Chapter 1903

Now more than fifteen minutes had passed, and he had to speed up. Fortunately, the influence of this strange island on him was no longer great, and the monsters here would not actively attack him. It should be no problem to rush over at full speed within ten minutes.

Crossing half an island is troublesome in the eyes of ordinary people, but in fact, when Xia De arrived at the location of the mansion that disappeared in the south of the town from the entrance of the Green Lake Hotel, only seven minutes had passed.

The fluttering butterflies turned into Xia De's appearance in the rain and continued to move towards the hills. Sure enough, the closer he got to the old Edwards house, the smaller the rain and the thicker the fog.

This was the only road in the town leading to the mansion. There seemed to be countless things in the fog peeping at him, but he arrived in front of the old Edwards house smoothly like this.

In reality, in dreams, Xia De had come here countless times. Looking at it from outside the mansion at this time, all the windows were lit, and people could be seen moving inside the house through the windows. It was like the servants in the house, and also like guests who came to attend the banquet.

No one was here to welcome Xia De, but the fence gate in the courtyard outside the house was not locked either.

Xia De reached out to push the door open and walk in, but suddenly heard the voice behind him:

"Have you decided, are you going to make a choice?"

Turning to look, a lady wearing a green robe appeared behind him at some point. She had beautiful emerald eyes, but the color was a bit different from the writer's golden-haired and blue-eyed eyes, and the color was deeper. She held a glowing green twig in her hand, and a holy emblem of two overlapping leaves belonging to the "Nature Church" hung around her neck.

"You are... the Nightmare Witch of the Nature Church, Miss Maria?"

This Thirteen-Ring sorceress had been known to Xia De since the Pantanal incident. Although she didn't look old, and her appearance was about the same as Miss Aurora and Miss Beiya, she was actually among the older batch of Thirteen-Ring Warlocks currently in the Five Gods Church.

"I came through a dream projection; this is not my body."

This lady with emerald eyes spoke to Xia De in Delarion. Although Xia De had come into contact with her many times, this was the first time they had talked at such a close distance:

"Hello, is there anything you want to call me for? I'm in a hurry to attend the banquet now."

He pointed to the mansion with the lights on:

"If you want to find that Chosen of Balance, you can go to the south of the island; she should be over there."

The Thirteen-Ring sorceress shook her head slightly:

"God-Caller, I am waiting for you here."

Xia De was a little surprised, but still nodded:

"May I ask what is the matter? Who are you representing in talking to me?"

"God-Caller, so far, this is the appearance of the sixth Chosen. Who the first five Chosen were, you have participated in more or less. You are choosing the Chosen."

"No, I didn't."

Xia De shook his head, and the lady in the fog did not refute:

"I am waiting for you here, hoping that you can tell us, this time, who exactly you want to be the Chosen. The activation of the Edwards Ascension Technique is almost impossible to stop. Even if you walk ahead of everyone again, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the activation of the ritual. But you still have a chance to kill the traitor of the Diviner Society halfway through the ritual, or you can choose to be his enemy after he holds the ritual. So this time, who do you want to choose?"

"Definitely not this traitor of the Diviner Society."

He said very firmly:

"If it can be stopped, I will stop him, and then let the second candidate hold the ritual. This is the best result I can think of. If it cannot be stopped, even if he really becomes the Chosen, I will kill him. If he dies, the second candidate cannot hold the ritual either. In order to stabilize space, I will let the third candidate come. The third candidate is my person; they will definitely have no problem."

The Thirteen-Ring sorceress nodded slightly:

"This is also the result the Church hopes to see. God-Caller, after the Randall Valley battle, the Sun Church will not over-investigate your identity according to the oracle, and the Five Gods Church has no intention of being your enemy. For so long, you have been helping the Church. After the Green Lake battle, the Church hopes to give you a gift."

Xia De frowned slightly:

"Actually, you can just say directly what the Church wants you to tell me."

"Laplace Klein Howard possesses some information. I don't mean those human alchemy materials, not even the Edwards Ascension Technique materials. He once over-investigated the truth of the 'Whispering Poetry,' and also tried to know the mystery of time, peeping into the past and the future, those things that should not be known now."

"Nightmare Witch" Maria said softly:

"Those materials must still be in his hands. We will not stop you from obtaining and knowing them; that is your right. The Church just hopes that it is enough for only you to know those things; don't over-investigate the truth or falsehood, and don't continue to research along the path of Laplace Klein Howard."

"The Church knows exactly what he researched... No, it's the Diviner Society?"

The sorceress nodded:

"The Diviner Society and the Five Gods Church are in a cooperative relationship, and we have no power to completely interfere with their research. This time, in order to fight against Laplace Klein Howard, the Diviner Society finally said some taboo topics that the Society had studied when Laplace Klein Howard was active."

"That's good, I can just read it myself and not spread those knowledge everywhere. Or if there is a chance, I will destroy all his research materials... But what can I get?"

Xia De asked, and the sorceress asked back:

"May I ask, what do you need?"

Although there were many choices left for him, Xia De said without thinking:

"First, Philosopher's Stone. Second, I want a Heart of the Living Dead."

"Heart of the Living Dead" was something Xia De had long wanted to get again, and it was also to prevent accidents tonight without a remedy. As for the "Philosopher's Stone," when this answer came out instinctively, he was surprised by his own choice. But thinking about it carefully, the "Philosopher's Stone" was indeed very good, so he didn't change his words.

Miss Maria nodded slightly:

"No problem. In addition to the gift originally prepared for you, these two items will be given to you through appropriate channels after the Green Lake battle. The Philosopher's Stone will be raised by our Nature Church. This is to thank you for perfectly solving the evil thing in Pantanal."

Her figure was already a bit unstable, but she still reached out to Xia De:

"God-Caller, I have a power here that can be temporarily bestowed upon you, hoping it can help you fight against the diviner."

So the two hands held together. As the sorceress's figure turned into green light spots in the fog, the light spots flew towards Xia De's right arm and left a leaf-shaped brand on the surface of his skin.

【No problem, just pure power.】

Xia De nodded and pushed the door into the courtyard of the old Edwards house.

As if time flowed backward, all the scenery in the courtyard of the old house looked like it was still being used yesterday. The big tree was lush, the rope and seat of the swing were swaying in the rain, the wellhead was not covered by a stone slab, and flowers were still blooming in the flower bed by the fence.

Arriving at the door of the house, Xia De knocked on the door, and then the door opened automatically in front of him.

Cheerful dance music came, and the bright lights made Xia De, who walked out of the dark night, still a little uncomfortable. Those people dressed up and dancing happily with the music in the house clearly had the heartbeat and vitality of living people, but in Xia De's eyes, they were still moving in almost every corner of the house like ghosts.

No one paid attention to Xia De. Xia De hooked his little finger, feeling that Megan seemed to be on the third floor, but the invitation in his hand showed the words of the second floor:

"Hmm... let's go to the third floor first, finally arrived at this moment."

Squeezing through the crowded townspeople in the corridor, under the bright gas lamp, he saw the only open door on the third floor, which was the mansion banquet hall with a red carpet and grand double golden doors.

The person dressed as an old butler kept a bowing posture at the door, and the crowded crowd in the house also left spare space only at the door of the banquet hall.

Handed the invitation to the butler, and then stepped into the banquet hall. Compared with the hustle and bustle outside, the huge banquet hall did not have townspeople, and even did not have Megan that Xia De felt.

Stepping into the room, the surroundings became completely quiet. Only a dining table was placed here, and only one person sat beside the dining table.

The ancestor of the Edwards family, the origin of everything in the family, Laplace Howard, wearing a black tailcoat and a monocle, was sitting at the head of the long table facing the door. Other members of the family were nowhere to be found.

He stared at Xia De standing at the door, and Xia De asked:

"Where are the others?"

The diviner said softly:

"I sent Pride and Gluttony, who had recovered from their injuries, to attack your hotel. The others are waiting for us elsewhere. Only when they return will this banquet officially begin. Please rest assured, I will not harm your friends; I just want to make tonight a little safer."

The two names he said were the second son and youngest daughter of the third generation, and they were also Megan's grandfather and grandmother. The former was corrupted into a demon, and the latter's demon black dragon form, Xia De still remembers vividly.

Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Delaying time? Your ritual is not ready yet?"

"No, it's not delaying time. I originally wanted to start the banquet directly. I have waited for this moment for more than two hundred years, but my most important partner wants me to conduct some interesting activities with you, this specially invited guest, before the banquet officially begins. She wants to see what means you have when you don't call the gods."

"Partner... Truth Society? Miss Pawo is here?"