After nightfall, the Randall River Valley became more gloomy than any other night in the Sixth Era. The gray snow that lasted all day turned into heavy snow after the sun set. This was also the heaviest snowfall in the Randall River Valley in the Windy Month since meteorological records began.
Luvia, Miss Lathers and three witch apprentices stayed in the opera house, while the other witches set off with their men.
Shad first saw off Miss Aurora, Miss Carina and Miss Benanis in the backyard of the opera house. Miss Sylvia went the same way as Shad. In the backyard of the opera house, she watched Shad kiss Luvia, who was wearing a cold-proof robe, goodbye, and then waited for him to come over with her horse.
Even if you have the ability to teleport, if you don't have the corresponding coordinates or power to determine the anchor point, it's best not to open a portal when going to an unfamiliar place:
"let's go."
The sun seemed to set a little too early today, and it was completely dark at six o'clock when we set out. But there was no moon or stars tonight, and the gas street lamps did not light up before the time was up. In the snowy Randall River Valley, only a few windows were still lit.
This reminded Xia De of the City of Eternal Night again, except that it was drizzling in the city.
The Randall River Valley was busier at night than during the day. Because the Guardian had received advance news that a major earthquake was about to occur in the area, the City Hall had planned several earthquake shelters in the city for those citizens whose houses might not be stable.
As Shad and Miss Sylvia rode through the city at night, they could already see groups of people holding oil lamps and torches, walking in the snow towards the squares for shelter or the wide streets surrounded by low buildings under the guidance of the police.
No one noticed them at all. Tonight, people could only try their best to take care of themselves and their families. The chaotic city was ready for a major disaster. This night would probably become a collective memory of a whole generation in the future.
Before leaving the city, a small earthquake occurred again in the rainy city. Xia De and Miss Sylvia tried their best to control the frightened horses. When they were about to turn right at the intersection to leave the city, Sylvia raised her hand to indicate to wait a moment, and then looked to the north:
"There's movement, let's go take a look."
The two men temporarily deviated from the correct position and rode through the alley covered with thick snow, and immediately heard sharp shouts and noises.
Flames shot up into the sky. In the yard of the burning Randall Valley Evening News newspaper office, a huge black shadow waved its arms, and two men and one woman who were fleeing for their lives rushed out of the yard.
"The fallen elemental giant actually appeared in the city."
Shade and Miss Sylvia got off their horses, wearing hoods. The firelight could not illuminate their faces under the hoods. The witch reached into the saddle bag and took out a bottle of "mud potion", and handed it to Shade with her leather-gloved hands.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from the other side of the street again. Three horsemen passed the screaming crowd looking at the fire scene and stopped outside the yard. They were three ring sorcerers, one with seven rings, one with five rings, and one with three rings.
“The Church of Peace.”
The leading man introduced that the three men were wearing uniform clothes with holy dove badges on their chests, and they had obviously heard the commotion and came to deal with it.
"Witch Council."
Miss Sylvia introduced in a deep voice.
This time, the Witch Council accepted the employment of the Five Gods Church, similar to the Apna Library and the Spiritual Cult that helped before. Therefore, although it is not convenient to show their true appearance, they do not have to worry about their identity:
"It's not even midnight yet and something like this has happened in the city... Let's deal with it."
The witch said, so Shade took out the test tube, dipped his finger into the liquid and put it on the tip of his tongue, then walked a few steps quickly into the yard. After the huge elemental giant noticed him, the two rushed towards the center of the yard surrounded by fire, but before the moment of contact, Shade's figure in a black robe disappeared, then appeared in the sky and landed on the back of the elemental giant.
"Fossils to mud!"
Using the spell, the right hand holding the "mud potion" pierced directly into the interior of the stone body, and then the right hand crushed the glass bottle inside the elemental creature.
With his body firmly fixed on the enemy's back, Shad counted down the cooling time of the magic in his mind, then kicked hard to let his body leave the elemental giant's back. As the latter disintegrated while wailing towards the dark night sky, his body turned in the air, and then disappeared again, appearing at the entrance of the yard.
Xia De didn't say a word the whole time, otherwise it would seem very strange for the people from the Witch Council to appear with a man.
Miss Sylvia asked Shad to wait there, and she and the three people from the Peace Church went into the yard to check, and soon came back and set off again with Shad.
"It appeared after the small earthquake just now."
The witch was riding a horse, but her voice was clearly heard by Shade:
"A huge pit was discovered on the ground. The Peace Church's ring sorcerer brought with him soil analysis equipment made by the Sun Church. He can determine the time when the monster appeared."
"This is the first elemental giant we heard about, right?"
Shad asked.
"Yes, and the night has only just begun."
The temperature dropped sharply after leaving the city, and the road became more difficult to walk on. Even though the horses that Hillis chose for the two were the best horses, they still had difficulty running in such a snowstorm.
Fortunately, this situation had been anticipated, and the power of the special horseshoes and reins was activated, allowing the two ordinary horses to run directly on the snow.
Oxenfort Manor was far from the city, and it was still a long way to reach the destination even after leaving the city. When passing through the farmland belonging to the rural village "Micot Village" on the way, the shaking of the ground once again interrupted the horses' steps.
The country road at night was completely dark. Shade did not use the Source of Chaos to illuminate it, but the two balls of light summoned by Miss Sylvia illuminated it:
"This isn't an earthquake, a big guy is coming out!"
The witch called out to Shade in the snow, and pointed her hand, which was wearing leather gloves and sleeves, toward the farmland to the east. Two balls of light then spun and flew over, dragging tails of light, and were then swallowed directly by a giant snake head that emerged from the darkness.
The stench of decay rose to the sky, like the smell of a corpse that had been buried for an entire rainy season and then dug out, or like the smell of a dry toilet in the countryside that had not been cleaned for years.
"What?"
"Giant snake fossils. There are so many things buried in the soil in this area."
Miss Sylvia jumped off the horse, made a triangle gesture with her hands, waved it in front of the two horses to appease them, and then said to Shade:
"Help me attract its attention. This thing is not strong. Let's deal with it before we go on our way."
"Okay, this place is too close to the village, and it really can't exist."
Xia De also turned over and dismounted, and after squinting his eyes slightly, he saw the whole appearance of the enemy. It was a giant three-headed snake, and the one that had just bit off the light ball was the middle head among the three heads.
A deep pit appeared in the farmland in the snow, and it probably ran out from there. In addition to the traces of scales on the stone snake, there were also densely packed open eyes, and the three snake heads clearly had different powers.
"The ancient Karak snake has the blood of both dragons and demons. It is a monster that only appeared during the dark and turbulent era of the Fourth Epoch. But it was almost gone in the middle of the Fifth Epoch. I don't know what era this one lived in."
The black-haired young witch said, taking out a bracelet from her saddle bag and putting it on her hand:
"Mud potion is useless against this thing. Shade, stay safe and delay it for a dozen seconds so that it won't bother me."
"no problem."
Xia De shook his wrist, used the light magic to make his whole body glow, and ran towards the farmland.
The deformed snake noticed Shade almost immediately, and the tongue on the left side shot out like an arrow towards Shade's position. But after a loud bang, there was only a big pit on the snow, but no trace of Shade:
"I'm here!"
A voice sounded in the air, and Shade, whose whole body was glowing, appeared in the snowy night. As the three-headed snake raised its head, three consecutive rotating blades of light were thrown out:
"Moonlight Wheel!"
The light wheels with tracking effect drew bright arcs in the night sky. Shade knew very well that the defense of this monster "resurrected" from the distortion of the earth must be extraordinary, so the three moonlight wheels did not disperse, but attacked the neck of the snake head on the far left at the same time.
The giant snake was too big to dodge and was hit by three consecutive attacks, but at the same time, the snake heads raised up and bit Shade who was waiting for the cooldown of "Ragra's Leap" in the air. Fortunately, they only bit a group of flying red butterflies.
"Leave in five seconds!"
Miss Sylvia's voice was heard, and the stone snake head on the left showed obvious signs of shifting to one side after being attacked by three consecutive moonlight rings.
"clear!"
The red butterflies gathered on the right snake head to form the appearance of Shade. He stood directly on the surface of the stone, and immediately realized the feeling at the moment, just like standing directly in the black mud:
"These monsters can also spread the curse and pollution of the mad land."
He clasped his hands together, and the Holy Silver Sword appeared in his hands. He then stabbed it downwards fiercely, and the remaining two snake heads also pounced towards Shade:
“Get out of the way!”
After Miss Sylvia on the ground finished speaking, she aimed her right hand, which was wearing a luminous bracelet, at the giant snake and squeezed it hard.
In an instant, the traces of falling snowflakes in the sky were distorted. It was as if a dark spot of light appeared in the center of the stone three-headed snake, and then the entire snake and the surrounding space twisted and spun like a piece of paper falling into the mouth of a water tank, until all the matter in that space condensed to a point, and the abnormal space phenomenon ended.