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Chapter 545 Celia: Ah, not headquarters?
City of Dawn, Temple of Dawn.

Lord Boyce and the temple bishop entered the secret prayer room together.

"Your Excellency, we can't delay any longer."

"Boyce said."

He came this time because of the sudden changes in Twilight Town.

Although Twilight Town is shrouded in pollution and deathly aura year-round, and the Twilight Cult is stationed deep within it, the people there have long been accustomed to it.

However, the presence of the Twilight Cult remains a thorn in the side.

Now, the long-dormant pollution has suddenly surged and mutated, causing many wild beasts to transform into monsters.

This situation prompted the city lord Boyce to be the first to lose his temper.

The bishops of the Temple of Dawn are similar.

What's different is that he can remain calm.

The bishop said slowly, "The situation in Twilight Town has been reported to Ember City, and they said they will send someone over. I'm waiting for them."

"It's been so long, hasn't it arrived yet?"

"It should be soon. News has come from the Temple of Ember that Lady Flora will be coming to our aid. Judging by the time, she should be arriving soon. Let's go and greet her together."

"Flora? Hmm...she seems to be a fifth-tier mage?"

“Yes, with another fifth-tier mage, our operation will be more secure.” The bishop nodded.

Boyce breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, then I'll go with you to greet them."

The two went outside, and before long, a figure with flight clearance descended from the sky and came to stand in front of them.

Flora stepped off the aircraft and looked at the two middle-aged men in front of her. "Hello, I am Flora."

The bishop and Boyce were also sizing up the seemingly ordinary middle-aged woman. The bishop introduced her, "This is Mr. Boyce, the lord of Dawn City. Lady Flora, we welcome you."

Boyce said, "Lady Flora has come from afar, you must be tired. We have many local specialties here, such as..."

Flora shook her head, interrupting Boyce: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Boyce, please give the order directly. I can't stay here for long. We need to resolve the issue of Twilight Town quickly, and then I need to return immediately to report back."

Before Boyce could say anything, the bishop said, "Then let's listen to Lady Flora. Lady Boyce, haven't you already made preparations? Let's not delay, let's set off."

“Yes, it would be best to leave immediately. We’ve already been delayed for so long, we can’t delay any longer,” Flora said.

Boyce pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, you two come with me."

……

The area beyond the 'River Styx' is basically shrouded in dense death energy and pollution. The further you go, the heavier the death energy becomes, and even the demonic pollution becomes thinner as a result.

While inside, Celia didn't feel much, but when she used her mental energy to scan, she discovered that the pollution outside was actually caused by the internal anomaly of death energy.

Why has the deathly aura here become like this?

Celia frowned. "It's like someone is stirring things up randomly; the disturbances are completely erratic."

Ross pondered for a moment and said, "Judging from the situation, the death energy here was used extensively in the past, which broke the balance between the death energy and the pollution. After that, new death energy emerged from somewhere and forcibly achieved a new balance with the pollution."

"But a new balance is not so easy to achieve, so it leads to a conflict between two completely different energies, like pouring a lot of cold water into boiling oil and water, causing it to boil again."

Celia nodded as if she understood, and asked, "What consequences will that have?"

Ross chuckled, "Didn't you see it? The consequence is that the active demonic energy pollution will transform those beasts and magical creatures that were originally resistant to pollution into monsters. However, this is only one of the obvious consequences. As for the heretics hiding here, it is not yet clear what impact it will have on them. In any case, prepare for battle."

Celia tightened her grip on her staff.

Continue forward along a narrow road; everything ahead is shrouded in gray, and you can't see anything.

"Stop, turn left, and enter the dense forest," Ross suddenly said. Celia was taken aback, but without suspicion, she turned and entered the forest.

Some monsters were hidden in the dense forest, but they were not very strong and were easily dodged by Celia.

Before long, she suddenly sensed a stable point of death energy gathering ahead. It stood out abruptly amidst the surging death energy and pollution, yet it was hidden beneath the surging death energy, making it difficult to detect from the outside.

She soon found out what it was.

A large pagan stronghold.

Like a town, it blends seamlessly into the dense forest, and is virtually undetectable from the outside due to the immense pollution and deathly aura.

This place is completely different from that small, insignificant outpost outside.

Celia focused her attention and carefully crept down to observe from the shadows.

"Lord Ross, the defenses at this outpost seem quite strong. Although we can't see any fourth-tier heretics guarding it, who knows if there are any in secret..."

“Yes,” Ross said calmly.

He then placed several marks on Celia.

"A total of five fourth-order heretics?"

Celia sensed something, blinked, and realized that these heretics were very insidious, hiding in inconspicuous places and watching the patrol team outside.

The patrol team was not of high rank, consisting of five teams, one third-rank leader and four first-rank leaders.

"Hmm... if this is all there is, it doesn't seem as good as the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association's headquarters..."

Celia muttered to herself.

She had initially thought this was the main base, but judging from the defenses, it might not be.

But it is certainly a fairly important stronghold.

Just ...

That's a bit too arrogant.

"Why is there no movement from Dawn City in such an obvious place?" Celia asked, puzzled. "Even if Dawn City is not making any moves, the Knights of the Law should have taken action and wiped out this open heretical stronghold."

Ross gave a half-smile: "Is it obvious?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Could you have found it without my hint?"

Celia paused for a moment, then said, "I should continue along the path... What will I encounter if I keep going down that path?"

"In the desolate land, there is also a giant skeleton."

"A giant skeleton... is it a dragon?"

"Ah."

Celia suddenly realized.

It turns out that the path outside wasn't formed by the frequent comings and goings of the heretical stronghold, but rather was used to lure out raiding teams.

The real stronghold is indeed very well hidden, and its strength is considerable.

Celia carefully observed the patrol team and the few marked fourth-tier mages, preparing to see if there was an opportunity to sneak in.

"I just don't know if there are any fifth-tier mages..."

(End of this chapter)