When Griffith returned to Cang Yue Mountain to pay homage to the entrance, the city defense army and Westero Squadron had already been deployed here. They built fortifications and cordons, and with the help of local people, they screened the tourists who continued to gather.
More tourists have spread out on the mountain to join the lively festival celebrations.
Griffith went straight to the memorial committee camp halfway up the mountain. No matter what he wanted to do next, he must first get their assistance. As soon as he jumped out of the saddle, the horse collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.
"Elodi! Where is Elodie?!" the trainee knight shouted in the crowd. Visitors and staff were startled by him, but no one knew where the girl was.
"Sir Griffith, please come with me." A refreshing voice like spring rain came from the side, and Alandel appeared surrounded by the maids. The crowd immediately and respectfully stepped aside to make way for her.
She was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with tenderness flowing between her brows.
But this time Griffith did not fall into the intoxicated state before. He carefully and anxiously conceived his thoughts, walked forward quickly and whispered:
"A group of cultists activated some kind of sealed object with a wide-area effect. Although it is not clear what effect the sealed object has, the Hanami memorial ceremony must be terminated and the crowd must be evacuated immediately. We need manpower to investigate the whereabouts and whereabouts of the cultists. "Conspiracy," Griffith said, looking into the eyes of the daughter of the Heura family, "I personally need to find Elodie as soon as possible, and I ask the lady and your family to provide assistance."
"Yes, I understand," Alandel nodded slightly, "come with me."
After saying that, she turned around gracefully and walked towards the inner room.
Why are you so calm? Griffith wondered if the girl didn't understand the situation: "After the sealed object was activated, a certain substance was released. Everyone here may have been contaminated, including you and me. The situation is very urgent."
"I know," Alandel looked at the trainee knight following her as she walked. Her soft and graceful expression seemed to be chatting with a friend.
"Not long ago, you heard some kind of strange sound, rapid and disturbing?"
She noticed the impatience and impatience flashing on the trainee knight's face and said slowly. The soft and soft voice made Griffith feel calmer.
"Yes," Griffith nodded, "Are you also an Extraordinary?"
Alandel did not answer his question, but opened a door in front of him and pointed to a small table in the center of the inner room: "Is the pollution you are talking about... like this?"
There is a small round mirror placed in the empty inner room. On the mirror surface, there was a piece of billowing white ashes floating. Just witnessing this sight brought a flood of threat and fear that was stronger and more obvious than before.
Griffith thought of several possibilities in an instant.
The strange living creatures and strange sect costumes that appeared on the day of the memorial solo dance rehearsal...
He stared at the mysterious and beautiful girl for a while, looked at the empty inner room, and rushed towards the girl like a wild beast. He took out the Corrupted Feather Fencing Sword from his waist with his left hand, and strangled her throat with his right hand.
In that flash of lightning? He actually saw Alandel sigh helplessly.
what happened? Illusion?
The flow of time seems to be slowed down. Before Griffith could figure out what was going on, Alandel avoided his attack with graceful movements like a dance. Her fair and slender hand grabbed the wrist of his right hand and pulled it forward, and then touched his right hand. The upper arm was supported.
The heavily armed trainee knight felt his arms pulling his body to rotate. He flew up like a cloud and mist. He hit the cold floor with a loud bang.
Griffith heard the organs and bones throughout his body screaming like a celebration, and his ears were ringing.
He lay on the floor on his back with stars in his eyes, blood streaming from his nose. Two uniformed attendants hurried over from the side room. Alandel glanced at them, and the attendant immediately retreated quietly, as if nothing happened.
"The sealed object you are tracking is called the 'Call of the Ancestor'? Our understanding of this is not complete yet. This sealed object has been activated and spreads a rare pollution."
The girl knelt down, sat next to Gris, and explained to herself:
"Our tribe has conducted a preliminary investigation and found that the residents and tourists in Hepu Town are already in a state of invisible infection without distinction? Evacuation is of no use. Under normal circumstances, people with hidden infections are no different from ordinary people, and they live in their bodies. The contamination will also dissipate within a few days; if there are no other factors affecting it? The call of the ancestors is not dangerous.
"However, the lost power of the Call of the Ancestor will activate certain extraordinary characteristics? Infected people with activated characteristics are called explicit infected people. They will stimulate the pollution on nearby invisible infected people and mutate them into As monsters. Are these monsters 'living' corpses? They are always hungry for flesh and blood, and have strength and vitality far beyond ordinary people. Some special living corpses may have extraordinary abilities. Can you stand up?"
Griffith, who had recovered somewhat, nodded, wiped his nosebleed and got up from the floor, no longer trying to attack the girl.
Alandel looked at Knight Xi, and after making sure he calmed down, she turned around and brought the mirror on the table to him:
"The overt infected person who can activate the latent infected person is called the 'Queen' in ancient classics. The relevant cases are too old and are close to legends. We don't know exactly what characteristics are affected by the call of the ancestors. .
"The only thing that is known is that the "Queen" still maintains a human form, and may try to resist the influence of extraordinary characteristics, but the will and soul will ultimately be difficult to resist such an ancient and mysterious existence. She will be attracted by the large number of lives at the memorial site. Come.
"As long as the Queen remains alive, she can transform latent infected people within a radius of several hundred meters into crazy and twisted living corpses. In other words, as long as she appears nearby, tens of thousands of people at the entire memorial site will No one can escape death.
“These monsters will carry out crazy killings, transforming the living people they kill into their own kind, and will not stop until all their vitality is exhausted.
"This magic mirror is also a sealed object. It captured some information not long ago, but now it has been blocked by some kind of power."
Then, Alandel tapped the mirror gently, and the hanging ash disappeared, replaced by a familiar figure.
Elodie!
The girl's delicate face was distorted, and blood was constantly flowing from her mouth and the corners of her eyes, sprinkling on the white dress. There was a faint illusory black line on her body stretching into the distance, and she didn't know what existence was connected to it.
After witnessing this scene, Griffith's mind went blank and he almost fainted.
"Cheer up!" Alandel held his shoulders. "Although the resident mage was killed and the local teleportation array was destroyed, the guardians of order, mainly powerful extraordinary beings, will still try to arrive as soon as possible. As long as they arrive , the situation should get better."
A bad premonition immediately surged in Griffith's heart.
"When the guardians of the kingdom's order arrive, what will happen to Elodie? Can her extraordinary characteristics be stripped out?"
Alandel shook her head:
"We know nothing about this extraordinary characteristic in Elodie and how it appeared in her. It should be a relic of some ancient god outside the official jurisdiction and the extraordinary path known to us. It would be very dangerous to strip it off hastily. .
“In this case, the conventional approach is to fuse the host’s body and soul with extraordinary characteristics to form a unique sealed object.
"Elodi's soul will suffer eternal torture until the sealed object is destroyed."
Griffith raised his hand to help his forehead: "What should I do..."
Things have reached a point of no return. After realizing this, Griffith felt as if he was in a nightmare.
Alandel looked at Knight Xi, took out an exquisite wand from her sleeve, and tapped a seal stored in the room: "Extraordinary people have far greater resistance to infection than ordinary people. At close range, your strength and body They may all be suppressed, but at least they can resist for a long time and won't turn into monsters immediately.
"The black psychic ripples on Elodie's body come from a special ritual somewhere. My people believe that this ritual works together with unknown extraordinary characteristics to control Elodie.
"Elodi is still alive, and her consciousness has not been completely swallowed. As long as you can destroy the ritual and get close enough, there is a slight chance that she will recognize you. Although we know little about this power, maybe, Elodie Ti can fight this force with her own will. Maybe, there is a glimmer of hope that she can defeat this force...
“My people will arrange for tourists to be evacuated from the back mountain and assist the city defense forces in fighting with all their strength, but they are not warriors and are probably no match for monsters and cultists.
"Sir Griffith, right now, there is only a glimmer of hope. Do you want to give it a try?"
Alandel took Griffith towards the inner room. The door to the warehouse was slowly opened, and a dazzling and psychedelic light shone out like an evil moon. Amidst a buzzing sound, a sharp lance placed across the table appeared in front of Griffith.
"This is a sealed artifact that we keep. It is a weapon used by an unknown hero. It is said to be called a horse spear in terms of classification." Alandel pointed to the weapon. "The spear pole is made of 16-foot-long tangerine wood. The sharp edge is three feet long. Although I don't understand it very well, I can tell you that this sealed object possesses terrifying lethality and power. It is far beyond what ordinary lances can match.
"This sealed artifact will take a few hours to activate. My butler, Mr. Salles, will arrange the next work and give you the war horses to prepare for the assault."
Griffith approached this rare weapon and looked at it carefully: "I can feel how extraordinary it is. Why don't your people use it?"
"This is a lance," Alandel shook her head helplessly, "The islanders of Neopolis are good at animal husbandry, fishing and hunting, and are wise scholars, but without years of training, they want to travel at high speeds. It would be too difficult for them to use this weapon when charging."
The sealed object was humming, as if agreeing with the girl's point of view, and calling Griffith.
The sharp edge is as bright as the moon, and the eight-edged edge is extremely sharp. It is a weapon made with precision. There is also a simple narrative engraved on the bracket of this sharp weapon.
