After setting off again, the group's speed was much faster than before. They still encountered spreading seaborn trace and Abyssal Cultists and Seaborn blocking the road, but under Kanna's hand, these enemies didn't even last an extra second.
Lightning bolts that suddenly fell from the sky directly took out all the enemies, and rolling balls of lightning from Kanna's hands tore, crushed, and then burned the seaborn trace on the ground into charcoal.
The Inquisitors who had still harbored some doubts about Kanna now merely looked at the bodies beneath the lightning, secretly swallowing their saliva.
At this moment, they had to admit that Ilena's words were very correct, and they were fortunate that Kanna was their ally, and she didn't seem to hold a grudge about their colleague's previous "impoliteness."
The accelerated Rhodes Island group caught up with Kaltsit's group at the entrance of Gran Faro.
"Yo! Kaltsit, and old man Carmen, long time no see!" Hearing the sudden honk of a car behind them, the two, who were walking side by side on the road, turned around to look.
Facing them was the small figure that immediately made them feel at ease, and the clear, unconventional voice.
"Long time no see, Kanna!" Although her expression remained calm, from her slightly fluctuating voice, one could sense that the old Feline speaking was very happy to see Kanna.
On the other side, after discovering Kanna, the few people in the car felt the ground around them shake, and then a geyser suddenly erupted from underground, shooting straight towards Kanna.
"Ifrit is in the back car!" Just as the geyser was about to hit Kanna's face, with a single sentence from Kanna, the geyser strangely froze in place, and then the liquid in mid-air transformed into a transparent long snake that zipped past the front car where Kanna was and jumped into the car behind.
Through the glass, the water snake saw the familiar figure inside the car.
"Dahlia!" As the car window opened, Ifrit's happy call came out.
The water snake skillfully jumped into Ifrit's palm and transformed into a small transparent figure doing ballet, showcasing its happiness with graceful movements.
"This…" The accompanying Inquisitors had never seen such an "life" that transcended their understanding. They stared dumbfounded at the "water person" playing merrily with the girl in the passenger seat.
"I remember, you should be Inquisitors from Ilena's team, right? How did you come with Kanna? Where is Ilena?" Carmen first greeted Kanna warmly, then his gaze shifted to the several Inquisitors who had gotten out of the car and were nervously standing there, awaiting his inspection.
"Reporting, Saint, we were dispatched by Grand Inquisitor Elena to follow Miss Kanna ahead to provide support. Grand Inquisitor Elena and her Inquisition will arrive here shortly." The leader, with a nervous tone, answered the question from "Saint Carmen."
"Oh! Ilena is already a Grand Inquisitor? I didn't even know! When did this happen?" Carmen hadn't spoken yet, but Kanna, upon hearing their address for Ilena, suddenly realized. She hadn't expected Ilena, whom she had met before, to already be a Grand Inquisitor. No wonder she could command these Inquisitors to act according to her words. Previously, Kanna had been too engrossed in thinking about the Seaborn to consider this, but now that it was brought up, she reacted.
"After Rock Bay Town, her merits had already far exceeded expectations, and Ilena's performance over the past decade has been excellent.
After confirming the events at the time, with my recommendation, and the agreement and signatures of the other Grand Inquisitors, it was reported to The Inquisition. Six months ago, Ilena officially became a Grand Inquisitor of The Inquisition.
Currently, she leads this team of The Inquisition on a patrol in Iberia. This time, her Inquisition happened to be in a nearby area conducting an investigation of the Abyssal Church. They were also the closest Inquisition team to Gran Faro, so I notified them to come here to assist.
Logically speaking, they should have arrived around the same time as us, but it seems they encountered trouble?"
Old man Carmen recounted Ilena's story while also asking why The Inquisition, which should have arrived, was so far behind them.
"Reporting, Saint, upon receiving the notification, we immediately rushed here, but on the way, we discovered traces of Abyssal Cultists and Seaborn.
Originally, seeing that their numbers weren't large, Grand Inquisitor Elena decided to annihilate this enemy first. However, these people were extremely difficult to deal with, and they had spread a peculiar substance called 'seaborn trace' across the land. This substance has extremely strong expansive properties and is very difficult to eliminate. These abyssal monsters are significantly strengthened on the 'seaborn trace' and can also detect our direction of advance. We spent an entire day and still couldn't catch them.
Finally, in order not to affect the meeting with the Saint, the Grand Inquisitor passed this message to the Retribution Army following behind, asking them to deal with the 'seaborn trace' along the way, and then led the team to continue rushing here. However, due to the time previously delayed, we will inevitably be late.
Just as we were making a forced march towards Gran Faro, we happened to meet Miss Kanna. Miss Kanna agreed to take five of us ahead to provide support, and the Grand Inquisitor will lead the remaining troops to arrive here in at most half a day."
This Inquisitor did not shirk responsibility for their group's mistakes but simply recounted the events of their journey in detail.
"We also found several places with 'seaborn trace' extending on the roads we passed. I even dealt with a few of them!
But what's strange is that these guys could have first expanded these 'seaborn trace' in uninhabited wilderness to an unstoppable degree, and then moved towards roads with pedestrians.
This way, even if their traces were discovered, it would take a lot of effort to get rid of these annoying things.
But they didn't. They insisted on starting from crowded places. Although this would also cause some trouble, the earlier they were discovered, the smaller the spread of the seaborn trace, and the easier it would be to clear."
Kanna had observed the seaborn trace along the way; they were mostly centered on main roads. This simply didn't conform to the normal logic of "development," because if they expanded large enough in uninhabited areas first, then even if Iberia discovered the location of the seaborn trace, it would take a lot of time, manpower, and resources to clear them completely.
This way, Iberia's army would be held up by these unimportant things, wouldn't the Abyssal Cultists be able to cause trouble in the coastal areas more easily?
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