Chapter Nineteen The Lady of the Lake
At night, Sean couldn't wait to prepare for action.
The two woke up the sleepy Lanster, threw him a black cloak, and led him into the mirror again.
Fortunately, those monsters did not appear. We shouldn't have taken this path after what happened last night, but it was too eye-catching in reality and we had to do so.
Sean hid a mirror in the boathouse during the day. After more than ten minutes, the group arrived at their destination.
Through the mirror, I came to the boathouse.
A small boat is placed on the shelf of the wooden house.
The two dragged the boat into the water and pushed Lanster onto the boat.
Lanster seemed to feel some kind of crisis and struggled instinctively, and Sean quickly asked him to stop.
"Don't worry, we just need you to help you, and we won't kill you."
Alhaz was not so polite, so he took out his dagger and gestured on his face: "Don't struggle with Lanster, otherwise I'm not sure what I'll do."
After being coaxed and scared, Lanster finally got on the boat obediently.
However, when she got on the boat, Lanster was still not honest.
"Professor, you know who my father is. If something happens to me, I swear that he will catch you at all costs! But you still have a chance to save yourself. As long as you let me go now, I swear I can act as nothing has happened."
Seeing that the two were unmoved, Lanster aggravated his threat, "I swear, if you dare to hurt me-"
"Didn't you find a problem?" Alhaz suddenly interrupted him, "You swear to post too much, anything, once it's too much, will become cheap."
Lanster was stunned, but immediately roared again: "You two bastards, do you know who I am? I am a Lanster, the future Duke, how dare you treat me like this? You will pay the price for it. You and your family can't escape! Let me let go, let me have a fair duel, one-on-two, I will let you know the consequences of offending me!"
For some reason, looking at Lanster's twisted face, Sean felt relieved. Is this what a villain should look like?
He suddenly hit Lanster's face with a gun. Lanster looked at Shane in shock, as if he didn't expect that Shane, who had always been gentle, would suddenly become violent. Shane gave him a sudden blow, and blood came out of his nose. Lanster finally stopped talking.
The two of them were rowing boats quietly under the midnight moonlight, and there was silence around them, with only the sound of oars waving on the water.
Soon the boat arrived at the center of the lake.
It was midnight at this time, and the moonlight fell from the sky, coating the lake water with a layer of silver. The surrounding woods were quiet and there was no wind. The lake surface was smooth and flat like a mirror, reflecting the moonlight, boats, nosebleed Lanster and rowing Sean and Alhaz.
Everything is so peaceful.
Sean took out the Book of Old from his bag. Lanster covered his nose and looked at the book curiously, as if attracted by the eyeball on the cover. Until Alhaz grabbed his wrist and raised the dagger, Lanster's eyes showed a look of horror again. He struggled weakly for two times, then he was pressed on a glass cup and cut his wrist with a knife.
Blood flowed out of his wrists and dripped half a cup quickly. Alhaz handed Sean the cup containing the blood to Shane and bandaged Lanster with a piece of cotton cloth.
Lanster was a little grateful, but also a little unbelievable: "That's it?"
Alhaz squeezed his eyes at him, "Avoid waste, okay, Sean, let's start."
Sean nodded and spread the book out.
This was the first time he had such a mysterious ritual. Everything was novel and interesting, and at the same time he was busy with uncertainty.
He placed the cup containing blood on the bow of the boat, looked at the introduction of the ceremony in the book, and finally confirmed the four elements of the ceremony.
The lake of pure, the moon of perfect, the blood of nobleness—the next is the ritual of the knight.
He had been unsure of what etiquette to use before, so hesitated for a moment, or kneeled down on one knee, which was the knight's honor.
Because the ship was too cramped, he almost fell down. Alhaz looked at him thoughtfully: "Shawn, why don't I call him?"
"No, I'll do it myself." Sean said, putting down the ancient book.
He has been taking time to learn ancient Brighton language these days. Although he hasn't learned much, he has mastered the spell of summoning the fairies in the lake.
At this moment, with the bright moonlight, he recited the mantra in contrast.
【Mysterious existence from a distant country.】
[Workers of moonlight, controllers of water, greeds of noble blood, ladies in the lake who control the lake]
[I witness with the bright moon, I invite you with etiquette, and I guide you with noble blood.]
[In the name of the contract signed by you and my tribe and the ancient times.]
[I call you to appear in this world.]
After chanting the mantra, there was no reaction around him.
Sean looked around uncertainly, hesitated for a moment, and instead knelt on his knees, this was the Knight's ceremony.
【Mysterious existence from a distant country…
It was another spell, but there was still no movement.
Sean couldn't help but feel a little cold in his heart. What's going on? Could it be that this thing is fake? Or is his old Brighton language not standard enough?
This time he simply stood up, staggered on the boat and kept it stable, picked up Lanster's sword and placed it on his chest. This was the knight's sword-holding ceremony.
【Mysterious existence from a distant country…
Still no response, Sean was really panicked now. He looked at Alhaz in confusion. Alhaz spread his hands, as if he knew nothing about this situation.
Sean secretly raised himself in his heart, don't worry. Perhaps his understanding of the ritual was wrong. Some ancient words often explained a variety of explanations. This summoning ceremony must have very accurate requirements for elements.
He read the book again.
Complete Moon, no problem.
There is no problem with the lake of purity.
Knight's Religion - Wait a minute, I'll get it.
The so-called knight etiquette he used just now was actually mostly developed in recent hundreds of years. In ancient times, the knights of Brighton did not pay so much attention to it.
The knight's ritual mentioned in the book should not be ordinary rituals, but a certain custom of ancient knights.
A sudden flash of inspiration in Sean's mind, and he remembered a book called "Biographies of the Knights" he read not long ago. It was one of the legacy left by his grandfather Albert, which records a story.
Legend has it that when the Knight King Arturis summoned the twelve knights, in order to ensure the loyalty of the knights, he dripped the blood of everyone into the golden cup. The twelve knights shared the blood in the cup, and sweared blood to never betray.
So the knight's ceremony should be-
He picked up the blood from the cup, gritted his teeth, took a sip, and then sprinkled the rest in the lake.
The smell of blood spread in his mouth, with a hint of fishy sweetness in his stickiness. He tried hard not to spit it out and recited it loudly again.
【Mysterious existence from a distant country.】
[Workers of moonlight, controllers of water, greeds of noble blood, ladies in the lake who control the lake]
[I witness with the bright moon, I invite you with etiquette, and I guide you with noble blood.]
[In the name of the contract signed by you and my tribe and the ancient times.]
[I call you to appear in this world.]
When the last mantra was chanted, he looked around again, but there was still no movement.
Sean Xin finished speaking. Isn’t this little Lanstermo the son of the old Wang family next door? Or is the Lanster family interrupted the inheritance process? This has led to the bloodline being no longer valid.
Or maybe he had a wrong understanding of noble blood, and it must be the descendants of the Knight King Arturis to work?
So what's the matter if you kidnapped Lanster? Are you seeking death?
Just as I was speechless, a trace of fog appeared on the surrounding lake surface. The fog was not thick. It was thinly spread on the lake surface, rising in the air, spreading, and the moonlight shone on the fog, turning the surroundings into silver.
Sean felt excited, was he finally here?
He looked towards the lake, and in the mist, a graceful figure slowly rose from the lake, as if it was lifted up by an invisible force.
What a nice view!
Almost all three of them held their breath, and she was as depicted in the illustration, no, even the beauty of the painting was not as good as hers.
She was wearing a gauze skirt, which seemed to be woven from some kind of glowing algae. Her skin was white and had a faint green color, and her facial features were delicate, just like a person in a painting. Her naked feet were stepping on the water surface, like walking on the ground, and her body was filled with hazy light under the moonlight, which looked very unreal, as if it was an illusion, or as if it was in another space.
This magical moment made time seem to be still.
Until the woman slowly scooped up a handful of lake water and drank the lake water mixed with blood, gently wiped her lips and looked at the three people on the boat with her glowing eyes.
Chapter completed!