novelonline Chapter 4120 The Whereabouts of the Spark Source
Chapter 4120 The Whereabouts of the Spark Source
Chapter 4120 The Whereabouts of the Spark Source
Dorothy, as one of the chosen ones, agreed with Luvia's guess:
“I also have some privileges in the [Space Labyrinth]. Although the candidate is not as good as the chosen one, if his/her talent happens to resonate with some functions of the [Creation Room], he/she may actually be able to use the power of the room.”
"This makes things even worse. Could Hermons be the most troublesome enemy this time?"
Shad said, and then informed them of the new information about the chosen ones:
"The false ones do not possess the fragments of the poems, but they know some ancient prophecies. These prophecies relate to the First Child. Judging from the obscure and difficult-to-understand content of the poems the false ones gave me, in the final step of this Chosen One ritual, the 'Creator' and the 'Final Child,' as candidates, will likely have to face the 'First Child' together. The test given by the latter will determine whether it is the Creator or the created life that can become the true Chosen One."
This candidate possesses a dual nature; the Creator must face the choice alongside the lives they created. While the pseudo-people are equally unclear about the test's true nature, this has proven the accuracy of the information provided by the [Emerald Alchemy Association] regarding 'Twilight'. Let's tentatively call this ritual the 'Twilight Ritual.'
Luvia, Dorothy, and Sylvie all frowned in thought. This meant that when choosing a suitable candidate for the "Chosen One," two things needed to be considered simultaneously.
Shad touched Mia as they looked out the window, and after the girls had thought for a while, he said:
"Danistel and the Moon Egg, Vigo's mother and sister, these two groups of targets can be considered as backup options. However, my biggest question now is, where did the second spark that appeared this afternoon come from? If the Blood Spirit School can really forge two sparks using different techniques, things will get complicated."
Luvia smiled:
"Let me do a divination for this, without using any special methods, just ordinary divination techniques."
She is now a tenth-ring fortune teller, and even without using special coins, she is confident that her fortune-telling abilities are comparable to those of the Great Witch of Fate. Although the AllSpark can be used to contain calamities, its special nature lies only in the use of [active metals] during its creation, so Luvia is confident in her ability to perform divination.
She still used the most common method of divination, setting up a simple ritual square on the desk before performing a complex shuffling and cutting of the cards. Finally, Luvia divided the cards into ten piles and then gestured for the other three to each draw a card:
“Sevier, Dorothy, Shad, draw your cards in this order.”
Sylvie drew a rather rare divination card, "Mutation," Dorothy drew a more common one, "Insight," and Shad drew "The Eye."
Luvia hesitated almost without any hesitation:
"The spark source on the Colossus belongs to the [Magic Eye Club]."
Shad did not doubt Luvia's judgment:
"I initially suspected that the [Demon Eye Club] was secretly supporting the traitors led by the Construct Masters. How did they end up getting involved with the [Holy Son Alliance] and the [Blood Spirit School]?"
Luvia didn't know the answer to that question. She gathered her cards and shuffled and cut them again.
“I feel pretty good tonight, let’s do another divination. This time, the target is the only spark that Shad forged in the Fifth Age that contains a normal spark. I can’t guarantee the accuracy of the divination, but we can try our luck.”
The ten piles of cards were rearranged in the ritual array, and the three drew cards in the same order as before. Sylvie drew the [Tree] card, and Dorothy drew the [Dragon] card.
Xia De stared at the cards in their hands, then withdrew his outstretched hand.
"I have a strange premonition myself, even without Luvia's interpretation. Mia, you draw a card."
He placed the cat, which had just finished eating and drinking, from his lap onto the table. The four people at the table then watched as the cat poked its head out and sniffed Luvia's divination cards. The cat didn't seem to intend to extend its claws, but as it turned and jumped back into Shad's arms, its tail flicked up a card—
【moon】.
"Tree, dragon, moon, so the source of the spark is with Ms. Helena Carter?"
Even Sylvie guessed the meaning of these three cards:
"Shad successfully sent the egg back to the Fifth Era, and then the egg, along with the AllSpark, returned to Shad's hands?"
Luvia nodded:
"That's my interpretation too. And it makes a lot of sense. Now that I think about it, Miss Elizabeth and Winnie were able to come from the Fifth Age because they were special and almost unaffected by time. Ellie was able to appear in the present because the Witch Emperor froze her time, making her unaffected."
So how could that egg, or the life that hatches from it, remain unaffected by the passage of time without any special abilities? This method must be non-repeatable; otherwise, Miss Mana Ferrianana and the others would have been knocking on the downstairs door by the time I finished saying that.
Dorothy said:
"We rely on the abundant life energy provided by the spark source and our unique racial advantages to offset the wear and tear caused by time."
Xia De nodded, looking at the three playing cards on the table:
"In that case, the normal source of the spark might very well be in this era. If Ms. Helena Carter has successfully returned, does she, like Miss Elizabeth, only appear before us at a specific time? Perhaps she has been watching us all along."
Luvia proposed another possibility:
"Or perhaps she is asleep and needs to be awakened by you and Daniste."
"If that lady is asleep, her exact location must be in St. Byrons, where it is the safest and most reliable place."
Sevier said that Shad also agreed with this view:
“It’s too late. I’ll go see Danist again tomorrow morning and tell her the results of tonight’s divination. She treasures that moon egg, and it won’t be easy to persuade her to let it leave her sight temporarily. But if I can prove that Ms. Carter has returned, Danist will definitely relent.”
"I think Daniste treats that egg as a child, not a teacher."
Dorothy said with a smile, and Shad shook his head, not commenting on that view. He stood up from the table:
"That's enough for tonight. Tomorrow morning I'll go see Danist first, and then I'll go see Vigo with Iluna. I have a lot to do."
Dorothy continued:
"Lascia said, does Miss Eliza have time to come here? She also wants to go to Arcadia to visit Adelina."
"It should be fine. Let Lacia come over tomorrow."
Shad placed the cat on his shoulder and then rubbed his other shoulder.
"The Witch Council is now open for entry, and the number of Fire Sources has increased to five. The only good news today is that Vigo said the council speaker dealt a heavy blow to the Holy Son Alliance. It seems I underestimated that thirteenth-tier witch; her power is much stronger than I thought."
This is, of course, because the present-day Adele received guidance from the past-life Adele, and Sylvie also agrees with Shad's view:
"When I was at rank 12, I felt there was a big gap between me and His Excellency the Speaker. Now that I'm at rank 13, I feel the gap between us seems even bigger. Can there really be such a significant difference between rank 13 and rank 13?"
Luvia smiled without saying a word, waiting for the day when the witch would reveal her true identity.
Everyone left the study together; it was getting late, and it was time to rest. Tonight, three girls were at home. Although Sylvie was the last girl to develop a close relationship with Shad, and hadn't even participated in the activities at home on New Year's Eve last year, she was now quite used to staying overnight at No. 6 St. Teresa's Place, and had secretly asked the other girls for many useful tips.
Galina wasn't home tonight, so Sylvie was the only witch in the house, and she wanted to make a good impression. Although the final result wasn't particularly good, as night deepened and everyone on the second floor prepared to go to sleep after their enjoyable evening, Sylvie still nestled happily in Shad's arms.
"Don't worry about Vige and Jialina, they'll get along peacefully. Not only is Jialina a little jealous of Vige, but Vige is actually even more jealous of Jialina. We're all jealous of Jialina, lucky Jialina."
She whispered in Shad's ear, and Shad didn't ask why, but simply pulled her into his arms.
Dorothy, who was fast asleep, was holding Shad's right arm. Luvia, her eyes half-closed, gazed at Shad's profile with her violet eyes. She always believed that, compared to everyone else, she was the luckiest one.
On Thursday morning, Shad was awakened by the sound of rain.
The light rain lasted all night yesterday, turning into a downpour by early morning. When Xia De went downstairs in his slippers to get the newspaper and goat's milk, he was greeted by a rumbling, vibrating sound as soon as he opened the door—a sound unique to heavy rain.
As expected, Iluna didn't return last night, but this morning at breakfast, she braved the rain to come to number six St. Teresa's Square, munching on bread with great enthusiasm, and complained to everyone about last night's mission:
"As expected, they called me over to help last night. But this time it had nothing to do with the Twisted Life Seed. A Ring Sorcerer with the Guardian-level Mystic Eye went out of control. Although the opponent was only a fifth-ring, the power displayed by a Ring Sorcerer after going out of control usually exceeds their own level."
Moreover, his loss of control was due to the Guardian-level Demon Eye, [Echoes of Time]. The eye's normal function was simply to allow him to see some past events, but after losing control, it dragged an entire street into a time loop, almost creating the Paradox Worm as a result.