Chapter 2684: Su Xing

The cat and the unicorn flew together in the night sky. At one moment, a strong sense of suffocation made Flora Winslett open her eyes. She struggled subconsciously for a few times, and only then did she realize that she was being pulled by Xia De while maintaining her human form, slowly swimming from the bottom of the lake toward the surface.

A voice appeared in both of their ears:

【Flora/Outlander, you have perceived blasphemy, you have gained insight into "Temperance."】

Warm, yellowish light was helping her quickly revive her body, but looking closely, it was clearly the tail of the cat lying on Xia De's head that was glowing.

The process of going up was not long, and the people pulling the chain on the shore were using so much force that when Xia De left the water surface holding the witch, they once thought they had flown out.

"They are back! Xia De succeeded!"

Silver torches were held high by everyone, followed by Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's excited shouting and a series of footsteps approaching the lake shore.

"We are fine! Go back to the camp first, don't come near the lake shore."

Xia De also said loudly at the same time.

Eyes adapted to the dimness underwater could not immediately adapt to the light of the torches gathering around, so the Death Witch closed her eyes and curled up her body, letting the wet Xia De hold the wet her in a princess carry, and returned to the camp with the people around.

The elements and spirits by the lake were still chaotic. The girls on the shore had obviously experienced a fierce battle after Xia De went into the water, but it seemed that with the 13th-tier Great Witch present, the battle here did not pay any price.

And after returning to the camp, someone immediately handed over a towel. The warm campfire gradually brought Flora Winslett back from a series of events, and then she noticed one thing:

"Why are there so many people here? Where did Xia De find so many people?"

She was held by Xia De and placed by the campfire. At this moment, she opened her eyes and saw many people surrounding her and looking at her with concern.

Miss Bell bent down with a towel to wipe her hair, and Matilda, who was very good at handling dirty clothes, dried her skirt for her.

She would not recognize the faces of those who were watching her with worry in the firelight. The one with a birthmark between her eyebrows was the Countess, the old face was the Old Witch, the young black-haired girl was the Great Witch of Space, and the blonde opera singer who had reached the 13th tier:

"Bella, Grandma Cassandra, Emma, and Vanessa? Why are you here?"

Only then did she understand what Xia De meant by "someone came to save us" in the dream, but she immediately realized what it meant for Xia De to be able to find so many people.

And seeing that she could still say the names of everyone, the witches were also relieved.

"Xia De found us. He said something big happened here. It looks like it's too dangerous for you to be the only one in Vesta Woodland. We should have Adele send Emma here too."

Grandma Cassandra said, and Miss Winslett subconsciously opposed:

"No, it's enough for me to be alone for the time being... Grandma, you really know Xia De too?"

The Old Witch smiled and stopped talking, so Vanessa asked again:

"How are you feeling now? When Xia De found me, I was really startled."

She placed her hand on Flora's forehead, and the healing power from the earth helped her recover her strength and spirit, but in fact, Flora did not feel any discomfort other than being a little cold now.

"Actually, it's fine to let Emma come over first, even if it's not to help you, it's to help Xia De."

The Countess interjected, and the black-haired Great Witch of Space smiled without saying a word. Of course, she would not object to coming here immediately.

"Bella, come to think of it, I asked you to help me divine Xia De's origin some time ago..."

The Countess of Moon Bay smiled without saying a word, and the birthmark between her eyebrows was quite obvious in the firelight.

Flora shook her head violently:

"I feel that even if I am awake, I can't distinguish between true and false. You are all lying, or am I the only one who can't see reality clearly? Please let me be quiet for a while, my head is very messy now... So, how many witches know Xia De?"

"Not everyone, anyway."

Miss Sylvia spoke up then.

Xia De was not by their side, but was checking the situation on the shore just now with Luweiya, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, and Miss Danister. Tifa was drying his clothes for him.

Helen and Grace were talking to the elf girl on the side, but the elf girl didn't seem afraid of them, which was different from Amelia.

"After you went into the water, the resentment in the lake erupted. Originally, Luweiya was in the camp with Little Mia, but your cat rushed out. None of us could stop it, and it didn't seem afraid of Love Lake."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na said, and Xia De looked at the purple-eyed girl:

"Other than that, are there any other abnormalities?"

Luweiya shook her head gently and returned the staff to him:

"No, what abnormality are you referring to?"

Xia De clearly saw her shadow nod at this moment, so he understood in his heart:

"Nothing, just a little worried. It's good that Flora could be saved, I'll deal with other things later."

"I have a suggestion."

The eighteen-year-old red-haired girl said on the side:

"It seems that the danger of Vesta Woodland is still far beyond our expectations. Since the Witch Council has enough manpower, let some people stay. We can't go looking for people every time."

"I need to consider it. More people also mean a higher probability of danger."

The lake water on him and the cat had already been steamed dry. When he woke up from the lake just now, the cat was indeed in its cat form; it did not suddenly turn into a majestic "golden lion" again.

The rescue plan was quite successful. Afterward, Xia De and Flora were checked by everyone separately to confirm that the two were really fine, and this rescue operation was truly over.

As for the relic derivative stele with unknown effects, at the suggestion of Grace and Helen, Xia De threw it back into the bottom of the lake, letting it return to where it should have been.

I don't know what this action triggered, but after the stele sank to the bottom of the water, those other victims who were sinking at the bottom of the lake, including Linda Bennett, actually floated up one after another.

This was not because the power of Love Lake that Xia De and the witch triggered during the day was activated, but because they were also released by this great lake and pushed to the shore in the flow of the lake water.

However, these people did not wake up immediately. They were ordinary people, and even Miss Linda Bennett, who entered the lake last, had spent longer in the dream than Xia De and Flora.

Among these people, most would never wake up. Only a few people with firm will and short dream time could return to normal life.

Of course, Xia De did not forget that Linda Bennett was attracted here because she used the lake water here rashly. Therefore, he did not intend to send these people into the city secretly, but intended to inform the church about what happened here. While the church dealt with this group of people, it could also re-seal this lake.

Although everyone was rescued, "Love Lake" was still Love Lake, and the great lake reflecting the starlight was still waiting for those who craved happiness to arrive.

The matter was temporarily over. Although it was dangerous here, the camp was not evacuated for the time being. The witches wanted to collect some local soil and plant samples to take back to the Council and seal them with the report to warn future witches of the danger here.

Of course, they would not collect the lake water.

After confirming with Luweiya and the others what happened on the shore just now, Xia De found Flora, who was surrounded by the witches for a physical examination, by the campfire.

Everyone was very interested in her current "owl" identity, but they couldn't ask because they wanted to protect her dignity, but now it was a good opportunity.

So the impatient Death Witch drove away her "annoying" colleagues, leaving only Grandma Cassandra to talk to her, but she still looked unhappy. Xia De brushed past Miss Bellindell, who gave him a wink, and then took Matilda to find Luweiya.

She still wanted to talk to Luweiya about the divination.

"Flora, how are you feeling now?"

Xia De asked, sitting on the cushion brought by Miss Swift. Grandma Cassandra also smiled and looked at Flora, who was sitting by the fire somewhat dejectedly. After moving closer to Xia De, she leaned her head on his shoulder.

Of course, everyone saw this scene.

"Feeling good, body and spirit are both good, just a little... lost."

"Distinguishing between dreams and reality is very important for both witches and Ringed Shushi. Flora, your dream has ended, but you look like you don't want to wake up."

The kind Old Witch seemed to see through everything. Her right hand grabbed Miss Winslett's left hand, and her left hand covered the back of her hand:

"I don't worry about your situation, Flora. Since you were a witch apprentice, I knew you were stronger than anyone else. The fact that you carry the power of death but can still show such powerful natural transformation talent is proof."

In fact, Grandma Cassandra, as the Great Witch of "Darkness," did not show any dark side at all, which was the truly terrifying part.

"If you are greedy for things in the dream, go and think about whether reality will have more interesting things than in the dream."

Flora Winslett looked at Xia De without any avoidance:

"What's in the dream, of course, is also in reality. But in the dream... there was only me."

She looked at the others who were busy, Bella Bellindell was talking to Luweiya by the Chocobo camp, Emma Sylvia was answering Dorothy's questions about portal opening techniques, and Vanessa Benanice was protecting the girls who were investigating and sampling with Grace and Helen. Everyone had things to do. ===== CHAPTER 2685 =====