"Doctor, is there a problem?"
Xia De looked at the brown-haired girl in confusion:
"Is there something wrong?"
Audrey saw that Shade's expression didn't seem fake, so she tried to speak briefly:
"Does he know too much about demons? We are in the Sixth Era now. Although evil spirits and demons still appear occasionally, the probability is almost the same as that of angel-level relics. Do such 'demon hunters' really exist in this era? You know my seat on the Council, but I feel that even I don't know as much about those evil spirits as your friend."
Then he added:
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to question your friend. I can see that he really wants to help us catch that demon, but..."
Xia De shook his head slightly:
"I was wondering what happened, but this is what you are talking about. Don't worry, I can trust the doctor completely, Audrey, and I know what I am doing. As for the doctor's affairs, that is his own personal secret, and you don't have to think about exploring it. After tonight, please forget who helped us, it is not important. Someone once said that the power of sin is also power, not to mention that the doctor is just an ordinary ring wizard who happens to know more things."
"Sin is also power" is what "desire" said.
So the witch nodded, hugged Shade's arm again, and looked at the foggy island with him.
At around 4pm, Miss Sylvia arrived at the cruise ship with her three Central Circle followers as planned to meet up with Shad and Audrey. But in addition to the three young ladies, Margaret also came along.
The blonde princess explained her purpose very well:
"I am Miss Benannis's apprentice. Now that the teacher has not arrived, I think it is necessary for me to take her place in this important operation. Please don't treat me as a princess. Since I am determined to become the teacher's apprentice, I will definitely do what an apprentice should do."
As she spoke, she smiled sweetly at Shade. Audrey, who was standing by, had already heard about Shade's relationship with the princess, but she still admired Shade's cleverness in her heart.
Although Miss Carina was not allowed to attend this event considering that she was very busy recently, the Duchess still asked Tifa to bring two high-ranking ladies to help at around five o'clock.
As a result, there were already 11 high-level sorcerers and more than 30 middle-level ladies on the cruise ship, not counting Shade, Dr. Schneider, and the two witches. With such a strong team, it would be no problem to land on the island again.
The arrangement of the ceremony was not difficult, but the real difficulty was how to counter the attack from the island after the plan was successful. The group worked from noon to dusk, and after a quick dinner, they carried out the final step of safety confirmation.
When the sun completely falls below the horizon, March hangs behind the dark clouds, and the Milky Way is blocked by the dark clouds, tonight's operation will officially begin.
Three coffins were placed on the deck of the cruise ship. The largest one was prepared by the doctor, and the other two were made temporarily on the ship in the afternoon. But except for the size, the appearance of the three wooden coffins was almost exactly the same. Dense demonic runes were engraved on the inner wall of the coffin, and the outer side of the coffin was engraved with fine straight lines, and then processed gold wire was inlaid in the grooves.
Mr. Thoren Green, who was well prepared, drank the sleeping potion, held the Demon Hunting Seal that Shade lent him, and lay down in the specially made coffin. The seal was used to ensure his life safety. Shade and the doctor entered two other smaller coffins respectively.
The coffins were sealed, and the lids were quite flat, with lines of secret codes of the Dreamland written on them that had long been lost since ancient times. Then the three coffins were connected to each other with black iron chains, and the three chains ensured that the three coffins formed a triangle.
After confirming that everything was ready, Audrey and Miss Sylvia raised their hands and let the coffins slowly rise into the air, and then fell into the water. Ripples spread out in circles, and because of the influence of the water ritual, a translucent silver halo was formed.
"Start the timer."
The two great witches said.
"Yes."
Tifa and Margaret each held a pocket watch and pressed the button on the watch head.
"Be alert."
The girls on the deck jumped off and spread out beside the boat. Their high heels touched the water, and the ripples like ink influenced each other, completely spreading the traces of the ritual hidden in the water.
Audrey sent a signal, and the girls left in the city were ready to inform the church that something big would happen in Green Lake soon. Miss Sylvia pulled out a strand of her hair and blew it gently. The black hair flew high in the night wind over the lake. When it was level with the mast, it merged into the fine dark golden grid that flashed in the air.
All defense and reconnaissance ceremonies have been initiated, and the relics ready for use are in place. All that remains is to wait.
Under the water, the shaking of the coffin when it touched the bottom of the lake gave Shade a signal. He closed his eyes, and the potion he had drunk in advance smoothly led him into the dream. While the demon inscriptions inside the coffin flashed a faint light at a frequency like breathing, Shade held the night watchman in his hand, and his consciousness completely entered someone else's dream.
It was as if there was a big hole at the bottom of the coffin, and Shade fell from the hole into the bottomless abyss, his consciousness gradually sinking. The stranger had visited the dream world many times, so when his body fell lightly from the sky, he immediately looked around to confirm the environment, and then found that he was actually sitting on the first floor of the Green Lake Hotel, next to the table near the counter.
The air smelled of damp earth. It was dark outside the hotel. The heavy rain cast a dark tone on this dream. There were no other guests on the first floor of the hotel, and no one was behind the counter. The gas lamps on the wall emitted a dark light like something out of a horror story. The humid air made people feel particularly uncomfortable:
"Why are you here?"
“This is the scene that sticks out in his memory.”
The doctor's voice came from the man sitting on Shade's left. He took off his hat and put it on the table. The dim light cast most of his face in shadow, with only his blue eyes shining, but the doctor didn't care.
Bill Schneider looked around carefully. As the leader of the ceremony, he could observe more than Shade:
"It seems that the place I chose is very good. Your friends arranged the ceremony very accurately. In this dream, we have the following privileges: the spells and magic in reality are restored 100%, no materials are required for casting spells, and all relics at hand can be materialized, and there is no need to worry about harming the owner of the dream. Except for you and me, any extraordinary power will be suppressed."
Xia De immediately stretched out his hand, and the Silver Sword Night Watchman really appeared in his hand. Seeing the doctor instinctively dodge, he knew that the doctor beside him was not a disguise:
"But the door we are looking for is located in the old Edwards house on the Central Island of Green Lake. It is not very close to this hotel. I thought that even if the dream did not begin at the dock on the Central Island, it should at least be on a boat on the lake."
"Detective, distance is not a problem in the dream world."
The doctor shook his head and tapped the table twice. A pocket watch appeared out of thin air. He picked it up and took a look. The pocket watch had only one pointer, which was now pointing at "1". He tapped the table again, and an identical pocket watch appeared and fell into Shade's hands:
"Very good. Now this dream has not been invaded by any other forces or souls except the two of us. Now you can relax a little. This journey will not be long. You can treat this dream as a game. The hands of the pocket watch represent the distance to the destination and the possibility of encountering danger. With so much preparation, the possibility of something going wrong is very small."
"Doctor, please don't say such things."
Mr. Soren Green, the master of the dream, was not with them in the dream world. However, they did not need to actively look for him. The doctor, who was more adept at the dream world, called out in the background of the rain outside the door:
"Is the innkeeper here? We want to order food."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Soren Green straightened up and appeared from behind the counter, which was originally empty. He strode towards the two of them, with a smile on his face and a menu in his hand:
"Guests, what would you like to eat? Look at this damn weather, would you like a cup of hot tea to warm you up?"
"You see, he was really most impressed by this place."
The doctor said to Shade, and then told him what he wanted:
"I want the following: sun, daisy, lipstick, fat cat, smoked fish."
This was a mental suggestion set up by the doctor in advance to ensure that Mr. Soren Green could wake up from his dream.
As he finished speaking, the middle-aged man holding the menu was dazed for a moment, then he almost fell down while holding on to the table with one hand.
He looked around in amazement, then looked at his hands in disbelief:
“This is actually in a dream?”
"Yes, your dream. But do you like rainy nights very much? Look outside, it's raining really hard."
Mr. Green immediately shook his head:
"Of course I don't like rain. If it rains, there won't be any customers."
“Megan also said that when she actively entered the dream in the Green Lake area, the dream was always gloomy and dark.”
Xia De added, and the doctor nodded:
"It doesn't matter if it rains, let's go now. Although I have already emphasized it once in reality, please repeat the following points."
"I will follow you at all times. No matter what happens, you can't go alone."
Mr. Green said this very carefully, without making any mistakes in his words.
"Doctor, you won't take any action until we see that door. I will handle the battle."
Shade also said.
"Very good, as long as you stick to these two points, the rest will be fine."
"So how do we get to the island? Do you need me to imagine a carriage and go to the dock first?"
Mr. Green asked curiously. Although he had been trained in the basics of dreams by a doctor, his understanding of dreams was still quite superficial.
"No, no, it's not that complicated. Look, where are we now?"
As he spoke, the doctor suddenly waved his hand in front of him. After less than a second of obstruction, when Mr. Green looked back, he saw the lake in the night rain. Shade and the doctor were holding umbrellas, and the doctor also handed him an umbrella. Under the feet of the three of them was an old wooden boat that was automatically sailing towards the white fog in the distance.