He remembered struggling desperately to swim forwards, yet he was unclear about which direction he was actually heading in.
Such coincidences led Fisher to suspect that perhaps some entity had intervened in his journey, such as the likes of Ramasitia or Dalasgon...
The gods wanted him to help them accomplish something and seemed delighted to provide him with certain hints and assistance, but for some reason, this sensation of being pushed along made Fisher quite uncomfortable, especially since he still had no knowledge of their motives.
Related to the Creation Society? The Demi-human Girls Completion Manual? The Doomsday Prophecy?
Fisher silently pondered this in his mind, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Balzac opposite him pulling a folded piece of paper from inside his thick red robe. He unfolded it to reveal pale paper splattered with crimson blood.
The blood served as ink and printed a line of Northern Territory Language, seemingly an address and a distinctly clear word "Seal." He also began speaking to Ilois,
"Don’t be skeptical yet, we have evidence..."
"This is a paper left by the former Clan Leader of your Moon Rabbit Clan shortly before their mysterious death. The address recorded here is an ancient altar of the Moon Rabbit Clan located on the outskirts of the Nebalon Kingdom, where the Clan Leader left the location of the Moon Rabbit Seal on paper for posterity. The Seal is the key to unlocking the Frost Snow Phoenix Tree, and his intent is quite clear..."
"We’ve been there but found nothing. Your Moon Rabbit Clan is not only proficient at discovering hidden items but also at concealing things. We have asked the Moon Rabbit Clan nearby Snow Mountain for help, but what they saw was very vague. Only the direct lineage of the Moon Rabbit Clan can see clearly and retrieve the Seal, so we traveled all the way to the Sardinia Female Country to find you in hopes you will help us retrieve the Moon Rabbit Seal."
After hearing this, Ilois became nervous. As a child, she had visited the altar within the Moon Rabbit Clan, where they held annual ceremonies under the moonlight, singing songs to commemorate the glory of ancient times... However, since the modern Moon Rabbit Clan has become a daytime species, the children were fast asleep during these ceremonies, oblivious to what the adults were doing...
But she vaguely remembered that the adults were singing about a regal and proud master who stood loftily atop the Wutong Tree, possessing wings grander than frost and snow, knowledgeable of the future and the past...
However, Ilois was hesitant; it had been too long since she had left her homeland, especially when she learned only today that the people of the Moon Rabbit Clan from her homeland had all perished, it was too much for her to accept at once,
"My... why would my clanspeople... Mother Goddess protect them... who attacked them? Why would they die related to... the legendary Frost Snow Phoenix Tree? I... I just can’t understand."
Having been away from her homeland for a long time and completely unfamiliar with past history, Ilois struggled to accept this reality, as absurd as hearing that a city had been leveled overnight, but Fisher roughly knew what had happened.
The extinction of the Phoenix Species and certain pollutions from the Spirit Realm were closely related. It was hard to say whether the Moon Rabbit Clan, with their sensitive Spirit Realm sight, might also be affected, but what is unexplainable is that if the direct lineage of the Moon Rabbit Clan’s extinction related to the so-called Spirit Realm Pollution, why did it only begin to affect them over the past decade?
The extinction of the Phoenix Species happened thousands of years ago. Could the Spirit Realm influence be delayed?
Or perhaps something special happened during these past several years...
Fisher suddenly remembered a giant throne he saw in a dream provided by the Demi-human Girls Completion Manual, and the murmured words from a being atop the throne that seemed to have just awakened, seemingly related to "the last Phoenix."
Valentina, seeing through Ilois’ hesitation, turned her head to glance at the kindly gaze of the Mother Goddess, which had been the last hope for countless patients suffering from the Death Rot Disease.
Although from today’s perspective, such actions seem foolish, what if, substituting the intangible Frost Snow Phoenix Tree as a symbol of hope wasn’t foolish at all?
The church fell silent for a moment before Valentina turned her head back, her gaze sweeping over Fisher, who was pondering, before finally looking at Sister Ilois and speaking,
"Sister Ilois, the extinction of the Moon Rabbit Clan is inevitable, and the Turand Family deeply regrets this; they were our kindest friends and partners... It’s necessary to remember them, but the current issue is, their cause of death has still not been found, and we need the Moon Rabbit Seal to find the Frost Snow Phoenix Tree to get answers..."
"Moreover, it’s been a long time since you returned to your homeland of Nebalon Kingdom, hasn’t it? As someone who has now become the most loyal servant of the Mother Goddess, I’m sure your relatives would also like to see you one last time under the wings of the Frost Phoenix."
Fisher glanced briefly at Valentina, who was seated in a wheelchair; her knack for speaking nonsensically might well match his own. After her remarks, Fisher could guess that Ilois would certainly be persuaded by Valentina, as her words were flawlessly crafted, striking precisely Ilois’s vulnerable spots.