Chapter 467 Heartless Thing
Sophie scanned the night scene before her with some impatience.
This kind of anxiety shouldn't have been present in the beautiful elder of this temple council.
More than half a year ago, at the urging of Elder Ashif, she came to the Tbilisi Fortress to help Elder Hines guard the area south of the Caucasus, but a few days ago she was suddenly recalled to the Temple Mount.
"Elder, the entire Persia is now blockaded by the orcs and the Rakshasa. Why won't you let me cross the Red Sea? It is said that there are merchant ships from Aden that go directly to Great Xia."
“Sophie, there are many things you don’t need to know. You just need to know that this thing is very important and must be delivered to Paige in the Yuezhi, understand?”
Ashif felt a headache coming on. He had a guilty conscience and naturally dared not let Sophie take the Fountain of Life to the Red Sea, which was the territory of the sea people. If the sea people had some special way of sensing the Fountain of Life on Sophie, it would inevitably cause a strong conflict between the sea people and the temple.
"...Elder, there is a terrible enemy in the city of Lay. Hines and I went to investigate, but...we were unable to drive him out. So I may not be able to pass through the territory of the Persian Kingdom smoothly. Only Heatherine can pass through the orcish defenses silently."
"But we don't have that much time. Do you know where Heatherine is right now? Can you find Heatherine right away?"
Now that the land routes to the east have been cut off by the enemy, only Saint-level experts are confident that they can deliver the Fountain of Life thousands of miles away to Peiqi in the Western Regions of Great Xia, and then Peiqi will deliver it to the capital of Great Xia.
Sophie clearly wanted Heatherine to do this job, but since Heatherine arrived in Persia a few months ago, although she has repeatedly killed powerful enemy warriors, she only occasionally goes to Erwin City to hand over battle spoils such as orc fangs and mutated Rakshasa heads. No one knows where she is usually.
"Maybe I can find her..."
“Sophie, if you can’t find Heatherine within ten days, you must personally deliver this item to the Lan Clan City of the Yuezhi in the Western Regions. Otherwise, our temple… may be in danger.”
"Ten days... Alright! I understand, Elder."
Sophie didn't actually tell Ashif the truth. He and Hines had only been about a hundred miles from the city of Lai when they sensed that terrifying aura. When they continued for another fifty miles, they finally encountered that dreadful person.
The tattered armor, the immense power, and the means to imprison all spiritual energy in the world terrified the two men. They turned and fled back to Tbilisi after only a brief encounter, without even considering driving the other party away.
Therefore, Sophie is unwilling to leave the Tbilisi fortress, since it is close to the Black Sea and a retreat would be relatively easy.
Sophie and Heatherine do have a special connection. They have a secret meeting point near Erwin City where Sophie regularly provides supplies, and Heatherine goes there to collect them from time to time.
Sophie has been waiting at this contact point for five days. If Heatherine doesn't arrive today, she will have to find a way to go to Great Xia on her own.
The land route from the Western Continent to Great Xia had to pass through the area of several hundred miles between the southern end of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Sophie was not sure if that terrible enemy would leave Lai City, so she could only try her best to conceal her presence and quietly pass through the enemy's blockade.
"Sophie, how did you end up in this remote little village?"
A gentle voice came from the darkness, and Sophie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hatherine, you're getting more and more mysterious. I couldn't even sense your presence!"
“Sophie, if you look for the light with your heart, you will sense it... even in the darkness, the light is everywhere.”
“…Heatherine, even if I sense the light, I can’t hide in it. I’m not like you who can control the light…” Sophie complained helplessly to the night.
Heatherine appeared before Sophie dressed in a smart travel outfit; her straight trousers, elegant boots, and cool trench coat immediately caught Sophie's eye.
"Hatherine, you look really cool... Are you here on vacation?"
"What do you think? Hehe!"
Sophie naturally knew what Heatherine had been doing these days; she had not betrayed her status as a temple elder.
A taboo legend now circulates in the Persian lands: those orc or Rakshasa leaders who enjoy slaughtering Temple followers will one day be targeted, and after each flash of light, they will turn into cold, lifeless corpses.
The messenger of light is Heatherine, the only remaining deterrent of the temple in this region, and the last hope in the hearts of the suffering believers.
"Sophie, you came all this way today, not just to visit me, were you?"
“Heather, Ashiff has something very important to deliver to Elder Page of the Yuezhi in the East. I need to guard Tbilisi with Hines… If you are unwilling to go, then I will have to go myself!”
"...Peppa Pig went to the Yuezhi?"
"Yes, the powerful allied forces of Great Xia will advance towards us from the Western Regions, and Page has been sent there to support the Great Xia!"
"Oh! Give me the thing!"
"...Be careful, there are countless powerful orcs and mutated Rakshasa on this road now..."
"Yes! Thank you, Sophie!"
Heather left behind the two empty camels she had brought, and led the three camels laden with supplies into the night.
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