Chapter 2976: Ritual of the Moon Sanctuary

Xia De didn't tell them what he dreamed:

"Miss Jia Lin Na, your task is very important. Once you and those alien female Ringed Shushi discover the secret treasure left by the witch of the Fifth Era, you must immediately confirm whether there is a piece of bark inside. If there really is, bring it to the ship immediately. This is very important for tomorrow night's final battle. That is the original record of a fairy tale. Dorothy said very early on that if I can get this kind of item, my fairy tale maze can get a huge enhancement."

The writer lady whose name was mentioned nodded, and Xia De continued to instruct:

"Of course, Miss Jia Lin Na, if you can't find it, you can also decide when to give up the task yourself. In short, pay attention to safety. Others have companions by their side, and this matter can only be completed by you alone with people."

The Duchess agreed.

After formulating the general direction of the action, the next step was the detail problem Xia De just mentioned. Xia De certainly didn't forget Iluna's matter. Although Iluna was not the strongest among the Chosen Ones, nothing could be without her.

Luvia said she had already communicated with Iluna through letters, and Iluna would definitely appear by Xia De's side before the final battle.

"Xia De, have you thought about how to defeat Thomas Bennett in the time transit station tomorrow?"

When Xia De talked about going to the city in advance with Emilia tomorrow afternoon, Miss Danister asked with some worry.

"The Chosen One of Light from Moon Bay lent me an artifact. That artifact might be able to cut through the frozen time-space, and..."

Xia De looked at the elf girl, who nodded:

"After the meeting tonight, I will teach Emilia a unique divine art, which can briefly break the frozen time."

"Since you have also mastered this divine art, can't you go with Xia De and the others?"

Miss Jia Lin Na asked, but the elf girl pursed her lips and shook her head. Xia De then took over the topic, not letting everyone continue to question the elf girl's thoughts.

There was also a big problem tomorrow night, which was how to make the attacks of ordinary Ringed Ringed Shushi effective against Paradox Worms. The Church had a way to solve this. Within the city area, the ritual orbit composed of five churches could suppress the white fog that symbolized unstable time as much as possible.

And outside the city area, besides a few artifacts that could directly attack Paradox Worms and the high-level divine arts of the Church that could ignore the influence of time, Sister Sister Daifulin proposed that she could attach the power of the initial fire to weapons, allowing ordinary weapons to ignore the influence of the white fog for a certain period of time.

This unique "enchantment technology" could only affect a few weapons, but the number of witches and high-ring followers themselves was not large. As for the Church, Mr. Albei's alchemy prop "Blade of Blessing" would attach the power of light to a large number of weapons, plus the means and divine arts of the five Orthodox Churches, so this was enough.

The meeting this night lasted until around 0:00 midnight, but even so, Xia De still felt that many things hadn't been discussed clearly. However, in order to have enough spirit to deal with the great battle tomorrow, the meeting ended around midnight, and everyone went back to rest.

But not many people really returned to their bedrooms immediately. Xivi, Vanessa, and Megan's sisters went to select the candidates who would go out with them in the evening, Emilia was taken away by the elf girl to learn the so-called divine art, Luvia and Bella went to continue observing the starry sky, Dorothy and Miss Silvia and the Red Butterfly sisters went to the cabin bottom where the portal was located, and Miss Ilesser walked toward the witch apprentices who were gathered together.

Xia De put the cat, who looked a bit sleepy, on his shoulder, and then noticed Miss Jia Lin Na was checking the notebook that Tifa had been writing in all along. When he got up, he stretched his head to take a look and found that it was actually a comprehensive record of this meeting:

"Why record this? Everyone should be able to remember the plan clearly, right?"

Xia De asked, so the Duchess who paid great attention to the meeting process said:

"Of course, it's to prepare for the future. Later, if people want to commemorate the merits you have made for this world, these are the first-hand materials... This is your story, Xia De, and we all believe you will give this story the best ending."

Afterward, Xia De came to Miss Danister and Miss Oulannuode. The three didn't stay in the banquet hall, but came to the deck like the two diviner ladies.

It was cloudless tonight, which was a good night for stargazing. It was just that the night was getting colder. It was only the first ten days of the Frost Month, and it was hard to imagine what the temperature would be like after the Year-End Festival, which was the coldest time of the year.

"If you want to reproduce that blow from the night of the Crazy Moon, the biggest problem now is actually here with me."

Miss Danister leaned against the railing and looked at Xia De:

"Because of the curse, I am not Thirteenth-Ring now. Although I can barely release 'Forgiveness of the Moon Goddess' in my current state, the three moons must reach a complete balance to achieve the resonance of that night."

"The Paradox Worm potions that Emilia made for me in the woods are only enough to make my power barely recover to Tenth-Ring. Now that the jar of umbilical cords is gone, the effect of the time curse is not so easy to eradicate."

"If it's just to let you temporarily recover to Thirteenth-Ring, I have a way."

Miss Oulannuode, who was on the side, said, so Xia De asked:

"It shouldn't be summoning the Crazy Moon, right?"

"Of course not, what are you thinking?"

The gentle witch laughed, and then said to the red-haired girl:

"Although the Crazy Moon was smashed by Xia De, aren't the remains still there?"

"Moon Sanctuary? That hot spring?"

"Yes. But we all know that the power possessed by that hot spring cannot be compared with the real Crazy Moon at all. Although it has the effect of eradicating curses, it cannot eradicate the time curse."

"So besides the power of the hot spring, we also need Xia De's moon fire, and we need to assist with a ritual. Although the effective time will not be very long, the treatment process should take a long time. However, fortunately, we don't need to worry about the moon; the moon is always there."

This sounded feasible, and the ritual mentioned by Miss Oulannuode was not complicated, but it was still missing a powerful divine item or artifact symbolizing the "moon."

However, this didn't stump Xia De. His Sage-level artifact 【Source of Chaos】 happened to represent the power of the Yellow Moon. Speaking of which, the role played by this artifact left by Mr. Euclid, the astrologer, at St. Deran Square was really great. In the summer, when he was in Moon Bay, it was buried in Bella's shoulder to curb the erosion of the witch's body by the light.

In short, the matter of suppressing the curse was urgent, so even though it was very late now, they still took the team out.

How long it would take to complete this treatment was uncertain, so Grandma Cassandra, who didn't need to go out tomorrow, picked five high-ring and more than ten middle-ring girls from her followers to go with them, and was responsible for establishing a camp around the "Moon Sanctuary" to guard there once the great battle tomorrow night started but the treatment hadn't finished.

With so many people, arranging the ritual around that silver glowing hot spring didn't need Xia De and Miss Oulannuode to do it themselves.

But since it was a treatment

"Then you all go ahead and get busy; I'll leave first to see if anyone else needs help."

Xia De said as he turned to leave, but his sleeve was tugged by the witch, whose pale golden eyes easily reminded people of that clear yellow moon:

"This ritual requires the power of the three moons to be activated together in order to suppress the curse from the source of time with the power of the Primal Moon. Now that Danister's teacher is not here, no one represents the Silver Moon; besides you, who else here can help?"

"But..."

Xia De had just looked at the plan Miss Oulanode had produced; those ritual symbols filled five whole pages, and painting ritual symbols was not something that could be done just by drawing a few marks on the arms and face.

Thinking about what might happen, the red-haired girl's face flushed red all at once. But just as she opened her mouth to speak, she was interrupted by the witch's laughter:

"Xia De, you shouldn't have any trouble writing with your eyes closed, right?"

"Of course, no problem."

"Then in a moment, I'll blindfold your eyes, and I'll hold your hand to tell you where to write. Now memorize what you need to write in a moment; this waterproof ink is hard to wipe off if you make a mistake."

Saying this, she shoved the notebook to Xia De, and Xia De then lowered his head to look. The witch then smiled and looked at the red-haired girl, and then, as expected, found the latter standing there somewhat at a loss.

Miss Blaney Oulanode only felt that all of this was very interesting; in her view, it was clear that both sides knew what the other meant, yet they were still engaging in this kind of feigned reserve. If it were in the era she lived in, Xia De would probably have been pressed into the hot spring by bold girls by now.

Although it was said to be with eyes closed, for a Ring Mage with powerful perception, it actually didn't have much impact. But in any case, everyone tacitly didn't discuss this matter. After everything was ready, Miss Oulanode found a piece of black silk from somewhere to blindfold Xia De's eyes, and then led him by the hand to the side of the hot spring.

"Then what is not cliché?"

【Do you really not need me to describe it?】

"She" then asked with a smile:

【It should be said that the skin of an eighteen-year-old girl is indeed incomparable.】

"Don't distract me."

He responded in his heart, the pen in his hand reaching forward, and then he felt that his own heartbeat was actually quite fast.

The steam from the hot spring soon made Xia De's back break out in a layer of sweat; of course, it could also be for other reasons. In silence, the final runes were soon finished being painted. Xia De took a few steps back, and then heard the rustling sound of feet stepping on pebbles, and finally the sound of a human body entering the water.

Soon someone reached out and untied the black silk cloth covering his eyes, and the silver curtain had already risen again around the hot spring in front of him.

The light gauze swayed in the night wind, and the silver steam from the hot spring spilled out, rolling between the gauze and the ground. Behind that light gauze, Xia De saw the figure of Miss Danister standing in the water, holding a glowing orb in her hands, her rose-red eyes seemingly looking at him through that layer of gauze.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and act."

The witch on the side urged, and gently pushed Xia De. Xia De was startled:

"Act? Now?"

"Yes, if not now, when are you waiting for? Hurry up and use your Moon Fire; everyone is waiting for you now."

The witch then reminded him. Xia De only then woke up, and then discovered that the figure behind the thin gauze seemed to be smiling as well. Miss Oulanode understood everyone's thoughts here; the Sixth Era was indeed different from the Fifth Era.

The pure silver flame then followed the gap between the ground and the thin gauze curtain into the interior of the hot spring, subsequently seeming to ignite the surface of the water. And the red-haired girl in the hot spring also shed her final clothing at this time, leaning into the water to let her whole body submerge below the surface, and then fell into a deep sleep within it.

The light of the Silver Moon overflowed the entire hot spring, and the radiance of the Red Moon in the water naturally wrapped around her in the water like an eggshell, while the curled-up girl held yellow moonlight in her palms.

As all the ritual symbols surrounding the hot spring were lit up, the outermost Silver Moon, the Red Moon wrapping her body, and the yellow moonlight in her palms merged together. The light formed by the fusion of the three moons was not dazzling at all, but instead exceptionally gentle.

The entire ritual process was quite smooth, and when everything ended, only the sound of the wind remained passing through the forest.