Witch Echo Violet

As he gained a deeper understanding of the ritual, he discovered that the basic principles behind the ritual left behind by the Witch Emperor were very similar to the small-scale Sealing Ritual Sister Devlin had taught him. It was just that the nun's ritual had been reduced in scale and avoided the steps that required witch power.

This also meant that the Order of Spiritual Cultivation to which Sister Devlin belonged had inherited some knowledge from the Fifth Epoch.

In any case, it took the three of them a full hour to barely finish setting up the ritual site. Shade's hands and feet had gone cold, and the two witches looked as though they were close to collapsing as well.

The little bell hanging by the wall jingled with the Black Wind. The pulled silver threads tangled with the witches' hair, forming a pentagram centered on the water well.

Most of the runes on the walls had been refilled, and ritual materials had been buried in the ground again.

The witches had expended a great deal of strength, but they still braved the wind alongside Shade and approached the well. The power of death seeped from here into the Interstice, causing the golden afterglow on Shade's body and the radiance of the two witch accessories to shine even brighter.

Even so, they knew they had to leave this place as quickly as possible.

So far, aside from himself, Shade only knew of two people who could stand unharmed in an area like this. One was Priest Augustus, who possessed the power of the First Angel, and the other was Sister Devlin, who possessed the Primordial Fire.

"Miss Aurora, let me do it. Don't come any closer."

Shade extended his hand, and the brown-haired woman could only pass the comb to