"Ms. Louisa, are you sure everything is okay?"
As Shade asked, he used the illusion of Moon Shadow. Silver mist surged from all around, enveloping him and Miss Louisa. The silver moonlight on his fingertips disappeared, and the fishman shouted angrily at the silver mist in front of him, but he could only charge forward. His IQ was probably not as good as Mia's.
"Detective, you're fine. What's wrong with me? I'll treat you later. Go save that little girl first."
The blonde lady said, and Shade nodded. While Miss Louisa took the initiative to walk out of the illusion range to attract the fishman, he slipped away from the fishman with the box and ran towards the girl in the alley.
For ordinary people, losing control of the relic is almost a death sentence. Xia De had originally prepared for the worst, but after a brief examination, he found that she was just unconscious, with a large patch of fish scales on her neck, which could be cured. This kind of injury did not require false immortality at the moment.
It seems they arrived just in time.
He took the girl to the far end of the alley, and when he looked at Miss Louisa again, he saw the life ring behind her spinning, and this time it was still the rune of a person frozen to death.
But then, the Miracle Spirit Rune Ice also lit up.
Shade heard Miss Louisa's voice:
"Ichthyosis fears not fire, but freezing!"
The blonde girl stretched her hands forward, and the cold air dissipated around her. A rustling sound was heard in the misty alley, and the screaming fishman gradually slowed down his movements until he fell to the ground.
"Detective, take her back!"
She said to Shad in the darkness.
"Where to retreat to?"
"The farther away the better. Cover your ears and squat down."
"Um?"
Although he was puzzled, he still did it. When Shade was ready, he saw Miss Louisa took out a spherical object from her robe, first knocked it against the wall, then shook it vigorously, and finally pulled the ring on the surface of the spherical object and threw it at the frozen fishman on the ground, and finally ran hurriedly to the depths of the alley, which was the direction where Shade and the unconscious girl were.
Xia De saw that behind Miss Louisa, there was a palm-sized spherical object. After it landed on the ground, it began to spin around, spewing out hot white steam around it.
Although he had never seen such an item before, his knowledge as a stranger allowed him to guess what it was. As the woman laughed softly beside him, he covered the ears of the unconscious little girl with his hands, and curled up with the box and closed his eyes.
Bang!
The fire and the loud noise were enough to wake up the two nearby blocks. Shade even felt the ground beneath his feet shake. After the explosion, his ears kept buzzing.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Miss Louisa, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly jump up. She didn't even bother to fix her hair, and turned back to the smoke and dust of the explosion. In a few seconds, she carefully held a piece of black scale and ran towards Shade, shouting as she ran:
"Haha, it really is afraid of the cold! He's dead, and I got his relics! Detective, run! I'll hold this little girl."
"What on earth did you just use?"
Shade brushed the dirt off his hair, turned around and followed Miss Louisa along the river bank into the fog. In the distance they could already hear the police whistles. They had to run faster, otherwise they would have to jump into the river to escape.
"Military Drake II integrated steam bomb! This is the most effective way to deal with the out-of-control ichthyosis!"
Miss Louisa dropped the dried frog legs in her hand, carried the unconscious girl on her back, held Shad's hand, and jumped to the roof of the house next door. The two of them and their voices disappeared in the thick fog of the night.
No matter how chaotic the downtown area was, a steam bomb exploding in the city was no small matter, so they didn't stop until they had run three blocks, panting, in an unlit alley.
Sounds of commotion could be heard in the distance, and teams of police could be seen running hurriedly through the alleys.
First, I checked the little girl carried by Miss Louisa again. She was probably from a poor family living nearby. The toes of her shoes were exposed, her clothes were patched, and her face looked like she hadn't washed for a long time.
Shade made some "satiating food" to suppress the spread of fish scales, and then used Scindia's Silver Moon Gift to remove the fish scales from Miss Louisa and the girl at the same time. Although this is not a mental problem, the light of the Silver Moon seems to be very restraining of this disease.
However, Shad was a first-ring sorcerer, and he felt a little overwhelmed because he had used magic too many times that night.
During this period, Miss Louisa also introduced the fish scales that she was carefully holding in her hands.
The fish scale had a very strong fishy smell.
"The scales of a drowned fish, a clerical-level relic. I have read about this thing in the academy library. In the year 2983 of the Fifth Epoch, fishermen from the east coast of the Western Continent accidentally caught a strange monster corpse in their fishing nets while out fishing. The monster had human legs and a complete fish body, and the corpse was highly decayed."
Xia De maintained the magic in his hand and listened quietly. At a close distance, the fragrance of Miss Louisa was very obvious.
"According to the records of the academy, the terrified fishermen pushed the body back into the sea. But not long after, the people in the entire small fishing village showed symptoms of ichthyosis, that is, fish scales appeared on the surface of the body, and the whole body began to rot. When the Church of Nature intervened, which was not as powerful as it is now, the situation was irreversible and they had to close off that sea area and region.
When the bodies of the deceased were subsequently burned to prevent the spread of the disease, this scale was found. This was the only scale that could not be burned, and it was the culprit that caused the ichthyosis. "
Miss Louisa held the black fish scale very carefully. No relic should be underestimated. In the darkness of the alley, the fish scale itself had a deeper darkness.
Of course, the more obvious smell is the fishy one.
"So, the function of this relic is to cause ichthyosis and turn people into fish? But why did it go out of control?"
"Put the fish scales on the position of your heart. After contact with water, your body can be transformed into the form of a fish-man monster. However, you cannot be seriously injured in this form, otherwise the outbreak of ichthyosis will only last for a moment. It can be understood that every second the scales are used, the ring warlock must use his own body to fight against the fish scales."
She asked Shade for the bottle, shook it to create water, and put the scales in. The storage of this relic was simple, just soak it completely in water.
It took some time for Shade to expel the fish scales from the little girl and Miss Louisa before he was completely exhausted. Ring warlocks don't have a convenient way to replenish spirits, after all, spirits are not just energy. But fortunately, the spirit rune has the ability to spontaneously transform elements into spirits, and with the afterglow of divinity, Shade recovered quickly.
Afterwards, Miss Louisa woke up the unconscious girl, learned her address from her, and sent her home.
This is a little girl selling flowers, named Sophie Dice. During the day, she hid some money in the alley to avoid being blackmailed by older children nearby. Unexpectedly, when she came back at night to get it, she unexpectedly encountered a monster.
Miss Louisa used some mental suggestion to ensure that Sophie would not tell anyone what she saw at night. This trick worked well for the confused little girl. After confirming that she had arrived home safely, Shade and Miss Louisa left.
It was almost one o'clock now, and Shade had to go back as soon as possible. Miss Louisa planned to visit Shade's house late at night. She was wrapped in Shade's robe, soaking wet, and smelled strongly of fish. She couldn't go home in this state, so she could only borrow Shade's robe to change clothes.
The two walked quickly. On the way, Miss Louisa admitted that although she had obtained a relic, tonight's operation could only be considered a failure:
"I think we should wait until the doctor recovers before we act. The doctor's ring magician ability is quite suitable for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering activities, which none of us can compare to."
The ring wizard with the blood of mercury turned into a murloc, was frozen, and then shattered by the bomb. Of course, the information that Miss Louisa wanted could not be obtained.
The two walked and talked, and most of the time Miss Louisa complained about how she had missed such a good opportunity tonight. Of course, she did not forget to thank the detective for his help tonight, and the fish scale was considered a trophy for both of them.
Of course Xia De would not refuse. Although he would not use a relic with such serious side effects, he was still happy to sell it and share the money.
Turning from the gas-lit street into the street around Saint Therese Square, Shad was talking to the blond writer while taking his keys, when he saw a four-wheeled carriage with lights on parked at the door of number six.
"oh?"
Miss Louisa, wrapped in her robe, uttered an interrogative exclamation.
"My employer is here."
Xia De introduced, looking at the carriage and slowing down his pace. The fishy smell on him was not very strong, as he had not come into close contact with the fishman just now.
"It seems that your employer is very important."
The blonde said, and Shade couldn't tell the difference between this carriage and an ordinary carriage, but the writer, whose hair was still wet, could see it, and she pointed out:
"Look at the hand-twisted metal patterns on the edge of the carriage. Although the carriage is painted, you can still tell it's made of wood. And the coachman..."
The coachman was standing nearby, smoking a hand-rolled cigarette that glowed like a small red dot in the dark shadows:
"I bet he is a military man. Although the carriage doesn't have a family crest, he must be from a noble family. No, ordinary nobles are not qualified to use this kind of carriage. Let me think about it. There are definitely no more than three young women in Tobesk who are qualified to use this kind of carriage."
Miss Louisa spoke slowly, and Shad once again thought of Professor Hames Sanchez, the vice-president of Saint Byrons, who had mentioned that Miss Louisa had an inexplicable connection with the royal family of the Kingdom of Delarion, and thus suspected that she was from the Zaras Academy of Arts, one of the three major thaumaturgy academies.
Father Augustus, who has lived here for most of his life and knows many important people because he is respected by believers, was unable to narrow the scope to such a small number. It seems that Miss Louisa's understanding of the royal family and the nobility is really amazing.
"You know so much?"
Xia De took the opportunity to express his doubts, but the female writer answered naturally and casually:
"For the sake of literary creation, I know a lot of knowledge that is not very useful."
While the two were discussing, the car window was pushed open a crack, and the black-haired maid called "Tifa" looked at Shade and quickly closed the window.
The whole process takes only one or two seconds.
"Oh? Why is it still her?"
Miss Louisa exclaimed again. Xia De looked at his friend in surprise. The female writer seemed to recognize the maid.
She hesitated and glanced at Shade, but said nothing:
"Detective, you go meet your employer. I won't come near you. I smell too much like fish."
Miss Dorothy Louisa stopped walking, but judging by her expression, she must have a lot to say after Miss Carina's personal maid left.