After talking about the small talk, they officially started talking about the chosen one, which was also the main purpose of Miss Aurora's coming to this place:
"We haven't locked on to any targets yet, except for the fragments of poems that Carina got from Tobesk. Currently, the Council only knows that the ritual of the death of the chosen one is closely related to the narrow space and the three passages. Therefore, finding or even mastering a passage will be very useful for us to find the chosen one."
"I heard from Miss Carina that the Truth Society has entered Midhill Castle? Will it attract a large number of foreign ring sorcerers this time, just like Coldwater Harbor did?"
Xia De asked Miss Aurora, who shook her head:
"The church did a great job of blocking the news this time. With the cover-up of the Death Chamber incident, only a few organizations know that the third chosen one will appear in this city. However, they also let down their guard. Who knows what those lunatics in the Truth Society will do."
The characteristic of the "Truth Society" is to conduct illegal and taboo knowledge research, pursue the "truth" to obtain more powerful knowledge. There are similar lunatics in every era, so the "Truth Society" is also a real organization that has been passed down for at least two eras. Two months ago, the guy who tried to merge the relics with his body that Shade and Priest Augustus met in the Tobesk Cemetery was a member of the Truth Society, and the people of the Truth Society also appeared in the dark area, but before they had time to enter the core area of Millwood Forest, they were defeated because they mistakenly provoked the Prophet Association.
"So the enemy this time is only the Society of Truth? Are there any thirteen-ring sorcerers on the other side? How many of them are there?"
“That’s not the key.”
Granny Cassandra shook her head:
"The three major thaumaturgical schools also sent people to this place under the pretext of 'helping the church to hold the ceremony to seal the narrow space.' Although the Truth Society has more lunatics, its power is not as strong as the Blood Spirit School you have encountered before. The current leader of the Truth Society is a twelve-ring warlock. They are notorious only because they are good at using the power of relics."
"Does the Academy know who the chosen one is now?"
"I don't think they know yet. At least that's what the Speaker thinks."
Miss Aurora said, looking at the bonfire outside the window again, and suddenly invited:
"Shadow, the atmosphere tonight is really great. Let's go dancing together later?"
"Huh? What? Oh, okay."
Xia De wasn't quite sure how the topic suddenly jumped here.
"Also, the blood-sucking species in this city seem to be planning something."
Shade took out the blood brew he had just bought, but the witches didn't care as much as Shade did. Granny Cassandra had lived in this city for years, and it wasn't the first day that the vampires had been selling contraband blood brew, so this matter wasn't important.
The witches still had to discuss business, so Xia De didn't stay with them for too long. After leaving the lounge, he calculated that the auction was almost coming. Because he was thinking about the special rule card, Xia De wanted to join in the fun.
But when I looked out toward the courtyard from the corridor, intending to get some fresh air and wait for the auction to start, I unexpectedly saw Iluna.
Although she had only arrived this afternoon, the journey on the steam-powered airship was not tiring, so it was possible that she would appear at the banquet. But she did not stop, but walked towards the periphery of the bonfire light, towards the forest behind the academy.
"What is Iluna going to do?"
After confirming that he was not mistaken, Shade quickly left the castle, returned to the courtyard, and followed.
No matter what Iluna wants to do, Shade will go and see.
The castle of the Midhill Castle Mechanical College was originally the base camp of the Sikar Mountain garrison hundreds of years ago. Therefore, the castle is close to the mountains and forests, and the forest behind the castle is the private property of the college. Young students also like to meet here at night.
When Shade arrived at the edge of the forest, where the fire from the courtyard bonfire was not shining, Iluna had already disappeared. However, he only walked a few hundred steps into the forest before he saw a faint light ahead. Moving forward, he saw two people confronting each other in the dark forest.
One was Iluna, and the other was a brown-skinned man who had never been seen before, wearing round-framed glasses and with a snake-like tattoo on the back of his hand. The two sides were obviously hostile to each other, and it looked like they were about to start fighting in the next second.
He took out the mask and put it on his face. At the same time as the four-ring and five-ring life rings appeared behind the two opposing parties, Xia De took out the prepared spellcasting materials.
"Sunshine Gun!"
Golden lightning appeared in Iluna's hand, and on the life ring behind the five-ring warlock, the Enlightened Rune Hound suddenly lit up. As the spiritual light flashed, a ferocious hound with three heads actually jumped out of his life ring.
The hound was covered in black smoke and had bone spurs and abscesses all over its body.
"Similar to Dorothy and Leicia, this is a ring wizard who specializes in stories and fairy tale powers!"
Xia De made an immediate judgment.
The huge hound blocked the sunlight spear thrown by Iluna in the air, and was then hit hard by the sunlight spear, with half of its body evaporated. The man with five rings was quite surprised. He did not expect that the young girl opposite him, who was one ring lower than him, could launch such a powerful attack:
"What grudge do you have against me?"
As he spoke, he called forth another hound, and at the same time thrust his hand into his pocket, evidently rummaging for something.
"You are a member of the Truth Society, that is enough."
Iluna said in a deep voice, and Shad then remembered that Iluna once said that she not only had a grudge against Mercury Blood, but also against the Truth Society.
"However, I have been in Midhill Castle for so long and have never encountered the Truth Society. Iluna unexpectedly encountered them on the first day she arrived. Is this the fate of the chosen one?"
The sound of thunderbolt appeared again in Iluna's hand, and the golden spear took shape in her hand and was held by her. It was the first time that Shade saw the "Sunshine Spear" not thrown out immediately after it took shape, and therefore wondered whether the Sunshine Spear could be considered a spiritual weapon similar to the Moonlight Greatsword and the Deathbringer's Scythe.
The three-headed dog was summoned again, and its three mouths opened at the same time, spitting out poison mist, fire and cold air at Iluna. But the speed at which they accumulated strength and spit was too slow, and Iluna jumped high to avoid the fan-shaped attack range, and then threw a sun gun at the summoner of the three-headed dog in the air.
In order not to attract too much attention, she obviously did not use her full strength. But even so, if this attack hit, without a unique defensive technique, the opponent would definitely die.
But the man's hand, which was in his pocket, was now stretched toward the sky. In his hand, there was a handheld makeup mirror, which looked very similar to the corpse mirror that Shade had once owned, but with a smaller frame and a shorter handle.
The mirror slapped Iluna's sunlight spear like a racket, and the two collided head-on. Then the golden thunder spear was actually sucked directly into the mirror.
Iluna jumped high without panicking. After landing steadily, she rolled over to avoid the three-headed dog's claw attack. Then, she used her fist, which was emitting a fiery golden light, to collide with the dog's claw that was coming again:
"Sun Fist!"
The man behind the three-headed dog spun his bronze ring, holding a mirror in one hand and chanting a spell. The Enlightenment Spirit Rune Ghoul on the life ring behind him began to flicker, but he turned around suddenly when he was only halfway through chanting the spell.
clang!
The relic mirror in his hand held up Shade's moonlight greatsword, and the moonlight on the two-handed greatsword also illuminated the mask on Shade's face:
"Who are you? I'm just here to attend the auction. What on earth do you guys want to do? This is too much!"
The man complained loudly, and suddenly raised his hand to block the sword in Shade's hand. As Shade silently chopped at him again, he suddenly opened his right eye wide.
Originally, both eyes were the same brown color, but now a blue halo quickly spread in the left eye. Shade, who was wielding the Moonlight Greatsword, felt that the sword in his hand was suddenly frozen in space, and it was motionless. Even the effect of the attached Chaos Sword of Time was wiped out.
"Magic Eye!"
He became alert and stepped back suddenly. Even though he had let go of his hand, the Moonlight Sword solidified in the space still did not disappear. This was not in accordance with the rules of this magic.
The five-ring warlock still held the makeup mirror that absorbed the sunlight gun in his right hand, and then stretched out his empty left hand, "picked" the moonlight sword from the space and held it in his own hand. Shade was surprised and wanted to summon another sword, but found that the magic of the moonlight sword was actually ineffective:
"What kind of magic eye is this?"
The mirror was swung like a racket again, and as the golden light lit up on its surface, the absorbed sunlight was projected out from the mirror.
"Raglai's Leap!"
Shade's figure disappeared into the darkness of the dense forest. At the same time, Iluna had killed the three-headed dog again. She had seen the brief fight between Shade, who was wearing a mask, and the ring warlock of the Truth Society, so she did not attack him in close combat. Instead, she formed a golden spear with both hands at the same time:
"Sunshine Gun!"
Two sunlight guns were shot out at the same time. The Five-Ring Warlock held a mirror in one hand and a sword in the other. The high-raised mirror absorbed one of the guns, while the greatsword in his right hand smashed the other gun.
"You've been fooled!"
A black vortex suddenly appeared in front of him, and Iluna stretched out her hand and directly grabbed the mirror.
At the same time, a brilliant cross of moonlight flew out from behind the man, and Shade in the dense forest kicked out the strongest form of moonlight slash that solidified in the air.
The greatsword in his right hand slashed towards Iluna's hand, forcing Iluna, who had not yet grasped the mirror, to retract her hand. Just as Shade's moonlight slash was about to hit his back, a terrifying ghoul darted out from the ghoul spirit rune on the life ring. While the ghoul was neatly split into four, the man dodged the moonlight slash by lying on the ground:
"Let me think, are you a survivor of the Singerdi massacre? Or are you a collateral relative of the family that was turned into half-human, half-dog in the Kidston Dog Barking incident?"
No one answered him. Iluna, who was not far from the man, saw the crossed moonlight flying towards her and hurriedly dodged to the side. The crossed moonlight stopped only after hitting the big tree behind her.
"What about the rest of the church?"
Shade asked through a choked voice.
"I am attending this banquet in a private capacity. I wonder if other ring sorcerers from the church are also here... What is the weakness of the Moonlight Greatsword?"
Shade and Iluna surrounded each other from the front and back, and the man stood up and looked at the two with an ugly expression.
Shade answered confidently:
"Except that I can't let it go, there are no disadvantages. But don't worry, although his magic eye has robbed me of the effect of my magic, the power of the sword in his hand has also decreased."
It was a pity that the newly acquired Night's Watch sword was not carried with him because it was inconvenient, otherwise Shade would have dared to continue fighting in close combat.
"but... ... "
Xia De looked up over the branches at the three moons in the sky, and a bold idea came to his mind:
"May the moon be with me."