"Power? You are too weak. The power I possess is not suitable for you."
This once again demonstrated the opponent's strength, which Xia De firmly believed in.
The woman paused before continuing to speak, as if she was thinking. The temperature in the room had returned to the same level as the corridor, indicating that the other party's mood had also returned to normal:
"But I happen to have a good relic in my hand, but it's far less valuable than the statue of the old god... No, it's not the Dark Box, that's just a poet-level (level 5) toy. I'll give you a clerical-level (level 4) relic and tell you the secret of mercury blood and help you avoid danger in exchange for the address and the spell, how about that?"
"No problem, thank you for your generosity, ma'am."
Because saying nice things doesn't cost money, Xia De is happy to use the "Northern Common Language Gift Pack" in his mind to translate Chinese into foreign language with a translation accent to praise the other party.
But this time, Xia De did not take the initiative to tell the content of the spell. The woman inside the door certainly knew what he meant:
"A sage-level relic recently appeared in Tobesk City."
The first sentence was a bit surprising. He thought the woman was going to talk about the forged Philosopher's Stone, a keeper-level relic related to Mercury's Blood. Shad had seen the academy's bounty order from the doctor.
But fortunately, it was only sage level (level 2), not angel level (level 1). But thinking carefully, it was unlikely that he would suddenly encounter an angel level relic. After all, Xia De still had some confidence in his luck.
The woman in my heart laughed again.
"It's not really a secret. At least the church and the academy know about it, as well as other guys who have spies in the area... The sage's relic is a gift box from God, a tool once used by an old god who possessed the power of creation."
The woman behind the door said in a teasing tone:
“The one currently holding this sage-level relic is Mercury Blood, and they have been classified as an illegal organization.
For some reason, Mercury Blood is temporarily unable to move the relic, so the God's Gift Box is still in Tobesk City. The power of the relic is very strong. Every ring wizard who touches the box for the first time will automatically know a synthesis formula. By putting specific relics into the box in a specific order, a more powerful relic that is definitely suitable for oneself can be synthesized. Detective, do you understand? "
"I think I understand."
Xia De memorized this information carefully. This was the information about the first sage-level relic he had come into contact with.
"This is somewhat similar to the synthesis in alchemy, but the side effect of the sage-level relic... ... The 'Silver Eyed' Diak of Mercury Blood seems to think that he can master the synthesis method of the angel-level (level 1) relic Mercury Blood through that box..."
The woman was laughing, but that laughter was far less beautiful than the laughter in Shad's mind at this moment.
"The Silver Eyes are trying to use this sage-level relic that can't be taken away to synthesize the real Mercury Blood. This is also the original intention of the Mercury Blood organization, in order to pursue a relic that may not exist... Therefore, this group of people brought a lot of messy things to this city, including the statue. It is said that there are several very good relics, but unfortunately I only want this statue at the moment."
"So what do you think of that sage-level relic, God's gift box?"
Xia De hesitated. He doubted whether the academy, knowing the truth, would tell the ring sorcerers who were taking correspondence courses in the area if what the woman said was true.
If he told the truth, then the bounty order seemed to be evasive. Therefore, the academy bounty order he saw at the doctor's place was probably for the real purpose of "finding the traces of the Mercury Blood Organization", and the forged Philosopher's Stone was just a by-product.
The academy currently has no plans to share this information with correspondence ring sorcerers.
"I have no interest in that item. I know what the box is, so I will never touch it. It only appeared in the autumn of the 1068th year of the Fifth Era. It is very ancient and powerful... If I were you, I would definitely hide from the Mercury Blood in this foggy steam city for the next few months. Those people are almost crazy now."
"Yes, ma'am, thank you for the information. Here is the spell..."
He spent a few seconds memorizing every word the woman said, and then took the initiative to say a six-syllable spell. After finishing speaking, he added that this was only possible due to the effect of his core spirit rune.
But the woman didn't seem to care about these words, just like she didn't care why Shad could let the Dark Box get out of control so easily.
"Very good, detective. I admire you. This is a very good commission. Well, please keep this relic."
There was the sound of a drawer being pulled from behind the door, followed by footsteps. But when the door was finally opened, a young maid walked out. She looked to be in her twenties, wearing a classic thick black and white maid uniform.
Her long black hair was tied up with a white hair accessory. Since she was not working in the kitchen, there was no apron over her maid's skirt as Shade had imagined.
This was definitely not the lady that Shade had been talking to. The outline of the lady behind the door had been described by a golden color in the darkness just now, which was very different from the black-haired maid.
After the maid opened the door at the corner of the bookshelf, she immediately restored the door to a half-closed state, not allowing Shade to see the "noble lady" inside the door. Then she came to Shade with a small square box in both hands, which was wrapped in red velvet. She held it in one hand, opened it with a click, and showed Shade the ring embedded in the lining.
A faint smell of blood was detected, but neither the naked eye nor the Echo of Blood could show that the ring itself was stained with blood.
The ring felt like pure silver, and the face of the ring was yellow amber wrapped with an unknown insect. The insect looked like an ordinary flying mosquito, but it was blood-red, as if it could come back to life from the amber in the next second.
You came into contact with 'Whisper'.
"This is a clerical-level relic blood-sucking ring. If you wear it while injured and it comes into direct contact with the skin of any humanoid creature, you can absorb the other creature's blood to heal yourself.
It cannot cure diseases and curses, but it can alleviate them. However, if the injury to be cured is too severe, it may cause the blood of the person being touched to be drained in an instant... But don't use the ring as a means of attack, even if you are willing to hurt yourself. This is a clerical-level relic. Frequent use of the ring's ability to heal yourself will cause symptoms similar to blood thirst."
This is the woman inside the door explaining, she did not hide the situation of this relic:
"Don't wear it if you're not injured, at least don't wear it for a long time, otherwise I can't guarantee what will happen. Of course, even if it's not because of the side effects of the relic, it's best not to wear it lightly, because I took it from Mercury Blood, and they don't know who took it, so... you should be so cautious."
For a moment, Xia De didn't know whether he should complain about the conflict between the other party and Mercury Blood, or think about the relationship between Mercury Blood's collection of so many blood-related supernatural items and the synthesis formula.