Chapter 838: Chapter 704: Ambush

If we reason out the timeline…

This script has actually been over for more than ten days.

On the first day, demons ran amok, and the players who had just entered the script made crazy moves, almost completing all their preparations.

Black Dragon Island, Tunus City-State, City of Light, Royal Capital, Far North Mountain Range…

No one rested for even a moment.

After the mad preparations of the first two days, the pace of the subsequent journey gradually slowed down, and all players, as if by unspoken agreement, started to simmer frogs in warm water, playing dirty tricks and probes.

The Holy See of Light’s team set off from the City of Light, traveled at a normal pace for about ten days, and has now arrived at the Eastern Continent.

In another two or three days.

They will enter the Royal Capital.

So the Pope of Light, who had been out in the wild for ten days, also had to catch up with the main force.

…

“The aura of the Ice and Snow Elves within you will likely provoke some prying eyes, would you mind if I embed a bit of Light Magic within you? That way, you can also disguise yourself as my handmaiden and stay close by.”

“I do mind.”

“Then please stay away from me.”

“…”

The Ice and Snow Elf witnessed how a man’s gentle smile could instantaneously turn into a cold and ruthless expression.

With a twitch at the corner of her mouth, she turned emotionlessly and distanced herself from him.

Xu Shuo dressed as a member of the Clergy, making no effort to hide his affiliation with the Holy See of Light. Upon entering the Eastern Continent, he sought out a local church to stay in.

Because inside the church there was a Temple of Light, which could save some magic output and directly enable the formation to receive messages from other places.

Otherwise, he would have to set up a Magic Array outside.

At that point, not only would he have to struggle to suppress the dispersion of magical energy, but he might also be detected as problematic.

The sun sets over the West Mountain.

The sky is filled with a dim glow of clouds.

The Ice and Snow Elf watched the unfeeling man enter the Light Church; she stood at the roadside, pursing her lips, then glanced around at the surrounding buildings, uncertain where to spend the night.

Previously they had been staying in the mountains.

Coming to the City-State all of a sudden.

She really didn’t know what to do.

Entering the Light Church was absolutely impossible.

She would rather die than go in!

…

Dusk.

Catalina sat expressionlessly inside the temple.

Xu Shuo said by her side, “Tomorrow I will reunite with my papal army and continue on to the Royal Capital. In a few days, your sister will probably also arrive at the Royal Capital, or she might go directly to the City of Light.”

Catalina: “…Oh.”

Now, hearing her sister’s name, she only spaced out for a moment, her eyes reflecting a touch of complexity.

Then resumed her indifferent demeanor.

Her sister’s life was drawing to an end; death was inevitable, and her sister merely wished to vie for something on behalf of the Ice and Snow Elves one last time before dying.

But now the Sacred Tree of the Elves was gone.

Her sister’s efforts had been completely in vain.

So on this journey, Catalina had been contemplating the profound meaning of existence, the significance of a clan, the significance of faith, even though up to now, she still hadn’t come up with any answers.

Catalina couldn’t help but recall the words of the Light Envoy from before– “The divine is just a placeholder.”

No need for gods.

Then there’s no need for faith either.

What people need is not a physical savior, but spiritual comfort and transcendence.

As long as the divine is in people’s hearts, then the divine will always exist, regardless of the Power of Faith, regardless of whether they truly exist in this world or not.

The Ice and Snow Elves cling to the inheritance of bloodlines.

Aren’t they also clinging to a physical savior?

This obsession allowed them to blend with the Power of Faith of Dawn, merely to allow the Sacred Tree to continue bearing new Ice and Snow Elves, pure Ice and Snow Elves.

Yet the result of such devotion.

Is the race facing extinction.

Then Catalina thought of Duke of Silver, thinking of that human mixed descendant with Elf Bloodline.

Catalina suddenly spoke in a trance: “If not the bloodline, what exactly should we, of different races, inherit?”

Xu Shuo, who was reading the messages from the Order of the Sun Knights, turned his head to look at the Ice and Snow Elf who seemed lost in thought.

After thinking briefly, he replied, “Civilization, the cultural inheritance that belongs to your Ice and Snow Elves.”

“What is civilization?” Catalina asked in confusion.

“Read more books.” Xu Shuo sincerely suggested.

“…”

This conversation that could have been heart-to-heart was just killed off.

The temple was extremely quiet; the radiant and dense light surrounding everywhere felt rather intense. The Ice and Snow Elf experienced, for the first time, what scorching weather felt like.

She leaned her head against a pillar, staring blankly at the high dome above.

The dome of the temple was carved with intricate patterns that seemed to be the Sun Crown emblem of the Holy See of Light, scenes of preaching, or perhaps like the radiance burst forth when a deity descends.

After looking for a while.

Catalina suddenly sat up straight.

Her eyes blazing, she said to the young man, “Show me your Holy Book of Light!”

Xu Shuo: “…?”

Xu Shuo, who was seriously reading messages, was genuinely taken aback by this request, until he saw the Ice and Snow Elf’s determined expression.

Then he figured he might as well show it.

After all, the Holy Book of Light was widespread throughout the continent, available to everyone from the elderly to young children, and contained no secrets worth concealing.

After receiving the Holy Book of Light, Catalina went to one side and solemnly flipped open this golden tome.