After all, Adeline has already turned into a statue.

"Do you think the church really won't resurrect her?"

"The church will certainly do so, but I said she has no future because she has truly faced me in a duel. If no one redeems her, she will never be able to move forward. Mr. Doro, will you redeem her?"

Doro was silent for a moment: "Even if I wanted to save her, I have no way to do so."

"I'm glad you think that way."

Mohe stood up from the hot spring and passed by Doro: "Well then, I'm going to rest. Having you here is really a good thing; even if such things happen, I can sleep peacefully."

Doro no longer responded.

Mohe returned to her room.

...

The next day, various materials from the church had already been delivered.

Rastina couldn't hold it in anymore.

"I just rested in the inn for one day... How did it turn out like this?!"

"I heard the Demon King is in this city. We better not go out recently, otherwise, it will be terrible if the Demon King finds us." Mohe lied without blushing, calmly deceiving Rastina, "You must be careful. If the Demon King discovers your identity, he might abduct you."

Frightened, Rastina decided she would also stay hidden in the inn today. Absolutely not going out.

"We should go out and investigate the situation."

She was certainly going to fulfill her promise.

The process was not complicated. Mohe made an alchemy item that could recreate a body for someone, and then left the matter to Doro, Lisidorwei, and Rose.

She herself did not contact the church people, though she heard the Pope of the White Church had arrived—she had no interest in such a figure. If it were Charlette, she would have met, but with the Pope, she thought there was no need; that was a very uninteresting position, and anyone in that position was certainly a very uninteresting person.

Mohe was focused on other things.

For instance, she discovered many dwarves.

In fact, dwarves are a very rare race within the Human Empire, and their relationship with humans is hardly harmonious.

Especially in today's era, there are many conflicts of interest between dwarves and humans. Dwarves are proud of their forging techniques, which humans are gradually approaching, even showing signs of surpassing. At the same time, the majority of alchemists are human, and besides the Human Central Empire, there are also several human kingdoms.

This is enough to highlight the current strength of humans.

Of course, these are not the main reasons; the primary issue is the White Church.

Among humans, if you count the casual believers, those who like to utter a few prayers for divine blessings and celebrate New Year and the God's Creation Day, the number reaches as high as ninety percent, while the dwarves scoff at this— their research into history has found many inaccuracies in the descriptions in the "Holy Record." They prefer the idea that the so-called "god" is just an unconscious will, saying that a will observing the world is meaningless.

Of course, this argument doesn't hold much ground, as dwarves could not create the Hero's Sword. They naturally cannot question the craftsmanship of the divine.

So in a way, this group is quite contradictory now.

However, the dwarves have come to this city, by what means is unclear, but obviously, they're here to go head-to-head with the church.

Mohe was curious about how, at the time of the incident in Butuo City, the nobility seemed to have disappeared, as if Adeline and the Wise King had reached some agreement to have the nobles and officials withdraw. This is unrealistic, yet the event happened in Butuo City, a city famous even in the Human Central Empire, and that Wise King acted as if nothing happened, even after the event concluded, no army was dispatched, which raises suspicions.

After all, so many forces have tangled here.

Even if it's just to host as a "master," the Wise King should have made some move, but nothing at all, which is a very absurd matter.

Mohe couldn't help but think that the Wise King was watching this situation develop.

Of course, Mohe didn't care.

The girl walked down the street, looking at that massive crimson-gold tree.

This could be considered a landmark left behind. Who knows if in the long years to come it will grow into the tree supporting the heavens and the earth it once was. Will I see it someday?

And at that time, what should be done?

...

The war in the Snow Country has broken out.

The sudden attack by the Snow Elves caught this kingdom off guard. These Snow Elves conducted a plan akin to a beheading strike, directly assassinating commanders across the land; this was not easy to accomplish, but under the cover of winter snow, Snow Elves clad in silver armor moved through the streets of various cities.

Swift and agile, cold and formidable.

Elf infiltrated the kingdom's royal capital alone, thrusting her sword into the king's throne.

"This country will henceforth belong to the winter snow!"

Such was her command.

This war came on too quickly, so fast that everyone was caught unprepared, many places were bewildered when they received the news.

In just seven days, a human kingdom directly fell.

If you only count time, and insist whether the Snow Elves have this strength—well, they do, but having this strength and achieving such an effect are two different matters.

Moreover, the Snow Elves have issued a proclamation.

Roughly accusing the Human Central Empire of breach of faith, saying the Wise King is actually a treacherous person. They proclaim their loyalty has always been to the Hero A·Gedora, that they're devout followers of Gedora, and with A·Gedora's resurgence, they have decided to confront humans, faithfully following A·Gedora's steps, despite A·Gedora now being part of the Demon King's army.

This proclamation, once out, was championed by many minority races—

With someone stepping forward, everyone else has grown bolder, testing the boundaries of the Wise King's authority. Knowing that if the Wise King wants to launch a war, it will be against the Snow Elves, meanwhile many watch the stance of the Forest Elves because the relationship between the two elf groups is quite complex.

Yet, both the Wise King and the Forest Elves remain composed, not hastily responding, seemingly wanting to see just how fiercely this flame can burn.

Of course, due to political issues, this blaze shall not extinguish on its own. The more the Central Human Empire and the Forest Elves refrain from responding, the more others will add fuel to the fire, until the limits of both forces are tested.

At this moment, Doro and others finally completed the revival of all alchemists.

These alchemists aren't guaranteed a safe departure, primarily because of the church.

The church's statement to the outside is that the Demon King's army was brutally barbaric, almost destroying the entire Butuo City, and Alchemist Adeline, Miracle Source Adeline, resisted desperately, ultimately turning into a statue, with the whole Sky Fortress shot down—these were great sacrifices.

And the cruel Demon King collected those brave souls, while the Pope endured humiliation, unable to bear seeing these heroes suffer, and after many grievances and concessions with the Tearing Celestial King, finally, the Demon King's army retreated after obtaining some resources and handed the souls over to the Pope, who helped revive them one by one.

Of course, this is the official statement from the church, which the dwarves do not acknowledge.

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