this, Brev looked at Arka with amazement.

Then I thought about it and was able to understand it.

After all, Xia Daiti's strength had not yet reached the sixth stage, and that place was indeed too dangerous for them.

Because once you can't target Alka, targeting Alka's teammates is also a very good choice.

Don't think those demons won't do that, after all, they will even make a big attack on the City of Return.

This kind of behavior that hardly returns anything at the expense knows that they can do anything.

After saying goodbye to Bref, Arka returned to the building.

I told everyone about some of my chats with Brev.

"You're going to the Demon Fortress alone?"

Arka nodded, and then assured, "Don't worry, I'll definitely only be on top of the city walls." I mainly wanted to see and experience the intensity of the fighting in that area for myself.

I won't take a dangerous step with Callander as my goal, rest assured, those around me will remind me too. ”

Hear this.

The crowd who wanted to dissuade them couldn't help but nodded.

It's already six stages, and it's a bit too timid to have to be timid in this case, except for the basic collection of the crown.

After all, we have to face the mouth of devouring.

There is no point in running away.

No matter where it is.

Seeing that everyone didn't have too many opinions, Arka chatted with everyone for a while and began to pack up.

Early the next morning, he casually followed a convoy to the front.

Walk quietly all the way.

No demon ambushes, no monster attacks.

Rare and quiet, Arka came to the gate of the Demon Fortress.

Look at the exaggerated building in front of you.

Or rather, this can no longer be called a building, this is a mountain.

It was a man-made mountain, lined up in front of him.

From the surrounding environment, it can be seen that these three peaks do not grow naturally, but are man-made. Later, on top of this peak, a magnificent fortress was built on the part of the mountain.

The gate at the back alone is more than ten meters high, and there are small doors of all sizes next to it for everyone to pass.

The gate was wide open, because it was the road to the rear, and all kinds of goods and wounded were constantly being transported. Behind them, the gates were lined with all sorts of supplies and tents.

None of these things are obviously enough to transport to the fortress, indicating that the space inside the fortress is a little tight.

Arka crossed the middle road, looking at the supplies and tents on both sides.

Inside were resting soldiers and mercenaries, most of them with bandages.

Obviously, all the wounded soldiers live here, and they are all wounded soldiers who are out of danger and are recovering, and they are actually recovering directly after this.

Arka looked at the injuries of these soldiers, which should not affect the battle, but just need to rest.

One cargo vehicle after another, constantly moving on the road, the road leading to the interior of the fortress alone is enough for three transport vehicles to drive side by side.

There are still piles of goods around that have not been delivered.

There are a number of members of the Church of Our Lady and the Seed of Life standing at and around the gate, seemingly in the process of testing.

The security here is unusually tight, Arka has not yet approached the gate, and the soldiers and various personnel have noticed him at least a few hundred meters away from the gate.

The gaze placed on him was somewhat scrutinizing and scrutinizing.

"Arka-sama?"

A guard next to him suddenly shouted.

Hearing this, Arka turned his head to look over.

Looking at this guard, he suddenly remembered that this should be a soldier who had been in the Demon Hunting Fortress, probably coming over for rotation.

"Lord Alka, you're here."

Although he said hello, he didn't rush over, because he still had his own mission.

Instead, the captain next to him exchanged a few words with him and walked over with his weapon.

He looked at Arka and said, "You are Arca Lord." ”

"I can't be called an adult, I am indeed Alka."

He looked at Arka and nodded respectfully, and then said, "You should be here for the first time, do you need me to take you to the place where the Church of Our Lady is stationed?" ”

Hearing this, Arka nodded and said, "Thank you." ”

"It's my pleasure, my lord."

With that, he gave some orders to his teammates, and then walked towards the gate with Arka in tow.

When he reached the gate, he stood aside and said to Alka, "Please take the check, this is the necessary procedure." ”

Arka nodded and walked straight up.

He was examined by a guard dressed in emerald green robes with pointy ears and dark green vines.

He looked at Arka and nodded politely.

Then he took out a piece of emerald green hedron and gently placed it on Alka's chest.

Arka could clearly feel some fluctuations, scanning him.

For a moment, I could feel that this was some kind of wave that repelled the abyssal aura, and it was an inner scan.

After scanning it, the soldier looked at the hedron in his hand and gave Arka a strange look.

"Any questions?" Alka asked.

The guard shook his head, "No, it's better to say that there is no problem at all. You don't have the slightest breath of abyssal invasion on you. ”

After all, it is in the world of scarring, and fighting demons. In such a situation, there is no trace of abyssal aura left inside the body, which is indeed a bit too strange. It's outrageous, as if you've just come to this continent.

But apparently Arka didn't just come here.

But he also learned about Arka from the guards next to him, and here in this demon-proof fortress, the name Arka is called. In addition to the recruits and soldiers who came to rotate from other, more distant fortresses, more or less heard about it.

He didn't know how to be sure.

"I'll do it." A voice came from behind the Seed of Life member.

Walking over was a figure dressed in the style of the Church of Our Lady.

It was a woman who came.

He has long blond hair, supple hair falling down, and a very recognizable and unusually conspicuous metal eyepatch on his face. It is painted with patterns in a strong religious style.

Bright metal armor wore on her body, and a long sword of different styles straddled each side on the left and right.

He also wears a metal laurel wreath made of ears of wheat on top of his head, and a brown and yellow gemstone in the center.

Arka recognized her.

The long blond hair and metal blindfold were so recognizable.

It was about six or seven years ago, when Arka asked the archbishop for help on the Twin Islands to borrow a treasure about autumn.

Aka remembers that when he left the church, he saw the Holy Blade Maiden praying in the church with several knights of the ears of wheat.

At that time, he remembered that he had seen two gold and one orange on this girl, a total of three treasures, and her strength had reached the sixth stage.

And now Arka blinked slightly.

This girl's strength has almost reached the consummation of the sixth stage, and it seems that she may break through to the seventh stage at any time, and the treasures on her body have also become three gold and one orange.

and Alkabi, it's just one less orange treasure.

"Holy Blade Maiden." The member of the Seed of Life spoke respectfully, then moved out of his place.

And this Holy Blade Saintess looked at Arka and smiled, "We met many years ago, right, I still remember you." ”

Arka nodded: "When I was on the Twin Islands." ”

Hearing this, the holy woman's smile did not decrease, and she raised her right hand, which was covered with a thin metal soft armor suit.

There was even some blood and scratches left on it, and judging by the freshness of the blood, it seemed that she had just finished fighting for less than half an hour or so.

"Meet me, my name is Anna Phil."

Arka reached out and shook her lightly and said, "Arka." ”

Anna Phil nodded and said, "You have no problem, are you going to the residence of the Virgin?" Come with me. ”

Arka nodded when he heard this, then turned his head to look at the guard next to him and said, "Thank you for your help." ”

The captain of the guard nodded hurriedly and said, "It's out of the way." ”

Arka then followed Anna Phil into the fortress.

Inside, the space inside the fortress was much larger than he thought.

You can even see a large training ground around it, and there are soldiers warming up for it.

There were soldiers coming and going, talking to each other, and there was an atmosphere of murder, and the thick smell of blood wafted from a distance, and it could not be dissipated at all.

And as soon as he entered the fortress, Arka could clearly feel that the spatial solidification here weakened and almost disappeared in an instant. It's as if you're outside the scars of the world, and you can open the door to the space at will.

I only heard Anna Phil in front of me say: "This is the most chaotic node in the whole world, because of the scars in the world, this place is chaotic.

The space is unusually weak, and everything is chaotic. Demons are also able to exert their maximum strength here, and the same treasures can also be used better here, without too many constraints. ”

Alka nodded in agreement with Annafil's words, he already felt it obviously.

He could already clearly feel that the elements around him were so easy to control.

The element, while chaotic and active, also means that it is easier to mobilize, to be controlled, to be mastered.

The same is true for space.

Even Arka felt that even the barrier to the dream world had become less thick in this place.

Although for others, it doesn't make a difference.

Here the demon gets stronger, but he only gets stronger.

A smile spread across Arka's face.

Further in, after bypassing the obscuration of some stone buildings, Arka finally saw the towering watchtower and the city walls.

It should be a city wall facing demons, but it is actually fifty or sixty meters high, can this be considered a city wall?

It is equivalent to a row of high-rise buildings, which are tightly fitted together.

Almost blocking out some of the sunlight, causing the fortress to appear a little dim.

The towers were taller, and Arka could see an exaggerated gem overhead.

He could even feel the power of Our Lady in the gems, but not just the power of Our Lady.

If you feel it carefully, it should be that the power of the four gods has converged here.

By the way, it also stabilized the chaos in the fortress a little, at least so that there would not be a complete lack of order in the forces of nature.

That is to say, the chaos that Arka just felt was only the change in the environment that was felt inside the fortress and under the deliberate control of the four divine forces.

If it were outside the fortress, the level of chaos would be unimaginable.

In that case, the location of the demon may only be a little bit more than the abyss road.

In contrast, it is not known if the use of treasures will still promote higher ranks.

(End of chapter)