Novellv Chapter 4302 The Extra Worship of People and Ancestors
Chapter 4302 The Extra Worship of People and Ancestors
Chapter 4302 The Extra Worship of People and Ancestors
“I’m more curious about how Shad delivered the baby for that pregnant woman. I’ve wanted to help deliver unicorns before, but the adults wouldn’t let me participate in such activities. They said that unmarried girls shouldn’t do this kind of work, because it would scare us.”
The conversation continued, and Emilia, who was sitting with Ellie, raised her hand and spoke. She had specially changed into an adventurer's outfit today, which looked like the kind of costume used in some kind of theatrical performance, making it impossible to tell that she was the most powerful elven queen in the material world.
No one present had ever given birth, but at that moment, Sylvie, who walked in from outside, said:
"Good morning, everyone. Why are you talking about childbirth? I've seen mermaids give birth. Believe me, young ladies, to avoid developing a fear of marriage in the future, it's best not to know too much about it."
Before noon, Vanessa of the thirteenth rank, Sister Daphne of the thirteenth ring, and Claire, the Great Witch of the Sun, also arrived at Fragrant Mansion. Since the purpose this time was only to wipe out the [Holy Son Alliance], the plan needed to be made did not need to be as complicated as the plan to contain the [Leatherworks Guild].
The four chosen ones, Iluna, Ellie, Emilia, and Sister Daphne, will form the main force, while Miss Eden, the "Sun Emblem," will assist them later. The two 13th-order Archwitches will lead the team to deal with the other Ring Sorcerers of the [Holy Son Alliance].
Once the "Abomination" is resolved, the ring sorcerers who keep resurrecting because of it will not be a problem at all.
Viggo will remain at Fragrance's Residence, Flora will provide field support, and Claire and Sylvia will accompany the team. Besides them, Luvia, Dorothy, and Winnie will also participate in the operation; Luvia's primary task will be observation, while the others will directly join the battle.
Shad even brought the Night Watchman and the One-Hit Kill Gun for this purpose. Although he didn't really want Mia to join the battle, he still planned to take the cat with him.
Vige had also absorbed a ray of sunlight, but she didn't sense any difference in the cat compared to before. This puzzled Vige greatly, as it had taken her an entire day to "hide" that ray of sunlight within her soul.
"Did Mia really absorb sunlight? And even without sunlight, the blessings of the gods shouldn't have left her like an ordinary cat."
“Vigo, perhaps it’s because Xiaomia is more talented than you. The sunshine that blesses all things is an external force for you, but for a talented cat, it’s just like food and water.”
Claire, who really liked Mia, said this, and then happily greeted Shad, whom she hadn't seen in a long time. She came from Fatummister Island, and this was her first time visiting this city of scholars.
The morning was spent discussing the plan and selecting suitable witch followers to participate in the operation. Of course, Viggo also mentioned another matter to Shad:
“Didn’t I see Madame Butterfly at the banquet last night? Although I didn’t speak to her, I still had Adelina investigate the whereabouts of those anonymous invitations I gave her.”
Shad was very interested in this topic, and he had begun to have doubts about the identity of Madame Butterfly:
"Who received the invitation?"
"According to Adelina's investigation, the ladies who attended the club's activities really just wanted to attend the banquet and had no other purpose. It seems I was overthinking it."
Wei Ge said, but Xia De felt as if the other party was deliberately teasing Wei Ge:
"Did Adelina use people from the Astley family?"
"Of course, I wouldn't need Flora and her followers to help with something so ordinary."
"I see."
Shad didn't say much. He didn't want to give up the investigation; in fact, he was becoming increasingly curious about Madame Butterfly. It just so happened that the followers of "Desire" hadn't found anything in their investigation of the demons, so he could ask them to help probe Madame Butterfly.
After all, in some respects, the two sides are in the same industry.
After lunch, the operation officially began.
The Holy Son Alliance is hiding in an ancient tomb deep in the desolate area outside the outer city. According to Luvia and Bella's divination, there are two paths to enter it.
One method involves opening a portal through a special, unknown magical mirror-like object. The fortune tellers themselves didn't know the origin of that mirror; all they knew was that the Holy Son Alliance entered and exited the tomb through that mirror.
The other route leads from the outer city's sewers, penetrating deeper into the underground of Arcadia, until an ancient seal is broken in the labyrinthine depths to open the tomb's entrance.
Luvia and Bella both suggested that everyone choose the second path. Although their divination did not fully clarify all the details of this path, since Luvia would be setting off with everyone, there was no possibility of getting lost along the way.
The four chosen ones, the four great witches, Shad with the fortune teller, the writer, and the ice maid, make twelve people. Adding to this the twelve high-ring witch followers selected from Vigo, Flora, and Sylvia's teams, the team of 24 people and 1 cat officially set off at 1 p.m. that day.
In addition to these people, there will be a large support team on the ground. Led by Flora, these people will wait and set up a spatial signal stabilization ritual in the abandoned farm in the desolate area that Shad has visited many times, ready to receive the spatial portal opened by Dorothy or Sylvia at any time.
Once the portal opens, the team will no longer consist of just 24 people.
Margaret, Miss Bell, Eve, and Adelina will all accompany Flora on her missions, which also provides these young women with an opportunity to grow.
"We must take advantage of the opportunity presented by the Holy Mother and the Abomination's serious injuries to completely eliminate the [Holy Son Alliance]. What the Speaker couldn't do, we might be able to do!"
These were Vanessa's words before everyone set off. The person mentioned in those words was Adele, who had already discovered the big operation today through everyone's behavior in the council. She stood on the roof of the Fragrant Mansion watching the group depart, and then watched them meet up with the "Sun Emblem" in the outer city.
"Add Vanessa to the list as well, and we'll settle the score at the end."
Wei Ge also owns a house in the outer city. The basement of this house had already been dug by the girls from Gao Huan who had arrived earlier, connecting it to the sewer system. After confirming one last time that everyone was ready, the group of 25 people officially entered the underground.
Although they are unlikely to return from here, the girls disguised as maids remain here.
As the farewell procession passed, the manor's maid felt that there were 26 people, not 25, who had just passed in front of her. But no one could figure out the truth from Adele's confusion. Adele Isabella was indeed the strongest mortal of this era.
How many people are in our team in total?
After entering the sewers, they hadn't gone far and were casting a spell to shield themselves from the surrounding smells when Luvia, who had just been talking to Iluna, suddenly asked a question.
Because there was an "outsider" in the group, Miss Eden with the "Sun Emblem," she specially asked Shad to cast an illusion to conceal her appearance, while claiming to the outside world that she was the group's professional fortune teller.
As a diviner, one naturally needs to be more perceptive than others. Therefore, when faced with Luvia's question, everyone immediately looked warily at their companions. Miss Eden answered:
"After I joined the team, there should be 25 of us."
Luvia, standing at the front, looked back at the group and confirmed that the number of people was correct.
"Be careful. I just felt like there was an extra person in the group. I hope it's just my imagination."
Adele, who had already broken away from the group, twitched at the corner of her mouth. She stood in the darkness deep inside the pipe, watching Luvia's back, but before she could even sigh, Luvia suddenly turned around, her purple eyes, which seemed to glow in the dark, staring straight at her. But in reality, Luvia didn't see the figure at all.
"It's strange."
Luvia thought to herself.
However, because Luvia became suspicious, when a mutated life form with camouflage abilities infiltrated the group later on the road, it was immediately discovered and hacked to pieces by everyone.
Both the vampires and the church have accumulated a wealth of experience in dealing with such things. After temporarily rendering it incapacitated, Shad immediately used his own spark to extract the abnormal life spark from its body.
"This is what you sensed just now, right?"
Iluna questioned Luvia, but Luvia was still somewhat puzzled; she still felt that someone was following the group.
"Could it be Adele Isabella again?"
Having already undergone multiple rounds of extermination by the vampires and the church, there were actually very few monsters left in the shallow sewer pipes. The team didn't encounter many enemies as they continued deeper underground; the real trouble came from the smell of the sewers themselves.
Luvia led the way, and as they went, Shad chatted with the ladies in the group. Ellie and Emilia seemed quite interested in this underground adventure, while the witches frowned, clearly disliking such a dirty place.
Iluna and Miss Eden spoke in hushed tones. Miss Eden did not ask Iluna why she was there, and Iluna, of course, did not mention her relationship with Shad.
Shad was accompanied by Dorothy and Sylvia. As they walked, they sensed the space and confirmed that the spatial condition at their current location was excellent, allowing them to tear open the space at any time to create a portal.
Meanwhile, Recia, far away in Tobesk, was also watching this place, ready to come and provide support at any time.
At 3:30 p.m., the group had arrived at the deepest part of the underground in a desolate area, and the surrounding environment was the oldest sewer system in the Delineor era.
The odor was long gone, and even the sound of rats was no longer heard in the empty underground pipes. Moonlight illuminated the carved niches on the pipe walls, and during the short break, everyone examined the blurry statue enshrined in one of the niches, but even Miss Eden couldn't make out what it was.
So Luvia did another divination:
"These small statues most likely depict the ancestors of the Burgundy family; they are not statues of gods."
Ancestor worship?
Vanessa was very interested in this topic:
"Placing statues underground in cities to pray that the region will not experience frequent earthquakes was a common practice in early city construction in the Old World. Generally, the statues were of earth gods, with the statue of the earthquake god, the Old God [Earthquake Worm], being the most common."