Chapter 387 Give me a fulcrum, and I can lift the earth
In the dark cave, the witch cultists were imprisoned by an invisible force and could not move.
Outside the cave, it was a mess, with broken trees, collapsed ground, and almost no flat ground.
The Archbishop of Sloth was like a madman, his pupils full of madness and fear. He found that he could not move, and could not even use his own power.
Among the six archbishops of sin, the Archbishop of Sloth has the weakest power, as his only power is the Invisible Hand. Even the ability to transfer bodies and be reborn after death is because he is an evil elf and has nothing to do with his own power.
Therefore, as long as the body is controlled, the Archbishop of Sloth will be helpless and will be killed.
At this moment, Natsuki Subaru was floating in the sky, the Archbishop of Sloth was imprisoned in place, and Xia Yu was holding a golden seed and thinking.
He was thinking about the possibility of growing a golden tree and unifying the laws of this world.
Just like the golden tree in the Ring of Magic world, it defeated all the gods, then gathered all the laws to form the Golden Law, and finally condensed the Elden Ring of Magic.
Perhaps he could also condense his own Elden Ring, but the prerequisite was to first cultivate the golden seeds into golden trees.
"Speaking of planting trees... I suddenly feel like the Otsutsuki clan. It's a pity that the golden tree doesn't seem to have any fruit."
After muttering something casually, Xia Yu came back to his senses and looked at the Bishop of Sloth in front of him, whose eyes were filled with madness.
At this time, the Archbishop of Sloth's eyes were bloodshot, with bloodshot eyes and his eyeballs almost bursting from his sockets. Just looking at him gave one a creepy feeling.
The tips of his ten fingers had already turned into a bloody mess due to being chewed by himself. It is said that the ten fingers are connected to the heart, and it is obvious that the Archbishop of Sloth can no longer feel the pain.
"Tsk, a good person has been turned into this. The Witch of Pretense is indeed the real witch."
Seeing her miserable state, Xia Yu couldn't help but complain. According to his understanding of the original work, the Witch of Pretense who inherited the "pretense" gene was one of the witches hidden in history. It was said that she was a witch expelled by seven witches together, and her power was suspected to be to change facts.
There are actually nine deadly sins in this world, namely pride, envy, laziness, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, depression, and hypocrisy.
These nine deadly sins are performed by different witches, except Melancholy, who is a male and is titled the Demon of Melancholy.
The Demon of Melancholy and the Witch of Disguise are existences unknown to the world and hidden in history.
Among them, the Witch of Disguise was responsible for turning Laziness into a madman, provoking the Demi-Human War, killing representatives of both sides during the Demi-Human War negotiations, and the death of the former Sword Saint Theresa.
"Hmm? Do you want to say something?" Xia Yu glanced down and noticed the unusual movement of the Archbishop of Sloth.
As if he heard the name of the Witch of Falsehood, the already mad Bishop of Sloth began to struggle frantically again, although he still failed to escape from his confinement.
"Forget it. Whatever you think has nothing to do with me. The sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn. In your next life...it seems like you don't have a next life."
Xia Yu said the horrible words in a relaxed tone, and then he was too lazy to waste time and directly pressed his free hand on the lazy head.
Using the secret soul-binding technique, Xia Yu suddenly pulled out the lazy, already insane soul.
Due to the infection of the witch factor, the soul of the Archbishop of Sloth has turned purple-black, revealing an extremely ominous abnormality just by looking at it.
Moreover, his soul was detained, so the Archbishop of Sloth's ability to transfer his soul and change his body for rebirth became ineffective. The prerequisite for changing the body is that there is no accident with the soul.
The next second, the purple-black sloth factor emerged from the sloth body that had lost its soul and quickly flew towards Natsuki Subaru who was floating in the air.
At this time, Xia Yu, who was holding the Soul of Laziness, could already see the Witch Factor.
Before the laziness factors could be integrated into Natsuki Subaru's body, Xia Yu threw the golden seeds in his hand into the sky.
Then use the lazy soul as a lever to pry those lazy factors into melting into the golden seeds.
It was introduced in the text of the Elden Ring game that the golden seeds were the golden tree's backup plan for various areas when the Elden Ring was broken, just like a life knowing its final fate.
Therefore, each golden seed can theoretically grow into a complete golden tree.
With the incorporation of the laziness factor, the roots of the golden seeds, which were originally glowing golden yellow, gradually turned black and purple.
However, the black and purple dyeing had not even reached one-tenth of the golden seed before it stopped because the laziness factor was gone.
The golden seeds also fell from the sky. Xia Yu reached out to catch the golden seeds and sensed them silently.
The golden seed, which was originally filled with golden power, now has an additional special power in it. It is a power that does not belong to the Dharma Ring world but is unique to this world.
It was just slightly different from what Xia Yu thought. The laziness factor was not the rule of this world, but more like a fulcrum, a fulcrum used to pry this world.
Just like the famous saying in physics, "Give me a fulcrum and I can move the earth", the witch factor here is based on the same principle.
The witch factor is the fulcrum, and the witches with power are the levers. Through the fulcrum and levers, the witches can easily change the world.
However, due to the position of the fulcrum and the length of the lever, the rules that the witches can change are not the same, and the strength of the changes can be weak or strong.
However, if the witch factor is the fulcrum, then things seem to become complicated.
After all, the witch factor was not there from the beginning, but suddenly appeared one day.
"Tsk, forget it. Why should I think so much? When the enemy comes, I will fight him with my soldiers. When the water comes, I will block it with earth." Xia Yu shook his head and suppressed the constant speculations. He didn't care about anything else and just finished what he had to do first.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu collected the golden seeds, rolled the soul of the Archbishop of Sloth into a ball, and placed it together with the soul of the white whale.
The white whale's ability of disappearing mist is similar to the law, and it is a life created by the witch, so he did not let the white whale go either.
However, in order to avenge Wilhelm, he waited until the white whale died and the moment before its soul left the body and dissipated, and then secretly arrested it.
After collecting the seeds and souls, Xia Yu had a thought, and the witch cultist with red eyes flashing in the cave suddenly heard a sound of bones breaking.
Then, the group of witch cultists twisted their heads backwards with a creaking sound, and suddenly, those heads turned 180 degrees like owls .
Then there was a thud. Without the power of restraint, the witch cultists, whose heads drooped limply on their shoulders, collapsed to the ground powerlessly.
Then there was a loud bang and the cave collapsed, completely burying those sins.
After dealing with the witch cultists, Xia Yu waved his hand and the gospel placed in the lazy corpse floated out.
The Gospels are a poor imitation of the Book of Wisdom, but they still have a certain magical power and may be analyzed.
After putting away the gospel, Xia Yu put Natsuki Subaru down. However, before Natsuki Subaru could ask any questions, Xia Yu had already spoken quickly.
"I'm going to support Crusch. Don't ask why. You'll know later. I've already dealt with the Archbishop of Sloth. The rest of the witch cultists are left to you. Oh , and there are a few witch cultists disguised as merchants. Remember to find them out, otherwise the village you want to protect will be blown up!"
After saying that, Xia Yu disappeared from the spot, leaving Natsuki Subaru stunned. After he reacted, he frowned and scratched his head.
"What is all this? How did it get solved?"
Just at this moment, footsteps were heard in the forest. The moment he heard the sound, Natsuki Subaru's body tensed up, and when he was about to escape, he saw a white-haired figure.
After seeing that the visitor was someone he knew, Natsuki Subaru breathed a sigh of relief and waved, "It turned out to be you, Master Will. I thought it was the Witch Cult again. I was so scared that I almost ran away."
"Well, Lord Subaru, are you okay?"
Wilhelm, who arrived first, saw Natsuki Subaru running towards them, greeted him first, and then looked around.
Wilhelm's pupils shrank when he saw the Archbishop of Sloth lying on the ground. When he realized that the other party was dead, he slowed down his body slightly, but he did not relax his vigilant eyes.
"Sir Subaru, what happened here? The witch cultists? Why did the Archbishop of Sloth also die?" Because the Archbishop of Sloth was the most active, his appearance was no longer a secret. The moment he saw the Archbishop of Sloth, Wilhelm recognized him immediately, even though he was already dead.
"Oh, you're talking about this."
Natsuki Subaru glanced at the Archbishop of Sloth lying on the ground, then glanced at the collapsed cave, shrugged and said, "This was all done by Senior Xia Yu. To be honest, I was shocked. It turns out that Senior Xia Yu is so strong."
“Hmm, is it Lord Xia Yu? That’s not surprising. The failure of the Archbishop of Sloth is inevitable.” Wilhelm retracted his aura and put the sword that he was holding tightly in his hand back to his waist.
"Eh? Master Will, you're not surprised at all?" Natsuki Subaru looked at him in surprise: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have imagined that Senior Xia Yu was so strong."
"Haha, Lord Xia Yu may be stronger than you think."
Wilhelm didn't say it explicitly. Although Xia Yu didn't say it, he could tell that Xia Yu was not someone who liked to show off. In that case, he would just go along with the other person's idea.
In the battle to conquer the White Whale, he felt the source of the blue giant sword, but as far as he knew, there were only Felix and Xia Yu in that direction. He knew Felix was a healer who had no means of attack.
Then there is only one truth, that the giant blue sword is Xia Yu's power. Later, when he went to Xia Yu alone to thank him, the other party also frankly admitted his guess.
Therefore, Wilhelm did not doubt what Natsuki Subaru said.
After that, the two discussed what Xia Yu had left behind and worked out how to deal with the remaining witch cults.
At the same time, Xia Yu, who was being discussed by the two of them, had already left the forest through the portal.
The destination of the portal is the dragon caravan where Crusch is. At this time, the dragon caravan has reached the halfway point, and only needs to go half the distance back to the royal capital.
But halfway through the journey, an accident occurred.
There were two people, two strange creatures that could be called humans.
The reason why I say it's strange is not because of how ugly or beautiful they are, but simply because just looking at them, I can feel uncomfortable and out of place.
It's like a three-dimensional creature suddenly appeared in a two-dimensional plane, creating a strong sense of incongruity.
The short man among them looked young, but he was extremely dirty, like a beggar begging for alms, and there was almost no clean spot on his body.
His dark brown hair hung to the ground, his exposed hands and feet were covered with dirt and stains, he was only wearing a dirty rag, his eyes were gloomy, and his mouth was grinning with sharp teeth.
The other young man, who was slightly taller, was neater, but rather than being neat, he was too ordinary and common, so ordinary that one could tell at a glance that he seemed abnormal.
The young man was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, neither handsome nor ugly, and had ordinary white hair. In this strange world where there were all kinds of hair colors, white hair was indeed ordinary.
He was wearing a white outfit that was neither luxurious nor shabby, just plain with a little decoration, and a pair of white leather shoes on his feet.
But what was extremely inconsistent was that neither the white clothes nor the white leather shoes were stained with a trace of dirt, not even a speck of dust.
It was as if the white-haired young man was not in this world, not in this time, but he was here, standing here.
These two people are the Archbishops of the Witch Cult, "Gluttony" Ley Badenkaitos, and "Greed" Regulus Corneas!
In the original novel, the two caused heavy casualties to the expeditionary force returning to the royal capital, almost annihilating the entire army.
At this moment, the two men were walking straight towards the dragon carriage with an arrogant pace, not caring about their relatives.
Because of the obstruction, the dragon carriage had to stop temporarily. No matter how the people in front called out to them, the two Archbishops of Sin still had no intention of moving aside.
Seeing this, the person driving the dragon chariot in front had to report to Crusch who was recuperating in the dragon chariot.
After hearing the report, Crusch did not hesitate and chose to walk out of the dragon carriage to understand the situation.
But when she saw the white-haired young man for the first time, her pupils suddenly shrank. Unlike others, as the head of the Karlsten family, she naturally recognized the Bishop of Greed.
He is known as the most powerful Archbishop of Sin. Although he is active very rarely, the threat he poses is extremely high.
The Archbishop of Greed once single-handedly captured Gokla, the most solid castle city in the Southern Empire of Pollachia. Even Pollachia's hero "Eight-Arms" Kergan died in that battle. He was a master who was no less powerful than the Sword Demon Wilhelm.
Therefore, the moment he saw the Archbishop of Greed, Crusch immediately drew out his sword and swung out several invisible sword energies.
The sword energy tore through the air, tearing apart the ground layer by layer where the target was. The dense dust was lifted high by the sword energy, completely covering the two people at the target.
However, the law of "no harm in smoke" applies in any world. After Crusch's attack ended, the two of them still walked out of the dust without any injury, with their uncaring steps.
After walking out of the dust, the white-haired Bishop of Greed shouted in displeasure: "Really, don't infringe on other people's rights casually. What is this? You are infringing on my rights. It's so shameless. I am just exercising my right to walk, but you are infringing on my rights. This is not something a normal human being can do."
As he spoke, the Archbishop of Greed waved his hand with an unhappy look on his face, as if he was driving away a mosquito, and invisible wind blades suddenly appeared in the air.
Whether it was the dust along the road or anything else, they were all split into two, with no possibility of obstruction.
