"We won't take anything that's not what we're looking for, that's guaranteed."
"No need to promise. I believe you. Judging from the four questions I asked just now, you are the most upright person I have ever met... Are you really not the son of a fallen old god?"
Miss Beas asked the question with a smile, but she knew it was impossible.
Shade shook his head:
"Since you trust me so much, let's split this thing equally."
Xia De firmly controlled his cat, then carefully placed the withered finger bone he had been holding in his hand on the table:
"You stopped the person who was using the relic, and I found this relic, so we split it equally. Now tell me, what is this relic, and does it really have the property of making people immortal?"
Xia De let out a long breath, and the cat's tail touched his chin:
"I'm curious."
"Yes, I am fully aware of the characteristics of this relic. After all, the conflict between me and the tomb robber Hawthorne has been going on for a long time. That happened when I was training in the Church. I followed a team to go out on field trips and see the world, and then..."
She paused and smiled sadly:
"I encountered the grave robber Hawthorne and the Silver Eyed Man, but I was the only one who survived. Whether it was the captain who took good care of me, or the funny old gentleman who liked to tell jokes during the operation... Detective, you have avenged yourself today, half of your revenge."
This was the first time Xia De knew why she was so obsessed with the Silver Eyed One:
"Next, I have to dig out the eyes of the Silver-Eyed One with my own hands to put an end to this matter... ... Let's not talk about this anymore. Let me introduce this relic, a Secret Keeper-level relic, the Yin Corpse's Bones. As for immortality, it can indeed achieve a certain degree of immortality."
She said this while holding her chin in her hand, in a mocking tone.
“Are there any side effects?”
"The side effects are quite significant. Under the full red moon, insert this finger bone into your own heart to kill yourself. Afterwards, the body is buried in the cemetery. After 24 hours of resurrection, it has a nearly immortal body. It will not age, has no fatal points, and is extremely difficult to kill unless burned to ash all at once. But from then on, the user must ensure that the remains of the Infernal Corpse cannot leave their surroundings and cannot be touched by anyone, otherwise the immortality property will disappear and their own power will decline sharply until the remains of the Infernal Corpse are taken back."
That's why Miss Beas wins almost immediately after Shad gets the phalanx.
"People who gain immortality through the remains of the Inferi will have bodies that are almost the same as corpses, but they will not rot. All emotions will gradually disappear, and they will not have any physiological reactions, including eating. According to the information I found in the church library, once the immortality is obtained through the ritual I mentioned, the undead will become more and more like a zombie within 10 years, until their souls and minds are completely obliterated, turning into true Inferi. This process is irreversible, and even if the remains are lost, only the immortality will be lost, and the progress of the corpse transformation will not change."
"Oh, that sounds horrible."
Shade commented dryly, he knew that "immortality" was not so easy to achieve.
Holding his cat, he moved away from the bone on the table. But now that he knew its characteristics and understood that the engravings on it were not a triggering spell, he tried to decipher the meaning of those strange words.
Those who fear death will eventually become part of death.
Although the side effects of this phalanx are strong, the positive effect of giving the user a certain degree of "immortality" is equally strong, making it a rare Secret Keeper-level relic. The other relics of the same dangerous level that Shade has seen and heard of are the twenty-sided dice of fate, the ring of transformation, the forged philosopher's stone, and the disassembled puppeteer's script. Almost all of these things are not simple.
The Spear of Kindness held by Shade was restrained by the relic with immortality. He thought it would take him a long time to encounter something like this.
But neither he nor Miss Beatrice had the idea of using the remains of the Infernal Corpse. One of them was a ring sorcerer who was being trained as the focus of the academy, and the other was a young female sorceress with great potential in the Church of the Positive God. Both of them had a bright future, and there was no need for them to use such dangerous relics to gain power.
So, the two finally decided to sell it as they were both short of money.
"I was transferred to this parish a few months ago, so I'm not familiar with the local black market. Detective, you go and handle it. After you sell it, remember that half of the money is mine. Don't worry about the stolen goods. The church can't trace the things on the gravedigger, and no one knows where he dug them from."
"Do you trust me so much? Aren't you worried that I'll run away with the money? Or is it because of the four questions just now?"
Shad asked, and then heard the cat in his arms yawn. Mia noticed Shad looking at it, so she buried her head in her stomach, and the whole cat curled up into a cat ball.
"I said, I trust you. If I trust you, I won't doubt you. I have a unique gift that allows me to know the balance of good and evil in a person, which is why I have few friends."
The young girl said, sighing and looking at Shade's cat:
"Detective, since we are going to continue our cooperation, I must remind you to be careful in the near future. You are still only a first-ring sorcerer, and this world is very dangerous for you."
This was not the first time Xia De had heard similar words.
"I won't go into details about the recent incident at Lakeview Manor. The more secretive thing is that last night, at about this time, the evil god laid eyes on the city, and then an unknown high-level warlock directly deployed a puzzle in the city that was described as a near-miracle... Detective Hamilton, I have few friends, so you must be careful."
Shad didn't know how to respond to such words. He didn't plan to tell Miss Beatrice for the time being that those things were related to him. Instead, he wanted to wait until he gained Miss Annat's complete trust before telling her.
"I'll be careful."
"Detective, I really envy your life, leisurely, safe, free..."
Miss Beatrice looked at the lazy orange cat and murmured to herself, "Everyone has their own troubles." Looking at the tired girl in front of him, Shad had a deeper understanding of this sentence.
"By the way, how old are you?"
The stranger suddenly asked, and Miss Beatrice was stunned:
"Seventeen, what's wrong?"
Only young girls can talk about their age without any hesitation.
"nothing."
He felt even more compassion for her.
The voice beside him chuckled, seeming to agree, but also seemed to be mocking. The chosen ones were entangled in endless fate. At this moment, Iluna Beias was right in front of Shade. Looking at her, Shade was really glad that he was just a "spectator".