"Is this heart a relic?"
Before opening the safe, the whispering element was still very slight, but when he saw the heart, Shade knew it must be a relic. He felt cold, and at the same time, during the group mission last Thursday night, after being stared at by the remains of the nameless person, the feeling of emptiness in his heart inexplicably emerged again, but fortunately it was not very serious:
"Heart-related relics, especially those that can be contained in the human body, seem to have a danger level starting at the Secret Keeper level. How could a low-level warlock like him have such a good thing?!"
Shade said in amazement, while the witch paid more attention to the letters:
"It was given to him by the cult to fuse with corpses to cultivate special water ghosts. This was also the result of the Truth Society's research in the past, but the Truth Society has now begun researching the perfect fusion of relics and the human body."
This Shad knew that the ring sorcerer who kept coming back to life that he and Priest Augustus discovered in the cemetery last fall was a researcher of the Truth Society.
"It seems that this is the most important thing here. This is the most important base of Rotten Eye Barry, but it should not be his most important laboratory. Let's go, I will take these letters back to check, I hope to gain something."
"What should we do with this relic?"
Shade asked, but he was not interested in this:
"You can't just leave it alone, can you?"
"I'm not interested in it either. So, either have my followers take it to a suitable place for safekeeping, or make it into a trap and give Barry a surprise when he returns."
Xia De nodded, thinking that both options were acceptable. Seeing that the relic was still stable, he reached out and touched the glass jar, wanting to confirm the specific condition of the relic before making any plans.
The moment his palm touched the wall of the glass container, the coldness flowed through his fingertips to his whole body, but besides the coldness, there was also the illusion that his heart was hollowed out.
At that moment, all the joy and beauty in the world disappeared, even hatred and disgust disappeared. The stranger felt that he had become a heartless person, and the things he once loved and cherished were no longer important. In other words, everything in this world was no longer important. Indifference, forgetfulness of everything, arose spontaneously, but he did not think it was a mistake, it was a crime... ...
Take your hands away.
"She" reminded gently, and the voice woke up Shade. He quickly took his finger away, and then not only saw the witch beside him looking at him worriedly, but also found that his fingertips were covered with a layer of frost. The heart in the jar was still quietly emitting fine bubbles.
He was surprised at his own rash behavior, and was at a loss as to what to do when this feeling occurred to him for the second time:
"The feeling just now... was really terrible. How could I not care about Luvia, Resia, Dorothy, Carina, and Mia? Besides, I have a house in the Royal Plaza. Of course, this world is very important to me!"
Outsider, you touched the whisper.
Stranger, you have some understanding of "indifference" and "heart".
"Are you okay?"
The lady with brown shoulder-length hair beside her said worriedly:
"The expression you had just now was horrible. I can't describe how I felt, but it was as if... you were leaving this world."
She gently grasped Xia De's hand and shivered from the coldness of that hand:
"Look, heart-type relics are evil. If you're uncomfortable, let's stop here today, shall we? My followers can do the rest."
"No, no, it's just that... it feels like there's a piece missing from my chest."
Xia De's condition was not as relaxed as he said. He pressed his left hand against his chest and his breathing rate was faster than usual. It was not that the gray-white heart had such a big impact on him when it was not triggered, but the sequelae of being watched by the remains of the nameless person that the team was responsible for guarding last week had not completely disappeared.
Luvia said it would take at least a week, and now it seems she was right.
The angel-level relic failed to wipe him out because of the divinity in Shad's soul, but the impact it brought was definitely not something that would disappear easily. Last time, Mia was in his arms, and there were four people from the team around him, but this time, he could only feel the warmth of the lady holding his hand.
"You don't look like you're okay. Please tell me the truth. What's going on?"
The witch with brown shawl hair became more and more worried, so Shade had to admit:
"Last week, I was accidentally affected by an out-of-control angel-level relic... It was related to nothingness, emptiness, indifference and emptiness."
"The relics transported by St. Byron? Oh, I know that! It almost caused a disaster in Tobesk. Yes, an outstanding student like you from St. Byron could have been involved. I remember one of the stops was very close to Green Lake."
She continued to hold Shade's hand and took out a bottle of cheerful orange-yellow potion from her bag:
"Drink this and try it."
The potion had bubbles in it, and it tasted like lemon soda. The taste was similar to some drink from home, which made the stranger feel a little better:
"What is this? A joy potion?"
"Yes, but my friend with the Thirteenth Ring and I have improved the formula. Whenever I feel mentally disturbed, I drink something that reminds me of happy things."
Speaking of herself, she could better understand Xia De's feelings at the moment, and the worry in her eyes became stronger:
"Let my followers do the rest. You take a rest first."
Xia De also knew that there was something wrong with his mental state. Fortunately, after four hours of sleep, Yue Zhimeng could recover:
"I need to rest for four hours at noon. But it's still early, so we can set off again in the afternoon."
The witch nodded slightly, took a look at the relic, and decided to leave it here as a trap. No matter how valuable the relic is, safety must be considered:
"Do you need me to hug you? Just like you saved me last time. I know how you feel now. Maybe you need some gentle comfort."
She asked boldly, and admired her own courage in her heart. Other witches would never make such suggestions to men.
Shade hesitated:
"Thanks."
Audrey and Megan controlled their expressions, their hearts beat slightly faster, and their faces turned slightly red due to the expansion of capillaries. She tried to open her arms to hug Shad, but saw that Shad turned into a ball of light, and then a silver-white cat jumped out from the light and ran into her arms.
The witch's expression froze, and she subconsciously hugged the silver-white cat. Although the cat looked beautiful, it was a little different from what she thought.
As Shad turned into a cat, his belongings also fell to the ground, which could not be transformed together. But fortunately, he only brought the twenty-sided dice of fate and the black time key with him this time.
"Sure enough, transforming from a human into a cat can effectively relieve the physical discomfort caused by the mental state. I don't know if this is related to the characteristics of cats as animals, or if it is simply because cats have smaller brain capacity."
Shade Cat said, and then explained:
"Last time I saw you drink the potion and turn into a cat, I also tried to learn Transfiguration. It turns out that I do have some talent."
"Cats are one of the few creatures that can innately sense abnormal fluctuations, similar to dragons. If you observe carefully, you can find that cats' ability to seek benefits and avoid harm in the extraordinary realm is significantly higher than that of other animals."
The witch instinctively explained, then sighed inwardly with regret.
"But this is not bad, at least it's progress."
Audrey in her heart whispered, and Megan agreed.
She was holding Shade Cat and was about to say something, but suddenly she was startled and looked outside into the rain:
"Someone is coming."
"What?"
"Someone broke in. He's not an ordinary person, but a ring sorcerer, and his level is not low."
She noticed that Shade was trying to jump out of her arms and transform into a human, so she grabbed Shade:
"No, you don't need to change back. It shouldn't be Gao Huan. There are only two people. The other party has already discovered that something is wrong here and is also testing it."
"Who would be so interested in Bad Eye Barry?"
Shade Cat said, and the witch shook her head cautiously:
"It seems that this heart really cannot be taken away... I want to see who it is."
She picked up two of Shade's relics, gathered the materials she wanted to take away, and finally tampered with the bottle containing the heart, ensuring that it would break no matter who touched it. Then, she carried Shade the cat back to the first floor of the house and looked outside through the frosted glass door.
In fact, this house has two doors. The iron door that opens outwards is practical, and the glass door, which is more decorative than practical, is used when people are around. Because the Glass City is so close, there are many glass products in Green Lake City. On both sides of this door, you can't see what the people outside look like. You can only see the shadows of people swaying in the strange light.
The two ring mages who broke into this area were very cautious. It took them twenty minutes to complete the journey that just now took Shade and the pharmacist lady only a few minutes to complete.
When the two approached the building located at the intersection of two roads in the rain, Megan, who had been prepared for a while, took action immediately.
The rain, like a line of large pearls, originally hit the umbrellas of the two brothers in black windbreakers in a regular pattern. But when the two crossed an invisible boundary, the falling raindrops were like the sharpest blades, piercing through the umbrellas and falling on the heads and shoulders of the two men.
But they had already noticed the abnormality here and had been on guard against attacks, so they reacted to this unknown magic immediately.
The two held hands, and the rain curtain that was about to touch them was transferred to a location ten feet away out of thin air, and then hit the ground to create dense small pits.