Chapter 28 Crisis lurks everywhere

The setting sun at dusk penetrates the thin white mist over Fuguang Island, splashing over the earth like a waterfall. The magnificent white city is dyed orange, and the golden geometric figures shine against the sunlight, covering Hylia City.

sacred veil.

Overlooking everything in the Council Hall of the Shining Light Tower, 17 elders of the Light Blessed Sect and academic masters sat around the semicircular stone table under the golden dome.

As the leader among the explorers, Tyrus had no seat and stood firmly on the back side of Margusa's stone chair.

The last elder of the Explorer faction has passed away two years ago. Based on his contribution, Tyrus should take over as the elder.

It's just that he is still young, less than forty years old.

Even though he is a disciple of the Archbishop, Tyrus's qualifications are still not enough to be on par with the elders of the Shining Tower.

Today has been three days since the last undead attack.

During this period of time, apart from resting at night, the masters have been discussing countermeasures.

"Archbishop Margussa, you should not let Josh Russell return to Hylia."

The speaker was Gula, the master of metaphysics. He had a long beard dyed with frost and an old face. His sunken eye sockets were covered with a pair of legless glasses inlaid with gold wire. His cloudy eyes looked through the narrow lenses at Margusa, who was sitting in the chair.

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Within 5 seconds, the huge parliament hall fell into silence, so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

"Having said that, we are protected by Sheng Xiao, how could they break in?"

Among the 17 masters, only Margusa ordered another one with fox ears on his head and a long tail trailing behind him. His exposed skin was covered with dull white fur. It was obvious that the old man of the Vasani tribe did not speak.

Since Tyrus went to the Shining Tower for a meeting in the afternoon, Ryze has been wandering around for several hours without feeling tired.

Calista took out a small translucent bottle from her pocket. The liquid droplets inside exuded a faint white light and shook it in front of Josh's face.

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Margusa thought for a moment, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

"Stupid! We are committed to collecting and sealing dangerous items from all over the world, but you are actively throwing out darkin weapons. Do you want to start another darkin war and cause death to all living beings?"

All the masters are talking about it, you and I are arguing all the time.

Staring at the bottle, Josh suddenly opened his eyes wide: "This is?!"

Margusa, who had remained silent, finally spoke: "So, our Fuguang Island is currently in crisis, and we cannot devote our limited energy to internal strife."

"How could it be possible?!" Master Gula lost his voice, "That is technology collected by explorers from the ancient ruins of Shurima. It was inherited from the Ascended Nezuk, the inventor of the Sky Fortress Monolith. The two golems actually

Is there nothing you can do about the despicable throat?"

Josh, who was allowed to return to Hylia, sat quietly in the living room, flipping through the ancient Icathian cuneiform annotations that Ryze borrowed from Tyrus a few days ago, and comparing the obscure contents of the rune secret book.

"..."

You can obviously do magic with your hands, so why are you still afraid of ghosts that can be killed by arcane magic?

"I object! Kalista of Kamavia is still there. Don't forget, she came with Tyrus and Ryze... If we really want to reveal the news about the Water of Life, shall we do it tomorrow?

Are you going to face the cavalry of the Kamavian Iron Legion?"

"Ritz, I like a saying very much, what's it called... If you don't do anything bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door."

She turned half of her face, glanced at Tyrus from the corner of her eye, and then looked around, taking in the expressions of all the elders and masters.

Margusa looked at each other with the elders of the Vasani clan, his heroic eyes shining brightly.

Seeing that Josh was ignoring him, Ryze sighed angrily and started pacing again mechanically.

"Besides, Hylia's last rune mage has been dead for more than 30 years, but even if he is still alive, he probably won't be able to unlock the more than ten layers of arcane encryption in the second rune lock. Is it possible that we have to pin our hopes on Tailu?"

Si’s apprentice?”

"May I interrupt?"

Hylia, Tyrus Suite, Scholar's Residence.

However, such comforting words were of no use to the hasty-tempered Ruiz, so he simply gave up persuading him.

"Elders and masters, let's not forget that the Spider God in the north of the forest is also a threat. It has been coveting the water of life for thousands of years.

"That's wrong, Master Gula." But not long after, the master of seismology objected, "The shadow of the past wandering in the Wanzai Well has reappeared. We must prioritize dealing with this most dangerous disaster."

The expression on Ruiz's face became even more nervous, and the anxiety in his heart was even more lingering. He didn't even dare to open the door.

"Zendakaya, she told me you live here...Josh, what you said is indeed true."

Josh shook his head and returned his attention to the books.

At first, Josh would tell Ryze not to worry. Since the Shining Tower allowed him to come back, there would be no big moves. Just trust Tyrus and Margusa.

To be more precise, not only this afternoon, Ruiz's complaints have not stopped in the past three days.

"The Spider God, Darkin weapons, the reappearance of the curse of the Water of Life, and the threat from the Kingdom of Kamavia... Everyone, we are in the most critical moment in thousands of years, and we must unite as one to overcome the difficulties.

Josh raised his head and glanced at Ritz, then continued to compare words without even replying.

The old man smoothed his white beard that hung down from his chin, "A while ago, the Despicable Throat attacked our team of Vasani medicine collectors. Only one of the seven people was seriously injured and survived. The two golem puppets we sent were also killed.

It is easily defeated."

But within a few minutes, there was a knock on the door.

"Perhaps, we need to use his power."

Master Gula is a staunch conservative, and like Elder Bartek, he advocates expelling Josh to avoid disasters in advance.

Although he looks old, Elder Vasani's voice does not have a hint of desolation in his old age. He is still full of energy and gradually echoes in the empty hall.

As he said that, Master Fuguang's archives focused his gaze on Tyrus. His gray-blue eyes were neither sad nor happy. He was a pure neutral.

"The Despicable Maw has been unable to pass through the ancient forest area before and was blocked by Maokai, but the revival of darkin weapons seems to have stimulated it. In recent days, it has repeatedly provoked Maokai, and there is a possibility of intensifying conflicts."

After a while, he walked up to Josh and put his hands on the table, "Hey, stop looking! Think about what we should do next!"

"Calista? How did you find yourself here?"

However, the regular customer standing at the door was completely beyond his expectation—it was Callista, who had not seen him for several days and looked even more haggard.

"The Darkin's corruption is irreversible, and our current situation is already difficult. Wouldn't it be a mistake to let him return to Hylia at this time?"

"But Elder Holden has disappeared for more than a hundred years, and the second keystone to the Wanzai Well gate is missing. We can't get in at all." The master of Fuguang Archives interjected.

And Ryze kept pacing back and forth in the living room, nervous, and let out an anxious sigh from time to time.

"As we have studied and discussed before, Josh may be the only mortal in ancient times who can control the darkspawn without being affected by them."

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"If you ask me, it would be better to follow Master Igura's advice and expel Josh Russell first, so that at least one darkin will be less troublesome."

Josh was speechless at Ritz's reaction, and walked to the door and opened the front door.

"It's just a thief, maybe we can really let him try." A master who was lazily leaning on the railing and looked younger than most of the people present sarcastically agreed.

Tyrus's face darkened. Although he felt unhappy, he was not qualified to speak in the current situation.

Soon, Elder Vasani cleared his throat, took the initiative to stand up and raised his arms, making a silencing gesture with his hands down.

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