There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

Chapter 538: Ao and the Sun

P.S.: Sorry!! I forgot to set the upload time after I finished writing it QAQ......

"Oh?" Lu Qing turned around and looked at the floating brain in front of her.

She wasn't surprised at all that Archbishop Angus was there; she had guessed it when she realized she had strayed from the ceremonial procession.

If you were to ask who in this world could make you disappear without a trace right under the nose of the Knight of Myron, it would undoubtedly be Archbishop Angus of the Church of Silence.

Having already seen the other party from the air through Wayne's perspective, she wasn't at all surprised that Archbishop Angus was here... or so she thought!

Putting aside the question of why a monstrous enemy like Archbishop Angus would appear in the dream world of a white-star character, even if he did exist, according to the usual pattern of game systems, she should have teammates who match him.

Well... it's not that there isn't, but the Pope has already been killed by Archbishop Angus, and as for Knight Myron, we don't know what happened.

"Could it be that I've unknowingly walked down a dead end?" Lu Qing's mind raced as she considered what she should do next.

"Do you know why the Sacred Tree Festival can only be held once a year on this day?" Archbishop Angus floated in front of Lu Qing and asked, wiggling his scalp.

“Because only today can the psychic make a brief connection with the sacred tree…” Lu Qing thought for a moment and decided to answer Archbishop Angus’s question honestly first.

"Then do you know why it can only be done today?" Archbishop Angus seemed to have anticipated Lu Qing's answer and, without giving her a chance to catch her breath, immediately asked the next question.

"I...I don't know." Lu Qing carefully observed her surroundings, wondering if there was any possibility of escaping.

Archbishop Angus, seemingly oblivious to Lu Qing's actions, said, "In ancient astrology, 'O' means the sun, and the first spirit to be born was named 'O'."

"In ancient legends, the sun was not always as gentle as it is now; it was constantly releasing enormous energy, mixed with chaos and insane babbling."

"This prevents any life from being born except for the elves created by the sacred tree, perhaps out of loneliness, or perhaps for some other reason."

"Osamu sacrificed his life to calm the energy fluctuations of the sun, which is what we see now."

"So, is it because of O that we can only communicate with the Sacred Tree on this one day each year?" Lu Qing couldn't help but ask curiously upon hearing this.

"That's true, it's because of Ao, but what I just said is just a legend." Archbishop Angus shook his head and said:

"The true history is that there was no sun in the world originally. It was O that sacrificed himself to become the sun. Because the energy that releases light and heat comes from the void, the sunlight is mixed with the aura of the void."

"Does this have anything to do with why the psychic can only connect with the sacred tree today?" Lu Qing quietly took a step back, preparing to run away at any moment.

Although Archbishop Angus's story was very appealing, she knew that most of the time, once the villain had answered all the protagonist's questions, it was time for the villain to make his move on the protagonist, so she would better run away as soon as possible.

However, just as Lu Qing was about to escape, she found that no matter what she did, she could not move her body. It was as if she was being pressed down by something. Except for her head, she could not move any part of her body, not even a finger.

"I'm already here, do you think I'd let you get away?" Archbishop Angus said with a smile to Lu Qing, though Lu Qing didn't know how she could read a smile from someone's head.

"The roots of the Sacred Tree cannot completely purify the vast power of the void. The absorption over the years will only cause more and more filth to accumulate inside it. In order to solve this problem, the Sacred Tree created small individual spirits, namely, O."

"Ao was able to help the sacred tree purify itself of the remaining impurities, but she was just too bored. On this dark earth, she saw no sign of life. Elves are all very simple creatures. Ao flew into the sky..."

"She became a giant energy converter, creating light and heat by constantly purifying and absorbing the power of the void into her body and then releasing it. From then on, life came to the earth."

"Humans cannot connect with the sacred tree; only elves can do so. In fact, the spirit mediums who hold the Sacred Tree Festival every year never connect with the sacred tree, but rather... Oh."

Archbishop Angus pointed to the sky with his tentacle and said, "Only at this time of year will the distance between O and the ground be shortened to the point where it can connect with the sacred tree."

"You mean, the act of purifying the sacred tree wasn't done by the psychic, but by O? Then why would the psychic need to actively establish a connection with O?"

"Since Ao can purify the filth inside the Sacred Tree, why can't other elves?" Since she couldn't escape, Lu Qing simply asked all the questions that were on her mind.

“Because Ao is asleep…” After a moment of silence, Archbishop Angus said with a somewhat complicated expression, “Hanging in the air for tens of thousands of years, Ao constantly absorbs the power of the void and then releases it. In this process, she has always been in a state of slumber.”

"Therefore, someone must awaken her in order to clean the filth inside the sacred tree."

“Ol is unique. After Ol ascended into the sky, the sacred tree created more than one elf, but only Ol has the ability to purify impurities.”

"I believe you have heard that the elves were once responsible for purifying the sacred tree, but they gradually transformed into human spirit mediums. This is because in order to communicate with Ao, one must have a spiritual compatibility of more than 90% with Ao."

"Elves can only be cultivated by the Sacred Tree, and the energy required to create an elf is enormous, so the number of elves is very small, and those that can be spiritually compatible with the arcane are even rarer."

"At that time, the human population was increasing dramatically, as the number of humans was hundreds of thousands of times that of elves, and the number of humans with an affinity of over 90% for the Arcane Spirit was also much greater than that of elves. So the elves took the initiative to find humans and entrusted them with the responsibility of holding the Sacred Tree Festival."

"..."

After Archbishop Angus finished speaking, he fell silent. He looked up at the sky, but found that the dense foliage blocked it out, preventing him from seeing what he wanted to see.

"It's about time." The archbishop shook his head and said, "We can begin."

After speaking, Archbishop Angus disappeared from Lu Qing's sight. However, the next moment, Lu Qing found that her body suddenly began to move on its own.

"Hehe, my current body can't connect with O's, so I'll borrow your body for a bit," Archbishop Angus's voice echoed in Lu Qing's mind.

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Chapter 539: That day, all of humanity remembered...

On the day of the Sacred Tree Festival, all of humanity finally remembered the fear of being dominated by giants... Sorry for the misdirection.

"Roar!"

The enormous flesh-and-blood giant rampaged through the streets of the capital, sending large numbers of soldiers flying with its immense force.

"Drink!"

The Knight of Salo charged out from the ranks and slashed the giant's Achilles tendon with his sword. Thank goodness, the monsters' body structures were not too different from humans. After the Achilles tendon was severed, the giant staggered and knelt on the ground.

The flesh giant clenched his right hand and swung it fiercely at the knight of Saro.

"boom!!"

Slight cracks appeared in the ground beneath the feet of the Knight of Salo. He braced himself against his shield, then leaned to the right, his longsword plunging straight into the neck of the flesh giant.

The steel longsword tore through the flesh and blood of the giant. Just when the Knight of Salo thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, the giant of Salo let out a strange cry, grabbed the Knight of Salo's body with his hand, and threw him away violently!

"boom!"

Countless pebbles were scattered on the ground. The Knight of Salo felt as if something had hit his lungs hard, and he couldn't help but cough.

"Cough cough, is he dead?" The Knight of Salo stood up again and saw the flesh giant kneeling on the ground, motionless.

"Reporting, Captain, the number of Flesh Giants has increased again," a soldier said anxiously as he approached the Knight of Saroo.

"Damn, how come there are so many monsters?" The Knight of Salo clenched his fist and slammed it against the wall next to him.

"Has the reinforcement arrived yet?"

"Reporting, Captain, reinforcements... might not be coming," the soldier said with a complicated expression.

Inside the military camp on the outskirts of the capital, there were no living people left. A large amount of pale purple poisonous gas shrouded the sky above the entire camp. On the training square of the camp, a huge flower of flesh and blood was slowly writhing.

The toxic gas that enveloped the entire barracks was released from this flower of flesh and blood. In addition, a large number of dark green vines were wrapped around this flower of flesh and blood, and many soldiers who tried to attack this flower of flesh and blood were strangled to death by these vines.

The soldiers in the capital had no idea what was going on inside the barracks; the fact that the person who was supposed to request reinforcements hadn't returned yet was enough to tell them the story.

"Something terrible has happened." Sir Salo frowned and said, "No matter what happened at the barracks, we cannot let our guard down."

"It's impossible to eliminate all the flesh giants, but at the very least, we must stop the Silent Church's plot."

"Tell everyone to assemble, we're charging in!"

Making such a decision meant abandoning the safety of the capital's residents, but more than that, the Knight of Salo was worried about the ritual magic that covered almost half of the kingdom.

Mage Moruni said that if any one of the nodes is damaged, the ritual magic cannot be activated. Before they suffer too much damage, Knight Salo must gather everyone's strength and seize this opportunity!

......

Archbishop Angus possessed Lu Qing's body and slowly walked towards the depths of the elven sacrificial site. During this time, Lu Qing's consciousness did not disappear, but no matter how she tried to control it, her body could not react.

She watched as she arrived beneath the roots of the sacred tree, at the deepest part of the elven sacrificial grounds, where a massive, azure metal door stood.

“This is a gate made from a single large piece of blue steel; even I cannot destroy it,” Archbishop Angus said, gently stroking the surface of the blue steel gate.

Because she was using Lu Qing's body, she could feel the cold touch of her palm.

Lu Qing infused her spiritual power into the blue-patterned steel door, and with a steady grinding sound, the metal door slowly sank into the ground.

Archbishop Angus controlled Lu Qing's body and stepped inside. The first thing that caught his eye was the tangled roots above his head, followed by the floor paved with white stone bricks that were exactly the same as the ground outside, and the clear spring.

Archbishop Angus seemed very familiar with this place. He came to the edge of the spring, gently touched the cool water with his finger, creating ripples, and said, "This is the spring that the Sacred Tree created within its body in ancient times, but it was much larger than this back then."

"The elves no longer need the sacred tree to store water for their survival, so it only serves a symbolic purpose now."

"But in any case, these springs are also produced within the Sacred Tree and possess incredible power. To communicate with the Ao, we must rely on these springs."

As Archbishop Angus spoke, he gently scooped up some spring water with his hand and slowly drank it down.

Lu Qing felt a chill in her throat, and her mental energy immediately became active. She sensed a call from distant space.

Unfortunately, she couldn't control her body and could only wait for Archbishop Angus to connect with O. However, to her surprise, the Archbishop made no further moves after that.

Lu Qing tried to regain control of her body, but no matter what commands she gave it, it did not respond.

"Two minutes left..." Archbishop Angus's voice suddenly appeared in Lu Qing's mind.

......

"Time is running out," Moruni said, looking at the sun in the sky. If her divination was correct, the start time for this ritual magic would definitely not be more than half an hour.

"All knights, burn all your spiritual power and charge with me!" Knight Salo shouted in a hoarse voice on the streets of the royal capital.

They're so close to the node, just a little more effort, just a little more effort!

"boom......"

The last flesh giant's corpse blocking their path slowly fell to the ground. The Knight of Saro ignored the flesh giants chasing after him and led his soldiers into the node building.

However, when the Saro Knights rushed in, they found that there were no traces of node spells at all, only some messy piles of flesh and blood on the ground.

They were misled. The fact that the flesh giants came out of these buildings does not mean that the node is inside these buildings!

The Knight of Salo looked somewhat bewildered at the soldiers standing behind him, and the fleshy giants that kept charging into the formation from behind.

They trusted themselves so much that they readily agreed to his reckless plan that would lead to their deaths, but in the end, they were going to die, and the mission was not completed.

Knight Salo wanted to cry, but couldn't. He raised his longsword high and roared, "This is the location of the node! All soldiers, raise your swords with me!"

How to destroy an entire building in a short time, leaving not even a trace of the ground, was a question that the Knight of Salo had considered before. Now, it was time.

Contrary to expectations, Sir Salo deceived his soldiers, though he didn't know if his lies would fool them.

"May the kingdom endure forever!" Knight Salo roared.

May the kingdom endure forever!