Half an hour later, Luvia, who had returned to the second floor, finally learned from Shade about the ancient god statue and all his experiences in Coldwater Harbor. Of course, in order to protect Dorothy's privacy, Shade only said that the young girl who had adventured with him was a friend he met during his last visit to Coldwater Harbor.
"Although there may be other accidents that fit the prophecy of the Whispering Verse in the past six months, your inexplicable appearance there is obviously something wrong. Xia De, even without divination, I am almost certain that the new Whispering Verse fragment discovered in the New World refers to the accident you encountered."
Luvia seemed a little anxious:
"But how could that be? How could you have run into this by such a coincidence?"
"It's useless to think about these things now. The key is to confirm the other party's identity."
Xia De picked up the small bag of coins and shook it:
"Actually, I have other things I want you to help me with, but judging from the current situation, the matter of the second chosen person is equally urgent. Luvia, I would like you to help me with a divination for a summoning ritual. Can you estimate how many coins it will cost?"
"It's hard to say. Divination directed at the gods is definitely not easy. Moreover, the efficiency of different coins is also different."
"Oh well."
Xia De thought about it and made up his mind, then handed her the universal currency:
"First, help me divine. When can I find the doomsday academic organization that I asked Professor Manning to help me find? And can I find the Guiding Light Hermitage through this? Do you think they have the information I need?"
Luvia didn't know Professor Manning, nor did she know about the Guiding Light Hermitage, but she vaguely guessed that this was related to Shad's time travel:
"When you spend a coin, there is one less coin. Are you sure you don't need all the coins to help you get the answer directly?"
She was very worried:
"You found these relics, and you are free to choose what to do with them."
"There is more than one way to get the answer. Please use divination."
Shad said.
Strictly speaking, there was no rush for the third time in 3002, and Shade could even spend his entire life looking for the answer. Therefore, he took the risk and first wasted a coin to divine the harvest from Professor Manning, and then determined how to distribute the remaining 10 coins.
"Okay, then I'll start."
The fortune teller with purple eyes closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then suddenly flicked the coin in his hand. As the coin flew to the top, it quickly rusted and decayed until it scattered into a pile of ashes in the air. Before the ashes completely fell, they had already melted into the air.
This time, Shad did not see the more mature but mutilated figure behind Luvia when she was fortune-telling.
"How about it?"
Luvia opened her eyes, and her purple pupils seemed to flash for a moment:
"It went smoothly. Although this universal currency is not highly rated, it is more efficient than blood money. Your professor friend has a wide range of friends and will find the person you are looking for within this week and give you the answers you want to know. Although there may be some minor troubles, overall, you will get everything you want to know."
This answer made Shad feel relieved. Although Professor Manning's hobby was a little unique, this senior professor of archaeology was still very reliable. It was right for Shad to ask him for help.
"In that case, let's take a look at what the remaining ten coins are."
He pointed to the small cloth bag on the table:
"Wear gloves and try not to touch. If you find any problem, immediately put it into God's gift box for storage."
"No problem, I'll check. Xia De, there's no need to refuse. I'm a third-ring and you're a second-ring. There's no reason for me to let you come. And even if I'm cursed, as long as I consume it, the curse will naturally be lifted."
Shade controlled his cat, and Luvia, wearing gloves, carefully untied the rope on the bag. The bag was just an ordinary item, actually a piece of rag. After opening it, ten coins appeared, a total of three types.
What the two were most familiar with was the pirates' blood money, of which there were three. It was these three coins that allowed Shade to sense the pirate ship before it appeared.
The other two types were unknown to Shade, but Luvia knew them. She had looked up a lot of information in order to raise coins for divination:
"Don't worry, the other two coins are not cursed."
Despite saying this, Luvia did not take off her gloves.
First, he picked up the smallest black coin. The radius of this coin was only about two-thirds the size of a penny. But the temperature of the coin itself was very low. Even though Shade didn't touch it directly, he felt the chill that seemed to freeze his bones through the bag.
"This is the Death God's Atonement Coin, a poet-level relic. Don't be scared by the name, its effect is very small. For those who are about to die of natural causes, holding a coin in hand, each coin can help them live one more week. And during this week, the coin cannot leave the skin, and each person can use up to 5 coins."
"What? Isn't this extremely useful?"
Xia De asked doubtfully:
"How come you're only at the poet level?"
"it works?"
Luvia shook her head, her short brown hair swaying with the movement:
"Xia De, how many people do you think can live to die of natural causes in our time? The definition of natural death is that the body's functions naturally reach the end, not death from illness. Think about it carefully, Xia De, how many people do you think can die of natural causes?"
Xia De was stunned for a moment, then slowly leaned back and let himself lean on the sofa. Even in his hometown, it was very difficult to die naturally. In this world, the lives of the lower class people determined that they basically would not live beyond 50 years old. As for the upper class nobles and wealthy businessmen, they were also limited by the lack of medical resources in this era, and their health was affected by the environmental problems brought about by the development of the steam industry.
It is even more difficult for a ring warlock to die naturally, and it is not a safe profession.
"The negative characteristic of the Death God's Atonement Coin is that if a living person touches it for a long time, it will accelerate their aging and make their luck worse. So we will use it first. There is no benefit in keeping it. I have always believed that instead of preparing for death, it is better to think more about the things in front of us."
She handed the coin to Shade for inspection, and Shade found a tiny inscription on the side of the coin:
If you atone your sins to the god of death, you may receive mercy.
There are three blood money coins for pirates and five redemption coins for the god of death. The last two coins are gold coins, about the same size as a 1 shilling silver coin. Compared with the simple first two coins, the last two gold coins have extremely complex patterns on both sides.
What Xia De thought was the front side was a cluster of flowers, while what he thought was the back side was a portrait of an unknown man with a big nose.
Luvia picked one up casually, and it seemed that this one was not cursed either:
"I recognize this, too. It's a document-level relic, the Kolmo Empire Civilization Gold Coin."
"What is the Kolmo Empire? A kingdom from the Fifth Age? Or from before?"
Xia De only studied one book on history and was not familiar with the history before the Common Era.
"I can't answer you. When people found these gold coins, there was a document that called them this name. No records of the church or the academy could find the Kolmo Empire. From the analysis of that document, it seems that this was a human kingdom in the Fourth Era, but all traces and information of the kingdom were erased by the mighty power."
Xia De moved on the sofa a little uneasily and asked again:
“What is the specific function?”
"Unlike the death god's atonement coins, the number of which is unknown, it is certain that there are 285 gold coins of the Kolmo Empire. Each coin has the same function. If you blow on the coin and put it next to your ear, you can hear some strange sounds. If you listen to it at a high frequency for a long time, you can gain some strange knowledge. The academy has always believed that it is the knowledge of the lost Kolmo Empire. That kingdom and civilization were cast into 285 gold coins by some existence."
This statement made Xia De feel even more uncomfortable.
Luvia stacked three types of coins, a total of 10 coins, into three piles and placed them on the table. She looked at Shade with purple eyes:
"So, what do you want to choose for divination?"
"Luvia, you use so many coins for divination, can your body withstand it?"
Shade asked this question first, and the purple-eyed fortune teller smiled:
"It's okay, it's not a permanent injury, it's just a little draining."
"Well, I have left a blood coin here, so you should also have one in your hand to facilitate your search."
Shade took one from the table and pushed it to Luvia, leaving only nine.
"There are two things that require divination now. Although Professor Manning can find the person I'm looking for, we must also be prepared for other situations. In addition, in our daily lives, we may encounter other things that require divination."
Shade put a gold coin of the Kolmo Empire and a redemption coin of the god of death into the box. Now there are seven coins left, namely two blood money, one gold coin and four redemption coins.
"Okay, let's use these to do divination. First, determine whether the pirate incident mentioned in the newly discovered stone tablet is the one I encountered."
Shade said, and Luvia picked up the coin of atonement. The coin was thrown into the air, and it turned into ashes and disappeared as it fell:
"The divination efficiency of the redemption coin is much lower than that of the blood money. But you have given the specific information, so the divination is easier. Yes, it was the time you encountered it. Shade, you have encountered the Chosen One twice in a row."
She teased, and Shade shook his head:
"Then we determined the gender of the selected person. In the end, more than ten people jumped off the ship and escaped. We screened them one by one."
"no problem."
She picked up another atonement coin, but nothing happened after she threw it. It seemed that she could not get any answer regarding the specific information of the chosen one.
Two more coins still yielded no result, and after spending three more, they finally saw the coin turn into ashes in mid-air:
"The answer is definitely male."
Shade breathed a sigh of relief. This way it couldn't be Princess Leisia. But he immediately realized something and pointed at himself hesitantly:
"Luvia, is it possible..."
"Although you are also a man and were on that ship, it is definitely not you, Shade. I have said this many times. Think carefully about it. Do you have any special abilities related to 'darkness'? Any special power that can rival Iluna's 'balance'?"
Her tone was gentle, as if Shad was a child who kept saying stupid things.
Xia De thought about it:
"Does it count if I can glow in the dark?"
Now, Luvia looked at him as if he was a silly child.