The two people who appeared on the rooftop were both from the south, and they looked exactly the same, with brown hair and wearing black formal suits, except that one wore a monocle on the right side, and the other wore a monocle on the left side.
The man with the monocle on the right looked at the small compass in his hand, and was surprised to see the object in the middle of the roof:
"Sure enough, here is the vertebrae of the 'Twin Cleft Monster' that we need for our advancement!"
"Wait, why is this here? Don't monsters like this only appear around islands with unstable space after a storm at sea and struck by lightning?"
The man with the monocle on the left was obviously calmer, but he soon found a reason for himself:
"Before coming to Tobesk, I heard that this place is extremely dangerous. I didn't expect to encounter such a rare monster while coming to listen to the opera."
As they spoke, the two held hands again, and two life rings belonging to the Five Ring Warlock appeared at the same time. The core runes of the two life rings were all Enlightenment-Space, Enlightenment-Immortality, and Enlightenment-Twins. At this time, the ones that flashed with spiritual light were the Space Rune and Whisper-Assassin.
On the rooftop under the night sky, the bodies of the two brothers, who looked exactly the same, gradually became transparent as if they were melting. This was not simply invisibility, but a direct fusion with the space.
However, before their magic could fully take effect, the perceptive ring magicians saw the figure of a strange young man also appear on the roof.
Shade, who had covered his face with an illusion, said nothing. Since he had just boasted to Miss Carina that he would get rid of this monster, he certainly couldn't let others do it.
The two-body monster that was healing also immediately discovered the three humans on the rooftop. It didn't care about the two people with the same appearance at all, but looked directly at the man it had just fought with. It didn't seem to have a structure for making sounds, it just opened its two upper mouths towards Shade, revealing the dense and tiny flesh buds inside, then pressed its two legs and four arms on the ground at the same time, and bent its waist to make a hunting action.
Shade raised his right hand, as if the night had gathered directly into his hand, and a black sphere that absorbed light quickly took shape, almost completely extinguishing the light around him. In the darkness, Shade watched the child-like monster suddenly pounce on him, and then threw the "shadow ball" in his hand.
But it was as if the continuous picture was cut off for a second. The monster's figure suddenly disappeared and then suddenly appeared in front, completely avoiding the attack of the shadow ball, and then pounced directly in front of Shade.
As it leaped into the air, its thin body quickly grew larger, as if its original body was compressed by space. In less than half a second, the monster's body had become taller than Shade. It was extremely fast, and the space around it was abnormally distorted as it moved, indicating that the enlargement of its body was indeed the result of some kind of spatial force.
The mouth with dense flesh granulations inside bit towards Shad's position, but Shad also disappeared in front of it and then appeared behind it. But the next second, the monster disappeared in front of Shad like a maggot on the tarsal bone and appeared behind Shad. Obviously, Shad, who could not move again because of the ten-second interval between Lagra's jumps, could not move again.
The two mouths alternately bit the human in front of them viciously, but what escaped from their mouths was a large group of shiny butterflies. The group of butterflies soared into the sky, and the monster that landed also accumulated strength and rushed into the sky like a toad.
But this time, what it saw were dozens of silver moonlight rings flying out of the hands of humans who appeared under the starry sky:
"Imprisoning Light!"
Even though he could use the power of space to make his body virtual, those strange halos seemed to have a tracking effect, leaving bright light traces in the air to track him. After falling from the air, Xia De landed lightly and stomped his right foot on the ground again:
"Space Stabilization Aura!"
The monster was forced to reveal itself in the moonlit sky, and the next moment, its feet, four arms, two heads, and body were imprisoned by dozens of moonlight rings. At that moment, it seemed to be suspended in the air, while Shade on the ground raised his arms high:
"Moonlight Slash!"
He turned into a silver arc of light and soared into the sky. The silver arc of light streaked across the night sky, passed through the monster's body, and rushed towards the sea of stars shrouded in mist. Xia De's body appeared in the air, and then turned into a group of butterflies and flew towards the rooftop. The monster above the rooftop, which was pierced by the moonlight, split into two petals on the left and right before falling down.
Shade appeared in the butterfly swarm, adjusted his tie, and did not turn around to look at the monster's corpse that was gradually turning into ashes. Instead, he looked at the two ring sorcerers who did not participate in the battle because of his move. Their core spiritual runes were both "space", and it seemed that they could work together to use magic, which looked very interesting:
"Southerner?"
Shade asked, and the man with the monocle on his left eye nodded slightly. They were all frightened by Shade's sharp attack. Shade was one level higher than them, and he was much stronger than those of the same level. Therefore, the men who looked exactly the same even thought he was a local high-level warlock:
"Sorry, we had no intention of stealing your prey. We didn't know you had chased it here."
The man holding the compass bowed and spoke softly. Seeing that Xia De had no intention of fighting with them, he asked:
"Excuse me, do you still need the twin fissure-shaped vertebrae?"
Xia De didn't want to talk to them any more. He didn't know whether the two people opposite him had strong resistance to illusion and whether they could see his face. So he twisted his fingers, which was a universal gesture that could be understood by people from all countries.
Sure enough, the two people opposite showed expressions of sudden enlightenment. The ring wizard who did not take the compass took out his wallet from his pocket and took out the checkbook, but then put it back and took out two emeralds the size of the first knuckle of the thumb from the wallet compartment. The style of the gems was very ordinary, and it was impossible to track Shade through the whereabouts of the gems.
Shade didn't know how much the remains of the monster were worth, but he didn't care. The most important thing was to show Carina how powerful he was. So he didn't think about bargaining, but waved his hand. Under the guidance of the spell, the emerald fell into his hand. Still without saying a word, he turned and walked to the edge of the rooftop, then jumped down lightly.
The two people who looked the same waited cautiously for a while before approaching the body the size of a baby that was left in the ashes.
One person bent over to process the materials to ensure they could be used in the ceremony, while the other looked around to keep watch.
"Tobesk City is indeed very dangerous. We have only been here for less than three days and we have already encountered such a strong ring wizard."
The man holding the compass said, and the other man nodded in agreement:
"The man just now is probably more than just a nine-ringed one. It seems we can't stay here any longer. Once the Earl has dealt with the matter, we will leave immediately. The rumored God Summoner first appeared here, and this city has experienced the advent of the evil god, but it can still remain so prosperous... It is worthy of being the Pearl of the North."
They probably misunderstood something.
“Solved!”
Below the rooftop, a group of red butterflies fluttered and reentered the dressing room from the window. Xia De emerged from the group of butterflies, smiled, took out a translucent book from the bookshelf with the color of the starry sky beside him, and opened a page to show the scene of himself killing the enemy with one blow:
"Carina, look."
"very nice."
The witch praised with a smile, and then took the gold necklace from Shade's hand. As for the mirror, Tifa used a rabbit hair pen and the lip gloss in her makeup box to draw some runes on the mirror frame to prevent monsters from appearing again.
"I just met a strange ring wizard."
Shade also did not forget to mention the two people he met on the rooftop, but Miss Carina did not care. After all, in a big city like Tobesk, the probability of ring wizards appearing is much higher than in the countryside.
Now that she had time, she finally told Xia De what this relic mirror was:
"A document-level relic, the Mirror of the Brave. The mirror itself was made in the Fourth Epoch. It was originally an ordinary alchemical item that allowed the person holding the mirror to see some hidden seal traces and observe the monsters or relics inside the seal without affecting the seal effect. The original maker seemed to want to use this mirror to train his courage and enhance his mental resistance. But after the mirror became a relic, in addition to enhancing the original seal-breaking effect, it also had a negative feature: while breaking the seal, there is a chance that the seal will be directly broken, releasing the sealed monsters or even the evil creatures of the subspace."
"Please wait a moment. Is this mirror in front of us the relic you mentioned? Could it be that this dressing table is a product of the Fourth Era? To me, it looks like a product from four months ago."
Xia De asked his doubts, and the witch smiled and said:
"Don't worry, just listen to me.
The relic did have a physical body, but in the early Fifth Era, the mirror was broken due to an unrecorded accident. But the relic, the Brave Mirror, did not disappear. After losing its physical body, it transformed into an event-type relic because of its own long-standing legend. That is, the random mirror became the carrier of the Brave Mirror. While inheriting most of the characteristics of the original physical Brave Mirror, it can randomly release the subspace seal after the ring wizard frequently and continuously reflects itself for a long time or recites the spell I taught you. The more times it is used, the stronger the monster will be. If it is not used by the ring wizard for more than one year, the strength of the released subspace seal will be recalculated. "
This is also the reason why the witch clearly saw what it was, but still asked Shade to activate the mirror.
"Of course, because it is only clerical level, it can only reflect the seal that originally sealed the evil creatures in Pantanal, but it cannot break the seal. The monster released by the mirror cannot leave a certain distance from the mirror body within three hours, but if it cannot be re-sealed or killed during this period, the monster will be free. And if you defeat the released monster, the mirror will take the initiative to give you some of the 'treasures' that were once reflected in its mirror surface. Shade, look at the mirror."
Shade turned around and looked at the mirror whose properties were temporarily suppressed by Tifa's runes. He himself did not move, but the man in the mirror put his hand into his pocket. Then, Shade actually felt the right side of his pocket suddenly sink. When he touched his pocket again, he actually found a piece of red copper half the size of his palm.
"Orichalcum, also known as 'Orichalcum', is a strange spiritual metal. Some people believe it is the 'hardest metal given by God' and is often used to make armor or weapons. Although it is not as rare as mithril, it is also a hot commodity in the eyes of alchemists."
The witch said, and seeing Shade looking at the mirror thoughtfully, she smiled and asked:
"Why, do you want to challenge the mirror again because of the reward? This is also its negative characteristic. Don't be greedy, because no one knows what will be released next. Even the brave ones should control their greed."