My Archangel

Because they all know that once the holy artifacts truly connect to this continent, let alone whether they can achieve some results in the confrontation with that monster, they will be driven out of this continent first...they are themselves.

And now, thanks to the blessings of those gods, that thing... has come.

After nearly ten thousand years of hard work and 16 expeditions, Li Siren still failed to stop the "monster" from coming.

At this moment, unlike the other incumbents in the hall who saw the true face of the "monster" for the first time, Elsia had already vaguely known the essence of that thing after her encounter with "Erisa".

But... Although knowing is knowing, it was only the first time she saw the entity until last night.

That monster, the monster that seemed to symbolize the end of the world, and would only bring despair to everything around, had indeed come to this world.

Now, with the continuous spread of the "unknown area", after nearly ten thousand years of expansion and spread, after covering nearly 30% of the entire continent, the monster... has reached its most basic arrival. The conditions are enough to show his figure in the "unknown area" and start activities.

Elsia has a hunch that soon, when the world is eroded more severely, the range of activities of that monster...probably will no longer be constrained by the black mist that envelopes the "unknown area". , But in the true sense has come to this continent.

"...Master Elsia."

At this time, in this temple, an incumbent who had received some kind of communication looked ugly, trot out of his seat and rushed to Elsia.

"No way, just now, the few people we first tried to send to explore the unknown area...have completely lost contact."

At this moment, after the incumbent ran to Elsia and opened his mouth to report, the hall that was supposed to be quiet was completely silent in vain.

Everyone held their breath, and subconsciously cast their eyes on Elsia.

"...Have you got any information? That monster... is it really active in that unknown area now?"

After hearing this report, Elsia asked without changing her face.

"...I'm very sorry, I haven't received any exact information. Since the first few explorers entered the area more than an hour ago, there has been no news so far, and now it has exceeded half of the scheduled return. For hours, we didn’t get any information here."

When asked this way, the incumbent shook his head, the expression on his face was rather stiff.

Obviously, although he didn't say it clearly, he already realized that the group of explorers probably won't come back again.

"..."

Hearing this conclusion, Elsia fell silent, just raised her right hand and rubbed her temples.

To be honest, she was mentally prepared for such a terrible result...

For nearly ten thousand years, the "unknown area" itself has been a very dangerous place.

Although the black fog that usually pervades that area is very light, it itself has a very strong corrosiveness. Whether it is exploration through magic or forcibly explored with the flesh...the difficulty is terribly high.

If a person who does not have a magical shield enters, it will be eroded by the black mist in a blink of an eye, completely turning into another thing, not human.

And in that area, what was really dangerous... was originally more than black mist.

Frankly speaking, since the end of the last expedition, in the past hundreds of years, Li Siren has paid too many prices in order to find rare resources in that "fertile soil" to enrich the national treasury.

But despite this, Li Siren has never stopped this behavior of exchanging life for resources.

Because whether it was the first emperor who acquired the two sacred artifacts to integrate the empire, or Elsia who is now organizing an expedition, he knew one thing.

That is...that piece of "fertile soil" is the last hope of this continent.

Because most of the resources of the Lisiren expedition were collected from the "fertile soil" at great risk.

If there is no such "fertile soil", just relying on the consumption of resources by the torch, let alone hundreds of years, it will take thousands of years for Lisiren to make up the resources needed for an expedition.

Although there is no specific conclusion, to this day, almost 90% of Elsia can be sure that the heart of this world is buried under the "fertile soil".

Because the heart of this world is being polluted by something, the land on this continent is losing its vitality bit by bit, and the rare elixir and materials produced every year are constantly decreasing.

Among them, the reason why the contaminated "unknown area" can produce unusually high yields of rare elixir and materials, and become a "fertile soil" where danger and harvest coexist, is probably due to the original location near that area. The "heart of the world" is becoming fragmented bit by bit because of the pollution, and the traces of nutrients spilled out of it...in the subtle changes the unknown area is changed into the current appearance.

However, the situation has now changed.

After the monster had obtained the "fertile soil" in some form of reward, Li Siren wanted to venture into the fertile soil to obtain resources... The success rate was almost compressed to zero.

Just think about it and you can know that the monster that has come to this world... Now it is impossible to give Lisiren a chance to accumulate resources.

In other words, today, ten thousand years after the establishment of the empire, today's seventeenth expedition is probably Li Siren's last fight.

Everything will be concluded soon.

"...Let the second batch of teams ready to explore come back first, don't get close to that area anymore, that monster is not something we can handle now."

Thinking of this, Elsia sighed silently, the expression on her face tense, and she looked at the incumbent before her again: "...Probably, it's not just us. There is nothing on this continent that can handle that. monster."

"Please, please wait, Lord Elsia, is this going to be withdrawn...? If...if that monster stays in that area from now on... we won't be able to go in again Explore resources!"

After hearing Elsia's words, the incumbent was stunned for a while, couldn't help but stared wide, and subconsciously said: "In this way, after this expedition, our next expedition to Lisiren It also takes time for preparation...At least it will be increased several times...At that time, according to the current spread of the black fog, our territory will probably be shrouded in a short time, and there will be no chance to prepare again. An expedition..."

When speaking like this, the voices of the incumbents became a little sharper uncontrollably.

With such a sentence echoing in the silent hall, the expressions on almost everyone's faces changed.

The people in this temple at this time, as a member of the work in the temple, of course they know what it means.

It means that once this expedition fails, then this continent is almost hopeless and will completely become a stage for the monster and a group of parasites to revel.

And the persistence of the entire Li Siren for nearly ten thousand years, the dedication of countless people... will also become meaningless.

"I know, so what?"

However, Elsia just nodded plainly, and stared at the incumbent in front of her indifferently: "It has been confirmed that the monster is in that area. Do you want me to send someone to die? ?"

"..."

After being locked in by Elsia's sight, the incumbent who was originally emotionally out of control was taken aback, and the expression on his face froze little by little.

"You too...what are you making such a fuss? When did you have the illusion that you will have the next failure after this failure?"

Looking away from the incumbent, Elsia showed an extremely cold expression on her face and looked around calmly: "This is the final expedition. Don't have any chances. You can understand me. Then?"

After Elsia slightly showed a strong side, the whole temple fell into a brief silence.

Then, after another second or two, many incumbents nodded quickly as if they had recovered.

"……Yes!"

"We already understood!"

"Master Elsia is right--! This expedition can only advance and not retreat! Whoever dares to have a fluke, I kicked him to death."

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