"As a result, during a treasure hunt in the southern mountains, they encountered the 'Spirit of Nature', signed a contract with it, gained powerful strength, and established a sect based on it... Well, logically speaking, it is self-consistent.
"only……"
By scanning the memories of these believers, Qi Ji easily pieced together the church's past, but she soon discovered a suspicious point:
"If this terrorist attack was instigated by that 'nature spirit', then... what's the point? Porto Piano is nearly a thousand kilometers away from the southern mountains. Can the death of a few congressmen and civilians bring any benefits to it?"
This is very strange... Even if this terrorist attack had not been stopped by Qiji, at most some people would have died and some property damage would have been caused, which would have been harmless to Porto Piano as a whole.
A simple act of venting anger? That doesn't make sense.
After all, the colonization and plundering of the southern continent by human countries has greatly harmed the original ecology and environment of the local area. It is understandable that the indigenous natural spirits want to kill people purely out of hatred and anger...
But, it's still strange.
"Wait, the 'First Bishop' encountered the nature spirit in the southern mountains... a year ago?"
Suddenly, Qi Ji noticed a point in time when his slightly wrinkled eyebrows gradually relaxed.
"Not just a year ago, but the specific time was... not long after the last wizard gathering was destroyed by Cecima?"
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Chapter 542 A visit
Although logically speaking, the First Bishop's encounter with the spirit of nature in the southern mountains and Sesima's destruction of the previous mage gathering were merely close in time.
In a statistical sense, no credible correlation can be derived, and it is most likely just a coincidence.
But for Qi Ji...the most important thing that cannot be ignored is "coincidence"!
"A natural spirit that lives in the southern mountains... This guy should be able to contact it actively, right?"
As she thought about it, she glanced at the "First Bishop" who was lying unconscious not far away.
According to the memory of this cult leader, there was some kind of vague connection between him and the nature spirit. At certain times, the other party would give him so-called "oracle" through a method similar to telepathy.
However, in addition to this, he seems to be able to actively contact it and send it messages to report recent action plans and status.
The specific method is quite simple. Just follow a specific method to create a spiritual array...
By offering specific sacrifices and prices, a "channel" can be briefly opened, instantly crossing a distance of thousands of kilometers and connecting with the spirit of the nature spirit.
It's like some simplified version of the "secret ceremony".
Only a dozen seconds had passed since Qi Ji took action. Up until now, the residents in the town had only heard an extremely violent whistle of the wind and had not yet realized what had happened.
Before those ordinary residents gathered around the sound, she spent a few seconds doing some simple "work", then she flashed, activated the "Secret Walk" and disappeared in this inconspicuous town.
Several minutes later, nearby residents came trotting over with swords, muskets, sickles, hammers, sticks, scythes, and pitchforks to check the situation.
"Ah! Why is the warehouse gone?!"
"Goddess of Heaven! I just heard a loud noise. Could there be an accident or explosion?"
"Wait, I remember this old warehouse was hired out to the new guys recently, right? Where are those guys? They won't be..."
"Look! Look! They're still there!"
"Really? He's still here! Is he still alive?"
"What happened?"
"Hey, look, they seem to be tied up?"
"Yes! And, and what are these?"
Soon everyone noticed that the outsiders lying on the foundation of the abandoned warehouse were not only tied up with strange magical ropes, but there was also a pile of various objects piled on the open space around them.
Most of them were thick written materials, and the rest were some strange statues, emblems, and paintings, all neatly stacked according to categories.
Those were the evidence Qi Ji had compiled of this group of cultists engaging in illegal religious activities, planning terrorist attacks, and carrying out superstitious fraud.
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Hundreds of kilometers away, in a primeval forest where few people have ever been.
Qi Ji waved his hand casually, and an invisible and irresistible force swept through the woods, immediately clearing out a flat open space of more than ten meters square.
"Hmm... this should work, right?"
She lowered her head to look at the empty space, raised her hand and snapped her fingers:
"Invocation: The Fifth Authority: The First Glass of Wine."
"Snapped!"
With a crisp and short sound, a large patch of orange light lit up in the center of the open space, covering most of the open space. It then quickly converged and solidified, outlining a series of slender, winding light tracks.
Soon, countless light tracks intertwined on the ground to form a complex large-scale pattern:
There are several crossed hammers and swords, with meshing gears behind them.
One of the nine major churches, the holy emblem of the "Mechanical Church" of "God of Iron, Blood and War" and "God of War" Splanden - the "Mechanical Holy Emblem".
After arriving in the southern continent, Qi Ji noticed that there were quite a lot of churches belonging to the Mechanical Church in the cities here.
In the city area of Porto Piano alone, there are at least three churches with "Evangelist" priests in charge, and the largest one even has a divine ritual array set up by a powerful "Saint".
Even if Qi Ji did not intervene at that time, with the city's defense capabilities, it would not take much effort to deal with a group of terrorists.
In short, thanks to these churches, she successfully simulated the authority belonging to the "Giant" realm - "The Fifth Authority·The First Cup of Wine".
It symbolizes "courage", "tenacity" and "strength", and is represented by smelting, forging, weapons, houses, war, thunder, etc.
It just so happened that this ritual of connecting with the spirits of nature also required the spirituality of the "giant" realm...so Qi Ji just used it directly.
After the ritual was constructed, she injected a sufficient amount of spiritual power from the "Giant" realm into it.
In an instant, the brightness of the huge "Mechanical Holy Emblem" on the ground increased sharply, and the orange light it emitted instantly overwhelmed the midday sun.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The illusory bolts of lightning jumped and flashed like twitching silk in the orange light that seemed like a flood bursting through a dam, bursting out with dull and powerful thunder and lightning.
"Finish."
The strange lights and thunder lasted less than ten seconds before Qi Ji withdrew his hand and nodded indifferently.
As soon as he finished speaking, all the strange phenomena disappeared in an instant, and the sunlight took over again, shining on the wild forest.
What appeared before Qi Ji's eyes was not only the "Mechanical Holy Emblem" magic circle on the ground whose brightness had become particularly dim, but also an orange vortex.
This vortex was suspended in the center of the magic circle, perpendicular to the ground, and was about the size of a dressing mirror. The deepest part was filled with deep darkness, where nothing could be seen clearly, as if it led to some unknown secret place.
The breath of ancient times slowly flows out from it, making people feel deep awe in their hearts - awe for the deep and long accumulation of time.
Of course, there is nothing special about the seventh season.
As soon as the vortex appeared, a mellow and hoarse voice floated out from it:
"My contractor contacted me outside of the time I specified. What do you want to tell me?"
There was no tone or emotion in the sound, it was like a natural sound in the natural environment.
Outside of specified hours?
Yes, every time the cult leader contacts it, he has to choose a specific time. And it’s not a fixed time period. It has to be calculated based on a lot of messy factors such as astrology, weather, seasons, etc. It’s quite complicated.
There are so many details...
After mumbling a few words, she shrugged her shoulders, put her hands behind her back, and responded to Uzumaki with a relaxed tone and expression:
"Nothing special, I just thought it would be better to inform the owner before visiting."
As she spoke, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up to the sides, her eyes narrowed, revealing a mischievous smile:
"…After all, it's polite."
“Snap!”
With a crisp sound of space shattering, her body disappeared.
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Chapter 543 Giant
Thousands of miles away, there are mountains and ridges that stretch to the end of the sight.
At the bottom of a huge valley, rugged and rugged rocks are piled up layer by layer. They seem to be in disarray but seem to follow some vague rules, forming a large altar that looks like the base of a palace.
This naturally formed "Altar of the Earth" is so large, with sharp and clean lines on the bare stones, as if they were cut by a knife or an axe, and carved by a craftsman. If an ordinary person stands here, he will have the illusion that his body has been shrunk several times.
And if this fictional visitor could witness the statue at the core of the Temple of Ditan, this illusion would surely be strengthened countless times in his heart.
"Roar……"
A breath full of primitive and wild meaning came out from the huge mouth and nose.
This is a giant nearly ten meters tall, with eyes similar in layout to humans, but four arms. His hairless head is angular, giving it the texture of rock.
Those sturdy and powerful muscles were filled with explosive power, the skin was rough, the color was a burning red-orange, and the body temperature made the surrounding air a little hotter.
The giant sat on a seamless stone surface, with his right arm resting on the bent knee of his right leg, looking down at the ground in front of him with a very fierce posture.
At the end of its sight, an orange vortex appeared on the originally empty stone surface. Compared with its huge body, this vortex looked like a small and exquisite portable makeup mirror.
At this moment, an ethereal and pleasant voice came from the orange vortex:
"…After all, it's polite."
"Ok?"
The giant's eyelids, which looked like cowhide, drooped slightly, and he seemed to be a little confused.
Even though in its eyes, all humans look and sound similar, the voice coming out of the "Gate of the Spiritual Contract" is obviously different from that guy.
“Snap!”
However, before it could make any other reaction, the orange vortex of the Spiritual Contract Gate made another strange sound. This time it was a crisp sound similar to the sound of stones breaking, but it was much sharper and more piercing.
Almost at the same time...
“Snap!”
Right next to its ear, an almost identical sound was heard.
"Hoohoho!"
The instinct inherited from wild beasts made it feel a huge sense of crisis. Its body roared faster than its mind. The sound waves containing powerful spiritual power spread instantly and enveloped this valley created by the magic of nature!
"Boom! Boom!"
The stone platform beneath its feet immediately collapsed, and the sound waves that spread out bombarded various objects, causing rocks to crumble, cliff walls to peel off, and the ground to collapse.
"Oh!"
The next second, the red-orange giant leaped up, and the platform made of pure rock was shattered by the violent impact. The flying stones turned into rotating and shooting "shrapnel", which hurt all living creatures that touched it!
"Hoohoho!"
"boom!"
The giant's throat continued to roar, and his body, which had leaped into the air, suddenly adjusted its posture and landed violently among the rocks dozens of meters away, raising large clouds of dust.
"brush!"
A giant sword that seemed to be made of lava was condensed out of thin air by orange light. The giant grasped it in both hands on the same side, and illusory thunder and lightning burst out from the exaggerated sword body.
The silver satin of the lightning snake licked the surroundings rapidly, and the hard rock exploded into a series of charred holes and gaps at the mere slight contact.
As the lava giant sword appeared, it stopped roaring and looked intently at everything around it.
This sturdy four-armed giant, holding a knife in each hand, stood very firmly in place. Although he looked so primitive and barbaric, his posture and expression were so serious and cautious.
