After bidding farewell to Old John, Shade, who took the supplies he had raised from the priest and Old John, did not rush to the next city immediately. Instead, after putting the things in his hands at home, he looked in the direction of Yodel Palace from the window.
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So twenty minutes later, in the circular study room of King "Larus III" in Yodel Palace, Lesia, who was sitting on the outside of the huge curved desk in the middle of the office and looking at documents, suddenly heard
There were a few slight meows.
The princess raised her head and saw little Mia and an even smaller silver cat squatting on the windowsill outside the glass.
"Oh~"
She screamed in surprise and hurriedly got up and opened the window to let the cats in.
Because the sun has not appeared for a long time today, the lights in Yodel Palace are still on at 11 o'clock in the morning. As the political center of the entire Kingdom of Delarion, the study room most commonly used by Larus III is even more illuminated by wall lamps.
Crystal chandeliers, table lamps and stand lamps illuminate every corner.
However, His Majesty the King was not in the study for the time being. When Lesia opened the window to let Han Feng and the cats in, she was the only one in the study.
"Dorothy has already told me what will happen tomorrow night. There is no need for you to inform me again. Grace and Helen will take me there directly. Even if you miss me very much, we can still meet tomorrow."
Her Royal Highness the Princess said with a smile after closing the window, and then picked up the two cats at once. The reason why little Mia didn't struggle was that she was concentrating on trying to rub the silver Shade cat.
So Shade the cat conveniently jumped on the carpet and transformed into Shade. Lecia put little Mia on her father's desk, and then hugged her lover:
"Let me guess, you are not in a good mood, so you want to be comforted by me?"
"Lecia, you really know me very well."
Shade hugged her and sighed:
"Sometimes I also think that after going through so many things, I should have adapted to the calm before the war, but now it seems that I still can't."
"You always comfort others, and of course you want to be comforted. No one is born to fight so many troubles and enemies. When you show vulnerability in front of me, I can more truly feel that you are the real one around us.
people."
Shade smiled and let go of her, and found that Her Royal Highness the Princess's emerald green eyes were also looking at him.
"Your statement is very strange. Whether I am a human being or not is as certain as whether little Mia is a cat."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Knight, do you need me to comfort you further?"
"A kiss?"
"Father has just gone to the parliament and will probably be back after the meeting at noon. Although the conscription and mobilization orders for various counties across the country that I am dealing with here are very troublesome, they can actually be solved in an hour."
Her Royal Highness the Princess smiled and suggested:
"Would you like to try it here?"
"Absolutely not!"
Shade refused, and then gave Lesia a passionate kiss before she came up with any further ideas:
"Lecia, I have indeed neglected you recently. I will make it up to you after the incident in the Vista Grove is over."
"You always think about other people's things, when can you think about yourself? I think after the incident in the forest is over, what you need most is to rest."
She helped Shade adjust his collar:
"Okay, let's see you tomorrow, Shade."
"See you tomorrow. Let's talk about it, Lesia, is your father ready for a nationwide conscription and mobilization?"
The next stop after Tobesk is Randall Valley. In fact, because he often helps Vanessa go to Randall Valley City to pick up things, Shade makes a trip to the Church of the Forgotten almost every other week.
It was still dark outside, so the interior of the Church of the Forgotten, which was completely new compared to last year, was also lit with lights.
The golden candles on numerous candlesticks are burning beneath the wall where the holy emblem is hung. The incense smell produced when the candles burn gives the interior of the church an intoxicating sense of holiness.
This time I met the Guardian without running into the yard, because when Shade walked out of the basement at the back of the church, the girls who were stationed in the church told Shade that the Guardian was already waiting for him.
Today's guardian appears in the form of Siris' father, Mr. Lacers, who sits on a bench in the middle of the church.
"You knew I would choose to come today?"
"It's just a guess. After all, the current situation is really terrifying."
After Shade sat down next to him, the guardian dressed as a clergyman said:
"Even though I had anticipated the worst case scenario, I could not have predicted in advance that so many things would happen in just one week. I have already read the information you sent about the Doomsday Crack and the Crazy Moon, plus
With today’s situation, it seems that the chosen one of time must be chosen.”
Shade nodded, and once again briefly explained the current situation in the forest and the enemies he would face next:
"It's Saturday night, the day when the silver moon shines."
"What do I need to do?"
The guardian asked, Shade had already thought about it:
"You stay in the city and help the church protect Vesta City. Once the city falls, the fragile time balance in the woodland will be immediately broken. Even if the chosen ones of time compete for it, the entire area may still be swallowed by the time rift.
"
The power of the guardians may be different from that of real demigods, but at least any thirteen rings cannot defeat them. But it is obvious that the guardians are no match for the ancients in the forest. The power of the earth cannot restrain time and trees.
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Therefore, letting the guardians help defend the city was the safest arrangement that Shade could think of. He didn't want to take Emilia around and finally reach the last step, only to find that the city was gone.
Mr. Lacers nodded in agreement:
"When do I need to show up in Vista City?"
"Do you need to make any preparations in advance to help defend the city?"
"To be on the safe side, if a large-scale ceremony can be arranged in advance, my spellcasting effect will be better."
The thaumaturgic spells of the Ring Warlock can be enhanced by rituals. For example, the "Seal of Heaton" of the Church of the Sun is theoretically a single-target defense capability, but with the assistance of wands, rituals and choirs, it can cover an entire city.
It's not impossible either.
"Then you should leave immediately. The Five Gods Church should be making preparations now, and they will cooperate with you."
After leaving Randall Valley, the next stop is Yuewan City.
Enter this area from the Dragon's Nest outside the city, and then enter the city through the St. George Stone Bridge. When riding a carriage to the autopsy room in Spider Lane in the Lower City, Shade discovered that the residents of Yuewan City were receptive to today's special celestial phenomena.
Very high, or in other words, they are not as frightened as the residents in other areas.
After all, they have just recovered from the catastrophe in the "ancient prophecy", and now the people in the City of Fortune are very accepting of everything.
Spider Alley is still the same as before. The lit Spider Tavern guides Shade, because the sewer entrance leading to the underground autopsy room is not lit. The guards responsible for guarding the entrance to the autopsy room are not there as usual, so Shade guesses that they are in the tavern.
Play Rhodes.
And when Shade entered the autopsy room area along the sewer, he found that Mr. Ptolemy Albert was the only one in the autopsy room today.
"Don't get me wrong, it's not that my colleagues didn't come to work. Although it's still dark outside, it's indeed lunch break and they went to have lunch."
The smell of antiseptics filled the spacious interior of the autopsy room. The vampire who emerged from behind the brown-stained curtain was still wearing the brown robe he often wore.
This is the standard uniform of coroners, the same as the clerical robes of Augustan priests. After seeing each other for more than a month, Mr. Ptolemy Albert has not changed much. He nodded to Shade and motioned for him to wait a moment.
Wait a moment:
"But for people like us who work underground without windows all year round, the weather outside actually doesn't mean much."
He took off his bloody gloves and placed them on the armrest of the trolley stacked with "surgical" equipment:
"So the showdown in Vista Glades is about to begin, right?"
The pale man looked to be in his thirties or forties, and he felt an indescribable sense of decadence when he asked this question:
"It looks like I have to take a day or two off. I'm not complaining, but I didn't break my attendance record during the Battle of Moon Bay, and it seems I will break it more often in the future. It doesn't matter, after all, it's better than a thousand consecutive days.
The attendance record is more significant than saving the world."
But Shade originally just wanted to borrow the sword:
"Mr. Albert, are you going to Vista Grove too? I mean, aren't you sealed now?"
The coroner nodded:
"Yes, and it is not easy to break free from the petrified seal. After all, it was originally a ritual of self-sacrifice from the ancient Earth sect. But the good news is that after a whole autumn of research and hard work, I found that although my body cannot escape from
I can't break free, but I can temporarily regain my strength through some special methods."
He points to himself:
"Now I am only in the incarnation state, and the real body is in the petrified state. But the stone is not immovable. Some time ago, Bernhardt sent me several ancient scrolls collected by the clan from Willendale City, so I have mastered the control.
The method of stone statues.”
"Manipulating stone statues? Do you mean the thaumaturgy of the school of transformation such as 'Stone Deployment'? Do you want to use your own body as a summoned object?"
Shade guessed, but the serious vampire shook his head:
"It's better than you think. I can temporarily attach this incarnation to the stone statue of my body. Although it is a bit boastful to say this, it is indeed the inspiration given to me by the gods.
In short, I can briefly turn my consciousness and soul into light particles, return to the stone body used for fighting, and then control that body to transform into a dragon to fight. However, this behavior has limitations, so I can continue to fight.