As night deepened, Audrey and Megan turned around on the lake. Audrey had a normal physical body, while Megan's lower half overlapped with Audrey's, her upper body appearing in spirit form. She smiled and nodded at Shade before returning to the beautiful body with brown hair.
The witch, panting as well, nodded at Shade. The joy on her face was impossible to conceal:
"The problem that has troubled me for so many years has finally been completely resolved. I can feel it—my soul is whole now. Every obstacle before me has vanished."
The power of the Intellect Angel truly suited a Great Witch of "Knowledge and Wisdom."
"We can discuss that later. This isn't over yet."
March had only the last sliver of light remaining. Amid the darkness shrouding the world, silver radiance slowly appeared across Shade's body. He knew the battle was not over. Laplace Klein Howard would certainly make another move tonight.
But he had no time to concern himself with that. His entire body and soul urged him to look up, to look at the "trace" left behind after the Moon had completely vanished.
Though there was no moonlight, after the dense fog dispersed, Shade and Megan on the lake could already see what was happening along Green Lake's shore. Countless Water Ghosts were fighting the Church's Ring Arcanists by the shore.
Of the two Thirteenth Ring Warlocks, the one Shade knew better was Miss Maria Ingram, the Nature Church's "Nightmare Witch," who was entangled high in the air with two black Bone Dragons. The one Shade was less familiar with, Minsk Toddlers, the Peace Church's "White Dove Messenger," stood motionless in midair, facing the man who had emerged from the thick fog and was gradually Appearing.
At first glance, he was merely a handsome, refined middle-aged