Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Unlike when Elsa first came here, there was already a squadron of knights from the Royal Knights stationed here, and no one else was seen. Although the ground was still covered with thick snow, there was no longer the strong breath of resentful spirits that she had felt when she first came here. Those dead apostles had been completely eliminated and purified.

Tricia's first feeling when she came here was that the air was filled with a strong sacred atmosphere.

At this time, the town was guarded by the knights of Wo Cress. Upon learning of the arrival of Elsa and Tricia, Wo Cress personally greeted them. After a brief greeting, Elsa and Tricia explained their purpose of coming - to investigate the castle ruins.

Without saying a word, Wo Cress brought them to the ruins. He left with the guarding knights and left the place to Aisha and Tricia.

"It looks like the residents here have been temporarily resettled. Wo Kress and his team are quite efficient."

After Wo Kress left, Aisha looked at the empty streets and houses in the town and said.

The first thing she noticed after arriving here was that most of the people who originally lived here had now left. From Wo Cress, she learned that those people had now been escorted to nearby cities and were temporarily being taken in by the church. Although the church had no involvement in this matter, it immediately sent personnel after learning of the situation. The reason for this was not only related to Elsa and Tricia, but mainly because handling such matters was the church's job.

Suppressing evil and dealing with the disasters caused by it is something written into the church's doctrines. Moreover, when it comes to dealing with incidents related to vampires and Dead Apostles, the church can indeed be said to be the most suitable.

With the help of the church, most of the residents will quickly recover their health - both physically and mentally.

Of course, there will be more resettlement measures for them in the future. After all, there are quite a few of them, and it is winter now. The small cities nearby simply do not have enough land and housing for them, and the local church cannot continue to accommodate so many people.

Food alone is a problem. The food stored in Mick Town is not enough to feed so many people for a whole winter - obviously, in the eyes of Marquis Fabrice, these people simply do not need so much food.

In the end, there will definitely be another transfer. As for how to implement it, we will probably consult them for their own opinions before making a decision.

In short, since they were the people rescued by Elsa and Tricia, the Empire will definitely not neglect them. From Wo Chris's quick actions, it can be seen that at least Her Majesty the Queen attaches great importance to the situation here, so those people will definitely be properly arranged.

“Where will they end up?”

"Maybe we'll go to Kroros. It's the largest city nearby. Since it's close to the Western Province, there's plenty of food. An expanding city like that probably needs more people to move in, so it might be a good opportunity to settle down."

Tricia smiled and said.

In fact, when you reach Elsa's level, this kind of thing will become a matter of course - although Tricia does not think that this kind of special treatment due to status is a practice worth promoting, she also believes that it is natural to execute orders efficiently under reasonable and appropriate circumstances.

Following her memory, Elsa walked into the ruins and found a bare broken wall.

"If I remember correctly, I put the pendant here."

“The sacred atmosphere here is so strong.”

Tricia looked at the ruins in front of her. Although the cross pendant had been taken away long ago, Tricia could still feel the thick and sticky breath of holy light in the air. If Elsa had not told Tricia in detail about what happened here on the way, Tricia would even mistake this place for a natural holy place.

However, buried beneath these ruins are the bodies of countless dead apostles and the vengeful spirits that resulted from them - let alone a holy place, this place has nothing to do with holiness at all.

With a sigh, Tricia expanded her magical vision and carefully felt the flow of breath in the air. There was indeed a small amount of soul breath in the air, but it had been thoroughly purified, so people would not feel any discomfort. On the contrary, staying in such a place for a long time would actually increase a person's mental strength to a certain extent - because the fragments left after the soul was purified would become excellent spiritual nourishment.

Although it is of little use to people of Tricia's level, it is a rare good thing for ordinary people.

"It's amazing."

Tricia couldn't help but want to praise him.

She thought that if she had been in charge of the situation at the time, she could not have done better than this - even if those dead apostles were killed, as long as the large amount of resentful spirits accumulated here did not dissipate, the town here would eventually breed undead monsters, so usually when dealing with such incidents, some appropriate follow-up measures are indispensable. However, in most cases, sealing is chosen instead of purification, because purification is much more difficult than sealing, and it is difficult to eradicate the problem.

Elsa not only completely purified this land, but also gave it a strong sacred aura. I am afraid that this sacred aura will bring blessings to this land for a period of time in the future, making the people living here free from diseases and cleansing their souls.

Tricia suddenly felt that perhaps Walter Cress's good intentions had backfired—if he had been a little slower and allowed the residents to stay a few more days, perhaps nothing would have happened.

She roughly felt that the holy light energy gathered here had probably reached the level of a sacred forbidden spell.

Moreover, it is a rare pure holy light that can be compared with the holy magic of the saint. There is no doubt that this is the work of Elsa. Apart from the saint, only Elsa's holy light magic is at this level.

"I've changed my mind, Aisha."

Tricia raised her head, took a deep breath, and suddenly said.

"I previously speculated that the cross pendant must have been worn by you for a long time, and therefore, under the long-term extremely high magic pressure difference, it has been endowed with the properties of a holy object. It is like mithril. Due to the influence of the magic element of the earth veins, silver, which is most susceptible to magic, has a certain probability of being endowed with magical properties, becoming precious 'mithril'."

As she spoke, Tricia looked at Aisha with a sharp gaze.

"But after seeing everything here, I suddenly had a new guess that frightened me - perhaps it was born here."

After a pause, Tricia continued:

"In other words, Aisha, it's your creation."

At this moment, Tricia suddenly raised her head as if sensing something, and gazed intently towards the sunset in the distance.

"Huh? The crow brought news."

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436: The Misfit

"Is it Charlie?"

Elsa looked at Tricia. Since it was a message from Crow, it was most likely that Charlie contacted them on her own - there must be something she couldn't handle on her own.

Although Elsa and Tricia were only away for one day, and Tricia left Crow to protect Charlie, and the Royal Knights' troops have now entered the Barony of Fisher, there is still a dragon and a vampire duke there, so Elsa can't completely let go of her worries.

"She's not in any danger, is she?"

Aisha asked subconsciously.

Tricia shook her head.

"Don't worry, it's not an emergency message. It must be something else important. Otherwise, I wouldn't have received the message from Crow until Charlie sent me a message."

Tricia saw it clearly. Charlie was Elsa's first love and the person Elsa always felt guilty about. She meant a lot to Elsa, so Tricia naturally would not let Charlie fall into danger. She had more than one way to keep Charlie by her side.

"However, perhaps there's something new happening in the Barony, otherwise Charlie wouldn't have asked Crow to deliver the message."

As she spoke, Tricia had already quickly finished reading the content of the communication - unlike the common communication magic, Tricia's own communication magic was written by herself, so only she knew how to read the information correctly after receiving it.

Moreover, Tricia's communication magic can carry more information than general communication magic. Simply put, a letter with only a dozen words usually needs to be split up, but Tricia does not need to do that, and there is even redundancy.

But as the summons was read, Tricia's expression gradually became solemn.

Seeing this, Elsa also became a little worried.

"what happens?"

"No, they just discovered something that shouldn't exist in the North. The vampire scouts sent by Alman found a deadly place hidden within a magical barrier. It's obvious that someone didn't want this place to be discovered and used magic to hide it."

Tricia said in a deep voice, her tone becoming serious.

"There are only a few death zones within the empire. Elsa, do you remember the ruins of the old capital? Almost all the death zones within the empire are similar to this one, left behind during the Demon King War forty years ago. Some were destroyed by my magic circle, while others were destroyed by the Demon King's powerful force. However, the death zone we found this time is unlike any I've ever known. Furthermore, according to the description, the trees there haven't completely withered yet. I'm afraid they were formed later."

That's why Tricia had such a worried and serious expression.

"In that case, let's go back to Baron Fisher's territory and find out more about the situation."

Aisha said.

Tricia nodded and glanced at the castle ruins with a hint of regret - she originally came here to explore the secret of Elsa's pendant, but now it seems that she has more important things to do. When she comes here next time, the holy light here will probably have dissipated.

Can Elsa perform the same miracle again? — Tricia did not doubt Elsa's power, but some things ultimately require coincidence.

Of course, Tricia will definitely continue to try. What if Elsa can really create holy objects as she pleases?

……

It was still evening when we returned to the Barony of Fisher.

Elsa and Tricia didn't have time to say hello to the knights stationed here. They immediately found Charlie, Alman and Duke Charlbliss to ask them about the situation. After the Duke gave a general explanation, Alman handed the magic stone that he had prepared long ago to Tricia for inspection.

"I think it's a place of death," said Duke Chalblis. He used to be very mature, but now he was as reserved as a child when facing Elsa and Tricia. "But I'm not sure. Could there be some other reason for this phenomenon..."

"Your judgment is correct. This is a deadly place."

After reading the contents recorded in the Philosopher's Stone, Tricia confirmed what Duke Chalbris said.

"And it wasn't formed that long ago. Although there are many ways to extract vitality, being able to drain it to such a depleted state proves that the vein must be dead."

Tricia had seen the Land of Death, and no one would doubt her knowledge. The occult magic she used gave her a much deeper understanding of the earth veins than anyone else present, so such a judgment would certainly not be wrong.

"However, from the recorded footage, it doesn't look like the forest there has even been destroyed. Since the dead zone was formed recently, this is very unusual... If it hasn't been destroyed, then how did the dead zone come about, and what happened to the ley lines? All of this is unknown. If we don't investigate, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach a conclusion."

"Besides that, our people also discovered a strange place. It seems to have been a cave before, but it was destroyed. Judging from the traces, it happened about a month ago. The enemy is very powerful. Considering the barrier covering that area, I think someone must be secretly pushing this. I just don't know their purpose."

Yarman added at the right moment.

Even the demons, capable of surviving in a deadly land, couldn't tolerate the destruction of their leylines, let alone other races. On this matter, vampires and humans shared the same views, so Alman didn't deliberately hide anything—he was smart, and he would certainly know how to choose.

Tricia glanced at him without saying anything, just recalling the time in her mind.

A month ago, it was around the time when the Undead General Tobias woke up.

It also happens to be related to the location of Alman's organization.

Is this a coincidence?

Tricia narrowed her eyes, feeling more and more that this discovery was unusual.

She casually extracted the record in the magic stone and made a copy, then fed the magic stone to the crow on her shoulder. She turned her head and whispered something to the crow, and the crow flapped its wings and flew away. After all, it was an abnormal phenomenon related to the earth veins. Tricia had to tell Stikia about this matter as soon as possible and let Stikia send someone to investigate. Of course, Tricia herself also planned to go and see the situation.

After doing all this, Tricia turned her gaze to Aisha.

"Elsa, we might have to make another trip."

"no problem."

There was nothing to do in the Barony anyway, and Elsa didn't feel tired, so she didn't mind making another trip.

At this moment, Charlie opened her mouth subconsciously. She really wanted to say that she wanted to go with Elsa, but the words could not come out. She gently grasped the corner of her clothes, looking a little lonely.

Even if she followed, it would only cause trouble and hinder their progress. Charlie felt that she was aware of this.

However, Tricia noticed all of Charlie's little actions.

"Elsa, take Charlie with you."

Tricia suddenly said, startling Charlie.

Charlie pointed at herself, "Hey? Me?"

"Yes."

"But...will I cause you any trouble..."

Although he said this, he could no longer conceal the anticipation in his eyes.

Tricia explained seriously, "The Death Zone isn't a particularly dangerous place, it's just devoid of life. I brought you there mainly to give you a better understanding of this world. I believe you'll continue to stand by Elsa's side in the future, so this knowledge will be essential for you."

Although it was just a stepping stone, it was also the truth. If Charlie wanted to continue following Elsa, then Charlie's vision must not be limited to the mayor's daughter from a small town or a silver medal adventurer, but to a country or even further.

And Charlie seemed a little hesitant, because from beginning to end, Elsa didn't say anything.

She seemed to be expecting Aisha's invitation.

Seeing this, Elsa couldn't help but find it funny. She walked over and naturally took Charlie's hand.

"Come along, Charlie. I'll protect you no matter what happens."

Charlie's heart suddenly blossomed with joy, but Alman and Duke Charlbliss on the side could only stare blankly - in this atmosphere, they were the only two standing there, looking out of place.

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437. Wandering Demons (6K5)

The place where the death was discovered was in the easternmost part of the northern border, where there was a vast and dense coniferous forest. It was only a few days' journey away from the vassal state of Helensis Butana in the northeast. If it were not for the rolling mountains and forests, the location of Helensis Butana could be seen from the forest.

They came here following the marks left by the vampires.

The setting sun was still hanging in the sky when Elsa and Tricia brought Charlie to the forest. They stayed high above the forest, observing it.

"You've mastered the magic of blood mist so quickly? That's amazing..."

Aisha looked at Charlie who had turned into a blood mist and praised her sincerely.

Elsa has also been learning magic from Tricia for some time. She always feels that if she didn't have the unique ability to master magic by just looking at the complete magic structure, she might not have been able to master much magic until now.

In comparison, Charlie's talent seemed to be much better. After only a few days, Charlie could already use the blood mist magic freely.

However, seeing Charlie turn into a bloody mass, Elsa always felt weird.

After receiving Aisha's praise, Charlie laughed happily.

Although she was still a little uncomfortable with the change in her vision after turning into blood mist, at least she didn't have to rely entirely on Tricia for help, which made Charlie a little happy - it seemed that the recent training was not in vain, and she finally didn't have to rely on Elsa and Tricia for everything.

"Hehe, no... Actually, this is my first time flying this high. Before, I only dared to fly as high as a crow and didn't dare to fly any higher..."