Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 11 Count to One
The moment the girl named Yinlis stepped out, Quill Wolfyan, who had been watching coldly from the side, immediately panicked.
You know, the forest druyin who led the team, and the wild hunters around were obviously coming for them. Quill had been thinking about how to escape from here without being discovered.
So the girl just walked out on her own? And for something so boring?
Doesn't she know her current identity? Doesn't she know how important her eyes are?
The eyes that were passed down to the first generation of the Eighth Holy Spirit Envoy Sibyl Hemer were the biggest bond that kept their organization together till now. The clues about the whereabouts of the Eighth Holy Spirit's legacy in those eyes were also the only hope for their organization to overthrow and rebuild the empire with its weak strength.
All previous holders of the [Eye of God] were top-level warriors who possessed both wisdom and strength, and were perfect leaders recognized and supported by all members of the organization.
However, the previous successor of the Eye of God, after being defeated by the chief of the Platinum Circle, broke the long-standing tradition and transplanted the eyes to a blind orphan with mediocre talent. Her willful behavior directly led to the entire organization being torn apart, and some core members even defected to the Empire, exposing their whereabouts in the Jade Province for the Crowning Ceremony.
So, I hate taking care of kids...
Quill resisted the urge to walk over and pull her back, which would have made her more conspicuous and suspicious.
He stood there pretending nothing had happened, watching the girl named Yinlis walk to the altar in the center of the temple, walk in front of the forest druyin, and then look at the half-remaining body.
As long as he didn't go out with her, his identity would not be exposed for the time being. The lackeys of the Holy Tree Duke around him would not pay too much attention to him.
Quill Wolf thought to himself as he looked around calmly at the Wild Hunts surrounding him.
The gap between us and the enemy is too great. If he wants to stay alive and prevent those eyes from falling into the hands of the empire, his last hope is to suddenly rise up at the critical moment to create chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape with the girl.
Although the success rate is so low that it can be basically ignored, this is his only chance.
Thinking of this, Quill couldn't help but wonder.
After all, why did she stand up like this...
…………
Yin Lis also didn't know why he suddenly stood up.
Her [God's Eyes], which were said to be able to see through the essence of all things in the world, easily penetrated the headscarf wrapped around her head and saw everything happening before her eyes.
The sad man who ate his wife's corpse, the arrogant forest druyin, the child who stood there with a dull look in his eyes...
Then it seemed as if some figure overlapped with them, and some scenes that did not belong to the present covered her vision.
It was a skinny man kneeling on the ground gnawing on a corpse, while a gray-haired man stood beside him and complained:
"I've already told you that you shouldn't come with us on this mission to Ravenwood Forest to deal with worldly problems, Nih. No one will treat you well and you have to deal with the bodies yourself. What's the point? Besides, even if you strictly follow their traditions, those old immortals will not accept you as a member of the Forest Druids again. You should know this better than anyone else."
Then, the gray-haired man muttered in an almost inaudible voice:
"You can't use threats to force those people to obey. This design is too bad."
"Your Excellency, I am already very satisfied with just having a reason to return to my hometown. I, a sinful body, do not ask for more."
The skinny man stopped what he was doing and answered.
"Bullshit guilty body, the Mages Guild has voted to recognize the legal status of necromancy. Even the Seven Holy Spirits still have the concept of 'the dead'. Only Ravenwood has so many broken rules. If we don't change some traditions in the future, we will be finished sooner or later."
The gray-haired man who was respected as the presiding judge said so, and then he suddenly turned his head and looked at himself without any warning, which scared Yin Lis who was watching on the side.
"Sibyl, can you detect the remaining magic power around here? We should get rid of that group of necromancers and go back as soon as possible. It would be a big deal if we let this fool eat it again."
Hearing this, Yin Lis felt himself opening his mouth uncontrollably, making sounds that did not belong to him.
"No problem. I'll do the magic power identification. I..."
In her memory, before she could finish her words, all the illusions before her eyes disappeared in an instant, and she was back in the treetop temple once again.
"I……"
The previous inertia made Yin Lis involuntarily take a small step forward, with the unfinished words of the person named "Sibyl" still lingering in her mouth.
Yin Lisi paused for a moment without being able to distinguish between the illusion and the present life. Then, she looked at the sad and angry man in front of her and said with some trembling:
"I can help this gentleman identify the remaining magic power."
"you?"
The old man asked doubtfully.
"Little boy, how old are you? How dare you say you can help with magic power testing and identification?"
“This has nothing to do with age.”
Yin Lisi tried his best to suppress the trembling in his voice.
Some emotions that did not belong to her were flowing in her heart. Although she felt very scared, she still stood up.
If it was the person in her memory, she would definitely stand up.
"Then let me ask you another way. According to the Star Law's judging system, what level of magic caster are you? Let me remind you that the advisors under the Duke's command are all experts. Because it involves the reputation of the Imperial Ambassador, the Duke will most likely send a master-level magic caster to conduct a strict investigation. What makes you dare to say that you can help?"
The old man continued to ask, his tone revealing strong impatience.
Although he was not a magic chanter in the Star Law system, he could clearly see with his keen eyesight that the magic fluctuations of the girl in front of him were only slightly better than those of ordinary people.
"apprentice……"
Yinlis lowered his voice and answered.
"How dare the apprentice to speak so arrogantly..."
"But I can see it."
Before Dru Yin finished speaking, Yin Liss interrupted him by raising his voice slightly.
"What can you see? Never mind...whatever you see, just tell your parents when you get home."
But the old man just waved his hand impatiently, and then signaled the Wild Hunter beside him to blast away the girl who inexplicably wanted to help.
"I can see that you are wearing a pendant enchanted with the [Emergence of Life] spell, and a ring that is resistant to lightning. Are you wearing that ring because your left arm was damaged by a lightning spell in the past? The magic power left on it is too faint, and I can't tell what spell caused it."
The girl's words made the Forest Dru Yin stop what he was doing. He held his breath and looked at the inconspicuous girl in front of him.
It is true that his left arm was damaged by lightning spells, but that was three years ago.
The Wild Hunter at the side followed his boss' order and walked over, intending to push the girl away, but was immediately stopped by him.
"How do you know that?"
The old man stared at the girl in front of him and asked seriously in a low voice.
"I can see that."
Although he knew what the consequences of his answer would be, Yin Lis still answered in this way.
Because if you don't say this, the other party will not acknowledge your authority.
"So, you are the one we are looking for?"
After saying this, he did not wait for the other party's answer, but directly commanded the Wild Hunter beside him:
"Take her to His Excellency the Duke. Our work is done."
"Please wait a moment."
Looking at the Wild Hunt approaching her, Yin Lis said calmly.
"Why? Do you have any other terms you want to discuss with us?"
Druyin raised his hand and signaled his men to stop.
"Before you take me away, can you let me finish the identification of the body? As you can see, I am fully capable of doing this and finding justice for this uncle."
Yinlis asked.
In response, the old man smiled and shook his head:
"Since we have found you, this kind of trivial matter is completely unimportant. According to custom, we can leave it to the priests of this tree canopy temple to solve it. Take you away!"
The last two words were addressed to his men.
But after the last two words fell, the Wild Hunters did not make any move, and they didn't even focus their eyes on Yin Lis, their target.
They all looked at the forest druid who was leading the team.
In other words, it was the woman who appeared behind Forest Druyin at some point and held a silver dagger at his throat.
"What do you want to do?"
The old man asked.
"Just do as this girl asks. Really, she is willing to expose her identity to help your people get justice, but you people from Jade Province don't even have this much magnanimity?"
Nezemare replied in a cold tone.
"I will now assume that you just wanted to be a hero and lost your mind for a moment. Put down your weapon immediately and I will pretend that nothing happened. But if you don't let me go, you will be treated the same as she was..."
Although the blade was pointed at his neck, the Forest Druid still spoke calmly.
He absolutely did not believe that in the Treetop Temple, surrounded by dozens of Wild Hunt, any Imperial would dare to kill a Forest Druin directly.
If she really did this, let's not talk about whether she could get out alive. Even if she was a legendary or even divine master who could fight her way out, killing a high-ranking official of the Emerald Province in public would definitely be a vicious diplomatic incident.
To dare to do this, the only way is for the other party to be backed by a member of the Riel royal family, or directly by the emperor himself.
"Hasn't anyone ever taught you not to talk like that to someone with a knife at your neck?"
Nazemar said this with a disdainful "tsk".
As she spoke, she slightly pulled the dagger in her hand, shallowly cutting the tough bark skin, and bright red with some green, something that she was not sure whether to call blood or sap, oozed out slightly.
The Druyin's throat trembled unconsciously, scraping the blade and leaving a layer of brown powder.
Then he said in a tone that was no longer so calm:
"You...you don't do anything rash. I'll count to three. If you don't let me go..."
"I will only count to one, and if you don't respond, I will assume that you are not cooperating."
In response, Nazemare said coldly.
"What?"
"I counted, one..."
"Cooperate, cooperate! Let this lady check the remaining magic power on the corpse first!"
