Chapter 100: Moon Shadow
Southwest of the main island of Plitvice, a suburb of Gramorn.
Under the dark sky, the water of Star Lake ripples with the faint moonlight. On the vast green grass beside the lake, many citizens are strolling in groups of two or three on the path beside the lake, enjoying the breeze from the lake while taking a walk after dinner. The street lights beside the path shine with dim lights, lighting up the shore of the lake.
Dorothy was sitting on a bench on the lakeside path, using her spiritual vision to gaze at the slight spiritual mist gradually rising above the lake, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion in her heart.
"Here they are again... They are very punctual. They control the entire lake every night. It seems that they are really determined not to let anyone disturb them from looking for something..."
Looking at the extremely thin blood mist spreading above the lake, Dorothy thought to herself that this invisible blood mist before her had blocked her from exploring Star Lake at night for several days. Up to now, Dorothy still had no way to break through the blockade of the blood mist and conduct further exploration of Star Lake. She could only stare blankly every night as the Eight Peaks occupied the entire lake and slowly accumulated their exploration progress, and she was helpless.
'According to all the clues I have collected so far... the secret of the Temple of the Goddess of Mirror Moon is most likely hidden in the Star Lake, but now the control of the Star Lake at night is seized by the people of Bajian. I can't explore the lake at night, which is a key node for the belief in Mirror Moon. Under the cover of the blood mist of Bajian, any action of entering the lake for reconnaissance will be discovered. I can't enter the lake without completely avoiding the blood mist... This will be noticed by the red man of Bajian, just like when I went to Lord Barrett's villa.'
Facing the eight-pointed blood mist in front of her, Dorothy felt very troubled. Although her current reconnaissance ability was very powerful, she could not use this ability at will when facing the extraordinary creatures of the Red Stage. The opponent might have various countermeasures. Not only could she not detect the specific whereabouts of those Red Stages, but she might also be discovered by the opponent and expose the location of the corpse or even the real body. The risk was very great.
In the previous few times, Dorothy was able to spy on Chi Cheng's extraordinary people and obtain intelligence, mainly relying on various special circumstances. For Addis, it was the barrier of the Qiwen Temple. And for Moncarlo, it was thanks to the fox's dream-entering ability that Dorothy was able to steal the memories of Chi Cheng's subordinates without knowing it and control Chi Cheng's intelligence. But in the current situation, these two methods cannot be used.
First of all, the little fox is not a Preet, so it is hard to say whether she is willing to come here to help. Even if she is willing, it will be too late for her to travel across the country. In addition, although the Mirror Moon Temple may have a half-mile barrier, Dorothy must first find the temple before she can enter the half-mile barrier. However, the lake is now blocked. How can she find it?
Facing the blood mist blockade of Bajian, Dorothy was in trouble for a moment. At this moment, she was thinking about whether she should first find a few Bajian minions hidden in the city, and then slowly detect Bajian's information from them. However, she thought that it would not be efficient to do so without the ability to enter dreams. Moreover, even if she knew the movements of the other party Chicheng, she could not directly attack them. Gramoen is not Mon Carlo, and there are no Chichengs of different positions and forces gathered together. Her only opponent is Bajian, and she cannot borrow any strength from him.
"It's really a bit difficult..."
Touching her chin, Dorothy looked at the waning moon in the sky and said with some distress, "After thinking for a long time and failing to come up with a way to break through the blockade of the eight-pointed blood mist, she had some other ideas in her mind."
'Maybe... I can change my mindset now. Don't always focus on how to break through the blockade of the eight peaks and get to the surface of the lake. Instead, I can focus on solving the problem. There are still many contents in that riddle prayer that have not been solved. Maybe I can try to solve the following prayer contents without entering the lake. Although the temple is most likely in the Star Lake, what if there are other entrances somewhere else? Doesn't the prayer say that there are several doors to enter the temple?'
Dorothy thought so while sitting on a bench by the lake. Then she turned her thoughts from how to break through the blood mist of the Eight Peaks to the puzzle of solving the prayers. She began to carefully examine the few prayers that had yet to be cracked.
'Among the remaining prayers, the most important point is about the doors, such as the sickle door, the longbow door, the door of fullness... What do these doors represent? Is it some kind of unique mystical symbol of the Mirror Moon Cult? Is it impossible to interpret it without sufficient understanding of the Mirror Moon Cult?'
Dorothy thought so in her heart, and at this moment she began to put herself into the perspective of a Mirror Moon believer as much as possible, observing the meaning of these prayers from the perspective of the Mirror Moon sect's unique worship of the night and the moon. Looking at the incomplete moon in the sky, Dorothy suddenly had some ideas in her mind.
"Sickle Blade... Could it be that the names of these gates are referring to the state of the moon itself? To be more precise... it is referring to the phases of the moon.
'The moon in this world seems to be the same as my previous world, which is essentially non-luminous and illuminates the night sky by refracting the sun's light. This is consistent with the symbol of the mirror of the Moon Goddess. The Queen of the Night Sky may be associated with the concept of a mirror for this reason. If the essence of moonlight is to refract sunlight, then there must be different moon phases due to the relative changes in the position of the earth and the moon, and the moon phases may be related to the door in the prayer.'
'The current state of the moon in the sky is a waning moon. This crescent shape is just right for comparing to the blade of a sickle. So, the so-called Longbow Gate refers to the crescent moon, and that semicircular state is just like an open longbow. In this way, the slightly full state reflected by the Full Gate refers to the waxing and waning moon. And the last Moon Gate corresponds to the full moon...'
Dorothy thought carefully in her heart. The idea of the door in the prayer corresponding to this month that appeared in her mind made her heart suddenly excited, and then she continued to think along this line of thought.
'The riddle prayer says, 'The mirror of Grahomir reflects the divine realm of the night sky, and it is also the door to the temple. 'The mirror here refers to the Starry Lake. If different doors are related to different phases of the moon, then the so-called divine realm of the night sky should refer to the moon itself, and the so-called door should be the reflection of the moon in the lake.
'Combined with the Silver Summit mentioned in the prayer, the full meaning of the prayer should be, 'Standing on the top of the mountain where silver is produced, looking at the Star Lake, the shadow of the moon reflected on the Star Lake is the door to the Mirror Moon Temple. 'Depending on the different phases of the moon, the shape and position of the moon reflected on the lake are also different. According to the description in the prayer, there are four such doors, corresponding to four different phases of the moon.
'That is to say, I only need to go to the top of Guanhu Mountain and observe the lake surface. At the peak of the next four moon phases, I can record the position of the reflection of the moon phases on the lake surface. Once I reach that position, I may be able to find the key clue to enter the temple.'
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