She stopped talking because she found that the more she tried to explore these memories, the more vague they became and the harder it was to remember.
This level of interference and pollution is definitely not a small role. The opponent's power must be far beyond the "Nine Evil Gods". To be honest, she is a little worried about these two people this time.
"Didn't you say that thing was locked up?" Xia Yibing frowned.
Hitzfeld nodded vigorously.
After being stunned for a while, Xia Yibing suddenly understood.
Regardless of whether that thing is the "Mother of the Void", in short, the time of the temple that can be entered through the Book of Howling should be in the "present".
In other words, even though Hitzfeld can no longer go to the temple, as long as nothing happens there, the damn monster will still be locked there.
Imprisoned prisoners cannot commit crimes outside.
If He is the "Mother of the Void", there are only two possible endings for Mithros.
The first one is that when Mithros was resisting the "Mother of the Void", the Kingdom of the Sun God suddenly arrived and helped the people of Mithros defeat and suppress it.
But Blood Crystal Crow said that the Kingdom of the Sun God had never encountered any civilized world with life. Even if it encountered one or two special cases, they were all drained of life and turned into ruins.
So this possibility is not true.
That leaves only the second option.
"That is..." The woman licked her lips.
"He first destroyed Mithros... and possibly other civilized worlds... and then followed other great ones to invade Namiia. He was defeated by Amenhawen, was suppressed, and was locked in that place..."
Yes.
Only by thinking this way can the logic of time sequence make sense.
There is absolutely no chance that Mithros will survive.
As long as this identity speculation is valid, its future is bound to be nothing but destruction and despair.
So is Esun lost for the destruction of a civilization similar to Namya?
Xia Yibing thought so at first, because indeed, the person she liked often showed inner kindness, so feeling sorry for him might, possibly... be a bit pretentious, but at least it made sense.
But she soon realized that might not be the case. It was definitely not regret or loss - it should be fear!
What is she afraid of?
Xia Yibing had a vague feeling that she was about to grasp the key point, but inspiration was like a butterfly fluttering around her fingertips, always being naughty and not letting her touch it.
"If the object imprisoned in the temple is the 'Void Mother' that caused the destruction of Mithros, this raises a new question."
Hitzfeld took the initiative to reveal the answer.
"That is... since Mithros has been destroyed, the Mithros people we saw in the dream world should all be dead, and not a single one could have survived."
"Who dreamed this?"
At the same time, Xia Yibing caught the butterfly.
The price she paid was that she lost her appetite and her body gradually became stiff.
"You heard a description of a war, but no one survived on one side of the war. So where did your information come from? Could it only come from the other side of the war? After all, only the other side could bring the information out?"
Hitzfeld continued to speak, and his speed was getting faster and faster.
"So the dream world we entered might not be simple... In other words, the thing that caused the large-scale mutation in Fran Middle School might not be simple. I think it might be... whoever did it, I suspect they have some... uh, 'symbols' of the 'Mother of the Void'? Or the 'oracle' passed down?"
"It could even be a drop of blood. Anyway, it must be something related to the 'Mother of the Void' that triggered this nightmare. What we have to face this time is no longer some evil god experiment, no longer the Black Serpent, or Bresworm. That thing far exceeds the 'Nine Evil Gods'. We may have to face-"
"Aisun!"
Xia Yibing suddenly stopped her and lifted her chin so that she could look at him.
"calm."
she said softly.
"..."
Hitzfeld stared at her face blankly, opened his mouth, breathed, and calmed down little by little.
It seemed that Xia Yibing was not as nervous or frightened as she was, and her performance was "much better" than hers. But the woman knew that was not the case.
That's not how you compare it...it can't be compared.
The reason behind Aisuen's fear and nervousness was that she had actually seen it.
She had seen the shadow of that thing and was even almost touched by it, which was an experience she had never had before.
The experience is different, and the sensations will certainly not be the same when you face it again.
In fact, the woman was under a lot of pressure. She knew that she was worse than Hitzfeld in terms of courage and endurance, but now even Hitzfeld had become like this.
She is pretty much the bravest person I have ever met...
Even she is like this, what kind of feeling is that...
Xia Yibing didn't want to know.
But unfortunately, even if she doesn't want to know, she probably can't do that.
You must go to Manion, Jianxin Monastery, Fran Middle School...the mystery behind them must be solved.
"Aisun."
After thinking about it, Xia Yibing actually thought of a piece of information that might provide a turning point.
"There's something I forgot to tell you..."
"It's just that... while you were sleeping, outside - I mean Xixinna, the building we are living in now, it was attacked."
"Attack?"
Hitzfeld's attention was shared, and he finally returned to normal.
Xia Yibing nodded and explained the whole story of encountering the "giant insect" from beginning to end.
"You suspect it's a member of Eclipse." Hitzfeld immediately grasped the core of the problem. "Matt Hillay suspects that this kind of organization started several years ago, so the number of these people is not small, or even large."
"But they happen to have the characteristics of 'Yarai', so this may mean that the remnants of Mithros are not extinct? The memory of this dream may also be provided by them instead of from the Great One? We don't necessarily have to confront that thing?"
Hitzfeld became happier and happier as he spoke; this was indeed genuine good news.
But don't be too happy.
She gradually put away her smile.
For occupational diseases, we still have to assume the worst.
"Go wash up," she said.
"I've slept long enough."
"Some things need to be dealt with."
Chapter 23: Deja Vu (Two in One)
Lieutenant Colonel Kabu is here.
He arrived at the right time. Just when the two of them had finished washing up, Daryl came in with a message saying that Mr. Mapps-Dallent had brought a young officer and wanted to meet him.
"I asked them to come here," Xia Yibing explained. "As you said, the district chief of Xixinna is dead. His name was Ramian Dicket. We can just call him Bishop Dicket."
Hitzfeld understood what the woman meant. There was nothing wrong with her operation. Even if they didn't come, she would start her investigation from the death of Bishop Dicket after waking up this time.
Because only this aspect is active, other directions, such as the investigation of Fran Middle School is another line. She feels that she is likely to become that exception - to walk to the center of Fran Middle School without being affected by the mysterious interference, but she can't teleport there.
Bishop Ditek's death was naturally very strange. It would save a lot of time to confront Colonel Cab, the actual controller of the parish, again before going to Fran Middle School.
To be honest, Hitzfeld would not have been so anxious before, because she had an army and at least 5 gold soldiers under her command. However, after seeing the secrets in Misros's dream, she no longer believed that this power was safe. As Xia Yibing said, the building had been attacked by giant insects that could easily expand to a height of 3000 meters. Even if it did not explode as brilliantly as the "Yalai" described in the description, the weight and mass that increased rapidly due to the expansion of the body exceeded the limit that an army of more than people could handle.
What she was afraid of now was not that Lieutenant Colonel Kabu would make a fool of himself with her, but that someone would suddenly attack and kill him before she could find Lieutenant Colonel Kabu to ask him the truth.
The meeting was arranged in a lounge in the other direction. Frick and Carlo were both there. They had heard the news that Hitzfeld had woken up. They were encouraged but also concerned about her safety and asked to come over for protection.
Obviously, they also knew very well: the 3500 silver soldiers could die, even the entire army of 6 people could die, the gold soldiers could die, but Earl Xiyang must live.
"This is probably the highest-level protection operation in this dynasty..." Carlo muttered.
He was right, Frick thought.
Sarah's dynasty was counted in terms of kings, and this was indeed the first time since the young queen ascended the throne that anyone had enjoyed such a level of protection.
Because no new army had been formed before, although the White Shadow Palace also has elite guards, it is estimated that there are less than 3000 people.
"I'm glad you came straight away."
Sitting on the sofa, Hitzfeld, dressed in formal attire, got straight to the point. "I didn't order you to come here, but I also hope to facilitate this meeting. We want to know about the death of Bishop Ramian Dickert, and I hope the lieutenant colonel can cooperate."
Why did she have to mention that "the order was not given by her"?
Others, including Darent who was sitting next to him and Ashley who was also assigned to guard nearby, were somewhat puzzled by this. Only Xia Yibing who was sitting on the other sofa understood the meaning.
"Command" is not a word that can be used casually... She hopes to mislead Lieutenant Colonel Cab and make him think that I also have the authority to get close to her.
Although it seems that Earl Xieyang is more popular, who can say for sure about such things? Perhaps this is a deliberate arrangement by His Majesty the King, involving the balance of an army, and there is no guarantee that the other party will not think too much.
In this way, if Lieutenant Colonel Kabu has any problems, or if he reveals this news to other people with problems after he returns, they might think that Aisuen and I are not of the same mind.
They might try to contact me as a way to drive a wedge and divide us...if they didn't know our true relationship.
She is setting a big trap for some people.
Amazingly thinking that the little girl who had been hesitant about the case had really grown up, Xia Yibing simply crossed her legs and stopped talking.
Lieutenant Colonel Kabu paused before speaking. It was unclear whether he was digesting the information in the first half of the sentence. He slowly said, "You may be confused... why I didn't mention this when we met at the airport, but if you knew the meaning, it shouldn't be surprising."
“That’s the value of this meeting.”
"It's a very troublesome matter." Lieutenant Colonel Kabu thought for a moment, "I think since everyone here is here to deal with the problem, you should have a basic understanding of this area."
"You should know what's going on here secretly... Some of you may not understand or even be angry about this, wondering why Sarah doesn't just stop them or ban them, and that my turning a blind eye is a betrayal of justice and so on."
Everyone present quickly realized that he was probably talking about the extremely rampant human black market in Sicinna and Manion.
The fact that Sicinna was named a parish meant that it had a parish church that had full jurisdiction over all matters of evil. With such a name and the army levied for local defense, it did not make sense that these people would allow this black market to exist.
But Hitzfeld knew that was not the case - no parish church anywhere had to manage such "worldly cases". They could indeed manage them, but that depended on their own initiative. Their real responsibility was to kill the nightmare evil spirits that appeared in the local area and fight against all evil disasters that might be caused by evildoers. They could not have much energy to manage this.
The same is true for the local branch of the Security Bureau in this regard; they are only responsible for evil disasters.
Nightingales are even more so. They can even ignore evil disasters. Their main mission is not to deal with problems, but to tell the king accurately what happened.
With these as the premise, the opening of Lieutenant Colonel Kabu is understandable. He admitted that his side knew his identity as the "actual controller of the parish", and the purpose of saying this at this time was to absolve himself of responsibility for some phenomena.
"I control two regions now, but this only started two months ago." He nodded. "If you want to attribute the power of the diocese to me, then this only started seven days ago."
"Bishop Dickert died seven days ago?" Hitzfeld asked.
"Yes."
"You mentioned the black market for human population at the beginning. You mean that for a long time before, these things were not actually under your jurisdiction. They belonged to someone else in charge. It was because of the dispute over the black market that Bishop Ditek died?"
"Yes."
Lieutenant Colonel Kabu looked at her in surprise.
The reason why he spent so much time laying the groundwork was to lead the topic in this direction, but Count Xie Yang actually guessed the outcome after hearing the beginning.
Xixinna is a remote place. In the early days when the power of the old aristocracy had not yet been wiped out, there was a saying openly circulated in Wayne Port that anyone who was transferred here, no matter which system he served in or how high his official position was, his half life was basically over.
Because this kind of transfer usually takes ten years, and considering that those people are of a certain age when they are transferred, for example, at least in their forties, and considering the average life expectancy of Sara people, by the time they "complete their sentence", they will almost be gone.
Therefore, although the population flow between Sicinna and Manion was extremely frequent due to population trade, the officials in these places were actually very isolated from the news.
They cannot leave this place and have to guard it year after year, especially lacking news channels to the cities on the east coast.
So Lieutenant Colonel Cabb didn't know much about Hitzfeld at all - he did seek help from some people privately, but the information he received seemed more like a fantasy story.
Then it is possible that she, the earl, is genuine.
Putting away the last bit of contempt that was almost non-existent in his heart, Lieutenant Colonel Cab began to describe the matter in a sincere tone.
"You have to understand that the soil here is very hard. It doesn't even qualify as a resource area." He gestured to them as he spoke, "Mining here is much more difficult than in places like Fellington! Don't read many newspaper reports... saying that coal mines and oil and gas fields have been discovered in Sicinna or Manion. You have to know that this is a mountainous area with complex terrain. It is extremely difficult to drill through the hard soil to mine resources. If you also take into account the several mountains above..."
He revealed a few forehead wrinkles and spread his hands: "...You can imagine the scale of this project."
"If we make a data chart, then the people in the Xixinna region will definitely have the lowest average life expectancy," Hitzfeld said with understanding.
