Chapter 1375: Portal

"Alright then, I will play the game with the devil. However, I also want to ask another thing: is my blood different from a normal person's?"

He looked at the angel inquiringly, and the angel said very seriously: "The Wise One will not give knowledge directly; the Wise One will only give guidance." "So..."

"You won't find the answer here with me."

With the answer obtained from the Goddess of the Lake, on Saturday morning, which was the first day of March 1854, the Month of Rising Winds, Xia De informed Luvia and Luvia about the "Four Seasons Flowers."

The three of them gathered in the room Luvia rented on the third floor of the Abundant Earth Hotel. The purple-eyed girl sat on the long sofa, Luvia sat on the short sofa, and Xia De was by the window looking at the foggy city.

Around two o'clock this morning, another small earthquake occurred in Randall Valley with its epicenter in the city center, making the already restless city seem even more turbulent.

"Four Seasons Flowers, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, also fit the 'Earth' and 'Four Seasons' authority possessed by the Earth Mother. Now I have obtained the spring flower and the summer flower, and the remaining two flowers already have leads."

"Are you really going to summon that 【Desire】 for the sake of the autumn flower?"

Luvia asked incredulously. She had also heard what the flower-selling girl said in the sewer yesterday.

"There's no other way. Fortunately, when I met her at Pantanal Lake with Sister Daelin last time, she mentioned the way to summon her: liquefy the Desire Crystal, put it into a small perfume bottle, and then throw it into a body of water."

Xia De also had a Desire Crystal; it was the trophy after defeating the "Devil of Proliferating Desire—Fanni" in Tobesk. "I am the same as Luvia; I don't really approve of you doing this."

Luvia rested one hand on the sofa armrest:

"It's not the final moment yet; don't summon that thing. However, you can carry that perfume bottle and the crystal you prepared with you, and do it when necessary."

Xia De thought for a moment: "That works too."

"Tonight, I will cooperate with the witch Sylvia to open a portal, allowing Galina and her followers to come here. The Church's action is also arranged for next week. Regarding next week's events, Luvia, do you have anything to say?"

Luvia asked Luvia again, and Luvia thought for a moment:

"At most a week, and the first Randall Flower will bloom. This time there are two opponents: the cultists and the devil. Xia De will deal with the devil, and the Church will have to rely on itself for the cultists. However, fortunately, we are not dealing with a Chosen One this time, which actually makes things a bit simpler."

"Having experienced Balance, Darkness, Death, and Knowledge, I find that besides Luvia, the 'Guardian' is the most normal Chosen One we have encountered."

Xia De said, and Luvia and Luvia both laughed. The latter then asked:

"But you also said, is the Guardian really normal? Voluntarily giving up individual independence, constantly merging new souls. Although this way of existence is indeed novel, it is absolutely not normal."

"As long as he stands on our side, it's fine. Now I'm just afraid that after the Guardian is polluted by the earth, he will go crazy too." Luvia said again:

"Yesterday, I walked around the city with Xia De, and I basically understand the terrible situation here. Now all we need to do is wait, and I hope nothing else happens in the next few days."

"The cultists lurking in the dark cannot do nothing. Besides, the Church didn't catch the reappearing Blood-Crying One—Hermons. Since he appeared, there's no reason for him to just act as a tool for the cultists."

Luvia sighed slightly, and Xia De looked out the window, watching the Dawn Church's ring-warlock squad walking hurriedly on the street.

Saturday afternoon was the usual group meeting, so Xia De returned to Tobesk, and after the group meeting, informed the doctor that he would probably need to be ready to leave at any time next week.

After the group meeting ended, Xia De and Dorothy left together. However, after dinner, he didn't start tonight's lesson immediately, but instead let Dorothy wait at home while he went to Midhillburg alone.

From the

ruined tower in the mountains, he entered the city and arrived at the Cassandra Auction House, where he borrowed the Keeper-level relic 【Magician's Escape Box】, intending to take it back to the doctor's clinic for the doctor to use at any time.

And he arrived at a very coincidental time; Mother Cassandra had already received notice from the Council. After Miss Sylvia opened the first portal, she still had the energy to open a second one immediately. Therefore, Miss Rita Swift, with her flaxen hair, was waiting anxiously in the basement of the auction house with two high-ring and five mid-ring ladies accompanying her.

Since Xia De had encountered this, he accompanied Miss Swift to wait in the basement. Mother Cassandra was still instructing her apprentices on matters related to Randall Valley, while Helen and Grace called Xia De over and handed him a silver flute:

"Sir, we succeeded!"

"What succeeded?"

Xia De recognized that flute as the "Butterfly-Summoning Flute" he had gotten from the St. Perry cemetery. Because it could suppress the awakening of Helen and Grace's relic power, he had left it in Midhillburg.

The last time he saw this flute, the metal surface only had butterflies engraved in intaglio, and one could only feel the delicacy of the texture by rubbing it with fingers. But at this moment, two quite clear red butterfly patterns had appeared on the end of the flute. Xia De touched it with his hand and understood that this was Helen and Grace's power.

"Sir, this flute can be used to summon a swarm of butterflies after you play it. And now, it can be used to summon us." Grace, in her white dress, said with some excitement:

"We know you have always not wanted us to get involved in your adventures, but after hearing from Zina about the things you've been busy with recently, we are still worried. At least this time, at least for this Randall Valley matter, please use this flute to summon us when appropriate. After playing, we can exist for ten minutes, and after ten minutes, we will automatically return to where we were."

"Yes, my sister and I won't add any trouble to you."

Helen also said immediately. The red-butterfly girls were still in the form of fifteen or sixteen-year-olds, and both looked up at Xia De pitifully. Xia De had thought before that he absolutely must not involve them, having suffered so much hardship, in troublesome matters again, but being looked at by two pairs of eyes, after hesitating, he still took the flute:

"If necessary, I will call you." In fact, he was thinking in his heart to avoid doing so as much as possible.

Although Miss Rita Swift had experience going out alone to help the old witch handle things, this was her first time participating in a major action of the Witch Council on behalf of her teacher.

Although the old witch told her kindly that she just needed to pay attention to her own safety, Miss Swift, who had never been very confident, still appeared very nervous.

The agreed-upon 7:30 PM on Saturday arrived quickly. As the gravel on the basement floor shook slightly, with a clear sound of glass breaking, a spiraling golden and black vortex appeared in front of the wall at the end of the basement.

The sizzling sound appeared along with the vortex, and in the wind blowing from the vortex, there was a power that made Xia De feel quite dangerous.

He had once used a passage opened by Miss Sylvia with the power of the Council to enter the central area of the Pantanal Great Swamp directly from Huntington. But last time, there hadn't been such a big commotion.

"It seems Miss Sylvia has really benefited a lot from the 【Weaving】 Spirit Rune."

"Then teacher, we are leaving."

The flaxen-haired girl said to the old witch, and Mother Cassandra hugged her gently:

"It doesn't matter if you don't complete the mission; remember to pay attention to your safety. Randall Valley is colder than here, so pay attention to your clothing."

And so, Miss Swift revealed an expression as if she wanted to cry, and from that rotating black-gold vortex, Miss Sylvia's voice came out:

"Hurry over here, I can't hold on much longer!"

And so, the witch's followers walked over first. After Miss Swift, carrying her backpack, bid farewell to the old witch with reluctance, she also stepped toward the portal.

"Then I will go over from here too."

Xia De tied the

【Magician's Escape Box】 to his back with the Chains of Sin, bid farewell to the old witch and the red-butterfly girls, and then followed Miss Swift into the vortex.

Moving through space in this way, except for feeling a bit dizzy the moment he stepped across the vortex, everything else was fine. The vortex closed behind Xia De, and Xia De also saw clearly that this was the basement of Miss Bernice's manor. The wine cabinet was placed against the wall, and miscellaneous items were piled in another corner:

"Good evening."

He greeted Miss Aurora and Miss Sylvia with a smile. The former looked like she was here to watch the fun, while the latter was working hard to smooth out the last trace of spatial ripples.

As for Miss Swift and the other five girls, they were all clutching their chests and retching at the same time. "Spatial vertigo is one of the few side effects of traveling in this way."

Miss Sylvia explained with a smile, while the dim gray light in her hand swept back and forth in front of her. Xia De looked around:

"Is Luvia not here?"

"Miss Beias just met Galina and went to the Church to maneuver, delaying the departure of the squad patrolling nearby tonight."

Miss Aurora said, and Xia De nodded, but he didn't put down the cabinet on his back:

"I'll help Miss Swift go rest first. No, you don't need to refuse; I promised Mother Cassandra to take good care of you in Randall Valley. In a while, I'll go see Miss Galina. When Sister Daelin, who is handling the 'Spirit Cult' affairs, arrives tomorrow, our people will be complete."

"Yes, now we are just waiting for the Randall Flower." ===== CHAPTER 1376 =====