Boom!
The deafening thunder echoed in the air. Dr. Schneider, who was chatting with Mr. Alan Madison and Mr. Prisha, the "Moon of Guidance", in the banquet hall on the first floor of the mansion with a glass of wine, looked out the window in confusion:
"Is it going to rain? Why are there two thunderbolts in a row?"
The correspondence ring sorcerers of Serksais also looked out the window in confusion:
"Is there a high-level warlock fighting nearby? I was really scared just now."
The light of thunder did not spread to the garden. The Lake View Manor Garden under the moonlight was still so quiet and beautiful. Resia, Dorothy and Princess Margaret, who were standing together, also turned and looked in the direction of Lake Schluchsee after hearing the thunder:
“When I was little, I was actually very afraid of thunder.”
Leicia whispered to Princess Margaret. The princess certainly sensed something was wrong with the two thunderbolts, but she couldn't show it in front of ordinary people, so she pretended not to care:
"Ms. Louisa, do you know Mr. Hamilton well? Can you continue to tell me about him?"
The blonde writer nodded, and the red-haired princess gave a strange smile.
"What is that?"
On the island in the middle of Lake Schluch, Miss Carina asked Miss Sylvia in the mist. The two of them were on the shore of the island in the middle of the lake, and like everyone else here, they watched the huge silver-white spear that looked like a pillar of heaven appear in the thick fog. The thunderbolt frightened the two witches.
Under the two people's terrified gazes and amid the terrifying thunder, the silver spear was thrown out, but fortunately the target was not them. After the explosion, the Duchess murmured in the ringing in her ears:
"Sunshine Gun?! Isn't Yin Luna taking in the... in the city tonight?"
She immediately shook her head:
"No, it's not the sun, it's thunder. That's not a sunlight gun, it's a thunder gun. Thaumaturgy - thunder gun."
After realizing this, Miss Carina's expression gradually returned to normal:
"Witch, who on earth is the unlucky one who will face this attack? And the first thunder, Sylvia, is that the one you mentioned before?"
"I don't know either... ... "
Miss Sylvia was breathing heavily. She also saw the incredibly large lightning gun being thrown into the lake. The sound of the thunder was almost as loud as the thunder that had just sounded from the clouds.
The two high-level witches were so perceptive that they were naturally aware of the amazing power contained in the lightning spear under the night sky:
"This power is...Tobesk has a third thirteenth-ring sorcerer?"
Currently, the only thirteen-ring sorcerers in the Orthodox Church in this diocese are the "Iron Right Hand" of the Creation Church and the "Sunshine Great Sword" of the Sun Church. The former specializes in machinery, while the latter is a close combat expert. Although the Sun Church has quite a few ring sorcerers who are good at lightning magic, "Sunshine Great Sword" is not good at it.
"No, it seems to be more than just thirteen rings. This power, is it beyond thirteen rings? A demigod?"
The black-haired witch's breathing became a little rapid, and she squinted her eyes and looked at the shore across the lake:
"But how could this happen? What happened at the lake?"
The lightning spear was thrown with full force, causing the corpse to evaporate. The jumping silver-white electric light lingered on the water for a long time. Shad fell from the air, closed his eyes and sensed it, then took a step forward and appeared beside Tifa in the mist not far away.
It was obvious that the place where Xia De and the cultists were fighting was not far from where the two ladies were fighting, but before that, the two sides were completely unaware of each other.
"It's me."
Tifa was frightened by the sudden appearance of Shad carrying a cat, but she felt relieved when she saw Mia.
The attack that was almost within reach also frightened Tifa and Ms. Pavo. But Ms. Pavo recovered faster than Tifa. She first noticed the appearance of Shade. When the first lightning gathered in Shade's hand, without any hesitation, the six-ring warlock of the Truth Society disappeared directly on the lake surface, leaving only a broken scarecrow falling to the lake surface and then sinking to the bottom of the lake.
Tifa stretched out her hand and waved it, and the scarecrow in the water flew into her hand:
"A Secret Keeper-level relic, Pavlov's scapegoat."
The head maid said softly, and Shade nodded with the lightning gun in his hand. The effect of this relic is not even space movement, but a similar "exchange" effect. But he knew that the two sides would have a chance to meet sooner or later. He was very curious about this lady. The character and way of doing things shown by the other party seemed so normal in the Truth Society, and the speed of her escape was really surprising. Shade disappeared almost as soon as he saw her.
The lightning spear in her hand did not dissipate, and she relied on the overflowing state of divinity to sense the sage-level relic of the Trial Island of Lost Venus that had descended here. With the enhanced perception of divinity, "she" almost immediately obtained the information of the relic, and passed the information to Shade:
After landing on the island, you need to find the stone tablet in the center of the island in the fog. After attacking the stone tablet with force, the content of the trial will appear.
This is a simulation of the process of ancient heroes passing the trial, but at present, the ring sorcerers who have landed on the island have obviously not been able to find the stone tablet in the center of the island:
"Let me help them!"
Looking towards the center of the lake covered with white mist, the silver-white lightning gun in her hand with arcs of electricity left a bright streak of light in the air in Tifa's eyes.
Thunderbolts of lightning penetrated into the white fog. Just as Tifa was wondering what Shad was going to do, a muffled sound came from the depths of the fog, as if something heavy had fallen.
The next second, no matter if it was the ring wizard on the island, the ring wizard in the lake, or the ring wizard in Lakeview Manor, the "other self" of all the ring wizards within a 3-mile radius of Lake Schluch as the center, all conveyed the same message:
The Trial of Venus: Find the invisible "person" in the Tobesk region.
The fog gradually dissipated, and the island in the middle of the lake was slowly disappearing. Miss Carina looked at Miss Sylvia in the fog:
"You got the information too, right?"
"Yes, it seems that the thirteenth ring warlock started the trial."
"Thirteenth Ring... ...let's leave here first."
The Duchess took Miss Sylvia's hand.
"Where are you going?"
"Go find Shade. I think I know what happened."
Miss Sylvia calmed down:
"OK."
She also tightly grasped Miss Carina's right hand, and then took a step forward. The surrounding scenery became blurry, and then became clear again. The two witches took a deep breath. Miss Carina stood on the shore, looked back at the island in the middle of the lake that was gradually disappearing, and then went into the woods with Miss Sylvia.
The thunder left a mark on the lakeside, but the mark was disappearing quickly. The high-ring warlocks of the church were approaching, so they did not stay on the shore for long.
Relying on the induction of their apprentices, the witches moved forward in the dark garden and soon came to a hedge maze dotted with floor-to-ceiling gas lamps.
Two pairs of high-heeled shoes stepped on the gravel path and bypassed the tall fence. The sound of their quick steps disturbed countless young people who were whispering to each other in the shadows.
Finally, they found Shad and Tifa sitting on a bench in the moonlight, chatting and laughing, deep in the hedge maze.
A lot happened in just ten minutes at Schluchsee, a few hundred meters away, but the hedge maze was so quiet that one couldn't help but sit down and whisper something to the girl they loved, holding hands.
Shade was holding the cat with a big smile on his face. Tifa was a little embarrassed, holding her hands together and placing them on the legs of the maid's long skirt. Her face was slightly red, and there was a little shyness in her dark brown eyes.
The gas lamps were on the other side, so only the moonlight illuminated them on the withered stone bench. Even though they knew other things were more important, the two witches had to admit that this scene was indeed worth appreciating.
"Okay, okay, no need to perform in front of me."
Miss Carina strode over without understanding the situation, and broke the ambiguous atmosphere in the quiet night as soon as she spoke. She said in a somewhat depressed tone:
"Shad, don't tell me you guys were flirting here while Sylvia and I were at Schluchsee."
She didn't give Shade a chance to speak:
"If you two had really stayed here for half an hour, Knight, I don't believe you would have been so gentlemanly as to do nothing... Okay, I believe you, but I don't believe Tifa would have done nothing. My personal maid wears lipstick, but there is no trace on your face or mouth. What are you acting in front of me?"
She sneered, stretched out her hand and pulled up Xia De:
"You were the one who threw the lightning spear just now, right?"
The dark golden eyes were staring at Shade, and Shade blinked. He had just brought Tifa here, and he didn't expect the two witches to catch up so quickly. He had expected that Miss Carina would guess it, so he was not panicked at this time:
"Yes."
Miss Carina showed a look of as expected:
"Just like last time?"
This refers to Xia Mo's Lake View Manor, which is why she guessed that the attack just now was thrown by Xia De.
"Yeah, I could use that power sometimes."
The witch snorted, of course she knew that Shade was lying. But she promised not to ask about this matter, so she didn't pursue it any further. She rushed here just now to make sure that there was no new thirteen-ring warlock in Tobesk. If the unknown thirteen-ring really existed, that would be a headache:
"Is the use of your power limited to Lakeview Manor? You didn't show this power when you were in such a dangerous situation in the Dark Realm. How come you can use it now that you are here?"
Miss Sylvia, who was standing nearby, had no idea what had happened to Shade. She looked at Shade suspiciously with the cat standing on his shoulder, and then her eyes suddenly widened:
"Lakeview Manor in late summer... Is Shade a Godcaller?"
"Of course not."
The red-haired Duchess and Shade denied it at the same time. The former gave the man in front of him a warning look, telling him not to speak:
"He has his own special powers, but he can't use them at will. If he was a thirteen-ring warlock godcaller, how could you have discovered him in Huntington City?"
Miss Sylvia thought about it and felt that what Miss Carina said made sense. Of course, she still had questions, but now was not the right time to ask them. Besides, she would stay in Tobesk for several weeks, so she had plenty of time to find out about Shade.
Tifa also stood up at this time, greeted Miss Carina softly, and then stood behind her consciously.
The witch, feeling a little relieved, finally felt like teasing her maid:
"Tifa, I asked you to play cards with Shade, but it seems you are not satisfied with just playing cards."
"Mr. Hamilton's card game was really exciting."
Tifa said softly, and the four of them turned around and prepared to return to the Lakeview Manor mansion. People from the church would be here soon.
The maid quietly described to the two witches what had just happened. She had not seen the process of Shade taking the "Wrath of God's Punishment", so she only described in detail what "Miss Pavo" had said about the "Wise Pyroxene" and the "Secret Keeper", and then jumped directly to the moment when Shade threw out the lightning spear and started the trial of the Sage-level relic Lost Venus on the Trial Island.
"The first trial is to find someone you can't see."
Miss Carina nodded, and the four of them walked out of the hedge maze. Miss Sylvia shook her right hand slightly, and no one could see them or hear their voices:
"It was not just one ring wizard who heard the sound. I suspect that all the ring wizards in this area could hear it. This time, the Apna Library and the Truth Society can no longer hide the incident from anyone. Of course, the two thunderbolts just now are actually more surprising than what happened afterwards."
Since she mentioned this, Xia De asked softly:
"Hmm... Did I make a lot of noise just now?"
"certainly."
The Duchess seemed to laugh out of anger, she slowed down her pace and turned to look at Shade:
"A magical lightning gun, right? I've never seen such an exaggerated lightning gun before. How much hatred do you have against that cultist for you to use such power against them?"
"They tried to do something to my cat."
Shade stroked the cat in his arms, as if it was a matter of course. Miss Carina's mouth twitched as she looked at the handsome face of the young knight illuminated by the gas lamp beside the path:
"Sometimes I wonder, if you had to choose between sleeping with your cat and sleeping with a girl with a great body, which one would you choose?"
"Actually...Lecia actually asked me to choose."
Shade said immediately, wanting to avoid further slander.
"You chose the cat?"
"How is that possible?"
Seeing that Miss Carina was about to speak, Xia De changed the subject:
"Were there many ring sorcerers who saw those two lightning spears just now?"
"Of course, I suppose even a blind ringmaster can 'see'."
Miss Sylvia beside her also nodded:
"Yes, that's really exaggerated."
"Um... ... "
The four of them approached the mansion, and the lights suddenly brightened. Now that they were back in the light, Lake Schluch suddenly seemed very far away, and it felt like returning from the jungle to the civilized world.
Together they walked along the garden path back to Lakeview Manor:
"So I am... strong?"
Xia De hesitated for a long time before asking in a low voice, and the "she" in his mind laughed.
Miss Carina turned her head and looked at him. Under the light of the gas lamp, the witch who was so close to him was so beautiful, and even her reproachful eyes were so charming:
"Of course it's very strong. That's a power that almost surpasses the thirteenth ring. What kind of weird question is this?"
She casually pulled out a pink scarf from Shade's shirt pocket and threw it to him:
"If you want me to acknowledge your power, knight, I will give you the scarf as a courtesy."
She said with a smile, and stuffed the scarf that Shade had taken from the "Lucky Red Box" at the beginning of the banquet into his hands. As Miss Carina's voice fell, the long-awaited answer finally appeared in Shade's ears:
Outsider, you successfully proved your strength at the banquet.
"Only by absorbing divinity can one prove his strength. This is not easy."
Xia De let out a sigh, and then noticed that Miss Sylvia was secretly looking at him.
Xia De looked at her curiously, thinking that something was wrong with this witch, but he didn't expect her to look away again, which made Xia De feel a little puzzled.
But no matter what, divinity once again shone brightly in Shad's soul. Everything tonight was worth it.