The Sealed Intelligence
Ruben Reed's pupils contracted.
The Tree Witch actually agreed to settle this privately!?
But then he thought about it again and understood.
The Tree Witch must have known what the Wood God was thinking, so he readily agreed to resolve the matter privately. Since Roy had just arrived, he hadn't had a chance to ask the Wood God for his power on the prayer mat. No matter how powerful he was on earth before, he had to start all over again underground.
Therefore, Roy is definitely not as strong as him. If it's to be settled privately... it can only be him who settles things with Roy.
With this awareness, Ruben sneered and began to look forward to it.
The Tree Witch was right. The newcomer, Roy, was eloquent and persuasive. If it were only up to the Wood God to get him to do something from his consciousness, it would be difficult to achieve with other believers around.
He certainly didn't find it strange that the Wood God asked him to do things in private. As a believer, he only felt honored; this was a special honor that set him apart from others!
The onlookers fell silent. What had happened this morning was too chaotic, and now it had escalated to this point.
"Since Lord Tree Witch has agreed, Mr. Ruben..." Yu Xing glanced coldly at Ruben Reed. He could tell what this little fool was thinking just by looking at his changing expression.
But he wanted revenge on someone, and he wouldn't let that person have it so easy.
The coldness melted from his face, and a subtle smile slowly curved Yu Xing lips, "From now on, you'd better be careful during the day."
Ruben Reed: "Alright, I'll be waiting for you."
Yu Xing smiled and turned to leave first. He could feel a gaze fixed on him, not from Ruben, but from the Tree Witch.
With the parties involved gone, the onlookers naturally had other things to do. The people gathered around the gathering area dispersed, leaving behind a grand hall that should have been filled with a celebratory atmosphere today, now fragmented and torn apart by the still-uncleaned scarlet stains.
Ruben Reed walked a distance and began to feel unwell.
It felt as if a strange, cold current was surrounding him, making him shiver with every step he took.
But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be just an illusion.
But he had a bad feeling, as if he was missing something.
Once everyone was completely alone, Ruben looked up and realized he had unconsciously wandered near the altar.
The altar is the most central building in the entire Underground City, and it is also the building that best symbolizes the divinity and power of the Wood God.
Aside from the Tree Witch and Saintess Amber, everyone else only gathers at the altar when they need to guide new believers.
But now, the exterior of the altar is stained with a lot of filth. Although the altar was the first building the believers cleaned this morning, the water used to wash away the bloodstains and strange marks flowed down the walls, half dry and half wet, pooling on the ground and making the muddy ground soft.
Later, the other buildings will also be cleaned, and someone will come back to remove the water stains as well.
Damn it...
Ruben Reed watched this scene with a fury no less intense than the Yu Xing had just displayed; his own anger surged.
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This is blasphemy!
Those wretched spirits! How did they manage to break through the protective barrier set up by the Wood God to safeguard this city and touch the altar walls with their filthy hands or claws?
Unlike other buildings, which only have their doors sealed off, altars are protected as an entire structure.
How did they manage to do that...?
The face of the person who had just threatened him flashed through Ruben Reed's mind. Suddenly, his wisdom, which had been sealed since he returned underground, loosened slightly, and a terrible conjecture appeared in his mind.
Yes, Roy's involvement in the evil deeds committed by the vengeful spirits means he has the ability to control or cooperate with them.
He could settle his score alone; after all these years underground, he could surely make Roy suffer a terrible death. But what if these vengeful spirits were involved...?
In the underworld, these people are only fit to be crushed to death by vengeful spirits!
You should know that the vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts underground are many times stronger than those on the surface. They have been wandering in the dark and sunless branches for countless years, and are like parasites of the Wood God. At least, that's what the people of their Underground City call those ghostly things.
So...
Roy's warning to be careful during the day wasn't just a simple statement; it was a reminder that he had just pointed out Roy's ability to go out at night with ghosts. How could he have forgotten?
No! This cannot be resolved privately!
Ruben was startled and immediately wanted to turn back to find the Tree Witch and ask her to retract her permission. However, he suddenly remembered the Tree Witch's Tree Witch "Okay." Beneath the woman's cold and beautiful face, it seemed that countless mysteries and malice were hidden.
This malice wasn't just directed at Roy, but also at him.
Could it be that the Tree Witch knew about the Wood God's exclusive grant of his will and believed that his existence threatened his own position, so he decided to kill two birds with one stone, using the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, in this so-called private resolution?
To resolve things privately means that no one can see them fighting; if anyone else is present, all hatred must cease.
Therefore, when Roy comes to kill him, he will definitely not let Roy see it. So, no matter which one dies, the Tree Witch can kill the winner when no one else is around, and all she needs to tell others is that they died together.
The Tree Witch must have meant that!
For some reason, Ruben Reed's IQ began to rise, and the more he thought about it, the more horrified he became. He suddenly realized that the Wood God's ability to give him hints was strange in itself. The Wood God could have easily entrusted this matter to the Tree Witch, and Roy would have died yesterday because his heart had been ripped out.
Roy's excuse would have been perfectly reasonable if applied to the Tree Witch. Only the Tree Witch could openly say that the Wood God simply liked Roy's appearance and would have ripped out Roy's heart on the spot, exposing the fact that Roy was different from them to the public.
Then why would there be so many problems?
Even if things aren't so great, Amber Bradley is still better than him. The Saintess can occasionally directly access the will of the Wood God. The Saintess was personally chosen by the Wood God through divine oracle. Because of this, Amber is the only person in the entire city who is not so afraid of the Tree Witch.
So how did things develop to this point?
"Peng"
It was as if something, like a balloon gradually inflating, reached a critical point and suddenly burst.
That was Ruben Reed's true wisdom.
He regained the sharpness he had when performing missions on the ground; his thoughts were no longer inexplicably suppressed. Gazing at the marks on the altar, he seemed to have a sudden inspiration.
This is a trap set for him.
That's right, his wisdom was restored by the Wood God, with the purpose of helping him see through the trap set by the Tree Witch.
The Wood God must have transmitted these thoughts to the Tree Witch, but the Tree Witch passed these images on to him, making him mistakenly believe that this was his special mission, which led to him being resented by Roy, who was in league with the vengeful spirits!
Chapter Twenty-One: The Sealed Intelligence