Chapter 1097: Library Labyrinth

The old lighthouse on the island in the middle of the lake is located behind this ancient noble courtyard. First, pass through the courtyard covered in snow and fog, enter the withered forest behind the manor from the small door at the back, and move forward along the small path in the withered forest. The destination is the lighthouse at the northeast corner of the island.

Compared to other buildings on the island, this lighthouse is probably the only building that has been used all along. After all, no matter what organization occupies this island, as long as ships still need to transport in the big lake, they need a lighthouse to guide the direction.

The pier under the lighthouse is also the largest of the three piers on the island.

A group of ghosts live in the old manor as expected. When Xia De and Iluna passed through the courtyard, they stood by the windows, watching the two people walking in the snow in the pitch-black windows that had long since lost their glass and curtains. These are the souls bound to this island and this manor. Therefore, Xia De even opened a crack in the "Gate of Death" when passing by the side of the manor, so that ghosts who are willing to leave can continue to walk on. After all, they were not bound by the "Swamp Witch" like the Pantanal evil thing.

But it's a pity that the men and women in gorgeous formal wear in the manor did not use this door. Perhaps they have other stories and other wishes, but Xia De has no time to investigate tonight.

In the abandoned back garden, only the remains of the stone fountain pool and the fence to prevent animals from breaking in still have traces. The shape of the fountain is an angel with wings on its back, but unfortunately, the head and the left arm are gone.

And after entering the withered forest behind the manor, Xia De thought he would encounter enemies again, but nothing happened.

The two of them watched the blurry lighthouse in the fog become clearer and clearer quietly. The light of the "first fire" in Xia De's eyes also became more and more obvious.

Until they were about to pass through the withered forest, Xia De took the initiative to stop. The thick fog here only has the effect of blocking the line of sight and will not interfere with the transmission of sound, but they did not hear the sound of high-tier warlocks fighting with all their might after landing on the island. Seeing that they were about to reach their destination, although Xia De could not guess what happened, he could see the faint normal firelight.

Through the firelight, he saw that at the edge of the withered forest, the small path split into left and right sides. The uphill road on the right led to the lighthouse at a high place, and the flat road on the left led to the ancient relic Stonehenge under the lighthouse. Fire pans made of wood were placed along the road on the left, illuminating the final road to Stonehenge.

The road to "watch the ceremony" was right in front of him. He looked at the two roads left and right, and then said to Iluna:

"Sister Daelin doesn't seem to have arrived yet. I think it is necessary for me to go to the lighthouse first."

The nun had asked the witches to tell Xia De that both of them could stabilize the entire seal by stabilizing that wisp of first fire. Now that there is less than half an hour before the Chosen ritual, although taking the road on the left leads directly to Leijins Puli Xia, Xia De still believes that what he needs most is to go to the lighthouse.

Witnessing the Chosen holding the ritual and confirming the identity of the fourth Chosen is the task Luvia truly gave Xia De. Compared to Leijins Puli Xia, once the Pantanal evil thing unseals, the harm caused will be greater. After all, even if he cannot defeat Leijins Puli Xia this time, before the thirteenth Chosen appears, they still have many years to solve the matter of this Chosen.

Iluna also knew Xia De's thoughts. She stood in the snow, pursed her lips and looked at Xia De, whose half-body was illuminated by the firelight in the distance:

"This time, am I facing the new Chosen alone?"

"You are the protagonist of the epic of the Sixth Era, be more confident. This opponent is not as strong as Joy Barton."

This is the truth. Although Barton was only at the first tier, he stood in death at that time. Xia De suspected that in the entire material world, except for himself who was simultaneously amplified by the nun, the priest, and Iluna, no one could be found to fight him.

And although Sir Puli Xia is at the middle tier, the current environment does not have much advantage for him.

Xia De hugged Iluna, hesitated, and gave her the crossbow and the "Aikenola Knowledge Arrow." But 【Night Watcher】 was still held by him. His road ahead was not necessarily completely safe:

"I couldn't shoot this arrow, try to see if you have this opportunity. Don't be too nervous either. Once Sister Daelin arrives at the lighthouse, I will go to find you immediately. Try to delay time. After I reach the tower, I will light the fire. I will watch you in that light. If you use this arrow, shoot it at the lighthouse. Even if this arrow is ineffective, I can give him a surprise in the tower in a while. He definitely wouldn't think of this."

Xia De said with a smile.

Iluna took the weapon. With the knowledge of the Chosen, she could also exert the power of this arrow well:

"But the special bow and crossbow..."

"Sister Daelin's first fire can be plasticized into weapons, just like water. Once the nun arrives, everything will be easy to talk about... Maybe you can defeat Puli Xia with an arrow."

Iluna still thought Xia De wanted to sneak attack, nodded gently, and kissed him on the profile:

"You be careful too."

She rode the skeleton horse and ran to the end of the withered forest.

Xia De stood there watching Iluna's back, confirming that she had left the withered forest, finally pulled his scarf to cover the lower half of his face, and pressed his hat below his eyebrows, only then did he walk out of the withered forest against the wind and snow.

The firelight in front of him seemed to turn into an illusion. Xia De had clearly seen the fork in the road at the end of the withered forest, but when he truly stepped out of the forest, he was surprised to find that everything around him had changed.

Snow was still falling from the sky, but huge gray stone slabs appeared around him at some unknown time. There was no trace of the withered forest behind him, and a huge gray stone slab also blocked the retreat.

Looking up at the sky, countless gray stone slabs were floating in the air, slowly changing positions, and higher up was the white fog that could not be seen through at all. Xia De was quite familiar with these gray stone slabs. The last time he saw Leijins Puli Xia, he summoned similar material bookshelves from the snow.

"Could it be..."

Lighting the silver moonlight in his hand to illuminate the stone slab on the right, he indeed saw dense text on the surface of the stone slab. Carefully reading these Carssenrick words, Xia De identified that this was the content in "Snow Night Elegy," a quite famous poetry collection in the southern country. The writer lady had discussed this poetry collection with Xia De.

"Chosen talent, library labyrinth?"

He walked forward along the road between the two stone slabs, and indeed saw roads leading to three directions at the fork in the fog ahead. He tried to jump directly into the air using the strange art "Frog's Jump," but after jumping high, he hit the ground head-on, and he returned to the ground directly from the air.

This was not even a labyrinth or Words of Sublimation, let alone space-type power, purely a strange space built by the Chosen talent.

"If I'm not mistaken, every stone slab in this labyrinth is a book that Leijins Puli Xia has read and the knowledge he has mastered."

He slashed the stone slab with 【Night Watcher】, but did not leave any traces on the stone slab.

【Night Watcher, cannot cut off knowledge and wisdom.】

"She" reminded Xia De in his ear, and Xia De released the 【Source of Chaos】 stored in the small box, but the relic that should have been able to guide the way in this scene did not point out the direction of the labyrinth exit for Xia De at this time.

"Either his power can even suppress relics, or any direction is actually an exit."

Xia De put away this dangerous relic again, looked at the huge labyrinth in front of him, and then tightened his collar:

"However, since this is a library labyrinth... exit!"

He directly assumed the "exit" to be a book, and the curse 【Library Retrieval】 obtained from the Old God 【Gray-Robed Sage】, the "Library Guardian," immediately took effect.

The exit would of course not fly toward Xia De, but he had already sensed the location of the exit. At that moment, he even completely "saw" the structure of this so-called library labyrinth.

Sir Leijins Puli Xia did not know until now that although 【Keeper Mentor】 possessed the authority of wisdom and knowledge, the library at night was truly the territory belonging to the moon.

The time for the stars to reach the correct position was getting closer and closer, and Xia De was almost running forward. There were no dangerous monsters and relics in this library labyrinth, purely built by the knowledge of the Chosen, so the obstacles to Xia De's advance were naturally related to this.

"What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?"

A stone wall without text but with a huge face blocked his way. After hearing the familiar question, Xia De muttered that someone had copied the question he raised at the Lake View Manor night banquet, and then answered without thinking:

"Human."

The stone wall slid to one side automatically, allowing Xia De to continue forward. After bypassing the wall engraved with "Beginner's Guide to Mechanical Technology," the thing blocking the way this time was a big tree with a human face on the trunk.

The big tree in the snow had blood-red branches, and the trunk was hung with dense dried corpses of rabbits and chickens. Xia De suspected that this was the image of a relic in Puli Xia's memory, but he didn't know what these animal corpses meant.

He knew the next moment.

"Chickens and rabbits are in the same cage. Counting from the top, there are 35 heads, and counting from the bottom, there are 94 feet. How many chickens and rabbits are in the cage?"

The human face on the trunk asked after Xia De approached. Xia De was stunned, squatted down and drew on the snow with his fingers:

"23, 12."

The big tree withered and turned into a pile of flying ash in the snow, so Xia De continued forward.

The third strange guy he encountered was a dried corpse standing straight in the snow. It was wearing an exaggerated bright red banquet formal dress that only nobles would wear at least three hundred years ago, and even wore a white wig on its head. After Xia De approached, it asked:

"I want to walk forward, but I don't know whether to lift my left leg first or lift my right leg first. If I lift my left leg first, then..."

Xia De was in a hurry now and had no intention of listening to it finish:

"Then lift them together, don't discriminate against any leg, you should let them both have the power to be the first."

The dried corpse was deeply convinced, so it jumped away on its legs in the snow.

Xia De looked at it, and while suspecting that Leijins Puli Xia had some major psychological illness, he continued to run forward.

At 1:11 AM on Thursday, Xia De finally reached the exit of the library labyrinth with the guidance of the curse. It was a door made of a big book with a brown cover. After Xia De turned the pages with great effort, the pitch-black passage finally appeared.

He took a few steps back and then rushed toward the door, and what greeted him ahead was the final stretch of road to the lighthouse. ===== CHAPTER 1098 =====