Chapter 3672

"Take Grace and Helen with me? Is there some big trouble over there that requires me to bring them along?"

Xia De was somewhat surprised, and Luvia in the unicorn's nest shook her head:

"I don't know about that, but in any case, you must head there first. Take the 【Night Watcher】 when you set off; don't worry about whether Iruna needs it for now, just ensure your own safety first... Little Liana will follow Winnie and me, and Ellie will go with you all.

I will communicate with the elves and have them temporarily refrain from joining any team. Since you just said there are traces of demon summoning on the island, besides the seven key locations, other things should be happening."

"Yes, the demon is making its move."

Dorothy walked into the unicorn's nest with Priest Augustus and Doctor Schneider, and it was Doctor Schneider who spoke. With this, the five members of the group were reunited at the foot of the snowy mountain.

"The Priest and I went to deal with those demon summoning sites. The opponent is very cautious, playing cat-and-mouse with us all night. The Priest and I have destroyed most of the large-scale summoning rituals on the island, but there wasn't enough time to deal with the rituals in the sea, so we came over."

Xia De nodded:

"Doctor, you and the Priest will act together for a while. Go with Ms. Ai Si Bo Ge of the 【Winter Chant Choir】 and several Great Elders. After dealing with the situation at the marked locations, head to the mountain as soon as possible to rendezvous with Luvia."

The Priest and the Doctor nodded, and Dorothy asked again:

"What should I do?"

"You stay behind with Bella and Old Cassandra, and look after this small town with Ms. Yi Lai Se. Keep that 【Lucky Moon】 amulet on you, and also take the holy bell the hermits lent me. As for Stella..."

Xia De looked toward Luvia, and the young fortune-teller nodded:

"Since she holds the Ring of Destiny and has initially mastered the power of 【Frost Mourning】, don't treat her as a weakling. Let Stella follow Winnie and me. With her there, plus the help of Ms. White, we can surely hold out until you appear."

"Alright then, take these."

Xia De summoned the 【Manual of Destiny】 and handed the three arcs—【Luck】, 【Corruption】, and 【Breeding】—to the Doctor, the Priest, and Dorothy respectively, while Luvia already had the 【Fool】 arc in her hand.

Because the 【Ice and Snow】 arc was given to Winnie and the 【Shattering】 arc was made into ink, Xia De was left with only the black arc of the Infinite Snake he had intentionally kept:

"Although these destinies don't match you very well, at least holding them can reduce the disturbances from destiny to a certain extent."

The Doctor took the golden arc and said quite surprisedly:

"【Luck】? Detective, why do I feel like you're implying something?"

Everyone, including the old Priest, laughed, and Xia De gave one of the two remaining blank snake sloughs to the Priest:

"Priest, you take this. Although Ms. Ai Si Bo Ge also has a snake slough, please drip your blood on it when it really comes time to use it."

The Priest accepted the snake slough, and Dorothy said to Xia De again:

"You take 【Breeding】; I have that 【Lucky Moon】 amulet here anyway."

Xia De shook his head:

"I have other means; the disturbances of destiny won't have any effect on me."

He looked at the other four members of the group:

"The fifth act of the story of destiny will end before dawn arrives. This should be the most important battle before the final act. Next, we will head to our respective battlefields. I hope that when tomorrow's sun rises, everyone can return home safe and sound."

"Yes, I still have patients to see tomorrow. In recent years, there have been more and more patients with psychological illnesses in Tobesk."

The Doctor said with a smile, and then he and Priest Augustus were the first to walk out.

Xia De hugged Luvia:

"You all be careful."

"I have Winnie with me, plus the candidate Stella, and that sealed keeper. Actually, you should be the one to be more careful, right?"

Luvia said, and then Xia De looked at Dorothy. The young writer was somewhat dissatisfied:

"Lei Qianya and I both have this question—why is it that every time we are left behind to 'keep house'?"

"Because that's when I'm most at ease."

Xia De said as he hugged her too. Dorothy whispered, "I knew you were the best at talking," and then she also hugged Xia De.

Except for Bella and Old Cassandra, the other seven Great Witches also led their teams to different areas, among whom Claire followed Luvia to the snowy mountain.

Xia De did not forget to write to the city, notifying the Church and the Prophecy Society of the situation at the four locations he had mastered, and explaining that all seven locations must have corresponding means to restrict the "Lustful One" from spreading the snake-transformation plague, and even catalyzing the power of the Infinite Snake.

To ensure the letters could accurately express his meaning, Xia De specifically asked Vanessa to bring Emilia over and let Emilia deliver these letters, and the little elf indicated that she would absolutely complete the task.

After handling these matters, most of the witches had already led their teams to set off. Although Fatumonster Island under the night was still silent, Xia De knew that a major event was about to happen.

"Ellie, let's go."

He sat on the back of the little unicorn and said softly, so the pure white little beast took a few running steps on the roof of the snowy mountain hall, and then spread its wings and flew toward the starry sky.

Two red figures trailing streamers of light followed by Ellie's side, which made Ellie somewhat reserved, and the little unicorn was also a bit afraid of Grace and Helen.

And while the group was flying toward the southern sea of the island, another figure flew up from below and caught up with them. The blonde Ms. Sabel came to Xia De's side, so the red streamer representing Grace moved slightly outward to make room.

"Setting off, are we? I see you've split your manpower into several teams. It seems the situation tonight is very complicated. I'll go with you."

The sorceress said, and Xia De didn't mind:

"It will probably be quite dangerous next, even more dangerous than facing the demon at the Ice and Snow Castle."

She smiled and shook her head:

"But aren't you still here? I heard you are a God-Awakener; you should be very powerful, right?"

The white, golden, and red streamers drifted away under the moon. Dorothy stood at the entrance of the snowy mountain hall, watching Xia De's departing figure with some worry. Just as she was about to return to the ship to discuss the next plan with Ms. Yi Lai Se, a girl under Bella's command handed over another letter:

"This was sent from the city to Ms. Reinhardt's house in the evening. Not long ago, Ms. Reinhardt had someone go home to look after her father and mother, and Mrs. Reinhardt said that this letter should also be shown to Ms. Reinhardt and Mr. Hamilton. That deceased old lady also had a connection with them."

Since it was a letter for Xia De, Dorothy hesitated for only a second before opening it. After glancing at the content, she frowned slightly, and then looked again in the direction Xia De had left:

"Luvia's divination is really powerful. So that's how it is."

The sky, which showed a purple halo during the day, returned to its original color at night due to the power of the starry sky. There was no snow tonight, and there wasn't even a single cloud above the entire island. The starry sky was so bright that it even made Xia De think of the night he fought the "Star-Fall Beast."

Ellie's speed was very fast, but Grace, Helen, and Ms. Sabel were still able to easily keep up with it.

The marked point here was provided by Luvia and Bella, so when Xia De saw the island from afar that might disappear during high tide, the teams from the Church and the Prophecy Society had not yet arrived.

Ellie landed steadily on the beach and ran forward a few more steps before stopping. Ms. Sabel's high heels showed no tendency to sink into the sand at all. She looked at this small island:

"I don't see any enemies... No, this island has a problem!"

She reached out and waved downward. The gravel covering the island was eroded by time and quickly disappeared, until the ground beneath the sand was revealed, as well as the incredibly filthy and dirty rune ritual base array on the ground.

The power of time tried to destroy it, but the power of this ritual could actually resist the power of time.

Both of their perceptions could clearly detect that what was under their feet was probably not an island at all; this was clearly a huge black stone nail, continuously polluting the seabed under the sea with that filthy power.

"It's not a stone nail. From the parts of the water surface and below the seabed that I perceive, this is a huge tooth."

The sorceress said. The giant tooth was not indestructible, but its power undoubtedly came directly from Mr. Snake. It would take time to destroy this thing.

"Could it be that the earthquakes these past few days were actually caused by these things suddenly appearing in the sea? Wait, something is coming."

Xia De glanced at the positioning crystal ball made by Luvia in his hand:

"The opponent is approaching here, from the east."

Grace and Helen did not appear, but transformed into two red butterflies and attached themselves to Xia De's arms.

And when Xia De and the blonde lady looked to the east, what they saw was not a woman walking toward them on the water, but the heads of fish-men and water ghosts surging out in large numbers from the black tide.

These things came from all directions of the island, as if they had been lurking here for a long time, waiting for the two to appear. Ms. Sabel showed a very obvious expression of disgust, but she still reminded Xia De:

"See that? Most of the faces of these things have traces of the snake-transformation plague. I heard that the believers of the Ocean Gods did not directly participate in the story here. These fish-men and water ghosts are probably directly controlled by Mr. Snake's power. Be careful, they are not ordinary monsters."

Xia De nodded and glanced at the crystal ball in his hand again:

"Our target is among these water ghosts and fish-men."

"Alright then, let's do it."

With the power to conceal her identity given by the "other self" last time, Adele Isabella did not even hide it this time. A huge figure of a golden watch dial floated behind her. The "sorceress" reached out her right hand painted with red nails and snapped her fingers elegantly forward:

"Time Stop!"

Crack~

A clear sound of a clock hand turning came from the void, and then Ellie was amazed to see that everything around the island was covered with a layer of gray light and shadow. And in those gray lights and shadows, whether it was fish-men, water ghosts, waves, or floating objects in the seawater, everything was frozen and motionless like a photograph.

Such a large-scale time freeze, even the current Emilia could not perform so easily.

But since she was a friend who came to help, Xia De didn't ask too many questions. He knelt on one knee in the center of the "island," lowered his head slightly, and pressed his right palm onto the sand. A silver halo spread from his palm toward the sand. As the first circle of light expanded outward:

"Moon Prayer · Sanctuary Halo!"