Dr. Schneider did not approach the Jazz, but leaned on Shade's body to block the other party's sight, and rushed directly to the east of the Devil's Vanishing Garden. Shade met Laikins Prisha head-on, and when the other party's life ring that was about to disappear reappeared, Shade stopped less than five meters away from the other party.
This distance meant that the two sides were quite close. Shade took out Miss Danister's alchemical tool with one hand and aimed it at the life ring behind Sir Prisha. In the other hand, the silver moonlight was surging, ready to strike forward with a moonlight slash at any time:
"Sir, don't move."
Shade said, calculating the time in his mind. Miss Danister's alchemical tools would need to last for thirty seconds to complete the collection of spiritual light.
Facing the small mirror in the hands of a stranger, Sir Prisha, a ring wizard, was of course very nervous. The spirit runes on the life ring behind him were emitting light, which was more conducive to Shade's collection.
"Who are you?"
The knight asked, glancing at the wise pyroxene left by the demon on the ground. Shade was far away from the pyroxene, because the direction he rushed out of the bushes was at an obtuse angle to the direction where the demon had just stood:
"It doesn't matter who I am. I just want to make sure you don't disrupt my companions' next move."
Xia De said, shaking the mirror in his hand:
"This is a powerful relic, but it won't hurt you. It just makes sure you don't move around."
In fact, the mirror has no offensive power at all.
Lai Jins Prisha looked at him suspiciously:
"I didn't expect so many strange people to appear tonight, but I have to admit that your moonlight is quite pure. Coincidentally, I am also good at moonlight magic."
He kicked out suddenly, and the yellow blade flew along the ground. But at the same time, Xia De also kicked out, and the "Moonlight Slash" representing the silver moonlight and the "Moonlight Slash" representing the yellow moonlight met between the two and almost completely cancelled each other out.
But Shade did not use his full strength, and Sir Prisha was only testing his strength. Both of them understood each other's attitude, so no one made any further moves. After forty seconds, Shade made a gesture of invitation, and Sir Prisha stretched out his hand and let the pyroxene left by the demon fly into his hand, then turned and left in another direction.
He didn't have to worry about Shade revealing his secrets. After all, Shade at this moment didn't look like a decent person that the church would trust, and the demon just now didn't reveal any of his secrets.
"He still took the pyroxene. He now has three pieces. The devil said that this man did something wrong because of his desire for knowledge... He rejected the devil, but he also has his own secrets. Is he a good person or a bad person? We still need to investigate."
Shade thought to himself as he watched the Jazz disappear into the garden:
"That demon gains power by stirring up people's desires. So regardless of whether Sir Prisha accepts its power or not, the moment he picked up the pyroxene, the demon had already profited."
Guess what knowledge the devil gave him
"It is the knowledge of the chosen one, and it is incomplete knowledge. If you want more, you can only go to the devil again."
Xia De thought to himself, looking at the small mirror in his hand, with a smile on his face. After putting the mirror away, he was about to go find Dr. Schneider when the doctor came out from the bushes.
He had grass hanging from his body and looked slightly injured. His right eye looked like he had been punched, and his coat was covered in dirt and melted snow.
"No problem!"
Dr. Schneider looked even happier than Shade:
"Once it's marked, it won't be able to escape. Shade, wait for my good news before next Monday. It can't run away!"
"Jazz left too."
Xia De looked back at the direction the other party left:
"Doctor, do you want to return to the party with me? Or are you leaving now?"
"It would be conspicuous if I left now, so I'll stay a little longer."
The doctor smiled and said:
"I'll just go to a corner and have a few drinks. Tonight went really smoothly without any major accidents. Shad, when this is over, you must have a couple of drinks with me. However, we should just pretend that we didn't hear the conversation just now and don't get involved in such things. But I didn't expect that someone as elegant as Sir Prissy also has secrets... Wisdom makes people greedy, knowledge is something to be desired, and the pursuit of knowledge is really the original sin of mankind."
The doctor, who was in a good mood, sighed, and Xia De nodded. In fact, the doctor didn't understand at all what the news they had just heard meant.
Although Shad was eager to go home and tell Miss Danister the good news, Dr. Schneider was right, leaving at this time would be very conspicuous.
So he and the doctor returned to the banquet hall one after another. Nothing special happened in the banquet. But when the banquet was about to end, the two witches summoned Shade to the upper level and asked him about the devil again. It was not because of the wise man Pyroxene who played a prank on the boy, but because they were worried about Shade's safety.
Now, Kings Prisha has three pyroxenes in his hands, Xia De and Yin Luna have two in total, and other forces in the city, including the three major academies that have entered the local area but have not yet appeared, may also have them.
The story of the fourth chosen one seemed to be coming to an end, and Xia De hoped that this incident would not delay his end-of-year exams.
The banquet, in which nothing seemed to have happened, ended at ten o'clock in the evening and the guests left in an orderly manner.
Although it was very late when he got home, Shad still wrote a letter excitedly and passed it to Miss Danister through the pages of poetry manuscript.
The matter of collecting the spiritual light of the "Moon of Guidance" must not be known by the academy, so Shad tactfully stated in the letter that he had made significant progress in the academy reward offered by Miss Danister.
He thought that it was so late, the thirteenth ring sorceress should have gone to bed, and would probably reply to him tomorrow morning. Unexpectedly, less than thirty seconds after he wrote and sent the letter, a new letter was delivered:
Prepare for the projection ceremony and meet me in five minutes.
If it weren't for the extra preparation required for the projection ritual, she might have asked Shade to appear immediately.
Anyway, with Dorothy's help, Shad arranged the ceremony and projected to St. Byron's Library again that evening.
But this time when the ceremony began, he found that he was not in the central open space of the library facing the sofa, but in an ancient room that he had never been to.
It is called ancient because the traces of time on the stone bricks on the walls seem to be left over from the last century, and the lighting here actually relies on torches and old-fashioned kerosene lamps.
The room was not big, about the same size as Shade's master bedroom. It was surrounded by bookshelves made of gray stone bricks, the floor was an uneven strip of stone floor, and there were some very old cabinets placed throughout the room.
The projection state did not allow for complete sense of smell and touch, but Shade could easily imagine the corruption and coldness of this environment.
In addition to the unexpected environment, the other two of the four seats needed for the projection ceremony were not occupied by students, but by two dolls wearing tattered long skirts, one red and one blue. When Xia De looked at them, the dolls "shyly" turned their heads away.
In short, this place still seems to be part of the library, but it is obviously not a place where ordinary students should come.
The light from the kerosene lamp and torch was a little dim. Miss Danister, who was sitting opposite Shad, looked at him, suppressing her inner impatience:
"Have you collected the spiritual light?"
"Yes, it was done tonight. How should I get that mirror to St. Byrons?"
In order to prevent being discovered by the academy, Shade's hands were not allowed to pass through the pages of the manuscript when the mirror entered or left.
A smile flashed across the sorceress's face for a moment, but she controlled her expression very well:
"I'll give you an address. Tomorrow you put the mirror in a box and mail it there... No, no, tomorrow morning someone will come to pick up the mirror from you in person. Very good, Mr. Hamilton, you did a great job!"
She seemed to be unable to control her emotions, her face flushed, and her tone unconsciously became more enthusiastic:
"I thought there would be some twists and turns, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon..."
Biting his lip:
"Very good, you are better than I thought."
Although Xia De didn't think this was a difficult task, being praised at this moment still made him feel good:
"Speaking of which, this is..."
"Oh, this is the underground area of the library."
Miss Danister said with a smile, the sorceress in a good mood didn't mind telling Shade something he shouldn't know:
"I don't even know how many books the college library has. Some dangerous books are not suitable for students, and some are not suitable for anyone at all. So when the library was first established, the original administrator and Principal Mana Filianna designed an area for collecting banned books, and the size and number of the banned book area have always been a secret. I was looking for something here just now, and it would be a waste of time to return to the ground from the restricted area, so I arranged the projection ceremony here directly."
"The restricted area of the library can actually be penetrated by the projection ritual?"
"Of course not, but I'm the librarian, I have the authority."
The sorceress smiled and pointed around:
"This place is very dangerous, even more dangerous than the area where the Library Management Academy stores relics. When you become an administrator in the future, I will tell you what is here."
Xia De doesn't care much about the value of this place now. He is actually wondering whether the last stone tablet containing the time perception enhancement ritual is in these forbidden book areas.
"You did a good job on this matter. Regardless of whether the spiritual light is useful or not, I will help you get the practical credits you need to skip a grade."
Miss Danister said, and seeing that Shade was carefully observing the surroundings, she said again:
"Is there any knowledge you want? Or any expensive magic you fancy? Please make your request to me now. As an administrator, I still have the authority to do so."
Xia De raised his eyebrows and suddenly realized something. With the first two slates already in hand, he didn't have to worry about any other accidents. In fact, he could just ask the lady to trade the slates.
The reason why he didn't tell Miss Danister about this at first was that Shad didn't know the specific shape of the stone slab he was looking for, and he obviously couldn't say "God left me a stone slab." But now, he doesn't need to describe the function and history, because he already knows the specific appearance of the last stone slab.