I really only stop

Holy light, white wings, and an incomparably warm smile beyond the sun.

"I have received your prayer."

Gently hugging the elven sage into her arms, Yuxia obviously did not use any holy magic, but miraculously, there was a reassuring power in her voice:

"Please rest assured, responding to people's calls is the essence of a saint, let alone you, I will definitely do my best."

Raising his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of the stunned Lacey Levi's eyes, the shining Miss Saintess blinked playfully:

"So, please don't show this kind of expression that doesn't belong to 【Ms. Lacey Levy】~"

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Sure enough, I couldn't see what was going on inside at all.

Standing fully armed in front of the huge mask formed by [Shield of the World Tree], Yuxia's face was full of seriousness.

What Master Lacey Livy said 'the number of plagues is still increasing with time' is true, because the concentration of this weird green mist has been deepening, the inside of the protective cover has almost turned into a dead solid color, only occasionally The flashing holy light in it proves that the tragedy that happened inside has not stopped.

By the way, there is also this [Holy Light].

Plague and holy light are incompatible things. What kind of confusion happened to make these two diametrically opposed existences appear together in front of the world in such a catastrophic manner?

The closer you get to this protective shield, the stronger the feeling of being at the same [sage level].Leaving aside where this natural saint came from and how he infiltrated the well-protected holy land of elves, why would a guy with such an astonishing affinity for the holy light do such a thing to the elves?

"...Besides, it's about Lu Xi."

Staring at the green plague that was so close in front of her, an imperceptible cold light flashed in Yuxia's eyes.

If it is said that what the black hand behind the plague did to the elves made people sad and angry, then what she did to Lu Xi and put him into a deep sleep made Miss Saint even more puzzled and even [feared].

If the mastermind behind the scenes had the intention of hurting Lu Xi a little bit, would I still be able to remain calm above the level like I am now?

While adjusting the holy light that was ready to go out, Miss Saintess clenched the holy hammer in her hand.

Due to the flexible use of the time stop ability, Lu Xi has hardly been directly attacked or damaged by the enemy since the time travel.Because of this, seeing him being 'attacked' by someone and falling into a deep sleep at this moment, it gave Miss Saintess such a strong sense of amazement and fear.

It turned out that he would also be attacked by the enemy.

It turned out that he would also bear the [maliciousness] of the enemy.

A flood of fear flooded Miss Saintess's heart in an instant, and this kind of fear of "almost losing something important" made her back feel chills.

Obviously Lu Xi is very close to me, and as a saint, I am more obliged than anyone else to protect the people around me.

Lu Xi has always played a powerful role since we met.He will always have a smile on us when we are in trouble, and will always provide a reliable shoulder.

However, this is not an excuse for me not protecting him well.

Whatever the form, it was inevitable that he would be tampered with by the enemy right under my nose.No more self-pitying here will change anything, for the correct lunatic who dares to touch me—

The holy light in a fully excited state gushed out of Miss Saintess like a thunderstorm. Under the halo of buffs and skills intertwined, Miss Saintess lost her usual gentleness at this moment, and an oppressive divinity appeared on her face .

Noble and awe-inspiring.

Finally adjusted her state, Yuxia walked towards the blocked isolation area.

Different from the normal saintess mode that is as warm as sunshine, the holy light gushing from Yuxia's body is violent and fierce. At this moment, there is no existence that can stop the pace of this furious and calm Valkyrie. Doubtful, the tip of her hammer was pointing at the victory she expected.

——No, it seems that there are still "people" who dare to stand in front of her?

【…】

The slender black doll suddenly jumped up from the shadows, blocking the way of the Holy Empress.

Probably very surprised by this, Yuxia raised her eyes that were faintly shining with holy light, obviously she could only look up because of the height difference, but her aura was as breathless as a god looking down on the earth.

Eyes meet, sparks burst out.

Chapter 674

Facts have proved that no one can stop Miss Saintess who made a real fire, and the Ender Doll himself is very aware of this. The so-called "intense stare" lasted only a second, and he raised his hands as if surrendering :

【…】

"...Mr. Mamayi, I can't understand what you mean."

After all, it is the puppet of her soft sister. Although Yuxia frowned slightly when Mamai blocked the way, she didn't say much:

"I'm going to enter the isolation area to find out the truth about the plague, and it is very necessary for Nana to entrust you to assist me. In my opinion, you and Mr. Barney should go back to protect Lu Xi to help me the most."

It is worthy of [Holy Queen Mode], because the anger mixed with self-blame temporarily hides the usual gentleness, and the majesty and arrogance of the imperial princess in Yuxia are fully revealed at this moment.

Mamayi obviously had no intention of confronting the lady saint in this troublesome mode. After shaking his head slightly, he first stretched out his hand to circle Yushia and Barney, pointed to the direction of the isolation area, and then used the other He pointed at himself, and then nodded in the direction he came from.

What does it mean?

Although he doesn't have the talent of [Grand Translator] like Lu Xi, but as a cleric who is good at listening and understanding, after a little thought, Yushia still understands that Mamai has tried her best to express herself clearly. the meaning of:

"You mean, you're going back to meet Nana, and Mr. Barney will be with me for the rest of the journey?"

[(eyes flicker, eyes flicker)]

"oh, I understand now."

Even though he wanted Barney to return to Nana and strengthen his defense of Lucy, the presence of the dolls also represented Ruanmei's worry about herself.After a short thought, Yuxia agreed to Mamai's proposal:

"Mr. Barney and I will head towards the plague, and Mr. Mamayi, you can move freely."

【…】

Slightly nodded, before turning around, Mamai secretly blinked at Barney, and the latter also puffed up his chest slightly after looking at Yuxia——

【I'll go back and try to find 'that person'. If Miss Yuxia is also affected by this strange plague, you must drag her back as soon as possible. 】

【give it to me. 】

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Because of the relationship set up by Lacey Livi in ​​advance, [Fayin·World Tree's Asylum] did not stop Yuxia's progress.After easily crossing the barrier of the protective wall, the world in front of Yuxia's eyes instantly became extremely chaotic.

The sky is dark green, the earth is dark green, and even the place close at hand is a dead green, if there is no solid touch under her feet, Yuxia even doubts whether she is floating in a place completely made of dark green. In the world composed of green mist, the concentration of plague can be seen.

"However, as Lady Lacey Levy speculated, the plague itself seems to only target the elves, and has no effect on other races."

Through the protective shield set up for cautious purposes, Miss Saintess' fingers came into contact with the green plague, but the result she perceived made her frown slightly.

As an organization that replaced traditional medicine and provided medical treatment for the world, the Holy See recorded a large amount of information about the plague.And Miss Saintess, who has the attribute of a hidden scholar, has studied this knowledge seriously and has an understanding of most of the plagues in the world.

Different from the usual plagues, the plague in front of us is only highly targeted to the elves. It not only spreads rapidly, but also can grow rapidly with the help of the saint-level holy light that came from nowhere. The most incredible thing is that, It can actually ignore the magic seal protection of the elves and directly cause damage to the elves themselves.

The rapid expansion speed, the strange and powerful ability, the pertinence that can be called "killer" - all signs show that this is by no means a natural or even man-made plague. On the contrary, it reminds me of a certain plague recorded in the book. a mysterious race—

"Demons, born plague warlocks, [Batley Clan]."

After murmuring the name of this race, the temperature around Miss Saintess instantly dropped to freezing point.

That's right, if the inexplicable saint-level holy light is excluded, only the demons have a reason and a way to sneak attack on the holy land of elves.

Although I still don't understand why the saint-level holy light appeared in the plan of the demons, the mastermind behind the plague obviously overlooked one key thing——

"Also at the saint level, no matter how you hide your whereabouts, the holy light permeating the plague will lead me to find your location."

With her eyes fixed on a certain position in the green mist, Yuxia said to the shield puppet beside her:

"Mr. Barney, let's go."

【…】

A metallic luster flashed in Barney's eyes, and then he raised his legs to follow like the most loyal guard.

In the strange plague, how can there be more reliable existences than dolls who are [inorganic] existences?

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The deeper one goes inward, the more shocked Yuxia is by the scenery she sees.

Unlike the clean ground at the edge, as the position of one person and one doll gradually approached the world tree in the center of the Holy Land, sporadic fuzzy meat balls gradually appeared on the originally flat ground.

The corpse of the elf.

In such a short period of time, the blood on the meat balls was still as fresh as before, and they either fell under the bed, or poured out at the door as if fleeing.In places where there are more and denser elven seals, the blurred meat balls can even faintly show the human form.They—or [their] final faces were distorted and terrifying, and they were directly exposed to the air like this, causing a chill to strike from the bottom of the hearts of those who saw them.

Fortunately, Nana and Celica were not allowed to follow, otherwise, they would definitely leave a shadow.

Seeing the experienced and reliable shield puppet quickly raised its shield as a guard, Yuxia breathed a sigh of relief, and squatted down beside the best-preserved elf corpse.

Judging from the posture of the remains, the death came very quickly and suddenly. After easily breaking through the defense of the French seal and causing great pain to the infected in an instant, the plague so easily took away a fresh life and left it behind. Down this horrible remnant.

If the previous conjecture about the Bartley family is correct, the plague created by them should only retain the characteristics they need—in other words, the great pain brought to the infected is also the result of the plague maker Of】.

Could it be that there is any enmity between the mastermind behind the plague and the elves?

"...May the holy light convey your thoughts."

Putting hands together and praying for the dead in front of her, watching the appearance of the Holy Light Rose symbolically falling towards the body of the dead, Yuxia didn't stay any longer, got up and went straight to the direction she had identified before.

What she didn't notice was that after she left for a long time, the surrounding plague green mist suddenly surged like a carnival, tightly wrapping the Holy Light Rose above the meat ball.

The next moment, the holy light disappeared, and the fog became even more gloomy.

Chapter 675 Be cautious and cautious

The surrounding plague green mist had clearly reached the point where it was almost turned into dust, but it still did not bring any harm to Yuxia like a harmless rabbit.On the contrary, because of getting closer to the head of the saint-level holy light, the holy light around Yuxia also became active, giving her a subtle feeling of 'the more she walks, the easier it is'.

According to the activity of the Holy Light, the enemy is probably not far ahead.

While holding the holy hammer on guard, Yuxia put a few more buffs on herself as a precaution.

My father once told me that the real battle often begins before the two sides fight - and this so-called 'battle before the battle' is the collection of intelligence.

Although I was extremely angry because of what happened to the elves and Lu Xi's assassination, I did not forget the importance of gathering information.Even the black hands behind the scenes who appeared without warning like this plague of death will definitely leave clues that can be used to determine their identity in places where they cannot be noticed.

[Plague Warlock Batley family] may have the existence of similar abilities to this family; they have great hatred for the elves, and at the same time know them well enough to even develop a deadly plague against their bloodlines and seals; For some reason, he can still use the power of holy light equivalent to the [Natural Saint] level.

The above is all the information I have observed along the way. Although it is still a bit vague, it is much better than the previous situation where my eyes were smeared.

During our chats in the past, Lu Xi once told me that when he was traveling in a place called 'Skellige Islands', even if he was just hunting down the little monsters on the side of the road, he would definitely put a shield on his body in advance .Although the authenticity of this story is doubtful, the thoughts revealed behind it are worth learning from——

【Holy Art · Plague Immunity】

【Holy Art · Protection of Light】

【Holy Art · Blessing of White Feather】

After filling up many holy spells related to [Plague] and [Plague] for herself one after another, and coating Barney with several layers of shining protection, Miss Saintess, who confirmed that she was fully prepared, finally stepped into the room. within the reach of the enemy.

The next moment, the surrounding green mist receded from the center to the surroundings as if inspired by something. As the plague shifted, it appeared in front of Yuxia's eyes, which was a whole body covered with black iron thorns, which looked like an old tree. A figure as heavy as the roots of a tree!

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... No, the thorns are so densely entangled that it is impossible to tell whether the person hiding inside is a man or a woman.

Abandoning the idea of ​​proving her own judgment from the appearance, Yuxia glanced sideways at the ground around the black iron thorn monster, and was a little surprised to find a large pool of fresh blood.

It's different from the elf's blood. Could it be that the thorn monster was hurt just now?

It shouldn't be, the targeted effect of this plague on elves can almost be described as [instant death]. Logically speaking, there will be no incidents of 'the dying elves launching a counterattack and stabbing the enemy'.

... yet another mystery.

Although she collected information with great care before the encounter, Miss Saintess quickly prepared to fight the moment she saw the thorn monster.A calm mind and extremely high mobility formed a perfect fusion in her body. It can only be said that Yuxia is worthy of being the only flesh and blood of the supreme emperor.

Unlike Xia Li, who just messed up a little bit and brought almost no substantial losses, the demons in front of me have committed an unforgivable crime. In this case, there is only one reaction I can make it's -

"[Destroy it!]"

With the use of the ultimate offensive motto, the holy hammer in Yuxia's hand quickly surged with holy flames as dazzling as the scorching sun.It didn't even take a little time to accumulate energy, the holy wings on the back of Miss Saintess just slapped very briefly, and brought her whole body towards the black iron monster with a meteor-like momentum.

"boom!!!!!!!"

"[...]"

For some reason, in the face of this earth-shattering blow, the black iron thorn monster didn't seem to have seen it, but just stood there blankly, letting the deadly holy hammer mixed with the holy flame that burned everything that was not correct hit it. It landed on her body, and sparks splashed in all directions.

As the initiator of the attack, Yuxia naturally realized this before anyone else.With a sudden push, all the holy hammer in her hand turned into flames and exploded on the enemy. She quickly moved away and moved not far away, watching the direction of the impact with a little wariness.

Could it be that the enemy is a heavy-armed type with high defense but low agility?

"[...]"