"I see. I... understand!"
The thoughts that came to Shade when he was given light in the Eternal Night City Cafe, the feelings he got in the Moon Worship Ruins near Oxenfurt Manor, the blessing of the Silver Moon, and the last feeling he got when he saw the giant halo at this moment, made Shade understand what kind of power he wanted to obtain.
On the shore, the blonde witch faced the dark lake, and the ground around her had been dyed silver-white. She stood with her hands behind her back, watching the "giants" fighting. The blizzard blew her beautiful golden hair backwards. Her hair, which could be used as an excellent spellcasting material and ritual item, was faintly glowing, and her eyes, which were marked with green and gold, were really shining in the wind. The coordination of the power of the earth also included her on the shore:
"The power of the earth, I originally thought that my limit was only the eleventh level, but now it seems..."
At this time, Miss Lasser and two other nine-ring sorceresses had also rushed over because of their concern. The four of them listened to the increasingly surging sound of the tide, and watched as a khaki impact halo first repelled the terrifying golem in the blizzard. Then the stone giant raised his right hand, and a silver halo with flowing light appeared on its wrist, as if the halo of the Silver Moon had been taken off at this moment.
"Is this Shade's Imprisoned Light?"
Miss Lathers discerned the true nature of the thaumaturgy:
"It's so beautiful, the moonlight is so bright... Vanessa, is this the power that the Guardian gave to Shade that you said?"
The witch looked into the distance in silence, just like most people on the lake shore. Even patients with night blindness could see the halo when they came to the lake. No one would question the power of the halo. The power of the earth has always been so profound and great.
The halo illuminated the side of the stone giant's face, and also illuminated the entire image of the rain-praying golem that pounced on the stone giant.
However, the bright silver halo did not fly out with the giant's fist. The stone giant's right hand suddenly paused in the air, and then the halo on his wrist disappeared and then appeared in the stone giant's palm.
And for some reason, a big hole appeared in the dark clouds in the sky, and the moonlight shone through the hole in the clouds onto the stone statue in the lake. The halo in the palm of the hand under the moonlight underwent further changes, and jagged arcs evenly distributed around the round halo appeared, and the bending direction of the arc was exactly the same as the rotation direction of the halo.
Originally, it was impossible to tell whether the halo was rotating, but after the jagged arcs appeared around it, it could be clearly seen that the ring was indeed rotating.
Others on the shore didn't know what this meant. Miss Benanis looked at the scene expressionlessly. Because of the involvement of the coordinated magic, she could feel that something extraordinary had happened to Shade in the distance. Miss Lathers looked at the rotating light wheel in surprise. She could feel the ancient and profound power.
"What's this?"
"It's over."
The stone giant made a throwing motion in the blizzard, and the huge silver jagged halo turned into a beam of light and flew out:
"Moonlight Slash-Fifth Form!"
The Light of Confinement itself is not aggressive, but has tracking and multiple characteristics; the Moonlight Slash itself has strong attack power, but has no tracking and a large attack range.
After experiencing many battles and gaining inspiration many times, Shade finally combined the two magic skills he possessed and created a new magic skill.
Outsider, this is no longer considered the magic of Moonlight Slash. You have created a new magic, a power that belongs only to you. Please name it.
"Thaumatology - Moonlight Wheel."
The flying light wheel hit the oncoming rain-praying golem head-on. The latter put its giant palms together and tried to clamp the rotating light wheel, but the light wheel went straight through the gap between its palms. The rotating saw teeth cut the golem's chest head-on with a harsh sound, then flew out from behind the golem and disappeared into the night.
The demonic power covering the relic's surface tried to repair the damage, but was unable to do anything in the moonlight that restrained evil.
The golem kept its movement towards the stone statue, its entire body still in the blizzard created by itself. Just as people began to wonder, the golem fell backwards and completely disappeared before crashing into the water.
“Success!”
Luvia's voice vaguely reached Shad's ears. Although Mr. Fleming said that he only had one chance, he felt that he could still use the magic once more. However, he would have to bear a small part of the spiritual energy consumed this time.
Without hesitation, Xia De took out another stone from his pocket and turned it into soil, then took out fresh petals and placed them in the soil.
As the stone giant raised his hands, the shadow of a huge earthen holy grail emitting silver light appeared under his palms.
Bathed in the moonlight that shot out from the hole in the dark clouds, the gushing earth-yellow spiritual energy became even more turbulent. In just a few breaths, the spiritual energy that fell from the holy grail in the sky to the lake surface covered the entire lake. The spiritual energy with light lingered above the lake surface like clouds and mist. The boundless spiritual energy even escaped to the lake shore, purifying the land that had been slightly polluted.
"What was that just now?"
In the camp on the other side of the lake, the professor of spells from Zaras Academy stroked his beard and asked the middle-aged man beside him who was wearing a priest robe, with a sun-patterned holy emblem on his chest and half-white hair:
"Mr. Morris, is there such a powerful person in your Randall Valley Parish? If I didn't know that the chosen ones couldn't appear at the same time, I would have thought that the chosen one of the moon was in the middle of the lake."
"This shouldn't be the ring sorcerer from this parish... Is the Godcaller here again?"
"The church should not push all the blame on the God-Caller. After all... this is the ancient divine power of the earth. When used by the stone giants, it is like returning to the ancient mythological era... The poem of the chosen one of the earth is so..."
With a loud rumble, the two men turned their sights toward the lake again. The stone giant standing in the snowstorm could no longer bear the force and collapsed into the misty aura that still did not disappear.
A dark shadow caught Shade and Luvia in the air. It was a witch who had sensed the end of the matter. Before the high-level sorcerers of the church arrived, she coughed and said loudly in the air:
"The Council is responsible for resolving this matter. Yes, so the Church must remember to pay us for resolving the problem at 1.3 times the normal employment fee. Also, one of the guardians of the Randall Valley was sacrificed for this, and you must take responsibility. The epic of the Chosen Ones of the Earth has officially begun! The Orthodox Church, please don't lose your composure like you did the last few times."
The disguised female voice was shrill and sharp, and then she let out the laughter often described in the story, and flew away with Shad and Luvia.
"Aren't you afraid that the Orthodox Church will guess that the witch is in the Randall Valley?"
"Tomorrow I'll find a reporter and have him take a picture of me and Shade kissing. Then no one will doubt that Vanessa Benanis, who doesn't get close to men, is a witch."
The witch spoke casually as she flew, as if she were talking about breakfast tomorrow morning.
"Um?"
The weak Xia De looked at her in surprise.
"ha?"
Luvia was also surprised that the witch would do such an unseemly thing.
The group quickly returned to the camp built in the dense forest. Miss Lathers and the other two also retreated. They were not in a hurry to leave. After everyone entered the camp, the witch herself used magic to close the door and the mud camp. Although nothing had changed from the inside, no trace of the camp could be seen from the outside.
The bonfire was still bright, providing warmth to everyone on that stormy night.
Luvia was holding the weak Shad, who was holding a brand new clay chalice. The chalice he had previously owned were for clean water, fruit, healing, sweetness, and warm food, but this time the chalice was engraved with the rune "Gold Stone".
Shade didn't have time to explore the use of the Holy Grail for the time being, because Luvia had already found a small pink bottle from his pocket:
"Shad, take your medicine."
But Shade refused:
"No, no."
He shook his head.
"Although the consumption this time is also great, it is not completely exhaustion. If it is not necessary, I will not use this to replenish my spirit... You know this thing is also a relic."
"Okay."
The purple-eyed girl put the cork back in the bottle, half hugged Shad with great concern, and made him face the flames. Miss Benanis came back from the outskirts of the camp at this time, and when she saw the posture of the two, she curled her lips slightly, but did not let others notice:
"No problem. Let's take a break before going back to the city. This is really interesting tonight. I mean, it's really dangerous. I haven't experienced this kind of thing in a long time."
Miss Lathers handed Shad a blanket at this time and was quite worried about Shad.
Miss Benannis sat down by the campfire, motioned the two nine-ring girls to scout outside the camp, then lowered her voice and asked Xia De:
"What's going on? Is Guardian Fleming in trouble?"
Although she had just informed the church that Fleming had died, she was actually not sure.
Shade nodded, then shook his head. The witch immediately realized that something was wrong, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Seeing that Shade was still a little weak, Luvia took the initiative to talk about what happened in the past ten minutes. The witch and Miss Lathers both frowned as they listened. Luvia did not mention anything about the devil, so they just thought that the cultists used other evil powers.
"Shad said that his information came from that weird Ossenfurt. Does that mean Ossenfurt is related to the cultists?"
Miss Lathers summarized the key points, but Shade immediately stopped her:
"I will handle the matter of Oxenfurt. You must not interfere. You should even forget about it. The point is that the guardian Mr. Fleming said that the two paths chosen by Miss Benanis and I are both correct. In other words, retracing Mr. Lasser's path and investigating the three auction items may help us complete the guardian's test. And if I am not mistaken, the chosen one of the earth is among the guardians."
"That's good."
The witch smiled. Even though the firelight created shadows on her extremely beautiful face, it only made her features more three-dimensional, making her face look more like a work of art:
"If the chosen one of the earth is Sirius' father, this is the best result I can think of. If it is Thomas Granger, it would also be good. He can be regarded as a friend and guide of Shade."
"Father... ... "
Miss Lathers pursed her lips and said firmly:
"Since the path is correct, I will continue on. Shad, Vanessa, and little Anat... Luvia, the epic of the chosen one, really appeared beside us this time. Although I am not ready to face such a big thing, if the chosen one is really the father, I will let him make the right choice."
Luvia looked at her and frowned slightly. The purple-eyed fortune teller found something interesting, but it was not appropriate to say it now. She didn't know whether Mr. Lathers was the real chosen one of the earth, but she knew who one of the next candidates was.
“This is really interesting.”