Although it was not the first time that she danced with Shade, Iluna was still a little nervous when the two of them came into contact. Her colleagues from the church were also at the Fire Festival banquet, so she could only find an area outside the bonfire to dance with Shade.
Like Shade, who was not very good at dancing, Iluna's dancing skills were not very good. But they had danced many times before, so at this moment, in the moonlight, in front of the forest by the bonfire, they were happier than those people in the light of the bonfire.
"Luvia asked me to say hello to you."
Shade said in a low voice, dancing as he talked about how he had already confirmed that the thing sealing the passage on the top of the mountain was a mad phoenix.
In fact, the church had already investigated this point. Even before Iluna arrived at Midhill Castle, it had sent three teams of ring sorcerers into the narrow space and found the approximate location of the passage on the top of the narrow mountain.
"The top of Mount Sikar in the material world is a beautiful lake, but the top of the narrow mountain is a terrifying crack. The church has not yet determined where the terrifying crack at the top of the narrow mountain leads to, but the deeper you go, the stronger the power of death becomes. There is reason to believe that the phoenix and the passage are at the bottom of the crack."
Iluna also shared the information she had, and then accidentally stepped on Shade's foot.
"It doesn't matter. So what about the Chosen One? All I can confirm now is that the candidates for the Chosen One of Death are among Priest Augustus, Sister Devlin, and the strange boy from the Crow Club. Luvia got the intelligence and confirmed that the Spiritual Cult is a branch of the Ancient Church of Death, so Sister Devlin is the biggest suspect now."
He said again.
Iluna carefully controlled her steps, following the music coming from afar:
"This time the church's progress is faster than you and Luvia. When I arrived at Midhill Castle, there were at least four candidates for the Chosen One of Death in this city."
"so much?"
Even if all three candidates provided by Xia De are suitable, there is still one unidentified person missing.
"The church has determined the number of people, but not the candidates. I saw some fragments of the poem locally. It was a handkerchief used by the Witch Emperor. The characteristics described in it are that the true chosen one will save the city. Moreover, one of the talents of the chosen one, in addition to the special eyes you discovered, is that they can almost be resurrected from the dead. This is the talent of the first candidate. I am not sure whether the candidates in the next order will have similar abilities."
"Is that so? Doesn't that make sense for Father Augustus? Oh, so now Father Augustus and Sister Defulin are almost equally suspicious."
The wind blows through the treetops, making a rustling sound, which reminds people that it is now late autumn.
“But we still can’t rule out others.”
Iluna hugged Shade and whispered, then added:
"Professors from Zarathus, Sexes, and Saint Byrons have also arrived. They also have some fragments of the poems. Although the part about death is not as much as that of the Five Gods Church, there may be clues. I will tell you when I get my hands on that part of the poem."
"Okay, that's a good idea. Iluna, when are you free? Come with me into the mountains to contact the statue under the abandoned tower. We finally got to Midhill Castle, so we must set up a signpost."
Only a ring sorcerer or any formally chosen person who possesses the "space" spirit rune can use the space maze. But except for Shade, no matter who it is, they can only establish road signs by contacting the statues in different locations, instead of sacrificing white stone crystals like Shade.
"Wait until you have time. I just got here and I'm a bit busy."
After hesitating for a moment, Iluna looked up at Shade. She had the average height of a normal human woman in this era. The slight movement of raising her head at this moment allowed her to just see the three moons above Shade's head:
"Can we and the church solve the problem this time? Just like the Night of God's Descent in Tobesk and the Darkness Descent incident."
She was a little worried, after all, she was only seventeen years old.
"It's okay. It's definitely okay."
Xia De also looked at the girl dancing with him. Even though he was not sure, he still nodded firmly:
"May the sun and balance be with you, Iluna."
"May the moon be with you too, Shad."
Nothing new happened in Midhill Castle that night. Shad and Iluna danced three dances before they separated. After dancing with the girls, Shad finally had time to play Rhodes.
Captain Rades welcomed Shad very much. Although there was no bet, Shad also saw the local card players and interesting special cards. It was not until the fireworks started to set off and it was almost eleven o'clock that Shad left the Fire Festival banquet and went home.
Compared to the bustling Midhill Castle tonight, the royal capital of Tobesk City is much calmer. Tonight is just an ordinary night for the residents here.
It was already twelve o'clock when he got home. Luvia had left early because she had an appointment to meet someone at the black market tonight to inquire about the special coins, so it was only Mia who greeted Shade.
He put the scabbard given by Cassandra together with the night watchman and hung them in his bedroom. After washing up, he went to bed to rest. Tomorrow (Wednesday), he planned to go to the Sin Mansion. If everything went well, maybe Luvia could lock in the first place candidate this week.
The autumn night in Tobesk was so quiet, and in the dim bedroom on the second floor, Shad and the cat were sleeping soundly.
The curtains were tightly closed, but a gap was left to let in the faint moonlight from the window. The moonlight was not strong, but it was so reassuring and so peaceful.
In the quiet night, at some point, the orange cat curled up beside the pillow suddenly trembled, then opened its big amber eyes and looked up in confusion. In the dark environment, the cat's eyes seemed to be glowing, and its expression at this moment seemed to have encountered a completely incomprehensible problem, just like it didn't understand why Shade always had to go out.
The small cat stood up from the pillow, but before it could make any move, a new light source suddenly appeared in the room. It was the Night Watcher that Shade had hung on the wall as a decoration. The sword was vibrating slightly, emitting a silver light.
At this moment, Xia De, who was looking up at the moon in his dream, suddenly heard a voice beside his ear:
Maybe you should wake up.
"Um?"
Xia De opened his eyes in the darkness. It seemed that because he was just observing the huge silver moon above the field ridge in the wilderness, he thought he could see through the floor upstairs and the higher ceiling and saw the real night sky.
But in the blink of an eye, the illusion disappeared. He sat up from the bed, and was surprised to see the sword on the side cabinet beside the bed glowing and humming. He also saw Mia making a threatening expression towards the bedroom door with a "ferocious" look, and the cat even got a little angry.
"What's wrong?"
Since he was the only one in the house, Xia De didn't have the habit of closing the door when he went to sleep. After the incident in the dark realm, he had the ability to see things in the dark. Looking at the living room outside the door, he could only see a thin layer of white mist gradually dissipating, and the edge of the rolling white mist had even touched the bedroom door.
"What is this?"
He gently stroked Mia's back to reassure her, then left the bed as quietly as possible and took the sword. For ease of movement, he did not wear slippers, but walked barefoot on the floor. Noticing that Mia wanted to follow him, he pointed at the bed, signaling the cat not to move.
This very clever cat understood what Shade meant, so it actually lay down on the bed and looked at him pitifully.
Xia De held the long sword in his right hand. The blade still emitted a faint silver light, while the yellow light of the sword's symbol was even more conspicuous:
"What on earth is going on?"
The white fog stopped at the bedroom door and did not come in, but the fog outside the door was getting thicker and thicker, even worse than the fog in Tobesk during the worst pollution in summer.
As the bell rang and the whistle sounded, the life ring behind Xia De was fully revealed. He took a deep breath at the door and inhaled the white mist outside into his lungs:
"What's this?"
fog.
He nodded, and walked through the door into the living room with the long sword in hand. The sword in his hand stopped vibrating, but the bright yellow runes on the blade became brighter and brighter.
Xia De squinted his eyes and looked at his living room, which seemed to be a living room, and then heard wet footsteps coming from the door connecting the living room and the stairs. The sound was very similar to the mermaid he had encountered in Coldwater Harbor, but it was different when he listened carefully.
Holding a long sword, he faced the living room door. As green flames appeared in the white mist, a cold and damp wind that seemed to be able to freeze the bone marrow blew along the ground. The pale green light became stronger and stronger, turning the entire mist in front of him into a creepy green.
At the same time, the sound of hands slapping the wall came from above his head. Xia De looked up and saw a string of red footprints taking shape on the ceiling above his head.
"It would be best if this were a special effect when an evil spirit appears, because the power of the spirit affects the space. If it really dares to pollute my ceiling..."
"Meow!"
There is something behind me.
As Mia's warning and "her" voice came from behind, Shade also felt the biting wind blowing towards his neck. Before his body could react, the long sword in his hand turned around and stabbed back with his right hand. The silver light on the sword was completely restrained, and the bright yellow rune became extremely bright at this moment, leaving a light mark in the air.
The spirit that seemed to have used the power of space to move behind Xia De and was bleeding from all seven orifices was stabbed in the head by the sword in Xia De's hand. Xia De didn't even have to attack again, the evil spirit collapsed directly.