Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Aisha said yes, then there is no escape.

The resurrection of the demon general, the attack of the vampires, the abnormalities in the underground palace, behind these things there is the shadow of this black branch. Obviously, there is a connection between them, but what we have seen before were dry branches, but this time it is something like a sapling.

"This kind of thing can't appear here for no reason. I think it's probably related to the recent resurrection of the demon general. I just don't know who is behind this and how they could penetrate such an important place deep within the regiment's base."

Aisha expressed Hannah and Buck's concerns.

Buck shook his head and sighed.

"Although as a knight of the church, I shouldn't say anything about the Magician Corps from my personal and church perspectives, but honestly, I am disappointed with them from the bottom of my heart."

Buck has a straightforward personality, and her attitude towards Elsa wasn't very good at first.

Moreover, what he said was true - how lax must the management of the Magician Corps be to allow the enemy to infiltrate to this extent? They were clearly one of the two most powerful corps in Dammas Fortress, which was really a bit outrageous.

So even though Buck's tone was not very pleasant, neither Hannah nor Renee objected.

Elsa said, "We can't draw any conclusions yet. To ensure there are no accidents, I suggest confirming with the Knights, the Lord's Mansion, and the Church. Since the enemy has already attacked the Magician Corps, it makes sense they wouldn't have other ideas."

"I agree," Hannah said, but then she cast her gaze back into the dark cave. "But...are we just going to leave this thing here? How about I go down and chop it down?"

As she spoke, Hannah had already drawn her sword.

If you can't touch it with magic, then just cut it directly.

"Don't be careless. This thing is very mysterious and dangerous. Even the demon generals will be affected by it."

Elsa recalled the appearance of the flesh whiskers all over the body of the Demon General, and at the same time thought of the black monsters and the filthy ones behind them. Those filthy ones were not like that originally, and the black branches that caused them to change have never been found. I don’t know if they were absorbed like the Demon General, or left somewhere in the forest.

"Hannah, stand back."

"Oh……"

Elsa walked forward, thought about it, then squatted down and reached out to the branch.

"Lady Faris, please be careful!"

"Elsa..."

Hannah and Vivian both showed worried expressions, but the next moment, not only Vivian, but Buck and Hannah also saw that the layers of black were immediately pushed aside by Elsa's outstretched hand, revealing the original appearance of the branches. The black shadows faded, and the stacked gray stone bricks underneath, as well as a faint white light like fireflies appeared in front of everyone.

Only then did they realize that this black branch actually looked like a small sapling growing there, with roots underneath. Under the roots was not soil, but something that emitted a faint white light.

At this time, Elsa's fingers had not touched the sapling yet, but just stopped near it. Seeing this, she once again confirmed that her magic power could dispel the black energy of the branches. The black miasma actively avoided Elsa, so that they erupted outward like springs, but immediately fell into Elsa's purification magic.

At the same time, Elsa no longer hesitated and grabbed the black sapling and lifted it up.

Rumble, gurgle—the floor tiles made a dull friction sound. As Elsa pulled up the black sapling, the slender and dense black roots directly lifted up layers of stone bricks. Hannah and the others felt the vibration and the ups and downs of the ground under their feet, and were startled.

"Back off!"

Hannah quickly pulled Vivian and Renee back several steps, and Buck also quickly stepped aside.

They were surprised to see Elsa pulling the black branch out of the ground inch by inch. The roots of the dark sapling were extremely long. The branches were only as long as Elsa's arms, but the roots underneath were at least two or three meters long. By the time Elsa moved several steps, the dark roots had overturned all the nearby tiles, and the bottom was nowhere to be seen. At this time, the black mist pounced towards Elsa as if it had life.

"Elsa!"

"Don't come over here, I'm fine."

Elsa's voice was as calm as ever, and Vivian stopped immediately.

Buck and Hannah were hesitant to speak. They both looked at Elsa and the black fog nervously, only to find that the black fog could not get close to Elsa at all. It was like a violent storm trying to shake a mountain - although the storm was fierce, it could do nothing to Elsa.

Aisha glanced at her own panel.

The health value kept jumping rapidly between 99999 and 99998. Elsa couldn't help but wonder, what standard was used to calculate the health value? Moreover, there was not even a decimal point, so could it really be counted accurately?

Elsa ignored the black mist and pulled up the sapling directly. Its roots were buried in the ground like vines. As the roots were pulled out, more and more floor tiles were lifted up - finally, the black sapling was uprooted, and Elsa saw that its roots were more than ten meters long.

"Why are its roots so long? So disgusting..."

Renee couldn't help but complain, and this sentence seemed to remind Hannah of something.

At this time, a hint of white appeared at the roots of the black sapling buried under the floor tiles. When Elsa noticed it, the white hint had already begun to spread upwards.

"This is……"

Hannah and Renee were bewildered. Vivian sensed something different, but couldn't put her finger on it. Only Elsa could distinctly sense a familiar scent rising from the ground—this time, it was the unmistakable scent of ley lines.

In just a few breaths, the sapling in Elsa's hand was completely filled with pure white, and a hint of emerald green could be vaguely seen in the pure white.

The miasma in the air also quickly dissipated.

Vivian and Hannah all looked puzzled.

"What...what is this? A white tree?"

"It doesn't seem to be completely white... I can see a little bit of green..."

"I've never seen anything like this before. Why would it appear here? Is the miasma related to it? But why has it disappeared now?"

Elsa looked at the sapling in her hand thoughtfully.

The white branches and the familiar smell reminded Elsa of something she had seen deep in the underground palace - the earth veins.

But, is this a ley line of land?

The earth veins sprouted?

Black buds?

So what is the situation now?

"Hannah, seal this place off," Aisha said directly, "I'm leaving to find someone."

Things here are a bit beyond the scope. If there is anyone who might know something about these things, it must be Tricia.

……

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232. Give Me a Name (4k3)

Over the edge of the forest north of Weilin Town, layers of clouds were slowly moving. If one looked down at the endless plain from high above, one would see the huge shadows of the clouds slowly moving across the plain.

For a moment, the huge shadow seemed to distort, and then quickly returned to normal.

This scene is difficult to notice.

At this moment, high in the sky, a huge floating island city slowly emerged from the clouds - this spectacular scene could not be seen from the ground in any way.

In a room on Sky Island—

Tricia woke up from a short rest. She sat up unsteadily and turned her head. She saw that the magic stone in the magic circle set up next to her had already burned into gray-white stone.

Tricia glanced at the hourglass beside her expressionlessly, the feeling of exhaustion gnawing at her nerves.

When Elsa was away, many things on Sky Island needed to be presided over by Tricia, and Tricia was also responsible for the investigation of Sky Island and the reorganization of some magic circles.

Tricia did not intend to hand over Sky Island to Elsa as a holy land for researchers. Research was important, but what was more important was how to use Sky Island as a strategic weapon. Therefore, the most basic magic circle that maintained Sky Island's defense and active offense naturally had to be improved. In Tricia's view, the original magic circle on Sky Island was too old, backward, and full of loopholes, so she began to recompile a complete set of defensive magic circle system based on the entire Sky Island.

This is a huge project, so naturally there is no time to rest.

"The magic circle is effective for a shorter period of time than yesterday. Unfortunately, the temporary magic circle can only do this much..."

Tricia sighed, her eyes falling on the lines on her arms and legs, which had become even darker.

In recent days, Tricia felt that nasty feeling of curse encroaching upon her return.

When she was in Dammas, Tricia used various methods to suppress the curse of the devil and slow down the impact of the curse, but since leaving Dammas, Tricia has not rested for a long time. These days, she even relies on magic potions to replenish her magic power.

At the beginning, the curse could be suppressed with the help of Elsa. Tricia once felt that the power of the curse had weakened a lot, but when Elsa left the town of Weilin, the curse immediately came back in just a few days. Without the suppression of the magic circle, Tricia felt that the curse in her body had a tendency to return to its original state.

This was not good news, and it made Tricia realize again that if she wanted to completely eliminate the Demon King, she had to be with Elsa every day.

"So, I can no longer live without Elsa?"

Tricia murmured and shook her head in a voice only she could hear.

I hope Elsa doesn't hate it.

At this moment, Moira's voice came from outside the door -

"Sage, are you resting?"

There was a hint of joy in Moira's voice, which made Tricia feel a little strange.

"What's the matter?"

"Lady Faris is back. She said she wanted to see you. It seems like there's something important..."

Before Moira could finish, Tricia grabbed her robe and came to the door, startling Moira.

"Where is she? Take me there, please—"

……

The afternoon sun became hot, especially at high altitudes where there were no clouds.

However, the Sky Island was not affected. The scorching sunlight that shone directly on it was easily filtered out by the magic circle above the Sky Island, making it as gentle as the setting sun in winter.

I have to say, when she came to Sky Island again, this huge floating island city gave Elsa a completely different feeling.

In the distance are floating clouds and the boundless horizon, in the near distance are the uninhabited and uniquely styled cities of the Winged People, as well as endless forests and mountains. The sky, where even birds have never been, highlights a different kind of grandeur.

But the empty city adds a sense of loneliness to this grandeur.

Elsa and Moira explained their purpose and exchanged pleasantries with Ryan and the others. Soon, she met Tricia. Elsa got straight to the point, took out the white sapling, and briefly explained what had happened in Dammas.

"Found in the underground magic circle at the Magician Corps' headquarters...transformed from black branches?"

Tricia's eyes became more serious than ever before. She only took one look and realized that the sapling was not simple.

"Are you sure it's the same type as the black dead branch, and not a similar color?"

"Yes, I won't be mistaken. That aura is exactly the same as the one emanating from the Demon General and the Filth One. The only difference is that the ones we saw before were all dried black branches, and this is not."

Aisha is very confident about this, and she is confident that she will not admit her mistakes.

"I believe in your judgment, Aisha." Tricia took a deep breath and looked at Aisha's hands. "Can you let me see it?"

Elsa handed the sapling in her hand to Tricia. Tricia carefully supported it with magic and found that her magic power was not eroded. Instead, it gave her a very comfortable feeling. Even the curse in her body was rarely calmed down.

"I've never seen anything like it, and it even seems to be trying to weaken my curse."

"Can it also weaken the curse?"

"Yeah, but the effect is really limited. After all, this is the curse of the Demon King..." Tricia glanced at Elsa, "If it were just an ordinary spell, it would probably be dispelled by it."

"Do you know what it is?"

Tricia didn't answer immediately, but took a deep breath, and her deep, lifeless eyes fell into Aisha's eyes.

"From its aura, it's very similar to the branches and veins of the World Tree I've seen before, but... the World Tree has no physical form, and the veins can't sprout..."

The World Tree is not a tree of this world.

"Besides, the World Tree has long since withered."

Tricia fell silent and thought. It seemed that some clues appeared in her mind, but it also seemed that there were none. This feeling made her frown.

Elsa asked, "The World Tree and the Leyline? Are they the same thing?"

"No, not at all. It's just that their auras are similar. Legend has it that the World Tree is the tallest tree in the Goddess's Courtyard. Its true form doesn't exist in our mortal world. Only on nights when magic surges can its outline be seen deep in the Elven Forest. But even just a glimpse of it will bring infinite blessings to this continent. As for the ley lines, their birth is probably only known to the world's first dragon. At that time, this world was probably loved by the gods... Their auras are similar, probably because they are both gifts from the gods."

God existed in a very long time ago, but later he disappeared.

For Elsa, an atheist, she doesn't think there really is a God in the world - or rather, the God that Elsa believes in is a transcendent concept, and the goddess and earth mother mentioned by Tricia are probably real. There are indeed related records in some relics of the Age of Gods.

This god is not that god.

Of course, Elsa would never say such a thing, she is a nun.

In short, the origin of the World Tree and the ley lines cannot be the basis for Elsa to make judgments.

"I'm sorry, but even I'm not sure what this is—could you please leave it with me for now? I'll take the time to investigate."

Tricia asked, but Aisha had no opinion.

Elsa doesn't understand these things anyway.

"Then please."

Aisha laughed.

Elsa briefly inquired about the situation in the forest. No new black monsters and polluters had appeared recently. This was good news. Perhaps the forest had indeed been completely cleaned up.