"Doctor, can you tell where this is?"
"There's only sand here, and I don't have the ability to taste the sand to know where it came from."
The blue-eyed middle-aged man on the roof shook his head and squinted his eyes to look into the distance of the desert:
"In order to track down demons, I have been to many places, but I have never been to desert areas. Demons tend to appear in places where humans live. There are only sealed demons in such desolate areas, and such sealed beings are the most difficult to find."
"I've been in the Green Lake area for a while now, and I haven't encountered any demons there... Actually, I have."
He briefly described the glass bottle filled with colorful smoke and the blue giant spirit that appeared from the river in the past "Seven Days Travel Story", and the doctor showed a look of realization:
"This is quite famous, the Sage-level relic, Greed's Reward. Make a wish, it comes true, and then you get into trouble. The characteristics are as simple as that. The demon that was sealed in the bottle and became a part of the relic is called 'Wish Demon-Zatanna'. Just as humans can become a relic, demons can certainly become one too. Moreover, it was only after being sealed that it got into trouble and became a relic."
"Can you swallow this?"
The wind was strong and there was no need to worry about Luvia, who was spreading salt, hearing this conversation.
"Of course not. I can absorb the original power of the devil, not the power of the relic. The whispering element is not that easy to deal with. If the opponent becomes a relic, he can no longer be considered a pure ancient evil spirit devil. To give a simple example, you can eat tomatoes, but you definitely can't eat tomatoes that have become relics."
As he spoke, the gravel on the roof surface that was rolling in the strong wind began to vibrate.
Luvia, who was standing under the roof, reminded the two loudly:
"Something is coming from underground."
In fact, there was no need for her to remind him, because as the ground shook violently, multi-legged sandworms that were taller than the warehouse had already crawled out of the sand.
It had multiple legs, limbs, and its open mouth was covered with densely packed sharp barbs. After coming face to face with this thing, Xia De was worried that he would not be able to sleep well afterwards.
"Are you going to do it or should I?"
He asked while watching the sandworm's movements, and the doctor signaled Shade not to do anything:
"Let me do it. I was supposed to help you in the Randall Valley, but I ended up doing almost nothing except helping Annat defeat a strange creature. After returning to Tobesk, I couldn't fight at full strength in the city. This is a good opportunity to show you how a Seventh Ring Warlock fights."
The doctor said this, but he did not summon his life ring. He glared at the sandworm that was about to attack, and the momentum of the moment actually made the huge worm stop its movement stiffly.
Then, the doctor cut open his palm with a dagger and threw his blood forward. As the blood spilled on the sand, large wriggling shadows took shape under the starry night in the desert. Then, a towering "giant" burning with flames appeared in front of the warehouse, grabbed the giant worm, and pulled it out of the sand.
"Flame Demon?"
"It's not a complete Balrog. I got inspiration after reading your book, The Book of Malbas Demons. In the past, I borrowed the power of demons myself, but in fact, I can summon the power of the devoured demons sleeping in my body."
His hands suddenly pulled to the left and right, and the Balrog did the same thing, tearing the giant sandworm into two pieces. The worm, which had a strong vitality, was not dead yet, but then the black mud of "Human Pus" spurted out of the Balrog's mouth, symbolizing the deepest dark power, which completely corroded the worm.
Unlike in the forest, this time the enemy was only this sandworm. Luvia moved quickly and completed the containment and reinforcement of the coffin before the second enemy appeared.
The desert's dim night sky disappeared, and the misty night scene of Tobesk reappeared. Dorothy and Father Augustus jumped from the warehouse yard to the roof and asked about what happened. Dr. Schneider immediately closed his eyes and turned to let Shade answer, fearing that they would see the horrible scene in his eyes.
Luvia looked outside from the warehouse door, and for a moment she didn't understand why the big noise was caused by Shade or Dr. Schneider.
In her opinion, both of them have such abilities:
"Why would I think that?"
The purple-eyed girl asked herself puzzledly.
This night seemed longer than any other night. The "desert" appeared at around 10 p.m. Then, at midnight, the relic had problems again. This time, the scene that appeared after the spatial disorder was an island of a small area, and the warehouse was located at the edge of the island.
As for the enemies that appeared, they were the water ghosts that Xia De was very familiar with. There were no very powerful individuals among the enemies this time, but the scene of densely packed water ghosts landing from the water and charging towards the warehouse was still terrifying.
Although there were many of them, it was quite easy to deal with them this time. Priest Augustus snapped his fingers, and the serial corpse explosion technique detonated the first water ghost, followed by a series of explosions. This kind of magic, where a corpse explodes and can detonate another corpse in the vicinity, is very convenient in dealing with this kind of situation.
After midnight, the number of patrol police in the warehouse area increased for some reason. The "martial law tonight" mentioned by the patrol police when the carriage was heading here became a reality. Dr. Schneider even went to ask the police passing by the warehouse gate, but he didn't get any valuable clues.
Around 1:30 a.m., a man with a gunshot wound stumbled through the area. However, he didn't look like he would die for a while, and the team was still on a mission, so they ignored him.
At two o'clock, Shade heard Dorothy say in the yard that the man who just passed by seemed to be the person that MI6 was looking for. Of course, that was not the unknown noble family of Delarie, but the waiter who was responsible for receiving the nobles.
Because of the gunshot wound, he eventually did not escape the pursuit of MI6. However, Resia regretfully informed Shade through Dorothy that Shade had committed suicide by biting the poison sac in his teeth.
The fourth strange change of the coffin occurred at 3:17 in the morning. At that time, Shad and the doctor continued to chat on the roof of the warehouse, and Dorothy was guarding the coffin in the camp of the warehouse. When Tobesk disappeared in the night and the endless cemetery scene appeared, Father Augustus and Luvia in the courtyard did not follow.
"Where is this cemetery? Why is it so big?"
The doctor looked around suspiciously. Just as Xia De was about to speak, he heard the girl in the warehouse say in a panic:
"Someone help me, something is wrong this time, the coffin is vibrating and something inside is knocking!"
"Shad, you go. Remember, you cannot open it under any circumstances."
The doctor frowned. The information provided by the academy did not mention this situation:
"Maybe the environment here affected it. This cemetery is very strange. You and Louisa go and deal with it, and I'll leave the rest."
When Shade jumped off the roof and returned to the warehouse, he immediately saw the match girl carrying a small basket and the sleeping princess dressed in a sky blue dress, who were working together to suppress the violent shaking of the coffin.
Dorothy nervously sprinkled the refined salt in her hand beside the campfire, but after the salt came into contact with the coffin, only one-third of it remained, and the rest melted almost immediately. The whispering element that was originally suppressed by the coffin was rapidly spreading to the surroundings. As the knocking sound in the metal coffin became louder and louder, the angel-level relic had begun to directly affect the surrounding environment.
Dang~
The Night's Watcher was placed flat on the surface of the coffin by Shad. Although the relics contained in the coffin were suspected to be stronger than Shad's sword, fortunately, the Night's Watcher could exert his full strength, while the relics in the coffin could not.
The clear yellow rune of "My heart is clear, the sword kills the devil" became brighter and brighter in the light of the silver sword, and the vibration of the coffin was gradually suppressed.
"Shad, quick!"
So Shad, Dorothy and the two summoned girls sprinkled salt together, while the winged humanoid corpse that appeared outside the warehouse flew into the air and fought with Dr. Schneider.
Fire, lava, black mirror, mud, the doctor showed a fighting power far beyond that of a normal middle ring warlock, and when the last rotten corpse was cracked and fell to the ground, Shad and Dorothy also successfully suppressed the relic. However, after the spatial disorder ended, Shad did not take back the Night's Watch.
The whispering element did not completely curl up into the coffin, which means that the power of the contained relics has not subsided, but it cannot cause other strange phenomena because of the existence of the Night Watchman.
Shad asked Father Augustus and Luvia to go into the warehouse together to guard the coffin with Dorothy, while he returned to the roof and informed the doctor of the current situation:
"We can't go on like this. Once this relic breaks out of containment, we won't be able to deal with it no matter how powerful we are."
"I'll ask the academy."
The doctor said, sending a letter to the college through the manuscript paper. Because the team was carrying out a special mission, the college's reply came back quickly even in the middle of the night. The doctor unfolded the letter with the school emblem and took a look at it, then handed it to Xia De:
"Based on our description, the academy believes that the power of the cemetery stimulated the remains in the coffin. The sudden riot of the power of the relics caused problems with the coffin itself, which was used as a containment measure. However, there is a solution. Next time there is a problem, putting a cat or a black crow on the coffin lid can effectively solve the problem. As for the problem with the coffin itself, the next group of ring sorcerers who take over the task after dawn will deal with it."
"Crow? I can't find that for now, but a cat?"
Xia De raised his eyebrows:
"How about I catch one now? There are a lot of stray cats in the city, and I heard a lot of cat meowing nearby tonight."
After all, spring has arrived.
"The academy said that it would be best to use a cat or a crow with certain special abilities. This is the safest way..."
The doctor looked at Xia De with some embarrassment, and Xia De nodded:
"Well, I'll get Little Mia here. This is a little dangerous for her, so when I come back, I'll take care of the coffin."
Now Little Mia was at Lesia's place, so Shad called Dorothy out alone under the pretext of checking whether the reconnaissance ritual in the courtyard was damaged in the previous battle, and then explained the matter of Little Mia to her.
"No problem. I'll talk to Resia. Although she's already asleep, our communication won't stop because of sleep. I'll ask her to bring Mia to meet you now."
"Already asleep? No, no, don't let Leicia go out."
Shade shook his head:
"I'll use the crystal slippers to go home, and then go to the entrance of Yodel Palace. Let Leicia send someone to take Mia to the door. The cat won't miss me."
The blonde girl pursed her lips and looked at him:
"You really are... Well, I'll ask Resia to arrange a carriage to take you back. Be careful on the road. After all, we are still under martial law tonight."
Throwing the crystal slipper in the city of Tobesk, the spirit consumed does not even need to be replenished with a pink bottle. When Shad arrived at the Yodel Palace, because he came too fast, the carriage and cat were not in place yet.
But he didn't have to wait long before he was greeted by a maid holding a cat and a carriage ready to take him to the west of the city. But when he got closer, he saw that the red-haired maid in a black and white maid dress who got off the carriage holding the cat was clearly Leicia:
"How could I not come to see you?"
The princess said in a scolding tone. The sleepy cat suddenly perked up when he saw Shade.
"Meow~"
Shade hugged Mia, and then gave Leicia a hug:
"Go back and rest. I'll take care of the warehouse matters."
She must have gotten up from the bed in a hurry, and even her hair was simply tied up with a maid's headband with ruffled lace. The smell of perfume was very light, but this smell was just right for Shade.
"You've worked hard, too."
Her Royal Highness the Princess stood on tiptoe and kissed Xia De's cheek, then motioned Xia De to look at her outfit:
"How about this maid dress? Maybe I can keep one in your house."
"Of course... I mean, we can discuss this topic next time we meet."
Under the gas street lamp on the side of Silver Cross Avenue, the red-haired girl smiled brightly.