Chapter 108: Church
At 15:00 on the 28th, on the outskirts of Gramorne, on Star Lake, Dorothy was drifting in a small boat on the tranquil surface of the lake, drifting in the shadow of the new moon that should have existed. Just as Dorothy was searching for the so-called invisible door, the two things she carried with her began to move strangely.
One was the black jade fragment that Dorothy had obtained from the Dead Wing, which the great explorer had brought out from the Lost Sea in the East. The other was the Ring of Concealment left by Dorothy's own father whom she had never met. Both of these items were closely related to the belief in Mirror Moon. At this moment, Dorothy could not help but carefully examine these two strange objects that were emitting a faint silver light in front of her.
"This black moon fragment... is a treasure that Bartolomeu obtained in the Sea of Lost. It seems to be a part of something called the 'Moon Corona'. According to the information in the secret fragment revealed by the Dead Wing, the Moon Corona is a key item to cross the Sea of Lost and reach the 'Land of Night'. It can even help the Black Dream Hunters pass through the chaotic restricted area created by the 'Sacred Cocoon' of the Pan Moth."
"According to the information in the secret transmission of Ku Chi, this so-called 'Moon Crown' seems to be a key, a kind of restriction caused by the power of 'Shadow'. After wearing this black jade fragment, it has the effect of reducing the influence of the extraordinary power of 'Shadow' on the wearer. This may be a manifestation of the ability of this 'key' after it is weakened? Now it has such a reaction, is it because of the invisible door?
'Also, my heirloom ring seems to have a little reaction... Is this related to the black jade fragment? Or is it because of the door?'
Dorothy thought so in her heart as she looked at the black jade fragment and the ring in her hands, but after a moment she stopped thinking about it. Now the reaction of these objects made her realize that her previous inference was correct and that she had encountered an opportunity.
After a brief round of consideration, Dorothy decided to make some attempts. She clenched the black jade fragment that was still emitting a faint glow in her hand, and then after taking a deep breath, she slowly stretched her hand holding the black jade fragment out from the edge of the boat and stretched it out to the lake.
Finally, Dorothy reached her hand under the water. She shook her arm slightly, felt the situation underwater, and then opened her eyes slightly, with a look of understanding in her eyes.
"So... is that so?"
Taking her hand out of the water, Dorothy murmured softly. After getting a feel for the underwater world, she roughly knew what to do next.
To be on the safe side, Dorothy first took out a water-absorbing talisman and slapped it on herself. After the talisman's ability took effect, she used the miniature corpse dolls and bird corpse dolls scattered in various locations to carefully check the surroundings. After making sure that no one was looking at her at this time, she slowly crawled to the side of the boat and looked at her reflection in the lake. Her eyes seemed to be able to see the invisible shadow of the moon above the lake.
Then, Dorothy's expression hardened, and she made up her mind to rush towards the lake. With a small splash, Dorothy sank beneath the surface of the lake, and disappeared without a trace after the waves.
For a moment, there was only a corpse sitting on the boat on the lake. After the waves calmed down, the clear lake returned to normal. The mirror-like surface next to the boat was still reflecting the sky and the boat. Dorothy's figure had completely disappeared, as if she had sunk to the bottom of the lake at high speed, or melted directly after being submerged in water.
In short, the Star Lake under the setting sun was still as peaceful as usual, and no one noticed the small ripple just now, as if it had never happened.
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Here, it is a silent and hazy space. The pitch-black darkness covers the entire sky and extends to the distant horizon in all directions. Under this illusion and darkness, there are towering mountains and lush trees, but no matter whether it is the mountains or the trees, there is not a trace of color on them, whether it is red, blue, yellow or green, all colors do not exist here. Everything is in a real colorless state. What is presented under the dark sky is such a colorless and strange world.
In this colorless world, located in the colorful world, is a bright mirror, an enormous irregular mirror emitting a faint glow. It is surrounded by colorless mountains, and countless colored scenes flow in it.
Suddenly, the mirror showed a slight movement, and somewhere on the mirror surface, a slight ripple suddenly appeared. The ripple quickly intensified and expanded, forming circles of waves expanding outward. At this time, the mirror showed that it did not seem to be a simple mirror surface, but an extremely thin, calm and smooth water surface.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the ripples on the water and floated on the water. Dorothy, who was wet all over, breathed a sigh of relief after rushing out of the water.
Dorothy, who had just emerged from the lake, looked at the illusory dark sky around her. After a moment of hesitation, she gave herself a galvanic body shape and used magnetism to control the metal hidden in her clothes. She slowly lifted herself up, emerged from the water, and floated in the air.
Suspended above the mirror-like surface of the water, Dorothy was able to better observe the strange space around her. She first glanced around at the colorless mountains and the town in the distance, then murmured.
"Is this... the space hidden in the Star Lake?"
As she spoke, Dorothy began to look around at other places in the space. She lowered her head and looked downward, and then what she saw was a huge and wide water surface like a mirror, suspended in the air. Dorothy could easily see the whole picture of the water mirror. The overall shape was exactly the same as the Star Lake in the present.
In Dorothy's eyes, the water mirror in front of her was reflecting a scene that did not exist in this space. Looking from top to bottom, Dorothy could see the blue sky, clouds and the glorious sun in the water mirror. At the edge of the water mirror, a circle of towering green mountains was reflected. In the center of the water mirror, a small boat could be seen moving slowly, but from Dorothy's perspective, she could only see the bottom of the boat.
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