"Well, if Iluna and I can come back before evening, I will go to the banquet."
Shade nodded, then looked at Iluna, and the eighteen-year-old girl also nodded:
"I'm participating too. I took a whole day off today and have time both day and night."
The acorns soaked in Shade's blood had already been brought with him. As for the secret place in the forest marked by Luvia, it was located in the southwest of the city, that is, close to Willendale City.
"What is the relationship between Shade and this Miss Bayas?"
After the two were sent downstairs by Miss Bell, the witch asked another question as usual, and the red-haired girl who was about to look through the local information again was stunned for a moment before asking:
"Are you asking me?"
Then the witch was even more surprised:
"There are only two of us here. I'm not asking who you're asking about? Look at that young girl. She's not dressed like she's going on an adventure deep into the woods with Shade. Instead, she looks like she's going on an outing outside the city."
"Why do you think I know the answer to this question? Don't be surprised. One thing I need to clarify is that although I am Shade's nominal teacher, I don't know all his secrets."
Miss Denister is quite candid:
"Although I know a little more than you do, obviously that's only part of it. As for Miss Bayas, all I can tell you is that her relationship with Shade is very good, very, very good."
The witch turned into an owl and stood on the back of the sofa:
"Don't tell me that Carina can't even control her own man, and that Miss Bayas is his lover."
Thinking of what she had learned, the red-haired girl showed a strange smile:
"Lover? It's probably not Miss Bayas's turn yet."
"What did you say?"
"I mean, why don't you ask yourself? Compared to Shade, Miss Bayas is more naive. If you show enough kindness, she shouldn't mind complaining to you about Mr. Knight of Tobesk.
."
Iluna was still very interested in this strange southern city, but the two of them had to do business first, so Shade did not take her to visit landmarks such as the Golden Music Hall.
The carriage took them to the southern edge of the city, and then Shade took Iluna's hand and opened the thaumaturgic "forest path" and advanced with her deep into the forest.
It can be seen that Iluna is in a good mood. Shade walked forward and talked about recent events. Iluna also shared recent interesting things with Shade. She was a little regretful that the church has not obtained Shade yet.
The answer to the question asked to the gods was actually that the oracle had not yet come down, and then they talked about the city of Vesta.
"The Holy See has already written to me explaining the situation here. But this time the Holy See said that it does not plan to let me come here immediately."
She held Shade's hand and stepped on the yellow leaves beneath her feet, watching the big-tailed squirrels on the tree nearby busily carrying the pine cones picked up from the ground.
Somehow I thought that if little Mia was here at this moment, she would definitely bark at the squirrel, scare it so much that it dropped the pine cone and ran away immediately, so a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth unconsciously:
"The Holy See said that once I am involved in a big time-related trouble, it will be difficult for me to protect myself even if I am the chosen one. So the church's plan is to first dig into the Natural Church to see what they know.
Then make a support plan.
At present, the local support team only consists of the thirteenth-ring "Constructor Master" of the Creation Church you mentioned and the high-level warlocks who have been organized. So although you will not get much help from the Church this time, at least you will get some help.
I won’t bump into church people too often.”
Shade turned to look at her:
"Miss Daniste also said that the academy will not send anyone here at the moment, and the Witch Council also has no plans for other witches to come to support in the near future. But speaking of it, it seems that we haven't gone out together for a long time, right?
"
"Yes."
Iluna obviously had deep resentment, and she did not hide it:
"Originally, the three of us agreed to go on together. However, after your relationship with Luvia made great progress, I often felt like an outsider."
As he spoke, he gently shook the hands held by Sha De:
"Besides, everyone is usually very busy, and I can't bear to disturb you all the time. And with my current status, if I go to see Luvia too often, it might be very suspicious. But it's fine that you still think about me, Shade.
I don’t ask for much at all.”
When she said these words, she did not look at Shade at all, but pretended to be very interested in the scenery in front of her. The stranger was no longer the ignorant guy last summer. He squeezed Yilu gently.
Na's hand:
"Luvia and I have never forgotten our original agreement. We have been through this journey, and every incident can be without Carina and other witches, but we can never be without you two."
He also looked ahead:
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"Anyway, we have already gone out today, and no one knows what we did. If things go well for a while, let's just walk around in the woods and go back in the evening? There are many interesting things in the autumn woodland.
How about a picnic by the stream, chasing deer in the woods, or seeing brown bears preparing for the winter?"
"There are brown bears in Vista Grove? Oh, I mean, this is bad, it's a waste of time."
"Then I'll take it as you agreed to my invitation."
Iluna bit her lip, trying not to smile too obviously.
Although there was no convenient "Owl Air", they relied on thaumaturgy to reach their destination at eleven o'clock that morning. Like the hermits' residence in the north of the city, it was located far deep into the forest.
Even hunters don't come here on weekdays.
Shade took the map marked by Luvia and kept using "powerful spatial perception" to determine the location. Finally, he and Iluna stopped by an unnamed mountain stream:
"Follow Luvia's markings and cross this creek. The south bank is where we are looking for."
He raised his head and looked at the woods on the south bank of the stream with Iluna:
"But have we already passed by the opposite side twice? With our two senses, plus my thaumaturgy, it's impossible not to notice something abnormal nearby."
"Then that place is hidden! This needs to be solved!"
Iluna looked very interested:
"Shadow, on the map those hermits sold you, are there any markings on the nearby areas?"
"No, I checked before setting off. The hermits' main activity area is north of Ximu Town, and they rarely come to such a southern location."
The two crossed the stream again and came to the south bank. Iluna suggested using thaumaturgy to solve the puzzle, but Shade's "Truth Crystal" still had no effect.
Then the two of them used spells again, but after still getting nothing, Iluna suggested:
"Shade, you use the 'Truth Crystal' again, this time to cast the spell to the extreme."
Steam mist appeared from behind the two people at the same time, and the nine-ring and eight-ring life rings appeared together, and Iluna's life ring was quickly transformed into the dark golden scale. Above Shade's life ring, whispered -
Prejudice emitted a dazzling black aura, and then a white transparent crystal appeared in his palm.
"Don't move, but if you feel any discomfort, tell me immediately. I just want to try it."
Iluna reminded, and then gradually raised her dark golden scale until the scale flew away from her hands and flew to Shade's back.
As soon as the rippling dark gold color of the scale came into contact with the spiritual light on Shad's life ring, there was no conflict between the powers from different souls. Instead, they seemed to attract each other, causing Iluna's balance to finally stop at Shad's.
The center of the life circle.
The huge brass ring rotates around the sacred balance. The [Time and Space] and [Silver Moon] spiritual runes surround the ancient balance. The dark golden light gradually infects Shade's life ring. Shade clearly feels it.
His spellcasting ability has been wonderfully enhanced.
Iluna looked up at this scene and was quite satisfied:
"I had this idea after we merged with each other in Green Lake last time. Your soul is far more powerful than mine. Since it can perfectly accommodate my power in the locked state, theoretically it should also be able to in the normal state.
.How do you feel now?”
"It feels weird, but this should be fine - the truth crystal!"
As he cast the spell again, the white transparent crystal was actually dyed with Iluna's dark golden color. The two people's spirits passed away at the same time, and Shade even felt that Iluna, who was standing aside, was closely watching from another dimension.
It feels really strange to be close to myself.
And when the dark golden light emitted by the crystal formed ripples and spread around, the originally narrow distance between the two big trees at eight o'clock suddenly expanded to the size of an open space, and in the open space was a broken wall.
The ruins of the temple.
The integrity of this ruins is at least better than that of the "Space Maze", not only because one of the four walls of the temple is still intact, but also because there is an altar in the center of the temple.
The most complete remaining wall is the wall at the entrance to the temple. There are steps covered with grass in front of the wall, which makes this dilapidated ancient stone wall look like an arch at this time.
The altar behind the arch is made of huge stones. Its surface has been mottled by time and covered with a thin layer of moss. The gaps between the stones that form the stone steps, walls and altar
Here, even in autumn, tiny wild flowers and vines grow.
I don’t know how much time has passed since the last time someone left this temple. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, wind, frost, rain and snow, this place has been cleverly integrated with this woodland. The desolate and sacred are cleverly connected, making this moment appear.
The resulting picture looks like a static landscape painting.
PS: Picture of this chapter "Temple of the God of Order"
