Chapter 1908: Miss Pawo Reappears

The red moon that had just fallen from Xia De's hand had only attacked the behemoth in the water. Xia De didn't know if the power of the strike Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te had left for him had severely injured the opponent, but fortunately, after that strike, the opponent also attempted to continue swimming toward the shore.

The "Calamity Card: Shadow of the Deep Sea" in his hand was already prepared to be used; Mrs. Le Mei Er, who had transformed into a dark fish-man, could exert the greatest power in such a rainy lakeside battle scene. It was just that Xia De still had some concerns about using the card rashly.

Suddenly feeling the badge on his chest radiating heat, before he could turn to look, he heard a shout from behind:

"Law: Return!"

The next moment, all the water ghosts attempting to reach the shore turned and retreated back into the water. Xia De even saw that a portion of the rain before his eyes was drifting toward the sky.

"Oh, you've returned?!"

Xia De turned and said in surprise. The red-haired Duchess walked over with a smile and gave Xia De a hug:

"I'll stay here to deal with these things. Aren't you going to save Megan? Don't delay matters here."

"But there is still... at the bottom of the lake."

"Don't worry, you are never alone."

In the darkness in the distance, a small mechanical boat had appeared on the green lake at some point. The 13th-ring Provost of the Success Higher Medical College, "Iron Punisher" Professor Miller Stewart, stood at the bow, asking the lady behind him about the origin of the red moon just now; Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te, the "Red Moon Witch" of Saint Byron's, looked toward the shore as if she could see Xia De's figure directly; Professor Ghost, the 13th-ring Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Zaras Academy of Literature, looked at the island solemnly, somewhat surprised that the island itself seemed to possess a soul.

But regardless, the first team to break into the island via a special boat had finally arrived.

"I'll buy you time, continue on."

The Witch on the shore kissed Xia De's wet forehead, then stepped into the sky. Behind her, the spiritual light of her 12th-ring life ring shone, guiding the way for the three professors on the small boat. At the same time, she crossed her left and right index fingers, aiming at the behemoth at the bottom of the lake:

"Law: Stillness!"

Xia De, not daring to delay, leaped into the lake. With a blink of his eyes, his body had already appeared twenty meters away, avoiding the dense groups of water ghosts.

He didn't dare to look closely at what the behemoth lurking at the bottom of the lake was, but his 【Heart of Stone】 could clearly hear the sound of the three hearts within the opponent's body. At the same time, the perception of the water body brought by the spell "Underwater Breathing" also allowed him to feel the vibration of the machinery operating within the monster.

The professors of the three major colleges had already cast strange arts together with Miss Jia Lin Na; the muffled sounds on the water's surface represented the beginning of the battle. Xia De, meanwhile, dived continuously under the water like a swimming fish, finally opening the door that stood at the bottom of the lake.

"Hoo~ Hoo~"

The wet Xia De reappeared on the second floor of the Edwards Old House just like that. He shook his hair in a disheveled manner and looked down at the little finger of his right hand holding the sword under the bright lights. Just now, he felt Megan and Audrey were on the second floor from the third floor, and then accidentally fell into a trap. Now that he had finally returned to the second floor of the old house, he felt Megan and Audrey were on the first floor:

"Basement, right?"

Although it might be another trap utilizing Xia De's psychology, and Megan and Audrey were really on the first floor, Xia De still chose to go directly to the basement. The thread on his little finger was no longer important, and the badge hanging on his neck was no longer important; he trusted his current feeling more.

His sixth sense told him the Witch was in the basement.

The brightly lit old house was still empty. It took only ten seconds to walk quickly from the second floor to the first. Xia De knew the location of the basement quite well, but when he walked down the stairs, preparing to go to the basement, he saw another person who didn't belong here in the foyer of the mansion.

The foyer of this kind of building was not like the narrow foyer of Xia De's house; calling it a foyer, it was actually quite large. When Xia De entered the door just now, there were numerous dancing guests here. And at this moment, next to the phonograph that was still making sound, was a lady Xia De was very familiar with.

Pale golden hair, wearing a long dress that was black on top and red on the bottom, with sharp eyes, and a large book with a silver-white hard cover floating beside her. The current president of the 【Truth Society】, one of the former candidates for the Chosen of Knowledge and Wisdom, Miss Pawo, appeared before Xia De just like that.

The news brought by Yi Lu Na was indeed correct; she was now at the 7th ring, and by the looks of it, she was not far from the 8th ring.

Xia De stopped his steps and caught the thing thrown by this lady who was smiling at him. Xia De looked down and saw that it was actually a key with a very familiar shape.

"This is the one we obtained among the thirteen keys."

The female sorcerer said, lifting the stylus of the phonograph. Thus, the music that could be heard throughout the entire building finally stopped.

"Your speed is quite fast; I thought I would have to wait for another ten minutes or so to see you. I wanted to see what kind of power you could use in your most ordinary state; I guess you are definitely not at the 13th ring, but you are also definitely not ordinary. It's just that I didn't expect your helpers to arrive so quickly. 'Uniting all'... is this ability of yours to let everyone help you also a kind of 'uniting all'? Or should it be called the power of unity?"

She smiled and took off the black record, tucking it into the book floating beside her, and then continued to say to Xia De:

"I originally wanted to see what kind of path the traitor of the Diviner Association had chosen. Now it seems he is destined to fail, so I won't go to see that ugly scene. The key is yours; I'll take this record, which counts as not having come for nothing. Please perform well later; I'm looking forward to what you will do this time."

"You got all of his materials?"

Xia De asked. Miss Pawo nodded lightly:

"Although he is crazy, at least he has a sense of contract. We have done what we promised, so he gave those materials to me. He is indeed a genius in some aspects. He even wanted to invite me to attend the banquet, tsk tsk~"

She didn't continue to evaluate, but asked Xia De:

"God-Awakener, do you know why I waited here specifically for you? Actually, I could have not appeared."

"It's definitely not for me to congratulate you on going from Vice President to President."

The female sorcerer curled her lips:

"If you were willing to talk to me the way you coax those Witches, we might be able to become friends.

However, I also know you are in a hurry, so I'll keep it short: Laplace Howard also has connections with the 【Blood Spirit School】, and both sides have a lot of cooperation in human alchemy. Correspondingly, the 【Blood Spirit School】 also gave that Diviner help, such as the 【Puppeteer Script】 that made your Witches leave the hotel at the last moment tonight."

"What do you want to say?"

"Don't be anxious, just one sentence: That Diviner might tell you some very surprising things tonight. After you understand those, perhaps you will be willing to come find us, listen to our research, and see our truth."

She signaled Xia De not to speak:

"God-Awakener, this won't be our last meeting. I hope you can defeat that madman. Although Howard is truly talented, I am, after all, more willing to deal with normal people like you. Madmen like him are a bit too rational."

She waved at Xia De, turned around, and disappeared like a phantom.

Xia De frowned and looked at the key in his hand, continuing toward the basement.

Rumbling sounds came from afar; it seemed more people had already arrived on this island. When Xia De arrived before the basement door, the entire house suddenly shook; the earthquake on the island hadn't stopped since the hotel appeared here.

The basement door was, of course, locked. After Xia De opened the locked door, he saw that it was still pitch black inside.

He took a deep breath, the anger he had endured all night finally about to erupt:

"I want to see what it is this time."

Passing through that door, after a moment of dizziness, raindrops fell from the sky, soaking the already wet Xia De. Dark vision soon allowed Xia De to identify that he was currently located in a clearing in a lightless forest he had never been to before.

"Enhanced Spatial Perception!"

The surrounding terrain immediately appeared in Xia De's mind. His current location was the hilly forest farm in the southern part of the island. He had never been here before, and Megan and Audrey had never introduced the specific situation of this area either.

Enhanced Spatial Perception had already found the "door" back to the mansion for him. Turning to look toward the northeast, the simple wooden door stood in the rain and fog at the edge of the clearing. Darkness could not hide Xia De's eyes; he clearly saw countless dense gaps appearing and closing in the space before the wooden door, just like eyes opening and closing.

And as he raised 【Night Watcher】, this spatial phenomenon, which was almost about to collapse, quickly spread to the entire clearing, forcing Xia De to dodge the cracks carefully.

At the same time, the standing door was opened. A ring sorcerer with no face, but wearing the exact same clothes as Laplace Howard, and even having the same physique, walked out.

A life ring appeared behind him; the not-particularly-solid life ring undoubtedly belonged to a 13th-ring sorcerer, but for some reason, like the Edwards brothers in the cemetery, it was entangled by tree roots.

【Similar breathing frequency, heartbeat frequency, spiritual fluctuations, and element stability. Except for the mixed soul and no face, he is no different from Laplace Klein Howard.】

"Human alchemy to create an identical self?"

The power given by the Witch Council had not yet been used, and Xia De was only one step away from arriving at the banquet. Since Miss Pawo of the Truth Society had already appeared, this was probably the last thing blocking him. Xia De knew what he should do now. ===== CHAPTER 1909 =====