"There is another thing among the memories that my father let me access!"
After hugging Shad for at least half a minute, Hillis secretly wiped his eyes and pushed him away.
The blonde tried to keep her expression serious:
"We must stop the guardian before the 'Filthy Holy Grail' is formed. At the same time, we cannot allow the crazy guardian to forcibly perform the ritual of the chosen one, otherwise the authority of the earth will be completely polluted."
"Is there any information about the evil god 'Stone Heart Demon' and the cultists in the guardian's memory?"
Shade asked again, and Sirius nodded:
"The guardian searched for information about the God's Descent Ceremony from the ancient memories of the earth. You have seen that the cultists have three stone statues of a child, a young man, and an old man. In fact, those three stone statues are sacrifices for the God's Descent Ceremony. Do you remember the information about the God's Descent Ceremony that the Orthodox Church obtained?"
"Flowers, stones, souls?"
Luvia asked.
Hillis nodded and asked Ms. Xiade and Ms. Benanis:
"Do you still remember what happened to the first statue of a child we encountered? It was the statue that was defeated by the Guardian's first full-scale attack?"
"The cultists gave their hearts to give the statue a soul. But Shade said that after the battle, the heart disappeared."
Miss Benanis said.
"Yes, this actually represents the voluntary sacrifice of souls."
Hillis said, the two witches frowned slightly, Hillis continued to ask:
"Next, what happened to the young stone statue that appeared in the Stonemasons' Guild and petrified even the descendants of the Angevin royal family?"
Miss Carina said:
"I remember you told me that the stone statue was transported to the Stonemasons Guild in its normal stone state. It was not noticeable at first. But later, someone was manipulated to smash the head of the stone statue, and then cast petrification on his own head and placed it on the stone statue... ...Shad said that after the young stone statue was defeated by the Thirteen Ring Warlocks, its head melted into the earth and disappeared."
"That was a stone head that was forced to be sacrificed."
Sirius said, and Luvia understood:
"The sacrifice is actually like this? So, the last stone statue of the old man is some kind of flower that represents autumn?"
"These are all offerings. The gods need a stone statue as a support when they descend."
Hillis pointed out, and Shade knew this:
"The statue was made by Stone Oxenfurt, the demon with a broken heart who survived on a heart of stone... Now all the conditions are met."
"What are you talking about?"
Behind them, in the dense forest covered with falling snow, Miss Aurora and Miss Sylvia walked together. The two witches looked a little embarrassed, but at least they were not injured.
Miss Carina repeated what they had just discussed. Miss Aurora frowned slightly and did not discuss the possible arrival of the gods:
"Just now, the Orthodox Church sent a message that the Guardian's Holy Grail must not be allowed to take shape. Five minutes later, the three thirteenth-ring warlocks who have arrived, the dean of the Serkses Higher Medical School, the Chosen One of Balance, and us will attack the twelve clay clones from different directions."
"Is that enough?"
Shade asked, and Miss Sylvia shook her head:
"If it's just these, it's certainly not enough. But the Orthodox Church still has a group of high-level sorcerers, as well as very capable sorcerers like us who have been summoned and hired. Sister Develyn cannot be contacted now, and I don't know why your teacher Miss Danister hasn't come yet. But the church should have other means. The combined attack of the two thirteenth-ring members of the Church of Nature and the Church of Peace just now actually used the power of relics, and no one of us can tell how many angel-level or even unknowable-level relics they can produce."
The reason why the chosen one is so strong this time is entirely because the guardian is strong even if he is not the chosen one. Compared with Yin Luna, Darkness, Joe Yin Barton and Sir Prisha, the "Guardian of the Earth" is more like the destined successor of the ancient god.
Luvia looked at Shade, and Shade knew what she wanted to ask:
"Ms. Aurora, I will go with you in a moment."
The witches all frowned, but no one objected to what he said. Although Shade has not yet said what he did every time he appeared at the Chosen Ceremony, from the current point of view, except for Miss Benannis, everyone knows what role Shade played.
"Is the Church of the True God ready to face the coming of the evil god?"
Sirius asked Miss Aurora again, and the latter nodded slightly:
"Don't worry about it. The Church is no longer as unprepared as it was last summer in Tobysk. Besides, even if the Church was unprepared..."
She glanced at Xia De, who pretended not to react.
During the short break, everyone did nothing. Although there were four great witches here, it was finally decided that Miss Sylvia would not participate in this probably the last battle, because everyone might need her to open the portal to send everyone back.
In the last five minutes, Luvia also whispered something to Shade. Everyone thought that Luvia was worried about Shade, but the content of the conversation was not what they thought:
"Have you made up your mind? Should we kill the guardian and let Sirius perform the ceremony directly? Or should we purify the guardian and still let the guardian perform the ceremony?"
With Ossenfort dead and Sirius clearly refusing to become a guardian, there are only two possible outcomes. Of course, although the former seems difficult, the latter is actually the most difficult to do, because even if Shad still has a fragment of the Heart of the Earth in his hand, it may not be able to purify the guardian.
After all, at the Heart of the Earth, neither fragment succeeded.
"I decide for myself."
Shade said, and Luvia nodded. In her opinion, as long as it wasn't a crazy guardian who performed the ritual, she thought it was a very good result anyway. Although she was still worried about the evil god, the purple-eyed girl also knew that Shade had his own plans.
After all, only she, Yin Luna and Sister Devlin knew clearly how great power Shade possessed.
The "she" beside him suddenly asked in Xia De's ear:
The puzzle lock Cinderella can make the girl next to you "transform" into the strongest form in your memory. After you are touched by the divinity and promoted, the overflowing power of the divinity is enough to open the puzzle lock once, just like when you fought Barton in death.
Shad knew what she wanted to ask, but he refused:
"I won't do this before I open the time key to the past world, the Sixth Epoch. It's hard to say what happened in those destroyed histories, and I can't just call on the power of Luvia from the past lives now. Besides, Long-haired Luvia doesn't agree to let Luvia know what happened now. I promised not to tell those things on my own initiative."
Calculating the time, before the five-minute short break was over, Shade avoided the witches and blew the silver flute he had been carrying in front of Luvia. The butterfly flute, in the hands of Shade who had no experience in playing musical instruments, also produced a wonderful melody. After the short melody, the butterfly patterns on the flute seemed to come alive, dancing on the surface of the flute and flying into the snowy forest.
As the silver butterflies flew, they gradually spread out red spots of light, and then the red spots of light gathered together until the appearance of Grace in a white dress and Helen in a black dress appeared.
As soon as the red butterfly girls appeared, they frowned and looked around:
“Is this the twisted earth?”
It seems that the power of the mad earth has little effect on them as relics:
"Sir, who are you going to kill?"
Grace asked Shad who had put down his flute eagerly. They had seen Luvia at Shad's house, so they were not curious about who she was.
"No, no, no, I told you that I don't want to drag you into the fight. Unless the world really is ending and everyone needs to contribute, don't expect me to let you fight the enemy with me."
Xia De said that he really didn't want the twins, who had suffered so much, to be involved in anything because of him:
"I asked you to come here this time because I hope you can use illusion to protect me."
He briefly explained the current situation and what he was going to do:
"I will soon break through the barriers set up by the guardian of the earth, so the noise may be quite loud. It doesn't matter if the witches know it's me, but I don't want the church to notice me."
Grace and Helen understood what Shade meant. The two girls, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, nodded together:
"No problem sir, we are quite good at butterfly illusions."
"It won't take too long. When the ten minutes are up and the effect of the Butterfly Summoning Flute wears off, I may not be able to say goodbye to you. After this is over, I will go to Middlesbrough to see you."
After everything was ready, in order to avoid being noticed by others, Grace and Helen turned into two butterflies and then landed on Luvia's shoulders, as if there were two imperceptible patterns on her clothes.
Shade took a deep breath, smiled at Luvia who looked a little nervous, then turned around with her and walked towards where the witches were.
All the ladies are waiting for them at this time, and the final battle is about to begin.
"I'll wait for you to come back."
The girl with purple eyes stopped on her own initiative and watched Xia De's back as he walked away.
"The church will give the signal in about thirty seconds. Do you want to come with us?"
The first person he met was Miss Aurora. The great witch asked cautiously. She only guessed that Shade had a way, but she didn't know what Shade was going to do.
Shade shook his head:
"I'll go first. I still have some confidence in myself."
Under the huge lime tree whose trunk had grown a human face, Miss Aurora nodded to him:
"I won't be wrong about you, Shade, be safe."
Shade continued to move forward. The red-haired Duchess looked at him with a worried look:
"Shad..."
She gently pressed her neck, as if she could still feel the warmth of Xia De's fingertips when he treated her:
"I have something to say to you when we get back to Tobesk."
Shade nodded to her and continued to walk forward. Miss Benannis appeared in the dense forest on the snowy night. The blonde lady looked at Shade with scrutiny and said with some approval:
"Show me your strength."
"You will see what you want. Next, it's my stage."
Shad said to her.
Continuing forward, Miss Sylvia followed. The Great Witch of Space had a smile in her eyes. She asked inquiringly:
"Can we see the ancient witch again this time?"
Xia De shook his head regretfully:
"Probably not. The venue here is not suitable."
"Then I wish you everlasting victory."
Miss Sylvia kissed him gently on the side of his cheek.
Continuing forward, on the road leading to the edge of the clearing, the last person to appear was Hillis.
The young girl held her hands together in front of her chest, her eyes shining:
"You'll come back safe, right?"
“Yes, that’s a promise too.”
Xia De nodded gently, and the young girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she could only see Xia De's back and the red butterflies flying in the sky.