Chapter 1884: The Vanishing Second Floor

Xia De even heard a series of clattering sounds coming from the back kitchen; clearly, the dish cabinet had fallen to the floor.

The earthquake lasted for more than ten seconds before stopping. Big Sister Aurora immediately looked grim and directed her followers to check the walls to prevent tiny cracks from appearing. Currently, the activation conditions for most of the rituals arranged around the inn included the walls being intact without cracks. Once a crack appeared, it might be an opportunity for the enemy to break through.

"Why do all disasters cause earthquakes?"

Xia De was very worried about the girls downstairs, but he still remained on the first floor, which was theoretically the safest, and did not leave.

Big Sister Aurora was temporarily away, and her niece Haili answered Xia De's question softly:

"Probably because the earth is the foundation of everything."

She quietly glanced at Xia De, and seeing Xia De was deep in thought, she breathed a sigh of relief. Regarding Xia De's relationship with her aunt, and even with the various Great Witches, she of course knew everything. Therefore, although her relationship with Xia De wasn't very deep, she had always thought Xia De was the kind of dissolute and amorous man.

But judging from their two encounters in the Randall Valley and Green Lake City, he didn't seem to be the way she had imagined.

Suddenly, a sound appeared at the window again. Everyone looked over alertly, then saw another paper crane flying over. Xia De asked Haili to call Big Sister Aurora, while he let the paper crane in.

But this time, the paper-folded flying object didn't open immediately; the paper crane emitted Miss Bernice's voice:

"I know this, I thought of it. I know what that door that appeared on the second floor is. It's a Keeper-level relic 【Portal】. As long as it's opened, it will transport the surrounding scenery to an unpredictable location. It could be the material world, or it could be somewhere else!"

She gripped Xia De's hand tightly, and Xia De felt it was her trembling:

Kissing Xia De on the side of his face lightly, she turned and left along the stairs without looking back.

"We will return safely, I promise."

The white-haired girl pinched the hem of her skirt, looking down at him from a high place. Xia De's eyes were terrifyingly bright at this moment:

His voice wasn't loud, but it was quite steady:

Long-haired Luweiya possessed the power to interfere with Luweiya's body in a short time, and even directly give her knowledge. Therefore, even if they encountered a more dangerous situation, Xia De believed they would definitely be able to return:

Xia De asked, but Big Sister Aurora just shook her head cautiously.

Big Sister Aurora walked over and said, and then the paper crane opened. However, seeing Luweiya looking at her curiously, the lady with brown wavy hair explained again:

"Now the second floor cannot be entered by any means; that is actually a good thing. We don't need to worry about anyone invading the second floor from the outside world."

"Everyone will be safe. Hailina, Luweiya, and the other girls on the second floor will all return. Past events cannot be changed, but the future depends on the decisions we make one by one."

Quietly wiping her eyes:

"Void."

Xia De felt he had heard a very high-end word.

But after taking only two steps, he bumped into Tifa, who appeared on a higher step.

"Past events will not happen again, we will all return... I promise."

Even if he was extremely worried about the safety of the vanished Luweiya and Hailina, Xia De had to ensure he remained capable:

Big Sister Sylvia nodded heavily, wiping her eyes:

"It's okay, it's okay."

He could only say that, and Big Sister Sylvia reached out to hug him. Xia De felt she was crying, but she quickly pushed him away again:

"Hmm?"

"Spells can only take effect at close range; we cannot return through spells. Tifa Servit is on the third floor; she didn't leave. She just delivered the message for us."

"What?"

One-forty, no sound came from the second floor, but Xia De suddenly looked up:

Xia De felt his heart tighten, but he still said calmly:

"Don't worry, the leaders we brought to participate in the Green Lake Battle are all reliable and capable... besides, this is an epic of the Third Era, a legend of the Third Era, how could there be no sacrifice?"

After receiving Xia De's promise, she walked toward the third floor. Xia De looked up, and Tifa, wearing the iconic black and white manservant dress, was still watching him from the highest point.

Xia De, who returned to the first floor, informed Big Sister Aurora and the others about what happened on the second floor. Although this meant the second floor no longer needed defensive forces, Big Sister Aurora was also very worried about the situation of the vanished group at this moment.

The stairs still existed. When Xia De arrived at the second-floor stairwell along the stairs, Big Sister Sylvia happened to come down from the third floor.

Xia De held her hand tightly, and Big Sister Sylvia shook her head:

"How can we return?"

One-forty-eight, fireballs and meteors appeared in the sky again; this was the seventh wave of Astral Meteorites tonight. It was just that the highest point of the mist had already reached a position indistinguishable to the naked eye, so the Church could only launch interceptions toward the highest point in advance.

Fortunately, Xia De also had confidence in them. To say he wasn't worried at all now was impossible; he even thought about using divinity immediately to track the whereabouts of the vanished group.

Big Sister Sylvia, who was standing with Xia De, said in astonishment, pulling Xia De back a step:

"My teacher... died because of this. The teacher discovered this, but the appearance of the door is not like it is now; the appearance of the door is different every time it appears. The teacher tried to use this to attempt to establish a permanent, reliable portal in the material world, to facilitate communication between Great Witches who didn't have their own bases, and then... the teacher's age was only thirty years younger than Grandma Cassandra."

"At least Hailina should be fine. The death of a Great Witch will be sensed by all members of the Council. And no matter where she went, she can contact the Council at any time, so we should be fine now."

"Can our inn prevent the mist from entering?"

Big Sister Aurora said, shaking her head gently:

"How much younger than me is she?"

According to the Church's judgment, the essence of those mists was of course not mist, but a derivative phenomenon produced after spatial chaos. Therefore, any method to expel ordinary mist was ineffective against it. And for the Green Lake Inn, which could not move, it was naturally impossible to avoid those mists.

Unlike the young Big Sister Sylvia, Big Sister Aurora, who was obviously much more mature, did not show worry to let Xia De comfort her; instead, she comforted Xia De. She knew Xia De's feelings for Luweiya, so she was very worried that he would be affected by this incident.

She pursed her lips, and Xia De realized that her eye sockets were actually a bit red:

"Bernice and Grandma Cassandra also encountered relics and attacks, but with Sister Daifulin there, the situation is okay. They observed the mist invading the city. According to the nun's calculations, at most thirty minutes, at least ten minutes, the mist will reach our current location."

But just as Big Sister Sylvia said, the Witch Council had made contingency plans for such things. Big Sister Aurora temporarily gave her Witch jewelry to Xia De, letting the young girl enter the Council alone to inform another Great Witch waiting in the Council about what happened here.

"I'm going back to the third floor. Xia De, be careful, Hailina and the others will definitely return safely."

This was the only good news, but Xia De, who appeared calm on the surface, was still burning with anxiety:

One-eleven, Big Sister Sylvia on the highest floor, with the help of the basic spell 【Eagle Eye】, had already observed the edge of the white mist diffusing into the city in the rainy night.

"Don't worry, Hailina, Luweiya, and Tifa are all very capable, and the other girls are also excellent leaders trained by Hailina. They will be fine. Besides, don't you still have your return spell?"

"The white mist has already entered the city. The Church tried various ways to disperse it, but none of them worked."

"Matter should have existed here, but those materials were transferred away, yet they have to return, so space left enough room for the original matter. It is not a void without air or light, but 'empty' in the conceptual sense. The entire second floor went to an unknown place..."

This was a little joke from the Witches.

"What is that?"

"How is that possible?"

"They are volunteers. If the Edwards are still taken away, we must find a way to enter the island from the lakeside. At that time, someone must be there to meet us."

"The girls who were waiting to meet us by the lake didn't walk out of the mist?"

"Tell Xiwei about this on the first floor, contact the Council, Speaker-gexia will have a way to contact Buya-na... Xia De, I... you have always been here, right?"

She handed this letter to Xia De:

"Don't reach out!"

Xia De and Big Sister Aurora could only watch at the window as blue sparks bloomed briefly in the sky.

"Three."

"I don't mean age, I mean seat. Although Vanessa advanced to the twelfth ring with your help, she is currently the fourth seat, and I am the third seat... our ages actually don't differ much."

That manservant leader, who usually had an elegant demeanor, also had a worried expression on her face at this moment. Xia De didn't promise her anything, just nodded gently. The white-haired manservant girl also nodded in response; she believed in Xia De.

"Wait until a certain time, this is uncertain. Or walk out of the corridor and return from an unknown location in your own way."

"Sorry, I lost my composure."

Three Great Witches participated in the Green Lake Battle, and other ladies with different appearances but incomparable strength were currently sitting at the long table of the Council; they were the true reinforcements for this battle.

"What is this feeling... terrible!"

At this moment, the space on the entire second floor, except for the floor connecting the two stairwells, had all turned pure white. It wasn't that the walls, floor, and ceiling had turned white, but that only pure white space remained there:

Xia De scanned the letter calmly:

"The Church can collect a thousand years' worth of Astral Meteorites at once this time... that is a very rare mineral."

After saying this, without giving Xia De a chance to continue asking, she directly opened the paper crane:

Violent spatial fluctuations were even more astonishing than naturally occurring spatial transfers. Xia De tried to use 【High-Efficiency Spatial Perception】 to locate the second-floor corridor, but was shocked to find that the entire corridor had vanished: ===== CHAPTER 1885 =====