Chapter 776 The Trembling City

After the sudden earthquake, the white mist on the streets became thicker, as if gauze was hanging in the air. Just now, I could see the house across the street from my window, but after the earthquake, I could only see the mist.

The concentration of the whispering elements in the thick fog has exceeded the intensity of the poet's relics, so Sister Michelle urgently organized people to seal the doors and windows, especially the gaps in the windows, to prevent the white mist from penetrating.

Meanwhile, Fort Midhill City Hall and the church are also taking action. Policemen holding lanterns ran through the streets, shaking bells and loudly reminding citizens not to go out before dawn tomorrow. They will even knock on doors and remind them to seal the gaps in doors and windows in time.

With the size and permanent population of Fort Midhill, I am afraid that this kind of reminder work is not only done by the local police, but also the Royal Delrayon Army stationed on the Sikal Mountain.

The lanterns in the hands of the police were not ordinary items. When Sister Michelle opened the door to talk to the police, she noticed the Holy Emblem of the Dawn on the metal base of the oil lamp. This is a magical alchemical item made by the church to protect these ordinary people from walking in the fog. .

In the late autumn afternoon, the fog dispersed. Shade, who was waiting anxiously, stood at the third floor window and looked outside. He could not see anything, but he also knew that something important must have happened on Mount Sikal and in the narrow space.

Priest August, Sister Devlin, Miss Aurora and even Iluna may have started a battle with some kind of dangerous enemy, and all of this happened in just one hour.

At about 2:20 in the afternoon, the earthquake happened again, this time with greater intensity. Even Shade, who stood up, felt a little unsteady on his feet. Fortunately, the two consecutive earthquakes this month have made the citizens living here accustomed to this kind of thing, so no one has fled outside in panic because of the earthquakes.

Sister Michelle looked even more nervous. The senses of the blind nuns were more sensitive than those of ordinary ring magicians. She found Sha De on the third floor and hoped that he could guard the door on the first floor. Of course Sha De would not refuse.

As he and the nun went downstairs, the sound of a big clock roaring could be heard in the middle of the city. The middle-aged nun signaled Shade not to speak and quietly counted the number of bells. After the bell ended, he said to Shade worriedly:

"Now is not the time to ring the hour. The seven bells are a sign of a city emergency. Oh, you are a foreigner and you may not understand that border cities like ours need this kind of early warning measure."

“When was the last time seven bells rang?”

Shade asked.

"At that time, the total war in the Old World was not yet over."

Outsiders may not understand the meaning of the city bells, but citizens living in this city certainly understand. The white mist containing whispering elements is seeping into every corner of the city. If you can't seal the doors and windows in time, and your body is weaker, you will definitely not be able to survive today.

The church's manpower was being dispersed to every corner of the city. On the lampposts in the streets and alleys that Shade had not noticed, the symbols of magical rituals were lit up in succession, building a ritual matrix centered on the core city. Trying to fight this fog.

It was a truly grand gesture, almost transforming the entire city into a "sanctuary." Moreover, this is only the first step of preparation before the sealing ceremony "The Trace of the Holy Tree" begins.

But even so, this fog will definitely take away a large number of lives in this city.

The overlap between the narrow space and the material world is becoming more and more serious. After the second small earthquake, Shade keenly sensed the anomalies in the space. And just as he feared, at about 2:40 in the afternoon, Sister Michelle told Shade that the nun who was responsible for monitoring the white mist on the upper floors of the building discovered evil spirits in the white mist.

This is a very serious matter. It is daytime now, and the street where the Blind House is located is considered a downtown area of ​​the city. The presence of evil spirits here at this time means that evil spirits will appear throughout the city.

It is not that the Zhengshen Church did not expect this situation, but now their manpower is scattered among three channels, and they have to take care of the real world and the narrow room, so they cannot clean every corner of the city in time.

But this time the church was really well prepared. Twenty minutes after the first evil spirit was discovered, a loud horn sounded from the center of the city. It was like the horn used by the ancient tribesmen when they charged towards the enemy.

As a ring warlock, Shade could see a golden glow rising from the center of the city from the first-floor window, and then a huge golden shadow wearing a crown of thorns appeared in the fog, raising a horn in his right hand and playing.

Those golden glows quickly spread towards the city, but did not dispel the white fog. The power that Shade sensed was more like a spell to expel evil spirits, but the coverage area was really scary.

Ordinary people can't even hear the sound of the horn, and among the ring magicians, only those with keen perception can truly see the golden aura of those divine spells. The sound of the horn lasted for half a minute before it ended, and then the city fell silent again.

Shade indoors was able to capture the golden light particles still remaining in the air. Sister Michelle told Shade that the horn just now was an angel-level relic (level 1) [Distorted Holy Sound] contained in this diocese. The use of this relic has great side effects. Although the sound can expel malicious spirits, it may also awaken some sleeping evil beings in the subspace.

Only the Zhengshen Church can use it safely and boldly in conjunction with divine magic.

According to the general rules of action of the Righteous God Church that Shade heard from Iluna, after using such a large-scale magical operation, a team of ring warlocks will be sent out to eliminate targeted areas.

But the mountain city of Fort Midhill is so large that even though ring wizards from surrounding parishes have been transferred to support in recent weeks, Shade is still worried about the future of this city.

He was still waiting, and this kind of waiting was even more anxious than waiting for Darkness to come to Tobesk.

After the horn sounded, there was no other movement in the city for a long time. Only Shade anxiously waited for news in the House of the Blind. When the time was close to 3:30, a thunderous explosion in the distance startled Shade, and according to Sister Michelle's judgment, the sound came from near the top of Mount Sikal.

These nuns, who do not use vision all year round, have stronger auditory senses than Shade.

The sound of thunder means that a battle has broken out on Mount Sikal. One of the parties should be the Church of the Righteous God, because Sister Devlin recognized that the sound was the unique sound of the sage-level relic [Thunder Hammer] stored in the natural parish of the church when it summons thunder. .

It is said that this relic is related to the evil god [Furious Storm], who is also one of the three evil gods believed in Coldwater Port.

Using this kind of relic rashly, it seems that the battle on Sikal Mountain is not simple, but neither Shade nor Sister Michelle can guess who is on the other side of the battle.

At this time, the ordinary people in the home for the blind were already a little panicked, especially the blind people who came to visit in today's heavy fog. They desperately wanted to return to their homes, but for safety reasons, Sister Michelle could not let them leave, so some of them were almost screaming hysterically.

Ordinary people who have never experienced anything are mentally fragile, and are even more susceptible to influence in a city where whispering elements are diffuse. Although the church's magical rituals can soothe the spirit, they are not omnipotent after all.

It was close to four o'clock in the afternoon, and the strange situation in the city continued. The sun had not yet set, but the light intensity in the entire area had dropped to almost darkness. In the blurry fog, there seemed to be large groups of people walking around, but the people facing the street could not see the faces of those figures at all.

I don’t know how many people prayed silently at home, and I don’t know how many people gradually went crazy after witnessing strange scenes on the street.

Even without going out, Shade could feel the anxiety and uneasiness in the city, as well as the signs of impending disaster.

The door of the House of the Blind was actually knocked at this time. The knocking was rapid and powerful, which almost scared Mia, who was taking a nap in Shade's arms.

"Who will knock on the door at this time? Does the neighbor next door want to hide here?"

Taking a few steps closer to the door, the [Night Watcher] in his hand immediately vibrated.

Shade frowned slightly and asked the people behind him to notify Sister Michelle, while he boldly looked out through the peephole of the door. Standing in the heavy fog was a man in ragged clothes and a stooped figure. I couldn't see his exact appearance, but he was standing in front of the door with his head lowered, and he seemed to be a beggar.

"Mr. Watson, who is here?"

Sister Michelle also came over at this time. Shade described the characteristics of the person who knocked on the door. The nun shook her head:

"Not an acquaintance of ours here."

"It's probably not a beggar who came for help. I didn't see his shadow. He was an evil spirit in the fog."

Shade judged that the fact that he did not feel a very strong whispering element when he was close to the door meant that it was not a humanoid relic. And this kind of evil spirit that operates according to certain rules, although its own power is not strong, can cause trouble if it is not dealt with carefully.

Asking the nun to prepare for action, Shade leaned against the door and asked:

"Who's knocking on the door?"

"Sir, can you give me something to eat?"

A hoarse and old man's voice came from outside. The weird voice made Shade couldn't help but get goosebumps:

"what do you want?"

"As long as it's food that can fill your stomach, it's fine."

"Fill the stomach?"

Shade called the frightened servant and asked for a bowl of water. He gently tapped the water to make a blasphemous silver light appear on the surface. Then he pressed against the door and carefully opened the door a crack.

But before he could hand the bowl out, a cyan hand with protruding veins on its surface reached out on its own initiative.

Shade's face was very close to the hand, and he could clearly see the mud in the slender nails and the corpse spots on the back of the hand, and he could even feel the chilling chill.