Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1395

That said, time was running out.

"If sacrificing us old ones can bring the rest of the artifacts back home, everything we've done will have been worth it," Harlan said, his voice heavy with a mixture of resolve and quiet sadness.

"We've hidden here, not to wait for our end, but to wait for rebirth."

They were there, awaiting the arrival of a new dawn.

…

That evening, the village was wrapped in tranquility.

Shannon and Benjamin sat side by side atop the attic roof, gazing at the sky, where the stars gleamed brightly. The villagers gathered before the array, absorbing the pure spiritual energy.

He said to her, "It's their choice."

"I know." Shannon replied, "I've wondered from the start—even though Emeralda was secretly swapped with a counterfeit back then, why is it that she, like the other villagers, is also in a half-spirit state?"

"After I learned about the villagers' plans, I think I began to understand why. After transforming into a spirit, she must've secretly swapped herself back, leaving her half-spirit behind, just like the other villagers.

"Because… She didn't want to live for herself alone."

A long silence hung in the air. After a while, she told Benjamin, "I want to help them."

"They're treasures of this world; they shouldn't be buried here like this." Her voice was soft but resolute.

Shannon didn't believe that a vast number of artifacts could coincidentally transform into spirits at the same place and at the same time. Somebody must've been behind this grand plan—a key figure.

She was eager to know. "Who was that person?"

Seeing that the villagers' plan had been exposed, Emeralda no longer had any intention of hiding anything. "You know, I told Mr. Boyle before that you and that person share a similar energy."

Shannon was surprised, instantly pressing on. "What's their name?"

Emeralda opened her mouth as if about to answer, but suddenly, her expression tightened.

It seemed as though she sensed something, and she abruptly turned her head toward the direction of the village entrance, her voice growing cold. "The barrier isolating the village has been breached!"