The four ounces of "sand of time stained by the night" that Shad found from his own time point was in order to buy a gear in this watch shop as one of the materials to piece together a compass pointing to the end point.
When the two returned to the counter and opened the list of goods, the price of the gear had not increased. After Shade asked to buy it, the wooden counter was filled with the sounds of gears rotating, shafts rubbing, and pistons pushing, and then with a click, a drawer popped out from the outside of the counter.
Shade put the prepared Sand of Time into the drawer and pushed it back to its original position. After a while, another drawer popped open, and inside was the gear they were looking for. The inside of the gear was exactly the same size as Fiona's compass base, so the compass base could be stuck inside the gear.
"Now we have the spoon from the cafe and the gear from the watch shop. As long as we find the last item, we can pass through the veil and reach the palace in the deepest part of the Eternal Night City."
Fiona said happily, carefully putting the gear back into the inside pocket of her clothes.
"Oh, Fiona, look at this."
Before leaving last time, they just hurriedly browsed the catalog of the watch shop and didn't have the chance to look at more products here. Therefore, although they had successfully obtained the huge gear, Shade and Fiona were not in a hurry to leave.
Xia De flipped through it casually and saw some very interesting goods:
Time Stop Pocket Watch (One-Time Use), a divine item that can stop the time of the entire material world.
Although the illustrations on the watch shop's cargo list were in black and white, Xia De could still tell from the illustration on the left that this was a very finely crafted pocket watch.
An ancient god's creation. One drop of divinity is required to use it. Use at your own risk. It is extremely dangerous.
Purchase requires payment of the Time Key to the First Age, or the Solidified Night.
"Why is it so unclear about the usage cost?"
Fiona asked curiously, and Shad realized that she couldn't see the word "divinity".
"Even if we can afford this extremely dangerous item, I think it's best not to buy it. Time needs to be respected."
Xia De said this seriously, and then thought of the time-stopping movies he had watched in his hometown.
Continuing to flip through the pages quickly, he saw two more familiar objects.
The leaves of eternal youth are relics and the best decoration to keep you young.
The illustration on the left is the leaf that Xia De is most familiar with. He still has two of them left in his hand.
It is said that the leaves of the World Tree are very suitable for decorating clocks.
To purchase, you need to pay for the Time Key leading to the Third Age and before, or the corpse of the Time Worm.
"This is the reward for the Time Key mission. I only got one piece."
Fiona said to Shad, and Shad looked at her with some surprise. He didn't expect that Fiona also had an extraordinary experience.
Time of Rewind: Replica, alchemical item, rewinds the time of a certain area within half an hour, with a failure rate of more than 90%.
The illustration on the left is the hourglass that Shade has seen.
An exquisite replica hourglass that can only be used once, will attract the prying eyes of hounds, and is cursed by time.
Purchase is for 100 years of life.
"I've heard of the original Resurrection. It's a very dangerous relic."
Fiona said to Shad, but Shad did not say that he had seen the authentic Resurrection and even used its power.
The items sold in this watch shop were more impressive than most of the items in the Dragon Maid Cafe, so the prices were quite high. There were all kinds of weird prices, some of which Shade had never heard of.
Of course, although most of them are very expensive, there are a few that they can afford. Even if he buys the extraordinary items, Shade can't take them back to his own era, but some things are still very useful to Fiona:
Sand of Time soaked in dragon blood, 1 ounce, alchemical material.
The illustration on the left is a small handful of sand.
An alchemical material that was created by chance. It is precious, but not particularly precious.
Purchase requires payment of radiance.
"The power of time that the Sands of Time possesses makes it difficult for other forces to infect it. Although dragons are powerful creatures, they are not yet above time. Therefore, I think this kind of alchemical item cannot be found anywhere else."
Shade expressed his thoughts:
"Fiona, since you have dragon blood, maybe this special dragon blood will be useful to you."
"It certainly looks like it would suit me."
The Red Dragon girl was also somewhat moved by this. She looked at the picture with her red-gold eyes, so Xia De suggested:
"I'll pay for the light, just like last time. Don't be polite to me. I'll buy three more candles later, and then we can step into the night."
The drawer of the counter popped open again, and this time the inside of the drawer was filled with darkness that was too dark to look into.
Just like last time, Shade used his own light magic to pay for the material. Fortunately, the sand did not seem to be more expensive than Fiona's. Although Shade was still a little exhausted due to the intense consumption of spirit, he was in much better condition than last time.
Next, Fiona paid for three ever-burning candles with fresh blood. While the two were busy buying the items, the cat curiously jumped onto the counter.
Because it was always within Shade's field of vision and didn't run around, Shade didn't care about it. So Mia came to the opened list of goods and stretched out her paw to turn the page of the price list. This cat can turn pages of books, and it often flips through the books that Shade put on the desk in the study.
When Shade supported Fiona, who was a little dizzy due to blood loss, the cat was still flipping through the book, and Shade could only pick it up with one hand:
"Mia, be good, we are leaving."
Fiona's blood loss was not particularly serious. After a few minutes of rest, she was able to unfold the curtain made by Miss Feliana and go to the last location, which was the "Midnight Art Gallery" in Eternal Night City.
Meanwhile, Shad was still "fighting" with Mia, who was somehow not very obedient. He was trying to turn the cat into a doll with a towel, which was very dangerous, but the cat dodged nimbly. When Shad was forced to use the "light of imprisonment" to catch the cat as if he was taking a bath, Mia, who had seen this trick before, immediately walked up to Shad.
It squatted on the counter with its four little paws together, its head slightly lowered, its big eyes looking up, looking pitiful.
"What do you want to do?"
Shade asked in an angry and amused tone, and the cat seemed to really understand and looked at Fiona's tail again.
"Since it's curious, let it take a look."
Although the kind-hearted Red Dragon girl was still a little weak, she still smiled and said:
"I'll be careful to control the flame and not burn it."
She pulled her tail and held the tip of her tail towards the counter. The cat still kept its obedient squatting posture, but its neck was stretched forward, and its amber eyes were wide open, as if it was frightened.
The golden flames were reflected in Mia's big eyes. Shade continued to observe the cat, fearing that it would accidentally rush towards the flames. At that moment, he clearly saw two slender flames shaking in Mia's eyes.
With the bloodline of "Son of the Sun", it is undergoing some subtle changes.
she said with a chuckle, but Shad didn't see any change in his cat.
The cat's tail swung back and forth behind Mia, and then it tried to reach the flame on the tip of Fiona's tail. Shade hurriedly tried to stop it, but the red dragon girl said gently:
"It's okay. I'll control the flames and let your cat have a try. Children of this age are always very curious."
Perhaps because of her red dragon bloodline, her understanding of cats seems to be very different from that of normal humans.
Then, Mia's tail really touched the flame of the dragon's tail. At that moment, Shade thought something extraordinary would happen, but he stared at it with wide eyes, but only heard Mia's "meow~". Then, the cat retracted its tail, squatted obediently, looked up at Shade, and was turned into a toy by Shade.
Sometimes it's really hard to understand what this cat is thinking.
He wanted to take Mia's doll with him, but then he remembered the last time he and Fiona went into the darkness, when he was swallowed by the darkness and everything on his body turned black.
Therefore, in order to prevent himself from having to let Fiona go first this time, Shad did not carry the cat himself, but turned Mia into a toy and let Fiona take it with her.
The red-haired girl still opened the curtain at the door, and the wind and the night rain quickly wet the fabric. After confirming that the luggage was packed, Shade held Fiona's hand, and the two rushed to the curtain together.
After breaking through the cold curtain, the drizzling rain wetted his shoulders, and the light in the window of the "Eternal Night Jewelry Store" behind him provided a small piece of light for the two people on the street. The city of eternal night seemed to be able to exist in this rain until the end of time, and Xia De saw the sign of the "Midnight Art Museum" across the street at a glance:
"I'm really lucky this time, it's right here!"
Shade said to Fiona with a smile, but the red dragon girl was very worried:
"We are farther away from the other side than last time. I'm afraid three candles will not be enough for us to reach the other side safely."
"It's okay, I'll throw you over in the end. Don't worry about me, don't forget that I can shine by myself."
Of course, this does not mean that Shade will not be hurt in the dark. Even if he can emit light, he cannot stay in the deep night for too long, but Shade did not say this.
"Okay, I understand."
The red dragon girl carefully put away the curtain hanging in the air, held Shade's hand with her left hand, and held a candle in her right hand. Then her tail went from the side to the front of her body:
"Shad, please get ready. Three, two, one!"