novelonline Chapter 3814 Tower Authority
Chapter 3814 Tower Authority
Chapter 3814 Tower Authority
The crystal slipper landed on the soft carpet, and Shad realized he was in the living room of room number one on the third floor of his house. This was also Luvia's divination room, where her planetarium and other equipment were always located.
Outside the window, the night in Tobeskoye remained peaceful and serene, and the familiar feeling of home brought Shad a great sense of comfort, but he knew it wasn't time to rest yet. So, after picking up the glass slipper, he closed his eyes, intending to locate himself and head straight to the basement, but he immediately showed a surprised expression:
"what?"
He sensed that there was an extra door in his kitchen on the first floor.
The sound of footsteps going down the stairs drew the maids who looked after the house to the top of the stairs. Since this was not a public trip, Galina only took Tifa with her to Fatumunst Island, while the main force of her followers remained in Tobesk.
Miss Martha McLaugh, the head maid, was in charge of managing the maids tonight. She greeted Shad at the top of the stairs on the second floor, and Shad inquired:
Did you use the first-floor kitchen tonight?
"Yes, it was used at dinner."
The second floor is the living area for the masters, while the maids prepare their own meals on the first floor.
Was there anything unusual happening in the kitchen on the first floor at the time?
The maids tried to recall, but all shook their heads:
"No."
“Alright, until Galina and I have finished dealing with things on Fatummont Island, no one is allowed to enter the first-floor kitchen. If you need to use the kitchen, you can use the kitchens on the second and third floors.”
He then went down the stairs to the first floor, but stopped at the corner and looked up at the girls still standing at the second-floor stairwell, saying:
“You’ve been taking care of the house for me, and I haven’t had a chance to thank you. Thank you for your hard work. It’s past midnight, and Galina and I probably won’t be back until after dawn. You should go and rest for a while; you don’t need to wait for us to come back.”
After saying that, he continued downstairs. Although it was Galina who arranged for the maids to clean and take care of the house, the outsider felt that in addition to thanking Galina, he should also thank the maids.
Of course, that's not the point right now. After passing through the living room on the first floor, he arrived at the kitchen doorway. Unlike the upstairs, the first floor of the house wasn't divided into two rooms, so the kitchen was quite large. After turning the handle and entering the kitchen, Shad indeed saw a door that shouldn't have been there, appearing on the kitchen wall.
In fact, the moment Xia De sensed the door upstairs, he knew that this was the entrance to the "Destiny Casino" that had been hidden in this house all along, a special space left behind by the ancient god of destiny, Mr. Ring.
As for why this door is at No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, just like why the door of the [Creation House] appears in the house belonging to the House of the Pseudo-Humans, these are things that can no longer be verified.
But before tonight, this door had never appeared so clearly. And even the other doors in the house shouldn't have appeared on their own without the illumination of the corresponding spirit runes.
"Is it because the violent disturbance of destiny originating from Mount Fatumunst tonight has begun to disrupt the order of destiny of the entire world?"
Shad guessed in his heart that this was not a random guess, because there were also terrifying black cracks in the starry sky above Tobesk.
The appearance of this door is most likely due to tonight's decisive battle, which makes perfect sense. However, the fact that this door appeared so logically on his path just as Shad was about to enter the final battlefield makes it hard for outsiders not to think of more.
So, shall we try our luck at the casino?
She asked with a smile as Shad arrived at the door:
The opportunity to obtain the third ring, besides "Resurrection" and "Miracle," is right before us. Alternatively, we could gamble on other forces that might suppress the serpent.
Shad placed his right hand on the door:
"Let's leave those things aside for now. Do you think I need this door to add security to my actions tonight?"
Her voice was always so gentle:
[If it weren't for the insurance Luvia and Annette had prepared for you—that song about the moon—you would definitely need some insurance right now.]
"That's it. With the moon, what do I need fate for?"
Amidst "her" gentle laughter, Shad's right hand suddenly exerted force:
"The Thorns of the Moon!"
The silvery moonlight thorns then densely blocked the door, preventing anyone from being drawn here while Shad was away.
He turned and headed towards the basement. Fate's casino had indeed offered him one last chance to resupply before entering the final battle, but fate's gifts always come at a price. To an outsider, recklessly gambling on luck at this moment was not a wise choice.
The moon was enough for him.
The subsequent actions went smoothly. This decisive battle of destiny did not have the time-space blockade of the Time War, so it was easy to get from home to the witch's tower.
After touching the ancient god statue in the basement, he arrived at the ruins below the Sylvia Tower. As he emerged from the underground ruins, Shad wondered who these ruins belonged to and whether they were part of the summit ruins. However, he was quickly captivated by the view above the snow-capped mountains.
The blizzard was still raging, but the starry sky was clearly visible. Shad even had the feeling that the starry sky was so clear that he could reach out and touch it. The star chart was so chaotic that it was completely unreadable, but the stars were so bright that they seemed to be about to turn into shooting stars and fall at any moment.
"In the early Fifth Age and in this present age, people believe that everyone's destiny can be interpreted by finding corresponding stars or constellations in the night sky. The stars are so bright tonight, perhaps this means that some people's destiny will become incredibly powerful tonight."
Winnie, who had appeared beside Shad at some unknown time, spoke, and Shad looked away from the top of his head:
"Let's go back to the tower first."
Even on this night of destiny's battle, Sylvia's tower remains hidden in the snow-capped mountains. Neither the church nor the Prophet's Association knows about it. Shad even suspects that Mr. Snake might not know about it either, otherwise there would be no reason for such a crucial building to remain high in the snow-capped mountains.
Sylvia spent most of the evening in this tower, maintaining the teleportation portal so that people at the foot of the mountain could easily reach the summit—that was only part of the reason. The more important reason, however, lay in the power of this witch's tower.
This tower, passed down through generations of spatial witches, is not merely a residence, library, laboratory, or a place for secret rendezvous and pleasure. Over thousands of years, it has been imbued with various powers, and Sylvia, residing within this tower, even dared to fight a thirteenth-tier witch.
This means that the tower may play a very important role tonight. Although the tower cannot stand up or transform into a giant, its location on the peak of the snow-capped mountain is sufficient.
When Shad and Winnie arrived at the tower, besides Sylvia, only Margaret and a few other girls were inside. Sylvia could manipulate the tower's power on her own; Margaret's main task there was to compile and transmit documents and intelligence.
"How's the situation?"
In the grand library atop the tower, Shad hugged Sylvia. The young, black-haired witch, though she caught a whiff of Sylvia's scent, knew this wasn't the time to discuss it.
"The portal will take about five more minutes to fully recover. It's not unusable until then, but there's a risk of getting lost. Eight minutes ago, Mr. Mortis from the Clown Troupe also entered the ruins. Now only the 'priest' remains outside the ruins."
Sylvie's appearance as a thirteenth-tier being, coupled with the Speaker's support, greatly alleviated the pressure on the mountaintop area; however, the situation remained far from optimistic. This tower hadn't activated its combat mode throughout the entire Sixth Era. Once you enter the ruins, I will provide them with full support.”
As she spoke, she took the box from Margaret's hand. Inside the box were three runestones bearing Sylvia's personal seal:
"These were hastily made, but I've been preparing them for several weeks. Even in the ruins, crushing them will allow me to return directly to this tower. This isn't just about the power of space; after activating the tower's full power tonight, I discovered that this tower actually has certain authority within this snow mountain—the authority to control the snow mountain's space."
Sylvia kissed Shad on the cheek:
“I don’t want to distract you with strange questions at a time like this, but this phenomenon is definitely not normal. This authority was not granted to me by Ms. White to help us. It is an authority that I realized after I first fully mobilized the power of this tower, an authority that is integrated with the most basic structure of this tower.”
The teacher never mentioned this, and when I searched through the private notes left by the ancient spatial witches a while ago, I didn't find anyone mentioning it either.
The question Sylvia raised might have a common answer to the question Shad had just been pondering about the ruins beneath the tower. But now, there's no time to consider that:
"As long as it's to our advantage. If I have another chance to meet with Ms. White tonight, I'll ask her about everything carefully. Winnie and I are off."
"You should also be careful."
Then the ice maid transformed into a wisp of frost, enveloping Shad and carrying him directly from the window of the Great Library into the deep night sky of the blizzard.
The journey from the "White Dragon's Spine" where the tower is located to the highest peak, the "Peak of Destiny," isn't very far. Frost enveloped Shad's body, as if he were wearing armor. That frost was Winnie's true form; even with the frost surrounding him, Shad didn't feel cold. Instead, he felt as if he were being held in the arms of a very well-built maid.
Looking down at the snow-capped mountains from this vantage point, Xia De couldn't see very far due to the poor visibility, but the traces of battle were clearly visible on several of the main peaks of the mountains, which were the focus of the struggle between the two sides.