Ordinary people in the circus could not see this strange soul, and as a spirit, Rust Edwards was not afraid of the sun at all, so Shade took her out of the tent. With Megan's ancestor guiding the way, Shade did not have to wander around the camp this time, and he easily found the tiger in the largest tent in the center.
The man watching the tent didn't want to let Shad in at first, but Shad said he had paid to visit and handed over a 10-pence ticket, so he was allowed to enter.
This circus is of medium size, so although there are no groups of animals in the troupe, there are horses for both performing and pulling carts, tigers, many cats and dogs for both pet performances, magicians' rabbits and parrots, etc.
Among them, the tiger is of course the most important animal in the entire circus. When performing animals in public, the tiger is the best gimmick to attract guests.
On this Thursday morning, the tiger was locked in a cage, lying there lazily as if it was sleeping. Because Shade had paid to come in, the young trainer apprentice who was playing cards with the clown nearby did not stop him from approaching, but only warned Shade:
"Please don't feed food at will, and don't reach into the cage at will - the two things can actually be the same thing."
“Great sense of humor.”
Shade approached the cage, but did not notice anything unusual about the tiger. Looking at Rust Edwards beside her, the girl shook her head quickly:
“This is not a tiger.”
"Isn't it?"
Xia De hesitated a little, looked back, and saw that the two people playing cards were concentrating on their cards, so he quickly reached into the cage and touched the tiger. The tiger that was touched then opened its eyes and looked at the person outside the cage suspiciously, not quite sure what he was doing.
There is an elemental reaction, suspected to be transfiguration.
Xia De understood a little bit, and asked the little girl next to him:
"If he's not a tiger, then what is he?"
Rust Edwards said without hesitation:
"Of course he's a trainer, but it's really funny that he thinks he's a tiger now."
Xia De nodded, turned around and walked to the two people playing cards, and asked the young apprentice of the animal trainer:
"Excuse me, where is your teacher? I'm very interested in discussing with him how he raises tigers... I also raise a similar animal."
Xiaomia, who was basking in the sun and looking at the pigeons on the windowsill of her home, rubbed her face lazily with her paws.
"How should I know..."
The apprentice said without turning his head, but then the coins fell from Shade's hand onto the table. The clown quickly took the two coins in front of him and answered first:
"Dear guest, Mr. Tiger said he wanted to take a look around because the tent was too stuffy. Leave the camp and walk east. There is a river over there. He should be over there."
"Oh, this is mine!"
The trainer's apprentice reached out to grab the coin, and the two began to play around. From beginning to end, they never looked up to see who Shade was.
So Shad left the tent and went east with Luster through the farmland. A few minutes later, they saw the river that the clown mentioned. This is a tributary of the Duin River that runs through the cities on both sides of Green Lake, and will eventually flow into Green Lake. The trainer with a tiger's head and a human body was indeed here. When Shad saw it, it had its back to the camp and was lying on the belly of a dead ox, gnawing at the corpse.
Hearing the footsteps, the "tamer" immediately turned around, allowing Shade to see the furry face and the blood stains near the mouth.
Without saying anything, the tiger-headed trainer pounced on Xia De, and at that moment, the shadow of a real tiger flashed behind him. Xia De frowned slightly and took a step back. The next second, he appeared behind the trainer, and the trainer pounced on the ground and pressed a half-meter deep hole in the ground.
A crazy laugh came out of its mouth, and as its mouth opened wide, dozens of translucent monsters with human heads and tiger bodies emerged from its body. They were similar to spirits, but they also had the properties of entities. After the "tamer" swung the whip wrapped around his waist, the monsters pounced on Shade together.
"So he really is a beast tamer—the Sidon Seal!"
The long sword in his hand pointed forward, and the exploding golden shield knocked all the monsters that rushed forward back at once.
With a snap, the long whip in the trainer's hand exploded, and the dark-colored monsters climbed up and slowly walked towards Shade again. At the same time, the trainer's long whip also swung towards Shade's forehead, but in the air, it was stopped by the chain that flew out of Shade's sleeve.
The whip and the chain were entangled, and Shade and the trainer pulled them towards him at the same time. The monsters with human heads and tiger bodies took this opportunity to pounce on him again.
"ha!"
Last Edwards suddenly appeared from behind the "Beast Tamer", holding her right wrist with her left hand, and as her right hand fell from the top of her head to the lower right, cracks along the same trajectory appeared on the body of the "Beast Tamer" who was three meters away from her.
The long whip dissipated, and the human-headed tiger monsters exploded into clouds of smoke. After a scream, the trainer's body split into two halves and fell to the left and right. It trembled a few times on the riverbank and then became motionless. The black blood dyed the river bank red, and the whispering element gradually dissipated in the tiger's body. The battle was over.
"Very beautiful Dimension Slash, well coordinated, Mr. Duruto Giles will be proud of you too."
Xia De praised with a smile, and the girl puffed out her chest slightly and made a proud expression. Then she said some rude words that she had learned from somewhere and spit around the tiger's body.
As a soul, she naturally has no saliva.
Xia De came to the tiger's body and placed his hand on it. As it died, the tiger's head did not change, but the human body was covered with tiger hair and was returning to its original appearance. However, this body must not be left here. Any body contaminated by the whispering element must be strictly handled, otherwise it will definitely cause other troubles.
"So, the relic that changes cognition that appears here in the circus is to replace the things in the circus with the humans in the circus?"
"Yes, it's the Sage-level relic of the Dark Moon Circus. Fortunately, this relic is still in the advent stage and has not yet completely assimilated the circus. Otherwise, even if the young lady came in person, it would be difficult to completely resolve this matter."
A beautiful female voice came from behind him, but Xia De did not turn around. They did not hide themselves. Xia De had just noticed the arrival of the maids:
"Darkmoon Circus? That's a nice name. Is it really a sage-level relic?"
He clapped his hands and stood up from the corpse, then asked Tifa behind him, who nodded slightly to Shade with a smile on her face. Two other maids from the Central Ring came with them, and although the three of them were not wearing the iconic black and white maid skirts, but were wearing casual clothes, their postures when walking and standing all revealed the temperament of elegant maids.
Rusty Edwards did not hide because of the stranger's arrival. She floated above the tiger's body, looked at Tifa, then looked down at herself, and then showed an interesting and shocked expression.
"The young lady sent us here specifically to handle this matter. It's very important."
Tifa gave Shade a hug.
Her companions behind her covered their mouths and laughed and whispered, probably telling jokes about maids, knights and duchesses. Rast covered his face with his hands with open fingers, looking embarrassed.
Tifa also noticed this soul that she had seen at Tobesk's party, but she and the other two girls came in disguise, so they were not afraid of exposing their identities:
"The Sage-level relic Darkmoon Circus, an event type. Usually, it will infect and assimilate medium-sized or larger circuses, or other groups with animal performances, in stages. When all members of the Darkmoon Circus have completed their assimilation, the complete Sage-level relic will carry out a large-scale massacre in the entire area. Their combined power is not something that any single Thirteenth Ring can resist.
The circus's arrival is divided into three stages, and each stage will have a powerful core. The current state should only be the first stage. "
"The core? Is this it?"
Shade glanced at the tiger's body, and Tifa shook her head slightly:
"According to the information provided by the young lady, these are only the animal trainers in the circus, and there are at least three animal trainers in the Darkmoon Circus. The core of the circus is: the Fool - the Clown, the Wise - the Fortune Teller, and the Leader - the Darkmoon Rabbit."
"Hmm... what's the last one?"
Xia De raised his eyebrows in surprise, and the black-haired girl smiled and explained:
"No kidding, that is a black-haired rabbit with at least thirteen rings of power. The circus was named after it. The rabbit is about the same size as Little Mia, but much stronger than Little Mia. Fortunately, the leader only comes in the final third stage. In the first two stages, it is uncertain which one of the clown and the fortune teller will appear. But as long as the core is removed, the Dark Moon Circus can be expelled."
"It's probably not a clown. I just asked around in the camp, and there are only two clowns in the circus. One is performing a ball-tossing show for the children, and the other is playing cards with someone in the tent. They are both normal people."
Shade said, looking at Rast's soul, and the little girl nodded:
"Yeah yeah, clowns are normal."
"Then things are much simpler. When the young lady sent us out, she was worried that the second stage had already appeared. Detective, you helped us solve a lot of problems."
Tifa winked at Shade, with a playful look that she would never show when she was with Miss Carina.