OBS Chapter 2725: Moonfire Torches and Lake Bottom Stone Tablet
Chapter 2725: Moonfire Torches and Lake Bottom Stone Tablet
Chapter 2725: Moonfire Torches and Lake Bottom Stone Tablet
Xia De was not only concerned about Jialina's current situation:
"We don't know the situation here yet. Let Carina, Resia and Siris wait for news in Tobesk City first. This is also for safety reasons. We can't all come here. Let's see the current situation. If it still doesn't work, I will go find the guardians and Mr. Albert for help."
The small campsite welcomed so many people at once. After the campsite was expanded again, tents and bonfires soon spread all over the edge of the woods.
The four great witches, Space, Earth, Darkness and Fate, were present, and Miss Danister greeted them respectively.
"It's been a long time, Danister. You look so young now."
Grandma Cassandra smiled and said that she and Miss Danister were distant relatives (Chapter 1913), and in the many major events of the past year, Miss Danister had met many members of the Witch Council, so everyone was not a stranger.
Under other circumstances, the witches except Grandma Cassandra would probably greet Shade's "teacher" in a reserved manner, but the situation was urgent now, so they and Iluna listened to Miss Danister's account of what happened today again by the campfire in the camp.
Grace and Helen cast a spell with Dorothy to add a spatial loop feature to the camp, ensuring that no one could leave this looping space without their permission. The elf girl went to take care of her chocobos, while the three witch apprentices, Tifa, Matilda, and Miss Swift, were responsible for arranging the girls in the camp to prepare for battle.
If the situation had not been urgent this time, Shad would not have allowed Dorothy or Lecia to merge and cast spells with the red butterfly girls so frequently. He was worried that this would cause some adverse effects. He did not forget that the mutual fusion phenomenon of Dorothy and Lecia was only greatly delayed rather than disappeared, but this time it had to be done this way.
As for when Shad returned to Tobesk just now, his original intention was to ask Luvia for divination on how to rescue Miss Winslet, but Luvia spent a [Pure Light] and although she did get a rescue method, she had to use a large number of people:
"The information provided by the hermits is correct. Love Lake is most attractive to a man and a woman who come alone, especially if they already have feelings for each other, which will almost certainly trigger the characteristics. On the contrary, the more people there are at the lake, the weaker the attraction and extraordinary characteristics of Love Lake will be.
I don’t know if there will be a fight, but there must be at least 20 people present to ensure basic safety, and the ratio of men to women must be large.”
This condition is now met.
After nightfall, the temperature in the forest dropped sharply, and the sound of the wind whistled through the forest, but there were surprisingly no clouds in the night sky. The transparent lake reflected an increasingly strange and magnificent starry sky. Iluna's heterochromatic eyes looked at the lake again, then she retracted her gaze and said to Shade and Luvia:
"I thought that after I reached the high ring, there would be nothing that could directly interfere with my mind."
"Iluna, don't underestimate this world."
The fortune teller reminded the new ladies, and after they understood what was going on, she clapped her hands and walked towards the largest bonfire. Shade and Iluna followed behind her, and everyone looked at her. The purple-eyed girl was not at all shy:
“Love Lake is not a relic, but has acquired its current characteristics due to the influence of some powerful existence.
This trait is stronger during the night phase than during the day phase, but we can’t wait until daytime, otherwise the chances of Flora Winslet waking up will become even smaller. We need everyone’s help to take action now.”
"Should we rescue Flora right away?"
The blonde countess asked. She actually had the best relationship with Luvia among the witches present. This was a friendship they developed during their time in Moon Bay. But Luvia shook her head:
“Bella, if we want to rescue the people at the bottom of the lake, we must let them wake up on their own initiative like Shade just now. Otherwise, even if we can dive into the lake safely like Mia, we will definitely not be able to pull them out.
Now, we need to determine what this lake is. There is a stone tablet at the bottom of the lake, which records the secrets of this lake. Witches, each of you choose three helpers and follow me out of the camp.
The helpers you choose don’t have to be your own followers, but they must have the power of a witch. If an apprentice is available, please be sure to choose an apprentice. "
No one asked her how she knew these things. Everyone surrounded her and watched her standing by the campfire and planning her actions.
The purple eyes held a serious expression. Obviously, Luvia Annette was neither the strongest girl here nor someone who had established deep feelings with the witches present. But when she spoke by the fire at this moment, when her purple eyes were illuminated by the fire, people still spontaneously felt awe and conviction in her.
"Perhaps in the past Sixth Era, Luvia also obtained the command of the Council through some means."
Before choosing their helpers, the girls helped Shade to perform a ritual to add the power of "cowardice" to the chains of sin. He had already collected enough materials, but had not yet performed the ritual.
In the subsequent process of selecting helpers, Vanessa was the strongest among the four great witches present, so even though the apprentice Margaret was not there, she just randomly selected three high-ring girls;
Granny Cassandra was only level 10, nominally the weakest, so not only did Miss Swift follow her, but Tifa also stood behind her;
The 12th-rank Countess has her own maid, Matilda, so she doesn't have to worry about anything else;
Although young Miss Sylvia was already at the eleventh level, she did not recruit any apprentices, so in addition to her followers, Miss Bell also followed her.
The girls who were not chosen hurriedly made a batch of torches, and then Shade was asked to light them one by one with the "moon fire". The three people next to the four witches who went out each held a torch, and then the four groups of people divided into four directions, east, west, south, and north, and came to the shore of the heart-shaped Love Lake.
Under the moonlight, the urge to enter the lake reflecting the magnificent starry sky was much reduced.
Luvia then selected 28 people from the crowd, including Grace, Helen, Dorothy, the elf girl, herself, Miss Danister, and Iluna. They were divided into seven groups, one group went out at a time, and inserted the remaining torches into the mud on the lakeside.
The seven groups left the camp and went out three times in total, and they successfully outlined the outline of Love Lake with silver flames, so the spiritual pollution of the lake immediately weakened a little.
Then, under Luvia's instructions, the four witches by the lake took out their witch jewelry.
Vanessa's gold ring (first from left), the Countess's right hand bracelet, Mother-in-law Cassandra's button, and Miss Sylvia's gold ring (second from left). After being activated, the four witch jewelry resonated with each other, adding golden brilliance to the silver firelight by the lake.
The witch's power seemed to particularly restrain the power of Love Lake. The spiritual pollution of the star-like lake water was weakened again, and even the color of the stars in the water became dim.
"Shad!"
Luvia reminded him softly, and Shade in the camp threw a chain with eight sin runes towards the lake. The chain successfully passed through the gap between the two torches and splashed into the water. At this time, Shade subconsciously took a step forward, and Iluna, holding a sword, immediately pressed his shoulder.
"The stele is underwater, so it shouldn't be buried very deep. Look for it yourself, but be careful not to touch anyone's body."
Luvia reminded.
Although Shade could not use the "Chain of Sin" as an extension of his senses, he could clearly sense whether the chain touched something. The power of Yuehuo and the four witches compressed the power of the Love Lake to its limit, and the power of sin seemed to be able to effectively filter out this kind of mental pollution.
"The end of the chain seems to have turned transparent."
Dorothy whispered to Luvia, and every rune on the Sin Chain glowed faintly in the moonlight, but at the end of the chain illuminated by the moonlight, the rune chain of the chain was indeed turning transparent due to the violent vibration.
"It doesn't matter for now."
Luvia answered softly while staring at Shade's back.
The calm lake surface began to ripple after the chain entered. Half a minute later, the shaking lake water was about to splash onto the witches, but fortunately Luvia had warned them of this possibility in advance, so they all carefully avoided the lake water.
Shade had closed his eyes to let his senses better perceive the situation at the bottom of the lake. Finally, when he really found the stone slab half buried in the mud and wrapped it with a chain, a loud noise broke the tranquility of the night.
Except for Shad who closed his eyes and the huddled Chocobos, all the ladies and girls in the camp and by the lake saw a huge tail-like black shadow flash by under the transparent lake surface that was shimmering with starlight.
Even the ladies by the lake couldn't see the whole picture of that thing, but that didn't affect the meowing of the cat on Shad's shoulder. Two-thirds of all the moonfire torches were extinguished. The four great witches by the lake retreated one after another, but were immediately supported by their helpers.
"found it!"
Shade grabbed the chain with both hands and pulled it towards the camp, and then Iluna also grabbed the chain. The two of them worked together, and with a muffled sound, the old stone tablet flew out of the water and fell into the camp.
With a loud bang, the bottom of the stone slab was deeply embedded in the soil beside the campfire. Shade and Iluna breathed a sigh of relief, but Luvia did not relax. Instead, she directed the witches by the lake to retreat one by one, and asked the group in the camp to go out again to replace the extinguished torches.