The Heiress’ Return: Six Brothers at Her Beck and Call (Wynter Quinnell) novel Chapter 1154

Brute force wouldn't work when it came to opening the Arcane diagram.

It required opening it from the east, through the "Birth Gate", striking out through the "Rest Gate" in the southwest, and re-entering from the "Open Gate" in the north to break the formation.

However, even then, the formation was not truly broken.

The wooden box was marked with eight characters—Rest, Birth, Hurt, Restriction, Scenery, Death, Surprise, and Open. These characters represented the eight gates within the formation.

Wynter looked at the corresponding numbers and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. A clicking sound was heard when she pressed the characters in the correct order. The lock opened.

Wynter raised her eyebrows. Not because of anything else, but because the string of numbers was particularly familiar. "0715. It's my birthday."

Wynter casually opened the wooden box. "It's indeed a date Atwater would choose."

However, Wynter knew that her birthday fell on the Spirit Festival. It was a day when many people would remind children to return home early.

Likely due to this festival, Shane had always believed that Wynter's horoscope was unfavorable. After all, it was widely recognized as a festival for ghosts.

On the day of the festival, altars were set up and worshiped in the streets and chapels.

Larger ceremonies would include offerings to the Ghost King. Few knew that the Ghost King was also known as the Salvation King, an incarnation of the deity Daynon.

A gust of wind swept through the moment the wooden box opened completely. This caused the flowers in the courtyard to sway.

Even the stray cat stopped in its tracks, its beautiful glass eyes seeming fixed on something. The usually restless wolf-like dog also fell silent as it stood there in a daze.

It was as if something had emanated from underground, spreading throughout the entire mountain range. It was invisible to the human eye, but animals could sense it.