Cornflower Witch

Chapter 278 The Galloping of the Griffin
Hiltiya continued to rise into the night sky.

Despite not having any ability to fly, she moved through the silvery mist as if by instinct, a cool sensation spreading from between her brows and gradually enveloping her entire body.

Gradually, all the sounds around her faded away, and she grew farther and farther away from the ground beneath her.

time flies……

The 'alien' aura spreading overhead became increasingly clear and distinct.

For a moment, a strange feeling arose in Hilti's mind, as if it were the television she watched as a child in her previous life, with many noises and chaotic electrical sounds on the screen.

This feeling became more and more pronounced as she approached the otherworldly rift.

This is……

As if the chaotic radio waves had finally been deciphered, a strange howl was heard in Hilti's mind.

This howl carried a lot of unknown information, conveying a sense of urgency, anger, and greed. Hiltiya began to slowly understand the emotions within it.

But this guy doesn't sound like someone I can get along with.

When Hilti's ascent reached a certain limit, her figure transformed into flowing light and shadow within the channel formed by the 'alien' power, accelerating faster and faster, surpassing the limits of physics, and approaching the light.

A dozen seconds later, a tiny figure re-emerged before the 'Wall of Sighs' of the world.

Her silver hair and dress floated silently in the air. Hilti looked up and observed the huge rift that spanned nearly ten kilometers. An invisible, fierce stellar wind blew in from the outside. At the edge of the rift, golden, transparent dragon scales shimmered, trying to close the gaping hole. However, the white curtain that appeared at the edge acted like a city wall, hindering the pressure from the dragon scales.

This is why the Hundred-Eyed Cult required Prince Gabriel's participation; only he, as the heir to the Legacy of Regas, was qualified to command the entire nation as a sacrifice.

Within the dimensional rift, eerie blue-purple light flickered. As Hilti gazed into it, a vast torrent of information flooded her mind, nearly causing her to faint. She had to shield her eyes with her hands to catch her breath.

In just a few seconds of staring, she learned the origins of many of the Hundred-Eyed Cult's secret techniques, as well as various strange and bizarre truths. After this complex knowledge was analyzed in Siltia's mind, it automatically gathered into a special magic book.

Once you understand the patterns of life's existence, you will naturally learn their abilities.

[Grimoire of a Hundred-Eyed Ritual] (Tier 3, Alien); A grimoire that 'records' the existence mode of the Lord of Truth.

Includes the class: [Magician]

Included abilities: [Evil Eye Shot], [Dark Vision], [Mad Gaze], [Illusory Eye], [Astral Levitation], [Astral Tough Skin]

Included knowledge: Evil Eye Sacrifice Ritual, World Within the Eye, Communication with the Astral Sphere, Secret Techniques for Modifying the Demon Eye

After resting for a few minutes, Hilti felt the turbulent information in her mind gradually calm down, and then she opened her fingers again and took another look at the rift in the other world.

Another torrent of information flooded in, and while feeling dizzy, Hilti closed her fingers again, allowing herself to slowly process it.

Ten minutes later, she gradually organized the knowledge that had been poured into her mind, and the previous 'Hundred-Eyed Ritual' magic book was expanded with new content.

[Grimoire of a Hundred-Eyed Ritual] (Tier 4, Alien); A grimoire that 'records' the existence mode of the Lord of Truth.

Includes the following class options: [Magician] and [Hundred-Eyed Apostle]

Includes the following abilities: [Evil Eye Shot], [Dark Vision], [Mad Gaze], [Illusory Eye], [Astral Levitation], [Astral Skin], [Hundred Eyes Descend], [Astral Aura], [Astral Travel], [Piercing Ray], [Lock in the Pupil], [Eye Through the Mist], [Intimidating Eye]

Includes the following knowledge: Evil Eye Sacrifice Ritual, World Within the Eye, Communication with the Astral Sphere, Secret Techniques for Modifying the Demon Eye, Secret Techniques for Modifying Heterochromatic Eyes, Astral Guidance, and Ritual of Breaking Boundaries.

Compared to before, the rank and ability recorded in the Magic Book have been upgraded from 'Tier 3' to 'Tier 4', and there is now a new way to advance to the rank of [Hundred-Eyed Apostle], seven additional secret methods for learning abilities, and various otherworldly knowledge secrets.

She couldn't look any further. The higher-level knowledge was beyond her current comprehension and capacity. Blindly trying to understand it would only lead to mental confusion. However, from the knowledge she had just learned, she gradually understood what kind of ritual the cult leader was performing tonight, as well as the various details of the ritual.

In this light, it seems that this is the "Breaking Boundary Ritual: Falling into Another World with the Eye of Another World". The purpose of that cult leader was probably to bring down a part of the true body of the "Lord Who Sees All Truth" and attach it to him, so that he could obtain powerful strength and break through to the "fifth" or even "sixth" level in one fell swoop.

It must be said that this idea has some feasibility, but after understanding the whole ritual, Hilti felt a kind of crudeness, like someone who has completed a university mathematics course looking at a high school student who copied a formula from a page and then used it to do high school problems.

This method can indeed solve problems, but because the specific principles are not understood, it can only be applied blindly. Sometimes it does work well, but once a certain condition changes or a deviation occurs, the other party completely loses the ability to adjust.

From this perspective, they must find a specific crack at a specific time and apply a specific ritual procedure in order to carry it out. Under such harsh conditions, it's no wonder that the leader was unwilling to give up.

Such a rift is not enough for the 'Lord of All Truth' to descend. If one were to allow that true form to descend into the world, it would probably require crossing a massive rift of nearly 100,000 kilometers to allow it to slowly sink into this world. Once it steps in, it would permanently change the laws governing the world, embedding its own 'truth' into it and becoming a part of the world.

The crack, now about ten kilometers wide, can only allow about 0.01% of the 'Lord Who Sees All Truth' to see through. No wonder the ceremony tonight didn't attract the attention of the celestial beings. Perhaps in the eyes of those great beings, the actions of this cult leader are nothing more than a mosquito peeking through a window screen.

However, even the aura seeping from such a tiny crack is something that Hiltiya cannot withstand in her current state. It is almost impossible for her to defeat the opponent, close the crack, and end the ritual on her own.

How to do it……

She hovered at the edge of this astral plane, the ever-permeating energy causing her clothes and hair to flutter. The power of the 'alien planet' continuously filled her destiny, bringing her to the brink of advancement. Unfortunately, she did not want to advance as a Hundred-Eyed Apostle like that cult leader, growing pairs of strange eyes.

After a moment's hesitation, Hiltiya decided to use the inexhaustible 'alien' power to study the knowledge she had just acquired.

('Magic Eye' completion level +100)

【Illusionary Eyes Lv.1】(Alien): Uses the pupils to cast illusions, causing the target to hallucinate. Prolonged use will strain the eyes (recommended not to exceed 1 minute/day).

('Magic Eye' completion level +124)

('Magic Eye' completion level +146)

【Magic Eye Lv.1】→【Magic Eye Lv.2】

……

[Magic Eye Level 5] Achieved!
【Illusionary Eye Lv.5】(Alien): Uses the pupils to cast illusions, causing the target to hallucinate and confused. Normal use is harmless, but when used with focus, it can cause the target to develop inexplicable good or bad feelings towards you. Focused use will put a strain on the eyes (recommended not to exceed 12 minutes/day).

【星界穿梭Lv5】【贯穿射线Lv5】【瞳中之锁Lv5】【破雾之眼Lv5】【威慑之瞳Lv5】【邪眼射击Lv5】【昏暗视觉Lv5】……

In the time that followed, she continuously absorbed the alien power that had seeped into the world, causing the ritual to operate extremely slowly. Hilti used all of this absorbed alien power to cultivate her newly learned abilities. Cards with alien characteristics appeared around her, rotating with her and constantly evolving until they reached their limit and could no longer be upgraded. During this process, Hilti also gradually sensed faint alien auras from other planets.

It's like a window that the 'Lord of All Truth' blocks with his enormous body, but fresh air still seeps out through the narrow gaps at the edges.

These faint, extraneous auras are also 'alien beings,' but they are not the same as the 'Lord Who Sees All Truth.' They seem to be tiny, floating life forms, and the information contained within them is also very faint and scarce.

Even if she advances to the fourth rank now, she still cannot fight against the 'Lord of All Truth' from outside the alien planet to interrupt the ritual, but what if it is another superior being from an alien planet?

In a fleeting moment, inspiration flashed through Hilti's mind.

Countless life forms exist in the astral plane. When the 'Alien' descended upon the world during the Seventh Era, all sorts of bizarre creatures brought immense damage. They were not a united front after their arrival; in fact, their hostility towards each other was greater than towards the life forms of this world. If it weren't for their internal strife at the time, the six great dragons of the laws would not have been able to seal the breach and end that chaotic era.

The boundary-breaking ritual, a specific region, a specific procedure, a specific interdimensional rift, a specific time... a specific time, a specific time, Hilti repeatedly recited this passage, a faint inspiration emerging.

She seemed to have grasped something.

Why a specific time?
Because Leo is about to block the cracks in the astral plane.
What is the Leo Palace?
Leo Palace...

The Leo constellation is a record left by a lost school of astronomy a thousand years ago. After the aliens descended upon the world in the Seventh Age, most of the aliens were destroyed and wiped out, but some aliens were permanently engraved on the World Wall. Although they are still subtly rejected by the world, their form of existence has gradually stabilized, becoming stars that light up the night sky.

The Stargazing School was an extraordinary sect that was exceptionally skilled at guiding and utilizing the power of the stars. At one point, the Stargazing School was particularly powerful, but for some unknown reason, they disappeared from the world in just a hundred years, as if their history had been erased. Records of their existence in later generations are extremely scarce, and we can only vaguely glean one or two words from the classics of other schools.

Later, the functions and guiding methods of these constellations were gradually lost and no one knew them anymore, leaving only the names and approximate locations of a few constellations.

Hilti knew this because the Hundred-Eyed Cultist mentioned it to her, as he told her that if the ritual wasn't completed before the Leo Palace covered the crack, the next one would be more than fifty years later.

Leo Palace shields the cracks...

Can she get the Leo Palace to block the crack in advance? Can she use the powerful strength of another 'alien' to solve the current problem?

A special silver metal plaque slowly floated out of her arms; it was something she had found deep inside the mines of Jiaoshi City.

【Star Track Inscription (Vulture)】(Tier 3, Rare): A metal plaque inscribed with the orbit of the Star Palace (Vulture), which can be used to draw upon the power of the Star Palace.

It seemed there was no other choice. Hilti took a deep breath, slowly put the silver-patterned nameplate into her hands, and closed her eyes to sense it.

The glittering stardust converged on the silver metal plaque, its patterns gradually brightening. Immersed in this, Hilti sensed a great power she had never seen before.

It was as if something had always been there, but its appearance was obscured by the fogged glass. When Hilti's consciousness sensed along the star trail inscription, that vast existence appeared in her mind, like wiping glass with her hand, revealing a reality that had been ignored all along.

The Leo Palace is right above my head!
Hiltiya looked up and saw a few faint stars twinkling in the vast night sky, together outlining the shape of a lion. It was no ordinary lion, but a winged griffon.

So this is the Leo Palace.

Hiltia knew what to do.

She fell from the sky once again, carrying countless grains of sand.

Countless stars followed her, leaving long trails behind her.

The girl transformed once again into a dazzling stream of light, traversing the vast天地 (heaven and earth), returning to that land like a shooting star.

A brilliant light swept past the bewildered cult leader. He sensed something passing by, but after turning around for a few seconds, he saw the girl slowly descending from the bottom of the magic circle.

Her long silver hair carried wisps of scattered stardust, her black skirt fell slowly in the air currents, and her slender toes gently touched the ground. Hilti stood before Princess Musa once again.

The princess stared blankly at the young girl, feeling that she was both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar with her.

Is she the knight boy who saved me not long ago? She's such a beautiful girl, about my age.

Picking up Princess Musa, Hiltiya lightly touched her toes again, her figure transforming into a dazzling ray of light that shot straight into the sky.

"Now, I have something to ask of you."

Looking at Princess Musa in her arms, the other woman was already captivated by the starlight flickering in her eyes and could only answer unconsciously.

"Ah."

"I hope you will pray again, in the name of the Legas royal family, to change the location and procedure of the ceremony."

"it is good."

"Then let's begin."

Then, a clear and beautiful voice rang out in the night sky, like two voices singing as they sang along with the starlight.

"I swear by the glory and virtue of my ancestors to protect this land, to keep it from the defilement of twilight, and to prevent it from being subjugated by the base..."

"This prayer is sent far and wide, to be heard by those who share the same wish..."

"I am willing to entrust the trust of everyone, swear by my own bloodline, and pray that the stars in the sky will descend."

"Show your mighty roar that roams the heavens and earth, the overlord of the raging winds—"

"A griffin with wings stained with starlight!"

As the sound faded, a howling wind swept across the night sky of the entire Kingdom of Regas. Countless leaves and branches rustled in the sudden gust of wind, and invisible clouds surged and flowed, with stars and the moon flickering in the sea of ​​clouds.

In an instant, a deafening roar approached from the supreme heavens, breaking through layers of clouds and tearing apart the mighty winds, carrying a chilling aura that swept across nearly a thousand miles of land.

What a beautiful and powerful figure! Even mountains and rivers are no more than knee-high to him.

A vulture with wings of starlight descends upon the world.

(End of this chapter)