Chapter 157 Helvinia

The gears rolled over the thick snow, leaving two shallow marks on the pale ground.

The unicorn pulling the cart neighed and then stopped. No matter how the driver whipped it, it was unwilling to move forward and just circled in place.

"It's hungry." A vicissitudes of life voice came from the carriage, "Stop and rest for a while."

So the convoy stopped.

The door of the carriage was pushed open, and Hevinia jumped out of the car, her loose wizard hat swaying like a rabbit's ears.

"Don't go too far." Leona's voice came from the carriage, "We will be back soon."

"Got it, mentor."

Hevinia bowed obediently, then closed the car door, suppressing her senior brother Dos's idea of ​​coming down to accompany her.

The howling cold wind made her subconsciously wrap her collar tighter. Then she turned around and walked away from the convoy. Her robe, which was two sizes too big, dragged on the snow, making a rustling sound.

But she didn't go too far, she just went to a position where everyone could see her but couldn't see what she was doing.

In the falling snow, she raised her head and let out a long breath.

When the breath turned into frost, she calmly took off the glove on her left hand and stared at the middle finger.

At first glance, this finger is no different from the other fingers, equally white and slender.

But if you look closely, you can still see some differences. Its thickness and the position of the joints are different from the other four fingers.

It was like... a man's finger.

Of course, it is.

When Helvinia had just attached it a few days ago, it was a completely male finger, so much so that Helvinia had to use a glove to cover it.

But now, it seemed like Hevinia's original finger.

This made Hevinia feel fortunate... and deeply fearful.

"Junior sister!" a voice came from behind, "It's time for us to set off!"

Helvinia turned her head and saw Doss waving at her.

She took a deep breath, suppressed those unnecessary emotions, and smiled brightly at Doss: "Here I am, Senior Brother."

Then he put on his gloves again and wrapped his coat tighter around himself.

Have to be more careful.

After all, the inner pocket of the coat contained two other objects of the same level as this finger.

Thinking of this, Hevinia felt a little heavy.

…

Rhine City.

The communication crystal was lit up, and the projections of the four bishops fell on the corresponding positions.

And Heri was still sitting in the seat of Bishop of the West, but unlike the meetings he attended two months ago as the high priest, this time he was wearing the same bishop's robe as the other three.

In the past, the bishops would have certainly exchanged pleasantries and joked with each other at such a meeting, but because the content of the last meeting was too shocking, no one was in the mood for that, so at the beginning of the meeting, they turned their attention directly to Pope Rango on the throne.

Rango did not remain silent like he did in the last meeting. Instead, he glanced at the four people and spoke lightly.

"Perhaps some of you already know that in Lyra, a god died."

It was just a short sentence, but it exploded in everyone's mind like thunder.

Then, the clergy who had been waiting on the side immediately stepped forward and displayed the information in front of the four bishops.

The three bishops of the east, south and north started to check it out immediately, but Heri did not, because these materials were basically collected and organized by him. After all, the city of Somme where he was located was the closest city to Lyra in the entire Rhine.

The most impatient Bishop of the East was the first to finish reading the information, and then immediately raised his head and looked at He Li: "Where did this information come from?"

"The Lyrans saw it with their own eyes."

"... Lyrans?" Bishop Dong was somewhat stunned. "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Yes." He Li nodded slightly. "After this incident, most of Tianqin City was destroyed. Countless Tianqin people left their homes, and a large number of them came to me."

Hearing this, the Bishop of the North also raised his head, and then said softly: "The Lyrans leaving their homeland... this was almost impossible to happen in the past."

"Even the gods are dead, let alone humans." Bishop Nanzhi shook his head. "We have always known that there is a problem with Tianqin, but we didn't expect it to be so serious that it almost led to the birth of a new god. But what is more worrying is..."

Bishop Nanzhi did not finish his words, but everyone understood what he wanted to say.

God was killed.

The last death of a god should be traced back to the war of gods thousands of years ago.

There is no doubt that this is a major event that happens once in a thousand years, and this event alone is enough for Rango to convene this meeting.

But what concerned the bishops more than the death of the new god was the way the new god died—his sudden disappearance.

Considering that this was witnessed by countless Lyrans, we can basically rule out the possibility that the news is false.

A god suddenly disappeared in full view of everyone, without leaving even a trace.

This way of death gave them a strong sense of déjà vu, and reminded them of Corey's body that could never be restored.

"Could it be... Uru?" Bishop Nan spoke slowly, but he himself could not believe what he said.

It is absolutely unimaginable for a mortal to kill a god, even if he has the body parts of Visas.

"It's just a coincidence, right?" Bishop of the North said hesitantly. "Moreover, based on the information presented so far, the new god has simply disappeared. We cannot completely conclude that he is dead, right? It could also be the work of Lyra? After all, Lyra is still confirmed to be alive."

After hearing what Bishop Bei said, the remaining three bishops couldn't help but nod.

Indeed, rather than Uru killing the new god, they would rather believe that it was the Lyra gods who took action to get rid of the new god.

Only God can kill God, this is the consensus of everyone...except Visas of course.

But even so, the haze in the hearts of the bishops still could not be dispelled. After all, this performance of "non-existence" was indeed very similar to Corey at that time.

It's just that at that time Corey still had a part of his body left, letting everyone know that he was indeed killed by some rules, but this time the new god disappeared completely, and no one could be sure whether he was really dead.

But the bishops also knew that all they were doing was guessing and inferring.

The only one who could define it was Rango, so the four bishops quickly turned their attention to their Pope.

Rango half-closed his eyes, as if he was about to fall asleep, but the four bishops did not dare to disturb him and just waited quietly.

Not long after, Rango slowly spoke: "It's been two months, and we haven't found that guy yet."

Heri's expression froze, and he immediately lowered his head: "I'm sorry, Your Holiness, this is my fault. I have already mobilized all..."

Rango raised his hand and interrupted Heri.

"He has that eye, so it's really hard for us to find him. This is not your problem." Rango said calmly, "The problem is where he is now. There is something you may not know. A month ago, a middle-level leader of Tianqin sent someone to Som City to inquire about the cause of Corey's death."

The expressions of the four bishops changed slightly, but before they could respond, they heard Rango continue speaking.

"After that, I also sent spies into Tianqin, and learned... another interesting thing."

His fingers moved slightly, and the priest immediately handed new information to the bishops.

This piece of information was even more straightforward at first glance - a guy whose body was cut into several sections, and the broken parts were neater than if they were cut with a knife.

"The same way Corey died." Bishop of the North said softly.

Bishop Nan asked, "Who is he?"

"An insignificant person is not important." Rango said, "What is important is the way he died. If we are still unsure of the means of death or disappearance of the new god, then this one's death can be confirmed... Uru did go to Lyra... and he must have done something. By the way, it has been found that the source of the pollution in Lyra is Visas' tongue. The Lyrans once obtained it for a short time, but with the disappearance of the new god, the tongue... was also confirmed to be lost."

silence.

There was a long silence.

Because a terrible fact is right before everyone's eyes.

That guy Ulu might have already got the third piece of body.

The last person to possess three body parts at the same time was Visas himself.

"The three major rules are based on one person." Bishop Nan said softly, "If that's the case, could it really be possible that he was the one who solved the new god?"

"From the records in the Forbidden Book alone, none of the three pieces of corpses have the ability to kill a god," Heri said. "But as we discussed in our last meeting, the addition of multiple pieces of corpses does have the possibility of causing a qualitative change. Otherwise, Uru would not have been able to defeat Cory."

Hearing what Heri said, Bishop Dong couldn't help but swear: "Damn it, it's all that useless one-eyed dragon's fault! If he hadn't lost, how could he have raised such a troublesome guy. Why didn't I feel anything special about the eye when it was in his hand, but it became so powerful in the hands of others? If I had known this would happen, I might as well have stuffed the eye into his X-eye, at least it would be hidden enough!"

"That's enough!" Bishop of the North said in a low voice, "How dare you be so presumptuous in front of His Majesty?"

The Bishop of the East finally came to his senses and quickly apologized to Rango.

Rango didn't care. He just said calmly, "It's useless to be upset. It's better to do more work. Regardless of whether he got the tongue or not, the finger and the eye are ours. We must take them back. If he got the tongue, we have to speed up our actions. If other churches know that someone has collected three pieces of corpse, we will be in a passive position."

"...If his purpose is to collect corpse parts, then we can use the location of each corpse part as a node to infer his next destination." Bishop of the North said, "So, as long as we send Devourers along the path he must pass, it is very likely that we can capture him at the lowest cost."

"Send out the Devourer? That's not a problem, but the problem is..." Bishop of the East said, "How do we know where the other corpses are?"

"Some of the body parts have indeed been missing for a long time, but some of the body parts are actually in plain sight."

"Oh?" The Bishop of the East looked at the Bishop of the North.

Before the Bishop of the North could speak, the Bishop of the South answered for him: "Take Corey for example. Anyone with a little bit of ability knows that his eye is almost obvious."

Bishop Dong immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "I understand what you said. Does that mean there are more than one arrogant idiot like One-Eyed Dragon in this world?"

"Honestly, Rocky, you've gone too far." Bishop of the North said calmly, "You can now say that Corey is arrogant and conceited, and there is nothing wrong with that. But his eye is definitely not easy to take away, otherwise would those guys in the secret cult who are collecting corpses just watch? Over the years, no one has even tried to challenge him."

"So he died in one battle?"

Bishop of the North: “…”

"Stop talking nonsense." Rango said calmly, "Fig's idea is correct. There is no reason why he can find the body parts that have been missing for many years and we can't find them. So the most likely thing he will do is to take the body parts that are in plain sight."

After the words were spoken, the priests handed over the information for the third time.

This time it was a map, with several points marked on it, which were obviously the "body parts in plain sight" mentioned by the Bishop of the North.

Bishop Dong took a look and pointed at the white spot at the top of the map and said, "From the map, Shengyin's share is closest to him. Does that mean he will go directly to Shengyin?"

Rango also took a look, and then slowly shook his head: "No... this can be crossed out. Shengyin is impossible."

Bishop Dong was puzzled: "Why is this?"

"The body of Shengyin is the most eye-catching even if it is placed in the open, but everyone knows that it is impossible to obtain." Bishop Bei said, "Because it is not in the possession of a certain person, if you want to obtain it, you need to meet an almost impossible prerequisite, which is..."

"Play the seven-tone divine music." Rango said calmly, "But even the holy music that has been cultivated for many years has not been played for a thousand years."

As he spoke, Rango raised his fingers, and magic power surged at his fingertips.

The mark on the map at the location of Shengyin quickly disappeared in the pure white that symbolized wind and snow.

…

The convoy stopped in front of an ancient building covered with snow.

"Teacher, I'll leave first."

"Well, go to bed early."

Hevinia got out of the car and hadn't walked far when she heard Doss yelling behind her: "Ah, I'm finally back. The academy is still cold. Junior sister, how about going to drink something to warm your body?"

Before Hevinia could respond, she saw two janitors holding magic wands running out of the academy.

The flickering light on the top of their staffs showed that they were still casting spells.

"Doss, Hevinia, you're back."

The janitor greeted them warmly, obviously very familiar with the two men.

But Doss could clearly feel that the two were more friendly to Hevinia than to him, which made him a little unhappy, but he didn't show it. He just shrugged and said, "Yeah, I'm so tired on this journey. I was thinking of inviting my junior sister to have a drink. Do you want to join us?"

"Oh, forget it, Brother." Hevinia said with a bitter face, looking pitiful, "I've been sitting in the car for so long, my butt is almost numb, let me go back and lie down."

To show that what she said was true, Hevinia shook her body slightly.

This made the three men present couldn't help but glance down, but they quickly retracted their eyes.

"That can't be helped." Doss spread his hands, "I can't go against my junior sister's butt, haha."

The two school workers didn't dare to joke like Doss, they just smiled and said to Hevinia: "It's better to go back and rest early to avoid any accidents."

"Accident?"

"Yes." The janitor shook the staff in his hand, "What else do you think we are doing? A girl named Pera is missing."

Doss was a little surprised: "Gone?"

"Pella?" Hevinia tilted her head and pretended to recall. "Is it the senior sister who is in the Silver Level Three Tones?"

"Yes, but don't worry, it's not a big deal." The janitor shrugged. "Nine times out of ten, he fell and fainted in a snow pit. This happens every year, especially those who come out of the seed area. You know, Doss, those guys are at a loss for anything in the college. They haven't even seen snow. From time to time, there will be accidents, either getting lost or fainting somewhere, and then we have to look for them all over the college."

"Indeed." Doss lost interest immediately after hearing that it came from the seed area. "Thank you for your help in finding it."

"Yeah." The janitor looked at the gradually darkening sky and sighed, "I hope we can find it soon. It will be troublesome if we are left outside freezing all night."

After chatting for a few more words, everyone separated.

Hevinia took her luggage and returned to the girls' dormitory.

Even though it was almost nightfall, there were still quite a few people in the lobby on the first floor. They were sitting in groups of three or four. Some were discussing something, some were reading, and some were poking their throats lightly with their staffs, with silver or copper notes flickering around their necks.

The hall echoed with the muffled melody.

When they saw Hevinia, they would stop what they were doing and either greet her or nod.

If it were usual, Hevinia would respond to them one by one, but she was not in the mood now. After responding to most people with a smile, she returned to her room.

As a gold rank, she has a single room.

The windows in the room were still open, so the whole room was still filled with coolness.

But when Hevinia lit the fireplace in the middle of the room with her staff and flames rose, everything changed. Even the wind blowing in from outside turned from bone-chilling cold to a comfortable warmth that made people sleepy.

Hevinia took off her wizard hat and clothes that were too big for her size, which made her originally cute and naive appearance suddenly become much more mature.

She took off all her clothes except for one piece of clothing, then sat down at the dressing table by the window, staring at herself in the mirror.

Beneath that tired face lies a deep-seated aggression.

She said slowly: "You...are you awake?"

No one responded.

Everything seemed like an illusion.

There was nothing unusual about the middle finger of her left hand, and it was even more slender and beautiful than the other four fingers.

No response, does that mean he's still asleep?

Hevinia didn't know whether she should relax or not. Her nerves had been on edge during this period, fearing that the instructor in the same compartment would notice something was wrong.

And now, she can finally take a break.

So she unbuttoned the last of her single garments.

When she had taken the single garment halfway off, a leisurely male voice rang in her mind: "As expected."

Her body stiffened.

The wind coming in from the window increased at this moment, blowing all her clothes off.

So her entire back was exposed.

In the firelight, the golden seventh note came alive, like a leaping elf.

But it could not leap because it was tied tightly by five golden strings.

Like a spider web,

It's like...

"You are not a note, but a musical score." Bai Wei chuckled and said, "The golden score that has not appeared in a thousand years."

Hevinia lowered her head and saw that the middle finger of her left hand was standing straight, while the index finger and ring finger were bent abnormally.

This made him look like a man with his hands folded, leisurely.

It is also like a god that makes believers bow down.

"Now, we can have a good chat."

(End of this chapter)