When Shade returned upstairs with the beautiful ring, Luvia said to Shade excitedly:
"Oh, I see that lady from the window! The Thirteenth Ring! The Witch of the Red Moon! Miss Danister!"
Young girls have always admired powerful sorceresses, and Miss Danister's story and growth experience are indeed a contemporary legend.
"She is also leaving Tobesk City. It seems that it is no longer a secret that the ceremony will not take place here."
Shade said, handing the ring in his hand to Mia, who had a plague doctor ring and a vampire ring on her tail. The latter sniffed and had no interest in alchemical items. Shade was not surprised, because he knew that Mia liked relic rings.
"Looks like it's really about to start, huh? What are you holding?"
Luvia asked curiously.
"My year-end gift. Last time I gave Miss Danister some 'Moonlight Water'."
Shade said, and told Luvia the meaning of the ring. The purple-eyed girl was a little surprised at Shade's relationship with Miss Danister. But considering that he has always been able to get along well with all the sorceresses around him, this doesn't seem very surprising.
"Also, Miss Danister told me that the 'Yellow Moon' the bard asked for is the source of chaos, a sage-level relic."
Xia De frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something:
"Some time ago, I saw the introduction of that relic in the year-end gift I was preparing to give you."
"Do you know where the relic is?"
Luvia asked.
Xia De nodded:
"If that item is exposed to real moonlight for a long time, it will directly cause group confusion symptoms. After Miss Danister's reminder, I realized something."
He held Mia in his arms and looked towards Room 2 next door. Luvia also thought of what Shade had said:
"This room on the second floor of your house... a mass suicide?"
"It's possible."
The two of them came to the empty room next door, and Shade looked directly at the wall where the prank boy had sprayed ink last time:
"Although the mischievous boy said he likes to play pranks, since he said he would give me a gift, maybe he really gave me a hint."
Xia De held the cat in one hand and pressed his palm against the wall:
"Are you feeling it?"
You did this on the first day you opened the room, and there was no reaction from the elements (note).
"Shad, just melt this wall!"
Luvia suggested, so Shade used Feliana's Witch Light. In the golden light, his palm sank into the wall like a hot pair of tongs piercing through ice. But until Shade's arm was completely penetrated into the wall, and the tip of his finger had even penetrated the wall and reached Room 1, he still didn't touch anything.
"No."
He retracted his arm and shook his head, using the Breath of Time to restore his wall to its original state:
"That's right. If it was simply buried in the wall, the church would definitely not be unable to find it. Although the method of hiding the source of chaos is not likely to be more difficult to find than the hidden wall in the basement, the relic is definitely not something that can be found by destroying the wall."
Luvia looked at the wall:
“But the possibilities here are still great.”
"Why? Is your inspiration reminding you?"
Xia De asked curiously, and Luvia smiled:
"According to the strange legends of this house and the even stranger things that have happened since you've lived here, anything is possible here."
Xia De really couldn't refute her statement:
"It's a pity that I don't have any coins, otherwise I could tell you the answer directly."
"Even if you still have coins, you can't spend them here."
Xia De glanced at the wall with regret:
"The focus now is still on the events in the Pantanal region. Once things over there are over, we will have plenty of time to 'dig up' the relics."
"Meow~"
Little Mia was held by Shade, and the cat was curious about what Shade was doing. After all, from the cat's point of view, it was daytime and the moon had not yet come out.
Before setting off for Midhill Castle, Shad activated Miss Danister's Red Moon Ring, and then let his own Red Moon Spirit Rune be illuminated by the ring's light, but this could not unseal the spirit rune, indicating that the power of the alchemical items made by the ringmaster is not considered a "high-level power of the same origin."
So with disappointment, he found Sister Defulin in Midhill Castle, and then went to the White River Valley Vineyard with the nun through the abandoned tower in the mountains.
The Snake Heart Hospital in Huntington, which has been planned since the fall, is now semi-operational. Although the medical staff is not yet fully staffed, it is already able to deliver babies.
The Snake Heart Hospital is located in the suburban area west of Huntington. The nun and Shade entered the hospital together and sat down in the director's office on the third floor of the hospital. The servant brought tea, and Shade looked out the window at the suburban scenery:
"It seems to be snowing here recently... Sister, the witches said they have found a way to go deep into the Great Swamp. Will you go with us?"
“I am moving with the church.”
The nun was sitting on the couch, but Shad knew she was "looking" at him.
"The early investigation of the Pantanal region has yielded some clues. To be precise, the entire Great Swamp region is part of a certain seal. The 'evil of the Pantanal' we are talking about is only the most powerful of the evils sealed in the subspace. There are too many things underground here that we don't know about."
"Where is the core of the seal?"
"The island in the middle of the Everglades, below the lighthouse with the First Flame on top. That lake is called 'Lake Pantanal'."
"The island in the middle of the lake..."
Xia De was very sensitive to this special terrain. After all, he had climbed countless lake islands since the end of autumn.
“Then the probability is there.”
He sighed:
"Ms. Sylvia and Miss Carina will arrive tomorrow. Let's go greet them together. If possible, I want to go to the island in the middle of the lake first."
The flame of the First Fire is part of the suppression seal and cannot be taken away at will. Xia De wants to personally confirm on the island in the middle of the lake what the central seal looks like. Perhaps there will be traces left by predecessors there.
"The Voodoo Society has probably blocked off the inside of the swamp. It won't be easy to enter in advance."
The nun's words are always so cold:
"The Pantanal Voodoo Society has a way to sign a contract with evil creatures and use their power. It has been confirmed that when the stars are in a certain position, the seal in the Great Swamp will be at its weakest. They want to take advantage of this once-in-a-millennium opportunity to release the evil creatures."
"We always encounter things that happen only once in ten thousand years or a thousand years. This is the epic of the Sixth Era."
Shade at the window said:
"But this is fine. If possible, we will recover the flame of the First Flame this time... Sister, if you can recover the second split flame, can you defeat the evil creature in Pantanal?"
He turned around and asked, Sister Defulin nodded:
"I still have the power of the Chosen One of Death. The evil creature in Pantanal is some strange plant aggregate that is restrained by fire. If I have the assistance of the church like during the Battle of Midhill Castle, I am confident that I can burn it."
This is quite a promise, the evil creatures of the Pantanal are far more powerful than the amputated undead born in Middlesbrough.
"But the problem is..."
"There is more than one evil thing sealed in the Pantanal."
Sister Defulin had other things to deal with locally, and since Shad had come back after a long absence, he naturally wanted to talk to Mr. Bernhardt, the vampire whom he hadn't seen for half a month. He might have some new information about the Pantanal Voodoo Society.
Mr. Bernhardt was in the manor today, and was preparing a potion when Shade came to visit. He asked Shade to wait in the reception room for a while, and it took him a long time to come out of the basement:
"It's time to replace my crucible with a new one. The temperature this winter is lower than expected, and I have already burned out two of my crucibles."
He half complained that the homely Mr. Bernhardt wore a brown woolen vest over his white shirt, and that the wealthy southern viscount did not care about the heating costs.
After sitting down, the middle-aged vampire waved his hand to let the servants go out first, then smiled and said to Shade:
"It's been more than half a month since we last met. How have you been in Tobesk recently? Oh, if I remember correctly, Princess Margaret will be back tomorrow. How is your relationship with the princess in Tobesk?"
I was just teasing Xia De, but I didn't expect to see the conflicted expression on Xia De's face.
The vampire was slightly surprised:
"You can't be..."
"It's just that there has been a small breakthrough in the relationship... ... Don't tell anyone else."
"Even if I tell others, someone has to believe it... How did you do it... No, you don't have to answer me, I'm just a little curious, but don't tell me."
Mr. Bernhardt smiled and waved his hand, happy to have his friend visit:
"But the princess's visit has ended successfully. Are you coming here to greet His Highness tomorrow?"
"It's for something else."
Xia De pointed to the west:
"The Pantanal Voodoo Society seems to be making a big move, so I came here for this purpose, and later a few high-level friends will come to help. This weekend or early next week, I will go deep into the Great Swamp with them."
"This is quite dangerous. The Pantanal has never been a suitable place for human survival and activities."
Mr. Bernhardt sighed softly, actually wondering if he should go out and hide for a while:
"But the Pantanal Voodoo Society has indeed been causing some trouble in the city recently. They are collecting a large number of weapon relics. For example, when we met last month, we mentioned the Arrow of Knowledge of Aiken Ola."
Mr. Bernhardt did not ask Shade whether he had got the arrow, but continued:
"This has something to do with my people. If you are interested in this, you can go out with me later. Maybe we can meet people from the Pantanal Voodoo Society."
"Of course."
Xia De nodded:
"It just so happens that I have nothing to do today... Oh, by the way, my friend has opened a Snake Heart Hospital here. Yes, you have met her at the Sin Mansion. It was Sister Defulin. Mr. Bernhardt, I'll let you meet again when I have time. Maybe the nun's hospital is willing to purchase red wine from you."
"Snake Heart Hospital? Spiritual Cultivation Group? Xia De, you have a wide range of friends."