The badge had already pointed out the location of Witch Shad, so Shad was not surprised when Tifa appeared.
He nodded to Dorothy, and the somewhat shy girl took the initiative to enter the room. When Shade walked toward Tifa, Agelina also followed Shade.
"Good evening, Miss Carina."
In the bright lounge, the duchess stood in front of the window holding a wine glass. The window was open, letting the cold night breeze blow her long red hair.
"Good evening, Shade."
As he spoke, he turned around and saw Agelina here:
"Agelina, why don't you go entertain the guests? You are the protagonist of today's banquet, and you cannot be absent for a long time."
"I just want to thank you for coming today."
Agelina said a little awkwardly:
"If you come to my birthday party, my father will be more careful about my marriage. Anyway, thank you for coming."
Miss Carina does not attend the birthday of every member of the royal family. It is better to say that her coming today is beyond most people's expectations. However, people also think that among them, Miss Carina has just returned to Torbes.
The reason for this is that this powerful duchess with her own fiefdom is quite influential in Tobesk.
"You know, I can come only because Shade is here."
She said casually, looking at Shade who wanted to speak, she raised her eyebrows:
"Shade, you don't have to interrupt. I know what Agelina is thinking and I know you want to help her. Just do it. No matter what decision you make, I will support you."
The little princess had a look of surprise on her face, and the duchess smiled and said:
"I don't intend to get involved in the political struggles of the royal descendants. After all, it has nothing to do with me. But if Shade makes a request to me, I am still willing to help."
Said and waved to Agelina:
"Go and entertain the guests. Diana will be worried if she can't see you."
Agelina lifted her skirt and bowed to thank her, then turned around and left in a hurry. Tifa closed the door, and Shade took out two bottles of red wine from his pocket and placed them on the table:
"Drink this from me, but I don't recommend drinking too much."
Miss Carina shook her head:
"I didn't come to you to talk about this. There is news from Benanis. The Righteous Church's roundup of the followers of the Evil God basically ended two hours ago. The result cannot be said to be very good, but at least it is not bad.
"
"Then let's tell you the good news first."
Shade sat on the sofa, and Tifa bent down to pour him tea.
"The good news is that the cultist with [Power of the Earth·Stone Incarnation] you mentioned was shot dead on the spot during the roundup by the church."
The duchess sighed slightly:
"The Thirteenth Ring Warlock who was transferred to Randall Valley personally took action to deal with him, and Benanis was also secretly preparing to intercept his escape. I thought it would be very troublesome, but I didn't expect it to be so simple. This shows that the other party is not the earth.
The Chosen One. Past experience shows that the only one who can kill the Chosen One is the Chosen One. Or you."
Shade smiled sheepishly, but after the Ring Warlock with "Stone Incarnation" was ruled out, the suspicion of Mr. Lassus and Mr. Thomas Granger in undead form increased again.
"The learning ritual of the thaumaturgy [Power of the Earth: Stone Incarnation] was copied by Bernanice before the cultists' stronghold was breached. Now both the Parliament and the Church have mastered this unique thaumaturgy. It is a pity to learn
The conditions are too harsh, and they require artifacts that inherit the power of the earth."
Miss Carina said, this is indeed good news.
"What's the bad news?"
"Don't worry, the good news isn't over yet."
The red-haired witch continued:
"Didn't you say that the ceremony of the Chosen One of the Earth requires the combination of three different god-summoning rituals? This time the church obtained a large number of documents from the cultists, including some information about [Ritual·Contacting the Stone Heart Demon]
.That part of the information was mixed with other documents, and Benanis was forced to retreat after just taking a glance at it. The ceremony is not complete. At present, we only know that three sacrifices are required, flowers, stones, and souls."
"Speaking of it, the sacrifices that need to be offered in [Ritual·Contact Thousand-Eyed Phantom Butterflies] are leaves, flowers, and fruits. 'Flowers' are overlapping elements, which means that when [Feast of the Earth Mother Goddess] is split, the elements like flowers are all
Ingested by two gods. But the soul"
"Although the prototype of the ritual of calling the evil gods comes from the rituals of the ancient gods, it does not mean that they are all rituals of the ancient gods. The three gods must have added their own elements to their respective calling rituals. Therefore, piece together the final
The ceremony of the chosen one not only requires us to fill in the missing parts, but also to identify the superfluous parts. In my opinion, sacrificing the soul should be considered the superfluous part."
Miss Carina said cautiously, but this was just an inference. To be on the safe side, they had to prepare their souls in advance. This was a very taboo move.
"Flowers, stones and souls must be related to the symbol of 'autumn'. They cannot be ordinary items, but they do not have to be powerful items. They must be mysterious and symbolic enough. This is the key."
Miss Carina added, while Shade frowned slightly:
"Interesting, the ritual of calling upon the old god the Butterfly God required a symbol of 'spring'."
"[Earth Mother Goddess] was originally the god of the four seasons. This ancient god affected the four seasons of the earth. In ancient times, she was also called the 'Lord of the Four Seasons'. In addition to the earth and the foundation stones, her most famous authority is actually
four seasons."
The witch explained to Shade, and then she and Shade thought of the same thing:
"What season does the last of the three earth gods, the old god of earthquakes [Earth-Shaking Worm], represent?"
Shade asked. Currently, Miss Aurora is still actively communicating with the last priest, Mrs. Ilar (Chapter 457), who lives near the town of Hekils, in order to obtain the god-summoning ritual.
"Xia Tian, I heard Xiwei talk about it during the last meeting."
Miss Carina said with certainty, and inferred from this:
"Spring, summer, and autumn, then maybe the missing part of the ceremony is the power that represents winter. I remember the old god who symbolizes winter."
She glanced at Shade:
"Let's collect all the materials for the three rituals first. Besides, in my opinion, it may be completely useless for us to prepare these in advance. Look at the four chosen ones who have performed the rituals, [Balance] Yilu
Na, [Darkness] Ivan Darkness, [Death] Joey Barton, [Knowledge and Wisdom] Lykins Prisha, which one of them didn't prepare everything by themselves? They didn't need help from others,
Destiny will guide them, and holding a ceremony is just a process they have to go through, just like opening the door before entering."
He paused and added:
"Shad, I'm not saying your preparations are useless, it's just..."
"I understand what you mean, but after all, we still have to do something. Besides, we have to prevent the chosen one from failing due to accidents, and we have to hold a ceremony to purify the earth ourselves. This ceremony is not only the sublimation of the chosen one, but
Also for the earth of the material world.”
Shade emphasized. Miss Carina put the wine glass on the window sill and sat next to Shade:
"I just like how you talk about things seriously."
As he said this, he looked at Shade from a close distance. Tifa, who was standing behind the sofa where the two of them were sitting, looked at the scene in front of her. Shade reached out and hugged the dear lady, and then took the initiative to kiss her. The latter smiled even more.
Brilliant.
"If this is good news, what's the bad news?"
Shade has not forgotten this incident.
"Oh, you're talking about this." Bernanis said that although the cultists' local stronghold was breached and several people were arrested and killed, allowing the local church to seize a large amount of information, the final number of cultists was determined.
Much less than expected.”
"Let them run away?"
"They must be hiding, and we didn't see any members of the [Blood Spirit School] in this operation at all, which is also very strange. The Randall Valley Diocese's current contact with the [Blood Spirit School] was limited to a week ago
The encounter where you threw yourself into the black mud, so the church and Benanis are also unclear about what role [Blood Spirit School] played this time."
Listening to Miss Carina's description, Shade felt more and more suspicious about what happened in the Randall Valley tonight. Although the church had achieved most of its goals, it seemed that it had only obtained important documents. And the real enemy was dormant again at this moment.
In the darkness of the City of Spring, waiting for the next opportunity.
The two continued to talk, talking about the three major colleges' handling of the Randall Valley incident and the current situation of the [Power of the Earth] owners. However, the conversation did not last long, and Shade looked like he wanted to leave.
Looking like her, Miss Carina took the initiative and said:
"Then let's talk about this first. I don't want little Lesia to think that I deliberately want to keep you here to waste her time. Don't you want an excuse?"
She asked Tifa, who was kneeling on the carpet next to the coffee table to put away the tea utensils. The latter said with a smile:
"Look at the manuscript "Summer Night Collection"."
"Yes, didn't she invite you to watch "Summer Night Episodes"? And the three of us watched it together."
The duchess shook her head, stood up and pulled Shad up, then pushed him:
"For such an important appointment, as a gentleman you must not be late."
After speaking, he took the initiative to help Xia De tidy up his collar.
Shade didn't know what to say at this time, so he kissed the red-haired witch gently again before saying goodbye and leaving. The witch came to the window again, picked up the wine glass and looked at the night scene outside, and it took a long time to ask Tifa:
"Should I be more proactive? Like Lesia?"
The black-haired maid just stood there without answering. She knew that the question was not directed at her. Of course, Tifa Servitt, like Princess Lesia, would be a little too anxious.