Megan stood up at once:
"How is it possible? There is actually..."
Xia De signaled her not to be so nervous:
"Oh, please relax. I just said that there is a high probability that it exists, and it should be on the 'other island', otherwise my eyes would have discovered it long ago. And I also want to correct a common sense mistake of yours. Evil spirits and demons have actually existed since the oldest era, but they only became a disaster in the Third Era. Of course, what we are facing should not be that old."
"Of course I know. But this is troublesome. Do you understand what a demon means? Even if I recover to the eleventh ring, I may not be able to handle this matter."
"Please listen to me."
Xia De comforted him, and at the same time, he did not forget to feed the cut apple to the cat squatting on his lap very obediently:
"Of course I know what those ancient evil spirits mean. In fact, I have encountered them frequently in the past six months. Look at this."
He threw the ring he brought out from the basement to Megan, who took it and found that the ring was black iron in color, and the ring face was made of a darker, simple black iron. The ring face was rectangular, slightly convex around and concave inside, but the pattern inside the rectangle was convex.
The sorceress frowned as she looked at the pattern, and soon found the meaning of the pattern from her memory:
"Secret Keeper-level relic - Demon Hunting Seal?"
Xia De has two of these seals. The first one was from the case left by Detective Sparrow - looking for a doctor to treat eye diseases, and the second one was from the bottom of the lake when he was looking for "Stone Mirror Demon-Goethe" in Randall River Valley two months ago. The latter one is now in Yin Luna's hands, and Xia De's one is still the first one.
"Yes, I have had this seal in my hands for almost a year. During this year, I have encountered all kinds of demons. Actually, I am looking for demons with a purpose. I am not a demon hunter like those in ancient times, but I have a professional demon hunter by my side."
Xia De was very relieved about this:
"You don't have to worry about the demons. I'll take care of it. I just need to find clues and determine who the demon is that is suspected of cooperating with your ancestors on the island. Then my friend can come to the local area to solve the problem."
"You are becoming more and more mysterious."
She said, handing the ring back to Shade:
"You found this key. Do I need to give you any reward?"
She mentioned the key again. Shade thought for a moment and realized that he had to go to Midhill Castle to take care of the blood test, so he had to eat quickly.
"How about treating me to dinner? Look at this cat. If I don't eat, it will bite me."
"Meow~"
"And I have to pack one more copy. A friend of mine is doing astrology at my place. There will be a lunar eclipse on Wednesday next week, and she wants to record the recent star map. My room is quite big, so it's more convenient to place the astrology equipment there."
Megan nodded and showed a teasing expression again:
"Is that the female fortune teller from the Prophet Association who provided you with information?"
"Yes."
The witch didn't say anything else, but thought that after the incident in the Green Lake area was over, she might be able to meet the other girls around the man in front of her. She was still very confident in her own methods.
This time we still had our meal on the cruise ship, but the rain stopped and the night sky was clear, so we could dine on the deck while enjoying the scenery of the east and west banks of the Rhine River.
After dinner, Megan did not forget to use a lunch box to pack food for Shade. I don't know what her mentality was. Shade clearly said that it was only for one person to eat, and the food she gave Shade in the end was enough for Shade to consume for a whole day.
In addition, before the two said goodbye, the witch's followers sent new news, which was related to the Ring of Mood. So Megan did not forget to remind Shade to come again this Saturday morning. The ring has been confirmed to be obtained.
Nothing interesting happened that night. After returning home and reminding Luvia to have dinner, Shad went to Midhill Castle to identify the blood.
The result was similar to what Shad had expected. Although the proportions of the four people's dominant bloodlines were different, the composition of those four bloods was basically the same as Megan and Audrey's bloodlines, and everyone had a part of the "unknown" bloodline component.
In other words, Alphonse Edwards, the fourth generation suspected adopted son, is also of pure Edwards blood. The traces of human body refinement have long been deeply engraved in the family's blood.
Shade was not in a hurry to go to Green Lake on Thursday to tell Megan about this. When he woke up early on Thursday morning, he was actually thinking about using the time key to complete the last leg of the "seven-day trip". Compared with the short rest opportunity that comes with the time key, getting the "strong spatial perception" in advance may be more useful.
When he woke up the purple-eyed girl who was unwilling to get up from the bed for breakfast, the time key covered with fine cracks was placed on the dining table. Shade planned to eat a full meal before leaving. But before he left, an unexpected guest visited here.
It was 7:30 in the morning, and when the bell downstairs rang, Xia De was surprised who would visit at this time. It was possible that the girls who came at this time had the key to this place.
I went downstairs and opened the door, and saw two strangers standing outside, a man and a woman. The man had an old face, and looked to be in his fifties; the woman was a little younger, but at least around thirty-five.
The two were dressed like northerners from Drarion, and both looked dusty, so it was hard to tell what their identities were. However, both were ring sorcerers, and both were about six rings.
Xia De looked at the visitors hesitantly:
"Hello? Who are you looking for?"
"Are you Mr. Shad Suren Hamilton?"
The old man asked, and Shade nodded:
"Yes, welcome to Hamilton Detective Agency. Um... are you a client?"
He himself knew that this was impossible.
"No, we are not clients."
The woman explained, lowering her voice:
"It was Ms. Elsa Iceberg who asked us to come. She said you had something to talk to us about."
Xia De understood now.
"Elsa Asberg" is the name of the thirteenth ring warlock "Winter Singer" of the Winter Choir. After the group activity ended last Friday morning, she asked Shade what he wanted to talk to them about. At that time, Shade did not tell them about the founding space, and Ms. Asberg was anxious to take away the black metal coffin, so she said she would arrange someone to find Shade later.
After nearly a week, they finally arrived.
"Welcome, please come in. I didn't expect you to come this morning. Please go upstairs and we can sit down and talk."
Luvia upstairs had heard the conversation in the hallway below, so when the three of them went upstairs, she went to the kitchen to prepare hot tea. The two strangers who came to visit did not know about Shade's life, so they were not surprised to see other people in his house so early in the morning.
After they sat down, the two introduced themselves. The old man in the lead was named Will Hammer, and the woman was named Sonia Ferrer. They were both priests of the cult, that is, loyal believers who still believed in the Winter Maiden in an era when the old gods had gone away.
"Actually, I came to you through Miss Danister, and it's nothing serious."
Shade held a cup of tea and stroked the cat on his lap, while Luvia sat beside him:
"I had a strange dream some time ago. The lady next to me is a fortune teller in my group. After interpreting my dream, she believed that it was a prophetic dream. The dream told me that there was something related to the card in the Far North that was supposed to belong to me, and that thing was in the winter snow."
Although this statement is outrageous, Shade cannot say that the witch of the Fifth Age may have left a gift for him:
"I don't know if my understanding is correct - the item is in the hands of the followers of the God of Winter. After all, it is just a precognitive dream of Mo Hu, and it is also unknown whether the interpretation method is correct or not. So I want to ask you if there is any item related to the card waiting for someone to come and find it in the cult?"
Shade asked tentatively. Mr. Hammer and Miss Ferrer looked at each other.
"Can we have a basin of water, please? We need to contact the Order."
Before they came to see Shade, they must have planned to get in touch with the cult at any time, so after freezing the water in the basin, it went smoothly to communicate using alchemical items.
The conclusion was reached quickly, so smoothly that even Xia De couldn't believe it:
"Yes, there is indeed an item in the cult that meets the requirements. The item is from the Fifth Era and is quite valuable."
Xia De suppressed his inner joy:
"Although this may be a bit too much, how can you transfer the item to me? I can pay a large sum of money, or how about asking me to do something for you?"
He had already started calculating his assets, but if he wanted to buy a founding series Rhodes card, the money he had was simply not enough.
"Ms. Asberg said she wants to communicate with you personally."
Mr. Hammer said:
"The lady came here by means of ice and snow. Would it be convenient for you to make large ice blocks in your home?"
"Ice incarnation? Let me do it."
A similar power had appeared in the Witch's Resonance, Chloe Yin, so Shade was familiar with it. He snapped his fingers, and a huge snowball fell from the sky and landed on the side of the sofa.
Luvia knew that Shade had this trick, so she wasn't surprised at all. Mia knew that this was snow, not sugar, so she wasn't interested at all. But the two followers of the God of Winter were quite surprised, because this looked like their magic.
After a simple arrangement, the thirteenth ring warlock who had met the five members of the group last Friday morning walked out of the huge snowball. Her body looked completely real, not made of white snow.