Seeing that Shade wanted to get up, Miss Olanod asked him to sit down and said gently:
"The library is very dangerous, so you shouldn't go there."
Then his tone became more serious:
"Fiona, go and bring back that shrine."
She said to her student, and the girl with red hair immediately stood up and nodded a little stiffly:
“Okay, teacher.”
Her red hair looked more textured in the firelight, and when she stood up, a huge shadow with a tail immediately appeared on the wall behind her. The murals on the wall had long been mottled, and the murals depicting the former splendor of the library and some maps, with a huge shadow with a tail, looked a bit like the scenery in a puppet show.
Miss Olanord then explained to Shade:
"Fiona is only level seven. We chose to bring her here because of her red dragon bloodline, which can slightly resist the loss of power during the blizzard."
"I see."
Xia De learned new knowledge, and then watched the young witch take out the prepared torch from the sundries behind her, light it with the bonfire, and walk towards the corridor on the left.
Ms. Orlanod signaled the witches of Zalas Academy to prepare a list of daily necessities, and Shade thought of another thing:
"Ms. Orlanod, I have one more thing I want to ask you. Has anyone who attended the Vampire God's cocktail party come to you since 3014?"
He further explained:
"In 3014, I attended a drinking party of the God of Vampires with a witch, a pair of twins, and an old man."
"I don't know about the old gentleman, but the teacher seemed to have mentioned the twins and the other witch. However, I was not with the teacher when the twins came to visit."
Miss Olanord shook her head.
"But I heard that with the help of the teacher, the twin girls officially became witches and regained some memories related to the cocktail party. Unfortunately, they didn't mention you. But they thought of the other witch at the cocktail party, and the teacher helped find another witch. After that, the twins followed that witch to learn."
"And then?"
According to the information provided by Lecia, the twins and the Xikar Mountain area called upon the gods and defeated the evil creatures sealed by the family, but he did not know the process in between.
"I know very little about what happened afterwards. It seems that they called upon the gods in a certain area of the Central Continent and fought against an evil creature from the Warp."
"I know about this!"
Miss Becky Samuel, who was writing, said:
"The appearance of the gods and the sealed ancient evil creatures is a major event with far-reaching consequences. The academy once sent people to observe the scene after the battle, but they only found a witch who was seriously injured and seemed to have received the grace of the blood-sucking god. She is now recovering at the academy headquarters, but her condition is still not good. We hope to learn from her what happened at that time, so we are continuing to treat her. As for the twin girls, I'm sorry, there is no other living thing in that area."
"This happened three years ago. After the witch and the twins disappeared, the teacher was saddened for a long time."
Miss Olanord also added.
"I see..."
Shade also sighed.
That is to say, among the other four people at the party, the armored old man holding the Demon Hunting Seal died in the Xikar Mountain area, the middle-aged witch has not woken up since helping her two students, and the whereabouts of the twins are unknown.
For a moment, he did not know how he should accept the ending of the story. Miss Olanord did not speak, only the sound of the whistling wind and snow outside the door, the crackling of the bonfire in front of him, and the sound of Miss Becky Samuel writing were extremely clear.
Fortunately, in Midhill Castle in the Sixth Era, a whole era after the story ended, this lost story about blood, twins, contracts, and witches still exists. And travelers from other places still have the opportunity to continue to know the story that has not yet happened.
Maybe, that's your story too.
She was chuckling.
"Okay, that's all we need for now."
The witch let the parchment roll in her hand float past the campfire and came to Shade.
Shade moved forward, and with an extremely worried mood, he took a look in the light of the campfire and found that it was just ordinary daily necessities, and it was specially noted that the material did not need to be considered. It seemed that these witches, who were very knowledgeable, could judge Shade's financial resources just by his clothes, so they did not ask for too much.
Although there were many items on the list, the total price would never exceed 100 pounds. The most expensive items were six sets of ladies' robes with sizes marked. Although 100 pounds was the income of a skilled worker, train driver or senior tailor after a year of hard work in Tobesk, it was not much for a detective who had recently made a fortune from an exotic princess.
Just as Shade wanted to continue asking about Miss Feliana's recent situation, such as her health, the witch of Zarath asked curiously:
"Sir, while we have time, could you explain this power? What is this spell?"
Miss Becky Samuel continued, pointing curiously at the shadow of the silver moon above the campfire.
"This is not a spell, but a magic from the ring sorcerer system."
As he spoke, he summoned the life ring behind him. The brass ring slowly rotated in the steam:
"You should have heard of the ring sorcerer system, right?"
"Yes, that's how it is."
Miss Becky Samuel nodded and asked Miss Olanord:
"I know that Miss Feliana has been studying this somewhat weak supernatural system, and you should have mastered some basic theoretical knowledge. Britney, since you are also good at the power of the moon, can you learn this interesting spell?"
This is a good idea. With the Silent Moonlight, at least the three witches can leave the Dead Valley safely.
"I don't mind sharing my power, but this magic is a gift from a great being, and I don't know how to learn it."
He explained again, and at this time footsteps were heard again. The young witch with red hair actually came back, and she came back with great effort to roll up the sleeves of her thin white shirt, holding a heavy stone shrine in her hands.
Her physical strength is absolutely terrifying.
The three of them temporarily ended their discussion of magic and helped Fiona, the witch with red dragon blood, to place the heavy shrine on top of Miss Becky Samuel's pile of books. The shrine could not be placed directly on the ground, as this was a very traditional rule.
The stone shrine looked extremely simple, with no decorative patterns on the surface, only some peeling marks on the two small doors. The two small doors were closed at this time, and there were symbols representing books on the doors. There was a thick layer of dust on the surface of the shrine, and it looked like it had not been touched for a long time.
After quietly apologizing for the four people's impolite behavior, Shade reached out and opened the two doors of the shrine. There was no special holy light effect. They only saw the body of a spider lying in the empty shrine. It was probably starved to death. Looking more carefully, they saw an inconspicuous stone slab at the bottom of the shrine. The stone slab was made of ordinary material, but on the four corners, it was decorated with reflective metal materials. The four corners were the patterns of the new moon, the first quarter moon, the full moon, and the last quarter moon.
Stranger, you feel the miracle.
"The library and the moon... Wait, why are there no holy emblems and idols?"
Xia De asked with some surprise, and the other three were also unclear.
No one dared to put their hand directly in, but with the help of the light from the campfire, they could barely see the contents on the stone slab.
The decorative pattern on the edge of the stone slab makes it look like the cover of a hardcover book, and the surface is covered with ancient text that only Shade can understand.
"Is this a text from the Second Age?"
The witch of Zalas Academy was extremely surprised:
“Is it that old?”
"It's okay. I can understand it. It seems like a little poem..."
He translated quietly:
"Knowledge inheritance power,
Books carry civilization.
When the flames of civilization are extinguished,
The old libraries will also fall into silence.
One day,
When the Book of Past, Present and Future appears,
The old wise man with a staff will come from the sky,
Reclaim knowledge that is not for mortals.
That is,
The end of Gaddis."
"Then what?"
Miss Olanord asked.
"Nothing more, unless there's more text on the back."
Shad replied:
"It seems... a ritual that requires us to sacrifice the Book of the Past, the Book of the Present, and the Book of the Future."
“Is it that simple?”
The red-haired young witch asked quietly behind her teacher, as if she was afraid of disturbing the shrine:
"Although the Book of the Future is difficult to understand, could the ritual of summoning the gods be so simple? There is no need to even prepare a ritual array."
"Perhaps, that god has been waiting for us for a long time."
The witch of Zaras reminded him. Orlanod frowned and was still thinking, but Shade already understood what she meant:
"Then try this ritual."
"Well, let's try this ritual."
Miss Becky Samuel nodded, adjusted her glasses, and picked up an old book from her side:
"Most of these were found in this library. They can be called books of the past."
"Then this will be the book for now. It is a new book written by the teacher, and the teacher asked me to read it during this adventure."
Ms. Orlanod asked her student to take out another book from the backpack. The title of the book was "Mana Adventure Stories Volume 3". Twenty-two years before the current time point, two months before the timeline of Shade, he had seen the first volume in the Thousand Trees Forest.
"Well, let's use this for the Book of the Future. I often take books with me on my adventures, and I can read it when I have nothing to do."
As Shade spoke, he unbuttoned his bulky coat, layer by layer, until he was down to the black jacket. After unbuttoning it, he pulled open one side of his coat and pulled out a handful of small toys from the inside pocket.
"Sir, are you a toy merchant by profession?"
The witch of Zaras asked with a smile, and then saw Shade cover the toy book with a handkerchief, and then the toy turned into a real book:
"Such an interesting power again."
The book that Xia De took out was his first-grade textbook "Introduction to Astronomy". Although he had passed the first-grade exam, the content of this book was still very useful.
"But, this book of the future? I roughly understand..."
Miss Becky Samuel raised her eyebrows and handed the old book in her hand to Shade. Then Miss Olanord also handed the book in her hand to Shade, even though he was the weakest among the three.
The witches took a few steps back in unison and stood on the other side of the campfire looking at Shade. Shade turned to look at them, and Miss Orlanod gave him a smile, as if to encourage Shade to be bolder:
"Xia De, I'm counting on you this time."
"Is this simple ritual really possible... The ritual of the evil god Blood Feast Lord is so complicated, and the ritual of the old god's transformation almost made Miss Feliana fail... Could it be similar to the gambling god, just a simple projection?"
Thinking in his heart, Xia De put the three books into the shrine. He jumped back suddenly to prevent any accidents, but nothing happened. So he thought about it and closed the door of the shrine again. After waiting for a while, nothing happened.
“It doesn’t seem to work.”
He turned hesitantly and spoke to the witches, only to find that they had retreated even further away without him noticing. The three of them clung together in fear, almost standing at the edge of the bonfire.
"You, you, behind, behind..."
The witch of Zalaas pointed behind Shad in panic, the girl with red hair lowered her head, and Miss Orlanod covered her mouth and used her other hand to signal Shad to look at his own hand.