After noticing that the knight's right hand was behind his back and made the agreed gesture, Shad, who was walking behind the two of them, suddenly coughed and said to Mr. Booker:
"Mr. Booker, what do you think this is?"
His left hand touched the "Mind Crystal Ring" on his hand, and when Mr. Booker turned his head, he looked directly into Mr. Booker's eyes. Under the strong mental shock, the slightly fat and half-bald man fainted directly, but after falling to the ground, his whole body twitched, and then he closed his eyes and stood up strangely in a posture as if controlled by a silk thread.
"He has indeed been controlled by the Book of Fools."
Sir Prissy said, and then nodded to Shad:
"Mr. Hamilton, as planned, I will stop him and you go find the book."
Because Xia De said in advance that he had a special ability to find things, Xia De was the one who did the search.
"No problem, but don't you need my help here?"
Shade asked, and now the five life rings behind Sir Prisha had already appeared.
At the same time as the core spirit rune finger began to glow, a disgusting giant seven-fingered palm with skin that looked like it had been rotten by blisters appeared in the void.
This seems to be an ability related to summoning the undead. When combined with the core spirit rune, its power becomes even greater.
"Detective, you can help me the most by finding that book as soon as possible."
As he spoke, Sir Prissier had already met Mr. Booker, whose whole body was twitching and his body was being turned over layer by layer like pages of paper.
Xia De nodded and left the basement along the stairs. He had just confirmed that the book was not in the basement.
Seeing that Xia De had left, the middle-aged noble from the South took out a small pocket book and threw it to the life ring behind him.
"Obviously, relic-level books are very resistant to my library searches."
Back on the first floor of the library, Shade tried to cast a spell, but nothing happened. It wasn't that nothing happened without any result, but that he felt very obvious resistance, which meant that the relic was indeed here.
"Can you find the source of the resistance?"
Xia De asked in his heart.
You can only sense the approximate range of the resistance location with yourself as the center of the circle.
So Shade walked a few more places in the library, casting spells continuously to try to call the book. "She" recorded the possible sources of resistance, and finally determined the overlapping range to be in the southwest corner of the library, which was the reception room where Mr. Booker had received them just now.
Once the approximate location is determined, there is no need to use the library search to search for the relic. Shade reached out and touched every object that might hide the relic, sensing the traces of the "whisper" element at close range.
Judging from Mr. Booker's current state, the relic is close to a semi-out-of-control state. In this state, the whispering element of the relic will be more obvious.
So just as Shad thought, it didn't take him much effort to find traces of the element near the chair where Mr. Booker had just sat. After careful inspection, he cut open the soft lining of the chair back and took out the book sewn inside.
“Found it!”
The cover of the book was brown, and it looked like a new book that had just been printed last week, without any stains or folds. The title of the book was "The Book of Fools", and below it was a complex diamond-shaped geometric symbol. Shade had heard Luvia introduce this symbol, which represented the "Gnosis School" in the divination school, which meant that without the help of divination props, one could directly rely on one's own inspiration to capture the fate of the lake.
In Luvia's opinion, the spiritual order that Sister Defulin belonged to was most likely the "Gnosis School". Although the nun had never shown any divination ability, Luvia learned a lot of things that Shade didn't know when she talked to the nun in detail last time.
Want to open it and take a look? Try it and see if you are a fool who can only see the pages.
"She" suggested with a smile. Xia De placed the book on the table, took out a bottle of holy water from his pocket, and pressed down the book that was constantly trembling, as if something inside wanted to rush out:
"This is what Sir Priss wanted. I won't open it without permission. Besides, if I ask him later, he won't mind me opening it."
"She" smiled, and Shade took out the storage items that the knight had given him in advance. First, a red silk thread was used to tie the book in a cross shape, and then the book was wrapped with the skin of a triangular antelope.
After feeling the trembling of the book and the obvious weakening of the whispering elements, Shade placed his hand on the sheepskin:
"All prophet are liars, and all fortune tellers are liars."
He said softly, and the book became completely motionless.
Of course, for safety reasons, Shade did not take the book out of the sheepskin, but took it to the basement. At this time, the battle in the basement was over, and Sir Prisha was using magic to modify Mr. Booker's memory.
Shad also came forward to help. When the Sir saw Shad pouring holy water into Mr. Booker's mouth, he smiled and sighed that the detective living in St. Teresa's Square was indeed rich enough.
Mr. Booker was lucky enough, just like Professor Manning, the impact of the relic on him was not irreversible. Although he would suffer from migraines and neurasthenia for a long time after this incident, at least he still had the possibility of returning to normal.
But unlike Professor Manning's incident, Mr. Booker's memory of the incident was completely erased. Since Sir Prisha will leave Tobesk with the visiting delegation the day after tomorrow, Shad will visit him frequently in the next period of time to confirm his recovery symptoms.
As for the Book of Fools, it was naturally taken away by the two men as a reward for saving him. This short operation of just one and a half hours was enough to be called a standard relic recovery operation.
"I didn't expect it to be so smooth. In the past, I always encountered troubles when collecting relics."
On the way back in the carriage, Shad was still sighing, while Sir Prissy checked the book and showed a thoughtful look after opening it. But after flipping through a few more pages, he showed a disappointed expression.
"Why, this book is of no use to you?"
Shade asked curiously, and the Jazz shook his head:
“It works, but not as well as I thought.”
He hesitated for a moment and handed the book to Shade:
"This is yours, Detective. Consider it your reward for helping me contain the relics."
"Um?"
Xia De took the book hesitantly:
"Are you sure? I come to help you contain the relic, but the reward is the relic itself?"
"I have read the contents of this book. I have found what I was looking for. There is no point in keeping this book in my hands. I will be going on a long journey, and it is not suitable for me to carry this unfamiliar relic with me."
The middle-aged gentleman from the South said helplessly:
"Besides, knowledge itself needs to be passed on. Do I have to learn from the collector just now and lock the knowledge tightly in the basement?"
Seeing him say this, Shad accepted the book, but he insisted on giving Sir Prisha another sum of money as if he had bought the Book of Fools. He thought in his heart that he could give the book to Luvia as a year-end gift.
"Give Dorothy the Intraen Pen left by the devil, give Luvia the Book of Fools, give Inluna the Fire of the Sun, and what should I give to Lecia..."
The carriage moved forward slowly, and Shad followed Sir Prisha's example and opened the book to check its contents.
What was presented to him was of course not a blank sheet of paper, but a short paragraph of information about the relic:
The Sage-level relic, the Source of Chaos, is also known as the Orb of the Yellow Moon. It is a round, flawless, self-luminous bead. It should be hidden in a dark place and should not be exposed to direct sunlight for more than three hours a day, otherwise the probability of a solar eclipse and associated disasters in the area will increase significantly.
Note: The disasters associated with a solar eclipse usually have consequences that are difficult to estimate.
Positive trait 1: Moon
This object can be seen as a yellow moon in any scene. Throwing it above your head will make it float and follow you. The light of this object can only be directly suppressed by very few methods, and it cannot be extinguished under any other circumstances.
Note: The original moon was a silver moon, but the yellow moon inherited the meaning of the moon itself.
Positive Feature 2: Guidance
When you carry this item with you in complex scenes such as mazes, primeval forests, large cities, etc., the item will give you guidance in the correct direction.
Note: It can only point out the direction to find a way out, and cannot be used to find a target that you don’t even know about.
Positive trait 3: Chaos
If this item is inserted into the right eye, it will gain the characteristics of the magic eye, and gain at least five material-free and cost-free casting abilities such as chaos, and greatly enhance any ability that directly causes intelligent creatures to fall into madness and lose their reason. Inserting it into the left eye has no effect.
Note: In mysticism, the left eye is believed to be related to the sun.
Positive trait 4: Moon's holy abode
If this item is placed in a closed or semi-closed place for a long time, the place will acquire the characteristics of the Moon's Holy Residence. Using moon rituals or learning related knowledge in this scene will increase the efficiency and success rate.
Note: Since it needs to be placed uninterrupted for a long time, using the relic in this way is very wasteful.
Negative trait 1: Confusion
When this item is directly illuminated by the light of the real yellow moon for a long time, the light of this item will have an effect similar to the "group chaos aura".
Note: This effect ignores most resistances and is likely to cause mass accidents. When the object is exposed to direct moonlight for more than three years, ten months, and three days, no mortal object will be able to approach it.
Negative trait 2: Nightmare
Carrying this item for a long time will increase the probability of entering a nightmare. The specific content of the nightmare cannot be described, and it is suspected to be related to the split of the original moon and the departure of the ancient god #￥@%. The nightmare will increase the probability of the extraordinary losing control. If you encounter a nightmare, you need to avoid touching this item again within the three-month phase cycle.
Note: This relic most likely came from (UNREADABLE).
Comment: For astrologers and moon worshippers, this is an immeasurable treasure.