Chapter 1 Although "An" Claims

Although “An” claimed to have a way to quickly send people to the Holy See despite the current disruption of intercontinental space teleportation and slow transportation, she did not immediately tell everyone what her method was, only saying that it required the full cooperation of the high-level cultivator Karasuthus and a suitable opportunity – and that opportunity was in the next few days. Faced with this mysterious woman's statement, the high-level cultivator was certainly not very satisfied, but now the situation was stronger than him, and even with more doubts, he could only suppress them for the time being.

After all, with the Holy See investigation team in its current situation, they could not find any other way to quickly return to their homeland – the teleportation array could not be used, and the fastest means of transportation they could find should be the magic-guided airship of the Taros Kingdom. However, even the most advanced magic-guided warship could only cruise at low speed in the chaotic storm. Back then, the Divine Hammer took more than half a month to reach Ansu in the relatively calm Sea of ​​Magical Energy, and it would take them even longer to return by airship.

After returning to Hao Ren's residence north of the hills and camping for the night, the Black Crow Knight Commander, Tridis, came to say goodbye.

Hao Ren's sudden appearance completely disrupted everyone's plans – the monsters' plan was to go to White City to find the head wolf's landlord, the Holy See investigation team's plan was to go to the Barren Wilderness to find the "light" in the revelation, and the knights' plan was to escort the head wolf to White City while completing the liaison mission with the royal family. But now one of the common goals of the three parties had jumped out by itself, and many things had to be re-planned.

The Holy See investigation team had found their mission objective, so they needed to return to the Holy See immediately. The Black Crow Knights also did not need to continue serving as the head wolf's guards and guides. They decided to part ways with the others on the Green Field Plain. As for the monster guard team led by Lily, their unanimous opinion was that the head wolf was right, and the humans were just spouting nonsense.

Now that the head wolf had decided to follow the landlord, they also decided to follow the "landlord."

"I hope you can give a message to King Taros after you see him," Hao Ren found Tridis, who was organizing the team to leave. "Just say that An and I went to the Holy See together, and if our actions go smoothly, dawn will come – he will understand what I mean."

The female knight nodded and jumped on her horse handsomely.

Just after the soldiers of the Black Crow Knights left, Hao Ren heard a burst of light footsteps behind him, and then Lily's happy voice sounded from behind: "Landlord, landlord! What are you looking at!"

Hao Ren looked back and saw the husky girl smiling happily with a greasy mouth and a patch of black ash on her nose. He couldn't help but frown: "Eating barbecue so early in the morning? Aren't you afraid of getting a heat rash?"

"It's okay, just chew on a few handfuls of grass," Lily waved her hand indifferently, tiptoed and looked in the direction the knights were leaving. "Oh... Tridis and the others are gone? They were very nice, they helped me a lot in the Black Crow Fortress..."

Hao Ren looked up and down at the husky who had been lost for a month and was able to find her way back: "Speaking of which, I forgot to ask you yesterday, I can understand you raising a team, but how did you get the title of 'head wolf', and why are you pretending to be a werewolf again? Haven't you accepted your bloodline as the Northern King and the noble of the imperial city?"

Although Lily was a bit ditzy, she could still hear the teasing in Hao Ren's tone, and immediately wrinkled her nose: "Awoo! I finally found a place where no one knows me, can't I pretend to be a big-tailed wolf once?"

Hao Ren silently looked at the half-bald tail behind Lily, thinking that if she hadn't lost so much hair, the girl's tail would indeed be quite big...

At this time, Lily hesitated for a moment before finally asking awkwardly: "By the way, landlord, are the others okay?"

"They're definitely better off than us," Hao Ren rolled his eyes. "They're living comfortably on the spaceship, wandering around outside Coro all day long. Oh, by the way, I've restored contact with the outside, and I just told them this morning that I've found you. Do you want to talk to them?"

Lily thought for a while and waved her hand vigorously: "Forget it, Bat will definitely nag me. Old people like to nag too much."

Hao Ren: "...Speaking of which, you don't miss her, do you? You two have been enemies for so long, did you develop feelings for each other?"

As soon as Lily heard this, she jumped up as if someone had stepped on her tail: "Landlord, you can't say things you shouldn't! How could I, the majestic Northern King, the noble of the imperial city, the demon hunter, the former emperor, the Southern Suburbs general, collude with a bat! Not to mention that I was killed by her once in my previous life..."

After saying that, she deflated and hugged her half-bald tail with a sad expression: "I just miss the medicinal soup she used to brew. When will my tail grow back..."

Hao Ren: "..."

Just then, a flash of light suddenly lit up from the direction of the camp, attracting the attention of the two.

The flash seemed to come from the Holy See investigation team's camp.

Hao Ren and Lily looked at each other and immediately ran towards it.

At the Holy See investigation team's camp, a wide open space had been leveled out. The monks and knights of the Holy See country stood in a circle around the open space, seemingly watching something. When Hao Ren and Lily squeezed in, they saw the mysterious "An" standing in the center of the open space. The mysterious woman was still wearing her unchanging black robe, but she did not know when a strangely shaped long staff had appeared in her hand. The flash of light that Hao Ren and Lily had seen before was the beam of light released from the top of the staff.

The appearance of the long staff was completely different from the wooden or metal staffs used by ordinary mages in the Coro world. It was more like a straight and even crystal. The end of the crystal was broken, and several neat and angular rectangular crystals floated at the end of the staff. Streams of light jumped between the crystals and finally converged into a dazzling beam of light that shot into the sky: this thing immediately attracted the attention of Hao Ren and Lily.

Hao Ren sensed the power of order similar to the Spark Tower and the Hearth Tower from the light, while Lily thought the stick was too damn awesome. If she threw it hard, she would chase after it and bite it... it would be so beautiful!

It seemed that she had been lost for too long, and she had been too suppressed when she was the head wolf. The husky girl had completely exploded after returning to the landlord's side. This state would probably last for a while...

"What's going on?" Hao Ren poked a church knight beside him. "What is she doing?"

The church knight was surprised when he saw Hao Ren, but he immediately replied: "She is preparing the 'channel' to the Holy See."

"To the Holy See?" Hao Ren was a little stunned. "Didn't she say she needed to wait for an opportunity? At least a few days – how can it be done suddenly?"

"We don't know either," the church knight shook his head. "She suddenly ran over early this morning, saying that she had received some news and the channel had to be opened in advance, otherwise it would be blocked or something. Ah, Lord Karasuthus has appeared."

The crowd parted to both sides, and the high-level cultivator walked in, holding something with both hands, with a look of solemnity and caution. Hao Ren stretched his neck to look over, but found that what Karasuthus was holding was actually just a palm-sized white crystal, and the shape of the crystal was very irregular, very much like a fragment that had fallen off from a larger crystal.

Judging from the expression on the high-level cultivator's face, the meaning of this crystal fragment was probably extraordinary.

Lily blinked her eyes and suddenly poked Hao Ren's arm secretly: "That thing and the stick in An's hand seem to be the same material."

Hao Ren sighed: "That's a staff..."

At this time, Karasuthus had already walked to An, and the high-level cultivator looked serious: "Do you really have a way to open the door to the Holy See? You need to know that the chaotic storm has completely enveloped every continent, and under the impact of the original magic energy, any space teleportation is impossible to succeed. If the method you are talking about is some kind of space teleportation secret technique, then it is best not to try it, because the first to be impacted will only be you, the caster."

The high-level cultivator obviously did not fully trust this "King's Secret Agent." Half of his words were good advice, and the other half had a hidden warning and reminder. But facing this warning, An only nodded: "You brought the Holy Seal, very good. I'll tell you where to put it in a moment."

Karasuthus frowned: "You still haven't answered. Why do you know that I have this Holy Seal? And you seem to know us quite well – the investigation team's operation was a secret departure. Even if you are a high-level secret agent of a secular kingdom, it is impossible to find out this information."

An glanced at him faintly: "You've already brought the thing, are you going to give up at this time because of paranoia?"

"Of course not," the high-level cultivator shook his head and straightened his spine in front of An. "I'm not afraid of losing anything at this point. I just don't want to bury the hope of the Holy See. I hope you can really do what you said."

"Then you can rest assured," An said calmly, and the staff in her hand gradually emitted a brighter light. The light spread out in mid-air, and complex patterns and textures slowly emerged from it. "My connection with the Holy See is far deeper than you think. This door is foolproof. It's just because it's not opened at the most appropriate time, I can't determine the exact coordinates of the door, I can only guarantee that it must be near a certain energy node in the Holy See."

The high-level cultivator nodded: "That's already enough."