Chapter 544
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After the meeting was over, Helig left the Hive. According to Faceless, they couldn't begin their operation until the Moon God Sect brought the divine bow over. Moreover, their ultimate goal was to find Linnai and give her the divine bow. They hadn't given any further instructions about what to do after that.
It was very strange. It felt like a one-way trip.
At night, Helig left the Hive with Chestnut. He walked on a narrow mountain path with a troubled expression. The moon was exceptionally bright today. The water droplets on the grass reflected the moonlight and sparkled.
However, he didn't think it was beautiful. The water droplets soaked his clothes and made him feel exceptionally cold.
Chestnut walked in front of him, its round body opening a path for him. Perhaps it could sense Helig's current mood. It was unusually quiet tonight. Of course, it could also be because of the rope tied to its body.
Soon, Helig arrived in front of a thatched cottage. The wooden windows of the cottage flickered with faint light. A wisp of green smoke seeped out from the roof.
As soon as he arrived, the door of the cottage slowly opened. An old man with a single horn appeared in the cottage. He seemed to have guessed Helig's arrival.
"Elder."
Helig spoke. The old man sighed softly.
"I'm no longer an elder."
The words made Helig feel extremely uncomfortable. He tried his best not to show it, but the more he thought about it, the more bitter his expression became.
"Lady Kero …"
"It's about Chestnut, isn't it?"
Marza, no, the current Kero asked. She looked at the round creature and smiled faintly. She looked like a kind old woman.
"Yes. Could you … please take care of it, if … if I don't come back …" Helig smiled bitterly.
He didn't know why he couldn't speak fluently. He lowered his voice and averted his eyes from Chestnut.
It was as if he was afraid it would hear him.
Kero didn't speak. She fell silent for a moment, then nodded.
Helig sighed. He walked forward and silently handed the rope in his hand to Kero. Then, he took a deep breath and let out another long sigh. He finally made up his mind and looked at Chestnut's eyes that were almost covered by its fur.
He crouched down and stroked Chestnut's fur like he always did.
"Wait for me here. I need to go on a mission. I can't take you with me."
Chestnut stuck out her tongue and licked him. Helig smiled bitterly, then stood up and left.
…
In the morning the sun rose as usual, and the morning was as cool and comfortable as ever, even when the soldiers and hunters of the hive were as anxious as a hive of bees.
While everyone was busy dealing with the hybrid demon army, a strange group of people appeared in the hive. They wore the long robes of the Moon God Sect and held crescent-shaped white staffs in their hands. They were the disciples of the Moon God Sect.
Ding!!
Every time they took a step, they would stop and tap the ground with their staffs before continuing forward.
Ding!
This sound broke through the cacophony of voices in the hive and attracted everyone's attention.
"It's the Moon God Sect's High Priest!"
"That's the Moon God's Bow! That's great! They're finally here! "
An old deer-man wearing a white robe and a decorated crown appeared at the front of the group. He held a crescent-shaped staff in his hand. He was High Priest Spirit Deer, the seventeenth High Priest of the Moon God Sect.
Helig, Faceless, and the others had been waiting for them to bring the divine bow.
"Welcome! High Priest! I'm glad to see you all here. "
Great Elder Qiu Zhong of the Hive arrived in front of the Moon God Sect disciples. The black crow was still perched on his shoulder.
High Priest Spirit Deer raised his head slightly and greeted them with a smile that didn't reach his eyes.
"Ah ~ Lord Qiuzhong, I'm so happy to see that you look so well. I was worried that you might be too tired. After all, there are so many bad news from the frontlines, especially the loss of the second floor. Can you believe it? We've lost hundreds of years of hard work in just three days. "
His words were full of mockery, but the great elder didn't take his words to heart.
"Thank you for your concern. With the Prophet's prophecy, we'll definitely be able to win this war. We might even be able to put an end to it."
Elder Qiu Zhong was still smiling.
The other smiled disdainfully. "I'm envious of your optimism, but you have to understand that it's all thanks to the Moon God Bow that the Moon God Sect controls."
"History won't forget what you've done for it. Our soldiers have held on for an entire night to wait for you to complete the ritual. History won't forget this either."
The great elder smiled at the other, while High Priest Spirit Deer glared at him with a dark expression. The two of them fell silent. Helig could smell the scent of gunpowder in the air.
"Time is of the essence. Begin the baptism immediately."
Spirit Deer turned around and said coldly to his subordinates.
"If time is of the essence, why can't we skip these rules?"
"Because this is a sign of respect to the Moon God! Qiu Zhong, you're being disrespectful to the Moon God! "
"I'm sure the Moon God will forgive me. Do you know how many soldiers have lost their precious lives on the frontlines as we speak?"
Qiu Zhong suddenly cursed. This was the first time he'd lost his temper in front of everyone. It seemed that he'd accumulated quite a bit of anger overnight.
"Their sacrifice wasn't in vain. The Moon God will bring the souls of those brave soldiers to a better world."
"The most beautiful world is their home! Together with their loved ones! "
"Enough! I came here under the Moon God's guidance to save Caldera's future! I didn't come here to listen to your crazy words! "
The two of them began to quarrel.
Although everyone knew about the relationship between Elder Qiu Zhong and the Moon God Sect, they'd never quarreled like this before. Helig felt like he knew a thing or two about the reason.
Of course, there was no winner in the end. They quarreled for a long time. In the end, the Moon God Sect performed a simple ritual of baptism before handing the so-called Divine Bow to Qiu Zhong.
The Divine Bow didn't stay in Elder Qiu Zhong's hands for long before it was handed over to Faceless. Helig also saw its appearance.
The Divine Bow. It wasn't something from this world. That was his first impression of it.
It was a metal he'd never seen before. The faint fluorescence it emitted was fascinating, like moonlight.
It was the core of the Moon God Sect, the Bow of the Moon God. After seeing it, Helig couldn't help but wonder if the Moon God really existed in this world.
However, he immediately tossed this question to the back of his mind. They were about to depart for an important mission.
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