Here, the Lord said this is a good thing

"Mayfair, he is not Bruce for the time being. Don't be anxious. There is no point in being anxious. You should wait until after the King Selection Ceremony."

Ye He didn't pay attention to Sepopia's eyes and just calmed down Fei'er.

With Faile's wisdom, Ye He believed that she had investigated the details of the king-selection ceremony, so Ye He felt that Faier was just confused because she cared about Bruce.

But Feier didn't seem to appreciate Ye He's affection. Not only did she not pay attention to what Ye He said, "He is not Bruce for the time being," she also scolded Ye He contemptuously:

"Shut up, you stupid priest, what do you know?!"

This was the first time Ye He was insulted in the street, and Ye He almost became angry.

Am I stupid?

The person who scolded her was Fei'er. She was qualified to scold anyone for being stupid, but would she scold Ye He for being stupid?
Mayfair is smart enough and has emotional intelligence. No matter how anxious she is, she will never try to offend me.

So...she is not offending me, but she is reminding me of something?
Realizing that under normal circumstances, Mayfair would never do this, Ye He immediately froze on the spot and began to reflect on why he received Mayfair's "stupid" comment.

For this reason, Sepopia and Luvia both looked at Fei'er several times. They both knew that they could not offend Ye He easily. Why did Fei'er suddenly become so brave.

Sepopia didn't know what the relationship was between Ye He and Feier. According to Bruce, Feier should be very resistant to Ye He.

Sepopia couldn't imagine the reason why Ye He tolerated Feier, so she simply waved her hand and let herself and Bruce disappear together.

Only Sepopia's message was left in the air:

"Anyway, Bruce will be fine, Faile, it's time for you to leave, or stay quietly aside."

"Don't run! Ah, damn it..."

Fei'er still chased towards the venue of the King Selection Ceremony without mercy.

From beginning to end, she never glanced at Ye He.

"... Let's go over there too, Mr. Ye He. If you are worried about the safety of this young lady, can you use that carriage to send her back?"

Luvia obediently suggested to Ye He that she felt Ye He was not angry with Fei'er because the relationship between the two was not bad.

Now she knows Ye He very well, but she doesn't know Feier well enough.

And Ye He, who knew Feier well enough, also figured out Feier's "reminder" at this time.

"Well, let's go first."

After giving Luvia a gentle smile, Ye He moved forward hand in hand with her, but when Luvia looked forward, Ye He suddenly looked back at her again.

Just two hours ago, Ye He and Fei'er met when they went to deal with Belia. At that time, Fei'er had not changed much, and there was nothing to remind Ye He.

But just now Feier reminded me.

The difference between the two meetings was that Ye He had Luvia beside him, and he obviously wanted to personally participate in the king-selection ceremony as Luvia's knight.

So, Mayfair's reminder...referring to Luvia?

Am I "stupid" for becoming Luvia's knight?
Mayfair thinks I shouldn't become Luvia's knight?
Luvia...has a problem?

Ye He blinked and looked back ahead. He didn't show any murderous intent, nor did he say any nonsense, so Luvia didn't let Luvia notice his fear.

Yes, no matter how much Luvia relied on Ye He, it was even Ye He who came to the door in the beginning, took the initiative to recognize Luvia and comforted her.

But Ye He must trust Feier more!

There is no fundamental conflict or contradiction between him and Feier, and Feier even owes him a lot of favors. In this case, Ye He will definitely believe in a wise man like Feier.

This is a man who has nothing to do with stupidity. On the contrary, Ye He is smart enough.

After thinking about this clearly, Ye He glanced at the back of his hand. The contract he made with Luvia was on the back of his hand.

He and Luvia saw too many passers-by along the way, especially the closer they got to the venue, the more people around them, but Luvia looked at the entrance of the venue with ease and naturally ignored these passers-by.

Is this contract the reason why Luvia feels more at ease now, and is not as afraid of everything and trembling with fear as before?
Ye He didn't think so.

What you are afraid of from the beginning will not change unless you have the courage to protect something.

As a protected person, Luvia... has no reason not to be afraid of the "fear" of these passers-by.

Unless...she wasn't afraid of these things from the beginning. She was pretending from the beginning, lying to herself!
……Interesting!

Knowing that he had fallen into Luvia's trap, Ye He didn't feel any discomfort at all, and even showed a cheerful expression.

The former college student who had "never seen the world" became so scheming after staying in Essinger for a few months. This change made Ye He find it very interesting.

In order to know what Luvia was plotting, Ye He decided not to expose her yet and see what she wanted him to do later.

The King Selection Ceremony is a grand event in Essinger, the capital of witches, and a grand gathering for all witches.

Because this ritual reveals that as long as the witches do not seek death, they will be able to survive to the next era safely and avoid the disaster at the end of the era.

Ordinary witches don't have to pay anything. They only need to watch a fight between powerful witches until the last person is alive.

Therefore, the witches are very welcoming and enthusiastic about the King Selection Ceremony, and even a small number of humans who are familiar with the witches are also invited by the witches, as if they are celebrating the festival together, joyfully and festively.

Ye He was not the only man who came to Isengard as a guest. When he followed Luvia through the special passage to the front of the venue, he saw that many outsiders had gathered in the crowd.

This is a large square with a large booth. The entire square seems to be the venue where the king selection ceremony is announced.

Note that this is just the "announcement" venue.

The place where the great witches and their knights really want to fight is not here. Otherwise, with the strange and powerful abilities of the great witches, everyone in this square will become cannon fodder.

When Ye He and Luvia stepped onto the booth at the front of the square, he immediately noticed a thirteen-pointed star pattern drawn on the ground.

Sepopia had already taken Bruce to stand at a vertex near the edge of the booth, and Luvia also took Ye He to find a random vertex to stand on.

The "King Selection Ceremony" is a ceremony after all, and such positions or formations that tend to be mystical are still necessary.

Although Ye He already understood that all this was done by the big witches for outsiders to see.

The true scope of the King Selection Ceremony should be the entire Isengard, and it would have been launched a long time ago. Otherwise, Ye He would have killed Reshonia and captured Belia, and this formation map would have been gone long ago. significance.

In the square under the booth, people can easily see the big witches and Ye He on the booth. Many people quickly recognized Ye He's identity. Even if they didn't know him, they quickly understood that this man was Father Destruction from word of mouth.

Ye He was originally indifferent to this kind of "showing off" in front of ignorant people. Seeing Luvia's "efforts", he endured and stood still.

He also looked under the stage and quickly noticed Fei'er who was crowded at the front.

The little girl still maintained an indignant expression on her face, and her eyes looking at Bruce were full of worry.

Noticing Ye He's appearance on the stage, Feier just glanced at Ye He and curled her lips. When Ye He smiled playfully at her, she said nothing more.

She knew better than anyone else that the priest would definitely understand her reminder and continue to participate in this ceremony regardless of her warning.

Mayfair knew that Ye He was this kind of person, and she also knew that Ye He was the most critical link in keeping Bruce from the hands of "those people".

After a while, other great witches came one after another with their knights to appear on the stage.

"The one who seems to be awake is Arcadia. Be careful, her ability can skip the "process" and go straight to the "result". She is actually the most terrifying assassin!"

"The one who is smiling at you is Ila. Don't be paralyzed by her. No matter whether she is happy or sad, whether she is calm or angry, she is always smiling. She is very powerful!"

"Ividia! Her ability can affect anything. Her "jealousy" will definitely be calmed down. Don't let her get on top of you."

"Hidden in the cloak is Morpheus ([Despair]), and no one knows what she is capable of.

The little girl sitting on the shoulder of the fat woman who keeps eating sweets is Gula ([Gluttony]), who can control the "size" of space.

And Avatalia ([Greed]) on her left can buy everything! "

Luvia has been secretly introducing other witches to Ye He, while Ye He listened quietly without saying a word.
A girl with long hair came up on the stage. What caught Ye He's attention was that Krent walked behind the girl and kept holding her hair.

When he met Ye He's eyes, Krent's expression immediately became awkward, but his girl looked over gratefully and nodded to Ye He very kindly.

"Do you know Apolloxi?" Luvia was very surprised when the girl smiled at Ye He, but she still introduced to Ye He:

"The ability of this great witch is very terrifying. Anything that is too close to her will disappear unless it belongs to her or it has no meaning of existence."

"Oh?"

The abilities of other great witches were still within the range that Ye He could understand and "accept". He didn't expect that the girl from Krent had such powerful abilities.

After waiting for a while longer, Aurora and her female knight also came on stage, but Luvia jumped over her without saying a word.

At this point, except for Reshonia who was killed by Ye He and Belia who was captured by Ye He, the remaining ten of the twelve great witches have all arrived.

Each of the great witches stood on a vertex of the thirteen-pointed star, with their "knights" standing beside them.

There was no declaration, no opening remarks, and no explanation for the two vacant positions. Under the gaze of all the spectators under the booth, the entire booth flashed with white light, and in the next second, all twenty figures had disappeared.

A layer of silver liquid emerged from the center of the booth. In the blink of an eye, the silver liquid unfolded into a huge mirror, reflecting the figures of the audience in the square.

The next second, the silver mirror rippled, and the image reflecting these figures faded away, replaced by a majestic city full of the atmosphere of an ancient city-state.

The white floor tiles are in sharp contrast with the dark spire Gothic buildings. The streets in the city are wide and narrow, with ups and downs, and the entire city is filled with an indescribable three-dimensional sense.

The audience could see that the twenty people were scattered into the city, and some witches sighed excitedly:
"Is this the eternal city, the capital of Isengard? It's a pity that only the great witches can enter. I really want to live in it..."

"Yes, the eternal city...is truly a suitable place for us witches to live."

"Tsk."

Mayfair smacked her lips in disdain. Each of these witches was really stupider than the last. Although this city is said to be eternal, if it is destroyed, it will be restored to its original state the next time it is "used".

But why don't you guess what will happen to everything that does not belong to this city when it is restored to its original state?
"here it is……"

Ye He looked at the surrounding buildings with bright eyes. Of course, the reason was not because he liked the structure here.

"The Eternal City is one of the nine major cities of Essinger. It is a city that will automatically recover if it is destroyed. It is also the real battlefield of the King Selection Ceremony."

Luvia still assumed the responsibility of explaining. She felt that the information she knew was very precious, and it was easy to gain Ye He's favor and "dependence".

But she made a mistake this time, because Ye He not only recognized this city, but in a sense, he had also been here.

"No, this should be called Nightmare City or Nightmare City, right?"

Glancing at the nightmare ability that he had inexplicably turned on, and then looking at the structure that was exactly the same as the city on Nightmare Island, Ye He contradicted Luvia without thinking.

It's a pity that Luvia didn't understand Ye He's statement and showed an ignorant expression to Ye He.

"Oh, well, I'm already here, it's time for you to tell me... the details of your and Aurora's plan."

Luvia did not expect that Ye He would suddenly break up with her. Her expression suddenly stiffened. It seemed that her "growth" was not satisfactory.

After being silent for a few seconds, she knew that her silence had acquiesced to Ye He's statement, so she simply asked Ye He:
"...How did you figure it out?"

"Just think that I have always believed in the fickleness of women. Haha, that's not important. What's important is...what can I do for you and what can you give me."

At this time, there was no "emotion" between the two, and Ye He simply asked Luvia about the commission in a "business-like" manner.

But what Ye He didn't expect was that Luvia suddenly smiled charmingly.

She raised her hand towards Ye He, and a "Witch & Knight" contract pattern of the same style as Ye He's was immediately revealed on the back of her hand.

"In the name of the contract and as a witch, I ask you to kill all witches except me immediately!"

Luvia's "order" was like a heavy hammer hitting Ye He's heart. To make matters worse, Ye He couldn't control his body and stretched out his hand to catch the two Cleaners that fell from the golden ripples.

He launched these two terrible explosives, and then threw them in two directions with all his strength.

At this time, he barely controlled his mouth and said stiffly with the corners of his mouth raised:
"So... so... you don't even keep... your partner...?"

"Of course!"

Luvia smiled at Ye He happily and contentedly.

(End of this chapter)