Chapter 712: Chapter 438 Council of Gods_2
The serfs screamed in panic as they fled.
The patrol knight also backed away slowly with the crowd, gripping his sturdy Knight Sword.
Whoosh!
However, the next second, an imperceptible flash of white light streaked by, and a ring of light emerged on the dark cave creature in front of them, instantly freezing in place.
Two figures appeared.
"Great... Lord of Tilamei!" The patrol knight turned his head, stared in slight shock, then quickly fell to his knees, respectfully calling out.
"Stand up," Colin said, his gaze drifting to the distance.
"There are more cave monsters over there," Lillian said following his gaze, her brow furrowed.
Their arrival had been but a moment, but in reality, they were now quite a distance from the farmland they had been at before.
Ahead, they could see the cave mouth area to the south of Intuo City.
At that moment, approximately a dozen cave creatures were emerging from the bizarrely shaped entrances.
Before the farmland was corrupted by the Divine, cave creatures would occasionally run out from the cave area.
But the number was very small.
After the corruption of the farmland, perhaps because much too many cave creatures had surged out during the corruption, all the caves had fallen silent.
Since that night, up until the night before, they hadn’t discovered any cave creatures emerging.
Swoosh!
"Let’s go take a look."
After a moment of contemplation, Colin, together with Lilly, leapt toward the cave entrance area.
Whoosh!
First, he waved his hand, freezing all the emerging cave creatures in their tracks.
After inspecting each one carefully, they couldn’t find anything unusual about these living cave creatures.
"Wait here for me for a moment."
After pondering for a while, Colin spoke to Lillian, who was standing by his side.
He then stepped casually into one of the cave entrails.
This seemed to be his first time entering a cave since the farmland had become corrupted.
Stepping into the cave, the noisy outside world was cut off, the interior of the cave was dim, and very quiet.
During the contamination of the farmland, it was probably the Wandering Wizards stationed outside this cave area who were the most unlucky.
That night, aside from the farmland, this area filled with cave entrances also spewed out a large number of cave creatures.
The wizards stationed here to hunt cave creatures bore the brunt, with hardly any survivors.
Daytime contamination of the cave was indeed stronger than at night; barely walking a short while, Colin had already felt the pressure that previously could only be felt deep within the cave.
Yet this level of pressure was no longer of any concern to him now.
Taking a few more steps, he saw several cave creatures.
Dismissing them with a wave of his hand, Colin inspected carefully, and still, he found no abnormalities.
After advancing for about an hour, he had reached parts of the cave that he had never been to before.
Here, even he could no longer ignore the cave’s unique influence, as the Magic Power within him began to stir in a strange fashion.
After a moment of contemplation, Colin chose to return the way he came.
Following the route recorded by Superbrain, he moved forward but stopped suddenly at an intersection ten minutes later.
"That’s not right... I didn’t see this junction on the way here!"
Colin’s face tightened, and after thinking for a short while, he took a deep breath.
The next moment.
Boom!
Powerful energy waves erupted from his body, intertwining Red Light Blood Qi with Light Blue Magic Power, causing the air around to churn endlessly.
At the same time, Colin also acutely captured a trace of anomaly in the "passage" before him.
Bang!
He swung his fist forward.
Hissss—!!
A sharp scream accompanied by the sound of dispersion suddenly echoed throughout the cave.
The next second, a black mist rapidly dispersed, the intersection before his eyes vanished, revealing the cave as Colin remembered it.
"A cave monster I’ve never seen before... able to alter the environment within the cave, and it seems not merely an illusion."
Colin’s expression remained unchanged as he continued to make his way back to the ground.
Indeed, many unknown secrets still hid within the cave...
"What did you find?" Seeing him emerge, Lillian, who had been waiting outside, breathed a sigh of relief before asking.
"Nothing," Colin shook his head, "I didn’t find anything unusual within the cave."
"Maybe it’s because the Wandering Wizards who used to be stationed here are gone, and with no one hunting the Cave Monsters, they’ve begun to spread outward."
"Perhaps that’s it," Colin nodded, "We’ll send a few wizards to be stationed here temporarily. Later, through Chasai Commerce and Roon Kingdom, we’ll issue a purchasing order for the Cave Monsters. It won’t be long before Wandering Wizards come to hunt them."
In fact, even without his interference, it wouldn’t be long before those wandering wizards were drawn here.
After all, Cave Monster carcasses had many uses and sold well everywhere.
"Alright," Lillian agreed with a nod, then glanced at the time and added with a smile, "At one o’clock, we’ll head back just in time for Jennifer’s birthday party!"
"I wonder if Shelley has set off yet. She initially didn’t want to accept Jennifer’s invitation and only agreed to go after my suggestion."
Lillian chattered on, all the while observing Colin’s reaction.
One Shelley was already enough to give her a headache, and if another Jennifer were to come into the picture, then she would only be left with one-third... which wasn’t enough.
"Mhm," Colin listened quietly, offering no comment.
Night fell.
The Valley Ear Street District.
Jennifer’s private villa.
The lights were bright in the small banquet hall on the second floor, with laughter and music spilling out.
"This wine... I remember it’s brewed from wheat.
Why is there a floral scent?... It seems like Golden Flame Flower was added. I’ll have someone pick some for you tomorrow, Sister Lillian!"
"Try this wheat delight cookie, Sister Shelley! This is a specialty from the Roon Kingdom. See if you can taste how it’s made."
In the corner, Colin watched the scene with a glass of juice in his hand, taking a small sip and smiling gently.
After all, Jennifer had just turned fourteen and, aside from her title as Queen, was simply a cute girl of fourteen.
Who could bear to be cold to a warm-hearted, cute girl?
At least, neither Lillian nor Shelley could.
Colin smiled silently once more.
It was just unfortunate that the current environment was still far from stable enough for him to relax and consider affairs of the heart.
He still needed to seize every moment to enhance his strength...
At sea.
Thirteen Sky-reaching Grey Towers stood tall, piercing the heavens, and in their midst was the Council of Gods.
It was an inverted cone-shaped black platform suspended in midair, where the Divine Power of the gods incessantly hovered above, forming a dazzling and profound stream of light as a dome.
Popes gathered here, their figures indistinct and their numbers unclear.
Their discussion seemed to be drawing to a close. One of the Popes spoke slowly,
"The pollution plot for the farmland has failed, our next actions cannot afford any mistakes."
"Hmph, everyone knows that the failure of this operation was not our fault. That farmland pollution was said to be unsolvable by any wizard, yet in the end..."
"Are you blaming my lord?!"
Whirr—!
A grey-green figure seethed in anger, questioning forcefully, with a menacing murky light building at the tip of the moss-green scepter in his hand.
"Enough, dwelling on the past is pointless," a golden voice in the center declared sternly.
"My lord shall not be defiled!" The grey-green figure saw him speak up, the light on his scepter dimmed slightly, but he still said gravely.
"I had no intention of criticizing the Poison Wrath Divine... The great He is beyond my judgment," the Pope who had spoken earlier fell silent for a moment and chose to back down.
"Hmph!" The grey-green figure snorted and said no more.
"As for the farmland pollution incident, the wizard responsible for foiling our plan..." Another voice spoke up.
"Rest assured, I’ve made arrangements; he won’t live much longer," a hoarse voice stated blandly.
"The wizard is not our focus; we should concentrate on the up-coming operations and I hope there will be no more mishaps..."
"Of course..."
The discussion concluded, and the Popes’ figures vanished, leaving the grey stone platform empty once again. Only the resplendent Divine Power continued to circulate endlessly above.