Chapter 111: The holy object of the Church of Silence, the forbidden object that appears!
Rainforest, hut in the wood elf village.

The wooden house is elegant and clean, and all the furniture inside, including the bed, desk, etc., are made of wood.

The cabin is not big, but it is very warm, and the bed is covered with a clean and soft silk quilt.

This is the residence that the wood elves prepared for Deya to rest.

The sky is clear tonight, with a bright moon overhead. At the window of the tree house, two black crows are holding onto the window sill, each with a letter tied to their claws.

Deya took off the letter tied to the claws of the Black Crow, and with the help of the incandescent light of the Dancing Light Technique, Deya carefully opened the first letter and read it.

"Hello, Lord Deya. I haven't seen you for a long time and I miss you very much. I think Lord Deya may be in a dangerous place and may not be able to read this letter.

But after thinking about it, I still want to write. Recently, His Majesty the King asked me to live in the palace of the royal palace. This makes me feel vaguely alert and uneasy. The king's behavior is too abnormal.

But please rest assured, Lord Deya, I am not in any danger.

But when I practice with the prosthetic limbs that Lord Deya gave me, I have to be careful not to be seen by them.

By the way, I have recently been able to use my prosthetic limbs flexibly. I will definitely demonstrate it to you when Lord Deya comes back.

Yesterday, a maid in the palace accidentally broke a bottle, and she was scolded by Theresa, and Theresa scolded her very badly..."

This letter was from Celeste, in which she wrote a bunch of trivial things in a very eloquent way.

From these detailed records of little things, Deya seemed to be able to see Celeste's daily life in the palace.

Her handwriting was a bit ugly and crooked, and many of the contents and words were smeared out.

It can be seen that Sally has never practiced calligraphy and rarely writes.

"...Unconsciously, I have written so much, but after a closer look, I find that it is all useless nonsense. I am sending it to you, Lord Deya, with a nervous heart.

My handwriting is ugly and the things I wrote are messy. I will try my best to practice writing. I hope you can forgive me. I don’t pray for your reply, but I just hope you can return safely. Yours truly, Sally. "

Looking at the last text, Deya chuckled: "You said you don't ask for a reply, but in fact, your words both hope that I will reply."

Deya thought about it, picked up the feather pen from the wooden table, and wrote a reply on the white paper he brought.

As to why Celeste was "invited" back to the palace by the king, Deya could roughly guess that it was related to the death of the eldest prince and the Duke of Hudson.

But Germany and Asia do not have enough information about the specific situation.

In his reply, he told Celeste not to pay any attention to the king and to continue living her own life.

At the same time, he also wrote that he hoped Sally would practice calligraphy well and he would check it when he returned.

If it were in modern times, Deya's reply would definitely be described as "very daddy-like". You still checked it, and you still dare to say "just testing you"?
But this is not the modern era after all, and Sally is different from those women.

Not only will she not get angry at Deya's request, but she will be happy to work hard according to Deya's request.

Sally has a strong character, but she is actually a girl without her own opinion. She needs others to give her orders and make demands on her.

After briefly replying to one letter, Deya looked at the second one.

This is from Lamia.

Miss Witch's writing is graceful and elegant, and her beautiful cursive writing can be used as a textbook example.

There was very little content in her letter. She just said that she had discovered traces of the Witch Cult in Abrana, and was going to try to get more information from the Witch Cult, and was worried about Deya's trip.

Deya frowned, feeling a little worried.

But he just wrote in his reply, asking the witch to be careful and that everything was fine here.

The two letters were tied to the claws of the black crows, and the two crows flew away under the cover of night.

It will probably take a few days for the letter to arrive.

Deya checked his negative energy space.

There was one 6th-ring corpse, two 5th-ring corpses, and more than a dozen from 2nd to 4th-ring corpses, as well as several swamp slaad dragon corpses. Some useless kobold zombies were also collected and used as cannon fodder.

In addition to obtaining a 7-ring bone dragon, this was a good result for the Necromancer.

"But there is no time to create undead creatures, and there is not enough energy."

Deya sighed, looking a little distressed.

Since the day the stars changed, he has been like a tightly wound spring, with no time to rest, which makes him unable to spare the time to create undead creatures.

And in addition to time, creating undead creatures also requires a lot of negative energy.

Let’s not talk about the low-level undead creatures, even the mid-level and high-level undead creatures are extremely troublesome to create.

At this moment, Deya had neither the infinite negative energy provided by [Forbidden Artifact: Beyond Death] nor a negative energy pool to use. Even if he wanted to create an undead creature, he couldn't do it.

Looking out the window, it was already late. Deya had also experienced a great battle today, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

The next day, early in the morning, Deya had just woken up and performed a cleansing spell on himself when he heard someone knocking on the door.

Deya walked over and opened the door, and a little wood elf girl was standing at the door.

The little girl was very beautiful, with long emerald green hair. Her hands were bandaged, and the slight traces of blood and flesh could be seen.

Deya remembered that this little girl was the one who was protected in her mother's arms and who finally tried her best to dig in the mud.

The little wood elf girl was very shy. She lowered her head and held up the wooden basket in her hand, which contained some fruits that Deya had never seen before.

"My mother asked me to bring this to you. It's a yellow crystal fruit from the rainforest. It tastes delicious... Well, I, I'll put it here for you. Thank you for saving us."

The little girl said timidly, put the wooden basket on the ground, turned around and ran away.

She had only run a few steps when she bumped into someone and said hurriedly, "I'm sorry, Lord Upton!"

Upton touched the little girl's head and said with a smile: "Beatrice, be careful and stay safe."

"Ok!"

The wood elf named Beatrice left embarrassedly.

Upton walked into the cabin where Deya lived. He looked around the cabin and asked, "How is it?"

Deya shrugged and said, "Not bad, but the rain forest is too hot and humid. Next time I live in such a place, I have to learn some spells that can change the climate in a small area."

"Haha, the humidity in the rainforest is a bit uncomfortable, but we are used to it, so we don't feel anything. Did Beatrice bring you the yellow crystal fruit? This is a specialty of the rainforest and tastes good. Try it."

Upton picked up a yellow crystal fruit from the wooden basket and threw it at Deya.

Deya took it, took a bite, and found it sweet.

He asked, "How is the little girl's mother?"

Upton sighed softly: "Beatrice's father was killed by those kobolds, and her mother was lucky enough to be rescued, but she was seriously injured.

Once my spell slots are restored, using some healing natural magic should speed up her recovery.

Beatrice is only 60 years old this year. She has gone through all this at such a young age. I hope she is OK and can forget these tragic things. "

The corner of Deya's mouth twitched.

Sixty years old, that’s enough to be a grandparent among humans.

“As you can see, our village is very poor and we don’t have anything valuable.

This is a magical item made by us wood elves using our unique magic. It is a thank you gift to our benefactor. I hope you can accept it and don’t despise it.”

Upton pulled out a beautiful leaf ornament and handed it to Deya.

Deya smiled and said, "I don't mind even if there is no thank-you gift. There is no reason to be disgusted."

He took the leaf and glanced at it.

[Wood Elf's Thank You Gift: Wearing this accessory will enhance your perception in the forest]

[This is a gift of gratitude from the wood elves to their benefactors. Wearing this accessory will increase the friendliness of the wood elves towards you.]

“It’s a beautiful decoration. I like it very much.”

Deya put the things away.

Although this is not a powerful magic item, it looks beautiful and the attributes it adds are useful.

"As long as you like it, we wood elves are quite good at this."

Upton said this with great pride. After considering his words, he continued, "... Deya, you just helped us, but I have something to ask of you."

Deya looked at him warily: "Let me make it clear first, I won't help you with anything that's too troublesome. I'm not a good person. If you really need help, I suggest you go find those paladins.

As long as your reasons are good enough, those paladins will definitely go through fire and water without hesitation."

The wood elf didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "This is not a difficult thing to do."

"I won't make any promises. Tell me what you want me to do for you first."

"I just hope that if one day you get any news about the 'Emerald Court', you can tell us.

In fact, we have lived in this rainforest for hundreds of years, searching for the royal court."

Deya munched on the fruit and asked in confusion, "Emerald Royal Court?"

He thought carefully and realized he had never heard of this name.

“It is said that it is the gathering place of our elves, the real kingdom of elves. Most of the elves live there, but there has been no news from the Emerald King’s Court for a thousand years.

We, the wandering elves, have been searching for a way home."

Upton said with a melancholy look, deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead, which were the longing for his unknown hometown.

"If I just tell you the news about the Emerald Court, it's not a big deal. I agree to this request."

"Thanks, Deya."

Upton said happily. "There's nothing to thank me for. If I really get the news, you can thank me later. But Upton, don't hold out too much hope."

"It doesn't matter. As long as you can remember this, I will be satisfied."

This druid doesn't have many cunning ideas. Yesterday, the two of them fought as comrades in arms, and Deya has a good impression of him.

The two of them walked out of the tree house, each chewing on some fruit.

The sun is rising. Although the wood elves have just experienced a hardship, life will not become simple because of the hardship.

The wood elves all get up early and start a new day by picking fruits and working.

Deya looked at the orderly life and asked:
"Staying here won't get you what you want. Why don't you go out and find out about the royal court, Upton?"

Upton smiled bitterly and said, "Wood elves are not welcome in the human world, and I am the only sixth-ring druid in the village. If I leave, there will be no one to protect the village."

Deya thought about the hatred that humans had for other races, which was almost a curse, and felt that Upton was right.

He asked again, "What are you going to do next? This village is probably not safe anymore. At least it has been exposed to the eyes of the Dragon Feast Cult. Who knows if they will come back again."

The druid said with a heavy face: "I have considered this matter, so I plan to move away from here with everyone.

The rainforest is huge and we know it well enough to find another habitat that is less easily discovered.”

Deya patted him on the shoulder: "Then I wish you good luck."

"I have received your blessing. Aren't you in a hurry to find the ruins of the church? Let's set off now."

Deya was not being pretentious, he was indeed very anxious.

Upton spoke a few words to the villagers and accompanied Deya to the village entrance.

Near the entrance of the village, they met Alfred and his group.

……

Not long ago.

"So what are you going to do? Just because Deya might be connected to the Dark Moon Goddess, you're going to backstab your comrades?

Deya didn't do anything bad. He helped us save the wood elves. He is a true knight. If it weren't for him, some of us would have died in the previous battle.

Let me make it clear first, if you betray me, I will be ashamed to be associated with you!"

Paladin Fanny put her hands on her hips and shouted angrily to her teammates.

Alfred said quickly:
"Fanny, you misunderstood. How could we possibly attack Deya? At least before he does something evil to the church or other people, we will never abandon our comrades."

The other paladins also nodded repeatedly: "Captain is right, although the Dark Moon Church is the mortal enemy of the Dawn Church, that was seven hundred years ago, what does it have to do with us?

If it weren't for what I experienced in World Memories, I wouldn't know what the Dark Moon Church does. "

Fanny finally calmed down and started laughing:
"I was scared to death. I thought you were all going to break your knight's oath. Come on, let's go find Deya and then set out together to look for the ruins of the church."

……

"That's the thing. We can swear that we will never betray our comrades. Deya, if you still trust us, let's go together to find the ruins of the church.

We know you might be going there to look for something, and our mission is to investigate the ruins, so there is no conflict.

As for what will happen in the future, that is a matter for the future. Even if we become enemies in the end, we are willing to be your comrades now."

Alfred, who has short golden hair and looks like a golden lion, said sincerely.

Deya looked at Alfred, then at the paladins, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, there may still be people from the Dragon Feast Cult at the ruins, and they should be quite powerful.

It will be safer if we have more people, so let’s set off without further delay!”

These paladins are all decisive people, and they set off directly with Deya and Upton.

Paladins are completely different from those sanctimonious believers; once they have taken their oath, they are trustworthy.

Besides, apart from the oath, Deya had been with them for more than half a month and knew that they were a group of real knights.

So he was willing to give trust.

Several people set off quickly, and Upton transformed into a black panther to lead the way.

Deya summoned several ghost horses that could ignore the terrain to a certain extent and gallop through the rainforest.

Two paladins were seriously injured and unable to move, so they stayed in the wood elf village to recuperate, while the remaining six moved forward with Deya.

The rainforest is dense, with many tall trees that cannot be named. A black panther is leading the knights riding ghost horses, and they are moving quickly through it.

"I didn't expect that the first person to speak for me would be you, Fanny."

Riding on horseback, Deya joked to the petite female paladin beside him.

Fanny snorted, "I'm just speaking objectively. Don't be complacent. This has nothing to do with you. It's only about what you did. If I find out you're doing something bad one day, I'll definitely chop you down first with my sword."

"Since you have such a strong sense of justice, Fanny, I will continue to strongly urge you to read the comic book "Female Paladin and Goblin"."

"Damn it, could you please stop talking about this!"

Paladin Ken rode on his horse and whispered, "Captain, do you know where to buy that comic?"

The other paladins also pricked up their ears.

Alfred pretended to cough and said, "I'll help you find it when I get back."

Everyone was overjoyed.

The captain is the son of the Duke, he must have his own connections!

Fanny glared at them at this time, and they quickly turned their heads away guiltily.

……

Led by Upton, the group passed a river in the rainforest and came to a canyon with a narrow entrance.

Continuing forward, through the narrow road of the canyon, the view in front of us suddenly opens up.

There is still a dense rainforest here, but if you look closely you can see many man-made creations in the rainforest.

Those were all broken stone pillars, collapsed houses, and foundations remaining on the surface.

Because such a long time has passed, the surface of these things is covered with thick vegetation, and if you are not close, you can't see them at all.

Deya walked over and swept away the dense branches and leaves with his hand. He saw the patterns and traces on the stone pillars and was sure that this was the site of the Dark Moon Cathedral!

When they got here, they did not see anyone from the Dragon Feast Cult.

Deya had personally visited the Darkmoon Cathedral in World Remembrance.

Just like the Dawn Cathedral, it is actually a city built around the church.

In other words, this site is the site of a city with a very large area. It would be very difficult to find other living people in the site.

Not long after they walked, Deya and the others saw a corpse on the ground.

These corpses include those of humans and those of Flinder's gnolls.

Deya walked over and examined the body, then said, "The body died within a day... Hmm? Not right!"

"what happened?"

Seeing Deya's face change slightly, Upton and the paladins came forward and asked, while being alert to their surroundings.

"Some of the bodies here are not from the Dragon Feast Cult."

With a grim expression, Deya turned over a corpse wearing a church robe. On the robe was a very strange geometric holy emblem. Just seeing the holy emblem made people feel at peace.

"It's someone from the Church of Silence!"

Deya's face darkened and he spoke slowly.

His mind raced, recalling his knowledge.

The ministry of the 'Silent Chanter' is related to death, and the Dark Moon Goddess is also related to death.

The purpose of the Dragon Feast Cult members is very clear, which is to find dragon bones, and the Silence Cult has also come here, and their purpose is most likely to get that forbidden artifact!
The site is too large to be searched easily, and it would be directly exposed if it were to be scouted from the air.

He didn't know the enemy's strength and deployment, and it might be dangerous if he was exposed.

Deya felt the almost non-existent aura of the Dark Moon Goddess in the ruins, and he thought of a spell, or rather a ritual!
During the first world recollection, he transformed into a 'monster' and killed the participants of the recollection.

In fact, it was a curse ritual of the Dark Moon Church, which allowed people to exist in the form of ghosts and kill people in the form of ghosts.

The ritual diagram that Deya drew when he assassinated the eldest prince was this ritual.

If you want to convince the king and the Pope of the Church of Dawn, you must use the real thing and not fake ones.

However, this ritual can no longer be used after the death of the Dark Moon Goddess.

The power of the goddess still remained in this ruins. Deyan immediately made a decision and said to Alfred and the others, "Protect me."

After all,

Without waiting for anyone to speak, Deya lay down in the rain forest, borrowing the power of the goddess and turning into a 'ghost' again!
He quickly used the ghost's ability to ignore matter and shuttled through the ruins at an extremely fast speed.

After searching for several broken statues of the goddess, Deya finally found the one he was looking for.

There was a broken stone statue arm at the broken goddess statue's place, and on the ring finger of that hand was wearing [Beyond Death]!
In front of the statue, two groups of people were confronting each other.

One of them was a middle-aged woman wearing a Silence Church robe. She said sternly: "Andrew, this holy object belongs to our Silence Church.

Nine hundred years ago, Dark Moon took it from the Silent Church. Do you want to snatch it from us and make an enemy of the Silent Church?"

(End of this chapter)