OBS Chapter 4215 Chaos Temple
Chapter 4215 Chaos Temple
Chapter 4215 Chaos Temple
Xia De told Wei Ge his thoughts, and Wei Ge paused for a moment, then looked back at the apple orchard:
“This is indeed a place with deep memories for my father and mother. I was born the year after they got married. They spent a lot of wonderful time here before and after their marriage. That sketch is the evidence.”
"Then I'll use it."
Shad was about to suggest using "powerful spatial awareness" to investigate, but suddenly he turned to look to his left:
"who is it?"
Before Wei Ge could react, Xia De had already given chase. By the time Wei Ge caught up with Xia De, he had already stopped at the southeast corner of the apple orchard.
“Someone was spying on us just now, and it wasn’t an ordinary person. They came prepared, and ran away as soon as I noticed them. They were preparing some kind of relic to move.”
"It's a man?"
Wei Ge asked.
"I'm not sure, but judging from the body type, it's most likely a male. I didn't see him very clearly; he ran really fast."
Xia De closed his eyes again to sense that the other party had really left before he and Wei Ge walked back into the apple orchard.
Wei Ge seemed somewhat absent-minded:
"Could it be the mother? The mother who is wearing leather or using other methods to hide herself."
"I can't be sure. But it's not a demon, otherwise I would definitely have a slight feeling; it's not a relic, I'm also very sensitive to relics. It's a ring sorcerer, but I don't know which side it belongs to."
Shad then used "Powerful Spatial Awareness" to investigate the center of the apple orchard, and surprisingly discovered a small space beneath the land. This space was square in shape, clearly artificially created.
Based on the general location of the underground space, Vige quickly found the hidden cave entrance in the woods southeast of the apple orchard. Unfortunately, when the group followed the secret passage in the cave to the underground space, they discovered that it was just another abandoned laboratory.
Although some experimental equipment and materials from that time remain in the laboratory, there are no clues left by Vigo's mother. However, judging from the experimental log on the shelf, this is the laboratory that Vigo's mother continued to use in the later period, because the experimental log clearly states that she was trying to cultivate special eyes that could store life force.
These eyes were developed by Peggy Flamel after the incident at The Emerald Record.
The Adele of the past had said that there were many alchemical laboratories in the Arcadia region whose owners were unknown; these were actually Peggy Flamel's laboratories. The one found now was just one of those laboratories from back then.
Although there wasn't much useful information here, it at least proved that Vigo's mother's laboratory might indeed exist in those places that hold important memories.
Of course, this is just a romantic view. Realistically speaking, building the laboratory beneath the Astley family's land would be far safer than building it anywhere else.
(Iluna is praying.)
"Didn't you two go out on a date? Why does Vige look so unhappy?"
This was after Shad and Viggo returned to Fragrant Residence. While Viggo went to change, Megan asked Shad a question. Shad then told Megan about what had happened that morning. Megan, being a rather troublesome elder, had a lot to say, so she told Shad not to worry about it.
"Wei Ge is still dwelling on her mother's matter? I'll go and talk to her. People should always look forward. It's not her fault that her elders made mistakes. As for me, I became like this because of my ancestor's human body refinement. I benefited from my ancestor, so I should also repent for my ancestor's sins."
But Vige didn't benefit from her mother's actions; her chaotic talent came with physical weakness and the risk of early death. Vige had no need to dwell on such things.
Megan might understand things that Viggo might not, so it's a good idea to have Megan talk to Viggo about it.
However, after several "major blows," Wei Ge had long been used to things related to her mother suddenly popping up. When she came back, she was in a bad mood mainly because the date she had painstakingly planned had been disrupted.
She knew she shouldn't show her bad mood, so by the time she changed her clothes and appeared at the restaurant, her mood had almost returned to normal.
During lunch, Viggo and Megan discussed whether their mothers had specifically studied digging techniques, noting that the civil engineering skills of those hidden laboratories were exceptionally high. After lunch, everyone rested for a while before the two great witches prepared to enter the council with Shad.
They took Xia De's hands, one on each side, and as the witches' ethereal songs echoed on the second floor of the Fragrant Mansion, the three of them walked forward together, gradually entering the old, grayish-white passageway from the modern mansion corridor.
The natural light outside the window was replaced by the firelight on both sides of the corridor. The transition between scenes was not obvious. The corridor of Vigo's house and the old corridor blended together well as they moved forward. It seemed that the three of them had unknowingly left reality and arrived at the fog gate of the Witch Council.
Although he had been here many times, Shad still said this when Viggo and Megan stopped singing:
"Where exactly does this passageway belong? The council's door is right in front of us, and this passageway is just a setting for the door, just like my house and the [Pseudo-Human House]. When I was in a low-level ring, I couldn't sense where this place was, and even when I was in a high-level ring, I still couldn't sense where this place was."
[Powerful Spatial Awareness] is completely ineffective in this area; simply relying on intuition to try and explore the surroundings yields no results.
Megan had heard Shad mention this matter more than once, but this was the first time Viggo had heard Shad bring it up:
"Other witches have wondered where this is in the past, and some have even turned around and tried to go back along the tunnel to find its end. But without exception, they all failed. Most of them returned directly to their starting point in reality, while a few managed to stay in the tunnel by using their spatial abilities. However, they encountered some difficulties after going deeper into the tunnel."
Wei Ge considered it for a moment:
"We encountered some inexplicable phenomena."
“When Miss Felicia visited my home last summer, I also brought up the question, but she was unwilling to answer it at the time, only saying that we should not delve too deeply into the matter.”
Shad said, then asked a question he had never thought of before:
"Was the entrance to the Witch Council located in this passageway from the very beginning?"
Megan shook her head:
"The first record of this passageway appears in the diary of a great witch from the Third Age. But we don't know from which era this method began. We can't even trace the origin of that witch's song."
After saying that, Megan smiled and asked Shad:
"What, you want to move this door into your house too? Although we can't leave through other exits, this way you and we can meet up in the council anytime."
"But you might also run into your speaker at any time."
"So what if we bump into each other? Anyway, I don't think you're that afraid of her."
Megan said, and then she, Viggo, and Shad walked into the fog gate in front of them.
"May the hidden chaos protect me, a fellow witch!"
They displayed their respective witch's jewelry; Megan held the right earring, while Viggo held the left bracelet. Then the white mist dissipated, revealing the familiar council chamber scene.
Around the parliamentary round table, illuminated by light projected from above, a number of people were already waiting for Shad.
Besides Adele from the present world, the Great Witch of Creation, and the Great Witch of the Moon, all ten witches Shad knew would be present today. Everyone strictly adhered to the time, and when Sylvie, the last to arrive, appeared, everyone was already seated, drinking red tea and discussing things like the latest seasonal clothing and news from various places.
At this moment, Granny Cassandra was mentioning that since the end of the year, the seal on Mount Sikar had shaken several times, but was currently relatively stable. It was 12:56 PM. Sevi glanced at her pocket watch, then smiled and said to Shad:
"It seems I'm the last one to arrive. There are so many people gathered in the council, but the Speaker is not here. I'm quite unaccustomed to it. Well then, let's begin."
Shade couldn't sit in the three empty seats, otherwise the corresponding witch would sense it, so he had been standing next to Vigo the whole time.
“Okay, let’s act quickly. Although you said the Speaker would never show up at this time, it’s better to be cautious.”
Each witch controls a special location in the council, hidden behind or beneath the stone steps behind their chairs. These hidden locations were originally interconnected, but now they are all sealed off, and only Adele knows why.
As the Great Witch of Chaos, Vigo's area of responsibility is the most important among all the special areas because it involves the succession of witches. The new Great Witch must hold a ceremony in this area to obtain her seat.
Xia De had no idea what the area called the "Temple of Chaos" was like before. This time, when Wei Ge opened the stone steps behind the chair, and the group walked about twenty steps into the deep stone tunnel, Xia De saw the stone chamber, which was not very large.
The stone chamber was divided into three parts: left, center, and right. On the wall of the middle part of the tunnel, there was a huge holy emblem of the ancient god [Chaos Witch] with strong elements of miracles.
Below the holy emblem is a stone altar, upon which rest not offerings, but several items that also possess powerful miraculous qualities. Although these are not divine artifacts, they must also originate from a very ancient era.
The left side of the stone chamber was separated from the middle section by a low wall, which did not connect to the surrounding stone walls on the left, right, or top. Xia De tilted his head and glanced behind the low wall. Behind it was a pool that wasn't very deep, but it was empty. Judging from its appearance, it was probably a bathing pool.
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