Chapter 3710: Before the Ritual

"Actually, the current efficiency is already very good. Even if the efficiency is high, we don't have that many curved arcs to use to make rings."

Xia De said, stretching, he didn't need to care about his image in front of the girls:

"The situation on the association side is not clear yet. We only have five curved arcs left in our hands. The rings of 【Fool】 and 【Ice and Snow】 have been mastered by us, so let's take these two curved arcs to make another ring, and keep the remaining three curved arcs temporarily.

We must keep at least three curved arcs in our hands, and use the extra ones to forge. Now the monsters appearing on the island may drop this. We will decide what the remaining curved arcs are based on the situation later... On the council side, has Speaker Isabella given news? Is it necessary to open a council vote to give the blessing of the Ancient God, or are there other ways?"

Tonight is also the time for the council meeting. While Vanessa and Bella followed Xia De to Moon Bay, everyone else went to the meeting.

Luvia nodded:

"They came back half an hour ago. I wanted to tell you about this just now. There are other ways. The functional areas of the council managed by the Great Witch of Chaos can give the Great Witches the blessing of the Ancient God's power.

The power of the blessing is fixed, but the number of people who can be blessed at one time depends on the number of affirmative votes. The current 17 votes can give two Great Witches blessings. That Speaker Isabella seems very sure that this power is enough for the Great Witches to fight against fate."

Vanessa then said:

"Since the artificial Ring of Fate is successfully produced, Xia De doesn't need to take risks. Let Xi Wei and I accept the Chaos blessing. I didn't expect the council to have this function... Don't move Xia De's votes yet. The artificial rings will be distributed to others. According to the strength of power, Xi Wei and I are followed by Megan. Give her the ring tonight."

After all, Vanessa is 13th-tier, Xi Wei is a veteran 12th-tier Great Witch, and Megan and Audrey's magical bloodlines and double souls make them stronger than witches of the same level.

Xia De had no opinion on this:

"With the artificial ring, the church and the academy can also gather a group of people to participate in the final battle. In this way, the only remaining problem is dealing with Mr. Snake... I have something to do tomorrow night. I plan to use 【Breeding】 to build a shield on Tuesday or Wednesday night. The idea of the tattoo imprint provided by Grandma Cassandra is very good. Then I can consider what fate to use to strengthen 【Night Watchman】.

Both Iluna and I are still missing the third type of fate. After Sister Daelin is promoted to 13th-tier, holding the 【Death】 fate should not be inferior to Iluna with two types of fate. Plus other chosen ones and weapons and shields of fate, for the decisive battle, such preliminary preparations can be considered barely enough."

Xia De let out a long breath, and Luvia smiled gently:

"Problems will be solved step by step, and after all, it's not the final battle yet, we still have time."

(Little Mia is running...)

Early Monday morning, Xia De was awakened by the noise outside the window. This is a rare thing. No one in the St. Deran Square area dares to make noise early in the morning, otherwise the residents here will let them know that a house worth hundreds of thousands of pounds is not just the value of the land and the house.

"What's wrong outside?"

Vanessa, who was holding Xia De's arm, asked sleepily, but she didn't let Xia De get up. Last night, Vanessa and Luvia should have come back together, but Luvia wanted to test the artificial ring Xia De brought back overnight, so she planned to come tomorrow night, and Vanessa was happy to enjoy the night alone.

But Xia De could roughly tell from the sound outside:

"It's the sound of a carriage, and it's a carriage carrying heavy objects. Passing a carriage carrying heavy objects in the St. Deran Square area so early, I'm afraid it's adjusting the military supplies in the core urban area and Yodel Palace.

Galina once told me that there are a few steam cannons hidden in Yodel Palace. It seems that although the war hasn't started yet, Larus III is already considering his own safety."

The carriage only sounded for a while and then stopped, but the people who were awakened couldn't sleep anymore. However, today is the day of the "Great Movement of Fate" ritual after all, and Xia De planned to get up early, so he got up directly.

After waking up Dorothy and Little Mia who was sleeping beside Dorothy's pillow, the three of them and one cat planned to go to the island for breakfast.

But Xia De didn't forget to get the newspaper and letters before leaving, and by the way, moved the 【God's Gift Box】 up. He planned to take this relic to the ship in a while. In a crisis, this artifact should be no problem to contain one or two infinite snakes.

"Today is the second day of this month, and Miss Gao De still hasn't written."

He said this while checking the letters in the living room. Dorothy, who was combing her hair in front of the mirror in the washroom, smiled: "Why are you in such a hurry? Anyway, didn't you finally see her before the Year-End Festival?"

"I used the knowledge she gave me yesterday, so I thought of her."

"Your letter is probably going to be a day or two late. Now the domestic troop deployment has occupied many important railway lines. Mails and parcels sent from the east coast have to give way to troop trains—this is what Leixia just told me."

Dorothy said so, and Xia De looked at the gift box on the side again. The story of fate will end before this weekend, so this is the last time Xia De will take gifts from it before the story of fate ends.

"What will it be?"

According to the convention, he touched Little Mia with his right hand to bring himself luck, and then reached his right hand into the box. A 1-pound coin was touched out by him. Xia De looked at the gold coin and blinked, then asked Vanessa who walked out of the washroom:

"Do you think the coins taken out of the gift box are real money or counterfeit?"

"Since according to your statement, these gifts are perfect copies of existing items, even the two banknote printing master plates you once obtained are perfect, then the coins should also be considered real money. It's just one pound, it won't cause trouble. Actually, I'm more curious about what the task is?"

"Complete a grocery shopping activity alone."

Vanessa laughed:

"That god really treats you like a child."

And as one of the few girls who knew the truth about Xia De's "real age", Dorothy tried hard not to let any other expressions appear on her face at this moment.

The Fatumonster Island this morning was as foggy as the morning after the War of the Lovers ended. Looking at the mountains from the Sylvia Tower on the summit, one could see the undulating fog rippling in the sunlight.

And after passing through the teleportation array of the Ice and Snow Castle to the town at the foot of the mountain, the fog was so thick that one could not see anything five meters away. Because there was no one at home, Little Mia, who was brought by Xia De, seemed quite interested in this fog. When Xia De stood at the entrance of the snowy mountain hall looking outside, she meowed and stretched her claws toward the outside.

"In previous years, there has never been such a thick fog in winter on Fatumonster Island."

Claire, who is a local, said to Xia De at breakfast, and Winnie, who is quite sensitive to natural changes—she will definitely be there if Xia De eats on the ship—told everyone:

"The composition of the fog is normal, but this fog is not naturally formed, it is drifting out from the ground. The liquid in the underground water vein is leaving the underground under the influence of some kind of power, which has caused very serious damage to Ms. White.

It said let us complete the Great Movement of Fate ritual as soon as possible, which can better help it than the ritual of purifying the water vein."

"Great Movement of Fate" has seven important ritual nodes, and seven core musicians are responsible for the seven nodes.

Among them, the 【Music Cult】 that gave Xia De the "Falling Moon Rebirth Song" produces one person, the modern organization 【Lyre Alliance】 left by the ancient bard guild produces one person, Miss Aisberg of the 【Winter Carol Group】 counts as one, the Fatum people let Elder Ursa come forward, plus a high-tier diviner of the association, Old Mr. Zaratu, and Stella, a total of seven people.

Seven people will perform with special musical instruments in their hands at different locations on the island with the assistance of others. Needless to say, Mr. Snake will definitely try to destroy this ritual, so all seven most important positions need someone to guard.

Among them, Miss Aisberg is a 13th-tier sorcerer herself, and she is the most reassuring, but Xia De still let Emilia lead the elves to help her. Emilia also has a snake slough, and she will also join the performance.

The position Stella is responsible for is at the Peak of Fate at the highest point of the snowy mountain, which is also the most critical position. Claire will take the witch followers to assist.

Elder Ursa is responsible for the position on the steep sea cliff in the west of the island. The Glorious Messenger will be docked below the sea cliff at that time, and the other four great elders will go together to assist, and most of the great witches will also be there at that time.

And among the remaining four positions, the position of the City of Time Wheels-Seers Association where Old Mr. Zaratu is located is the most important. However, because it is located in the association, the safety is theoretically the highest. As for the other three positions, the church and the academy will also send 13th-tier sorcerers to assist in the ritual and provide protection. Everyone gathered in the church in the city yesterday afternoon for a meeting and had already discussed the means to deal with any situation.

Although this time, like the night of the War of the Lovers, the power is dispersed, the current situation is no better than last week. After all, the appearance of "Before the End" is even more terrifying than the Lovers themselves.

As for Xia De, he, Claire, Sylvia, and Megan followed Stella to the Peak of Fate. Sylvia's tower is not far from the Peak of Fate. If something really happens, it will be convenient to support there.

Of course, in addition to the great witches, many high-tier girls also came. Plus the other "musicians" who were going to perform together, in the words of Elder Harald:

"The number of people appearing on the Peak of Fate today is more than the sum of the past five hundred years." ===== CHAPTER 3711 =====