novelonline Chapter 2412: The Unknown in the Catacombs
Chapter 2412: The Unknown in the Catacombs
Chapter 2412: The Unknown in the Catacombs
"Everyone is busy here, and I don't like being served. Besides, it's different now than in the Fifth Age. They don't have that much power anymore."
Xia De in front explained this, and the girl behind him snorted:
"You can only look back at what you can't get, but you don't know how to cherish what you have. The pair of red butterfly sisters who were once protected by Miss Feliana came first, and I came second. Don't the witches of this era have any sense of crisis? Luvia told me that the pair of butterflies have already climbed onto your bed. Haven't they reflected on their so-called reserve yet?"
The strength of her embrace around Shad's waist increased slightly, and Shad realized that this was one of the few times that they were alone together since Miss Elizabeth had recognized each other.
But before expressing his apology, he thought of another thing:
"How did you know that Helen and Grace had met Miss Felina? Because this is their past privacy, I remember that I didn't tell many people."
He had only asked casually, thinking that Grace and Helen had communicated with her when they were summoned by Shad because they were restless on the "edge of life and death" that day. Unexpectedly, the blue-eyed girl suddenly shut her mouth and stopped talking.
Xia De, who was holding the reins, was surprised for a moment, and then asked incredulously:
"Wait a minute, I have a strange guess. Miss Feliana, Miss Orlanod, and Fiona, the witches in the early days of Saint Byrons, lived around the year 3002; and when I witnessed the story of your birth in the Sunless Sea, it was already the year 5180.
There have been more than two thousand years between us, which is longer than the entire Sixth Epoch. Have you ever met Miss Felena?"
The girl behind him just leaned her body firmly against Xia De's back:
"Your scent hasn't changed at all since the Sunless Sea."
"So you really have met Miss Felianna!"
The first time is a question, the second time is an affirmative sentence.
"Really? Why are you so smart?"
The girl who was both a boat and a dragon complained softly, but did not avoid the topic:
"Shade, do you know? We are definitely not the only ones who are searching for you in this endless river of time."
This is already the answer. Shad knew a long time ago that Miss Feliana was trying to find him by using the "Time and Space Dragon" characteristics that Fiona obtained in the "Eternal Night City", and Shad succeeded twice in the "Black Mist Camp" and when he tried to communicate with Miss Feliana in the Witch Council using the "Poetry Cards".
Because of the interval between eras and the influence of the destroyed time and space caused by Long-haired Luvia between the Fifth Era and the "Present Sixth Era", communication between the Fifth Era and the Sixth Era is much more difficult than time communication within the Fifth Era.
Therefore, perhaps those demigod witches who once established a deep relationship with Shade have really been connected to each other and are looking towards the Sixth Epoch together.
Of course, from Shad's perspective, it is impossible to judge their progress, because to him, everything has already happened and it is a story of the past.
"The one who is the farthest away from me is Chloe who lived in the early Fifth Epoch."
The image of the short, silver-haired "Ice Witch" suddenly jumped into his mind. Shad still remembered that when they first met in the "Silver Mountains", he helped her complete the Demigod Path and reach the top of the mountain. He also remembered that when they were in the "Lost Forest", they hugged each other and experienced an interesting travel story by the campfire.
"I always feel that you are thinking about other girls now."
The voice behind him interrupted Shade's memories of the Fifth Era, so Shade asked:
"Do you know Chloe? Chloe Marcus Marcus, a demigod and former witch of the Council."
"I have seen her name in books. She is an ancient demigod who can freeze time and space with the power of cold alone."
The girl behind him said in a low voice, but Xia De, who was familiar with using this kind of word game, understood very well that although she seemed to have answered the question, she actually did not mention whether she had seen the silver-haired witch who traveled across time and space.
This indirect answer itself represents the answer. Xia De often speaks like this.
He did not continue to ask this question. He had known about time and fate very well before, but sometimes knowing too much about them would lead to falling into a trap.
"You've waited for me alone for so many years. It must have been hard."
He just said this, and the girl behind him was obviously relieved:
"I know the stories of Grace and Helen. They had a hard time. I just took a nap and then wandered around for hundreds of years, witnessing the changes in civilization in the Sixth Era. You know, compared to my lifespan, this period of time is just a blink of an eye. Although I am different from those humanoid relics with infinite lifespans, my lifespan is much longer than that of all the dragons in this era."
"Yes, after all, your essence is not a dragon. Although I have said it before, Yi Guanghui, it is really great to be able to meet you in the Sixth Epoch, in the era I live in."
The girl behind him did not answer this question, but pressed her face tightly against Xia De's back. The smile she showed when she bit her lip was invisible to Xia De.
Then, her singing voice was heard in the wind, the singing was so soft that Shade could only hear the tune. But it sounded like a mermaid in the sea, happily praising the sun in the sunshine.
The horses on the Belindel family farm were indeed excellent. They carried two people deep into the countryside north of Moon Bay for more than an hour and only needed to take a short rest and eat some grass.
The old cemetery of the Wright family is located on the outskirts of the "Toxic Swamp" in the north of Yue Bay. Of course, the swamp is not actually poisonous, and the internal environment is much simpler than that of the "Pantanal Swamp".
The reason why the old cemetery is far away from the city is that the entire "Toxic Swamp" is the private land of the Wright family and is the most important asset of the Wright family besides the large number of steam factories in the city.
Although it is the family's "ancestral home", it is far away from the city and not very convenient for life. Therefore, important figures of the Wright family rarely come here. Instead, they will invite friends and celebrities in the city to hunt and vacation in the manor in autumn.
The family's huge estate here reflects its former dignity, but the fact that they are now far inferior to Eddington, Hawthorne and Belindel can be clearly seen from the poorly maintained outer walls of the estate.
Shad and Miss Elizabeth's target was not the manor where servants and housekeepers were still active, but the cemetery not far from the manor.
The horse was tied in the grove, and a spell was used to hide its shape and sound. The two people walked along the path extending from the back door of the manor, and soon saw the cemetery surrounded by stone pillars and fences.
Although it is a family cemetery, its area is not particularly small because it is very old.
In the center of the cemetery is the gravekeeper's cottage and a small chapel adjacent to the cottage. Surrounding these two buildings are scattered ground tombs.
"It was the Wright family's custom to place the coffins in the underground crypt, so the graves on the ground are the graves of family members who were not welcome for various reasons."
Xia De took the initiative to introduce, closing his eyes and listening to the heartbeat, and found that although there were two people in the gravekeeper's hut, their heartbeats were very slow, as if they were sleeping. He couldn't hear the part of the underground tomb, because there was a barrier of soil, even the "Heart of Stone" couldn't detect it.
The gate of the cemetery was chained, and the interior was plain after the door was opened. When they came to the window of the gravekeeper's cabin, Shad and Miss Elaiser saw two men in their forties or fifties sitting at a small table, both lying on the table as if they were asleep. There were wine glasses, fried beans, and Rhodes cards scattered all over the table.
Without even having to reason, Shade could guess what was happening:
"The gravekeeper was so bored that he played cards with someone and passed out while playing."
"Someone got here before us? How could it be such a coincidence?"
The blue-eyed girl frowned and said, Shade shook his head and took out the [Angel Right Arm] from the scabbard:
"There's nothing unusual on the ground. Let's go down and take a look."
The door leading to the huge underground tomb was of course locked. When the door opened, a cold and eerie mist floated out. Neither Shad nor Miss Elizabeth stepped forward immediately.
"There's a massive ritual being activated inside."
"It's not a modern ritual. It's probably a countermeasure set up by ancient ring sorcerers to prevent their tombs from being robbed, but..."
Xia De frowned and felt it:
"The person who set up the ritual wasn't very strong, and the ritual is too old. Who on earth would fall into this trap?"
Regardless of whether it is the church, cult members or the "Light Worshipers Seminar", those who can participate in the Yuewan incident are the elite among the elites.
"Didn't our fortune teller predict who was looking for the scale? Did she say there was a fifth force looking for it?"
Miss Elather asked, and Shad shook his head:
"She didn't say that, but her divination skills would not have missed anything, unless the other party had no chance of finding the dragon scales, so the divination would not show the fate. Or, the other party had an angel-level or angel-level fate item, which might not be able to completely block her divination. Unless the other party had an unknowable-level fate relic to cover up the fate."
Miss Elither asked curiously:
"There have been enough high-level relics appearing in Moon Bay in the past few months. Are they of the Unknowable level or the Fate type? It can't be the 'Destiny Pedestal' that you talked about, the Prophet's Association is looking for? But would a ring warlock with such a high-level relic be trapped by this anti-tomb robbery ritual?"
[You know one of the unknowable fate-related relics in Yuewan. ]
"She" suddenly said in Xia De's ear, her gentle voice with a smile inspired Xia De to think:
"Yes, that's why I came to Moon Bay in the first place."
(End of this chapter)