"So... Sir Rose, why are we coming to Deep Red Town first?"
After bringing Benovia to Marina, Hilia parted ways with them and arrived at Deep Red Town at Rose’s request.
The girl didn’t know why they ca here, but since Rose suggested it, they went.
"To improve your school principal’s impression." Rose replied.
"?"
"The Deep Red Spring is the core of the Summoning Array, where regular suppression runes are ineffective; special suppression runes are needed."
"Oh, okay."
Hilia approached the divine hall outside Deep Red Town and inford the guard of her intentions.
Upon displaying the Holy Daughter’s emblem, the guard swiftly ran to report to Blake and others.
anwhile, Blake and the bishops of the Holy Court were discussing the pollution shockwaves emanating from the Deep Red Spring and other nodes.
"Strange, Bishop Alvis, didn’t you say you could stop the summoning? Why haven’t you, instead, the white whale is almost out?"
Alvis’s face turned red: "How would I know? It was supposed to sever the summoning, but the Array suddenly changed, making my previous efforts futile."
"Can it still be stopped now?"
"It can’t be stopped; prepare yourself to die!"
"What do you an?"
"Calling you a reckless fool, idiot!"
"You..."
Amidst the heated argunt inside the hall, a knight loudly reported Hilia’s arrival.
"Archbishop Blake, Holy Daughter Hilia wishes to see you; she’s outside."
Blake’s eyes lit up, "Quick, invite her in!"
Soon, the knight brought Hilia into the eting.
The girl paused upon seeing over a dozen pairs of eyes focused on her inside the hall, wanting to flee.
Why are there so many people? They seem to be prominent bishops and priests of the Holy Court...
But escaping now was useless, so Hilia braced herself to enter, looking at Blake, "Um, Principal Blake, I’ve brought a pollution suppression rune."
"Pollution suppression... rune?"
Everyone exchanged glances while Blake’s eyes lit up, "Quick, bring it up for to see!"
Hilia took out a sheet of paper, intricately inscribed with rune designs using an ordinary pen.
As she was about to give it to Blake, a hand suddenly reached out to snatch it.
"Blake knows nothing; let check the rune first."
Hilia looked at the person; it was Bishop Alvis of the Holy Court.
The individual seed to be a Puppet Master and an Array Master, holding a significant position.
As he examined the runes and notes on the paper, his eyes gradually brightened.
"This rune is excellent, remarkable! It can actually harness the energy of the Summoning Array to suppress pollution spread. Interesting, I have so ideas... Who drew this?"
Muttering to himself, Alvis looked up at Hilia, "This has to be the handiwork of a legendary Array Master. Please tell who they are?"
"Uh..."
Hilia opened her mouth, not knowing how to respond.
Should she say it’s the work of the Evil God?
"Miss Hilia, his na is very important to us, please tell us, don’t worry, we won’t disturb him."
Before Hilia could speak, Blake suddenly laughed heartily, "Alvis, I believe this rune is Hilia’s handiwork."
"Stop talking." Alvis thought Blake was mocking him.
As high-ranking mbers, they all knew Hilia, the prospective Holy Daughter, since they were ultimately responsible for her assessnt.
During candidate selection, they conducted in-depth investigations on each one, naturally aware of Hilia’s situation.
There could be oversight, but the probability was low.
"Speak, don’t be afraid, helping the Holy Court is the best assessnt score."
Hilia was silent for a long ti before finally saying, "I prayed to the God for it."
Alvis’s smile froze.
He snorted, stopped talking, and focused on studying the rune.
Seeing this, Hilia quickly said, "Then I won’t disturb you anymore."
With that, she quickly left the eting room as if escaping.
Blake stroked his beard, smiling without a word.
No one else spoke, all watching Alvis.
Besides the white whale’s arrival, the most troubling issue was the pollution pulses emitted by the Array’s nodes, which grew stronger wave after wave, leaving one to wonder the pollution’s impact before the whale’s arrival.
The white whale is like a nuclear bomb, while the pollution is a dirty bomb; the nuclear bomb is terrifying, but the dirty bomb is disgusting.
After a while, Blake slowly asked, "How is it; you can understand it, can’t you?"
"If you can’t speak, shut up; if I can’t understand it, no one in the Holy Court can."
"Can it be resolved?"
"Yes, although I don’t know who gave it to Hilia, this rune can indeed address the urgent issue, providing us more leverage against the sea successor white whale."
"That’s good; maybe Hilia’s words are true; perhaps God answered her prayers and granted her this rune drawing?" Blake smiled.
"Don’t say such foolish words; lest you beco a laughingstock."
God? Ha.
Alvis scoffed inwardly.
...
"Dusk Town is quite far from here; we have to take a boundary traverser to get there. Luckily, Deep Red Town has a point from which we can travel to Dawn City near Dusk Town."
After leaving the divine hall, Hilia finally relaxed and began studying the route to Dusk Town.
"You fled just like that earlier, aren’t you worried about leaving a bad impression on the bishop?" Rose said, amused.
"There were too many people, I was nervous, didn’t have ti to think about it, just wanted to flee..."
Calming down now, Hilia realized she shouldn’t have just left after saying so, but at that mont, she didn’t think much, only wanted to flee.
With so many eyes focused on her, from the Holy Court’s high-ranking mbers, she couldn’t bear to stay longer.
"There’s still 15 days before the white whale arrives, leaving a week reserved, you only have eight days to collect the materials." Rose stated.
"I will definitely gather them all."
Hilia responded, internally cheering herself on.
...
At night, Hilia exited the boundary point and looked around at the city, half the size of Huijin City.
"I’ll stay here for the night and set out again tomorrow."
Hilia found the rcenary Guild and planned to stay overnight while checking if there were any assignnts related to Dusk Town.
"Since I’m here, why not see if there are any orders to complete in passing."
The girl looked at the assignnt list in front of her, filtering for Dusk Town, leaving only three assignnts.
"Ms. Susan’s dog got lost in Dusk Town; adventurers are requested to help find it; reward: 1 Silver Coin."
Excluded.
"Assist the Holy Court’s knights in eliminating the Dusk Sect’s base in Dusk Town; reward: 10 Gold Coins; requirent: Tier Two Mage..."
Holy Court? Excluded.
"Dusk Town Investigation Team is hiring investigators to look into the anomalies at Twilight Tomb; simply bring back any samples from Twilight Tomb; 100 Gold Coins each..."
"Hmm? Such a high reward, let’s check the danger level... Tier One, such low danger, yet high reward? Must be a scam?"
Hilia was about to disregard the assignnt when Rose said, "If it’s a scam, great, take this assignnt."
Hilia asked skeptically, "Why? Such assignnts will definitely require a substantial amount of Gold Coins for purchase after departure, or else you can’t enter so Twilight Tomb."
"Even better; besides rare materials, many basic materials require purchase; do you have enough Gold Coins?"
"Not enough..."
"Then proceed, accept this assignnt. If the assignnt settles normally, that’s great; if it’s a fraud or so criminal gang, just confiscate their Gold Coins."
"Well, alright."
Hilia was initially unwilling, but realizing she was indeed short on money...
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