Chapter 1245: Four Seasons

The badge had long reminded Xia De of the witch's location, so Xia De was not surprised by Tifa's appearance.

He nodded to Dorothy, and the shy girl took the initiative to enter the room. And when Xia De walked towards Tifa, Angelina also followed Xia De.

"Good evening, Miss Galina."

In the brightly lit lounge, the Duchess stood by the window holding a wine glass. The window was open, letting the cold night wind blow her red long hair.

"Good evening, Xia De."

She turned around as she spoke and saw that Angelina was also here:

"Angelina, why aren't you going to entertain the guests? You are the protagonist of today's banquet, you can't be absent for a long time."

"I want to thank you, thank you for being able to come today."

Angelina said a bit awkwardly:

"You came to attend my birthday banquet, and my father's consideration for my marriage will also be more cautious. No matter what, thank you for being able to come."

Miss Galina would not attend the birthday of every royal descendant, or rather, her being able to come today was far beyond most people's expectations, but people also thought that this was related to Miss Galina just returning to Tobesk. This powerful Duchess with her own fiefdom had quite a lot of weight in Tobesk.

"You know, I can come, just because Xia De is also here."

She said very casually, watching Xia De wanting to speak, and raised her eyebrows:

"Xia De, you don't have to interrupt, I know what Angelina is thinking, and I also know you want to help her. Just do it, no matter what decision you make, I will support you."

A surprised expression appeared on the little princess's face, and the Duchess laughed:

"I don't intend to get involved in the political struggles of the royal descendants. After all, this has nothing to do with me. But if Xia De makes a request to me, I am still willing to help a little."

Saying this, she waved to Angelina:

"Go entertain the guests, Diana will also be worried if she doesn't see you."

Angelina lifted her skirt and bowed to thank her, then hurried away. Tifa closed the door, and Xia De took two bottles of red wine from his pocket and placed them on the table:

"Drink this of mine, but I don't suggest drinking too much."

Miss Galina shook her head:

"I asked you to come here not to talk about this. News came from Bernice's side that the Five Gods Church's operation to surround and suppress evil god believers basically ended two hours ago, the result... can't be said to be very good, but at least it's not bad."

"Then let's talk about the good news first."

Xia De sat on the sofa, and Tifa bent over to pour him tea.

"The good news is that the evil cultist you mentioned who has 【Earth Power·Stone Avatar】 was shot dead on the spot during the church's encirclement and suppression."

The Duchess felt a little emotional:

"The thirteen-ring sorcerer transferred from another place to Randall Valley personally took action to deal with him, and Bernice was also secretly preparing to intercept his escape. I thought it would be very troublesome, but I didn't expect it to be so simple. This shows that the other party is not the candidate of the earth. Past experience shows that the only ones who can kill candidates are candidates... or you."

Xia De smiled embarrassedly, but after the ring-sorcerer with "Stone Avatar" was excluded, the suspicion of the ghost-form Mr. Lathers and Mr. Thomas Granger increased again.

"The learning ritual of the miracle 【Earth Power·Stone Avatar】 was copied by Bernice before the evil cultists' stronghold was broken. Now the council and the church have mastered this unique miracle, but unfortunately, the learning conditions are too harsh, and it requires an item that inherits the power of the earth."

Miss Galina said, this is indeed good news.

"What is the bad news?"

"Don't worry, the good news hasn't ended yet."

The red-haired witch continued:

"You mentioned that the ritual of the earth candidate requires a combination of three different god-summoning rituals, right? The church obtained a large batch of documents from the evil cultists this time, among which there is partial information about 【Ritual·Contact Stone Heart Demon】. That part of the information was mixed in other documents, and Bernice only took a look before being forced to retreat. The ritual is incomplete, currently only knowing that three sacrifices need to be offered: flower, stone, soul."

"Speaking of which, the sacrifice required for 【Ritual·Contact Thousand-Eyed Illusion Butterfly】 is leaf, flower, fruit. 'Flower' is an overlapping element, indicating that when splitting 【Feast of the Earth Mother】, the element of flower was taken by both gods. But soul..."

"The ritual to summon evil gods, although the prototype comes from the ritual of ancient gods, does not mean that everything belongs to the ritual of ancient gods. The three gods must have added their own elements to their respective summoning rituals. So, piecing together the final candidate ritual not only requires us to supplement the missing parts, but also requires distinguishing the redundant parts. In my opinion, sacrificing souls should belong to the redundant part."

Miss Galina said cautiously, but this is only an inference. For the sake of safety, they must prepare souls in advance, which is a very taboo move.

"Flower, stone, and soul must be related to the symbol of 'Autumn'. It doesn't have to be ordinary items, but it doesn't have to be powerful items either. It must have enough mystery and symbolism, this is the key."

Miss Galina added again, and Xia De frowned slightly:

"Interesting, the ritual to summon the ancient god Butterfly God requires the symbol of 'Spring'."

"【Earth Mother】 was originally the god of the four seasons. This ancient god influences the four seasons of the earth and is also known as the 'Lord of the Four Seasons' in ancient times. Besides earth and foundation, his most famous authority is actually the four seasons."

The witch explained for Xia De, and then thought of the same thing as Xia De:

"What is the season represented by the last of the three earth gods, the ancient god of earthquake 【Shaking Earth Worm】?"

Xia De asked. Currently, Miss Aurora is still actively communicating with the last priest, Mrs. Ilar (Chapter 457), who lives near Hekils Town, to obtain the god-summoning ritual.

"Summer, I heard Xi Wei mention it last time when we had a meeting."

Miss Galina said very affirmatively, and inferred from this:

"Spring, Summer, Autumn, then maybe, the missing part of the ritual is the power representing Winter. I remember the ancient god symbolizing Winter is..."

She glanced at Xia De:

"Let's collect all the materials for the three rituals first. Besides, in my opinion, our preparing these in advance might be completely useless. Look at the four candidates who have already held rituals, 【Balance】 Iruna, 【Darkness】 Ivan Darkness, 【Death】 Joey Barton, 【Knowledge and Wisdom】 Leikins Prisha, which one didn't prepare everything themselves? They didn't need anyone's help, fate will guide them, holding the ritual is just a process they have to experience, just like pushing open a door before entering."

Paused and added:

"Xia De, I'm not saying your preparation is useless, just..."

"I understand what you mean, but after all, I still have to do some things. Besides, I have to guard against the candidate failing due to accidents, and we have to hold the ritual ourselves to purify the earth. This ritual is not only the sublimation of the candidate, but also for the earth of the material world."

Xia De emphasized. Miss Galina put the wine glass on the windowsill and sat beside Xia De:

"I just like you talking about things so seriously."

Saying this, looking at Xia De from a close distance, Tifa, who was standing behind the sofa where the two were sitting, looked at the scene in front of her. Xia De reached out to hug the dear lady and took the initiative to kiss her, and the latter's smile became even brighter.

"Since this is still good news, then what is the bad news?"

Xia De hadn't forgotten this.

"Oh, you mean this. Bernice said that although the evil cultists' stronghold in the local area was broken, and several people were arrested and shot dead, allowing the local church to seize a large batch of documents, the final number of evil cultists determined was much less than imagined."

"Let them run away?"

"They should be hiding, and this operation didn't see any members of the 【Blood Spirit School】 appear at all. This point is also very strange. The Randall Valley diocese's contact with the 【Blood Spirit School】 is currently limited to the encounter battle you had when you threw yourself into the black mud a week ago, so

the church and Bernice are equally unclear about what role the 【Blood Spirit School】 played this time."

Listening to Miss Galina's description, Xia De felt more and more that the things in Randall Valley tonight were suspicious. Although the church achieved most of its goals, it seemed that it only obtained important documents. And the real enemy, at this moment, once again dormant, waiting for the next opportunity in the dark of that City of Spring.

The two continued to talk, talking about the three major academies' handling of the Randall Valley incident, and the current situation of the possessors of 【Earth Power】. However, this conversation didn't last long. Seeing Xia De looking like he wanted to leave, Miss Galina took the initiative to say:

"Then let's talk here first. I don't want to be thought by little Ricia that I am deliberately keeping you here to waste her time. Aren't you going to... what is the excuse?"

She asked Tifa, who was kneeling by the tea table to tidy up the tea set. The latter said with a smile:

"Reading the handwritten copy of 'Summer Night Collection'."

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