Chapter 3768: Gao Ta's Xu Kequan

The crystal shoes landed on the soft carpet, and Xia De realized he had appeared in the living room of Room 1 on the third floor of his own home. This was also Luvia's divination room, where her astrolabe and other equipment were always kept.

Outside the window, the night in Tobesk remained peaceful and serene, and the familiar feeling of home made Xia De feel exceptionally at ease, but he knew it was not yet time to rest. So, after picking up the crystal shoes, he closed his eyes, intending to pinpoint his location and go directly to the basement, but he immediately wore an expression of surprise:

"What?"

He sensed that a door had unexpectedly appeared in the kitchen on the first floor of his house.

The sound of footsteps coming down the stairs—*deng deng deng*—brought the maids who took care of the house to the stairwell. Because Miss Jia Lin Na was not traveling publicly this time, she had only brought Tifa with her to Fatumonster Island; the main force of her followers remained in Tobesk.

Miss Martha McLaren, the maid on duty tonight, was responsible for managing the maids. She greeted Xia De at the second-floor stairwell, and Xia De asked:

"Have you used the first-floor kitchen tonight?"

"Yes, we used it during dinner."

The second floor was the living area for the masters, so the maids prepared their own meals on the first floor.

"Was there anything abnormal in the first-floor kitchen at that time?"

The maids thought carefully, but all shook their heads:

"No."

"Very well. Until Miss Jia Lin Na and I finish dealing with the matters on Fatumonster Island, no one is to enter the first-floor kitchen. If you need to use a kitchen, the ones on the second and third floors are both available."

As he spoke, he continued down the stairs toward the first floor, but stopped at the corner, looking up at the young women still standing at the second-floor stairwell:

"You have always helped me take care of the house, and I haven't had a chance to express my gratitude. Thank you for your hard work. It is already past midnight, and Miss Jia Lin Na and I probably won't be back until after dawn. You should go rest in a while; don't wait for us to return."

After saying this, he continued downstairs. Although it was Miss Jia Lin Na who had arranged for the maids to clean and look after the house, the Outlander felt that besides thanking Miss Jia Lin Na, he should also thank the maids.

Of course, this was not the priority right now. After passing through the first-floor living room, he arrived at the kitchen entrance. Unlike the floors above, the first floor was not divided into two rooms, so the kitchen area was quite large. After turning the handle and entering the kitchen, Xia De indeed saw the door that should not have existed, appearing on the kitchen wall.

In fact, the moment he sensed this door from upstairs, Xia De understood that this was the entrance to the 【Fate Casino】 that had always been hidden in this house, a special space left behind by the Ancient God of Fate, Mr. Ring.

As for why this door was at No. 6 St. Theresa Square, just like why the door to the 【Creation Maternity Ward】 appeared in the house belonging to the House of Pseudo-Humans, these were things that could no longer be verified.

But before tonight, this door had never manifested so clearly. And even for the other doors in the house, they shouldn't have manifested actively without being illuminated by the spiritual light of corresponding spirit runes.

"Is it because the violent fate disturbance generated from the Fatumonster snow mountain tonight has begun to interfere with the fate order of the entire world?"

Xia De speculated in his heart. This was not a random guess, because there were also terrifying black cracks in the starry sky above Tobesk.

The manifestation of this door was highly likely due to the battle of fate tonight. All of this was very logical, but it just so happened that as Xia De was about to step into the final battlefield, this door appeared so reasonably on his necessary path, which made it hard for the Outlander not to think of more things.

【So, do you want to try your luck in the casino?】

"She" asked with a smile when Xia De arrived in front of that door:

【The opportunity to obtain a third ring besides "Resurrection" and "Miracle" is right before your eyes, or you could also gamble on other powers that might suppress the snake.】

Xia De pressed his right hand on the door:

"Let's put aside what you've said for now. Do you think I need this door to add insurance to my actions tonight?"

"She" had a voice that was always so gentle:

【If not for the insurance prepared for you by Luvia Anate and the others—that is, the song about the moon—you would indeed need some insurance right now.】

"That's right, with the moon, what do I need fate for?"

Amidst "Her" gentle laughter, Xia De's right hand suddenly exerted force:

"Moon Thorns!"

Silver moonlight thorns densely sealed the door, preventing anyone from being attracted here while Xia De was away.

He turned and walked toward the basement. The Fate Casino did indeed provide him with one last chance for supplies before stepping into the decisive battlefield, but the gifts of fate always came with a price. Gambling on luck at this moment, in the Outlander's view, was not a good choice.

With the moon in his heart, that was already enough.

The subsequent actions went smoothly. This decisive battle of fate did not have the space-time blockade of the battle of time, so it was easy to go from home to the Witch's Gao Ta.

After touching the Ancient God statue in the basement, he arrived at the ruins beneath Sylvia's Gao Ta. When he walked out from under the ruins, Xia De was still curiously wondering who these ruins belonged to and if they were also part of the ruins on the peak, but after walking out of the basement, his gaze was quickly attracted by the scenery above the snow mountain at this moment.

There was still a blizzard here, but a clear starry sky could be seen. Xia De even had the feeling that the starry sky at this moment could be touched if he reached out; the star map was so chaotic that it was completely unreadable, yet the stars were all shining as if they were about to turn into meteors and fall in the next moment.

"In the early Fifth Era and in the current era, people believe that everyone's fate can be interpreted by finding the corresponding star or constellation in the starry sky. The stars are so bright tonight; perhaps this means that some people's fate will become incomparably powerful tonight."

Winnie, who had appeared beside Xia De at some unknown time, said. Xia De withdrew his gaze from above:

"Let's return to the Gao Ta first."

Even on this night of the battle of fate, Sylvia's Gao Ta remained hidden in the snow mountain. Neither the Church nor the Prophecy Society knew about this place. Xia De even suspected that even Mr. Snake might not know about it; otherwise, there was no reason to let such a critical building remain on the high part of the snow mountain.

Sylvia spent most of her time in this tower tonight, maintaining the portal; letting people at the foot of the mountain easily reach the summit was only part of the reason. The more important reason was the power of this Witch's Gao Ta.

This Gao Ta, passed down through generations in the hands of the Great Space Witches, was not just a residence, library, laboratory, or a place for secret trysts with lovers to enjoy themselves. Over thousands of years, the Gao Ta had been endowed with various powers. Sylvia, while in this Gao Ta, even dared to fight a Thirteenth-Tier Great Witch.

This meant that this tower might play a very huge role tonight. Although this Gao Ta could not stand up or turn into some giant, it was enough at the position of the snow mountain peak.

When Xia De and Winnie arrived at the tower, besides Sylvia, there were only Margaret and a few young ladies inside. Sylvia could handle the power controlling this tower by herself; Margaret was here mainly to summarize and transmit documents and intelligence.

"How is the situation?"

In the great library at the top of the tower, Xia De hugged Sylvia. Although the young black-haired witch smelled Xiwei's scent, she knew now was not the time to talk about this:

"The portal still needs about five minutes to fully recover. It's not that it can't be used before then, but there is a risk of getting lost. Eight minutes ago, Mr. Mortis of the Clown Troupe also entered the ruins. Now, only that 'Priest' is still outside the ruins.

Xiwei appeared with the status of a Thirteenth-Tier, and with the support of the Speaker, the pressure faced by the summit area has been greatly relieved, but the situation is still not optimistic. This Gao Ta hasn't activated combat mode in the entire Sixth Era. After you enter the ruins in a moment, I will do my best to support them."

As she spoke, she took the box from Margaret's hand. Inside the box were three rune stones with Sylvia's personal seal:

"Temporarily made, I have been preparing for several weeks. Even in the ruins, after crushing them, you can return directly to this tower. This is not just the power of space. After activating the full power of this tower tonight, I discovered that this tower actually has a certain permission in this snow mountain, the permission to control the snow mountain space."

Sylvia kissed Xia De on the side of his face:

"I don't want to distract you with strange questions at such a time, but this phenomenon is absolutely abnormal. This permission was not granted to me by Ms. White to help us; this is a permission I noticed after fully mobilizing the power of this tower for the first time, a permission that is integrated with the most basic structure of this tower.

Teacher never mentioned this matter, and when I searched through the private notes left by ancient Great Space Witches some time ago, I didn't find anyone mentioning this matter either."

The question Sylvia raised might share a common answer with the question about the ruins under the tower that Xia De had just thought about. But by now, there was no time to consider this matter:

"It's good that it's favorable to us. If there is still a chance to meet Ms. White tonight, I will ask her... Take care of everything, Winnie and I are setting off."

"You take care of everything too."

Subsequently, the Ice Maid turned into a stream of frost, wrapping around Xia De, and flew with him directly from the window of the great library into the deep night sky of the blizzard night.

Going from the "White Dragon's Spine," where the Gao Ta was located, to the highest peak, the "Peak of Fate," was not very far. The frost wrapped around Xia De's body, as if putting on a suit of armor for him. That stream of frost was Winnie's true form. Even with the frost wrapped around him, Xia De did not feel cold; instead, he felt as if he were being held in the arms of a maid with a very good figure.

Looking at the snow mountain from a high place at this moment, because the visibility was too poor, Xia De could not see very far, but the traces of battle were very obvious at several main peaks of the snow mountain. Those mountain peak positions were the focus of the struggle between the two sides.