As for Darkness, the progress of events so far is still within the expectations of Shade and Luvia.
Darkness's identity has been exposed. Under the guidance of the demon living in his body, he betrayed the Blood Spirit School and stole many relics.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will learn that his chosen one ceremony needs to be performed in Tobesk, and Shade and the other two will meet him around the end of this month.
"The trouble now is not only that strange dark power, but the more troublesome thing is the demon in him."
Shade recounted what he had heard from Miss Aurora, the witch’s summary of Darkness’s fighting method:
“He uses his ring warlock power and the demon in his body as his core combat power, and uses the unique dark talents of the chosen one to perform self-healing, defense, and movement.
In normal state, he does not take off his red gloves and fights as a human ring warlock;
If you encounter an enemy you can't deal with, take off your red gloves and use the mouth on your palm to assist in the battle;
After obtaining the relic fish training ring, the mouth in the palm of his hand has the ability to speak, and can even occupy his arm to form a half-demon, which is the third state;
The most terrifying is the fourth state. When Darkness is in mortal danger, darkness and demons will corrode his body at the same time, forming a terrible dark pus. My friends call it the pus of humanity. "
Shade recalled the scene where Darkness smashed the floor of the Murloc Temple with one punch:
"According to my friend in Coldwater Harbor, in this final state, Darkness's physical fitness is so bad that even a Twelve Ring Warlock would have a hard time with it. At the same time, his magic, spells, and control over his dark talents will be greatly enhanced. He has the ability to pollute the mind, and the dark pus that has transformed into half of his body can cause extremely terrible corrosion and infection effects on anyone who comes into contact with it... But my moonlight can remove that thing."
Given that Shad's Silver Moon was unusual, he was unsure whether other thaumaturgical spells like "Flash" could produce such outstanding effects.
"Four combat states..."
Luvia thought with a frown on her face.
"That lady with twelve rings has only seen and summarized four states. It is possible that she could become even stronger."
Xia De reminded:
"It's really tricky. We are friends with Iluna, so we didn't have to worry about dealing with her. That's why we didn't have such troubles at the beginning. But when dealing with Darkness, even if Iluna can suppress the dark talent of the Chosen, we still have to face that demon head-on."
The demons in this world are divided into two categories. The first category is the demon species commonly known as aliens, and the second category is a combination of demons, devils, evil spirits and strange evil things known to outsiders.
"But have you noticed, Shade? He is clearly the chosen one, but he did not study his chosen one's talent as the core, but instead tended to rely on the power of the devil in him."
Luvia reminded him, and Shade thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case:
"He took the wrong road?"
"It's hard to say. I'll write to Iluna later, and we'll meet at your house on Sunday morning to discuss this matter further."
"no problem."
Xia De nodded:
"But what exactly are we going to do with Ivan Darkness? Just capture him? Kill him after he becomes the Chosen One? Kill him before he completes the ritual and wait for the second candidate for the second Chosen One to appear?"
Shade asked, and Luvia shook her head:
"It's too early to think about these things now. We will do whatever we can, but we can't let him take the second position no matter what. In addition, I have found some information about the demon in him within the association. The other party's name is difficult to say in the common language, but his main ability is to absorb negative emotions to strengthen himself, devour energy and matter, and read minds to a certain extent."
Although the high-end combat capability of the Prophet Association is far inferior to that of the Witch Council, the data and documents stored in the ancient fortune-telling organization are envied even by the Orthodox Church.
"These abilities have already been demonstrated during the battle with Darkness. It seems that we really need to formulate a serious plan to deal with him."
Xia De stroked the cat and said, then asked:
"Luvia, I've heard something recently. Do you remember those spaces left behind by the thirteen ancient gods? Recently I learned that some people call them shelters. They are the last hope of survival left to us by the ancient gods when the end of the world comes."
"So when will the end come?"
Luvia asked with a smile, looking at Shade with her purple eyes.
"have no idea."
Xia De shook his head and laughed himself:
"I understand. After all, they are an organization that believes in doomsday theory, so it's normal for them to say this. It's getting late. Do you want to have dinner together?"
He invited again, Luvia thought for a moment:
"It's rare that you would invite others to dinner. Okay, but I have to go to the lounge to touch up my makeup. Please wait a moment."
"no problem."
Xia De wanted to wait in the lobby downstairs, so he took Mia to the door first. But when he held the door handle, he thought of something else, so he turned around and asked softly:
"Luvia, is this the Sixth Epoch?"
Luvia was still sitting at the table, with her back to the window and the setting sun, so her face seemed to be covered by a layer of shadow, and her purple eyes seemed to be radiating charming colors:
"Yes."
She looked at Shade:
"The Sixth Epoch."
Because of the strange light and shadow on her face, Xia De couldn't see her mouth moving, he could only hear the sound. This scene was a bit scary, but Xia De didn't care, he just nodded in surprise:
"I'll wait for you downstairs. If you don't find me, I'm probably playing Rhodes with someone else."
He opened the door and walked out, leaving Luvia sitting there.
Shade left the door open, so the cat on his shoulder looked back:
"Meow?"
The cat tilted its head with a curious expression. It clearly saw that behind the sitting human woman, there was another almost identical human with a transparent body, who was hugging her neck with his arms and whispering something in her ear.
The transparent figure seemed to sense something and raised its head to look outside the door, but the cat had already turned around.
Mia, doesn't care about such strange things.
So the relatively leisurely Thursday passed by, and when Xia De woke up early on Friday morning, he realized that everything in Coldwater Port was over, and he had nothing else to do for a while.
Calculating the time, the Flower Moon is about to arrive in the middle of the month, and the letter that Detective Sparrow mentioned will be mailed in more than half a month. Considering that there is no business recently, Shade plans to use the money he has saved to renovate the third floor of Saint Teresa Square before Darkness arrives in Tobesk, and also solve the other two commissions left by Detective Sparrow, so as to completely finish all the things left by the previous detective.
When I went downstairs to get the newspaper and milk and goat milk this morning, I found a small surprise. Someone sent a letter to Shade, and inside the letter there was a stack of banknotes. They were brand new banknotes with consecutive numbers, totaling 20 pounds.
Because there was no stamp or return address on the envelope, Xia De was horrified and thought that this was a counterfeit money scammer who randomly selected unlucky people to test whether the banknotes he printed were enough to deceive others, but there was also a letter with the smell of perfume in the envelope.
It was very high-end stationery. After Xia De looked through it, he realized that he was wrong.
The letter was sent by Princess Ajelina Cavendish, whom I met yesterday. The money was to thank Shad and Mia for finding the "real murderer". She thanked Shad politely in the letter and praised the loyalty and wisdom of Knight Hamilton of Ryder.
The content of the letter was quite standard, except that the princess wrote the following line in the note after signing:
You're much more interesting this time than the last time I saw you.
"Last time? When did I meet Princess Ajelina?"
Xia De thought suspiciously while sitting at the dining table. He poured goat milk into the bowl of cat food and pushed it to the cat who was waiting with wide eyes. Then he narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Wait, could it be that the original owner, Shade, has seen her? The tramp and the princess, the man curled up in the corner and the noble girl looking out of the carriage, and then... Could this be the person I've been worried about, the one who truly knew the original owner? No, that won't do, even if she is Leicia's sister, but if..."
His thoughts diverged far away.
Stranger, I want to remind you, please think carefully whether you have ever met her.
The appearance of the voice beside him made Shade's thoughts shift away from whether there was enough space behind the basement wall to put down the bed and cabinets. He tried hard to recall, and the woman's voice beside him, with a smile, gave some key information such as the noble girl with red hair liked to attend banquets and salons.
"Oh~ Lakeview Manor!"
Now Xia De remembered that on that magical night at Lake View Manor, due to the influence of wonderful luck, he experienced many things that were not obvious at the time, but were actually closely related to him.
That night, soon after Shad entered the manor, he saw Miss Tifa Servet. When he stood at the long table in the manor courtyard and looked up, he saw several girls in dresses standing on the second-floor terrace of the manor, chatting with each other.
One of the red-haired girls holding a glass of wine noticed that Shad was looking at them and pointed out Shad's location to her friends (note).
At that time, Shad was worried about getting into trouble, so he left quickly and didn't pay too much attention to the girls upstairs. But now that he thought about it, the red-haired girl he saw at that time was most likely Ajelina Cavendish. And because the other party was looking down from a high place, it was not unlikely that she could remember Shad's appearance.
Yes, judging by her height and build, it was her.
"Tobesk is really small. I can touch him even though he is like this."
He sighed quietly, put away the bills in the envelope, and then threw the letter aside.
In the letter, Princess Ajelina politely invited Shad to attend her salon when he had time. The princess was probably very interested in Shad, who was rumored to have an improper relationship with Miss Carina, but Shad was not interested in making friends with an underage princess.
He also had to deal with the guy possessed by the devil and renovate his house. Of course, he didn't contact Ajelina Cavendish in order to avoid being regarded as a frivolous person by Lecia who would return to Tobesk soon.