In this mirror, it was no longer the captain's bedroom, but the inside of the temple's warehouse.

Shelves, crates, and miscellaneous items, but the only thing in them is the Holy Light Candle and Priest Anderson.

Priest Addison sat in front of the mirror, likewise unable to see himself......

A skeleton with a blue soul fire burning in its eye socket actually appeared in the mirror, and he carefully avoided the holy light, leaning against the edge of the warehouse shelf in the mirror, trying to put his head to the edge of the mirror.

The skull twisted its knob-laden neck with a weird clicking sound.

The flames in the eye sockets were constantly beating.

"You're an ordinary elf now, and you think you can still get the Goddess's Radiance in this way, Addison, stop being delusional." The skeleton said to Priest Andison with a dry smile.

Seeing that Officer Addison's body shook, he almost fell down......

The skeleton in the mirror put its hands full of white knuckles on the edge of the frame, and continued to say in a hoarse voice:

"It's better to let me out, as long as you open the seal of this mirror, I can come out of it, I can help you draw a magic circle for holding a séance, if you are worried that I will not fulfill my promise, I can sign a magic contract now, think about it, look at your current bad state, there is not much time left for you."

Officer Andison frowned and didn't speak.

Let him make a pact with an undead?

He hadn't even thought about it......

Seeing that Priest Andison didn't respond, the skeleton continued to change his tone and teased him:

"Lady Liberty has abandoned you, you and your faith are just a pile of garbage thrown away in the corner, Addison, if you don't hurry up and catch up with her, you will be abandoned in the Elven Continent."

"Isn't it possible for a devout believer to give up everything in pursuit of his faith?"

As he spoke, the skeleton in the mirror knelt on the ground, clasped hands together in front of his chest, learning the same as a devout believer praying under the idol......

After a few seconds of silence, the soul fire in the skeleton's eyes jumped violently, and he brought his bone-covered face to the edge of the mirror, even though there was a faint power of holy light that could burn him, he didn't care......

There were even wisps of green smoke coming out of his bony face, but he still leaned on the edge of the mirror and said to Priest Addison in the meanest tone:

"But what about you, what have you been doing lately? What else is there to praise other than waiting for the goddess's alms? No, you've always been like this for nothing......"

The skeleton suddenly disappeared into the mirror.

Then he leaned against the dim corner of the mirror, smashed a bone with a small hammer, put it in a stone mortar and smashed it vigorously, and finally pulled out a white bone meal from it and smeared it on the burnt skull.

The scorched black on the bones began to fade gradually, and the skeleton was satisfied with placing the stone mortar on the shelf.

Speaking to Priest Addison outside the mirror:

"Addison, wake up!"

"She has abandoned you, listen to me, you can't perceive the Holy Radiance, it's because she has completely abandoned you, and even the entire Elven Continent, if you can come to your senses now, you should join the command of the Lich Monarch, just like me...... Immortality, haven't you tasted the soul yet? ”

He raised his head and spread his hands out, putting on a look of intoxication.

Priest Addison lowered his head and watched decadently as the skeleton performed in the mirror......

"I'll prove to you that I haven't been abandoned by the goddess, all the time."

Priest Addison's voice was weak...... These words of his could not even convince himself.

Then he stood up suddenly, and although his body shook a little, and he looked like a drunken drunk, he still grabbed the linen from the wooden frame, walked to the bronze mirror, and covered it with his hand.

"Hey ......"

The skeleton inside the mirror let out a hoarse call.

Priest Addison didn't respond to it again, but it became more anxious:

"Hey, Andison, where are you going, let me out, I can help you, I swear......"

The last few sentences become a little hysterical:

"Hey...... Hey, hey! Don't go, only I can help you! ”

The sound of footsteps faded away, and finally there was a dull closing of the door.

……

In Castletown at the beginning of August, there were far more rainy days than sunny days.

It was overcast, and it was raining in the sky, but it didn't rain much at first.

But when Roy walked out of the academy gates, the wind was blowing on the sea, and the sea breeze was wrapped in rain and splashed on the pedestrians on the street, and no umbrella was of any use at this time.

Roy wrapped the two textbooks in his clothes and stood in the rain for a while before getting drenched.

Fortunately, the carriage arrived just in time and did not let him wait too long in the rain.

Wet and soaking into the carriage, Roy glanced apologetically at the coachman in his hat and obediently threw a Kohler in the box.

There are not many passengers in the carriage, and in this bad weather, the elves prefer to stay at home.

Banners hung in front of street shops were blown to the ground, metal plaques creaked, and shopkeepers sat in front of shop windows to enjoy the rain on the street.

Roy jumped out of the carriage at the intersection of Brown Street, and the waterline of the Dane River next to it continued to rise, flooding the stone steps along the river again.

He braved the rain to run outside the gate of the Statue of Liberty and found that it was raining so heavily that a group of believers had gathered at the gate of the temple.

Jasper and Abt were both guarding the doorway, their cloaks unrained and their midship-apprentice robes clinging to their bodies after being soaked in the rain.

Both of them were already soaking wet, and they were crying and mourning, patiently telling the believers that today's meeting was temporarily cancelled.

Roy knew that Jasper was an optimistic half-blood elf, and even when he was lying in bed recuperating from his injuries, he didn't cry like he did today.

Roy realized that something must have happened in the temple, and even canceled the meeting that was only held once a week.

He struggled to squeeze in front of the crowd, and Jasper almost had a bad mood written on his face when he saw Roy, who was drenched all over.

"Jasper, what's going on? What happened to the temple? Roy asked, hugging Jasper's shoulder.

Jasper asked Abt to stop the believer, pulled Roy through the iron gate, and whispered in his ear, "Teacher Anderson is doing a descent ceremony." ”

"Huh?"

Roy knew that only by passing the séance ceremony could the priest become the Grand Priest.

The two priests in the temple were both stuck on the threshold of advancing to the Grand Priest, but every time the priest was promoted, he needed to bathe in the Holy Radiance, but now the Holy Radiance of Lady Liberty had not appeared six months ago.

It is not easy for the current priest to ensure that he has enough holy light power in his body, let alone perform this kind of séance ritual that requires a lot of holy light power.

"He wants to forcibly break through the boundaries of rank and be promoted to the rank of Great Priest?" Roy asked Jasper.

Jasper shook his head, covered his face with his hands, and said with the grief in his heart:

"He just wants to prove to everyone that the Female Divine Radiance still shines on the Elven Continent."

Roy couldn't understand Priest Addison's thoughts, and couldn't help but ask, "Is it possible that the divine descent ceremony will fail?" ”

The worshippers outside the temple gate left in the rain one after another, and Abt walked in from outside the door, wiped a handful of rain from his face, and said to Roy:

"You should ask if the descent ceremony has any chance of success!"

"Is there one?" Roy asked.

Abt didn't give a positive response, but just lowered his head and muttered: "The Holy Light can't shine here, how can the goddess come?" ”

Roy asked again, "Then what will happen if the séance ceremony fails and Priest Addison fails to be promoted to the Grand Priest?" ”

"Will be a martyr......"

Abt glanced at Jasper and replied quietly.

The rain was heavier, and Archpriest Reed stood anxiously outside the door of the main hall, but did not see Priest Theodore......

Follow Felix. Bishop Mitchell has established a rule that the priests' ceremonies are protected by the goddess and cannot be disturbed.

The three midshipmen were wet from top to bottom, dripping water downward.

"You guys go and change into dry clothes, the ceremony won't end so soon......"

Grand Priest Reed said to a few of them.

……

In the main temple, Priest Andison knelt in front of the Statue of Liberty, and the howling wind and heavy rain outside the temple did not stop Priest Addison......

He held a sharp dagger in his hand, this dagger was also covered with divine patterns, the dagger blade cut a wound in his palm, and the blood containing holy light flowed down the wound, and he dipped his fingers in the blood to draw a divine pattern on the floor.

He was very focused, as if he was completely immersed in his own world.

With each stroke, it seemed as if a lot of energy was expended, and he looked more and more haggard, with almost no expression on his thin face.

It's just that he keeps reciting prayers in his mouth.

The Statue of Liberty relief looks at everything that is happening in the temple with pity, and the eyes of the stone carvings are cold to the bone.

After Priest Addison had finished drawing the séance by himself, he couldn't hold on any longer, and fell to the ground with a 'poof'.

His face was pressed against the cold stone slab, his body prostrate in the divine lines, but the sacred prayer in his mouth did not stop......

The almost dry power of holy light in Andison's body began to pour into the divine pattern, and his body began to twitch violently......

As a prayer sounded, the ceremony began.

The holy light in his body quickly dried up, his skin dried up, and the long life that belonged to the elves continued to withdraw from his body, maintaining the operation of the Divine Pattern Circle.

He went mad, and with the last bit of persistence in his heart, he kept reciting the prayer.

A pillar of holy light appeared inside the Divine Pattern Array, and this pillar of light instantly rushed out of the roof of the main hall and passed through the dense dark clouds.

The light exploded in the clouds, like a brilliant firework blooming in the night sky.

In an instant, even the dense dark clouds were blown out of a large hole.

A ray of sunlight shone through the hole, and Roy could even see the clear blue sky outside the hole.

Then this pillar of light turned into a leaf formed by countless holy lights, and they fell from the sky one after another.

Before the leaves of the holy light could fall to the ground, they all dissipated in the heavy rain.

(End of chapter)