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As the seventh beam of light dissipated, Luna felt a sharp buzzing piercing through her eardrum.
She stared at Aelia's hair, fading like starlight, her body curled up like a lump of flesh in the swaddling. The dragon scales burned by that Concubine Maid were unmistakably the black Dark Magic Medium recorded in the Dark Abyss Codex.
"Wow—" The deliberately elongated loud cry shattered the frost on the window lattice.
Aelia's fingertip, stained with the scent of Dragon Blood Array, suddenly froze.
She looked down at the baby in her arms and noticed Luna's pink palm pressed against the groove of the Contract Core. A faint golden light climbed up the baby's blood vessel, tracing a warning symbol on the Crystal Column within the Dome.
"Madam!" Qin Si rushed into the hall, his blood-stained skirt trailing behind him, two silver bells in his hair shattered. "The Defensive Formation of the North Tower has encountered a backlash, and the Astrology Stone of the Third Young Master..."
Before he could finish, the entire castle emitted a metallic, distorted wail.
Luna saw Brother San stagger as he crashed through the Liujin Gate. The Astrology Stone Core in his hand cracked with spiderweb-like patterns, and tendrils of black mist greedily gnawed at his wrist's Shou Gong Sha.
"Mother, Geomancy is crying out." Brother San hoarsely raised the Astrology Stone, and those black mists suddenly coalesced into spikes aimed at the baby in Aelia's arms.
Luna turned red in the face and let out a third loud cry.
The golden light erupting from the Contract Core enveloped the black mist Shan Na. Second Brother, wrapped around Ye Lu's figure, crashed through the Colored Window, his neck's Curse Totem emitting a sound like iron searing flesh amidst the golden light.
"Three hundred meters away, the withered tributary of Dragon Vein." Second Brother spread his palm; blood was seeping from the defensive weakness pattern on Night Demon Petals. "Someone has altered the Geomancy's course with Black Magic; the demonic breath will come from..."
The entire castle suddenly tilted fifteen degrees.
As Luna was thrown into midair, she saw her elder brother's wheelchair racing down the spiral staircase.
The man's incomplete right leg struck against the engraved High-Level Protective Spell on the footrest. The Xuan Tie Mechanical Prosthetic sparked blue flames as it scraped against the ground, while his left hand, covered in scars from Magic Backlash, rapidly formed seals.
"Southwest Underground Altar!" The blood from Brother's throat stained his collar as the Wheelchair violently collided with the stone pillar. "Leonard's annex expanded last year..."
A gust of wind seemed to swirl around Aelia's white hair, despite the absence of any breeze.
Luna felt a chill at the back of her neck as the golden light of the Contract Core suddenly transformed into Entity Chains, binding her and Aelia's wrists together.
The chains pierced through the floor, driving deep into the Underground. Amidst the deafening sound of metal breaking, a faint, mournful cry from the Concubine Maid echoed, reminiscent of a Qian Jiao.
"Be careful, Mother!" Brother San suddenly lunged forward, wrapping his arms around Aelia's waist.
In an instant, the boy's back was corroded by black mist, revealing white bones. Fragments of the Astrology Stone rained down like a storm, each piece reflecting the image of Leonard's Concubine kissing the figure in a black robe at the Underground Altar, a scene from Leonard's Last Night.
Luna's pupils constricted sharply.
At this moment in the Original, Leonard's Leonard's Concubine should still be pretending to be docile. The black Magic Ritual involving Blood Sacrifice and Dragon Vein was clearly part of a later plot—her butterfly's wings had inadvertently advanced the conspiracy by a full Twenty Years.
"Take the Children to the Starfall Platform." Aelia's voice suddenly resonated with a metallic tremor.
She cut her wrist and smeared blood on Luna's forehead, instantly marking her with the imprint of the First Generation Fortress Master's Thorned Crown. "Qin Si, activate all Contract Puppets."
"But Madam..."
"Do as I say!" The Blood Pearl that Aelia flung exploded into a red barrier mid-air, perfectly blocking a Bone Claw that had emerged from the Underground.
Luna caught a whiff of a familiar stench—it was the decaying odor of a Corpse Puppet, manipulated by a Dark Sorcerer. However, this creature should not have appeared until thirty chapters later; now its sharp teeth were already gnawing on Second Brother's boot heel.
Suddenly, Brother's Wheelchair emitted a grinding sound as its gears engaged.
Luna watched as the man's mutilated body began to transform, the Mechanical Prosthetic splitting into six Mechanical Arms, each Fingertip spraying concentrated Stardust. "Take Sister and go first!"
"Third Brother, protect Mother’s left flank! Second Brother, handle the soul-controlling talismans at the joints of the Corpse Puppet!"
Suddenly, Second Brother tore open his clothing and pressed a blood-soaked Curse Totem against the Bone Claw of Mei Xin.
The once dull totem suddenly glowed like molten lava, and the Corpse Puppet let out a bone-chilling scream, turning into black water that seeped into the Earth Rift.
But more Bone Claws were stretching out from the murals, and the Castle Outer Wall echoed with the cracking sound of Ice Layer shattering.
In the chaos, Luna bit her Tongue.
The weak cries of an infant mixed with Blood Mist splattering against the barrier as a Dome suddenly descended with seven blazing fireballs.
When the third fireball smashed through the floor, she finally saw the full view of the Underground altar—Concubine Maid was stuffing Dragon Scales into her pregnant belly, while the black-robed figure's Palm held a Contract Chain that was clearly connected to Leonard's Xu Ying.
"Father..." Brother San's Astrology Stone suddenly exploded.
As the boy fell to his knees, Aelia's white hair turned completely black; Luna felt her soul being torn apart by Contract Power.
"Lucius!" Aelia's Qian Jiao startled the last few Ye Ya away.
Luna saw the glorious Lucius, The Third Son of the Demon Fortress, break through the ice wall. The Dragonbone Sword in his hand dripped with Leonard's blood, while three pairs of Blood-red Compound Eyes on the Castle Exterior reflected the surging black Tide in Geomancy.
When the first wave of demonic energy crashed against the Starfall Platform barrier, Qin Si silently wiped away Aelia's Bloodstain from her sleeve.
The Maid pressed a heated Silver Bell into the trembling Palm of her lady and quietly snapped off Ailya's White Nails tainted with poison as she turned away—among those shattered bells sparkled what had been swapped from Leonard's Concubine's Makeup Box last night: Demon Breaking Stone.
Qin Si's bloodied fingertip brushed against Aelia's hair, and the shards of Silver Bell fell softly into the intricate patterns of the barrier. "Look, the Contract Core of the First Generation Fortress Master is responding to the Young Miss," she said, pressing Aelia's trembling hand against the scorching Yin Ling. The hidden powder of Demon Breaking Stone suddenly swirled out, forming a Star Trail on the surface of the barrier.
When the third wave of demonic energy crashed against the barrier, Luna noticed that the corrosive black mist transformed into Ying Huo upon touching the Star Trail.
Aelia's white hair shimmered with moonlight as Pale Golden Blood seeped from the Wrist Bone of the Contract Chain and Ailina's Burn. When those Blood Pearls hit the ground, they blossomed into Edelweiss, which could resist Black Magic.
"Mother!" Lucius's Dragonbone Sword suddenly swept across the hall.
The young Jian Feng did not strike at an enemy but instead knocked aside a stumbling Messenger.
The Servant cradled a Sheepskin Scroll that was covered in Ice Shard, yet when it touched the Edelweiss’s Shan Na, it erupted into a Golden Emblem of the Magic Tournament.
The entire tilted castle froze for half a second.
Luna saw her elder brother's transformed Mechanical Arm gripping the throat of a Corpse Puppet, his bloodied Xuan Tie fingertip just three inches away from the Sheepskin Scroll.
Her Second Brother’s Neck Curse Totem suddenly faded to a pale pink, his boot heel, soaked in black water, hovering just above the Messenger's nose.
"Young Master..." The young servant trembled as he unfurled the scroll. The Magical Projection exploded in midair, showering Twelve Rays of fireworks. "The Magic Council has sent an urgent message; Young Master has won first place in the martial arts competition in the north!"
Brother San's broken Astrology Staff suddenly glowed with a Red Glow.
The shards embedded in the wall automatically formed a Star Map, revealing her elder brother Xu Ying receiving a medal while wearing a Xuan Tie Mask.
Luna noticed that his damaged Right Leg was cleverly concealed by his Magic Robe, and as he accepted the medal with his scarred left hand, Light Gold blood oozed between his fingers.
Aelia's white hair had completely returned to its original hue.
She suddenly relaxed her grip, gently placing Luna into Qin Si's arms.
As the roar of the fourth wave of demonic energy crashed against the barrier, the blood-stained fingertip of the Lady of the Fortress brushed against the straight spine of the Eldest Son in the magical projection.
"He is in the Defensive Formation modified in the Poison Fog marsh..." Aelia's voice caught in her throat.
The projection suddenly switched to a Magic Sand Table, revealing a three-dimensional defense model designed by her elder brother three years ago after he was crippled by backlash. At that moment, a red dot flickered in the Southeast Corner of the sand table, perfectly aligning with the location of the Magic Castle Underground Altar.
Lucius suddenly pointed his sword at the ground.
The Dragonbone Sword pierced through five layers of Peacock Stone Tiles, pinning the fleeing Concubine Maid against the ice wall.
The young man wrapped his blood-stained cloak around Aelia's shoulders. "The model my brother modified can trace back to the source of Black Magic. The structural diagram for the expanded side hall from Father just arrived at the Magic Council last night."
Luna wiggled her little feet wrapped around Jin Wen in Qin Si's arms.
The infant Luna reflected a stream of fluctuating data across the surface of the sand table—those seemingly chaotic star points perfectly matched the worn Ke Hen on her brother's wheelchair armrest.
It turned out that for three years, he had been calculating the Castle Defense Flaw of the Magic Castle with the rhythm he struck on the High-Level Protective Spell pedal every day.
"Madam!
The barrier is being rebuilt!" Second Brother suddenly leaped onto the Starfall Platform, dragging along a severed limb of a Corpse Puppet.
His faded Curse Totem transformed into a Protective Emblem, as Blood Pearls on Night Demon Petals automatically filled in the Barrier Rift.
Brother San picked up two fragments of Astrology Stone and gently pressed them against the sand table in the magical projection.
The entire Magic Castle suddenly echoed with the roar of turning gears.
Luna watched as the tilted hall floor began to self-correct. From the murals corroded by black mist, the mount of the First Generation Fortress Master was spitting out a Purification Beam.
Her elder brother's Mechanical Arm suddenly detached from his body, shooting towards the Underground Altar with a trail of Stardust.
"The Mechanical Prosthetic contains a demon-breaking bullet approved by the Magic Council." Lucius turned slightly, and the pregnant belly of the Concubine Maid suddenly emerged with Dragon Scales sealing it. "My brother came to me last month to test swords; it turns out he was testing the load limit of the Mechanical Prosthetic."
Aelia's fingertip Edelweiss suddenly flew toward the top of the barrier.
When the tenth flower embedded itself into the Crystal Dome, Luna heard a dull explosion from below.
The golden light erupting from the Contract Core swept across the venue, and a circle of Lily of the Valley—flowers that resisted Black Magic—bloomed at everyone's feet. These were precisely the protective flowers corresponding to the Makeup Box and Demon Breaking Stone that Qin Si had swapped out last night.
"Mother, the sand table shows that the magical aura has diminished by seventy percent." Brother San's Astrology Staff fragments formed a temporary Astrolabe. "But there is still something in Geomancy..."
Cheers suddenly drowned out the warning.
Twenty Contract Puppets rushed into the hall, holding magical fireworks. Their Mechanical Hands shot not flames but rather improved designs of Defensive Formation created by her brother.
From Qin Si's shoulder, Luna saw Second Brother quietly slip blood-stained Night Demon Petals into Brother San's Astrolabe slot, while those Blood Pearls were quietly repairing the Geomancy Monitoring Array.
Aelia took the Golden Feather Pen offered by a Puppet and wrote down Eldest Son's name in mid-air. In that instant, the Defensive Formation of the entire Magic Castle suddenly materialized into reality.
The Rune Chains swirling with her brother's Magic Mark were strangling layers of black mist around the Dragon Scales within the Concubine Maid's belly.
When the Contract Core was fully reset, Luna discovered that the Golden Chains binding her and Aelia were tied at their ends to a draft of a High-Level Protective Spell inscribed on her brother's Wheelchair from three years ago, on the night he became disabled.
As the vibrations of the Starfall Platform gradually subsided, Luna gazed at the magical fireworks of the Dome that had yet to dissipate, laughing heartily.
The infant Pink pressed down on Aelia's cascading hair with his tiny palm, revealing the Silver White tips that suddenly emerged from his elder brother's secretly modified miniature Defensive Formation—crafted during his participation in the Poison Fog Swamp competition, where he etched the Guardian Spell thirty thousand times a day with his damaged right hand.
Outside the barrier, as the last wisps of black mist dissipated, Qin Si quietly buried Ailya's poisoned white nails among the Lily of the Valley blooms.
She did not notice that the baby in her arms was staring at her incomplete fingertip, nor did she see the glimmer of Contract Gold Patterns flashing in Luna's pupils, which perfectly reflected a fragment of an unshattered Astrology Stone deep within Geomancy—one that held the frozen gaze of a Concubine Maid before being backlashed by Dragon Scales, as she looked towards the Magic Castle Library with resentment.
Luna's laughter echoed within the barrier, and the golden Contract Patterns swirling within the infant Luna refracted the Dome's fireworks into scattered starlight.
She watched her elder brother's upright silhouette in the Magical Projection, while her chubby fingers unconsciously tugged at Aelia's flowing hair—the patterns of Defensive Formation floating within those Silver White tips were a stark contrast to what she had seen three years ago when she entered this story as a disabled youth.
Lucius drove his Dragonbone Sword into the Ice Surface, and suddenly, the sword's hilt reflected Xu Ying from the Geomancy Monitoring Array.
The young man flicked his fingers against the still humming Sword Body: "The Defensive Formation modified by elder brother can hold for three hours, which is enough for us to finish our Celebratory Wine." He deliberately let Jian Feng brush against the Concubine Maid's pierced skirt, causing a string of Blood Pearls stained with Ice Shard to scatter.
"Three hours is enough to turn the side hall into ruins." Second Brother approached, holding a half-broken Curse Totem. Night Demon Petals peeked out from his tear-stained collar, greedily sucking in the remnants of black mist within the barrier.
When his boot tip, covered in black water, kicked at the Messenger's parchment scroll, a spark suddenly erupted from the golden emblem of the Magic Council, scorching marks onto the Peacock Stone Tiles.
Aelia's fingertip brushed against Brother San's makeshift Astrolabe.
In the mirror pieced together from fragments of Astrology Stone, elder brother receiving his medal overlapped with the Magic Castle Geomancy Map.
Luna noticed his lips moving beneath the Xuan Tie Mask; their shape clearly mirrored the Coordinate of a Defensive Formation flaw she had hinted at with bubble-blowing half a month ago.
"Madam, the Contract Puppet is about to set off fireworks!" Qin Si suddenly lifted Luna and brought her to stand before the shattered Colored Window.
Twenty Mechanical Puppets were climbing up the Castle Outer Wall, their joints spraying Protective Array Blueprint that swirled in the night wind, perfectly filling the Barrier Rift created by the Bone Claw's Tear.
When the first Magic Fireworks exploded, Luna saw that the back of those Blueprints was densely covered with Mama's Magic Formula—scribbled Tiny Inscriptions written by her elder brother with his damaged left hand.
Brother San's Astrolabe suddenly emitted a Qingyue Mingxiang.
The boy picked up two blood-stained Dragon Scales and inserted them into the slot. Instantly, the Star Projection revealed her brother's Leonard's Last Night, a modified formation from the swamp.
Luna recognized the muddy patterns that his Wheelchair had rolled over; they were from the Southwest Geomancy branch, which was the first to be invaded by the demonic breath tonight.
"He carved the formation diagram on the back of the medal." Aelia suddenly reached out to touch the Magical Projection.
As her Blood Pearl seeped into her brother's medal in the void, a golden Light Rain suddenly fell over the entire Magic Castle, and those corroded murals began to restore at a visible speed.
Luna discovered that each drop of Light Rain was a miniature Defensive Formation, resonating with the Thorned Crown mark of the First Generation Fortress Master on her swaddling.
Lucius suddenly drew his Dragonbone Sword.
The Sword Body left Shan Na on the Ice Surface, and a muffled sound of machinery turning came from underground.
The boy tossed his blood-stained cloak to Qin Si. "Take Sister to the top floor of the Library of Hidden Books; there's a Purification Barrier set by my brother." He lightly flicked his Sword Tip, and Dragon Scales that had fallen from Concubine Maid's abdomen suddenly floated into a guiding Light Spot. "Also, let the Puppets set up the celebration feast at the core of the formation—after all, the most dangerous place is often the safest."
Second Brother's Protective Emblem around his neck suddenly grew hot.
He tore open his collar to reveal a Curse Totem that had faded to a light pink. Night Demon Petals automatically flew towards a missing Node in the Geomancy Monitoring Array. "How about using my brother's medal energy to power the purification system?" He flicked Brother San's Astrolabe, and the Magic Sand Table suddenly projected a simulated scene of the celebration feast—each dish corresponding to a repair progress of a specific Defensive Formation.
Luna kicked off her foot bindings in Qin Si's arms, and her tiny feet precisely pressed down on a Puppet's activation button.
Twenty Mechanical Puppets suddenly sprang into a Tap Dance, their chests spewing not lubricating oil, but the draft papers calculated by the elder brother over the past three years.
Aelia reached out to catch a falling sheet of paper and discovered a baby’s Luna's Doodle drawn in blood at the edge—exactly the formation diagram that Luna had intentionally spilled ink on last month.
As the eighth Magic Firework exploded outside the barrier, Luna let out a sudden short Loud Cry.
The baby’s Pupil reflected a section of unpurified Hei Ban deep within Geomancy, which was the key Coordinate for reviving the Dark Sorcerer from the later stages of the Original.
Her tiny hands desperately slapped against Qin Si's Silver Bell, and the clear chime surprisingly matched the frequency of her elder brother's Wheelchair alarm.
"The Young Miss is feeling the festive atmosphere too," Qin Si said with a smile as he shook the swaddling blanket, unaware that the Dragon Scale Powder on his cuffs was quietly seeping into the Floor Tile Gap.
The Contract Puppets holding Magical Delicacies suddenly floated into formation, each dish's Cedar Fragrance transforming into Golden Silk Threads that gently wrapped around the final cracks in the Magic Castle's Outer Wall.
Lucius suddenly raised his Dragonbone Sword over his shoulder.
The young man raised his cup towards the Magical Projection in mid-air, and the Sword Body Zhen Chan emitted a Qing Ming that perfectly synchronized with the music of the celebration feast.
When the last Protective Array Blueprint embedded itself into the Dome, Luna saw all the Puppets' eye lights flash three times simultaneously—that was the signal her elder brother had given her three years ago on the night he lost his Right Leg while lying on his sickbed.
As the remnants of fireworks drifted down onto the Starfall Platform, Luna suddenly grasped a strand of Aelia's white hair.
The baby’s Palm lit up with a Contract Gold Pattern that swept towards the Library of Hidden Books, illuminating an uncleaned blood fingerprint on a Forbidden Book's Cover—its winding blood trail subtly coinciding with the remnants of Hei Ban patterns deep within Geomancy.
At that moment, as Qin Si bent down to adjust the swaddling blanket, a small crack suddenly appeared in the Silver Bell pinned at his Waist, and powder from Demon Breaking Stone spilled onto the Ground, forming half of a Dragon Scales shape, resembling an incomplete Warning Totem.
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