Mystery Paradise: Wishing Power Demon

Chapter 267: Chapter 266 Departure

Chapter 267 -266 Departure

“Not only that, the Paradise Sect will also establish a safe zone in the City of Defense to offer those suffering from the war a temporary refuge,” Chaoyang added. “However, this news cannot be publicized yet. If a large influx of people were to come all at once, our supplies would not be able to meet the demand.”

Although Paradise does not have the right to mint coins, the properties confiscated from the nobles are tangible assets, which could easily be exchanged for food, daily necessities, and other materials during peacetime. However, as the flames of war are spreading, there may be supply issues, so he decided to delay the construction of the safe zone, not rushing to finish it in one go.

“This news… will absolutely make it into the history books as groundbreaking!”

Dane felt his heart pounding. As a journalist, he was naturally sensitive to news. If this message were released, it would definitely be an exclusive among exclusives—after all, it was the Divine Envoy himself who had personally told him. Any newspaper getting hold of it could see its sales multiply several times over the course of the following year. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

If it were to be made into a series of reports on the safe zone as well…

The returns from this could feed a journalist for a lifetime!

Dane quickly weighed the options, “If the mist really does disappear above the City of Defense, this news might only take three days to reach all the major cities across the continent.”

Chaoyang remembered that the Old Continent was not that large, a train could cross it from east to west in two days, and given the lack of telegraph and telephone, three days would be quite a limit.

“However… before this actually happens, the discussion it generates might not be too high.” He pondered over his words, “Because it’s too unimaginable. If I hadn’t witnessed so many miracles at Magnificent Castle, I would think this was just some fanatics’ delusion. I do have a way to publish this news, but the initial spread won’t be very fast.”

“Of course, promoting the Paradise Sect has always been something I’ve been doing, so in conjunction with the previous reports, I’ll try to make it have the effect of a leading news story.”

“Then I’ll leave this matter to you and Judy,” Chaoyang nodded.

“Yes! We guarantee to make it the most sensational news in history. Also… I would like to ask you one more thing.”

“Go ahead.”

“What is the Paradise Master’s opinion on this rebellion?”

Chaoyang smiled, “You’re asking which side the Paradise Sect really stands on, right? Rest assured, we stand with the people, just like Magnificent Castle is doing right now. Unless they come to us looking for trouble, Paradise Sect will not get involved in their war.”

Dane let out a sigh of relief.

It was clear that he didn’t have much loyalty to the former royal house.

“You’re right, the light of Paradise should belong to everyone. I’ll go and inform Judy right away.”

…

In the following two days, Chaoyang took Shi Yin on a secret trip to the countryside, mainly to test its ability to dissipate the mist. He found that as long as there was sufficient wishing power, Shi Yin could indeed make the mist disappear, and the clearance it created would prevent the surrounding mist from refilling, which was far better than the effect of spirit lamps.

Also, the serpent-shaped red light produced by Shi Yin did not harm the surrounding small animals, nor did it cause their brains to run out on their own. In its own words, the effect of Unity was controllable; since the subjects didn’t wish for Unity, it could control the effect of the red light.

Once the premise was established, Chaoyang immediately informed Xue Quan of the plan and allowed Shi Yin to reveal its true form in front of him.

The latter was quite astonished at first, but quickly accepted the reality of a Mini Evil God being able to communicate with humans.

And upon hearing that the nuclear bombs would not be used, he even appeared somewhat regretful.

Chaoyang was somewhat puzzled, “Transferring explosions like that can easily disrupt the timeline of future generations. If possible, it’s best not to overuse it; you should understand this.”

“I never considered transferring historical nuclear tests.” He spread his hands, speaking helplessly, “Ever since I reported on the effects of Ouroboros, the rocket army people have been reaching out to us through connections, asking if they could establish an observation post here and carry out a transfer experiment. This way, we could test some special configurations without attracting the attention of neighboring countries.”

“…” Chaoyang was at a loss for words. He hadn’t expected the other party to have such intentions.

“No worries, there will always be a chance for things like that in the future.” Xue Quan put that topic aside for the moment, “By the way, the staff department has also prepared something special for this plan, even without using the Goddess of Joy, we can send people quickly to the Old Continent.”

“Oh? What is it?”

“Planes,” he said, “But the kind that can take off and land on water.”

…

Shandela didn’t expect the departure notice to come so soon.

She had thought that the repair of the ship would be delayed for ten days or half a month, or that it might never be fixed at all… After all, the Old Continent was too far away from here, and the Paradise Sect had no obligation to send her across the sea. She had even considered a possibility, that each day she stayed here, she could deal with the unresolved affairs at Magnificent Castle a day longer. Since she had made it clear in her resignation letter that she would fulfill her duties before leaving, considering this value, Mr. Zhao would likely try to extend the return date as much as possible.

As Mr. Xue had said, the other party was in seclusion, and no one knew when he would appear.

Yet, only five days had passed when Ryan brought the notification to depart.

The Joy Goddess was still stranded at the seaside.

But, listening to Ryan’s tone, it didn’t seem like a joke. After all, the entire investigation team had received the notification, claiming they could set off early the next morning.

The next morning, she packed her luggage and followed Ryan onto the four-wheeled carriage of the Paradise Sect. Shandela noticed that aside from her and Ryan, there was only Farrelan on the carriage. It was not surprising that Durin and Phineal were unwilling to return to the Old Continent, but she hadn’t expected Katrina to decide to stay at Magnificent Castle.

“Priestess said that her primary mission was to recover the secret magical Divine Artifact, so she won’t be returning with us this time,” Ryan said somewhat sheepishly. “Once shipping resumes later, she can leave without hurry.”

Obviously, this was an excuse; otherwise, as an Executive Priest of the Mechanical Sect, being together with the Royal Army’s Lieutenant Colonel would be awkward for both sides.

Upon arriving at the equipment testing site on the north beach of the city, the three of them immediately saw the white behemoth resting upon the water—compared to the planes that occasionally appeared over Magnificent Castle, this one was obviously much larger, the wing alone could squeeze in more than a dozen people.

“Wow, that’s so cool! Are we actually going to fly back?” Ryan instantly perked up. Ever since he’d seen planes, he had been deeply fascinated with these machines capable of soaring through the skies.

However, Shandela’s attention fell on the people who came to see them off.

She was surprised to see that Mr. Zhao was actually at the beach. Besides him, there were also the surviving brothers from the City of Defense army; of course, they were now security personnel for the temple.

“Um… haven’t you been too busy lately to spare any time?” Shandela approached and asked Chaoyang in a low voice.

Although she asked this on the surface, she had already faintly guessed that the so-called manager of the Gate of Destiny, Divine Envoy, and even the Paradise Master… were actually the same person.

“Busy as I am, I still needed to come and see you off when I heard you were leaving,” Chaoyang said with a smile, handing her a cloth bag. “Take this.”

“What’s this…” She received the cloth bag, finding it heavy, and could tell from a touch that it was filled with gold coins.

“Your compensation for working at the Paradise and an allowance for your long journey.”

“I can do without the compensation, but I can’t accept the allowance…” Shandela clearly felt that this sum of money went far beyond the normal range of wages.

Chaoyang placed his hand on hers, stopping her attempt to give it back, “This is what you deserve.”

“But…”

“On behalf of the Paradise Sect, I thank you for everything you’ve done for this city. Even though you submitted your resignation, you’re still a friend of Paradise. If one day you tire of wandering outside, consider coming back to rest—the doors of Paradise will always be open for you,” Chaoyang said with a smile.

In that moment, Shandela felt an indescribable emotion welling up in her heart.

She had experienced many farewells.

Leaving her foster family to go to military academy.

Graduating from the military academy, being assigned to the strange land of the New Continent.

Some were those of others, some were her own.

But no one had ever treated her like this before.

Especially when she learned she was going to Magnificent Castle, only two of her classmates had come to see her off.

Shandela had never expected to be valued so much in a place that had only employed her for a month.

She took a deep breath, unconsciously lifting her head.

“…Thank you,” she said.