The old lighthouse on the lake island is located behind this old noble courtyard. First, you need to pass through the snow-covered courtyard in the snow and fog, and enter the dead woods behind the manor from the small door at the back. Continue along the path in the dead woods, and the end point is the lighthouse in the northeast corner of the island.
Compared to other buildings on the island, this lighthouse is probably the only one that is always in use. After all, no matter what organization occupies this island, as long as ships are needed to transport in the lake, the lighthouse will be needed to guide the direction.
The pier under the lighthouse is also the largest of the three piers on the island.
As expected, there were a group of ghosts living in the old manor. When Shade and Iluna passed by the courtyard, they stood at the window, watching the two people walking in the snow in silence from the dark window without glass and curtains. These were souls bound here by this island and this manor, so Shade specially opened a gap with the "Door of Death" when passing by the side of the mansion, so that the ghosts who voluntarily left could continue to walk from here, after all, they were not bound by the evil things of Pantanal like the "Swamp Witch".
But unfortunately, the men and women in the manor who were dressed in gorgeous dresses did not use this door. Perhaps they had other stories and other wishes, but Shad did not have time to investigate tonight.
In the abandoned back garden, only the remains of a stone fountain pool and a fence to prevent animals from entering remain. The fountain is shaped like an angel with wings on its back, but unfortunately the head and left arm are gone.
After entering the dead woods behind the manor, Shade thought he would encounter the enemy again, but nothing happened.
The two of them watched quietly as the blurry lighthouse in the fog became clearer and clearer, and the light of the "first fire" in Shad's eyes became more and more obvious.
It was not until they were about to pass through the dead forest that Shade stopped. The fog here only blocked their sight and did not interfere with the propagation of sound. However, after they arrived on the island, they did not hear the sound of the high-level warlocks fighting at full strength. As they were about to reach their destination, Shade could not guess what had happened, but he could see the faint normal firelight.
By the light of the fire, I could see that the path outside the dead woods split into two sides. The uphill road on the right led to the lighthouse on the top, while the flat road on the left led to the ancient ruins of Stonehenge under the lighthouse. Braziers made of wood were placed along the road on the left, lighting the final path to Stonehenge.
The road to the "Ceremony" was right in front of him. He looked to the left and right, then said to Iluna:
"It looks like Sister Defulyn hasn't arrived yet. I think I need to go to the lighthouse first."
The nun had the witches tell Shade that both of them could stabilize the entire seal by stabilizing the flame of the First Fire. Now there was less than half an hour left before the Chosen Ceremony. Although he could see Lakins Prisha directly by taking the road on the left, Shade still thought that he needed to go to the lighthouse the most.
Witnessing the ceremony of the chosen one and confirming the identity of the fourth chosen one is the real task that Luvia gave to Shad. Compared with Lakins Prisha, once the evil creature in Pantanal is unsealed, the harm it causes will be greater. After all, even if they cannot defeat Lakins Prisha this time, they still have many years to deal with the matter of this chosen one before the thirteenth chosen one appears.
Iluna also knew what Shade was thinking. She stood in the snow, pursed her lips and looked at Shade, whose half body was illuminated by the fire in the distance:
"This time, I will face the new Chosen One alone?"
"You are the protagonist of the epic of the Sixth Epoch. Be more confident. Your opponent this time is not as strong as Joey Barton."
This was true. Although Barton only had one ring, he was standing in the midst of death at that time. Shad suspected that there was no one in the entire material world who could fight against him except himself who was amplified by the nun, the priest and Iluna at the same time.
Although Sir Prisha is from the Central Ring, the current environment does not provide him with much advantage.
Shade hugged Iluna, hesitated for a moment, and gave her the crossbow and the "Arcanola Knowledge Arrow". But he still held the Night's Watch, and his next journey might not be completely safe:
"I failed to shoot this arrow. Let's see if you have the chance. Don't be too nervous. I will find you once Sister Defulin reaches the lighthouse. Try to delay as much as possible. When I reach the tower, I will light a flame. I will watch you in the light. If you want to use this arrow, shoot it at the lighthouse. Even if this arrow doesn't work, I can give him a surprise on the tower later. He will never expect this."
Shad said with a smile.
Iluna took over the weapon. With the knowledge of the chosen one, she was able to make good use of the power of this arrow:
"But the special crossbow..."
"Sister Develyn's primordial fire can be molded into a weapon, just like water. Once the nun arrives, everything will be easy... Maybe you can defeat Prisha with your arrows."
Iluna still thought that Shade was planning a sneak attack. After nodding slightly, the 17-year-old girl mustered up the courage to kiss him on the side of his face:
"You should be careful too."
She rode the skeletal horse to the end of the dead forest.
Shade stood there looking at Iluna's back, making sure she had left the dead woods. Finally, he pulled his scarf to cover the lower half of his face and pushed his hat down below his eyebrows before walking out of the dead woods in the wind and snow.
The fire before his eyes seemed to be an illusion. Shade had clearly seen the forked road at the end of the dead woods, but when he really stepped out of the woods, he was surprised to find that everything around him had changed.
Snow was still falling from the sky, but a huge grey stone slab had appeared around them. There was no trace of the dead forest behind them, and a huge grey stone slab blocked their retreat.
Looking up at the sky, countless gray slates were floating in the air, slowly changing their positions, and higher up was a completely impenetrable white mist. These gray slates looked very familiar to Shade. The last time he saw Lakins Prisha, he had summoned a bookshelf made of similar material from the snow.
"Could it be that..."
He lit up the silver moonlight in his hand to illuminate the stone slab on the right, and indeed saw densely packed words on the surface of the stone slab. After reading these Carsonrick words carefully, Xia De recognized that they were from the famous Southern Country poetry collection "Elegy on a Snowy Night", which the writer and Xia De had discussed.
"The chosen one's talent, the library maze?"
He walked forward along the path between the two stone slabs, and sure enough, at the fork in the fog ahead, he saw roads leading to three directions. He tried to use the spell "Frog Leap" to jump directly into the air, but after jumping high, he hit the ground headfirst, and he fell directly from the air to the ground.
This is not even a maze or a word of sublimation, nor is it a spatial power. It is purely a strange space built with the talents of the chosen one.
"If I'm not mistaken, every stone slab in this maze contains the books that Leggins Prisha has read and the knowledge he has mastered."
The Night's Watchman chopped at the stone slab with his sword, but didn't even leave any mark on it.
Night watchman, you cannot cut off knowledge and wisdom.
"She" reminded Shad softly in his ear, and Shad released the source of chaos that was stored in the small box. However, the relic that should have been able to guide the way in this scenario did not point out the direction of the maze exit for Shad.
"Either his power can even suppress the relic, or actually every direction is an exit."
Xia De put the dangerous relic back, looked at the huge maze in front of him, and tightened his collar:
"But since this is the library's maze... the exit!"
He simply assumed the "exit" to be a book, and the spell library search obtained from the old god Grey Robe Sage, the "Guardian of the Library", immediately took effect.
The exit certainly wouldn't fly towards Shade, but he had sensed the location of the exit. At that moment, he even "saw" the structure of this so-called library maze clearly.
Sir Legins Prisher still doesn't realize that although the Secret Keeper possesses the power of wisdom and knowledge, the library at night truly belongs to the territory of the moon.
The time for the stars to reach the correct position was getting closer and closer, and Shade almost trotted forward. This library maze had no dangerous monsters or relics, and was built purely with the knowledge of the chosen, so the obstacles to Shade's progress were naturally related to this.
"What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?"
A stone wall without any words but with a huge face blocked his way. After hearing the familiar question, Xia De muttered in his heart that someone had plagiarized the question he asked at the Lake View Manor dinner, and then answered without thinking:
"Human."
The stone wall automatically slid aside, allowing Shade to continue forward. After bypassing the wall engraved with "Beginner's Guide to Mechanical Technology", this time the road was blocked by a large tree with a human face on its trunk.
The big tree in the snow had blood-red branches, and on the trunks hung densely packed mummified rabbits and chickens. Shad suspected that this was the image of the relics in Sir Prisha's memory, but he didn't know what these animal mummies meant.
He knew it the next moment.
"Chickens and rabbits are in the same cage. Counting from the top, there are 35 heads, and counting from the bottom, there are 94 legs. How many chickens and rabbits are there in the cage?"
The face on the tree trunk asked after Shade approached. Shade was stunned, squatted down and scratched the snow with his fingers twice:
"23, 12."
The big tree withered and turned into a pile of ashes in the snow, so Shade continued to move forward.
The third strange guy he encountered was a dried corpse standing in the snow. It was wearing a bright red exaggerated banquet dress that only nobles would wear three hundred years ago, and a white wig on its head. When Shade approached, he asked:
"I want to move forward, but I don't know whether I should take my left leg first or lift my right leg first. If I take my left leg first, then..."
Xia De was in a hurry and didn't want to listen to him finish:
"Then move forward together. Don't discriminate against any one leg. You should give them all the right to be number one."
The mummy agreed with this and hopped away in the snow.
Shad turned his head and looked at him, suspecting that Legins Prisha had some serious mental illness, and continued running forward.
At 1:11 am on Thursday, Shade finally reached the exit of the library maze with the guidance of the spell. It was a door made of a large brown-covered book. After Shade turned the pages of the book with great effort, the dark passage finally appeared.
He took a few steps back, then rushed towards the door, and what greeted him ahead was the last section of the road leading to the lighthouse.