I leaned on the sofa with my cat in my arms, and turned my head slightly to look out the window at the distant Tobysk. In the late autumn morning, being able to stay at home with nothing to do was particularly pleasant for a foreigner who had been busy all autumn:
"I want to have a good rest. I've been so busy recently."
"It's time to rest. Oh, one more thing. The observation of the star whale has ended. Last night, when the witch and her followers were dealing with the problem on the third floor, I used my astronomical telescope to see the whale swimming in the starry sky and moving towards the dark moon. The scene was beautiful. Of course, later, because of the observation of the fight between the two great ones, my poor telescope broke. Because many people are waiting for those stellar creatures, the God Summoner will probably be more famous than before. After all, no one has ever heard of a mortal being able to summon a god twice, especially the god of the Silver Moon, who is suspected to be an old god from a bygone era."
Luvia said with a smile, and Shade shook his head embarrassedly:
"It's nothing great. If I don't have to do it, I don't want to be the carrier of God's descent. First it was the Lord of the Blood Feast, and then it was the vampire Duke Lao Ai. I hope I won't encounter the evil god related to blood again."
Shade said with some fear. Luvia didn't want to continue talking about the topic of God. Diviners were more reluctant to talk about this than ordinary ring magicians, so she changed the subject:
"Xia De, I don't want to move the stargazing equipment on the third floor. Can I leave it at your house? This way... it will be convenient for me and I can come over anytime at night."
Purple eyes looked at Shade.
Do you understand what this means
A voice sounded in my ears.
"Of course I understand. I'm not a fool."
Xia De responded in his heart, and nodded slightly on the surface:
"No problem. Just keep the key in your hand. When I'm not home for something, you can always come and help me feed Mia."
He and Luvia both laughed.
"The third person chosen is Sister Defulin. The third stanza of the poem finally ends."
Luvia let out a long breath:
"In short, a lot has happened this whole year since this spring, but this time it's still a perfect ending. I hope that everything will be peaceful in the remaining two months of this year."
It was now October, and the 25th Friday of the Dead Leaf Moon.
"I also hope that my life can be a little calmer. I haven't had any free time in the whole autumn."
Xia De shook his head and thought about the time:
"How about we go out for lunch together? Tifa booked a restaurant for us before she left. She said that Miss Carina asked her to help book it... What did you and Miss Carina talk about after opening the Death Door on Wednesday night until I came back in the early morning?"
"As for the Chosen One, I'll talk to you about it when I have time. I told her some unimportant secrets, and she is willing to share more topics about the Chosen One with me..."
Suddenly smiled:
"Shad, you have a good appetite. I thought you were full from your breakfast."
Luvia teased, looking down at the front of her clothes, wondering what she was thinking of. Then, she took out her pocket watch, looked at it, stood up and pointed upstairs:
"It's not even ten o'clock yet. Let's go and talk to you about the third floor before lunch. Miss Servet probably told you that the traveler's door is broken, but there are other problems. I hope you won't be too surprised. Not only did I not expect this, but even the Duchess didn't expect such a thing to happen."
Holding the cat and following Luvia to the third floor, Shad was delighted to find that the corridor was still the same as before, without the horrible scene of only wreckage left as he had imagined.
However, all traces of the sealing ceremony on the third floor had disappeared. After Luvia turned on the gas light in the corridor at the stairs, Shad was sure that it looked no different from before.
There are three doors in the corridor, two of which are room doors and one is a trapdoor leading to the attic. The paintings on the wall were selected by Tifa, and the style of the kerosene lamp was changed during the renovation. Shad rarely uses the third floor, but Luvia has been here frequently in the past month.
"You may not believe it."
Luvia covered her forehead with her hands as if she had a headache, and then the four-ring life ring appeared behind her, with a new black iron-colored Whispering Spirit Rune of Death added to the fourth ring. This was the reward for her assistance in opening the Door of Death.
The aura of death illuminated the empty corridor. In that light, the space in the center of the corridor began to distort. Then, black iron gates appeared on the ceiling of the corridor, one on each side, almost completely symmetrical.
The complex ironwork outlines the holy emblem of the ancient god of death on the fence gate, and the patterns of elderberry flowers and mandala flowers appear alternately on the edges of the fence gate. The black iron railings connect the two in a vine-like manner. The black iron hinges lock the two doors together tightly, but the lock cannot be seen.
This fence door completely blocked the entire corridor, and the other part of the corridor behind the door could be seen through the gap in the fence. However, white mist was floating out from the gap between the left and right fence doors.
It was not the damp and cold fog in the narrow space, but another familiar white fog.
"this... ... "
Shad was stunned.
"Yes, that's right, it's what you think."
Luvia said, and she reached out to push the gate, but of course she couldn't push it open because of the chain. She tried to untie the chain, but couldn't move it at all:
"Because of the adventures of Carina Cavendish and I, the traveler's gate went out of control, and then, even more unfortunately, the border also went out of control. But fortunately, I was lucky enough that the combination of these two out-of-control events seemed to have opened a door that was permanently fixed here. The border became another... wonderful space."
She turned to look at Shade:
"Yes, it's the kind of space you are very familiar with."
"The remains of the ancient god of death, the cemetery of souls?!"
Xia De gave the answer, but then asked doubtfully:
"But how come, how come the Soul Cemetery appears here?"
"The spaces left behind by the ancient gods were definitely not formed naturally. They were created by some great power and can be summoned through some special rituals. You once said that because you were present when Darkness was killed, the Dark Dungeon was absorbed by Impermanence and Darkness, allowing the door of the Dark Dungeon to be placed in the basement. You also said that in addition to killing the Chosen One, there are other ways to summon these spaces through rituals or special means, but the conditions are very harsh."
Seeing Xia De nod, the girl with purple eyes continued:
"What we did that night was somewhat different from the Fifth Epoch witches' method of opening the door you mentioned, but it was most likely the ritual of calling the gate of the Soul Cemetery. The witch and I were truly enlightened, but it is almost impossible to repeat the ritual process."
In fact, it was completely impossible. Shade couldn't think of anyone else who would be trapped in death:
"Two doors in the basement and one door on the third floor. Now I have three extra doors in my house."
He sighed softly.
"But the problem now is that neither Carina Cavendish nor I can open this door."
Luvia tried to shake the hinges of the gate again:
"I think you should be able to open it. After all, probably no one knows these wonderful spaces better than you."
She left the gate and it slowly disappeared.
Holding the cat, Shade reluctantly accepted the fact that he had lost another relic, but gained a door. The life ring behind him appeared, and the aura of true death illuminated the center of the corridor, and the fence door appeared again:
"According to my summary, to enter the space left by the ancient gods, in addition to the location of the door, there are three other requirements: first, there must be corresponding spirit runes, such as death and real death."
Shade also came to the gate and put Mia on the floor. The cat looked at the gate curiously, then quickly slipped through the gap in the gate - this was very easy for the small cat, and it successfully reached the back half of the corridor.
"Then I will need a spell. For example, I was in the time when the World Tree blessed me."
Shade said, then looked at the fence gate in front of him and finally recognized the elderflower as words:
"And the corresponding soul cemetery should be the me before the end of eternity."
As he whispered in the ancient language, the hinges on the door began to move with a rattle. It loosened the two closed gates and coiled around the iron bars on the right like a metal snake.
Luvia tried to push again, but still couldn't get it to move:
"And the third point?"
Xia De smiled and said:
"The third point is that some special objects are needed, such as the Time Corridor - the Time Key, the Judge's Court - the Ancient God's Holy Emblem, the Space Maze - the Ancient God's Statues, and the Witch Council - the Witch Jewelry. The Dark Door in the basement was obtained through special means, so it does not require objects or spirit runes, only spells, but this one won't work... ... The question is, what special objects are needed to open this door?"
Xia De pondered, then pushed casually -
Squeak~
The door opened, but behind it was not the back half of the corridor where Xiaomia was, but a white misty door with white mist wriggling in it.
"Huh? Why is it open?"
Put your hands on the railing.
"She" reminded softly, and Xia De immediately did as he was told, and soon got a reply:
To open this door, one needs to be stained with the breath of death. This requires a complex ritual to accomplish, but any living person who has walked out of death has the breath of death on him.
The voice of "her" rang in his ears, and Shade finally understood. He told Luvia the answer, and Luvia nodded curiously:
"Let's go in and take a look."
She grabbed Shad's hand. It was Shad who pushed the door open, and she needed to grab Shad to enter.
"Okay, I'm curious about what it does as well."
Xiaomia squeezed out from the gap in the fence again, and looked at the white mist door with a shocked expression on its face, not understanding why the front and back of the door were different.
Shade smiled and picked up Mia, then he and Luvia walked into the fog gate.