Chapter 4136: Containing the [Skin-Object Hall]

While people were evacuating to the lake surface one after another, Xia De also asked Miss Feilian a question:

"There are still some normal living people in the 【Skin-Object Hall】 used as reserve materials. Is there any way to rescue these people?"

The two girls from 600 years ago that Xia De saved by signing an agreement on the second floor of the hall were certainly not the only two innocent people left in the hall.

Miss Doll smiled:

"I knew you would ask this question. After the containment is completed, it will take a certain amount of time to stabilize the 【Skin-Object Hall】. During this period, the time inside the hall will be almost stagnant.

When the containment measures are completely stabilized, the time inside will flow again, and people from the outside will be able to enter again. This of course also has dangers, but the danger is much smaller than your intrusion today.

At that time, whether you want to enter to save people or explore other secrets of the 【Skin-Object Hall】, you can do so at will."

This also means that the ordinary people inside the 【Skin-Object Hall】 still have a possibility of being rescued, but even after the containment is completed, waiting for the hall to completely stabilize is measured in years. Moreover, after the containment is completed, a large number of complex rituals and processes are needed to consolidate the seal, all of which represent trouble, but the Saint Byron's Comprehensive Academy is very happy to do the subsequent work.

The main force soon withdrew from the core area of the hall under the crack on the deck, but even without the three members who were the core, the hall itself still had the instinct to avoid danger. It wanted to close the crack, but red butterflies danced around the crack, not giving this Sage-level relic a final chance to escape.

Tourists by the artificial lake had been cleared, and although there were still busybodies at the entrance of the exhibition hall in Oakham Park on the north bank of the artificial lake looking toward this side, what they saw was only a very normal lake surface with a few cruise ships floating.

The light curtain composed of illusions covered the top of the artificial lake like an eggshell. Ms. Eden and the "Hand of Radiance" of the Dawn Church who were preparing to meet them on the lake surface both greeted Professor Pigman and Professor Danister.

After hearing the two 13th-ring mages of Saint Byron's call the doll on the "God-Caller's" shoulder Miss Feilian, although the Church's ring-mages didn't ask questions on the spot, Xia De believed they must be guessing what the relationship between the "God-Caller" and the Saint Byron's Comprehensive Academy was.

Since the containment plan for the relic was formulated by that ancient witch thousands of years ago, the Church did not raise any objections but fully assisted. Soon, except for Xia De and Professor Pigman, the witches and ring-mages all withdrew to the lake surface to wait for the result.

Xia De nodded to Professor Pigman:

"Then let's start, I'll go first—Maze: Kiss of the Tree."

A corner of the starry sky appeared in the daytime sky of spring. Within the range of this artificial lake, the daytime rapidly turned into night, and that holy silver moon hung high above Xia De's head.

Many people seemed to be singing in the wind, and under that sea of stars, the thin mist symbolizing the interior of the 【Skin-Object Hall】 emerged again. People were drawn into the maze without resistance, and returned to that bizarre island in the center of the lake as the maze confronted the relic.

Only this time, a towering giant tree appeared directly behind the island's building, and in front of the house, there was an extra cluster of roaring bonfires.

The mist on the great lake outside the island seemed to be burning by this cluster of bonfires, and as the mist became thin, people saw that outside this artificial lake was a lush forest, and in the distance of the forest stood the fairy tale town born from enlightenment.

Blood water constantly seeped out of the three-story building of the hall, and from the windows covered by curtains, one could see that the fighting inside the building was still continuing.

But Xia De ignored these. The flames under the giant tree fluttered in the night wind as he raised his hands high. He felt the starlight, felt the moonlight, felt the cool night wind of the summer night, and then stabbed the long sword in his hand into the fire.

"It really is this maze."

Miss Doll said with a smile, after all, the origin of this maze was the story of when Xia De first met them.

The tongue of fire licked the long sword, and dozens of flowing fire lines surged out from the bonfire, forming circling long dragons in the air, surging toward the trembling building.

The fire dragons ignited the building itself, and the roots of the giant tree behind the building pierced out from under every inch of the ground outside the building, then drilled through the outer walls of the building, firmly locking the burning building in the roots.

The 【Skin-Object Hall】 wanted to resist. The screams, roars, and curses in the deep darkness inside the hall shook the entire space, and the island itself was even shaking violently, but after Yiluna held her dark golden balance high into the sky, this final resistance also failed.

Yiluna handed the crystal ball from the suitcase to Xia De, and Miss Doll on Xia De's shoulder just gently shook her finger, and the crystal ball floated in front of her:

"The seal is not secure enough now, plus a lock should be able to make it more stable."

"Then let me do it."

Professor Pigman, standing beside Xia De, said. The gorgeous 13th-ring life ring behind him appeared, and then the core spirit rune and spirit runes on the life ring lit up one after another in resonance. He stretched out his hands forward and made a gesture of closing the door:

"The Bai Yin Era is gone, I am willing to be the last gatekeeper!"

Dazzling silver brilliance erupted from Professor Pigman's hands. That light was completely different from the moonlight in Xia De's maze. It didn't have the softness of moonlight, but instead carried a heaviness and coldness precipitated by the passage of time.

Professor Pigman maintained the gesture of closing the door. In front of him and Xia De, the light of the sublimation language truly turned into the phantom of two huge translucent silver doors. The doors were engraved with dense ancient runes, each rune coming from different eras from the Second Era to the Fifth Era, like countless silent witnesses and gatekeepers, quietly watching the scenery and disasters of the next era in the solidified time and space.

Behind the silver doors, the 【Skin-Object Hall】, locked by the roots of the giant tree and burned by flames, twisted and shook violently. The walls of the building constantly cracked and then quickly repaired, and what surged out from the cracks was no longer blood water, but darkness as thick as ink.

In the darkness, countless twisted shadows could be vaguely seen. Those were the evil souls of the Skinners and mummified corpses eroded in the hall, and also the final resistance power of this relic. These dark phantoms frantically rushed toward the two silver doors, trying to break through this seal that was about to take shape.

But no one needed to take action. After they hit the silver doors, all the darkness melted like ice and snow, not even leaving a trace.

The huge silver doors slowly closed, making a loud "boom." The shaking of the island in the center of the lake stopped completely at this moment, and the roars and screams from inside the building also disappeared instantly, leaving only the crackling sound of burning flames and the cold light sound of silver brilliance flowing.

The moment the doors closed, a huge silver dome spread upward from the doors, completely covering the entire island in the center of the lake, the burning hall, and even the maze Xia De had laid out.

The moonlight around Xia De gradually converged, and Professor Pigman also withdrew his 13th-ring life ring. The silver dome hovered above the island in the center of the lake, and the giant tree stood tall and wrapped around the main body of the burning hall building.

"Kiss of the Tree" was the first blockade, and the sublimation language was the second shackle.

Miss Feilian nodded with satisfaction:

"Give me the skin-objects and scrolls."

Xia De then gave the human skin of the "Hall Master" and the scroll of the "Old Man of the Parchment." Miss Doll threw the human skin into the bonfire of the "Kiss of the Tree," and handed the scroll to Professor Pigman, letting him seal the scroll in the looming silver doors.

"Go."

Finally, she pushed the crystal ball floating beside her toward the high sky. The crystal ball emitted a soft faint light during the process of flying upward, and its interior slowly reflected the scenery of the entire island in the center of the lake, and even the entire bizarre lake.

People looked up at the reflection in the crystal ball in unison, watching it fly high, and then fall gently.

When it was caught by Xia De's hands, the starry sky and the summer night had long since faded, and the light of the day covered the artificial lake in the park again.

As for the interior of the crystal ball reflecting the dazzling sun, the 【Skin-Object Hall】, covered by the silver dome and sealed by the giant tree, was clearly visible. Even looking closely, one could see that at the windows of the building entangled by tree roots, individual figures maintained the posture of trying to escape, but they were all frozen in that piece of stagnant time and space.

The number of contained Sage-level relics is actually not small. In the last hundred years alone, nearly ten Sage-level relics have been successfully contained—although the number of out-of-control ones is even greater. But location-based Sage-level relics being successfully contained has only happened twice in the entire history of the Sixth Era.

This time is the third, and the origin of this relic can be traced directly back to the era when the Ancient Gods still existed. Just from this point, this time Xia De and everyone really accomplished an extraordinary thing.

He held the crystal ball and looked at it carefully in the sun. The weight of the crystal ball was not heavy, but Xia De knew that what was actually in his hands was a building, a piece of ancient story, and countless sins and blood.

"The story of the 【Skin-Object Hall】 is enough to go on here."

He handed the crystal ball to Professor Pigman. The current principal of Saint Byron's was very surprised by this, but still nodded:

"We will handle it carefully... Just containing the 【Skin-Object Hall】 is enough for the Library Management Academy to celebrate wildly. In the history book of intelligent life fighting against relics, today's action will definitely be recorded. Although I don't know what you did in the hall, people all over the world should thank everyone who participated in the action."

Xia De smiled and ignored the eyes of others who gathered around wanting to check the crystal ball.

Miss Doll was still sitting on his shoulder, and Miss Doll and Xia De, who was standing on the deck, looked at the shimmering lake surface.

Xia De only wanted to rest now. ===== CHAPTER 4137 =====