However, everyone else seemed a bit cold.
Lu Ye took the cotton that A Tui handed her and prepared to stuff it into her body.
Just as he was halfway through inserting it, he suddenly felt a foreign object inside.
He grabbed the object, clenched it in his fist, and then took it out to examine it…
A pair of panties...
Wait, how did panties end up inside my clothes?
Lu Ye quickly put it away.
When Violet came into this world, she did bring some changes of clothes with her.
However, the luggage brought from another world also disappeared in the incident in Red Lion City.
The fact that these panties haven't disappeared means that they've established an "anchor point" with this world.
However, if you can't be considered the anchor point, then the only people around you who would wear this are...
Lu Ye turned his gaze to A Tui, who was riding on Toret.
Toret won't die. He was just temporarily unable to use it after disappearing. With one bottle of the red Holy Grail from A'Tui, Toret will be fully revived.
Could this guy have done it?
Although she had questions in her mind, Lu Ye did not speak.
They didn't stop until they reached a suitable place in the snowfield to take shelter from the snow, where they could rest for a while.
A campfire was lit, and A-Tui prepared to cook a pot of delicious food, which of course wouldn't have been possible without the help of the Lu-Ye Taiyaki maker.
Millicent, Yakir, and Smarag sat in a row around the pot, helping out under Ame's guidance.
At that moment, Torina suddenly got up and said she needed to use the restroom.
Lu Ye glanced at Torina, made up an excuse to leave his seat, and quickly followed after her.
"Thank you for saving me," Lu Ye said after walking a little further away.
"Oh, big brother, are you a creepy uncle who wants to watch me go to the toilet?" Torina smiled.
Seeing her like this, Lu Ye decided not to pretend anymore and got straight to the point.
"I'm not interested in boys going to the toilet. If I'm right, you're the demigod Mikaela, aren't you?"
“I am Torina now!” She blinked. “If I were that legendary, universally loved demigod, I could make you all submit with just a glance. Why would I need to make deals with you?”
“But with such an urgent desire to cure Marlene’s crimson corruption, coupled with the stolen Great Rune of Monger, I can’t find anyone else but you.”
Chapter 667 Black Knife Assassin
"What a buzzkill! Do they really have to get hung up on who I am?"
“You are a demigod,” Lu Ye repeated.
“I am, but I’m not interested in the Ring of Law or anything like that,” Torina said. “I have only one goal, and that is to cure the Crimson Corruption.”
"So that's why you went to the underground in Lienia?" Lu Ye asked.
"Of course, do you know the legend of the Blue Dancer and the Blind Swordsman?" Torina smiled and said, "There are two things in nature that can restrain the crimson corruption: fire and flowing water. The former burns away the corruption, and the latter washes it away. The Blue Dancer bestowed the Flowing Water Sword upon the blind swordsman, and from then on, his swordsmanship was like an endless stream, sealing the god of crimson corruption in the ground beneath Lienia."
"That's why you have to go there, because that's where the Goddess of Corruption is sealed away."
"Yes, I thought that since scarlet corruption is difficult to eradicate, perhaps we could find a way to address the root cause."
"But the Crimson Goddess of Corruption is a deity. Under the operation of the Golden Law, how could you possibly kill her?"
"Of course I can't kill them, but it won't hurt to go and take a look. After all, I've been working on this for quite a while, so a little more time won't make a difference. Originally, I started the war between the Kalia royal family and the magic academy just to scout things out first, but I didn't expect you to interfere and bring me such a pleasant surprise."
"Potion?"
“Yes, that so-called enchanting branch is actually a small part of my power,” Torina smiled. “Even Prince Godwin had a hard time resisting this power, but it was easily broken. So later, at the Church of the Corruption, I approached you, hoping to make a deal, but you cruelly refused me, big brother!”
"What you said to me... can I assume you know what will happen on the battlefield beneath Red Lion City?"
“I don’t know.” Torina shook her head honestly. “I have no idea what the Supreme Will will do to you. I only know that you will definitely be targeted for using ‘external power’ like that. Although I wanted to be more direct at the time, unfortunately, the Supreme Will’s lackeys were nearby.”
"Lackey... do you mean Two-Fingers was near us at the time?"
“Not necessarily, perhaps it’s that young lady among you named Melina,” Torina said with a smile still on her face. “I can sense a strong aura of the Golden Tree emanating from her. Although I am also a member of the Golden Clan, for some reason she makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable…”
“You can rest assured about that,” Lu Ye said. “Instead of Melina, you should doubt Gwei. That guy claims to be Millison’s adoptive father, but he’s actually a corrupt clan member. There’s something wrong with him no matter how you look at it.”
“Oh, that guy… I killed him after you left.” Torina said, making a throat-slitting gesture. “Anyway, whether it’s Melina or not, I can’t take the risk. Otherwise, once my true identity is exposed, that weirdo will definitely come after me, and things will get complicated. I still want to collect more materials in the border area.”
"Does 'strange uncle' refer to Munger?"
Thinking of the enormous cocoon at the top of the temple of the Blood Dynasty, Lu Ye immediately came to the answer.
Moreover, there aren't many people who can use blood to appear and disappear unpredictably like Monge.
“You guessed right,” Torina sighed. “That guy is really a pervert to the extreme; he doesn’t even spare men.”
“I’m very curious about how you escaped,” Lu Ye asked curiously. “According to the records, you and Marlene were born with a chronic illness. Marlene’s body was stained with scarlet decay, while you were forever kept in the size of a child and never grew up. But why were the arms of the person in the cocoon so big, almost as big as two A-Tuis?”
"I don't know, it's probably soaked in blood..." Torina said angrily. "Anyway, I don't want that body anymore. Let that pervert do whatever he wants. But he's taken the Great Rune by me, so he can forget about building some shitty dynasty!"
"So how did you escape?" Lu Ye asked, not forgetting his original intention.
"I don't know, maybe it's from my parents..." Torina muttered, "Don't ask about the details, give people some privacy, okay? Come back to the Sacred Tree with me, help me finish my research, and then I'll give you the Great Rune and the Pure Golden Needle. Since you're pretty good at swordsmanship, I'll also have my little sister teach you a trick of the Flowing Water Sword Technique, isn't that great? Men who pry into everything aren't very charming!"
Judging from Torina's embarrassed expression, her escape process may have been somewhat unpleasant to recall.
"Wait, Marlene also knows the Flowing Water Sword Technique?" Lu Ye asked.
“Yes, when she was born, the Crimson Corruption Goddess had already been sealed away, so the Crimson Corruption did not manifest in her body immediately,” Torina said. “When she was a young girl, she met the blind swordsman and learned the Flowing Water Sword Technique. Not only did her ability to suppress the Crimson Corruption within her reach a new level, but she also gained invincible wings.”
"Wings, so the Valkyrie has wings."
“Yes, although it looks beautiful, it was formed by combining the power of the Flowing Water Sword Technique and the power of Crimson Corruption,” Torina sighed.
Only then did she shed her childish facade and transform into a mature adult, her brows furrowed with worry for her younger sister.
She explained it to Lu Ye.
The horror of crimson putrefaction lies not in its ability to erode the body and mind.
If that were all, Torina, being a god... or rather, Michaela, could have easily suppressed the demon using the golden needles she had developed.
The true horror of the Scarlet Corruption lies in the fact that corruption, as an inherent part of this world, is irreversible.
Everything undergoes a process of "decay" after death.
Even the Golden Law can only remove death from the cycle of life, not eliminate it, let alone the Corruption.
In other words, without a radical solution, Marlene will eventually be consumed by the Crimson Corruption.
This is the source of Michaela's distress.
She built the Sacred Tree because the Golden Law and the Golden Tree could not save Marlene, so she had to go it alone and water the Sacred Tree with her own blood to make it a breeding ground that could suppress the crimson corruption.
But this period of good fortune was short-lived. After the outbreak of the Shattered War, the demigods joined forces to attack the royal city, including Marlenia. After all, the Ring of Law had been shattered, and the power dynamics of the entire border region would be reshuffled. In order to consolidate her own power, Michaela sent Marlenia to participate in the Shattered War as well. This way, regardless of success or failure, no force would attack the Sacred Tree in the short term.
But what Michaela didn't expect was that Mongo, the sixth brother, had been coveting her for a long time.
Mongols wanted to establish his own era by following the "one king, one god" configuration, so he took advantage of the weakened defenses of the sacred tree and kidnapped Michaela.
Marlene returned home to find her brother missing. Enraged, she led her army south, following the scent of the land to Galid in Rataen. Along the way, she gave Grek a good beating.
Michaela was in the underground of Galid at that time, but Ratahn was unaware of this.
And so Valkyrie Marlene and General Rataen of Shattered Stars... the two of them started fighting without saying a word.
Even with his mind corrupted, Ratahn still sealed away the stars for the sake of the land beneath his feet.
Marlene had been trying to suppress the crimson corruption within her body to prevent it from harming others, but in order to find her brother, she was willing to sacrifice all her efforts and pulled out the golden needles from her body to release the crimson corruption.
The final result was a draw.
Rataen went mad and lost his mind, turning into a monster that fed on corpses.
Meanwhile, Marlene's crimson corruption intensified. After being taken back to the Sacred Tree by her subordinates, the Sacred Tree, no longer watered by Michaela, could not withstand the extremely destructive power of the crimson corruption. It began to be gradually infected by uncontrolled corruption, and began to rot and become deformed.
The sleeping Marlenia, the soldiers of the sacred tree, and all of Michaela's followers awaited the day of his return in despair.
Although Michaela escaped being torn apart by Monger,
But he knew clearly that going back like this wouldn't change anything, so he began searching for a way to completely cure the scarlet putrefaction at the border.
He hadn't held out much hope, thinking that if all else failed, he would go to the Black Blades and ask to borrow their weapons, which were imbued with the power of destined death, to kill the Goddess of Corruption.
Until he saw Lu Ye, he felt he had found hope.
Although Torina is now open and honest, Lu Ye still harbors some resentment.
So it turns out that all the great runes I've been searching for have ended up in your hands.
Seeing Lu Ye's expression, Torina just playfully stuck out her tongue.
"Sorry, if it weren't for that, you would definitely prioritize going to the Golden Tree... so I guess I'll have to figure out a way to get you to cooperate obediently?"
Torina nudged Lu Ye in the waist with her elbow: "Three Great Runes, plus the Flowing Water Sword Technique, isn't that enough reward? Besides, going to the Sacred Tree to assist my research is also for that Miss Melina~ Do you want to see her throw herself into the cauldron of flames to clear the way for you?"
“But I don’t think letting A-Tui come into contact with the madness is a good idea.” Lu Ye recalled when A-Tui went mad; his mental state was truly worrying.
"Don't worry, as long as we have the golden needles, there won't be any problems. It can even suppress the crimson corruption, and as a power of a deity, it can also suppress the mad fire and make it unable to move!"
Just then, Millison's voice called out from not far away.
Millison followed Torina because she was going to the Sacred Tree to return Marlene's will to her.
"Looks like it's lunchtime, so I'll be going now. You can go to the restroom now."
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After finishing their meal, Torina continued leading the group forward.
As we moved forward, the wind and snow gradually subsided.
On the snowy plain ahead, one could occasionally see women riding wolves and wearing chainmail.
They held bows and arrows, watching this side, and then gradually approached.
However, they maintained their distance from Lu Ye and the others, with their bows and arrows resting on the wolves' necks.
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