The undersea tunnel Shade and the others had passed through on Friday connected the normal world to that Astral Realm Fragment, while the boundary between reality and the starry sky lay behind the mausoleum. Therefore, the mausoleum still existed even now.
Elder Harald and the others planned to find some free time to visit that Underground Mausoleum together, if only to pay their respects to the Ancestors buried there.
Claire, meanwhile, had set her sights on the Starlight Ore behind the mausoleum. Both she and Vanessa knew the value of those minerals. Though they could not compare to the "Star Fragments" left behind after the Falling Star Beast's main body perished, they were still Extraordinary Materials rarely seen in this age.
And since the mineral vein was located behind the Ancestors' tombs, Claire considered it to belong to the Fatu People.
Of course, excavating those veins was not something they should do now. Stella's ritual was still the most important matter today.
When Shade and Miss Eisberg arrived in town, Claire and the others were just about to set off for the mountain. The ritual certainly would not be held in town.
Besides Claire, Stella, Elder Harald, and Elder Ursa, several High Priestesses from the town and Claire's follower came along as well. After Shade and the three ladies from the Hymn Choir joined the group, Shade noticed that Flora had brought Miss Bell along too.
"Sivie and the others all have their own things to do. I have nothing to handle for the moment, so I came along to help. I can also use this as a chance to gather inspiration in the mountains."
That was how Artist Miss explained it.
The ritual needed to be conducted in a Cold Pool within the Snow Mountain. The Cold Pool was