The angel smiled and said goodbye to Shade, then grabbed his staff again:
"I will stay at the Lake of Cherubim in Huntington City, waiting for the arrival and visit of mortals until the end of the world when my Lord awakens. If you need me, I look forward to your next visit. May the light of knowledge and wisdom bless you. Goodbye."
The white streak of light closed between Shad and the angel, and the "Lady of the Lake" disappeared, not caring about the chosen one, nor the evil creature that was about to be unleashed.
Xia De now felt very confused. He seemed to have heard an extraordinary sentence just now. He even thought that he could not hear it clearly.
Do you need me to repeat it
"She" whispered gently in Xia De's heart.
"What is this? The recorder stores knowledge... the coordination of the power of the ancient gods? And how can I have the power of a 'recorder'? Don't I only have the power of the moon..."
The three stone slabs in his arms that were used as defense were heating up slightly. In any case, the qualification of the fourth chosen one could be transferred even after a ceremony was held, which was quite good news for Shade.
Looking at the slightly warm golden pyroxene in his palm, resisting the urge to devour its power, Shade used trembling hands to place the pyroxene between his brows as instructed by the angel. Then he heard a sigh:
Outsider, you have obtained "Witch's Resonance: Theresa".
He felt as if his forehead was kissed, and then, golden light emerged from the pyroxene and blossomed on the top of the lighthouse. But the people fighting in the wind and snow didn't know what happened on the lonely top of the tower.
The golden light fell to the ground, outlining the skirt of the young witch with glasses. A transparent figure emerged from the golden light, holding up the hem of her skirt and appeared in front of Shade:
"Good day, Shade."
Miss Schulze Theresa looked a little more mature than when Shad met her:
“I graduated successfully.”
There was a smile on the transparent and beautiful face, and there was a hint of joy in her tone. Those eyes were staring at Xia De, and the keeper who was waiting for the answer was also staring at Xia De.
She couldn't wait to tell the good news that spanned a thousand years, as if she had been waiting all her life to say this to Xia De.
"Thank you for the gifts."
Even though he knew that the figure was just leaving a message, Shade still spoke out the words.
Miss Theresa nodded slightly:
"This pyroxene originally belonged to you. You had already fulfilled all the questions of the Old God Uncertain Sage, but you left before you made a wish."
Once the owner of the pyroxene dies, even if the pyroxene is given to someone else, it will turn into a useless stone. Since the witch said at this moment that "the pyroxene originally belongs to you", the fact that this pyroxene from the Fifth Epoch can still be used does not mean that the witches are still alive.
The golden figure opened his arms and embraced Shade, but Shade felt nothing:
"My aunt and I found the angel you mentioned and left this gift to you. In addition, my aunt also wrote down the knowledge of 'eternal beauty' that she obtained from God. That is God's knowledge and cannot be written down casually, so we wrote down the wisdom we got from it and hid it in a book."
She blinked at Shade from a close distance:
"That book is - The Secret of Immortality."
Shade's guess was correct. It seemed that Miss Pavo was looking for the Secret Art of Immortality not for the fragments of the poems, but for the knowledge of the Witch Emperor. This knowledge was worth her trying so hard to catch up with Margaret.
"Please call our names and kiss the book. I hope our knowledge can help you."
Finally, she bowed to Shade:
"I hope we can meet again."
In the flickering light, Miss Theresa, who was leaning forward with her ball gown in hand, also disappeared from Shade's sight, but the echo of the witch still echoed in his heart. The golden light point merged into Shade's body, restoring his spirit that had been depleted along the way.
Buzz!
Suddenly, a beam of pure white light fell from the sky and landed in the center of the Stonehenge far away from the lighthouse. The time has come, and the ceremony of Sir Leggins Prisher has officially begun.
"So, how do you maintain eternal beauty?"
The secret keeper who had just bowed to the angel asked Shade softly after the witch disappeared.
With some sadness, Shade took out the Secret of Immortality again, and kissed the pages as the bell rang in Stonehenge:
"Ms. Violet, Miss Theresa."
The Secret Art of Immortality was reduced to ashes in the flames, but a scroll of parchment appeared in the ashes. This was the real Secret Art of Immortality, and like the Pink Book of Desire, it was a comprehensive book that recorded a large category of magic and spells.
Although the parchment does not look long, the special technology allows it to record much more knowledge than it looks. In the bright light of the lighthouse, the first two-thirds of the parchment are densely packed with letters belonging to Miss Violet; the last third is Miss Theresa's beautiful handwriting, and the last part records all the information about the thirteen-ring magic "Undead Witch".
"This is the secret of eternal beauty. The Wise of the Old Gods told it to the Witches of the Fifth Age, and the Witches told it to me."
Shade showed the parchment, and the Secret Keeper finally smiled with satisfaction:
"So, what knowledge do you need?"
"Nothing."
The Keeper handed over the blue Wise Pyroxene.
Find the invisible man, defeat the devil, find the yellow moon, give the secret of eternal beauty, tell the number of angels.
The five trials of the Secret Keeper represent five Wise Pyroxenes. Now, all five stones, four blue and one gold, are in Shade's pocket.
"Before I leave, I have a gift for you."
The keeper continued:
"To thank you, I was able to see the Cherubim again."
He held out his hand to Shad, who hesitated before handing over the Night Watcher.
The latter stroked the sword and said softly:
"The Great One gave this sword the power to make your physical strength endless; the angels gave this sword the power to pierce the soil and produce endless springs; I am just an ordinary keeper of secrets, guarding secrets and spreading knowledge on behalf of the ancient gods. I can only give you this little power."
He stabbed the night watchman into the bricks of the lighthouse, then looked at Shad:
"When you hold this sword, wise man, you can see your own power, that's all."
"Why do you call me a wise man?"
Xia De asked as he looked at the long sword that was stabbed into the crack of the brick. The pure white light column that reached the sky illuminated the profile of his face.
"Have you completed the test of the God of Wisdom?"
"Yes, God gave me three tests."
"Have you completed the test of the Cherubim?"
"Yes, the angel gave me four tests."
"Have you completed the Secret Keeper's test?"
"Yes, the Secret Keeper gave me five tests."
The keeper in front of him bowed slightly:
"You become stronger through each test, and prove yourself through each test. Knowledge is your strength, and wisdom is your wealth. In any era, a mortal who has accomplished such a great feat is worthy of becoming a legend, and is worthy of being called a wise man."
He retreated into the shadows atop the lighthouse:
“May your path be bright, for the fire of wisdom will illuminate you.”
Xia De's right hand was still pointed at the light of the lighthouse, and some vague feelings came to his mind:
"Three plus four plus five is a total of twelve tests... Twelve divine sublimations... This is indeed representative..."
At this time, the sound of footsteps was heard from below. Soon, the silent Sister Defulin appeared at the staircase where the secret man disappeared.
There were still snowflakes on her shoulders, but she seemed to have understood the situation at the moment. Like Shade, she stretched out her hand towards the light source.
The white hand pointed at the center of the glowing kerosene lamp, and the steady light was visibly strengthened. In the kerosene lamp, the flame of the original fire sensed the appearance of the fire-bearing nun and fully manifested. The seal was further strengthened, and Shade could finally leave here.
He let go of his hand, walked to the edge of the fence, and looked at the Stonehenge in the distance. He did not have any conversation with Sister Defulin. The nun "saw" the life ring behind Shad, emerging in the thick steam fog.
The jumping brass-colored aura continued to grow stronger as the life ring rotated in the semi-enclosed space on the top floor of the lighthouse.
Shade took out the "Water of Wisdom" that Dorothy had helped copy from his arms. It recorded the story of three people seeking help from wise men, but in the end the three people helped each other. There is no water of wisdom that can directly enhance intelligence, there is only the wisdom of mortals themselves.
The brass light shone onto the copy of the rubbing, and every letter was shining in the light, as if it would jump out of the paper in the next moment.
"The church's team is fighting something I can't describe outside the Pantanal Lake. At least three thirteenth-ring warlocks are working together to suppress an unknown thing. It should be the ancient evil that was sealed together with the Pantanal evil."
Sister Defulin said softly, and when Shade didn't say anything, she continued:
"There are also very strange things in the big lake. Although I don't know why, the weirdness in the lake has been hidden at the bottom of the lake and has not appeared, but the church asked my friend, the thirteenth ring warlock of the Church of Nature, Miss Maria, the 'Nightmare Witch', to stay by the lake."
The things in the lake were probably suppressed by desire. As a level 0 relic, there was currently nothing in this area stronger than her, even though Shade had never seen her display any combat power.
"The Sunlight Great Sword of the Church of the Sun did not penetrate deep into the Great Swamp, but encountered the Thirteenth Ring Warlock 'Mirror Man' of the evil cult Mirror Association in the outer areas."
This is a thirteen-ring sorcerer from a rare cult organization in the material world. Shad suspects that the "mirror man" he and Iluna met who could disguise himself as a familiar friend was created by this organization.