Although she was reluctant, Fiona still reached out and gave Shade a gentle hug one last time:
"Then let's set off and finish the last section of Evernight City."
"Okay. After we meet the gods, I will find a way to get you out safely, just like I promised at the beginning."
Shad held her hand.
He found that the witches of the Fifth Era might have some personality problems, but these girls and ladies showed extraordinary determination and courage. This was also the reason why Shade had always had a good impression of the witches and witch emperors of the Fifth Era.
Are you sure that it's not because of their outstanding looks and figures
"She" whispered softly in Xia De's ear, but the voice was soon drowned out by the sound of Xia De pushing the door.
The two doors of "The Dusk Place" were not locked, so there was no need for Shad and Fiona to try to play "Escape the Room" to find the key.
It was unknown when the mortals last visited this god. The door, which had not been opened for a long time, was heavier than it looked.
After Shad bent down, he leaned forward slightly and then pressed the center of gravity of his whole body on the front of his body. He pressed the left and right doors with his hands respectively. After activating the spell "Power of the Red Dragon", he pushed the two doors open with a teeth-grinding sound, leaving a gap large enough for Shad and Fiona to pass through.
"Night!"
There was no light behind the door, but a night that was even deeper and more terrifying than the dark streets of Evernight City. The thick night penetrated through the crack in the door towards the "Place of Dusk", and there was a faint light in the depths of the night. However, this distant light, like the starlight and moonlight in the sky in horror stories, could not protect fragile mortals.
Fiona looked at the scene in front of her and tapped her lower back with the tip of her tail:
"We didn't buy eternal candles when we left the art gallery. Why don't I go buy some now?"
“The candles are too short.
Shade shook his head, and Fiona felt a little guilty:
"Actually, the two teachers taught me how to safely pass through the night, but I lost that precious relic. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been controlled by that cafe... I always mess up things. When I was in the Dead Valley, it was because my tail was beyond the protection of the teachers that I had to sleep in the ice coffin. I needed you to save me."
"Now is not the time to talk about this. When you go back, you can apologize to Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod in person... I didn't want to do this originally."
He finally took out little Mia, and after restoring the cat, the cat looked around in confusion, then called out to Fiona.
Strangely enough, this cat is usually very hostile to strangers. It took a long time for Yin Luna, Dorothy, Leicia and Luvia to finally gain some of Mia's trust. However, Mia has a high degree of favorability towards the red dragon girl, whom she has only met a few times.
Shade couldn't be sure whether this was because both the cat and Fiona had tails, or because when they came to Evernight City for the second time, Fiona "generously" allowed the cat to observe the flame on the tip of her tail.
"Will it affect the health of a cat if it is brought to see the gods?"
Fiona had the same concerns as Shad, but there was no other way for the two to continue moving forward safely. Although Shad felt guilty and extremely worried, his past experience showed that the afterglow of his divinity could protect those who hid behind him.
So, Shade stuffed Mia into his coat, leaving only one button unbuttoned so that the kitten's head could be exposed. This way, when he really had to meet the gods, Shade could reach out and press the cat into his clothes.
"Let's go."
Shad took Fiona's hand, and then the two of them left the terrace known as the "Place of Dusk" through the crack in the door and entered the hall in the night.
A pleasant, sun-like glow almost immediately emanated from the cat on Shad's chest.
Then, the brilliant silver moonlight also appeared from the surface of Shade's body. However, this light was completely different from the firefly-like light in the past. The light that appeared at this time could be compared with the "Mia Light" filtered by the cloth on his chest.
"Oh, Shad, you're as bright as your cat!"
Fiona was also surprised by this, and Shad soon realized that this was the effect on himself after he obtained the miracle - the Moon Shadow Rune more than an hour ago.
Although the effect currently only allows Shade to reach the level of a cat, this important spiritual rune will definitely play a greater role in the future.
The silver and golden lights intertwined, illuminating the red dragon girl, the only one that could not emit light. The light representing the power of the sun and the light representing the power of the moon touched each other, making the curled-up cat shape on Shad's chest more obvious. The two seemed to amplify each other, so that as Shad and Fiona continued to move forward, the area illuminated by the light became larger and larger.
The light spread to a distance of five meters around the two people before it was completely suppressed by the thick darkness of the night palace. Such a large range also allowed them to see clearly not only themselves, but also the interior of the palace was not empty at all.
After only walking twenty steps forward, they saw more than a dozen figures who seemed to be frozen in time, standing in the hall in various postures.
Xia De even approached the old woman holding a cane, and then he was sure that she was not frozen in time, but was fixed in this hall like a specimen by the night.
"I'm afraid this is the punishment from the gods for those reckless visitors."
Fiona said nervously.
The palace was very large. After walking a hundred steps, when the miracle elements were enriched to the point that it almost suffocated the two of them, they realized that they had reached their destination.
It was so quiet that Shade could almost hear Fiona's heartbeat. The golden and silver light that stretched five meters ahead finally turned into a circle with a piece cut off, as if blocked by an invisible barrier, after Shade took another step.
Although Fiona never said that she was nervous, Shade could fully sense her panic and anxiety when she really faced the gods. This was not only because of the sweat on her palms, but also because her breathing became more and more rapid, just like a dying person making his last struggle.
Stranger, you have touched miracles. You have understood the "night".
After a slight pause—
She has arrived.
she whispered softly.
A huge, profound existence that does not require any senses to perceive suddenly appeared high in front of the light that could not be illuminated after "her" voice fell and Shad's breathing cycle was completed.
For a moment, even breathing stopped. Fiona behind Shade shivered and hid behind him completely, even curling up her tail and not daring to show it. At this moment, the light around the two of them compressed inward at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it could only maintain a distance of half a meter around them, and the light stopped disappearing.
Now Shade could not only hear Fiona's heartbeat, but he could also feel his own heart beating violently. Even though he had met the gods several times, he still didn't dare to say that he was used to doing this kind of thing. When the god of the night came, the tension and panic once again came to Shade's heart.
Xia De looked down at his chest, where a cat curled up like it was taking a nap, seemingly unaffected by anything.
As he lowered his head, cracks appeared on his clothes, centered on his chest, which was radiating the warm glow of the sun, and then quickly spread to his entire body.
It spread to the neck, and the skin began to crack inch by inch until the cracks went through the eyes; it spread to the arms, and the afterglow of the divinity formed a penetrating light on the backs of the hands and fingertips; it spread to the hem of the clothes, and the brilliant golden glow drifted backwards like sparks, scattering onto the body of the Red Dragon Girl, making her feel warm.
Although the light around him was compressed, in the state of divine afterglow, Shade could almost see through the thick night.
He looked up and saw a dark platform that was not illuminated by the sun and moonlight. At this time, a black curtain was set up on the side of the platform facing the two of them, so that Shade could not see the god behind the curtain.
"Shadow, please speak."
Fiona held Shad's hand tightly, pressed her face against his back, and her voice was as small as a mosquito.
Xia De took a deep breath and said respectfully:
"God of Night, we have the audacity to enter your territory and visit your temple."
The god behind the curtain of darkness did not speak, but Shade could feel the silent god watching him. He was too familiar with the huge pressure that almost made him fall to the ground:
"We have come here to present you with a gift and to seek your favor."
Although the stone tablet from the First Era was most likely not the target of this transaction, Shade still wanted to give it a try, at least to know why the stone tablet was still in Saint Byrons in the Sixth Era:
"Ms. Mana Filianna, the mortal, is preparing to present to you a stone tablet that records the story of the first night and day. It is the story of the wise man wearing a laurel wreath and holding an evening primrose, and the most powerful one who bound the blazing sun."
He paused, but the god behind the dark night still did not speak.
Xia De was somewhat puzzled, but unfortunately he could not ask the god why he did not speak. So he judged from his experience of many contacts with different gods that the god was obviously not very satisfied with this gift.
There was still plenty of time, and Xia De was not in a hurry, so after tidying up his words, Xia De spoke again:
"Mortals envy your magnificent territory. Please allow them to build a school here and spread your reputation. But mortals also know that they must pay to gain. I wonder what great people need us to pay?"