As a glimmer invisible to ordinary eyes flashed three times across the surface of Green Lake Inn's walls, the core ritual in the basement was fully activated. This was a modified ritual, fused with the different powers of six Great Witches and refined according to the specific circumstances of Green Lake Inn. It was therefore fully qualified to bear the name of a brand-new ritual: "Green Lake Inn Guardian."
Miss Sylvia arrived at the inn's entrance holding the Keeper of Secrets Level relic, the Locking Door Key. She pressed the key against the door and gently turned it. Everyone inside the inn heard a single click, after which dense bronze-colored patterns spread out from that door and covered the inn's interior walls, ensuring that no one could force their way inside.
Miss Sylvia took a step back and gave her place to Shade and Miss Aurora. Holding hands, the two cast their spells together. Six-ring and twelfth-ring Destiny Rings appeared behind them. Although the witch's rank was higher, the diameter of Shade's Destiny Ring was nearly three times hers:
"Moon's Thorn!"
"Witch Secret Art—Light Guidance!"
Beneath the gloom of the rainy day, dense thickets of Tri-Color Moonlight thorns spread outward from the inn's entrance, gradually crawling over the entire exterior of the building like living things.
The moonlight was transparent and strange, but to prevent others from noticing anything unusual, the thorny thickets soon vanished beneath the cover of illusion.
Calling it "joint spellcasting" was not quite accurate. It was simply Shade and Miss Aurora summoning their Destiny Rings together before using their thaumaturgies. This was not like the Edwardz twins truly sharing a single power; it was merely a combination of different thaumaturgies.
After sealing off space and setting up the Moonbeam Thorns, Sivie Aurora, Galina Cavendish, Megan and