Chapter 3019: The Gift of Death

Miss Olandon followed closely by Emilia's side, the light of the Yellow Moon illuminating the way forward for the little sprite.

And after Iluna appeared and used thunder to break the solidified time, Vanessa, together with the gray unicorn, brought Sylvia, Grandma Cassandra, and Bella, who were no longer fixed in the air but still unable to move, back to the ship.

Miss Elise did not participate in the battle; she needed to protect the ship as much as possible. So, what greeted the great witches on the deck was Luvia and a group of girls.

Miss Swift was hugging Grandma Cassandra in terror, and Matilda was supporting the frozen Bella. When Vanessa made Sylvia float onto the deck, she suddenly felt that Luvia, who was supporting Sylvia, seemed a bit different at this moment.

It wasn't her appearance, nor her purple eyes, not her clothing, and certainly not...

"It's her hair. Has Luvia's hair grown a bit longer?"

The little witch was puzzled, and then saw the purple-eyed diviner touch the three people frozen by time one by one, and the three immediately returned to normal.

"Luvia has this kind of power too!?"

The purple eyes looked at Vanessa at this very moment, and under the gaze of those purple eyes, the 13th-circle witch felt that everything Luvia did was actually very normal:

"After all, Luvia, like Xia De, has infinite possibilities. Since her divination is so powerful, it's only natural that she can undo time stop."

"You want to use the power of the Council, right?"

The purple-eyed girl asked, but reminded them before the great witches could speak:

"There are only five of you now, and the power is far from enough. Xivi and Megan must hold off the fourth wave of bugs in the city. Flora, you need to recover to at least the 11th circle in human form now, otherwise, besides Vanessa at the 13th circle, you have no ability to participate in the battle."

Everyone's eyes turned to the gray unicorn. She couldn't exit the transformation form now, otherwise the power of the corrupted holy acorn would be wasted:

"But I..."

"It doesn't matter. You are actually only one step away from recovery; you just haven't realized it yourself."

The purple eyes looked at Xia De, who had temporarily exited the battlefield. After Iluna entered, he had temporarily retreated. At this moment, complex ritual traces lit up under his feet. Because he was in excellent condition tonight and had prepared in advance, he didn't need to absorb divinity like in the Battle of Moon Bay before he could call Adele.

"Go help Xia De cover his Fate Ring; he is going to use the Words of Ascension to call that demigod."

Luvia ordered, so Miss Swift temporarily put down Grandma Cassandra and led the high-circle girls to fly from the deck toward Xia De. The purple-eyed diviner, whose hair seemed to have grown a bit longer, continued to look at the gray unicorn:

"You have already understood death in death, and now you have devoured the corrupted power left behind by the Old God. Why can't you break free from the curse of time? The authority of time is not more noble than death. You should actually already be able to actively break the shackles of time."

The distant sound of bells echoed in the forest. Although Vanessa really wanted to see what Luvia was trying to do, she couldn't help but look back in Xia De's direction. The girls led by Swift surrounded him, and the super-strong illusion effect covered the Fate Ring emerging from the steam mist.

But in fact, except for the Ancient One, no one else noticed what Xia De was doing. After all, everyone was fighting, and now people only thought that those girls were helping the "God-Caller" complete the Words of Ascension. Speaking of which, because Xia De's Words of Ascension were of the summoning type rather than direct attacks, the preparation conditions were relatively simple.

"But I... Luvia, I don't know how to do it."

The gray unicorn lady said with some guilt, and Luvia smiled. She felt this scene was very familiar, only that it was the owl who lowered its head before, not the unicorn:

"If you were killed now and turned from a living person into an undead, you would immediately recover to the 11th circle, and it wouldn't be impossible to even turn into the 12th circle at the moment between life and death. But we all know Xia De definitely wouldn't bear to do that; he likes things with warmth."

The girls present who had had intimate contact with Xia De all blushed. Instead, Luvia didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with what she said. Her eyes continued to gaze into the unicorn's eyes. For some reason, Flora felt that Luvia was a bit scary now... that kind of fear from the bottom of her heart, as if she had seen Luvia do many terrible things before.

She didn't dare to gaze into those purple eyes again, but when she subconsciously wanted to look away, she felt that if she really ended the eye contact, the other party would probably be very angry because of her "disobedience":

"Strange, why do I have this feeling? Even if she is... the housekeeper and mistress of the Hamilton family, I shouldn't..."

Although Luvia's hair was a bit longer now, just as the long-haired girl had once said to Xia De in front of the fireplace, she couldn't dominate this body, and she only appeared temporarily as a shadow tonight. Therefore, the one talking to the great witches at this moment was still the Luvia Xia De was familiar with, only that she inexplicably knew many things, and felt that Flora's fearful appearance at this moment was very interesting.

"Since you don't know how to do it, I can teach you. I don't have Xia De's ability like 'Spirit Spring Enlightenment' to make people gain wisdom, but..."

The purple eyes looked from the deck toward the battlefield again. The diffused steam mist had completely covered Xia De along with the girls' illusions, but Luvia could still directly see Xia De and his Fate Ring. The spirit runes of the low-circle Words of Ascension were lighting up, while Xia De was somewhat flustered, taking out 【Philosopher's Stone】 while drinking pink essence.

The function of 【Philosopher's Stone】 was to break through the shackles that low-circle Words of Ascension could not summon "past-life" witches, and the pink essence was to prepare for the massive spirit that would be consumed in a while.

Of course, Xia De didn't forget to drink the small bottle of potion with a beautiful purple luster; the taste was somewhat like grapes; and he also drank the large bottle of potion radiating red micro-light, which was all apple-flavored. These two bottles of potion were to assist in the use of the Words of Ascension to reduce side effects.

"But I have other methods."

The purple eyes looked at the gray unicorn again, so the other witches scattered a little, letting Luvia walk directly in front of the "gray unicorn" Flora:

"You have followed Xia De into death many times, and have already understood from the stories he experienced that death absolutely does not just mean the end; the corrupted acorn you just swallowed represents the mixture of life and decay, which is just like you, with a cold soul, feeling the temperature of Xia De's soul.

What you lack now is just to show your state between life and death. Once you truly reach that critical point, the shackles of time will completely dissolve. You can rely on your own power to completely solve the trouble caused by the 'curse of time.' This is something that even the Red Moon Witch, who has elven blood and the assistance of Paradox Bug potion, couldn't accomplish."

"What should I do? Help me, Luvia."

The purple eyes gazed into those eyes that were clearly afraid but still bravely looked at her:

"What is the reason you realized the true meaning of death?"

"The story of that dragon-beast, starting in the snow, ending in the water; starting from an embrace, ending in an embrace. Until that soul gave me a parting gift of gratitude, I no longer rejected death, but wanted to embrace death in the posture of a living person."

The unicorn answered, and Luvia nodded:

"Yes, your insight and the gift of the soul in death are the most critical."

At the same time, the sound of ding-ding-ding echoed in space-time. The witches listened to Luvia and Flora's dialogue while looking at Xia De's direction. They all knew that Xia De was going to summon the "future" Adele Isabella again, that is, the demigod Time Great Witch.

But many girls were actually thinking, especially Flora who had followed the team into the underground elven ruins not long ago:

"Didn't Xia De say to the 'Clockmaker' that demigods cannot appear in the Sixth Era? Then how did Her Excellency the Speaker... is it a power bestowed by a god... Xia De?"

Luvia was still talking to the unicorn:

"Your insight has become a part of you, but you haven't truly opened the gift from the departing soul. That is the gift given by pure death, true ending. Although Xia De has obtained it many times, for others, this is still a gift only inferior to a god's blessing."

In the continuous bell sound, even the Ancient One sitting on the throne looked at the mist floating in the air, but the Ancient One had no intention of interrupting Xia De's spellcasting.

"The gift given by death... Transfiguration-Dragon?"

The gray unicorn gave this answer, and Luvia nodded with a smile:

"In the identity of a living person, to master the form of the dead, Flora Winster, this is the most precious gift fate has given you, this great witch of death. However, to prevent you from not being able to master this complex transfiguration immediately, you don't need to actively cast the spell—Dragon Transformation Potion!"

She reached out toward Matilda on the side. The blonde maid lady, who was nervously watching Xia De's situation, was stunned for a rare moment before understanding her "master's" meaning:

"I'll go get it right away."

"I have it here."

Grandma Cassandra said immediately, rummaging out the potion Xia De had gotten from the coroner from her robe.

"Now, do you understand?"

Luvia asked while uncorking the scorching potion, and then let the bottle fly toward Flora. The gray unicorn nodded and was about to open her mouth, but heard the diviner say:

"Besides that—look into my eyes, Flora Winster!"

If the young ladies on the deck were not currently captivated by Xia De's low-ring Sublimation Words, they should have been able to notice that Luvia's shadow was, at this moment, completely overlapping with her own person.

Thus, Flora, meeting those purple eyes, saw herself within them—her human form—and then she became the self within those purple eyes.