Shade had no idea of preventing the other party from having an army of the undead. After all, even if there were an army of zombies and water ghosts, it would be the church that would stop them.
"But I can't give it to you now, it has other uses for me."
The corpse waiter came with a tray, and there was a third of a skull on the tray. The skeleton looked very different from a human skull, and its volume was at least twice that of a normal human head. However, because it was incomplete,
Therefore, Shade is not sure what it will look like after it is complete.
"I know this does not belong to me, so please allow me to return it to you after the Chosen One Ceremony."
The diviner continued, but Shade did not try to rob him. After all, the priest also said that everything was an illusion. He just thought he had eaten hallucinogenic mushrooms:
"Do you know who this bone is supposed to belong to?"
Shade asked, and the fortune teller shook his head slightly:
"I placed some bones in my daughter's ossuary, hoping that she could sleep peacefully. I think it was the bone fragments and finger bones that the tomb robbers took away that attracted your friend. The secrets of this world are really real.
There are too many, and even I am not omniscient. I think that the person closest to omniscience among the people currently alive should be the crazy Sir Lykins Priscilla."
He suddenly stopped talking and turned to look to the side. The corpses dancing in the music gradually gave way to a straight road. At the end of the road, the figure of Priest August appeared with his hands behind his back.
Shade guessed that the priest must not be hallucinating, otherwise the serious expression on the face of the fortune teller in front of him would be too similar to the performance.
"This skull does not belong to me, please allow me to return it later."
He said this to Priest Augustus, who shook his head seriously:
"Although you are very polite, this is not your thing."
The shadow of huge wings appeared on the wall behind him, and even the broken wings were just shadows. The light of the crystal chandelier gradually decreased until it turned dark green, and at the same time, discordant notes appeared in the melodious music.
And gradually became eerie and weird.
The dancing corpses all stopped and turned to look at their lord with Priest Augustus. This scene actually made Shade doubtful as to who was the villain here.
The fortune teller wearing a monocle smiled and took out a palm-sized book from his pocket. The book had a brown hard cover. At a glance, Shade saw the words "ancient" on the front of the book.
The ouroboros symbol of "God-Mr. Tamaki", and the skeletal sickle symbol representing "Ancient God-Ancient Death" is on the back.
"Angel-level relic ["Soul Storybook"]."
Shade said softly, and the book, which was about the same size as the cards, was already floating in front of Laplace Howard.
It was not simply suspended, but several transparent hands held it up in front of the fortune teller and opened the corresponding page for him.
After some imperceptible light flashed, all the corpses in the banquet hall fell. The green light returned to normal, and only three people were still standing in the magnificent hall.
Shade looked at Priest August and asked for his opinion. The old priest frowned slightly, and after thinking about it, he made a compromise:
"Return half first. When you have a family banquet on the island, I will personally go to the island and ask for the other part."
"That makes sense. I am honored to invite you to my territory to watch the final ceremony."
The priest waved his hand, and one-third of the skull that should have been unable to be divided by any external force was split into two halves again. Gray fog came in, covering the scene in front of him, and when the gray fog disappeared, the surrounding area returned to a rural village.
Outside, scene under the oak trees at the crossroads.
The moon in the night sky was still so charming, and when it was blown by the warm night wind, Shade truly felt like he was out of the illusion.
The three ghoul brothers who were hung up have been burned to black charcoal and will revive again on another island soon.
Priest August held the sixth skull in his hand and looked up at the tree, wondering what he was thinking. As for the doctor, he looked around suspiciously:
"This is the real world now, right?"
"Yes doctor, you can ask me a question that only we know."
"Well, when we first met last spring, what was the first thing we said?"
【Ask for time.】
"Ask for the time. And it's not spring, it's summer."
The doctor then relaxed:
"What did you just see? I arrived at a cemetery and was besieged by a large group of corpses. Although the priest said that these were all hallucinations, the pain was very real. Fortunately, the hallucination was over, otherwise I would really have to
We started to fight back. Have you obtained the priest's promotion materials?"
"Half done."
A tired look appeared on the old priest's face. He carefully put the sixth skull into his robe:
"I am getting old after all. I thought I could succeed. But when the church finally lands on the island, I will have to go and get the remaining part myself."
Dr. Schneider nodded without asking what happened just now:
"This is normal. If such a precious thing can be obtained without taking risks, I would think it would be a trap. You should still remember the efforts I made for that material last summer. Priest, you don't have to worry.
I will go with you then, and since I know where the materials are, I can finally get them."
The priest nodded, and Shade greeted the two of them to prepare to leave:
"Tonight's operation can be considered half a success. Priests and doctors, after you return, please prepare for the final landing on the island. It should be quick, not more than a week."
Neither the priest nor the doctor had any doubts about this. Although they did not take the initiative to bring it up, they both understood what the final battle in the Green Lake area meant. The doctor wanted to help, find some sense of participation for himself, and test the newly acquired knowledge.
Strength, the priest is for the remaining bones.
Everyone has their own things to do, and everyone is making final preparations.
That night when the three of them returned to the Green Lake Hotel, it was already very late. They did not eat any late-night snacks, but went directly to rest. However, instead of returning to his room, Shade knocked on Dorothy's door and answered
He returned to little Mia who had been waiting for him to come home.
The night was already deep, and Dorothy did not leave Shade overnight because she was still in a special period. Shade returned home with the cat.
Sleeping at home is always very pleasant. After waking up early on Saturday morning and looking at the familiar ceiling, Shade felt completely refreshed.
I went downstairs to get goat milk and newspapers, and then took the cat to the Green Lake Hotel. Priest August and Dr. Schneider still got up very early, and had breakfast with Shade while discussing the news. Such an early morning was really
very nice.
As for Miss Writer, she doesn't get up until half past eight as usual, so Shade thought of accompanying her to have breakfast before going out. Today is the day when the Prophet Association will conduct the long-prepared large-scale divination ceremony. The Prophet Association
The contemporary President of the General Assembly will also appear, but this has nothing to do with Shade. He only has to wait for the divination results from Iluna.
He originally wanted to try the contents on the witch's task list again today, try to analyze what the great witch of time had spied from the future, and then attend the high-level banquet in the evening. But he had not waited until Dorothy came down.
I went upstairs to have breakfast, but waited until Megan came in a hurry.
As soon as the brown-haired witch walked in and saw Shade sitting by the wall, at the table where they first met, she immediately walked over and hugged him.
Shade didn't know why, so after comforting her a few words, he took the cat, who was still eating, to the basement with Megan.
Today, the basement of the hotel has been renovated. The ritual core array shining with dazzling blue light ensures that every corner of the building is protected by the power of the witches. Those red and gold colors that are almost invisible to the naked eye,
The black and brown hair are the "spiritual wires" or "etheric wires" woven by the witches from their own hair.
This is the most suitable material for witches' secret arts. Although witches can control the growth of their own hair, it is still an extremely luxurious act to contribute so much hair like this time.
Because this place is very important, the big witches allocate a small number of people to take turns guarding the basement. Because it is a shift system, the girls will not feel sleepy even if they keep vigil. Seeing Shade and the big witch come in, they consciously put down their hands.
novels, Rhodes cards and checkers, pretending to be busy and starting the daily maintenance work.
"What's wrong? Am I not here?"
Shade asked softly to the girl in front of him. Megan's face, which looked much younger than Miss Carina, had an expression of worry and fear. It was hard to imagine that a witch of her strength would have such a
expression:
"I had a dream last night in which I unknowingly entered the family mansion on the island again. I woke up before pushing the door open and wanted to turn around and leave, but Sloth Edwards walked out of the house."
That was the second son of the second generation and Megan's great-grandfather. He was transformed into a strange evil thing made of tentacles because of his fear of death.
"He gave me an invitation letter and invited me to a family banquet so that six generations of the family could reunite."
She grabbed Shade's arm tightly with both hands, pursed her lips and stared into Shade's eyes:
"When I woke up this morning, two invitation letters were already in my hands."
She took out one of the invitations and handed it to Shade. It was a folded gilded invitation. On the cover was a family crest that resembled the black spiral symbol of "The Unified", and below it was written in cursive letters "Forever"
"The Noble Edwards Family", the background is the scenery of Green Lake Town, and the almost transparent root family tree composed of six generations of the Edwards family, a total of 21 people.
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