The two of them came to the second floor, which was also covered with dust. Instead of going to the third floor, they looked at the corridor. There were windows on one side of the corridor and a row of rooms on the other. The main building of the sanatorium was in a concave shape, and the two of them were in the middle of the long side.
The doctor said:
"Miracle, if you can engrave a miracle spirit rune, it must be a golden spirit rune. All miracles come from the stories and power of the gods. Remember, the five righteous gods are the only remaining good gods."
"Only one left?"
Xia De was very good at grasping the key points and understood the reason for his first contact with "miracle".
"Yes, there were many gods in the past. If you join the academy, you will learn about this in the basic courses of the seminary. But most of the powerful gods in the past have disappeared, perhaps they have fallen, perhaps they have left, or perhaps they have been sealed. But in short, there are only five good gods left who are called true gods, and the gods can interfere with the material world, not just as a symbol. Don't regard them as powerful ring sorcerers, they are real high-dimensional beings... I hope you can understand what I mean."
The corner of Xia De's mouth twitched. Of course he understood.
"Most of the ring sorcerers of the Orthodox Church specialize in miracle elements. But in addition to the Orthodox God, the old gods of the past have left many traces in the world. By contacting those traces and knowing the stories of the old gods, with the help of 'another me', one can also extract miracle spirit runes."
The doctor finally mentioned the "voice in the head" that is essential for a ringmaster.
“The voice in your head is actually another you, not the real you, but it is indeed you.”
The doctor emphasized this concept again, and the woman's laughter came into Shad's mind again.
"This is the Miracle Spirit Rune I engraved when I was in the First Ring."
Thick white fog appeared again behind the doctor, revealing a portion of the brass wheel of fortune and the golden spirit rune.
Xia De also endured the pain in his temple and deciphered the rune, which meant dust, which he had seen once before.
"The old god, the God of Dust, also known as the miracle left behind by the Midgard Python, I learned about his story through the academy, and thus obtained the spirit rune."
The golden light flickered and illuminated the ground in front of them, and a set of footprints appeared in front of the two people:
"But I am not suitable for this miracle. I have only developed such a simple magic. The power developed by the spirit rune is called magic, and the universal power of the ring sorcerer is called spell. This will be introduced in the course."
The two men walked forward along the footprints, and it seemed that the target was on the second floor.
"But you have to remember that gods are dangerous. It's not that they have any ill will towards humans, but their status is too high. If you come into contact with any information related to gods, you may be oppressed by the essence of gods and get hurt. It's like looking at the sun will hurt your eyes."
The doctor reminded, and then said:
"Blasphemy, if you can engrave the blasphemous spirit rune, it must be a silver spirit rune. All blasphemy comes from those filthy concepts and evil gods. But remember, it is not the five righteous gods, not those disappeared old gods, but the existing old gods.
The gods of the old days that have survived to this day include five powerful good gods and a small number of evil gods. However, these gods are relatively weak, and are terrible things born from concepts and blasphemy. They are truly gods, and are recognized by the Orthodox Church. However, their power is far weaker than that of the Orthodox Gods.
This is not the boasting of the True God Church, but the fact.”
"In other words, the true gods are powerful good gods that are recognized and exist, and the old gods are the good gods that have disappeared, the evil gods, and the existing evil gods. Are evil gods scary?"
Shad concluded.
"Of course they are terrifying. Although they are weaker than the five righteous gods, ordinary people will go crazy even if they know their power. The main task of the church is to suppress the occasional evil gods and the cultists who always appear. But blasphemous spirit runes are not rejected. In addition to evil gods, some knowledge of the Fourth Epoch can also extract blasphemy, and secret books record those terrible stories. This is also the mainstream way to extract blasphemous elements. Miracles and blasphemy are both related to God, and they must be related to God."
The current era is the Sixth Era, which is not recorded in any of the books that Shade has seen. Books and calendars only record the year. But Shade knows that this is the Sixth Era. The voice in his head explained this when it first appeared.
This seems to once again illustrate the other party's peculiarity.
"Now is the Sixth Age, and the Fourth Age was an age of darkness and chaos. It was extremely terrible, extremely terrible..."
The doctor spoke in a low voice, as if afraid of disturbing something. In the thick fog behind him, the silver spirit rune flickered, still only revealing a part of the life ring. Shade interpreted the beautiful rune as emotion.
"Emotion, a very powerful spiritual rune, comes from a terrifying story in the Fourth Epoch that I still remember... I have developed a variety of magic with this element, the simplest of which is to detect creatures with emotions around me."
Silver light flickered on the brass life ring, and the doctor had the answer:
"Inside, he was in fear. It seemed that he knew we were coming."
The enemy couldn't have been unaware that the doctor had no intention of hiding his voice.
"If the voice in your head keeps reminding you that there is blasphemy nearby, don't think about it, just turn around and run. This element is very deadly."
The doctor continued to popularize basic knowledge and moved forward with Xia De. Xia De also understood why he only had "blasphemy" and had no contact.
"Enlightenment. If you can engrave the Enlightenment Rune, it must be a brass rune. All enlightenment comes from civilization itself. Yes, civilization, historical legends, religions, heroic stories, and even fictional knight adventure novels can extract enlightenment through certain media. This is the element of civilization and symbolizes the light of our world."
Although it sounds easy, it is certainly not something you can achieve by just reading knight novels.
The spark of light that is produced when a stranger observes the world is the reason why he is exposed to the element of "enlightenment" at his doorstep.
"And it's not just our civilization, or even just human civilization, it can also be civilizations of past eras. Enlightenment can coexist with blasphemous miracles. After all, the history of civilization cannot be without the power of gods, and the gods have never taken their eyes off civilization."
In the thick fog behind the doctor, a corner of the life ring appeared again, and the brass rune Dream was revealed:
"This is a spiritual rune dream. It is not convenient to explain its origin for the time being. I have a good affinity with it. Now I will use magic to make the other party fall into a dream."
A faint light was emitted, and Xia De couldn't see the specific effect, but he believed that the doctor would not fail.
They finally stopped and turned into an unmarked room. The room was clean, but no one was seen.
The doctor was calm:
"The last one is Whisper. If you can engrave the Whisper Spirit Rune, it must be a black iron spirit rune. Whisper comes from a wide range of sources. It is generally believed that enlightenment is the light of civilization, and whisper is the darkness of the world. Whisper is a nearly natural phenomenon, echoing throughout the material world. It is obtained by coming into contact with the knowledge of the evil god and the relics."
The detective died from a relic, so when he died Shad was able to access the "Whisper" element.
The black iron rune was revealed, and its meaning was false truth. It was the most complicated one among the four spiritual runes shown by the doctor.
"This spiritual rune was obtained when I solved the Secret Keeper-level, or Level 3, relic incident a year ago. I don't quite understand its power, but I'm currently using it to dispel illusions."
Under the glow of the black iron rune, the clean room gradually revealed its true appearance. Newspapers and wooden boards sealed the windows that were exposed to the wind. The floor and walls seemed to be coated with a layer of blood plasma, emitting a foul smell. The floor was filled with glass containers filled with human organs, scattered around like an exhibition... ...
After the disguise was gone, the smell of blood hit him. Xia De's stomach churned, and he finally understood why the doctor deliberately didn't let him eat breakfast.
Enduring the intense discomfort and mental pressure, Xia De's eyes swept across the room that was almost turning blood red, and saw a young man sleeping soundly in the corner.
He didn't look like a tramp, but rather like a student, with clean clothes, a gentle appearance, and decent clothes. He sat there slumped, holding a pistol in one hand and a brass box in the other.
"Baid Morod, 19 years old, a student at the Lorax Mechanical College in Tobesk. A year ago, he accidentally came into contact with a Level 5, or poet-level relic, and was influenced by the whispering elements in the relic and fell into madness. Since then, his personality has changed drastically, and he has gradually become a murderer who kidnaps and murders young women... This world is too dangerous for ordinary people after all."
"So, what exactly is a relic?"
Xia De controlled his fear of the scene and suppressed the urge to vomit. The doctor was very calm about this. I don't know if he controlled his emotions well or was used to similar scenes. The two of them were standing at the door of the room, and neither of them had the intention of stepping in.
“Relics are remnants of the past, from curses from the previous five eras. Some are formed naturally, and some are created by powerful beings from the past.
Remember, relics can only be created in the first five eras. So far, there is no record of relics being created in the sixth era where we are. But if you can find it, maybe a whole school year's worth of practical credits will be enough... Relics can be easily distinguished from other alchemical items. Only they can have the whisper element attached to them. There is no way to attach the whisper element to an item artificially."
The two of them looked at the metal box in the young Morod's hand. That was the relic.