Chapter 312
Chapter 312. Small Group
“What did you say? Which person are you looking for?” Heather’s face was full of confusion. She somewhat failed to understand what the other party meant, but after turning it over in her head, she still realized what the other party was referring to.
“I remember now. Are you talking about the one I met at the Emerald Market? Back then, she even went into the storeroom and stole the thing I wanted to buy.”
Seeing this, the woman who had asked the question smiled and said,
“Correction. That Emissary did not steal it. She directly robbed them. At the time, it just so happened that the god behind her made a move and broke through the Emerald Market’s defenses.”
Only then did Heather learn who the true mastermind behind what had happened at the Emerald Market was, which surprised her somewhat.
“Ah! Is that so? Then she has quite some nerve.”
The Divine Power carried by Emissaries could break through the Spirit Realm’s protection. So when Heather first ascended to the Spirit Realm, she had been warned not to use her power against places protected by Spirit Realm Protection.
This was a compromise and agreement between gods and Spirit Realm lords. Moreover, every time Heather entered the Spirit Realm, someone accompanied her, aside from this trial.
The purpose was to prevent Emissaries from attacking things protected by the Spirit Realm.
And now, the Emissary Heather had met at the Emerald Market last time had broken this agreement. One could imagine that the other party would face the targeting of many factions afterward.
“That is correct. My purpose in coming to this trial is to find that Emissary, not to stop those people from passing this trial like the rest of you.”
Heather scratched her head, then said,
“The tasks given by gods can even be different...”
Heather suddenly thought of something, then said in shock,
“Wait. You mean that person is also inside the trial right now?!”
The woman facing Heather nodded. Heather immediately said with delight,
“It is good that she is here. I still want to settle accounts with her. Last time, she took the thing I wanted...”
Although Heather had failed to defeat Fulan even when she and Valerie fought together before, Heather still believed that if they fought again, the outcome would be uncertain.
It was not that Heather had surpassed herself during this period of time. She believed the key problem lay with Fulan.
Since the other party had dared to rob the Emerald Market, there was a high chance that her god had given Fulan a large amount of Divine Power before she set out, allowing her strength to far exceed that of an ordinary Emissary.
Combined with the information Heather had just obtained—that the other party’s god was the mastermind behind the robbery of the Emerald Market—it was only natural that the other party’s god had helped his own Emissary during the process.
In short, Heather believed that Fulan had definitely received more help from her god back then, which was why they had lost.
But now, in this place, gods could not provide any further support. Under such circumstances, Heather believed that Fulan’s strength had surely declined greatly.
“That is not right. Since you are looking for an Emissary of another god, why are you following us?” At this moment, Rachel, who stood beside Heather, noticed the problem in the other party’s words and directly pointed it out.
Since the other party claimed that she had come to find an Emissary who was not here, that did not explain why she was following them.
The woman in the purple robe smiled and said,
“This person beside me is the Emissary of the Star-Engraved Turtle. His divination skills are comparable to those of the Alliance’s Astrology School mages.”
“He divined that it would be best for him to follow this team. This is the optimal choice for him.”
“I came here with him, so naturally, I had him perform a divination for me as well. The result showed that it would be best for me to follow this team too. The person I am looking for will come to us.”
Heather frowned and said,
“Then would it not be better for you to directly divine where that Emissary is? Why divine something like this instead?”
What Heather meant was, why not directly find that Emissary’s location and go straight there? Why divine what one needed to do in order to find the other party and take such a roundabout route?
“Miss Heather may not understand the principles of divination and prophecy,” the man standing behind the woman said at this moment.
“True divination and prophecy do not mean that whatever you want to know, you will receive information about it.”
“If asking anything allowed you to know anything, would that not be equivalent to omniscience? Could I not simply ask how to make myself invincible on the continent?”
The man’s words left Heather somewhat speechless. She scratched her head and did not speak.
“Normally speaking, even if you want to find someone you have only met once, it is very difficult for us, because your connection with the other party is extremely weak.”
“Moreover, the power obtained by Emissaries comes from the stars, which is the same root as divination. This further increases the difficulty of foreseeing an Emissary.”
“If Miss Heather ever hears some diviner or mage of the Astrology School claim that they can perform divination at will, or even succeed one hundred percent of the time, then you should be careful.”
“Although I am not from the Astrology School, I very much agree with the philosophy of the Astrology School. That is, one should treat prophecy as a method for obtaining more information, rather than placing all hope in prophecy.”
“Normally, when we make a prophecy, the best method is to ask, ‘What is the best thing for me to do?’ That is the true use of prophecy and divination.”
The man’s explanation left Heather unsure of what to say. After a long silence, she finally said,
“All right, then. If you want to follow us, then follow us.”
In the end, Heather agreed to let the two of them follow her. After all, everyone here was an Emissary, so she had to give them some face no matter what.
“Oh, right.” Heather seemed to remember something and said,
“Speaking of which, what were your names again?” Only then did she remember that she seemed not to know the names of these two people.
“Tristan.” This was the Emissary of the Star-Engraved Turtle speaking.
“Ophelia.” This was the name of the woman in the purple robe.
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Fulan carried her bat and arrived at the place of the second trial.
She had now killed the two Emissaries wandering outside the cluster. Only the four Emissaries grouped together remained.
This small group of four was the final obstacle to Fulan completing this trial. For the moment, she could not find a stable method to deal with them, so she decided to complete the trial first.
The first thing Fulan saw when she arrived here was a lush green grassland.
That was right. In this place that was practically a wasteland, she saw a large stretch of grassland appear before her.
“I remember this trial is something like hunting monsters.”
Fulan briefly recalled the trial information she had obtained from Zari, then looked around. Logically speaking, there should have been a place like the first trial where Fulan could accept the trial, but here, aside from the grassland, there was nothing at all.
When Fulan looked over it at a glance, she could not even see anything that might be a monster.
She scratched her head and still walked into the grassland.
The instant she entered, she heard a thick, neutral voice that was difficult to distinguish as male or female.
“Kill three Spirit Realm creatures here, and you will pass the trial.”
Before Fulan could think carefully about these words, she saw illusory shadows flash before her eyes. At that moment, Fulan understood.
She saw three enormous figures suddenly appear before her. Their bodies were almost transparent, but they were gradually solidifying.
The illusory figures on the two sides looked exactly the same. They were creatures with four limbs, massive bodies, and forms like strong bulls.
A single enormous horn grew from each of their heads. Their entire bodies were black, as though they had been bound in steel.
As for the creature in the middle, it was much larger than the other two. Its hind limbs touched the ground while its forelimbs hung in the air. Its body was covered in gray fur, and its forelimbs had broad palms and sharp claws.
Fulan’s expression did not change as she looked at the three monsters before her. She raised her hand, drew out her bat, then held it in a proper grip as red light emerged from it.
After all, this was the trial for advancing to Sunflame Knight. Just from seeing these monsters, she knew she had to use Sunflame techniques.
After all, merely looking at those two identical monsters was enough for her to know that without Sunflame techniques, it would be difficult to pierce through their hides.
As for the monster in the middle, Fulan was not entirely certain.
Although, according to common sense, the monsters here probably followed the rule that appearance generally reflected strength. Things that looked hard from the outside were usually actually very hard.
But the monster in the middle was covered in fur, and it did not look like some monster with astonishing defensive power.
However, this monster had appeared in the trial. Based on the experience that these trials were all meant to test the trial participant’s mastery of Sunflame techniques, Fulan felt that this monster was most likely related to Sunflame techniques as well.
But looking at its fur, she truly could not imagine what use Sunflame techniques would have against this kind of heavily furred monster.
Sunflame could not spread across flammable objects like ordinary flames. To Fulan, Sunflame was like a laser. The moment it touched something, it could make metal crack open.
While Fulan was still thinking, the three monsters before her moved. Then Fulan understood why a furred monster had been placed here.
The two bovine monsters on the sides were still fine. The aura on their bodies was that of ordinary First-Tier Monsters. They might not even be as powerful as the Earth Drake Fulan had hunted before.
But the monster in the middle was different. It emitted an astonishing aura, and the instant its body solidified, it shot forward directly.
Its powerful hind limbs seemed to have been born precisely for this purpose. Fulan could feel that the other party’s speed at this moment had already surpassed the black horse moving at full speed.
“Just this speed alone is enough for it to count as a monster at the peak of the First Tier.”
Fulan sensed the airflow produced by the other party’s explosive charge and said with some emotion.
Although the monster before her was comparatively powerful, for the current Fulan—even for Fulan before she had obtained a Second-Tier profession...
The rhombus crystal at Fulan’s waist lit up, and a thin wall of yellow sand blocked Fulan’s front. The leaping monster slammed fiercely into the wall, but the yellow sand showed no sign of having been attacked at all.
As for the two bovine monsters behind that monster, they were slow to move forward. Reflected in their eyes was fear toward the red light in Fulan’s hand.
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