Chapter 38.7

From the looks of it, the situation did not seem so bleak. Compared to the Golden Lion Kingdom, which had allies and a happy populace, the Northern Emerald Kingdom, which was surrounded by internal and external difficulties, seemed to be a bit more embarrassing.

However, Oswald was being extra cautious. Although he was not from the giant beast race, he sometimes also had a so-called "beast instinct." He always felt that things were not as smooth as they imagined.

Oswald had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he could not pinpoint it for a while.

The torrential rains that had been falling for a long time had suddenly become weaker in the past few days. Every morning was almost dry and hot, with sunny skies. It was not until late in the evening that a wave of thunderstorms would occur. The flashes of lightning would reflect the entire town and even half of the continent, giving people a vague feeling of instability.

On the day Kevin's arms began to grow flesh, even the evening thunderstorm failed to materialize.

And these thunderstorms were always very willful, lasting for many days without stopping.

After Kevin's two arms returned to their original state, he moved from the inner courtyard of the Hanging Palace back to the Bronze Army base camp. He took the soldiers in the camp and the Little Lion for daily drills.

Half a month later, an urgent report from the priesthood finally reached Oswald's desk. It contained only one line: "The rainy season ended early, and a very strange situation occurred in the western desert. Please proceed to the observatory to see for yourself."

When this urgent report was received, Kevin had just come over for a routine report. Before he could figure out what was going on, he was dragged onto the Vulture by Oswald and taken along the long iron ropeway to the priesthood's highest observatory.

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As soon as they entered the observatory, the two were shocked by the scene before them.

The old priest who had been in charge of the main affairs was running along the edge of the observatory, chanting words in his mouth. His voice would suddenly increase, and he looked like he was going mad.

Two young priests tried to stop him, but they were unsuccessful.

"What is going on? I came here just to see this?" Oswald was confused.

One of the young priests said, "No, no, Your Majesty. After Priest Mowgli sent you an urgent report, he was lying on the side of the observatory when he saw something. He suddenly became like this."

"Which side?" Oswald asked, frowning.

"Here," the young priest said, pointing to a black water platform on the edge of the cliff. "The one in the south, but we didn't see anything when we got close."

On the observatory of the Priestly Courtyard, there are two black stone water platforms on the southeast and northwest sides respectively. There are dark tortoise cracks at the bottom of the water platforms. Some tortoise cracks are intertwined with golden dots, large and small, dense and scattered. From a distance, it looks like the most complicated starry sky.

Oswald leaned over to the south water platform and glanced in, but he found that there were no waves and no abnormalities inside.

He frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "What strange situation did the old priest report to me?"

The young priest pointed to the water platform to the west and said, "It's here. The sign is still there, but it's very faint."

Oswald strode over and bent down to check. At the bottom of the black stone water platform, in the upper right corner, there was another faint circle of patterns like dust cages, which were slowly being diluted by the water.

"What kind of pattern is this?" Oswald vaguely felt that it was a bit like a human face, but because it was too light and distorted, he couldn't recognize it.

The priest pointed to a certain condensed point in the pattern and said, "This was originally a circular totem, but now I can't see it clearly."

"What totem?" Oswald asked.

The priest said, "The phoenix, Your Majesty. It is the phoenix that symbolizes the god of light, Phae."

Kevin raised his head in surprise. "How could that be?"