OBS Chapter 3016: The Authority of Augustus Priests
Chapter 3016: The Authority of Augustus Priests
Chapter 3016: The Authority of Augustus Priests
The pointy-eared elf with blond hair clapped his hands and stood up:
"Let's go. Although it's not daybreak yet, the weather is pretty good today. How about we take a walk?"
The chocobos were still eating breakfast under the tree and didn't catch up, but little Liana looked up at the two figures going away illuminated by the pure silver ball of light, and followed happily. Of course, the pure white little beast tried to avoid getting close to the side of Shade's cat's shoulder.
"I can guess why you came to see me. The final battle is about to begin, right?"
She still knew everything. Shade walked side by side with her and turned to look at the elf's profile:
“Yes, the window period for the Chosen Ceremony is only three days. Emilia, now is the time for you to tell me something, right?”
"for example?"
"Like, what kind of power can you exert?"
"I am an eighth-ring sorcerer, you know that. Besides that."
She turned to Xia De and smiled:
"I know what you want to ask, but I'm sorry, I won't join you at the start of the final battle tomorrow night."
"How long are you going to wait?"
"Wait on board until only the top two candidates remain."
That means only Emilia and the ancient one are left.
Xia De nodded gently, without asking the other party why he did so. The elf girl had a more important task tomorrow night, and he roughly knew the time point of the elf's transformation.
The blond elf put his hands behind his back and continued:
“While I won’t be facing those enemies with you, I know a lot about tomorrow night’s opponent.
The frozen time of the Time Transfer Station can be broken. I can teach the elf a unique magic. The immortality of the Paradox Worm Guardian can also be solved. You have already found a way to solve this. As for the Clockmaker, although she is a genuine thirteen-ring sorcerer, she is the easiest one to deal with among all the challenges tomorrow night. "
"Yes, apart from her talent for time, she is only a thirteenth ring warlock. Now Vanessa has acquired enough time resistance. Since we have more people than anyone else, who are both thirteenth ring warlocks, the 'Watchmaker' is indeed the least troublesome."
The two were now heading towards the hot spring named "Moon Sanctuary" by the witches. Since it was actually very close to the elf girl's tree house, the silver moonlight could already be seen.
Shade continued to ask:
“Since you will meet us in the end, what will happen next? The battle of time will eventually have a winner. Can Emilia defeat the ancient one?”
"That's an opponent that not even you have the confidence to defeat, not even Emilia Sienord."
The elf girl continued to smile and shook her head. She lowered her head and looked at the snow under her feet:
"I know a lot of stories, but the things I know will only be gone by then. Even the chosen ones of time dare not say that they know everything about the past and the future. Besides, hasn't Bennett's story already explained it well? Sometimes it's better to be uncertain about the future."
"You mean the one about Thomas Bennet knowing when his wife was going to die?"
Shade asked, also very curious about what the elf girl thought about "time".
"Yes, only when we face an unknown future can we look forward to things that we may be able to obtain through hard work. If the future is already known and cannot be changed, it would be like being forced to spend money to watch a bad opera after reading the script in advance."
She gave a great metaphor:
“I believe that Thomas Bennet’s love for his wife is real, but I also believe that every time he feels happy over the years, he will have a corresponding fear. Fear of the day that is destined to come, fear of the day after the loss.
Mastering time does not mean knowing everything. I stand in the 'present', look back at the 'past', and look forward to the 'future', and that is enough. The chosen ones are not gods, and the chosen ones of time are not time itself, so we should still have some respect for time. "
Shade stopped.
"But we still don't know how to defeat the Ancient One."
The elf shook his head slightly:
“I don’t really know the answer to that.”
Therefore, all Shade could hope for was to find that drop of divinity in the final battle. The oracle of the God of Righteousness and the guidance of the Cherubim gave some answers respectively. He was now almost certain that the drop of divinity was in the remains of the World Tree, and it was most likely the divinity that originally belonged to the Tree Father.
After finding that drop of divinity, even if he was in the "divine overflow" state, he couldn't beat the ancient one. At most, he could burn his divinity and become a god. Although Shade had always thought that if the opponent was not an evil god, he couldn't burn his divinity at will. After all, in order to complete his twelve divinities and become a god, he still needed a lot of divinity.
But this time he planned to change his principles. Even if he had to use up all the divinity he had accumulated, he must protect the elf that trusted him so much.
After walking around the hot spring with the elf girl, Shade planned to return to Tobesk City. The elf girl promised to appear on the Radiant Messenger tonight to discuss plans with everyone. Even if she did not participate in the battle, she could still give a lot of effective suggestions.
After returning home with the cat, Shade did not stay at home for long. Instead, he took a carriage at the entrance of the square and went to the Church of Dawn.
It was already ten o'clock in the morning, but the stars and three moons were still hanging high in the sky. When Shade met with Father Augustus, he discussed this matter, but this matter was not something they could solve.
"Padre, the final battle at Vista Grove is scheduled to take place on Saturday night."
In the old priest's basement potion workshop, Shade briefly recounted a series of recent events:
"I think I'm afraid you'll need to go to Vista Glade this time."
"No problem. I said at the beginning that I can help, but what exactly do you need me to do?"
"It's like this. Do you think your power of death can defeat the remains of the World Tree?"
Hearing Shade's question, the old priest sitting on the high stool leaned back slightly:
"Although I can help, this is beyond my ability."
He was afraid that Xia De would make more bizarre requests, so he pointed at himself and said:
"I have just been promoted to the fifth ring, but thanks to the eye you found some time ago, I can now do things that normal ring sorcerers cannot understand. You can understand it this way, the power of the original angel - the angel of death has begun to manifest itself.
In the past, the power of death was just superficial. What I could do, others could also do, but now there is only one thing that only I can do - I can directly send something to its final death.
It can be a life, an object, or even a concept. Once I do this, the other party will never come back. I even suspect that unless the gods of death intervene, even other gods will not be able to find back the things I sent away. "
What he said was a bit exaggerated, but Shade knew that Priest Augustus had always been a very cautious person. However, the stranger did not immediately care about who this special ability could be used on. He asked worriedly:
"This doesn't sound like a power for normal people. Priest, if you really do this, what will the price be?"
The old priest waved his hand indifferently:
"You don't have to worry about that. The remains you found certainly didn't just open up this ability for me. Using this power will make me weak for a long time, so it certainly can't be used often, but other than that, there's nothing special about it.
It’s just that I have only just begun to touch upon this authority that may have been bestowed upon angels by the ancient gods, so it is impossible for it to be effective against the ancients you mentioned.”
Shade then thought about it:
"This situation is very troublesome, priest. I think you really need to use this power. Can it be effective against evil creatures like paradox worms?"
The priest nodded affirmatively:
"An evil creature that's tens of thousands of years old definitely won't work, but if it's a bug that was born in the last thousand years, it should be okay."
"This power shouldn't be able to directly erase the concept of 'paradox bugs', right? Oh, you don't have to answer, I know it can't. So this power can only be effective against a single entity?"
This time the priest gave good news:
"Of course it can be effective within a certain range."
"So can you send away thousands of bugs at once?"
Xia De asked again with hope, and then met the helpless expression of the old priest:
"Let me put it this way. I can do my best to help you deal with a maximum of two-digit bugs at a time. And how many evil creatures it can be effective on depends on the strength of those individuals."
But this is already amazing. You know, when Shad first entered the Vista Forest, in order to deal with the paradox worms, Adele in the past life and Miss Isabella in the present life had to work together.
Although now that people have gradually mastered the characteristics of this evil creature, the bugs are no longer invincible, but it is still amazing to get rid of double-digit bugs at one time.
The priest's power was like giving Shade a special "steam bomb" on the night of the final battle. Although the impact range and destructive power of the bomb after it exploded were still uncertain, at least Shade knew that the upper limit of the bomb's destructive power was very high.
"The decisive battle will be tomorrow night, Priest. How do you want to get to Vestal Glade? If you use the relic, we will discuss the time."
He planned to go to Miss Danister to borrow the relic from the college, but the old priest shook his head again:
"If I only want to use this power, I don't need to go to Vestal Glade. I can cast the spell remotely. This is not magic, it is the authority of the Angel of Death. And once I use this power, I will be very weak immediately and will not be able to help you afterwards, so it is better for me to stay here."
Xia De had no objection to this:
"Then thank you for your help. This is better. If I am not in the woods, the ancients in the woods will not be able to predict what I will do. So how can I contact you to confirm the specific time to cast the spell?"