Xia De reminded from the side:
"Priest, didn't you say that your potion and alchemy skills have improved greatly recently? If you have any precious potion formulas, you can make some for us."
He was referring to the potions and alchemical items that were related to the ancient knowledge of angels and could not be easily taken out. The old priest nodded in understanding:
"Please allow me to express my gratitude to you. Next, I will go and mix some unique potions. You will like them."
In addition to this most precious sage-level relic, the remaining two trophies are the Secret Keeper level (level 3) and the Clerk level (level 4).
The Secret Keeper-level relic is a fingernail, which is similar to the Mystic Eye, both of which require replacement of human body parts to function:
"A keeper-level relic - the hatred of the evil spirit. It can only be replaced with the nails of the middle and index fingers of the right hand. Its properties are very wide-ranging, enhancing the power related to hatred and undead, and enhancing any magic that requires hand gestures and seals to cast. In addition, the hand wearing this nail can directly contact spirits, and will be regarded as the same as most spirits if they do not actively attack. As for the negative properties..."
The doctor shrugged.
"Your body temperature will be lower than that of a normal person, and your hatred will be amplified. If you use it frequently, there is a possibility that your body will be usurped by an ancient evil spirit whose name cannot be called out. I do not recommend that the four of you choose this relic. It is very evil."
There are fine lines engraved on the nails, and Xia De rubs them with his fingertips to make "her" feel the existence of those letters. The meaning is probably:
Hate everything, hate yourself.
"None of us intend to replace part of ourselves with a relic."
Dorothy spoke for everyone:
"Doctor, do you think it would be better to donate this relic to the college, or sell it to Mr. Copps, who is in the corpse material business?"
Everyone knows that Papa John does not accept any relics related to human body materials.
"Donate it to the academy. Even though it's a bit of a loss, it's more appropriate to leave this kind of highly dangerous relic to the academy."
As for the last clerical-level relic, it was a wooden blowpipe dart. Although it was a rare weapon type, it was only rated as "clerical-level" because its only characteristics were "infinity" and "coma".
Both Dorothy and Dr. Schneider were interested in the relic. Dorothy wanted to give it to the "hunter" in the story, but Dr. Schneider gave up the relic because he had already taken the mind mirror. The ownership of the relic belonged to Dorothy.
Of course, in addition to the relics, the ring wizards defeated by the five members of the team also had other miscellaneous items on them, and the doctor took the opportunity of this group meeting to distribute them to everyone.
As for the piece of refined gold ore that Xia De seized alone, it was also something to be shared together, but in the end Xia De took it away.
All in all, although Xia De didn't get anything valuable and just held the cat and watched the money in front of him increase, this kind of group mission is indeed a rare opportunity that is bound to yield significant gains.
The doctor only arranged one or two missions a year because he took into consideration that everyone had their own lives and worries. In fact, if Xia De's group was willing to take it, there would be many missions in the civilized hinterland of Tobysk, which was difficult for the college to reach. In particular, their group was indeed the strongest correspondence student group in the region.
Because everyone gained something, everyone was in a good mood during the study session that afternoon. The doctor asked the clinic's servants to prepare some baked cookies in advance, so even Mia was in a good mood.
In addition to "sharing the spoils", the doctor also mentioned the summer exam week again. At the same time, Luvia also applied to the academy for a new magic:
"I'm about to reach the sixth ring... Why are you so surprised? Didn't Xia De level up faster than me? And after the doctor was promoted from the fifth ring to the sixth ring, didn't he also reach the seventh ring very quickly?"
The female fortune teller asked her companions, and after considering what she said, they felt that her promotion speed was not so exaggerated.
Shade had nothing important to do this week. Apart from submitting two course papers, he only asked the college about skipping from the current fourth grade to the sixth grade during the summer exam. This was also Miss Danister's request to him, so even though theoretically he could not skip grades continuously and could not take the upgrade exam during the summer exam week, the college had already made relevant arrangements.
When the meeting was over that afternoon, Shad asked Dorothy and Luvia, who were going to borrow Luvia's coins in the evening, to leave first, while he planned to discuss other matters with Father Augustus.
Instead of leaving in a carriage, they walked to Regent's Park, which was very close to Roentgen Avenue where Dr. Schneider's clinic was located.
The arrival of spring has brought life to this famous Tobysk park. On Saturday afternoons, there are many people here, including male and female students from the university district who come for dates, middle-class citizens who come to play with their children, and of course, students from the art college who are sketching by the lake, and young people who come from nowhere who are sitting on the grass playing Rhodes cards.
Shade and Priest Augustus stood under a tree far away from the crowd, overlooking the artificial lake. Shade took out the box from his body, gave the priest the bone fragment he had obtained from the grave of the grave robber in the Green Lake City Public Cemetery, and explained the current situation:
"There are few clues about the tomb robbers. I am still investigating the owner of the fountain pen, a low-level sorcerer. But honestly, I don't think the tomb robbers have any more clues about the remains. The real clues should be on the island in the middle of Green Lake. The first Lord Clain Edwards may have more remains."
The old priest frowned slightly:
"You just said that the other party is a fortune teller of the thirteenth ring?"
He looked at the white bone fragment in his hand, but did not dissuade Xia De from going there again:
"This is really dangerous. In this case... when are you going to visit the island next time?"
Megan said it would take her about a week to collect other materials related to the key of "Orichalcum":
"As early as next Tuesday, but it could be Wednesday or Thursday."
"Well, come find me before you leave and I'll give you some good stuff. Although it won't give you the power to defeat the Mirror Man, at least you won't be in such a mess."
The priest smiled:
"As the number of remains increases, I become stronger and stronger. This has nothing to do with the level of the Ringmaster. After all, the Ringmaster is a form of power that only appeared in this era. Of course, the level of the Ringmaster is also important. You see, Annat is also going to level up, so I have been considering whether to be promoted to the fourth ring recently. This is really interesting."
From the priest's tone, it seemed that he could be promoted if he wanted to. And "strength is not only related to the level of the ring warlock", when Shade digested the twisted filth of the earth and wondered why he could not obtain the "earth" spirit rune, he heard "her" mention it.
The stranger nodded silently:
"Things at Green Lake are very complicated. We may need your help later."
"You are actually helping me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to go so far to find something."
As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a noise coming from the lake. Looking down the hill, the police were clashing with two young students. Judging from the noise coming from the wind, the police suspected that the two were related to the Carsenrick spy.
"Recently, this kind of thing has been happening more and more in the city."
Priest Augustus on the side said that Shad did not respond, but watched one of the two young men suddenly jump into the lake and escape. Then gunshots rang out, breaking the tranquility of the park on that spring afternoon.
Blood flowers bloomed on the lake, a rich color unique to the spring of 1854.
After saying goodbye to the priest, Shad took Mia home in a carriage. Although it was Saturday, Shad and Dorothy had classes, Shad, Dorothy and Luvia had dinner together.
When they returned home after dinner, the elegant gas street lamps around St. Teresa's Square had already been lit. The glass lampshades emitted an ambiguous warm yellow light. In the hazy halo, the three of them came to the door of No. 6 together, and then the shadows entered the door one by one.
"Are you sure you really want to do this?"
In the master bedroom of Room 1 on the second floor, Dorothy was already lying flat on Shad's bed, while Shad and Luvia were standing beside the bed, the latter holding the two ghost iron coins.
None of them were very supportive of Dorothy's way of experiencing the feeling of death without a body, but Goldilocks insisted on doing it.
She was already very familiar with Xia De's bed, so she would not feel uncomfortable lying on it. Her beautiful green eyes looked at Xia De's face:
"If you move faster, this can be finished in a few minutes. We might be able to do more interesting things this evening. Besides, hasn't Shade already arranged a ritual to protect the soul under the bed?"
The gas lamps on the bedroom wall illuminated the three people, as well as little Mia, who was curled up on Shad's pillow, and the cat was very interested in the scene.
"Then we have to make a deal. You will only be given thirty seconds. After thirty seconds, you must return to your body."
Shade warned, and the blonde girl smiled and nodded as she lay on the bed.
"No problem. In fact, twenty seconds is enough. Luvia, you count the time. Let's start now. Oh, Shade, please turn off the lights. The relic will work better in a dark environment."
Then the lights in the room went out, and Little Mia was picked up by Shad to prevent the cat from touching Dorothy.
Two white candles were lit and placed on the bedside table. After Dorothy closed her eyes, Luvia leaned over and placed two coins on her left and right eyelids.