"The key to the door... But what does this spell have to do with the story of God?"
The voice in his ear did not answer Xia De. Instead, thick white fog appeared behind him.
The three witches did not stop singing. They stood by the bonfire and watched the strangers being gradually swallowed by the white mist. Everyone's eyes seemed to be shining, and they offered sincere blessings to Shade:
"Traveler in a foreign land, I hope that your figure will always be in the wind that blows across the world."
"Future men, may you always see the rising sun whenever it rises high in the sky."
"Unexpected guest, may time be with you, and may the silver moon always favor you."
Amid the music and singing, the white mist engulfed Shad. He left, but the witches' voices seemed to have traveled through the forest and through the long river of time. Even though Shad was already standing in Saint Teresa's Square, those songs still seemed to echo in his ears.
"Meow?"
The cat lying on the sofa saw Xia De coming out of the door with a melancholy expression, so it turned over, revealing its snow-white belly, and called out to attract him to come over.
Xia De sighed and walked towards the cat who was acting coquettishly on the sofa:
"Their singing..."
How about it
“It’s better than opera.”
Are you worried that you won’t be able to hear it anymore
She was chuckling.
"Of course I wouldn't have such an idea. Your voice is more pleasant than theirs. I was just thinking that although Miss Feliana will not die in the Thousand Trees Forest, I wonder if the other two witches can walk out of there alive."
St. Byron's was founded in the last era. Due to historical losses, even though Shad had checked the information, he was unable to confirm who were the students around Miss Feliana when the academy was first established.
It was just past midnight when Xia De sat on the sofa and picked up the cat who was acting like a spoiled child:
“Even though I’m not facing gods this time, I still feel the pressure is no less than the first time.”
Are you confident you can complete the task
She asked softly in his ear.
"Of course I have confidence. At worst, we can delay it for a month. Although it is a waste of time, Miss Feliana helped me, so I will help her too."
Looking down, I realized that the Huasheng Ring was somehow attached to Mia's tail.
Shad smiled and took off the ring. Amid Mia's dissatisfied cry, he put the cat on the sofa. He then entered the hidden wall of the basement with the ring and placed it next to the wall.
Instead of leaving, he looked at the gift box of the Sage-level Relic God that was also placed here. It was Monday, and the children could get a gift from the box every week.
Xia De likes this kind of "lottery" activity very much. Although he has to complete some tasks to get the gifts, he is still very confident in himself.
For the so-called sense of ritual, he specially carried the box to the coffee table on the second floor. After washing his hands, he gently pushed open the lid of the box and put his arm in.
"What could it be? Is there any luck in obtaining a relic?"
Under Mia's curious eyes, Shade slowly pulled his hand out. Both the man and the cat looked at the hand, which held a plump red apple.
This is not a special item disguised as an apple, it is really just an apple. Shade looked at it and took a bite, it tasted quite good. Mia saw Shade eating and immediately stretched out her claws to pick at him, so Shade also took a small piece of it.
"But why was I given an apple?"
Xia De fell into deep thought, and the task to get the apple was to brush his teeth carefully before going to bed for three consecutive days.
(Little Mia is sleeping Zz... ... )
The key to completing the 3002 time key is to complete the ritual in the sixth era - contact the door of the old god. Among the two current ideas, looking for new blood money probably requires going to Coldwater Port, after all, Luvia has already searched Tobesk and the surrounding areas, and has also posted a bounty on the black market. And looking for the ancient organization Guiding Light Hermitage, you have to ask friends related to academia for help. The academic group that studies doomsday theory cannot be found by advertising in the newspaper.
So on Monday morning, Xia De visited Professor Manning, who lived at No. 17 Cat Tail Lane, alone. He and Professor Manning had only known each other because of the Happy Dream Pen, but later they met again during an academic lecture, and they got along quite well, so now they could be called friends.
Because it was Monday, Xia De came early because he was worried that the professor might go out for something. Soon after knocking on the door, the familiar fat maid opened the door. The professor had just finished breakfast and was sitting in the dining room reading a newspaper in his home clothes and slippers. It seemed that he was not going to go out in the morning.
When Shad came up to him, the professor was still complaining about the law and order situation in Tobesk, pointing to the obituary of Anthony Wargrave, the police chief of Redwich Field:
"Detective, I've lived in this city for fifty years, and this is the first time I've encountered a cult killing hundreds of people in one night, even the police chief. I even suspect that I've returned to my youth, running to a remote town to excavate ruins, and being involved in the death of the town's sheriff and the stupid local townspeople..."
He mumbled the second half of the sentence but didn't make it clear, but Shade suspected he heard the words "gunfight" and "corpse". It seemed that the archaeologist's youth was not as peaceful as that of an ordinary scholar.
Professor Manning was in a talkative mood, so Shade did not directly tell the purpose of his visit, but talked with the professor about the terrible things that happened last week. Professor Manning completely accepted the words in the newspaper, and while scolding the cultists, he was also dissatisfied with the slowness of Redwich Field, MI6 and the church.
In his opinion, since citizens pay taxes, they should be protected. And what happened a week and a half ago fully demonstrated that the city hall definitely did not use all the tax money in the right place.
Then Xia De realized that what the professor really wanted to complain about was the kingdom's tax policy. He believed that professors' salaries should enjoy special tax exemptions instead of paying full taxes like ordinary people.
When asking Professor Manning for help, Shad used the excuse that he was dealing with a troublesome commission and therefore needed to obtain some information from a scholar who was studying doomsday theory.
Professor Manning is a very optimistic person and somewhat disgusted with the so-called "doomsday theory", but since Shade was only doing it for a commission, he was of course happy to help. When Professor Manning was young, he made many friends while doing archaeological excavations around the world, and he could help Shade get information.
"Of course, it's best not to make this matter too public. I don't want to expose my client's information because of this."
Xia De said embarrassedly. Seeing that the professor agreed, he took out the prepared envelope with 10 pounds in it:
"It's a bit urgent, I hope you can give me news within a week. Please accept this, no, don't rush to refuse, the client will reimburse the fee, so you are actually taking money from my client, not from me."
Xia De would not let the professor help him for no reason. Although they were friends, if he asked for help without reason, the friendship would become more and more distant.