novelonline Chapter 3578 Preparations for the Meeting
Chapter 3578 Preparations for the Meeting
Chapter 3578 Preparations for the Meeting
"Not the Shadow of Helm."
Elder Harald shook his head:
"The scroll clearly states that the sacrifice took place in a temple, but it doesn't mention which temple it was."
The old man asked Xia De very seriously:
"Our ancestors must have come into contact with the ancient god's temple you mentioned, but we don't know from which generation they lost its exact location. I'm wondering if the reason why the sacrifice to the Shadow of Hem requires such complicated prerequisites is because the location is wrong? Or perhaps the location isn't entirely correct?"
The correct place for the sacrifice should be the ancient temple at the mountaintop; obtaining the snake fangs there is the most proper way. You once said that the snake fangs were tools used by the candidates to attack each other, but now that the story has progressed to Act Four, why hasn't anyone else taken out a snake fang except you?
Shad understood Elder Harald's meaning:
“The stage props were designed, so there’s no reason not to use them. That temple should have existed; it’s the most important part of the candidates’ stories. It’s just that this scene is missing because of the so-called ‘Mr. Snake’.”
Elder Harald nodded slightly:
"Although I have a very low opinion of those prophets, you can only ask the Association of Prophets about this matter. They should know more about the Chosen Ones ritual and the temples of the ancient gods."
Elder Harald was right, and after learning about the "Ring of Destruction" from Mr. Edmund, Shad did indeed need to discuss it in detail with the Prophet's Association.
At the very least, he needed to determine whether Mr. Edmund's deduction was correct or not.
The president of the Prophet's Association, the 13th-ring fortune teller "Mr. Crystal" Adelaide Lenorman, is currently on the island; the elders saw him in town yesterday. Shad wants to meet directly with this 13th-ring fortune teller and the old man Zarathustra, and the invitation to the meeting will naturally be issued in the name of the "Caller of Gods."
That afternoon, Shad discussed the matter with the three great witches, Claire, Sylvie, and Megan, aboard the Radiant Messenger, and decided to send out invitations today and meet them tomorrow, as there was no need to delay.
The meeting was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, and the location was neither Time Wheel City nor Kyle Todd Town, but an abandoned castle halfway up a snow-capped mountain, dating back to an unknown era.
Since Shad wanted to obtain information from the Prophet's Association during this meeting, he naturally had to offer corresponding incentives. The Association should not yet know about the appearance of the temple and Mr. Snake. If that wasn't enough, Shad would provide information about the Pilgrim's Path and the [Destiny Casino].
Shad had no idea how much the Prophet Association knew; the initiative lay with the Association. Fortunately, they were not enemies of the Association, and the Association was not the villain. Shad believed the talks would go smoothly.
"Don't forget to inquire about the ritual called the Great Symphony of Destiny; it's the focus of Act IV."
Miss Eliza, who was listening to Shad's meeting with the witches in the banquet hall, said as the boat girl placed a teacup in front of Shad:
"The Old Gods - the Music God [The Weavers of Harmony]'s cult is coming too? Come to think of it, I had dealings with them back in the Fifth Age. I didn't expect them to have survived to this day."
After thanking him, Xia De picked up his teacup.
"Dannister met with the followers of the God of Music last year for some reasons. Her teacher believed that the Music Order was an old god's order established by some followers who converted to the God of Music after the split of the ancient Moon Sect."
In that case, perhaps I could ask Daniste to help contact them, and then reach out to them once they arrive on Fatummont Island.
"For the secrets of the moon?"
Megan asked, and Shad shook his head, looking at Stella behind Claire:
"Letting Stella participate in the 'Grand Symphony of Destiny' with them is also an option. Although I said we wouldn't deliberately strive for it, we can't really do nothing."
After agreeing on the meeting arrangements with the [Prophet's Association], Claire's followers were tasked with delivering the message. Essentially, this involved finding newspaper vendors in town to mail a letter into the mailbox. Time Wheel City was a small place; a letter mailed in the afternoon would be received by the association's president, Mr. Adelaide Lenorman, by the following morning.
Of course, Shad didn't forget to have Megan and Audrey check the rune locks he had recorded. If they could easily crack them, Shad wouldn't need to go looking for Serpent Fang for the time being.
However, the wise witch's conclusion was equally pessimistic:
"First of all, the rune lock you recorded is incomplete. Even if we crack it based on these records alone, if the things maintaining the rune lock change even slightly, our cracking method will become useless."
Secondly, this will indeed take time. A week? No, no, even in the most optimistic scenario, it will take a month, so you should go find Snake Fang.”
(Mia is running.)
That evening, after getting off work, Luvia went to No. 6 St. Teresa's Square again, wanting to discuss the information she had gathered from the association with Shad. However, as she entered, she heard noises upstairs, and upon going up, she found Dorothy putting away her luggage.
Upon seeing Luvia, Dorothy said apologetically:
"I plan to stay here for half a week because I'm going to teach Xia De musical instruments."
“This is important; you should have moved in yesterday.”
Luvia didn't seem to care, and looked around:
"Where's Shad? And isn't Xiaomia here either?"
"He left a note saying that he would be learning a new magic trick by the sea tonight and would be back later."
"It's too boring for just the two of us to eat at home. Let's go to Fatoumunst Island. After a busy day, it's good to get away from the big city and breathe some fresh air."
The two tidied themselves up and headed towards the snow mountain from the basement. Unable to enter the tower without the key, the two ninth-ring sorceresses flew directly down the mountain.
"Luvia, you're absolutely right. It really does feel good to get away from the big city and breathe some fresh air in the countryside once in a while."
As the sun set, its brilliant rays bathed most of the snow-capped mountains in golden light, while the boundary between shadow and gold shifted continuously as they descended the mountain.
When they arrived in Kyle-Todd, the town was already as dark as if it were night. After inquiring at the Snow Mountain Hall, they learned that Shad had gone to the beach on the east side of the town. When they arrived at the beach, they saw Sylvie and Claire standing on the sand looking at the sea, with the Radiant Messenger moored not far away.
Because it was completely dark by then, the red light beneath the sea between the boat and the beach looked quite clear.
The ladies on the beach chatted amongst themselves. They waited another twenty minutes before the red light beneath the sea gradually rose until it surfaced. It was a blood-red moonlight, with Shad at its center.
Although he emerged from underwater, his clothes were completely dry.
"This magical technique was created by combining the power of the red moon to manipulate flesh and blood with the moon's own gravity."
Sylvie repeated Shad's words, and then Sylvie and Claire on the beach, Megan and Miss Elizabeth on the boat together cast a spell on Shad, who was floating in the moonlight.
Four golden energy ropes bound his limbs, attempting to pull him in four directions simultaneously. Then, through the women's power, the red moonlight surrounding Shad gradually transformed into a swirling red vortex, eventually converging with the ends of the four ropes into Shad's right palm.
After the four golden chains disappeared, he forcefully crushed the crimson vortex. Then, he rotated his left and right hands clockwise, creating two small red vortexes in his palms, which he then pointed towards the beach.
"The Blood Moon Returns!"
Sylvie and Claire on the beach both felt a powerful pull, but they could have resisted if they wanted to, though the witches obviously didn't.
So the two of them were sucked directly towards Shad above the sea, and then laughed as he hugged them on either side.
After learning the magical techniques, everyone returned to the Radiant Messenger for dinner. Shad, the three great witches, Dorothy and Luvia, and Miss Elizabeth sat around the long table, and it already felt like everyone was there.
"This magical technique isn't actually very effective against distant targets. Did you notice? Although Sylvie and Claire flew over just now, they weren't initially attracted very fast; they only sped up after getting close to me."
Therefore, the best use of this extraordinary technique in combat is to close the distance within a fifty-meter range. Of course, outside of combat, distance is irrelevant.
Shad concluded, then patted the cat that was eating:
"Can we go over there?"
He was sitting at one end of the long table, and now he pointed to the other end. The table, excluding the two ends, could seat 12 people on each side, and was about four meters long. Although Xiaomia didn't know what Shad was planning, she obediently ran around the plates on the table to the other end. When she turned to look at Shad, he had already stood up and raised his hand from above:
"The Blood Moon Returns!"
With a whoosh, Mia was instantly sucked into Shad's hand. The cat meowed, and Shad laughed, sitting down again to say to the girls:
"Look, this is its use—you won't have to worry about not being able to catch the cat when you want to wash it in the future."
During dinner, Shad also told Luvia about his meeting with the Prophet's Association the next day, and reiterated Mr. Edmund's predictions in great detail.
"The fate of destruction, the fate that should have come at the end of the First Era. It's truly something extraordinary. So, the secret that the Archbishop of Doom shared with you is actually true. What is sealed beneath the snow mountain is completely different from the remains of the World Tree and other evil things."
Luvia had no objection to Shad's decision; exchanging intelligence with the Association was indeed necessary, but she was curious:
"Who are you planning to go with to see Chairman Le Norman? The association probably won't be sending many people, so I suggest you bring more people up the mountain, but no more than four people should show up."