In the midst of eighteen icy crystal pillars twisting into a vortex, Luna's swaddling was lifted by the fierce wind, revealing her chest where the faint outline of a Crescent Moon Birthmark could be seen.
Qin Si suddenly covered his mouth—Luna was resonating with the Starry Array in the secret chamber Dome, intricate Elven Runes emerging on the delicate skin of the infant.
"Elendil!" Lucius suddenly knelt on one knee, as the Frostwolf Totem on the boy's chest began to seep Pale Golden Blood. "How dare you summon that..."
The baby's Loud Cry pierced through the still air, causing cracks to form spider web-like patterns on the surface of the spirit stone.
As Luna's bloodied fingers touched the Holy Spirit Dirge, the shadows of the Magic Castle suddenly surged and contracted towards the Dome.
Aelia staggered to support herself against the Ice Coffin, witnessing her husband Leonard's Waist Xuan Tie token dissipate into black mist—that was his Bloodline Mark as a Lord.
"Three Hundred Years Unseen, Xiao Luna."
A voice as light as falling snow echoed within everyone's Dragon Skull, and the icy crystal pillars abruptly collapsed into a humanoid figure woven from moonlight.
The silver-haired man Ailya stepped onto the shattered spirit stone, his Xue Se Magic Robe swirling with Stardust, yet his Right Eye was pierced by a Thorn-Shaped chain.
Luna felt her blood freeze—this was not the Frost God she had summoned in the Holy Spirit Dirge!
A sudden roar echoed from the Outer Wall of the Magic Castle as snow fell heavily, and all candle flames froze into still Ice Spikes.
Leonard suddenly surged towards the stone door of the secret chamber but was bound at his ankles by reversing moonlight.
Luna noticed that Xu Ying, the God of Magic, was missing two fingers from his left hand, with wounds wrapped in a Curse Chain that bore resemblance to his eye injury.
"Did you use the Frostwolf Clan's Devouring Moon Altar as an anchor point?" The infant asked in Elvish Language, her Lullaby Voice trembling.
She finally understood why the totem on Lucius's chest was seeping blood—this was not a proper summoning ritual, but rather a forceful rift in space torn open by the Magic Fortress Leyline.
The God of Magic bent down to pick up the infant, and the icy crystals cascading from his hair left a hexagram on Luna's forehead: "Clever Little One, but unfortunately you overlooked the Lunar Eclipse period of the Frostwolf Bloodline." He tapped with his fingertip, and suddenly, dark incantations began to emerge from the walls of the secret chamber—these dark spells, which should have been purified, were now gnawing at his divine power like living beings.
"Lady of the Fortress, now!"
Luna suddenly threw a shard of spirit stone toward Aelia.
In the moment of the God of Magic's astonishment, the infant's finger, which had been bitten, swiftly drew an inverse pentagram on his Mei Xin.
A thunderous sound of glaciers collapsing echoed from the underground Magic Castle, and the spirit stone in Aelia's hand transformed into flowing moonlight, coalescing in her palm into a scepter embedded with Starlight Stones.
"Eternal Night Staff..." Leonard screamed in struggle, "This is impossible!"
The God of Magic suddenly chuckled softly as Xu Ying began to turn transparent: "What a fierce Little One, using my divine power to cleanse the curse of the Magic Castle." His damaged finger brushed against Luna's head, a strand of silver light merging into the infant's Luna. "Remember, when the North Cross Star is inverted..."
The unfinished words dissipated in the morning light.
Aelia trembled as she touched the Starlight Stone at the tip of her scepter. The darkness of the Magic Castle Dome’s curse suddenly receded like a tide, condensing into Demon Binding Shackles around Leonard's neck.
Lucius suddenly groaned and knelt down, as the Frostwolf Totem on his chest faded to a grayish-white.
"Mother! Earth Vein Resonance..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Luna let out a heart-wrenching loud cry.
Aelia was horrified to discover that the infant's chest was adorned with Thorned Chains, originating from the God of Magic. In her arms, the Holy Spirit Dirge fluttered to a page—on the yellowed Parchment was a drawing of the Frostwolf Clan Sacrifice, rendered in dried Bloodstain.
"Take me to the secret chamber," Luna grasped Aelia's collar, her grape-like eyes swirling with an unsettling Leng Guang that did not belong to an infant. "Use the Eternal Night Staff to activate the Earth Vein Mirror Formation." She swept her chubby fingers toward her three brothers, and to their astonishment, old Dark Injury began to seep from all three of them, manifesting as Hei Xue.
Leonard suddenly let out a sinister laugh reminiscent of a Night Owl. "My dear wife, are you sure you want to trust this monster?" A crack appeared in the Demon Binding Shackles around his neck. "Haven't you noticed? Since her arrival, the Frostwolf Guardian Spirit of the Magic Castle has not shown itself..."
Aelia slammed the Scepter down heavily, and the light erupting from the Starlight Stone drowned out her husband's final words.
The Lady of the Fortress carried Luna deeper into the secret chamber toward the Ice Coffin, moonlight illuminating the ice crystals that had formed in her hair—those were the Frostwolf Clan Token Leonard had personally placed on her during their wedding twenty years ago.
"Mother!" Lucius suddenly blocked their path, tearing open his shirt to reveal a Heart totem. "The Earth Vein Mirror Formation requires a Frostwolf Bloodline Sacrifice; you know this..."
Luna abruptly pressed her hand against the boy's chest.
To everyone's shock, those faded totem patterns began to regain their silver-blue hue, and the Thorned Chains on the infant's palm became clearer.
As the first Wolf Howl echoed from deep within the Magic Castle, Aelia's tears finally fell onto the Eternal Night Staff, transforming into ice crystals that sank into the Earth Rift.
The Bronze Door of the secret chamber rippled under the touch of the Eternal Night Staff, and Luna curled up tightly in Aelia's arms.
The Thorned Chains around the infant's neck emitted a faint hum that resonated with the ice crystals seeping from the Earth Rift, casting a giant Frostwolf Shadow on the stone wall.
"The Earth Vein Mirror Formation requires a living sacrifice." Lucius gripped his mother's robe tightly; veins bulged in his hands. The totem on his chest glowed anew as Han Qi flowed into his entire Meridian. "Father used my full moon wine as a catalyst to inscribe the Frostwolf Clan's city protection spell into my Spirit Core..."
The voice abruptly cut off.
Suddenly, the starlight bursting from the Eternal Night Staff illuminated the secret chamber, and Aelia saw twelve Ice Mirrors rising from the Underground. Each mirror reflected a different time and space of the Magic Castle—Leonard meeting with Leonard's Concubine in a courtyard, the altered Frostwolf Clan sacrificial scroll, and the Soul Devouring Insects writhing within Third Young Master Lucius's Scar.
"Mother, look at the seventh mirror on the East Side!" Lucius's voice sounded as if it had been ground down by sandpaper.
In the mirror was a scene from Twenty Years Ago on Lunar Eclipse Night, where Leonard plunged a poisoned dagger into the Frostwolf Guardian Spirit, Mei Xin. Dark Red Blood seeped along the totem patterns into the Geomancy.
Luna suddenly let out a sharp Loud Cry, her chubby little hand striking the central Ice Mirror.
The surface of the mirror responded with Emerging Blood-red Runes, perfectly matching the gash of Leonard's Curse Demon Binding Shackles around his neck.
Aelia staggered to support herself against the Ice Coffin. The remains of the Frostwolf Clan high priest sleeping within suddenly opened its eyes, hollow Eye Sockets fixated on Lady of the Fortress's Scepter.
"So you were in collusion with the Black Marsh Witch all along." As Aelia turned, ice crystals fell from her hair. The Starlight Stone atop the Scepter reflected Leonard's twisted face. "You once claimed that the Frostwolf Guardian Spirit died a natural death..."
"Foolish!" The man bound by Moonlight Chains suddenly erupted. The black mist formed from the Xuan Tie token coalesced into a venomous snake lunging at Luna. "Without me tearing open the Geomancy breach, the Magic Castle would have fallen to the Holy See's light thirty years ago..."
The moonlight cast by the Eternal Night Staff pinned the snake to the Ice Mirror. The scene shifted from Leonard's Last Night to the present moment outside the Magic Castle—twelve Frostwolf statues oozed black slime, and what should have been Guardian Barriers transformed entirely into Unicorn Skeletons entwined by curses.
Lucius suddenly groaned and fell to his knees as a translucent maggot crawled out from his Heart totem.
"Brother San! Use Crimson Flame Spell to burn it!" Luna shouted suddenly in Elvish Language.
In the corner, Third Young Master Lucius instinctively waved his damaged right hand, and what should have been a waste of Fire Magic unexpectedly surged forth as Golden Red Flame, incinerating the maggots into Ashes. Shan Na felt the long-standing frostbite on his thumb suddenly fall away, revealing fresh skin beneath.
Aelia, the Pupil Zhen Chan, slammed the Scepter down heavily and declared, "Leonard Frostwolf, in the name of Eternal Night—"
Suddenly, the secret chamber shook violently as eighteen Ice Mirrors shot out beams of light, enveloping the Lord in an intertwining Time-Space Image.
Leonard's Left Arm emerged suddenly, binding itself with Leonard's Concubine through a Blood Pact Mark, while a Dark Purple Spell ravenously devoured the Moonlight Chains.
"Mother, be careful!" Lucius barely managed to block Father's erupting Demonic Claw with his Frostwolf Sword.
The young Jian Feng cut open his Wrist, pouring Silver Blue Blood onto the Scepter. In that instant, the remains of the high priest in the Ice Coffin suddenly raised a hand to form a seal.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna bit her Fingertip and traced a Reversal Spell on Aelia's Hand Back.
The bloodied Tooth Mark of the infant emitted a golden light as the Eternal Night Staff suddenly slipped from control, hovering in the center of the chamber and beginning to spin wildly.
From beneath the Magic Castle came the sobbing of countless Frostwolves. Within the Twelve Mirror Formation, all of Leonard's Evil Deeds began to flow backward in Leonard's Last Night.
As the Lord let out an inhuman scream, Luna suddenly curled weakly into Aelia's neck, feeling Thorned Chains spreading to her Ear.
With Baby Grape-like eyes clouded by Water Mist, her small hand unknowingly grasped a strand of the lady's silver hair.
As the Scepter fell with a brittle sound to the ground, Aelia looked down to see little Luna forcing herself to appear strong in her arms. A wave of bittersweet tenderness suddenly rose in her throat.
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