Chapter 1845: The Skull and the Invitation

Xia De did not actually have any thoughts of stopping the other party from possessing an undead army; after all, even if there were armies of ghouls and water ghosts, it would be the Church that would block them.

"But I cannot let you have it now; it still has other uses for me."

The corpse attendant arrived carrying a tray, and on that tray sat, shockingly, one-third of a skull. That bone looked very different from a human skull; its volume was at least twice that of a normal human head. However, because it was incomplete, Xia De could not be sure what it would look like when whole.

"I know this does not belong to me, so please allow me to return it to you after the Chosen One ritual."

The Diviner continued. Xia De did not move to snatch it; after all, the Priest had also said that everything currently was an illusion, and he just treated it as if he had eaten hallucinogenic mushrooms:

"Do you know who this bone should belong to?" Xia De asked. The Diviner shook his head gently:

"I placed some bones in my daughter's ossuary, hoping she could sleep peacefully. I suppose it was those bone fragments and finger bones taken by grave robbers that attracted your friend.

There are simply too many secrets in this world, even for me, I am not omniscient. I think, among those currently alive, the one closest to omniscience should be the mad Sir Leijin Si Puli Xia."

He suddenly stopped speaking and turned to look to the side. The corpses dancing to the music gradually cleared a straight path, and at the end of that path, the figure of Priest Ao Gu Si appeared with his hands behind his back.

Xia De guessed that the Priest should not be an illusion; otherwise, the solemn expression on the Diviner's face would have been too well-acted.

You took out one of the invitations and handed it to Lei Fu. This was a folded, gold-stamped invitation. The cover bore a family crest resembling the white spiral symbol of the "Unity One," and written on it in script were the words "The Forever Noble Edwards Family," with the background being the scenery of Green Lake Town and a root-system family tree consisting of 21 people across eight generations of the Edwards family, which was nearly transparent.

I had originally thought about trying the contents of the Witch's task list again today, attempting to analyze what the little Witch of time had glimpsed from the future, and then attending that extremely high-spec banquet in the evening. But before I could wait for Duo Luo Xi to come downstairs for breakfast, I waited for the hurriedly arriving Miss Mei Gen.

The dancing corpses all stopped and turned with Priest Ao Gu Si to look at their lord. And this scene actually made Gu Si feel a bit confused; who exactly was the villain here?

The Priest and the Doctor had no doubts about this. Although the two did not take the initiative to bring it up, they both understood what the final great battle in the Green Lake area meant. The Doctor wanted to help, to find some sense of participation for himself, and incidentally to test the newly acquired power; the Priest was for the remaining skeletons.

"He gave me an invitation, inviting me to attend the family banquet, so that the three generations of the family could be reunited."

The three ghoul brothers who had been hung up had by now been burned into white charcoal, and before long they would revive again on another island.

Her hands tightly gripped Gu Si's arm, her lips pursed as she stared into Gu Si's eyes:

A look of exhaustion appeared on the old Priest's face, and he very carefully tucked that one-third of a skull into his robe:

Doctor Shi Nai De nodded, also not asking what had just happened:

This was the most suitable material for Witch secret arts. Although Witches could all control the growth of their own hair, contributing such hair like this time still belonged to an extremely extravagant act.

"Ask about time. And it is not spring, it is summer."

"What did you see just now? I arrived at a cemetery, and then was besieged by a large group of ghouls. Although the Priest said those were all illusions, the pain was very real. Fortunately, the illusion ended, otherwise I would have really had to fight back... Did you get the Priest's advancement material?"

"Hmm... when we first met last spring, what was the first sentence we said?"

Everyone had their own things to do, and everyone was making final preparations.

The Diviner wearing a monocle smiled and fished a palm-sized little book out of his pocket. The book had a brown hard cover, and in a fleeting glance, Gu Si saw that the front of the book had the Ouroboros symbol representing "Ancient God—Mr. Ring," and the back had the skeletal scythe symbol representing "Ancient God—Ancient Death God."

Lei Fu looked at Priest Ao Gu Si, asking for his opinion. The old Priest frowned slightly, and after thinking, made a compromise:

The Priest nodded, and Gu Si signaled for the two to prepare to leave:

"That is normal. If such precious things could be obtained without risk, I would instead wonder if it were some kind of trap. We should all remember the efforts I made for this material last summer. Priest, you do not need to worry, I will go with you when the time comes. Since we know where the material is, we will eventually be able to get it."

"Got half of it."

The Priest waved his hand, and the one-third skull that should have been impossible to split by any external force split in two again. Gray fog arrived, covering the scene before his eyes, and when the gray fog disappeared, the surroundings had returned to the scene under the oak tree at the crossroads outside the rural village.

Gu Si asked softly to the girl in front of him. On Mei Gen's face, which looked much younger than Miss Jia Lin Na, was an expression of mixed worry and fear. It was hard to imagine that a Witch of her strength would have such an expression:

"Although you are very polite, this does not belong to you."

【Ask about time.】

The hotel basement had now been renovated, and the ritual core array flashing with dazzling blue light ensured that every corner of this building could be protected by the Witches' power. Those red, gold, white, and brown strands of hair, almost invisible to the naked eye, were "spirit conductors" or "ether conductors" woven by the Witches with their own hair.

"This is the real world now, right?" The Doctor finally relaxed:

The moon in the night sky was still so charming, and blown by the night wind carrying heat, Lei Fu truly felt the sensation of having escaped the illusion.

"What is wrong? Am I not here?"

That was the second son of the fifth generation, and also Mei Gen's great-grandfather, who had been transformed into a bizarre evil creature composed of tentacles because of his fear of death.

After some imperceptible light flickered, all the corpses in the banquet hall fell down. The ghostly green light returned to normal, and in the magnificent hall, only the three of them remained standing.

"Tonight's operation can be considered half a success. Priest, Doctor, after returning, please prepare for the final landing on the island. It should be soon, it will not exceed a week."

The night had deepened. Because Duo Luo Xi was still in a special period, she did not keep Gu Si overnight, and Lei Fu took the cat and returned home.

He said this to Priest Ao Gu Si, and the Priest shook his head quite seriously:

It was not simple levitation, but several transparent hands held it up in front of the Diviner and turned to the corresponding page for him.

Gu Si was puzzled, and after comforting her softly for a few words, he took the cat that was still eating and went to the basement with Mei Gen.

"Last night I had a dream, in the dream I unknowingly entered the family mansion on the island again. I was clear-headed before pushing the door to enter, wanting to turn and leave, but Si Luo Si Edwards walked out of the mansion..."

"That is reasonable. I am honored to be able to invite you to my territory to watch the final ritual."

As for Miss Writer, she was to wake up after 8:30 as usual, so Lei Fu thought about accompanying her for breakfast before going out. Today was the day for the large-scale divination ritual that the Prophet Society had been preparing for a long time, and the current President of the Prophet Society would also appear, but that had nothing to do with Gu Si; he just had to wait for the divination results sent by Yi Lu Na.

"Waking up this morning, two invitations were already in my hands."

That night, when the three returned to the Lei Fu Peng Hotel, it was already very late. None of them had a midnight snack, but went directly to rest. However, Gu Si did not return to his own room, but knocked on Duo Luo Xi's door to pick up Little Miya who had been waiting for him to come home.

He went downstairs to get goat milk and the newspaper, then took the cat to the Green Lake Hotel. Priest Ao Gu Si and Doctor Shi Nai De still got up very early, and ate breakfast with Gu Si while discussing the news; such a morning was really quite nice.

"I am old after all, I thought I could succeed... It seems that when the Church finally lands on the island that day, I must go and get the remaining part myself."

"Return half first. When you are conducting the family banquet on the island, I will land on the island myself to claim the other part."

The brown-haired Witch saw Gu Si sitting by the wall as soon as she entered the door, at the table where they first met, and immediately walked over and hugged him.

The shadow of huge wings appeared on the wall behind him, and the tattered wings were equally shocking even as shadows. The light of the crystal chandelier gradually dimmed until it turned ghostly green, and at the same time, the melodious music produced discordant notes and gradually became eerie and strange.

Gu Si said softly, and that book, which was about the size of a playing card, was already floating in front of La Pu La Si Howard.

"This is a skull that belongs to me, please allow me to return it later."

"Angel-level relic 【《Soul Storybook》】."

The sleep at home was always very pleasant. After waking up early on Saturday, looking at the familiar ceiling, Gu Si felt completely refreshed.

"Yes, Doctor, you can ask me a question that only we know."

Because this place was very important, all the great Witches had spared a small number of people to take turns guarding the basement. Because it was a shift system, the girls were not sleepy even if they were on night watch. Seeing Gu Si and the great Witch enter, they consciously put down the novels, Luo De cards, and checkers in their hands, pretending to be busy starting their daily maintenance work.

Priest Ao Gu Si held that one-third of a skull in his hand, looking up at the tree, not knowing what he was thinking. As for the Doctor, he looked around suspiciously: ### CHAPTER 1846