The six-seater stretched sedan was speeding along the road, rushing towards the Rainbow Skybridge in the distance.
Igula and Harvey sat in the front row, Ash and Vichy sat in the middle, and Fili and Nia sat in the back. The men in the front row were silent, the maid in the middle was helping her master cut his nails—Rose specifically told her that today had to be Ash's nail day—and the girls in the back row had their own thoughts.
"We won't leave." Ash suddenly said, "I won't leave either."
Fili was startled and asked softly, "But don't you always want to go back? Aren't Sword Princess and Witch waiting for you in another world?"
"Yes, but I want to go back and live a long and happy life with them, at least ten years, not just a few days." Ash said frankly, "We haven't solved the secret poison of hell yet. If we go back a few days, we will be crushed to death by hell. Going back now is tantamount to seeking death."
"If the secret poison of hell is solved, will you go back immediately?" Niya suddenly asked.
Fili didn't want Nia to ask such a cutting-edge question, but she couldn't help but look at Ash, biting her lower lip, waiting for Ash's response.
Ash asked back, "If the Star Lord told you that he would protect the Star Kingdom as long as you betrayed us, would you betray me?"
Fili opened her mouth to answer, but couldn't utter a word. But Nia said firmly: "No! I wish the world would end right now!"
"I also hope that my answer is no." Ash said softly, "I don't want to sound righteous, but the biggest reason why I am willing to stay in the stars at this moment is indeed because only the mysterious chains here can suppress the secret poison of hell. We have no choice but to stay here."
"But other than that, I really hope to find a way to protect you and the stars. My desire to leave the stars and reunite with the Sword Princess and the Witch is genuine, but my desire to protect you is not fake."
After hearing what Ash said, Nia became even angrier: "What if we swap roles with the Sword Princess and the Witch? If the one you met and liked first was the Sword Princess and the Witch of this world, would you be willing to stay here even without the Secret Poison of Hell and greet the end of the world with them—"
"Niya!"
Feili interrupted Niya loudly. She grabbed Niya's arm tightly, her eyes were full of water and shining, she shook her head gently and begged: "Can you stop being so unreasonable?"
"Although I am not a reasonable person." Vichy blew on Ash's fingers, "I also know that some things cannot be explained by reason."
Nia bit her lower lip, snorted coldly, turned her head away, and said nothing more. She just squatted on the seat and hugged her knees. At this time, she felt a shock in her pocket, took out her phone and saw that it was a cat emoticon package sent by Ash.
"Cat stretches out its claws"
"Little cutie looking at little fool"
"Cat is very disappointed in you"
"It's no use telling me this because I'm just a cat"
"Buy one get one free. Buy a watermelon and get a little fool like me for free."
I don't know how long Ash has been saving these emojis, but he keeps posting them. Although Nia tried her best to hold back, she couldn't help laughing in the end.
But at this moment, Nia heard laughter from the side, turned around and saw Feili also staring at her phone. They looked at each other, and then they both understood.
Bang!
Nia kicked the front seat directly, and Ash's head hit Igula's seat with a bang. Igula complained: "If you want to hurt yourself, just stick your head out of the car window. I'll find a road sign to be your guillotine."
Ash coughed twice, as if nothing had happened. After this little episode, the sharp conflict that had been tense just now was quietly resolved, and he continued: "Our primary goal in this angel hunt is still to seize the power of the source angel. The more power we gain, not only will we be more confident in fighting against the secret poison of hell in the future, but we will also increase the possibility of saving the world."
No one had any objections. After all, this was in everyone's common interest. If Ash really wanted to return to reality now, not to mention the girls in the back row, neither Igula nor Vichy would agree.
"Come to think of it," Harvey suddenly said, "Can we really catch up with the rainbow?"
Ash and the others were startled, and after careful observation, they realized that they had been driving for more than ten minutes, but the distance to the rainbow had not shortened. At first, they thought that the rainbow was just an appearance, but they did not expect that the rainbow might really be a rainbow, a color that you can see but can never touch.
“Although it’s not a game, the other gods should help lower the threshold for angel hunting, otherwise their teams won’t be able to participate…” Igula pondered for a moment, and suddenly showed his seventh virtual wing, or more accurately, his rainbow feathers.
At this moment, the rainbow suddenly extended a bridge towards them. When they drove in, they felt that the car under them suddenly disappeared. The six people rolled a few times in the light, quickly recovered, stood up and found themselves in a large enclosed area.
Without giving them much time to observe, the mirror wall in front of them suddenly shattered, and a group of magicians appeared on the other side of the mirror wall!
"Um!?"
When Ash and the others saw the magician opposite them, their pupils suddenly shrank and they immediately took out their weapons and entered a state of combat readiness.
Vichy asked, "Do you know them?"
"We're not that familiar with each other. We were just chased by them for two days and two nights." Ash didn't know why he was so excited and wanted to laugh: "They are the Griffin Company!"
What appeared in front of Ash and the others was the Griffin Company of the Stars, a total of twelve people! Although there were no griffins, the blue uniforms with white stripes and the configuration of guns on the left and cannons on the right instantly awakened Ash and the others' memories of their first visit to the Stars.
But even with the memories of being hunted, Ash and the others couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic - they had been away from the magician world for almost three months!
I haven’t seen so many strange magicians in a long time!
But compared to Ash and his friends who were nostalgic, the Griffin Company was not so polite. They retreated while firing, and the barrage of bullets instantly covered Ash's position.
Just as Ash and the others were preparing to fight back, Vichy suddenly said, "They didn't use magic spirits."
Ash's heart moved, and he hugged Fili and rolled to the side. When they got up, Ash and Fili had already entered the demon warlock mode!
Sanctuary!
Heart pen!
Ash and Fili didn't even bother to use the spectator mode, and directly used miracles to suppress them. The two heart swords danced in the air, like sickles reaping the lives of the Griffin Company!
"How did they—"
"It's the devil! The devil is here!"
"hateful……"
In less than five seconds, all the Griffin Company's heads were cut off. However, they did not leave any bodies behind, but instead several magic spirits exploded. Seeing this scene, the magicians naturally understood that they had left the stars and arrived in the real virtual world, and these Griffin Companies were the magicians' souls!
At the same time, a glittering fragment appeared in the center of the open space, which was the reward for their completion of the level.
"The mysterious chain has not disappeared." Wei Xi showed her slightly longer fourth virtual wing, which was instantly broken by the mysterious chain: "This is the overlapping area of the virtual world and the stars. Outside magicians can enter, but the mysterious chain is also effective for everyone! And the observer is very likely to be the source angel itself, so any miracle with special effects will be triggered!"
Ash took the fragment in the middle of the clearing and immediately obtained its detailed information:
"Holy Grail Fragment"
"① After collecting all of them, you can condense one of the Rainbow Holy Grails"
"②Only those who are not bound by the mysterious chains can condense one of the Lost Holy Grails."
The fragments of the Holy Grail circulated in everyone's hands. Weishi analyzed, "Those who are not bound by the mysterious chains are obviously demons. Only demons can condense the Discolored Holy Grail, which means that only demons can seize the most precious legacy of the Source Angels. Others who condense the Holy Grail can only obtain ordinary legacies."
"So what we have to do next is very simple," Ash exhaled, "Protect Fili and grab as many fragments of the Holy Grail as possible."
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“The gospel has been parsed.”
In another space, Sonia and the others also cleaned up the battlefield. They encountered a group of mixed sanctuaries, but fortunately the other party used the magic spirit first and then triggered the mysterious chain, so they immediately realized the existence of the mysterious chain - Ash told Sonia about it, and Sonia naturally told them too.
Although they cannot use magic spirits, Sonia and her friends not only have multiple physical magicians, but more importantly, Deda Rose's tactile ability can ignore the mysterious chains, and her singing is enough to secure victory for the Four Pillars Cult.
"In addition to the two functions of the Holy Grail fragments, it is also the source angel's counterattack against the star cage." Diya said: "Anyone except the devil, as long as they gather the fragments and condense the Holy Grail, can become the anchor point of the source angel in the dream heaven and help it penetrate the star kingdom!"
"If the Source Angel can penetrate the Kingdom of Stars, the Starry Lord will naturally lift the blockade of Ruby Mountain, and Ash and the others will naturally be able to leave!"
"To put it simply, the more the Rainbow Holy Grail condenses, the more likely the Source Angel will escape; the more the Lost Holy Grail condenses, the more difficult it will be for the Source Angel to escape from the stars!"
"So what we need to do next is very simple." Sonia looked around and said calmly: "Seize as many fragments of the Holy Grail as possible, and -"
"Kill any demon you see!"