God-Tier Extraction Talent: Reincarnated in a Game-like World! Chapter 648: Life Origin: Gabriel Makes a Move

The members of Veylor’s Chain who had previously appeared somewhat relaxed immediately straightened their bodies. Even the elderly man in gray robes voluntarily stepped forward several paces.

The pure white carriage slowly stopped.

Two Church knights wearing silver white armor dismounted first, followed by the rest.

Eventually, eight knights stood separately on both sides of the carriage.

Several seconds later, the carriage door opened, and a foot wearing a white boot touched the ground first.

Afterward, a man dressed in red and white robes stepped out of the carriage.

He appeared to be around fifty years old.

His hair had already turned noticeably gray.

A golden holy emblem rested on his chest.

The moment Edgar saw him, his expression abruptly changed.

"It’s actually him..."

Gabriel turned his head. "You know him?"

"Yes, he’s a Cardinal of the Holy Church."

"Matthew Grant."

’Another Cardinal.’ Gabriel’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Several months ago, at that underground auction in Stellar City.

The person in charge from the Holy Church whom he had killed had also been a Cardinal.

It seemed that elven children were far more important to the Holy Church than he had originally imagined.

Otherwise, a transaction of this scale would never be worth repeatedly sending someone of this level to personally participate.

Below, Matthew ignored the Veylor members who had taken the initiative to greet him.

His first words were:

"Where are they?"

The woman gestured. The eleven elven children were brought forward.

Matthew’s gaze swept across them one by one with a cold, emotionless gaze, as if he didn’t regard them as living beings.

"Eleven?" he asked, as if to make sure.

"Yes, eleven." The woman nodded.

"Very good." Matthew finally revealed a hint of satisfaction. "There weren’t any accidents this time."

The Veylor woman smiled. "We lost quite a few people capturing these children. As for the price you promised, Cardinal, it won’t be reduced."

"As long as they meet the requirements," Matthew replied indifferently.

Hearing those words, Gabriel’s eyes moved slightly from within the tree crown.

Meet the requirements? What does he mean by that?

His hand, which had been about to grip Crimson Judgement, stopped.

’Wait a little longer,’ he told himself mentally.

Below, Matthew had already walked up to the first elven child.

He took out a transparent crystal from his robe and seemed to channel his mana into it.

The crystal lit up.

Under the gazes of everyone, a pale green glow slowly emerged from within the child’s body.

Matthew glanced at it, his face filled with dissatisfaction.

"Too weak."

He moved to the next child after, but the result was exactly like the first.

It was not until he reached the fifth child that the crystal finally showed an obvious change.

Amid the originally pale green light, an extremely faint trace of gold appeared.

Matthew’s eyes lit up like stars.

"Keep this one."

The Veylor woman smiled even more brightly.

"Looks like this batch is quite good."

Matthew did not bother responding. Instead, he continued inspecting them one after the other.

By the time all eleven children had been examined, three had been separated from the others.

Gabriel had not moved from beginning to end, but his gaze had become completely cold.

Edgar had also realized that something was wrong. "They aren’t buying them as slaves."

"Yeah," Gabriel replied.

If they were merely purchasing elven slaves, there would be no need for this kind of examination.

They were looking for something.

Bloodline?

Natural affinity?

Or perhaps power related to the World Tree?

At that thought, Sophie suddenly appeared in Gabriel’s mind.

The World Tree Fragment.

The Holy Church’s pursuit of her.

And Edgar’s previous words. Her identity was far more complicated than she herself imagined.

Several matters that had originally appeared unrelated seemed to be gradually converging.

At that moment, Matthew put away the crystal.

"Take these three."

"What about the other eight?" the Veylor woman asked.

Matthew casually glanced at the remaining children. "Handle them yourselves. The Church only wants elves possessing a high concentration of Life Origin. Ordinary goods have no value."

Those words alone caused Edgar’s expression within the tree crown to darken completely.

Life Origin! As expected, the same power from the World Tree.

However, in the next second, a single sentence from the Veylor woman caused his expression to change abruptly.

"If that’s the kind of bloodline you’re looking for, then I just remembered something."

Matthew turned toward her. "What?"

The woman smiled and continued. "The goblins have recently been spreading rumors that a human girl appeared inside the Sacred Forest."

"Those creatures aren’t particularly knowledgeable, so most of what they’re saying is a mess, but one thing they said was rather interesting."

She paused. "They said wherever that girl passes, the forest itself makes way for her."

The casual expression on Matthew’s face instantly disappeared.

Within the tree crown, Edgar’s pupils abruptly contracted.

Sophie!

The next moment, Matthew had already stepped forward.

"What did you say?"

The Veylor woman clearly had not expected such a strong reaction from him. "It’s only something I heard from the goblins. I don’t know whether it’s true."

"Where is that girl?"

"She should be with the elves."

Matthew’s expression became even more serious. "What does she look like?"

"Well..."

"Find out immediately!"

For the first time, his voice noticeably rose.

"If that information is true, then no matter the cost, we must find her!"

The Veylor woman froze. "Cardinal, who exactly is she..."

"That’s not something you should know." Matthew interrupted her directly.

Then, as though he had suddenly thought of something.

An almost uncontrollable excitement appeared on his face.

"The forest itself makes way for her... There can be no mistake. If she really possesses that bloodline... Her Holiness the Saintess will definitely..."

He did not finish because a voice suddenly descended from above the valley.

"Looks like I didn’t waste my time waiting tonight."

Everyone simultaneously raised their heads, and Matthew’s expression froze mid speech.

Within the tree crown, a figure slowly stood. Red hair swayed gently in the night wind, while Crimson Judgement was already back in his hand.

If the goblin that had escaped during the day were here, it would have immediately recognized this man the moment it saw that enormous sword.

Gabriel looked down at everyone inside the valley. His gaze did not stop on the goblins, nor did he look at Veylor’s Chain. Instead, it landed directly on Matthew.

Originally, he had only planned to rescue the children and kill these people while he was at it.

But now, things had changed.

This Cardinal knew about Sophie’s bloodline, and there was also a so called "Saintess" within the Holy Church.

In that case, this man could not die yet. At least, not until Gabriel had forced everything he knew out of him.

Gabriel slowly rested Crimson Judgement across his shoulder.

"Edgar. The children are yours."

Gabriel stepped forward from the edge of the branch, his body falling directly toward the valley.

"Everyone else. Leave them to me."