It would not be accurate to say those cards were completely blank. Rather, one side was blank, while the other bore a golden Ouroboros symbol against a pure black background.
Although Shade had not touched the cards directly, he could sense that the Whisper Element within them was not particularly strong.
After taking out one card and handing it to Priest Augustus, Luvia put the remaining cards back into the envelope. The priest held the card without activating it, while the doctor lowered his head beside him and began counting down.
Shade and Dorothy spread out to the left and right, checking the surroundings beyond the group of three. Regent Park was exceptionally beautiful in the snowy night. The Artificial Lake not far away had frozen over completely, and children would play on its surface during the day.
For some reason, Shade recalled the joke Sylvia had told last year about "the Duchess of Saladir inspecting Tobesk." As he watched the moonlight reflected on the ice, a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.
The brief minutes of waiting passed without incident, and soon the doctor's countdown reached its end:
".6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, begin!"
The priest immediately guided his own spirit into the card through his fingertips. Text and images promptly appeared on the formerly blank face of the card.
At the same time, the falling snow in the void above their heads seemed to twist in an invisible wind, and the transparent colossal creature was filled with complete color almost in an instant.
As Shade turned to look at the priest, the giant spider, two meters tall, had fully manifested its form in the Material World.
It was a huge spider-shaped undead creature made from the bones of numerous dead people. Its limbs were pieced together from