Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

After returning to the base from the rat, Lacie told her companions all her analysis and conjectures.

There was nothing to hide about these things, and she even planned to convey the same content to Lao Deng through communication spells later.

If it would not cause panic or more unpredictable chain reactions, she even planned to spread the news throughout the entire Pan-Continent. Unfortunately, it was impossible, after all, other witches who knew the truth better than her did not make it public, so she didn't want to do it.

Although she couldn't provide any help to her "compatriots", at least she could avoid causing them trouble.

In the base, after carefully listening to Laciel's analysis and conjectures, the companions gave their affirmation one after another.

Even Godot, who usually talks the most and likes to talk back the most, rarely agrees:

"I think what Lacie said is correct. It seems that Victoria is not as evil as we thought before. Maybe we should thank the emperor Victoria."

He also made a casual joke.

Charles asked in a low voice:

"Gordo, if I remember correctly, you have a witch in Ceylon, right? Have you ever seen her?"

Hearing this, Godot crossed his legs, hugged his knees, and after a brief moment of contemplation, he replied:

"It seems like I have seen it before, but it seems to be no different from not having seen it before."

"…What do you mean?" Lacie asked curiously.

Godot shrugged his shoulders when he heard this:

"The witch of our Ceylon... No, she should be called the Saint, Saint Lily. Back then, our Ceylon was invaded by a neighboring country and was almost destroyed. If it weren't for that saint, there would be no country called Ceylon on the map of the Pan-Continent today."

"After repelling the invaders, in order to weaken the reputation and influence of the Saint, some nobles in Ceylon openly declared: 'Relying on a woman, especially a witch, to win the war is undoubtedly a shame for us in Ceylon!'"

"However, no one paid attention to such stupid remarks, and the Saint Lady never stood up and said anything."

"After the war, she seemed to have disappeared. No one except the emperor knew where she went. Even today, almost three hundred years have passed since the war, and she has never appeared again."

As he spoke, Godot looked at Laceier:

"If we didn't all know that witches are immortal, and three hundred years is just a moment for mortals, so the Saint is likely to be alive, some people might think she has passed away."

"Of course," Godot spread his hands helplessly again, "The Saint has disappeared for so many years, and there has been no news about her. There are indeed some conspiracy theories circulating in Ceylon--"

"For example, the emperor coveted the witch's long life, so he designed to capture and imprison the Saint Lady, trying to get the secret of immortality from her; some people said that he had witnessed a fairyland deep in the palace, and the Saint Lady lived in that fairyland to recuperate; at the same time, some people claimed that His Majesty the Emperor would order envoys to search for rare objects in every corner of the continent every year, in order to please the Saint Lady in exchange for gifts..."

"In short, various conspiracy theories were rampant, but none of them could be proven. Even the emperor himself never paid attention to those conspiracy theories. So with your majesty's tacit approval, the conspiracy theories developed in an increasingly outrageous direction. In the end, some people even made up a romance between your majesty and the Saint."

At this point, Godot clapped his hands and concluded:

"The above is all I know about the Saint Lady of Ceylon."

Lacey nodded and began to slowly sort out the information she had obtained from Godot.

At this time, Joseph next to Godot couldn't help but ask:

"But these things have nothing to do with what you just said. Didn't you say that you seemed to have seen the Saint Lady? What's going on here?"

Upon hearing this, Godot slapped his thigh:

"Oh, yes, I forgot to mention this - although this doesn't seem very important, but if everyone wants to hear it, then I'll tell you."

"In fact, the Saint Lady did not disappear. She has been staying in the palace for the past three hundred years and only leaves the palace very rarely."

"When I was born, my father begged the Saint to bless me. Surprisingly, the Saint actually left the palace and came to my side."

"Later, my father told me that the Saint was a young woman who looked very gentle and kind, with long light green hair and eyes as beautiful as the water of Lake Adele."

"At that time, she gently stroked my forehead when I was still a baby and left a message -"

"Children are the spark of the future. As long as there is spark, there is hope for everything."

[To be continued]

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14. Unexpected News

Before heading to Victoria, each member of the Brave Team began their final preparations.

Joseph contacted another fairly reliable intelligence dealer and prepared as detailed intelligence as possible for this trip.

Godot was responsible for purchasing the necessary materials.

In fact, the brave team never really needed a so-called magician. After all, Charles' forbidden spells were not only effective against enemies, but also friendly forces. Even Laciel, a priest, had to find opportunities to heal Charles and cast spells when Charles was using forbidden spells.

So the question is - if the brave team does not need a wizard, then what is the meaning of Godot's existence?

When Godot first applied to join the Brave Team, Joseph, who was in charge of the assessment, also asked the same question.

Then, Godot made him an offer he couldn't refuse:

"I have money, lots and lots of money."

Then, the brave team at that time unanimously approved Godot's application to join the team.

Although the brave team does not need a magician at all, Godot's magic skills are a mess.

But the Brave Team has always been short of money.

Although Charles has been working hard to accept and complete commissions all over the continent, the team's financial situation has always been as bad as Godot's magic training, and they have always been unable to make ends meet.

After all, Charles is a hero, and many times he is embarrassed to accept the client's fees. What's worse, he even has to pay some money from time to time.

It can be said that Godot's arrival saved the brave team that was on the verge of bankruptcy in a sense.

The role he played in the team was never a mage, but a generous and magnanimous sponsor who brought money into the team.

Moreover, this time he came with the tacit consent of his family - he brought unprecedented funds to the brave team.

Even Joseph couldn't help but sigh, saying that he had never fought such a rich war.

In this way, there will be no shortage of weapons and equipment, various props, and much-needed intelligence.

After Godot comes Céline.

Miss Assassin was responsible for delivering the message to the Emperor in Victoria.

According to Charles' idea, the more people knew about their trip to Victoria, the better. There was no need to deliberately hide their whereabouts. On the contrary, they should publicize it as much as possible.

It would be best to let the entire Pan-Continent know that the Brave Squad has become active again and has come to Victoria.

In this way, at least Victoria's emperor could be prevented from doing anything unfriendly to them, such as coercion, imprisonment... although Charles also considered that the emperor might not care about Victoria's reputation, let alone the pressure of public opinion.

He may be ready to go to war with the entire Pangaea.

Finally, there are Rachel and Charles.

The two of them returned to the White Tower together, intending to retrieve the holy sword from Lao Deng.

The warp spell sent the two directly to Lao Deng's office, but they unexpectedly found that the office was empty.

Lao Deng is not here.

Lacey frowned and looked up at Charles, who happened to look down at her as well.

The two looked at each other, and Lacier muttered softly:

"That's strange. Old Deng almost never goes anywhere else. Logically, she should be able to handle all matters in the White Tower with her clone spell..."

"Maybe it's something urgent that needs to be dealt with," Charles answered casually, "So should we wait here or go out and look for it?"

"Just wait," Lacier sighed, "If Old Deng is still in the White Tower, she will definitely be able to sense my arrival. If she senses my arrival, she will definitely come to find us."

And the facts turned out to be just as Rachel had expected.

Not long after, layers of illusory ripples appeared behind the desk in front of the two people, and then Lao Deng walked out from inside.

She looked at the two of them, looking a little tired, as if she had just experienced something extremely exhausting.

"You guys are here?"

she asked softly.

Laceier noticed that Lao Deng was abnormal, frowned even more tightly, and asked:

"What's going on? What happened?"

Lao Deng slowly sat down in the armchair, and the fat cat that appeared with her jumped up from the ground, jumped onto her legs, yawned, slowly curled up and closed its eyes.

Lao Deng returned to her normal state, but the fatigue on her face could not be wiped away.

"Nothing," she said with her usual gentle smile, "I just overestimated my energy."

As she spoke, she touched the fat cat on her lap and shook her head gently:

"I'm getting old. When I was young, I could stay in the laboratory for several days without sleep to do experiments, but now I can't stand staying up all night..."

Time is unforgiving. After a brief lament for the inevitable aging, the Lord of the White Tower informed the witch and the hero of the results of her analysis of the holy sword over the past few days:

"Although it looks like a sword and feels like normal steel, and can even be used as a sword, it is not actually a holy sword."

"Huh?" Rachel couldn't understand. "If it's not the Holy Sword, then what is it?"

Obviously Lao Deng himself said:

If something looks like a sword, feels like a sword, and acts like a sword—why isn’t it a sword?

Lao Deng has a headache:

"How should I explain it to you? Hmm... let me think, oh yes, rather than calling it a holy sword, it is better to say that it is a high-density spell prototype cluster called a 'holy sword'."

"Spell prototype... cluster?"

"Yes." Lao Deng explained in the simplest and most understandable way possible, "The unknown material that we thought was steel and made up the holy sword itself is actually a disguise."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and tiny ripples appeared.

That seemed to be the characteristic of some kind of small warp spell being activated, so soon, the holy sword that was originally well preserved in the core laboratory of the White Tower was teleported in front of her.

"clang--"

The Lord of the White Tower tapped the holy sword with his fingertips, and a low humming sound came out.

"It has the same properties as metal, but is endowed with a quality that makes it nearly indestructible and inflexible. And inside this sword, there is actually a cluster of spell prototypes that is almost impossible for all the magicians in the Qingbai Tower to analyze..."

She looked at Charles, raised her hand, and gently stretched it forward. The holy sword floating in front of her floated straight towards Charles and finally stopped in front of him.

"There is no doubt about it," Old Deng gave his final conclusion, "If it is a cluster of spell prototypes that even our White Tower cannot analyze, it can only be the creation of a previous civilization."

Coincidentally, her conclusion coincided with Rachel's conjecture.

So the holy sword did come from a previous civilization, and the witch Thea who could analyze the fragments of the holy sword...

Apart from the fact that it came from a previous civilization like the holy sword, Lacie couldn't think of any other more reasonable explanation.

"But the question is, can all witches analyze the holy sword? If so, wouldn't the holy sword become a hot commodity? Logically speaking, all witches should fight for the ownership of the holy sword. After all, the holy sword is the so-called "ray of life in a dying world"."

"Or is it because of me? Just like what the witch Thea said, I chose Ciel and the White Tower, which is equivalent to clarifying the ownership to other witches, so other witches will not attack Ciel and the White Tower?"

Soon, Lacie rejected this idea.

No, Ciel was already famous as a hero before she met him—and not just Ciel.

The witch suddenly thought of a very important thing that she had always overlooked.

So she turned quickly to Charles and asked:

"Have the heroes before you ever come into contact with witches?"

Charles was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and replied:

"should not."

"Why?" Lacier asked subconsciously, and then quickly added, "No, I didn't ask you, I was just curious--"

She paused, her expression becoming serious:

"If the holy sword is really a creation of the previous civilization, and if the words left by the previous brave man are correct, why don't the witches contact the holders of the holy sword of all generations? Can't they analyze the holy sword and obtain forbidden spells from it like the witch Thea?"

No one could answer her.

Neither Lao Deng nor Charles can do it.

They may not know more than Laciel herself, although Laciel is not even a qualified witch.

Lacey could only sigh:

"It seems that I can only pray that I can get some useful information from the witch Thea during this trip to Victoria."