Chapter 2592
The tide of miracle elements triggered by the pure silver fire even affected the night sky within a few seconds. The originally deep blue-black night sky appeared with dull seven-colored hues as if it had been melted. Under the gaze of the red-haired girl and the round-faced owl, Xia De, located at the top of the spire, raised his right hand high.
The vast miracle elements at this moment turned into the light he held in his hand, and the silver ball of light rotated and turned into a silver light wheel that appeared in his palm. Then the light wheel became larger and larger, until a grain-sized human was holding a moon-sized rotating light wheel above the golden music hall.
Below was the golden city architecture, and above, the brilliant silver moonlight illuminated everything around. Even with the cover of the city's defensive ritual, people in the city still felt that the city center instantly became brighter tonight.
The massive spirit cut through space with the rotation of the light wheel, and the "humming" sound was clearly the miracle elements colliding with time and space. Even though no one was targeted at this moment, everyone who saw the moonlight wheel felt a fatal danger.
But this was not a giant attack of the "Moonlight Wheel: Second Form," nor was it a charged attack of the "Moonlight Wheel: Third Form." Xia De, who leaped from the music hall's side tower, held the giant light wheel and rose into the sky until he reached the front of the three massive full moons.
In his dream, he reached out toward the silver moon, but the silver moon split into three different moons. And with the astonishment and anger of that time, Xia De's raised right hand shook clockwise, and that giant silver light wheel also swayed in the deep seven-colored night sky.
Time and space seemed to be swaying because of this. The thunder and lightning appearing in the sea of stars were merely the abnormal tide of spirits triggered by the elements. The seven-colored night sky was now like melted glaze. As that figure's right arm swayed, spikes resembling light wheels gradually appeared on the outer edge of the three moons' halos, and then the halos of the clear yellow, holy silver, and blood-red moons also rotated.
This looked like a hallucination. The owl in the red-haired girl's arms blinked, and then was shocked to find that the four giant rotating light wheels above Xia De's raised right hand were indeed real:
"What kind of miracle is this?"
"Moonlight Wheel: Fourth Form!"
The waving right hand drove the massive spirit to slash forward, and so four giant light wheels the size of moons flew toward that weird dragon-beast in the air one after another. Except for the strange "humming" sound, the miracle attack was silent but incredibly gorgeous, just like the radiance dancing smoothly in the sea of stars.
"Roar!"
The dragon breath sprayed toward the light wheel but was slashed straight open by the light wheel. And so the gray time turbulence protected it, and the miracle cast by the twelve-ring mage formed a crystal shield that also blocked the front of the light wheel.
But this was still ineffective. The shield was penetrated without any obstruction like paper, and the four deadly radiances then penetrated the gray time turbulence protecting the dragon-beast's body—
The red and yellow light wheels cut off its two giant wings, and two silver light wheels passed through its body in a cross shape.
The dragon-beast even paused in the air for a moment before realizing it had died, and then the six-piece corpse fell toward the city below and scattered into flying ash.
At this moment, everyone in the air held their breath, and the "Clockmaker," who had dodged the light wheel attack with the "Speed Spell," shook her hair in the air. Thirteen clock hands tied by braids pointed to the magnificent night sky together, and the clock dial in her right eye reversed rapidly, and the flying ash re-gathered at an extremely fast speed:
"Come back to me!"
And just at this moment—
Boom!
The silver-white thunder spear pierced through those flying ashes, and then the 【Staff of Yggdrasil】 wrapped in the thunder spear radiated the green radiance unique to the miracle "Ancient Elf Stability Principle."
The clock dial in the right eye of the 【Tree Hole Society】 president suddenly stopped, and even the clock hands on her braids dropped down.
She resisted the urge to vomit blood and gazed at the figure that had fallen back to the top of the music hall spire, raising her hand to wipe away the second thunder spear thrown at her. The twelve-ring life-ring rotated rapidly in the night sky, and the miracle - 【Time】, enlightenment - 【Rotation】, and blasphemy - 【Revenge】 flashed with spiritual light together:
"Miracle - Revenge of Reversing Time!"
But the miracle that should have restored the miracle that had just attacked her to attack the opponent failed at this moment. Beneath the sea of stars, she only felt the stars resisting her spellcasting with their light, and the three moons were shining on her with some indescribable malice.
The failure of the spellcasting finally made that mouthful of blood spit out. She waved her hand to put away her blood, and facing the figure leaping toward the sea of stars again with a giant light wheel appearing in his hand again, she flew toward the direction of the forest outside the city in the state of "Speed Spell" without looking back.
"Don't run!"
The church ring-mages immediately went to pursue, while the red-haired girl helped Xia De catch the long staff in the air, and then flew toward him with Sister Daelin.
The remaining church ring-mages who did not pursue that figure discussed in the nearby sky, and then the twelve-ring mage of the Sun Church and the eleven-ring mage of the Peace Church flew over together.
After they landed on the top of the spire, they first bowed to Sister Daelin, clearly recognizing her. After looking up at the seven-colored starry sky that still looked like melted glaze, they looked at the figure still wrapped in silver flames with some awe.
That figure seemed to have merged with this strange night sky at this moment; facing him was like facing the moon at this moment.
"Hello, may I ask who you are..."
"Who can answer, what on earth is going on?"
That figure asked, and so the church ring-mages looked at Sister Daelin, who was wearing a silver eye mask under the moon. After the sister nodded, they said:
"This morning, a powerful grudge spirit appeared outside the city. When the teams of the Sun Church and the Dawn Church went to investigate, they accidentally discovered a comatose old priest from Willandale, and then discovered that a so-called 'Time Tunnel' might exist locally.
This matter was immediately reported to the Holy See, and then many things happened. A ticket for tonight's golden music hall was found on the comatose old priest, but according to records, he did not have the hobby of listening to concerts.
So we originally planned to send people here to investigate whether any suspicious persons were present tonight, but we soon discovered that members of the 【Tree Hole Society】 had disguised their identities and appeared on the concert invitation list. When we went to arrest them, we ran into the Clockmaker from just now."
The subsequent events were the great battle in the air. As for the origin of that weird dragon-beast, it is currently only known that it exists in the past time and space. But which segment of history in Creekwood Town it was pulled from is not yet clear.
Xia De nodded and didn't say anything more. It seems that poking the matter of the "Twisted Tree Hole" to the church has triggered a chain reaction. But looking at the Clockmaker's actions just now, she was clearly trying to destroy the music hall and didn't want the church to notice anything.
So there is something else strange here.
However, at least tonight's events have come to a temporary end. Xia De didn't greet them either, reached out to grab the red-haired girl and the owl, took a step back, and disappeared from the top of the tower.
"Sister Daelin..."
The church ring-mages looked at the now-famous sister again, and the latter didn't say anything either, disappearing in the firelight.
The remaining two looked at each other, until the middle-aged man from the Sun Church asked:
"That person just now, the one who used moonlight, could it be... When Father Francois was discovered this morning, a ring-mage who used sun miracles also appeared. After we reported it to the Holy See, the higher-ups said not to investigate that person... Could it be that person?"
Of course, it was not just the church crowd who held doubts about Xia De's identity; Miss Winslett, who witnessed the four giant light wheels just now, was equally confused. However, they returned to the music hall first and caught up with the concert's closing piece, "Moonlight Waltz."
People in the music hall had no idea what had happened above their heads. After the last note fell, continuous applause kicked off the Moon Dance Festival of 1854.
And when the four people sitting together stood up from their chairs and looked at the witch on the side, they did not see the light-shadow on Xia De anymore. She only saw him smiling and applauding. It was as if what happened a few minutes ago was just an illusion, just a dream she had during the concert.
The vast spirit had already lain dormant in the soul, and the brand-new power and pure moon fire were also hidden deep in the heart. Everything tonight was certainly not a dream; the ancient sacrifice had lasted for ten thousand years and was presented to the correct object again. Xia De applauded and watched the musicians on the stage. He didn't think about the woman who escaped and the dragon that couldn't be killed. He was still regretting that he didn't touch her on the moon in his dream.
No one spoke on the way back. Among the four, only Miss Bell did not go out just now. When she and her teacher, who was full of thoughts, returned to the Accordion Inn with Xia De and Miss Danister, Xia De sat on the sofa and simply commented on tonight's events:
"The people of the 【Tree Hole Society】 are really bold. They don't even have thirteen rings, yet they dare to be enemies with the church in the city. When the church's support arrives in a few days, they will be in big trouble."
But Miss Danister and Miss Winslett didn't want to talk about this. They both looked at Xia De:
"Compared to them, shouldn't you explain your situation?"
The black-haired Miss Bell went out to prepare tea for them. Miss Danister just looked at him with some relief, while the witch was very emotional:
"Don't you only have eight rings? After you appeared on the top of the tower just now, that light wheel... even if I recovered to eleven rings, I wouldn't dare to face them directly. What was that?"
"That is the miracle of the moon. Tonight is the Moon Dance Festival, and I... saw the moon in my dream."
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