Whispering Poems

Chapter 3834 The Secret of the Tower
Now that Violet possessed her own ring, Shad was no longer worried. The witch then asked Shad:
"So, aren't you coming with me to the battlefield later?"

Shade shook his head:

"You alone are not enough. I need to go to the Oracle Square and use the Philosopher's Stone you left behind to summon other demigod witches."

"And then you go to face the gods alone?"

The blonde witch empress continued to ask, and seeing that Shad was somewhat surprised, she leaned in again and kissed him on the cheek:

“I’ve been to those ruins, and I know very well what the cliff area means. Don’t worry, I won’t stop you. This is your era, and I and the other witches of the Fifth Era are just here to answer the call. Speaking of which, I’ve known you for so long, but I’ve never really seen you call upon the gods. Let me see it for myself this time.”

She stepped back a few paces, then lifted her skirt and bowed to Xia De with a smile:
"Show your style, Shad."

Xia De then smiled and said:

"No problem, you are all goddesses who guide me to victory."

"That would be rather presumptuous of you."

Violet offered a reminder, but she still seemed quite happy:

“Let’s get out of here first. Follow me, I know where the exit is. Oh, and extinguish the flames first, don’t forget that. Sister Beren came here with me back then.”

She paused, glancing at Shad's expression, and Shad roughly guessed which point in time Violet was currently in:
"Sister Beren has already left, hasn't she?"

Violet nodded slightly, but to her surprise, Shad simply sighed as he looked at the flame in the stone basin. He reached out his hand towards the flame, and it instantly entered his hand. Then, the mark of the "Ember of the First Flame" appeared on Shad's body, but disappeared within seconds.

The flame was temporarily stored in Shad's heart. Since he was not a nun, he could not directly use its power. In the past, he used an old lantern to hold the flame, but now he could use his own body as the vessel for the First Flame.

However, because he temporarily contained the flame, all the damage caused by the snake was healed.

"As long as the primordial fire has not been extinguished, the nuns who hold the fire have not completely left."

He said this, and only then did the blonde witch smile:

"It's good that you understand this. There will be opportunities to meet again in the future. After all, for you, life and death, time and space should not be obstacles."

Since the ancient god's seal had been completely broken by the serpent, even if Shad took away the flames, it wouldn't have any effect. He then put away the empty walnut box and prepared to leave with Violet, while the blonde witch emperor teased:

"It's just an empty box, there's no need to put it away. My emblem is on the box, you can keep it at home to store some important items."

She led Shad to the edge of the sacrificial altar to Shad's right front. After snapping her fingers, the emblem of the ancient god [Chaos Witch] appeared in the air. The steps then rumbled and slid to the right, revealing a secret passage hidden by extraordinary means.

After entering the secret passage, they had only taken a few dozen steps when they saw a spiral staircase leading upwards. Violet took Shad's hand and continued upwards. The top of the staircase looked like a dead end, and Shad could feel the thick layer of rock above.

There is no way forward.

“There really is no road, because of this.”

Violet snapped her fingers again, and the ancient holy symbol reappeared, creating a portal out of thin air.

"Is this portal from the First or Second Era? Is it still safe?"

Shad hesitated, as Sylvia had repeatedly warned of the dangers of the ancient portals. However, Violet disregarded this and directly took Shad's hand, leaping into the portal.
"Of course it's safe, you'll see in a moment."

Behind the portal was a dimly lit indoor space, but the smell of this space felt strangely familiar to Xia De.

Before he could even get a good look at his surroundings, a stern voice suddenly rang out, accompanied by the aura of a magical spell about to be cast:
"Who has broken into my Shad?"

The lights in the underground storage room of the Witch's Tower came on. Sylvia, sensing someone had entered the tower without permission, looked at the two people holding hands with surprise. But when she clearly saw the blonde woman's face and felt her astonishing charm and power, Sylvia immediately bowed.
"Miss Violet."

Sylvia, of course, knew the appearances of the demigod witches that Shad was familiar with.

Violet glanced at her:
"I've seen you before when Shad called me here to help. You're the Space Witch of the Sixth Era, right? It seems this tower is still here after all. But when I first came here, this wasn't a storage room; it was an underground kitchen."

She explained to Xia De:
"The sacrificial site we just saw was located 500 meters below this tower. Around the year 2000 of the Fifth Era, the Great Witch of Space discovered the ruins in the vicinity and sensed the seal underground."

So she built the Witch's Tower using the power of that seal. Although she used this to usurp some of the authority the ruins had to control the snow mountain, she also strengthened the concealment of that seal.

Therefore, for thousands of years, the tower remained undiscovered due to the protection of the seal, and the sacrificial site sealed by the First Flame remained undetected because of the existence of the Witch's Tower. When Teresa, Sister Beren, and I arrived on this island, we found the underground ruins through this tower. But it seems you discovered a different entrance?"

Shad finally learned the origin of the ruins outside the tower. Sylvia was equally surprised that her tower had such a history, but now was not the time to discuss it in detail.

She briefly informed Shad and Violet of the current situation:
"The snake has finished molting, but the powerful ones of the 'Three Destinies' have joined the battle. After you disappeared just now, Luvia, Agelina, Sister Daphne, and Stella stopped the molted snake, and the Chosen of Light and the Chosen of Earth also appeared."

A little over ten minutes ago, Emilia returned with the Three Rings, followed by the Chosen One of the Butterfly Wings returning with a ring in hand. Five minutes ago, Iluna kicked the monster created by the snake controlling the yellow sand, and she too now resonates with the Three Rings.

In addition, the naval battlefield is completely out of control, and the southern waters of the island have been completely polluted by the forces of the apocalypse. Sylvie and Megan helped those who were on the naval battlefield evacuate, but Claire somehow broke through to the twelfth rank and condensed her own destiny.

Two of the three runestones I gave you have already been used. You gave the remaining runestone to Winnie, right? She used it to bring the two critically injured girls back. Don't worry, they're out of danger now.

"Did Lacia and Dorothy become one with destiny?"

Shad frowned. As for the other things, he didn't know how they happened, but they were probably related to Luvia and Bella's divination and Ellie ringing the holy bell.

"I'll go to the top of the mountain to help right away, don't worry."

Violet offered a soft word of comfort, unaware of what Shad was truly worried about.

“I walked through the main gate of the tower and connected the main gate with the entrance to the ruins at the summit.”

Sylvia immediately responded, and then moved the three of them to the doorway. Violet gave Shad another hug before pushing open the door and walking into the yellow sand.

Despite his worries, Shad was able to breathe a sigh of relief with Violet joining the battle. Even if the Doomsday Serpent was powerful, it wasn't a god after all; even if the demigod witch couldn't defeat it, she could at least buy some time.

"So, Shad, where are you going now?"

Sylvia then asked Shad.

"On the cliffs high up in the ruins."

"no problem."

The tower's doors opened again, and Shad told Sylvia to be careful before leaving.

The ground on the cliff was also covered in rolling yellow sand, but amidst the swirling sandstorm, Shad saw a large group of fluffy white things gathered in the Oracle Square.

Braving the wind and sand to get closer, I realized that they were actually unicorns brought by the elves.

The unicorns, large and small, huddled together not to play, but to hide. The yellow sand did not enter the area of ​​Oracle Square, and although these unicorns were powerful, without destiny by their side, they dared not directly step into the apocalypse.

However, upon seeing Shad arrive, most of the unicorns that Shad had never seen before immediately crowded around him and soon pushed him to the very center of the square.

Ellie, in her human form, was holding an apple with variegated colors inside. A bell was tied to a unicorn fur belt around her waist, and Mia was perched on top of her head, also looking at the apple.

"Meow~"

Upon seeing Shad appear, Mia immediately ignored the apple and nimbly jumped onto the heads of the other unicorns nearby, then hopped onto Shad's shoulder in a few leaps. After affectionately nuzzling Shad, she let out a few threatening cries to the surrounding unicorns, scaring them away from their previous jubilation.

"Shad! Apple!"

Upon seeing Shad arrive, Ellie also broke into a radiant smile. The little girl not only held the variegated white apple in her right hand, but also a golden apple in her left:

"Here you go, an apple!"

The two apples represent the fates of "innocence" and "luck," respectively. Since Shad had heard Luvia and Bella talk about this on the ship, he wasn't surprised.

He shook his head:
"Keep these two apples for now, there are only two, right?"

Ellie glanced at her fellow tribesmen around her and said shyly:

There are only two.

"It's alright, two are enough. I have something very important to take care of here in a bit, would you mind having someone accompany you out of here?"

So Ellie looked at Shad pitifully, and seeing that he really wanted her and her friends to leave first, she had no choice but to nod:

"You, be careful!"

(End of this chapter)