Chapter 661: The Poem of Summoning Gods

Seeing Xia De wanting to get up, Miss Olanode let him sit down and said in a gentle tone:

"It is very dangerous in the library, so don't go."

Then her tone became more serious:

"Fiona, you go and bring that shrine back."

She said to her student, so the girl with crimson hair stood up immediately and nodded somewhat cautiously:

"Okay, Teacher."

Her crimson hair had more texture under the firelight, and after standing up, the huge shadow with a tail was immediately reflected on the wall behind her. On the mural on the wall, which had long been mottled and depicted the old glory of the library and part of the map, the huge shadow with a tail appeared, looking somewhat like a backdrop in a puppet show.

Miss Olanode then explained to Xia De:

"Fiona is only Seventh Tier. We chose to bring her because her Red Dragon bloodline can slightly resist the power drain during the blizzard period."

"I see."

Xia De learned new knowledge, then watched the young witch rummage out a prepared torch from the sundries behind her, light it with the campfire, and walk toward the corridor on the left.

Miss Olanode signaled for the witch of the Zhalas Society to prepare a list of daily necessities, and Xia De thought of another thing:

"Miss Olanode, I have one more thing I want to ask. After 3014, has anyone who participated in the Blood God's banquet come to look for you?"

He further explained:

"I once participated in the Blood God's banquet in 3014 with a witch, a pair of twins, and an old gentleman."

"I don't know about the old gentleman, but Teacher seems to have mentioned the twins and the other witch. However, when the twins came to visit, I happened not to be by Teacher's side."

Miss Olanode shook her head:

"But I heard that the twin girls, with Teacher's help, officially became witches and regained part of the memories related to that banquet. Unfortunately, they didn't mention you. But they thought of the matter of the other witch at the banquet, and Teacher helped find the other witch. Afterward, the twins followed that witch to study."

"And then?"

Lei Qianya's intelligence indicated that the twins summoned a god in the Xikaer Mountain region and defeated the Xiewu sealed by their family, but he didn't know the process in the middle.

"I know very little about what happened afterward. It seems they summoned a god together in some region of the Central Continent and fought with a subspace Xiewu."

"I know about this!"

Miss Becky Samuel, who was writing, said:

"The appearance of a god and a sealed ancient Xiewu is a major event with wide repercussions. The Society once sent people to watch the scene after the battle, but only found a witch who was seriously injured and seemed to have received the Blood God's grace. She is currently recuperating at the Society's headquarters, but her condition is still not good. We hope to learn from her what exactly happened at that time, so we are providing her with continuous treatment. As for the twin girls, sorry, there were no other living things in that area."

"This was three years ago. After that witch and the twins disappeared, Teacher felt sorry for a long time."

Miss Olanode also added.

"I see..."

Xia De also sighed.

In other words, among the other four people at the banquet, the armored old man holding the Demon Hunter Seal died in the Xikaer Mountain region, the middle-aged witch had not yet woken up after helping her two students, and the twins were missing.

For a moment, he actually didn't know what kind of mood he should have to accept the ending of the story. Miss Olanode didn't speak either; only the sound of howling wind and snow outside the door, the crackling of the campfire in front, and the sound of Miss Becky Samuel writing were exceptionally clear.

Fortunately, in the Midhillburg of the Sixth Era, a whole era after the story ended, this lost story related to blood, twins, contracts, and witches still had chapters after the ending. And the traveler from afar still had the opportunity to continue to know the story that had not yet happened.

【Perhaps, that is also your story.】

She chuckled.

"Alright, that's all for now."

The witch let the parchment roll in her hand drift past the campfire and come to Xia De's side.

Xia De moved forward, and with an exceptionally worried mood, looked at it by the light of the campfire, only to find that it was just very ordinary daily necessities, and even specifically noted that there was no need to consider the material. It seemed that these witches with plenty of experience could judge Xia De's financial ability just by his clothing, so they didn't ask for too much.

Although there were many items on the list, the total price would definitely not exceed 100 pounds, and only the six sets of ladies' long robes marked with sizes were the most expensive. And although 100 pounds was the income of a skilled worker, train driver, or senior tailor after working hard for a whole year in Tobesk, for a detective who had recently obtained a sum from a foreign princess, this money was not much.

Just when Xia De wanted to continue asking about Miss Feilian's recent situation, such as her health, the Zhalas witch asked curiously again:

"Sir, while there is time, can you explain this kind of power? What kind of curse is this?"

Miss Becky Samuel said again, pointing curiously at the phantom of the silver moon above the campfire.

"This is not a curse; it is just a sorcery of the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi system."

As he spoke, he summoned the life ring behind him, and the brass ring rotated slowly in the steam:

"You should have heard of the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi system, right?"

"Yes, so that's how it is."

Miss Becky Samuel nodded and asked Miss Olanode again:

"I know Miss Feilian has been studying this somewhat weak transcendent system, and you should have mastered some basic theoretical knowledge. Blaine, since you are also good at the power of the moon, can you learn this interesting curse?"

This was a good idea. With 【Silent Moonlight】, at least the three witches could safely leave the Dead Silence Valley.

"I don't mind sharing power, but this sorcery is a gift bestowed upon me by a Great One, and I don't know how to learn it."

He explained again. At this moment, footsteps came again. The young witch with crimson hair actually returned, and she was arduously rolling up the sleeves of that thin white shirt, holding a heavy stone shrine with both hands.

Her physical strength was absolutely terrifyingly amazing.

The three ended their discussion about sorcery for the time being and helped the witch Fiona, who had Red Dragon bloodline, place that heavy shrine on Miss Becky Samuel's pile of books—the shrine could not be placed directly on the ground; this was a very traditional rule.

The stone shrine looked exceptionally simple, with no decorative patterns on the surface, only some peeling color traces on the two small doors. Those two small doors were closed at this time, and there were symbols representing books on the doors. The surface of the shrine was covered with a layer of heavy dust, looking as if it hadn't been touched for a long time.

After Xia De apologized in a low voice for the four people's impolite behavior, he reached out and pulled open the two doors of the shrine. There was no special holy light effect; they only saw the corpse of a spider that had died at some unknown time lying in the empty shrine, probably starved to death. Looking carefully, they saw a nondescript stone slab placed at the bottom of the shrine. The material of the stone slab was ordinary, except that it was decorated with reflective metal materials at the four corners, and the four corners were patterns of the new moon, first quarter moon, full moon, and last quarter moon, respectively.

【Outlander, you have felt a miracle.】

"Library and moon... wait, why are there no holy emblems and statues?"

Xia De asked with some suspicion, and the other three were also unclear.

No one dared to reach their hands directly inside, but with the help of the campfire light, they barely saw the content on the stone slab.

The decorative patterns on the edge of the stone slab made it look like the cover of a hardcover book. And the surface was ancient text that only Xia De could understand.

"Is this the text of the Second Era?"

The witch of the Zhalas Society was exceptionally surprised:

"Is it so ancient?"

"It doesn't matter, I can understand it; it seems to be a little poem..."

He translated in a low voice:

"Knowledge inherits power,

Books carry civilization.

When the light of civilization is extinguished,

The library of the old days will also fall into silence.

There will come a day,

When the books of the past, present, and future appear,

The old sage holding a staff will come from the horizon,

To reclaim those knowledges that do not belong to mortals.

This is,

The end of Gadis."

"And then?"

Miss Olanode asked.

"No then, unless there is text on the back."

Xia De answered:

"It seems... it is a ritual that requires us to sacrifice the Book of the Past, the Book of the Present, and the Book of the Future."

"Is it that simple?"

The young witch with crimson hair asked in a low voice behind her teacher, as if afraid of disturbing the shrine:

"Although the Book of the Future is difficult to understand, can the god-summoning ritual be so simple? It doesn't even need to prepare a ritual base."

"Perhaps, that god has been waiting for us long ago."

The Zhalas witch reminded. Miss Olanode was still thinking with a frown, but Xia De had already understood her meaning:

"Then let's try this ritual."

"Alright, let's try this ritual."

Miss Becky Samuel nodded, adjusted her glasses, and picked up an old book from beside her:

"These were mostly found in this library and can be called the Book of the Past."

"Then let this one be the Book of the Present; this is a book Teacher just wrote, and it is the book Teacher asked me to read during this adventure."

Miss Olanode let her student take out another book from that backpack. The title of the book was "Mana's Adventure Story Collection, Volume 3." Twenty-two years ago in the current time, two months ago in Xia De's timeline, he had seen the first volume in the Thousand Trees Forest.

"Then, let's use this for the Book of the Future; I often carry books with me when I go out on adventures, and I can read them when I have nothing to do."

Xia De said, unbuttoning his bloated coat, layer by layer until he reached the black jacket. After unbuttoning it, he opened one side of the coat and took out a large handful of small toys from the inner pocket.

"Sir, is your profession a toy merchant?"

The Zhalas witch asked with a smile, then saw Xia De cover the toy of the book with a handkerchief, and then the toy turned into a real book:

"Another interesting power."

The book Xia De took out was his first-grade textbook, "Introduction to Astronomy." Although the first-grade exam had been passed, the content in this book was still very useful.

"However, this Book of the Future? I think I understand..."

Miss Becky Samuel raised her eyebrows and handed the old book in her hand to Xia De. Afterward, Miss Olanode also handed the book in her hand to Xia De, even though he was the weakest of the three.

The witches retreated a few steps tacitly, standing on the other side of the campfire watching Xia De. Xia De turned to look at them, so Miss Olanode gave him a smile, seemingly encouraging Xia De to be bolder:

"Xia De, I'm counting on you this time too."

"Can such a simple ritual really work... The ritual of the evil god 【Lord of Blood Feast】 is so complicated, and the ritual of the Old God 【Yaobian Door】 almost made Miss Feilian make a mistake... Could it be similar to that God of Gambling, just a simple projection?"

Thinking in his heart, Xia De put the three books into the shrine separately. He jumped backward violently to prevent accidents, but nothing happened. So he thought about it and closed the doors of the shrine, waited for a while, and still nothing happened.

"Seems ineffective."

He turned to the witches hesitantly, only to find that they had retreated even further at some unknown time. The three were huddled together in terror, almost standing at the edge of the campfire light.

"You, you, behind, behind..."

The Zhalas witch pointed behind Xia De in panic, the crimson-haired girl lowered her head even more, and Miss Olanode covered her mouth, signaling Xia De to look at his own hand with her other hand. ===== CHAPTER 662 =====