Chapter 42: Destroying the Moon
"Alright, I've told you everything, I'm going to the Moon Temple first," Gray said, turning back and running ahead.
"Alas, wait," Lucy hurriedly shouted.
"Let him go first," Elusa said.
"Well, besides, this island is so big, and the Moon Temple is on the mountain, it will take nearly half a day to reach the Moon Temple, and Gray won't be able to reach it for a while," Qin Xiu said.
"Uh, Ashu, you've been here?" Lucy said in surprise.
"Well, I've been here before," Qin Xiu nodded.
"So, you're more familiar with this place?" said Lucy.
"No, I've only been here once before, and that time was just to make money, because it's too far away from Harugion, so I haven't been here since that time," Qin Xiu said.
"That's right," Lucy nodded disappointedly.
"What's wrong," Qin Xiu wondered.
"I thought you knew any shortcuts," Lucy said with a sigh.
"Isn't it close to flying," said Harpy, as she flew around Lucy.
"I can't fly again," Lucy gave Harpy a blank look.
"Alright, let's go, since it's going to be a long walk, let's get going," Elusa said, and walked in the direction Gray ran.
Qin Xiu and Lucy nodded and followed, plus a cat flying in the air.
In the afternoon, the group finally reached the Temple of the Moon, but did not catch up with Gray.
"What's wrong with the temple?" Lucy looked at the Moon Temple in surprise, only to see the temple fall to the side.
"I don't know, let's go and have a look first," Qin Xiu said.
"Hmm," Lucy nodded, ready to enter the temple.
"Stop them" The sudden shout made Qin Xiu and the others take aback.
Turning their heads, they saw a large number of people half-surrounding them behind them.
"Who are you, with your head covered like that?" Alusa asked.
"They're the ones who perform the Moon Drop ritual," Lucy said.
"Oh," Elusa whispered, looking at the strange people with their heads covered.
"Stop them from harassing Lord Zero," said one of the hooded villains, his voice looking old.
"Old man?" said Elusa, confused.
"Catch them," the old voice said again.
"Don't be heavy-handed, they have a lot of suspicions, and there are old people," Elusa said softly.
"Hmm" "Understood," Qin Xiu and Lucy nodded and said.
As soon as they fought, Qin Xiu and Elusa immediately discovered a bigger suspicion, this group of people didn't know any magic and physical skills at all.
"What's going on?" Qin Xiu said after dodging a random attack from one person.
"Well, it's just a bunch of ordinary people," Elusa said, nodding.
"Lucy, we're going to talk to them, they're a bunch of ordinary people who don't know any magic or physical skills," Elusa called out to Lucy, who was wielding her whip vigorously.
"Who are you, please tell us something," Qin Xiu shouted.
Qin Xiu's shout immediately several people stopped attacking, "Don't stop, you must catch them" The old voice shouted again. Several people who had stopped their attack began to attack again.
The three of them glanced at each other, "Go to the tree for the time being," Qin Xiu said, and immediately jumped onto the nearest tree.
Elusa saw Qin Xiu jump up, and jumped up as well.
"Wait, what about me, I can't jump," Lucy shouted, and as soon as she finished speaking, she found herself flying, and when she saw it, she realized that it was Harpy who flew up with her, and Harpy flew up the tree with Lucy, and several people looked at the large group of masked people under the tree.
"Surround them," said the old voice, and as soon as he had finished speaking, a large crowd of masked men surrounded the few people standing on the tree.
"That's not the way to go," Lucy said after a moment's standoff.
"They are the ones who hold the Moon Drop ceremony, and there are old people among them, and I am afraid that there are some children in terms of height, so there should be a lot of hidden secrets in this," Qin Xiu looked at a few short people under the tree.
"Yes, but it's not an option, and since they're the ones who perform the Moondrop ceremony, they're going to have to deal with them, avoiding the old and the children," Elusa said.
"Hmm," Qin Xiu nodded in agreement, "Lucy stays on the tree"
While jumping down, Qin Xiu was surprised to find that the sky seemed to be a little dark.
"How could it be dark so early," Qin Xiu said in a low voice.
Looking at the people around, he put this matter aside for the time being, and after some fighting, he stopped after beating everyone out of combat effectiveness, and for some reason, the sky was completely dark.
At this time, there was a sound of stones shaking, and when Lucy turned her head to look at the Moon Temple in the tree, she was surprised to find that the original crooked temple had returned to its original state, "Oh no, the temple has returned to its original state," Lucy shouted.
Qin Xiu and Elusa turned their heads to see that this was really the case, "What's going on?" Qin Xiu wondered.
"Let's go, let's go to the temple and have a look," Elusa looked around at the humanity who was basically out of combat.
"Wait, don't spoil the good deeds of Lord Zero Emperor" came the old voice that had been directing the others just now.
The three of them turned their heads to see that most of them had taken off the hood over their heads.
"This, I see," Elusa said as she looked at the old man's dress in front of her.
"What's wrong?" Qin Xiu wondered.
"They are all residents of Prague," Elusa said.
"What?" Qin Xiu said in surprise.
"Well, we are all residents of Prague," said the old man, and then the old man told him everything, it turned out that they were all victims of the destruction of their homes by Deleora, and they had gathered together when they heard that Emperor Zero could defeat Deleora.
"Alright, you should leave the island as soon as possible, and we will take care of Delliola's affairs," Elusa said, turning around and walking towards the temple despite the old man's words.
"Elusa, wait," Qin Xiu shouted.
"What's wrong?" Elusa asked.
"You should have noticed, it seems that the time when the sky darkened on this island was much earlier" Qin Xiu looked at the Heavenly Dao.
"Well, I noticed, it's probably because of the Moon Drop Ritual," Elusa said as she looked at a purple moon in the sky.
"The curse of the villagers may be caused by the magic of the Moon Drop," Qin Xiu said.
"Well, there are still some doubts that haven't been clarified, but for now, we need to settle the matter of Deleola," Elusa said.
Qin Xiu looked at the restored Moon Temple and nodded, "Let's go."
As soon as he entered the temple, he heard a violent roar, the sound was extremely harsh, and the entire temple almost shook.
"What's that sound," exclaimed Lucy, covering her ears.
"I don't know," Elusa said.
"Look, here, it's the light of the Moon Drop Ceremony," Harpy said, pointing to a purple pillar of light.
"If that's right, it's probably Delliola's voice," Elusa said with a frown.
"What, is it resurrected?" said Lucy, in surprise.
"No, not yet, the ritual is still taking place, proving that it is not fully resurrected, go quickly, we are going to stop the resurrection of Delliola" Elusa said and ran outside.
"Deliora is down there, not going that way," Lucy exclaimed.
"Alusa means just stop the ritual from going on," Qin Xiu said.
"Oh," Lucy realized, and ran along.
When they reached the top of the temple, they found that only one person was performing the ritual of the moon drop.
Elusa was slightly relieved after kicking away the people who were performing the ceremony.
"That's fine," Elusa said.
"But the light hasn't gone away," Lucy said, pointing to the pillar of light.
"Well, what's going on?" Qin Xiu also nodded and said.
"That's the ritual has been done, you're late," shouted the kicker, getting up.
"What" Elusa said in surprise, and as soon as Elusa finished speaking, a stronger voice sounded than before, and the air around her trembled.
Everyone's faces changed drastically, and they could clearly feel a terrifying magic power exploding all around them in an instant.
"What now?" Lucy's expression was extremely nervous.
"The strength of the mana is starting to decrease," Elusa said with her eyes closed.
"It's gone?" Qin Xiu wondered.
"Hmm," Elusa nodded.
"But I could still feel the air around me as if it was compressed," Lucy said.
"That's because of the yelling," Elusa said.
"How to deal with this person, he looks strange and thinks he is like a dog," Qin Xiu said as he pointed to the person who got up.
"Kill it," Elusa said coldly.
"Don't, don't, don't kill me," the dog-like man shouted when he heard this.
"Roar" again a roar interrupted several people's thoughts.
"It's so noisy, my eardrums are about to burst," the dog-like man yelled.
"Ah" Lucy and Harpy covered their ears and shouted, Qin Xiu also covered his ears and gritted his teeth hard, only Elusa still looked at a few people calmly.
"The strength of the mana is already very low, what's going on," Elusa whispered with a frown.
Soon the sound died down, and the air seemed to calm down, not as depressed as it had just been.
"Stopped," Lucy sighed, touching her chest.
"Come and see here," shouted Harpy.
Qin Xiu and Lucy ran over to take a look, and actually found that water was constantly flowing out of the stone cracks under the temple.
"What is this?" said Lucy.
"That's probably the ice that Gray's master, Uru, turned into," Elusa said, as she walked over.
"The ice is all water now, so Delliola is completely resurrected?" Lucy said in surprise.
"I don't know, but Delliola's magic seems to have dissipated," Elusa said.
"Dissipated?" Lucy wondered.
"Well, let's go and see," Elusa said
"Hmm" The few people nodded and immediately ran down, and before leaving, they knocked out the man who looked like a dog.
Gray and Natsu were soon found beneath the temple, along with another white-haired teenager.
"Here we are," Harpy shouted at Natsu, throwing him into Natsu's arms.
"Ah, you're here, ah, and Ashu, but you're late, it's all over, Dariola is dead," Natsu laughed, feeling that someone behind her seemed to turn her head and look at it and was immediately startled, "Ai, Ai, Elusa" immediately turned around and ran, but Alusa grabbed the scarf to stop Natsu's idea of escaping.
"So we can go up to the second floor later?" Lucy excitedly said, Gray smiled too, and Natsu laughed out loud after escaping Elusa's grasp.
"Dream on," Qin Xiu said, standing next to Elusa.
At this moment, several people instantly remembered something, stopped smiling and looked at Qin Xiu and Ai Lusha in a cold sweat.
"The mission is not complete yet, the purpose of this mission is to end the curse of the villagers, so it must be solved before it is completed," Elusa said.
"But Delliola is dead, and the curse should be gone," Lucy said.
"No, although Deliola is dead, the curse of the villagers has not disappeared, to be precise, it is the magic of the Drop of the Moon that has made the villagers like that"
"So what to do?" Gray said depressedly, suddenly remembering something and looking at the white-haired boy behind him, "Hey, Leon, you should know something."
It turned out that the white-haired young man was Gray's senior brother Leon, Qin Xiu looked at Leon and nodded in a sudden realization.
"I'll be honest with you, I don't know anything," Leon said lightly.
"Hey, what do you mean, is there anyone like you who is irresponsible" Natsu glared at Leon.
"Cut, what's not responsible" Leon glanced at Natsu and said, "The claim that the magic of the drop of the moon is harmful to people is a problem, think about it yourself, in the past three years, we have been irradiated by the same moonlight as those villagers, why are we fine" Then he glanced at Gray and said, "Besides, they haven't come to us once in the past three years, isn't this suspicious, you better be careful, they may not be telling the truth, the next thing is your business"
"Hey, Leon, I have something to ask you, is it dark early after the Moon Drop Ceremony" Qin Xiu asked.
"Well, that's right, maybe it's because the Moondrop Ritual gathers the moonlight, so it's dark early," Leon nodded.
Qin Xiu looked at Elusa and nodded, "It seems that this is the case."
"Well, but I'll have to make sure," Elusa said, "let's go, settle this now," and walked back.
Qin Xiu motioned for Natsu and them to follow, and the group walked towards the temporary settlement of the village.
Because of the reason for going down, I arrived at the temporary accommodation of the village in a shorter time than when I came, but found that there was no one.
"Where have all the people gone?" Natsu said, looking around, "Smell the smell, I was here not long ago."
"Oh no, something big is going on in the village," suddenly a young girl ran up and shouted.
"What's going on?" Alusa asked.
"Anyway, everyone come with me first," said the girl, and ran to the east, and the others looked at it and had to follow.
When they arrived at the place, everyone was taken aback, "I don't know what's going on, the village has returned to its original state," said the girl.
"Really?" Natsu looked around in disbelief, still struggling with the house.
"Hey, Natsu, stop fighting, you don't move when you're back to where you are," Lucy said as she watched Natsu bang the house.
"What do you mean by that?" Natsu looked at Lucy with an angry expression.
"That's what I meant," Lucy said.
"You...... Forget it, it's good to recover, haha" Natsu said as he picked up Harpy with a sudden change of face.
"What a quick face-changing speed," Lucy said sullenly as she looked at Natsu's laughter.
"Please inform the whole village, we have something important to say, let everyone gather at the gate," Elusa said, looking at the girl.
"Uh, okay, I'll let you know right away" The girl nodded and ran away.
Qin Xiu and his party also walked towards the gate of the village, and a large group of people gathered at the gate of the village without waiting for a while.
Qin Xiu looked at the villagers, during the day they were completely human, but now they have become demons, if it is really Qin Xiu and Elusa's speculation, I am afraid they are demons in the first place.
Elusa was about to ask the villagers, but she didn't expect to fall into a trap, and everyone was dumbfounded.
"Unexpectedly, even the trap was restored," said Harpy, surprised.
"It's not my fault," Lucy said nervously.
"Lucy, did you make this trap?" Qin Xiu said.
"This, this," Lucy hesitated to answer.
"It's the first time I've heard Elusa speak in that tone," Natsu said dumbfounded.
"Me too, what a lovely voice," Gray said silly.
Soon Elusa got up from the trap and continued to ask questions as if nothing had happened, and this scene made everyone sweat profusely.
After some inquiries from Elusa, Qin Xiu and Elusa's speculation was confirmed.
"If that's the case, then solve it now?" Qin Xiu looked at the Sky Dao.
"Just destroy it," Elusa said.
"It should be a very high distance, and it can't be destroyed at all," Qin Xiu said.
"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Lucy, confused.
"Destroy it," Elusa said, pointing to the purple moon in the sky.
"What? That's impossible," shouted Lucy and Gray.
"Just find a high spot now, Natsu I need your help," Elusa said, looking around.
"Alright, alright, destroy the moon," Natsu said with an excited expression.
"It's impossible to be so happy," Lucy said speechlessly.
"I didn't say that I wanted to destroy that moon, but I wanted to destroy this moon, and I was also curious about how to destroy it," Qin Xiu said, pointing to the purple moon in the sky.
"Ah Xiu, you actually think so, but what do you mean by that?" Lucy wondered.
"Just look at it," Qin Xiu smiled.
Elusa changed into a suit of armor, Qin Xiu looked at that armor and suddenly realized: "So so, the armor of the giant, with the spear of destroying evil and the propulsion of Natsu's flames, can be shot."
"It's impossible," Lucy and Gray still didn't believe it.
When Elusa shot the snatch, the two of them looked at the flying gun questioningly.
The spear flying into the sky could no longer be seen clearly, and at this time, everyone was surprised to find that the moon in the sky had a slight crack.
"No," Lucy and Gray looked at the purple moon with a crack in their mouths, dumbfounded.
In an instant, the purple moon broke open, and a normal-colored moon appeared.
"Is that what happened?" said Natsu, looking at the sky in surprise.
"Is it the sky that is broken?" said Lucy, looking at some of the glittering things that had fallen.
"Because the island is only surrounded by membranes, and the only thing to destroy is the membrane," Elusa said.
"Ah Xiu and I both noticed that it was dark very early on this island, so we suspected that there was something in the sky, and after some inquiry, we completely confirmed our suspicions."
"Because the moon drops take place, there is an exhaust gas, which forms a layer of crystals in the sky, so people only see the moon purple on the island," Elusa said.
"I see, so they're all back to their original state," Lucy said, looking around at the villagers.
"Hmm," Elusa nodded.
"But they haven't changed back," Lucy said.
"That's because they were originally like that," Qin Xiu said.
"What do you mean?" Gray was puzzled.
"The magic of the Moondrop only affected their memories, making them mistakenly think they were humans," Elusa said.
"So, they're all demons?" Lucy said dumbfounded.
"Well, that's actually the case," Qin Xiu nodded.
Gray looked at a villager next to him dumbfounded, and asked stupidly, "Hey, is what the two of them said true?"
The villager touched his head and looked a little confused, "Hearing this, although the head is still a little confused, it seems to be so"
Gray's mouth was wide again.