"In addition, Lecia also asked me to ask you, are you ready to sign up for the Tour of Tobesk Spring Horse Racing?"
Dorothy asked again, and the news of spring racing was something that Shade had heard about at a racetrack outside the city in the fall of 1853:
"If nothing happens then, of course I will participate. This winter, I have fully mastered horse riding. Especially for long-distance horse racing on complex terrain, I am quite confident in myself."
"Well, I will remind you when there is news. The prizes every year are actually very good. Of course, the most important thing for those who participate in the competition is the reputation."
Dorothy looked at Shade with her green eyes:
"Knight, if you can win the top three, then I can play some interesting games with you."
The foot under the table rubbed against Xia De, and Xia De blinked:
"Did you also read those illegal publications of Agelina that Lesia took away?"
Dorothy's smile remained unchanged:
"I won't come tonight. You and your cat can stay at home by yourself."
"I"
"I really have something to do, the elective exam."
She kissed the side of Shade's face.
Arriving from Tobesk to the Randall Valley, the body temperature dropped by about three degrees.
The cat that became lazy after eating was just as Shade expected, it shrank in Shade's arms and refused to come out. When Shade came to the Wilde Opera House, Shade even thought about leaving this cat behind.
The cat stayed at the opera house and let the girls from the opera troupe take care of her, but it was obvious that little Mia hated being left in a strange place by Shade more than going to the countryside.
This time, there were four people going to the Night Temple together, Shade, Luvia, Miss Lassus and Miss Bernice.
The two leaders of the Golden Dawn have temporarily left the city, and the witch naturally has to explain how to deal with things if something happens. Shade took advantage of this time to ask Miss Lassers about the "petrified plague" that has appeared one after another since yesterday.
The subsequent development of the incident, but the situation is worse than Shade thought.
"The number of victims is increasing and is completely irregular, appearing randomly among people of all ages. The only thing known so far is that the victims have lived in the Randall Valley for at least five years."
In other words, if the current situation does not worsen, at least Shade and Luvia will be safe.
"Is there any response from the church?"
Shade asked worriedly, Miss Lassus pursed her lips and shook her head:
"As I said yesterday, this is almost a plague, but it's not contagious and it's not there yet."
"I heard from the association this morning that living in a church of the Church of the Sun and Earth can protect you from this influence, but the local church is only that big. In addition, some magical items of the Church of the Sun can suppress
The petrification curse spreads, but now there are so many victims."
Luvia is also in a bad mood:
"The association held a ceremony last night to find out the source of this crazy situation, but the progress was not smooth."
Shade thought for a while:
"The [Universal Earth Elixir] prepared with my Holy Grail, will it be effective after dilution?"
"Theoretically it should be possible."
Miss Bernice came back and said:
"When we come back, you give me a Holy Grail and I can make it into a elixir and give it a try. But even if it is effective after dilution, how many people can your Holy Grail save with the petrification curse spreading now?"
The four of them still rode out of the city, but Luvia had no experience in long-distance riding in the wild, so the four of them rode three horses, with Shade carrying Luvia. It was obvious that the purple-eyed girl was quite happy.
Because they had already been there once, and the departure time today was earlier than last Sunday, they waited until the four of them went deep into the eastern mountains of the Randall River Valley, stepped ashore from the frozen river, and saw the temple from a distance.
When we reached that mountain, the time had just reached twelve o'clock.
Leading the horse ashore, walking through the cedar forest, and then tying the horse to a tree. In order to prevent them from being eaten by wild animals in the mountains, the witch also released "protective wild animals" for protection. The last time I came with the witch
At that time, the body of the wild bear that was killed by Shade's "Moonlight Wheel" had disappeared, and it was not known who took advantage of him.
Together, the four of them found the entrance to the cave last time, and then walked up the steep stairs in the cave. They found the entrance to the cave, entered the entrance, and continued upward. Not long after, they saw the light in front of them.
Covering his face with his hands, Shade first came to the narrow platform on the side of the cliff and saw the remains of three stone arches.
The traces of the last time he and Miss Bernice camped were still there, and it was only when he arrived this time that Shade realized that the nesting place of this excellent bird was not only the traces of the birds staying, but even the bird droppings.
Less than.
"It turns out this is here. Although it looks ordinary, the inspiration can sense a very ancient power."
The other three ladies also followed at this time, and it was Luvia who spoke.
Seeing Luvia and Miss Lassus standing side by side and looking around, Shade suddenly had a strange feeling. Nearly two thousand years ago, they also came together on a winter night with good weather.
Here, one person then said something about killing another person under the starry sky.
And this kind of thing has happened more than once. Only this time, when the two came here together again, what happened was different.
Thinking of this, the feeling of almost touching fate appeared again. A smile appeared on Shade's lips. His arrival was indeed meaningful.
"You have a strange look in your eyes."
The witch patted Shade on the shoulder:
"Hurry up and set up camp. If you don't eat anymore, the cat on your chest will probably come out and scratch your face."
This cat's temper was not only due to not eating on time, but also because it was jolted all the way while sitting on the horse.
Shade's opportunity to use the ruby to exchange for "Fiona's domestic servant" has been used up. He originally thought that the four of them were going to heat up some food here. Unexpectedly, when the bonfire rose, the witch took out another ruby and handed it to him.
Gave him:
"Although I am not as rich as Carina, I am still rich."
Luvia smiled and pushed the hesitant Shade, so Shade used the ruby to cast a spell. After the sumptuous lunch appeared, the white note that came with the lunch stated that the ruby could still
In exchange for two opportunities for kitchen service.
But this time, at the end, there is no simple drawing of a smiling face, but a simple drawing of a dragon maid, and the tail is exaggeratedly enlarged.
This time when he came to the Night Temple, the primary purpose for Shade was to extract the key to time, and the secondary purpose was to find the statue of the "ancient god of space" mentioned by the long-haired Luvia. As for the gold mine,
The other secrets are secondary.
Of course, Shade also suspected that the "door" corresponding to the key he obtained from Count Granger was also here, but he had no hope of being able to find it.
After lunch, Miss Bernanis and Miss Lassus went to find a suitable location, and asked Miss Lassus to use the cult's magic to sense the memory of the earth to determine whether it could be extracted. Shade and Lu
Via returned to the cave together to find the hidden wall.
"Based on my experience, the entrance to this type of space is below the horizon."
Shade illuminated his eyes with his fingers while observing with Luvia in the cave:
"For example, the basement of my house, the underground wine cellar of the White River Valley vineyard, etc. So, if nothing else happens, I should start looking underground this time."
"The floor of this cave is slightly higher than the outside."
Luvia said, and took out the obsidian pendulum she obtained in the Lake Eldron incident. After shaking it gently a few times, she said to Shade:
"Although I cannot divine the space left by the ancient gods, it is still possible to divine whether there is a downward passage here. It should be in the southeast corner. Let's go inside."
Because Shade purified the land half a week ago, the carcasses of those deformed animals are still lying inside the cave. Although the weather is cold and the decomposition rate is not fast, maggots can already be seen.
Shade considered that it would definitely not be the last time he came here, so he took the time to clean up the inside of the cave. He was very gentlemanly and did not let Luvia do it. After cleaning up, he and Luvia continued towards the cave.
Continue walking inside, not above the cave.
The hollow area in this mountain is very large, almost one-third of the bottom of the entire mountain. Shade should have been able to directly sense the power of the ancient space god at close range, just like when he was in the Pantanal Lake
On Heart Island, he found that the space under the lighthouse was the same. But whether it was the influence of the power of the earth or the remnants of the power of the Night Temple on the mountain, Shade did not directly perceive his target this time.
He and Luvia spent nearly two hours in the afternoon, letting Shade's [Time and Space] spirit runes shine on every inch of the ground and walls, and even used the fossil-to-mud spell to melt some suspicious big rocks, but there was nothing
Find any traces of hidden spaces.
Luvia even suspected that Shade was looking in the wrong place, but Shade couldn't tell where he got the information.
On the contrary, the progress on the side of Miss Bernice and Miss Lassus was faster. At 2:30, the two ladies found Shade and Luvia who were still in the cave, and boarded the mountain again with them.
The Night Temple high on the cliff.
A group of four people passed through three ancient stone arches and arrived at the open space at the end of the arches.
Originally there was nothing on the ground here, but last time Shade threw the Impermanence card here, and after "violating" time travel, the ritual array of the sun, moon and stars that appeared was imprinted on the ground. Push aside the snow
On the surface, you can see those traces as if they existed thousands of years ago, and they don't look like they just appeared last week.
