I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 278. Morro
The First Administrative District, also known as the Imperial Court.

This place houses the headquarters or branches of all the Empire's major official organizations, such as the three Papacys, the Midgard Council, the Imperial Holy Ministry, the Knights of the Apocalypse, and the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.
The Imperial Astronomical Bureau is situated in a very remote wilderness, with its thousand-meter-high spire soaring into the clouds.

This is a special agency independent of the military and political system, whose main responsibility is to monitor celestial phenomena.

Every living being in the world has a corresponding star in the astral plane, but most people are tiny specks of dust, imperceptible and insignificant.

Only after advancing to the first tier of Spirit Master will a corresponding [Stardust] light up. If a Spirit Weapon is awakened, the brightness will increase further, becoming a [Star Spirit].

Above the Protoss are very large planets.

Only gods can possess a corresponding planet, representing their power.

Of course, there are very few exceptions.

For example—Sirius!

"Chief! Chief!"

The white-haired old man lay in the rocking chair, swaying leisurely and fast asleep. He smacked his lips, turned over, and said impatiently, "Don't bother me with trivial matters; make your own decisions on important ones."

The clerk, wearing a star-blue cloak, smiled and said, "Chief, we've detected some unusual activity on Sirius No. 2. Would you call this a minor matter or a major one?"

Snap—The white-haired old man sat up abruptly, all sleepiness gone, and instantly appeared in front of an astronomical observatory.

When the bureau chief arrived, the gathered clerks quickly made way for him.

The astral realm is not the actual starry sky, so the monitoring methods are somewhat abstract. In addition to using special astronomical lenses, one must also learn the corresponding divine grace garments.

Only by becoming a follower of a certain god can one be qualified to cast one's gaze into the astral plane; otherwise, one will go blind.

The old man peered into the starry sky through a Bologna-class astrophotography lens, but his field of vision was completely dark, with no trace of Sirius.

Nearly six months ago, when the second Sirius appeared, the Astronomical Bureau detected two identical dark planets orbiting the star in a symmetrical manner.

Unfortunately, Sirius was obscured by starlight again a few minutes later, and its whereabouts were lost.

"Disappeared again?" Seeing nothing, the old man frowned and got up.

A clerk quickly stepped forward and handed over a drawing, saying in a deep voice, "Sirius No. 1 has not been found, but Sirius No. 2 appeared for 23 seconds. According to our calculations, this is very likely the time it takes to advance. Based on the intensity of the aura, its spiritual pressure is currently around level four."

"Fourth order?"

In less than half a year, he went from being an apprentice to a fourth-level spiritual master, and advancing to the fourth level was as easy as drinking water.

The old man's sparse eyebrows furrowed tightly. He could only say that it truly lived up to its name as a world-destroying calamity star. It was simply too heaven-defying. If it were allowed to continue growing, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He took the blueprints. The star chart was pitch black, with a dark planet in the upper right corner emitting a milky white halo.

For the past six months, the Astronomical Bureau has been searching for traces of two ominous stars in the Sirius star region.

Logically, every promotion they receive should be an opportunity for exposure.

Unfortunately, Sirius No. 1 could not be observed for some reason, while Sirius No. 2 did show two extremely faint lights, which represented two advancements.

Unfortunately, the light was too faint and disappeared after a short while, making it impossible to locate.

This time, it entered the extraordinary realm, and the light was unprecedented. Although it only lasted for more than twenty seconds, it was enough to locate it!
The bureau chief turned around: "Where is he?"

"Near the northern border, in the Moro Sea of ​​District 49, coordinates 291.12.03.09, according to the search, it is a military base under the jurisdiction of the Li Dong Legion, Xize Island."

"The Moro Sea?"

The white-haired old man pondered for a moment, remembering that one of the members of the wolf-hunting team happened to be in the Moro Sea.

The Wolf Hunting Squad is a secret team established two years ago, when the first Sirius appeared. It is spread throughout the Empire, but has found nothing in the past two years.

They even suspected that the target might be in the Nightmare Realm.

However, it now appears that this is not the case.

At least Sirius No. 2 hasn't escaped the Empire's territory yet.

As the old man pondered, he flipped his withered hand, and a pure white dove materialized out of thin air, flapped its wings, and leaped into the seven-colored mirror in front of it, disappearing without a trace.
In addition to a large amount of spiritual materials, Xize Island also has various military-grade ships.

Xia Feng's current Nash Space has a very large capacity, so he swept all the ships away.

Capsule ships, cone-shaped ships, cloud shuttle airships, small star wheels. They may not be useful, but let's loot them first.

In addition, there were a large quantity of daily necessities and food.

Mu Qingtong also joined the sweeping team. She also had a space called Fei's Inner Treasury Space, which was a very... wonderful name.

However, her space was only 5 cubic meters, so she only filled it with some spiritual materials and a large number of candied hawthorns.

It's a shame this fortress doesn't have soy milk, bad review!
After emptying the fortress's armory, Xia Feng used the Shadow of Blood to devour all the corpses. At the same time, he spread an extremely thin layer of Blood Shadow over the entire island, instantly corrupting the ground and buildings and destroying all traces.

The already devastated island became even more broken and cratered, a deathly still place.

He had accumulated a large amount of blood beasts over the past few months, and even after cleaning the island, there was still more than half left, which he could not possibly use up.

While dealing with these matters, Mu Qingtong also deciphered the compass she obtained from the Apocalypse Knight.

It contains a video recording of Pang Xize admitting that he was the mastermind behind Garden and White Emperor City.

Looking at the video, Xia Feng stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Although Pang Xize didn't tell the whole truth in the footage, the compass was still very useful. For example, it allowed them to cut out the footage of Pang Xize lying in the second half, leaving only the first half of the truth.
In addition, one particular conversation caught Xia Feng's attention.

"Pang Xize, from thirty years ago to now, have you used the souls of 100,000 soldiers to create the 'Stone of Hope for Life'?"

"Yes."

The "Wangsheng Stone"—though its exact nature is unknown, it is likely the main reason that led to the deaths of 100,000 soldiers.

After noting down the item, Xia Feng gave the half-dragon legion a few more instructions before putting them into a deep sleep.

He had no intention of taking the half-dragon legion with him, nor could he take them with him.

So it's better to just leave it here and let the Li Dong Legion take it over.

With such a valuable half-dragon army, the Li Dong Legion will certainly spend a lot of resources and do its best to cultivate it.

Using the enemy's resources to cultivate their own power, and with the Dragon God's Contract Seal, if the Li Dong Legion tries to explore their memories, they will only find nothingness. Perfect!

After completing all the tasks and ensuring nothing was overlooked, Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong returned to the blue whale's body in Baidi City through the blue whale passage.

What puzzled Xia Feng was that he didn't see Freya anywhere.

"What about people?"

The two circled over Baidi City a few more times. The sky and earth were dark and desolate.

Xia Feng frowned. Logically speaking, Teacher Fu wouldn't run around like that, and after so much time, the veterans should have returned to Baidi City by now.

But there was no one around.

Something's not right, absolutely not right.

While pondering, he slipped into the dense forest and sensed the surroundings.

One of the functions of the Ten Sacred Armor is forest protection: In the forest, one's spiritual senses can merge into the forest and see all the sights within a kilometer radius.

Xia Feng began to fly swiftly through the forest, and soon he saw an armored man lying against a tree stump.

The man was covered in blood, his armor was cracked, his face, with its disheveled white hair covered by a semi-transparent visor, and his purplish lips were constantly coughing up blood. He looked as if he had just survived a bloody battle, and he looked quite miserable.

This man was none other than Lee Jae-seok, the leader of the veterans.

However, at this moment his eyes were empty and lifeless, and his distorted spirit seemed about to leave his body.

He is going to die.

(End of this chapter)