"I don't know what the situation is in the Heart of the Earth now. But judging from the guardian's statement last night, the problem has reached a very serious level."
Shade said.
"The local church is also preparing for a large-scale magical ceremony, hoping to use the Sun Church's ceremony to appease the earth, but it is hard to say what the effect will be."
Luvia said, letting go of Shade's hand, and then picked up the oranges in the fruit bowl on the bedside table:
"Don't run around these days. Iluna will probably arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Let her get busy then."
"Actually, there isn't much that needs to be done."
Shade shook his head:
"I will talk to Margaret about Oxenfurt's business at noon, and then go back to Tobesk to pick up a commissioned weapon. If the time comes, we will deal with the devil this week. If there are other situations, I will
Put it off until next week.”
"The association's weather forecast shows that the first Randall flowers will bloom next week."
Luvia said and handed the orange segment to Shade's mouth.
In fact, this Saturday is the first day of March, so although this year's winter seems very long and cold, spring is coming as promised in previous years.
"The temperature has indeed been rising in the past few days. When I went to find the old captain outside the city last Sunday, I felt that the snow outside the city was beginning to melt."
Shad said:
"What Oxenfurt asked me to find is still short of the sapphire earring. The four gems that open the butterfly cemetery are still short of the last one. Speaking of which, these two things are the only ones left at the moment, Randall
The story of the river valley is finally coming to an end."
He stretched out on the bed, and then was "reprimanded" by Luvia for letting the quilt slide off his body. The purple-eyed girl tucked the corners of the quilt for Shade:
"In a few days, I will also be able to get one or two special coins from the association. So, do I need to use your two coins to divine the two items I am looking for?"
"It's better to keep it until Iluna comes. Well, let's use this one first to divine whether there is a location needed for the Chosen One Ceremony on the earth. If necessary, it's best to divine where it will be this time.
where."
Shade was wearing pajamas at this time, and his belongings were placed on the small cabinet on the other side. So he reached out and took the [wishing coin], and Luvia took it and tossed it gently:
"We have used this before."
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tossed the coin high.
The metal coin that was spinning and rising in the air had rust on its surface when it reached the top, and quickly corroded during its fall. It completely turned into dust and disappeared before landing.
Luvia opened her eyes, and purple light flashed across her eyes:
"There are results. If you want to hold the chosen ceremony and purify the earth at the same time, then you need to perform the ceremony at a location directly connected to the heart of the earth. Otherwise, even if the [Feast of the Earth Mother Goddess] is performed perfectly, the effect will be
Worse."
"At the Night Temple?"
Shade immediately thought of that location. After all, the cemetery below was the entrance.
"That's just one of the options."
Luvia immediately shook her head:
"That location is indeed okay, but what I mean is that it is also okay to hold a ceremony in a crazy land, and the most serious crazy land. You have also tried to jump into the source of the black mud. The heart of the earth is in the black earth.
The source of the mud is your own conclusion."
Shade nodded to express understanding:
"But it's hard to imagine sitting in black mud and having a grand banquet."
"There is nothing we can do about this. We cannot solve the problem without getting close to those distortions and madness. Oh, there is actually another requirement for holding this ceremony, but it is not a requirement: there must be a long table."
Seeing Shade looking at her curiously, Luvia smiled and said:
"This itself is a banquet in imitation of God. Is it still a banquet without a table?"
"That's right. Does it need a special long table, or can anything be used?"
"Stones are fine, there are no requirements for this. Also, the divination thing just now was too simple, so the effect of the special coin is still a little bit more effective. I divination, and the ceremony is held, I am afraid it is exactly what you said, and other people need to be invited.
people."
She looked at Shade:
"And there is a high possibility that other guests with the power of the earth need to be invited to the table."
"In addition to the guardians, you, me, Miss Benanis, Miss Lassus, and I know that the Zhengshen Church also has several ring warlocks who have mastered the power of the earth. Altogether, there should be no problem with seven or eight people."
Shade counted carefully, and then thought of the barefoot ascetic he met in the woods last night.
"There are indeed not enough coins at the moment, so I won't go into divining the specific characteristics and quantity of the invitees for the time being. In the afternoon, I will return to the association to inquire about the news. This time, we don't know anything about the fragments of poems mastered by the three major colleges."
Luvia said and stuffed the orange into Shade's mouth again:
"Okay, okay, you'd better have a good rest. Why are you talking to me about these things again?"
"I feel very good now."
Shade insisted:
"When I woke up just now, I did feel that something was wrong all over my body, and my heart rate was even a little fast, but now I'm completely fine."
Luvia wiped her dirty hands with a handkerchief, turned to look at the closed door, and said with a smile:
"Let me make sure."
Then he put his hand into the quilt, quickly took it out, and wiped it with a handkerchief again:
"It is indeed very healthy."
"Um"
"Since you still want to talk to me, let's talk about the witches. Avora at the twelfth level, Carina at the twelfth level, Benanis at the eleventh level, and even though she is at the tenth level,
Sylvia, who will be promoted to the eleventh level soon. Although Carina has not arrived yet, it is expected that four of the thirteen great witches will come. Although the tenth-level Granny Cassandra you mentioned will not come.
, but her apprentice will most likely come. If you put it this way, more than one-third of the witches in the [Witches Council] have been tricked by you."
she said with a smile.
"This is a strange statement."
Shade murmured, while the purple-eyed girl continued to think:
"Our current operational capabilities and intelligence are sufficient, but we don't have enough high-end combat capabilities. Now we have five great witches and Sister Devlin, which can fill this gap. I really hope you can get to know the other great witches as soon as possible.
We should strive to turn the Witch Council into our own force as soon as possible, so that our actions will be much easier."
"You're not sarcastic, are you?"
"What are you mocking?"
Luvia shook her head:
"From the initial arrival of the god in Tobesk on a summer night, an event affecting a city has become an event affecting a small area, then an event affecting a certain area of the Old World, and now it may directly affect the entire world. Shade
, although our actions are fast, they are not fast enough. Therefore, we still need the help of other forces. Sometimes, I really hope that it is still the Witch Era. In that case, maybe by the end of this year, the whole world will be wholeheartedly
Help us without asking for anything in return.”
"Haha~"
Xia De laughed dryly, still feeling that she was mocking him.
In this way, Luvia and Shade stayed in the room for the whole morning. During this period, except for the maid who came to bring hot tea and replace snacks and fruits, the witches did not disturb them at all.
At 11:30 p.m., Miss Lassus knocked on the door and walked in, asking the two of them to go to the restaurant to have lunch together. They asked the maid to leave first, and then insisted on helping Shade change his clothes.
Luvia probably thought that Shade was still very weak, so she actually wanted to find a wheelchair to push him into the restaurant, but Shade sternly refused.
At the lunch table, the three witches sat down with Shad, Miss Lassers, Luvia and Margaret who had just arrived. The owner of the manor, Miss Benanis, sat on the main seat.
Shade was on her left, and Her Royal Highness the Princess was at the farthest position. The manor had probably not been so lively for a long time, which made Miss Benanis quite happy.
Even happier was Margaret. Although she was assigned the farthest seat, she was still very excited to have lunch with the three great witches. Of course, she did not forget to care about Shade's health.
The lunch was quite sumptuous, but the ladies all felt that Shad shouldn’t eat so much as he was just recovering from a serious illness, so they strictly controlled his food intake. The dessert after the meal made Shad feel good to those ladies whose average waist circumference is less than 1 foot 7.
They were worried. He himself also tasted a dessert in the shape of blue crystal rose petals. The dessert was really made of rose petals and had a slightly sweet taste. Shade was very sorry that Mia could not taste it at this time.
After lunch, he did not leave immediately, but had a secret conversation with Margaret. Her Royal Highness the Princess told Shade the good news:
"Most of Stone Oxenfurt's current business is in Kasenlik, and the ones in Delrayon are only a very small part, so you don't need to worry about it at all. I informed my father that this guy has been very close to brother William recently.
Closely, and then find out his business records through Gray Gloves."
Her Royal Highness the Princess showed a smile on her face:
"The dangerous goods and contraband he smuggled for Brother William implicated many big shots in the royal capital of Willendale, which made my father very angry. I won't describe to you what exactly he smuggled, except that the population has not yet been identified.
Apart from selling fans, illegal drugs and the like are just ordinary business at his place.
The crime of smuggling alone is enough to send Oxenfurt to jail until he is eighty years old. However, my father will not talk about this matter to brother William for the time being, but when we finish the matter in the Randall Valley and return to
"Willendale"
Stone Oxenfurt's involvement in smuggling is not news anymore. Even the locals in the Randall Valley know something about it. There was no trouble in the past because he took care of the big shots in Willendale.
But it's a pity that he just didn't take care of Margaret.