"However, the power he used to send me out doesn't seem to be the power of space."
This is also a kind of "power of the earth." It's not that you move, but that the earth allows you to cross a greater distance with one step.
The wind brought "her" voice, and the moonlight shone on Xia De, as if covering him with a hazy veil, and as if someone was hugging him gently.
Shade narrowed his eyes slightly. In other words, Mr. Lasser, the undead whom he met for the first time, immediately demonstrated three different powers of the earth: "healing aura", "spring arrival" and a similar space shift.
"Could it be that Mr. Thomas Granger is not the chosen one, but Miss Lathers's father is? The two of them must know each other. How interesting. What secret is there..."
While Xia De was thinking, the sound of chaotic horse hooves was heard in the distance. It was obvious that more than one horse was galloping towards here along the path.
Shade hurriedly dodged to the side, but soon discovered that the one leading the group was the blonde witch Vanessa Benanis, who was supposed to be waiting for him and Miss Lathers at the "Forgotten Church". At this moment, the witch looked anxious, and Shade believed that even if there was an elephant blocking her way, she would be knocked away directly.
"Here! Here! Stop!"
He waved his arms towards the witch who was leading her followers. Although there were no lights in the suburbs at night, the witch still saw Shade at a glance:
"Oh, Shad!"
She jumped off the horse while it was still running, and while hugging Shade, the impact almost sent Shade flying. After taking several steps back, the two of them managed to stand firm. The witch looked at him with some concern, fearing that he would spit out blood and fall down immediately.
"I'm fine, oh, Miss Lathers is fine too. Miss Benanis, you'll never guess who I just met!"
He said immediately, and then became a little confused:
"Why are you here?"
"You guys made such a big fuss, how could I not come?"
The witch hugged Shade tightly, then realized what she was doing and pushed him away.
Miss Siris Lathers is Vanessa Benanis's best friend and the second-in-command of the Golden Dawn, while Shade is a special person favored by a quarter of the witches in the council. No matter what, none of them can go wrong.
"What on earth happened..."
As soon as the question came out, the blonde witch realized that something was wrong with Shade's body:
"Why is your temperature so high?"
She reached out and touched Xia De's forehead, then twitched her nose suspiciously, and her face immediately turned red. She was deeply impressed by the smell:
"How much did you drink?"
The red-gold eyes looked at Xia De with some horror. She was afraid that she would never forget the last experience.
"I drank it all."
After the witch's reminder and the stimulation of the "witch's scent" perfume, Xia De finally felt the abnormality in his body. The situation just now was critical, and all his attention was on the holy grail in his hand. Now that the battle was over and everything was safe, those distracting thoughts suddenly emerged.
While realizing the "desire", an almost instinctive physical reaction had already appeared. But at least Shad performed better than Miss Benanis last time. He controlled himself from forcibly hugging the beautiful lady in front of him, and he actually felt dizzy when he backed away.
The witch immediately supported him, and the girls of the Golden Dawn also dismounted and surrounded him. The dizziness became more and more severe, and he stretched out his right hand to cover his forehead, but soon found that he had grabbed Miss Benanis's right wrist without knowing when.
The night wind blew the witch's hair, and the golden hair brushed past her ears. Her red-gold eyes were filled with concern, and her beautiful face, which didn't even look like a human, was so attractive at this moment.
Shade's eyes gradually became blurred, and then he kept holding Miss Benanis' wrist with his right hand, and leaned forward slightly. The witch was stunned for a moment and wanted to push him away, but thinking of his current state and what happened last time in the "Saint Perry Cemetery", she bit her lips lightly and watched him getting closer.
Although the girls around were surprised, they still smiled and formed a circle, hiding the two people inside. The red horse impatiently stomped the snow with its hooves. The moon tonight was so bright, and the wind blew the earth with the biting cold of winter, preparing for the coming year... ...
“Stop!”
Xia De's left hand suddenly pressed down on his right hand. His consciousness successfully overcame his desire. He gasped and looked at his hand:
"Fortunately, fortunately I have seen true desire, otherwise this time it would be really bad. Ha, human consciousness can overcome those evil thoughts, this is the greatness of human beings! This is the so-called golden spirit. Even if faced with a choice that is extremely tempting, you must make the right choice and never give up hope!"
Miss Benanis could almost feel the hot breath of Shade spraying on her skin. She didn't listen to what Shade was saying at the moment, and she couldn't explain what she felt just now. She just knew that she wanted to punch Shade for some reason.
"The effects of the essential oils haven't worn off yet. This won't do. What are you going to do?"
She was surprised to find her tone so calm.
"Don't worry, this level of desire can't affect me. I've experienced more..."
He took a few deep breaths of cold air to calm himself down. He was different from Miss Benanis. He had eaten the flesh and blood of "desire" and had seen the essence of desire. The desire he could bear was far beyond the imagination of others.
As he took a deep breath, he smelled the witch's perfume again. He forced himself not to think about it. There were still many things to happen tonight:
"I just arrived at the manor and found that Miss Lathers and her men, together with the Orthodox Church, were fighting against the Blood Spirit School and the cultists who believed in the evil god Stoneheart. Wasn't she there to receive the goods? How did it turn out like this?"
"I don't know either, but Lathers always does things in moderation."
Miss Benanis said, although she was very unhappy about Shad's behavior just now, she was still worried about him:
"Are you sure you're okay? I've tasted the essence and I know exactly what it tastes like."
"It doesn't matter for now."
Shade insisted that he would not lie about this matter:
"Ms. Lathers should be able to withdraw soon, but she didn't see who helped me because the light was too bright at the time."
"Who helped you? Thomas Granger again? Did you ask him questions?"
"It's not him, but it's also a departed soul, and the souls of both are equally strong. It's Miss Lathers' father, and he looks exactly like the stone statue in the Forgotten Church."
Miss Benanis opened her mouth slightly:
"What?"
It's not that she didn't understand, but she couldn't believe what she heard.
An hour later, at ten o'clock on Sunday night, the silent moonlight shone into the Forgotten Church through the hole in the roof. As the tightly closed metal door was pushed open with great effort, the three of them entered the church together - Miss Benanis did not allow other members of the Golden Dawn to enter the church.
Miss Lathers had already known what she was about to see from Shad's fragmentary description. She pulled Shad's sleeve and followed him in with some uneasiness. When she saw the church, she was not as surprised as Miss Benanis a few hours ago.
She pursed her lips and looked at the stone statue that was approaching with its back to the door, her teeth almost biting her lips. She tried to keep herself calm, but when she really saw the stone statue sitting on the bench in the front row, her emotions collapsed in an instant.
Weilun Lathers had been missing for so many years, and she thought she had accepted the reality. But now she realized that she still had hope in her heart that her loved ones would return. She sobbed softly and called out "father", then leaned on the legs of the stone statue and cried completely uncontrollably.
"Father, why did you leave? Do you know how hard it was for me to support the Golden Dawn all these years? Father, father!"
Both Shad and Miss Benannis stood behind her, watching the young girl crying as she told of the bitterness and grievances she had experienced over the years.
Shad looked at the witch and asked if he should say something at this moment - he believed that the witch understood what he meant because she shook her head.
Shade also thought that Miss Lathers should have some time to cry, so he waved to Miss Benanis, and the two sat down on the left side of the third row, near the wall. This position was not far away, and they could see the statue and Miss Lathers. The witch cast another silencing spell to prevent disturbing Miss Lathers's grief:
"So every time you come to the Randall Valley, you have to pass by here... It sounds romantic, passing through the ancient Old God Church, standing at the gate of the Desolate Temple, and looking at the strange city. Shade, what happened tonight may be a turning point. Although I didn't see the situation you described, I think the Blood Spirit School and the evil god believers alone are not enough to cause such a serious problem... The mad land is spreading, there is no doubt about it, and the situation is worse than imagined."
"Do you know anything about that evil god, Miss Benannis?"
Because he learned about the Feast of the Chosen Ceremony - Mother Earth Goddess from the Silvermoon Library, and Luvia's special divination showed that the banquet ceremony was divided into contacting the old god Thousand-Eyed Illusion Butterfly, contacting the old god Earth-Shaking Worm, and contacting the old god Stone Heart Demon, so Shad had some understanding of this evil god, but still wanted to hear the witch's opinion.
“I have some understanding, but not very comprehensive...”
The witch frowned and thought about it, then asked another question:
"Shad, do you know about the ancient evil demon from the Third Age, known as the Stone Mirror Demon?"