Most of the rooms in the Three Cats Inn were extremely narrow, with desks, cabinets, and beds occupying most of the room's space. Although he could see the entire place at a glance, Shade still patiently checked it carefully:
“Fortune teller, I will use thaumaturgy to listen to the sounds within 48 hours. During this time, you can try to divine this room and find out what Darkness has done here.”
The Ringmaster who manipulates time also has the characteristic of resisting time-related abilities. The Orthodox Church will definitely search this house carefully. Although the possibility that the Church also has Ringmasters who can listen to the voices of the past is very low, and the probability of being able to hear Shad's voice is even lower, but for safety reasons, Shad did not say the name of the magic, and would not call Luvia's name when taking action.
"no problem."
Luvia nodded and sat on the chair in front of the desk, while Shad sat on the edge of the bed with his hands supporting the bed.
The room was a bit small, but the soundproofing was pretty good. In addition, Darkness lived alone here, and the echoes in the past tended to pick up the voices of human speech, so Shad thought that if he tried a few times, he would be able to hear the conversation between Darkness and the 13th Ring Warlock "Bloodcryer" Hermons.
He was very curious why the Bloodthirster didn't just kill the traitor outright.
The spiritual connection element in his body used magic, and the sound of boots stomping on the ground came to his ears, and then Shad really heard Darkness's voice. But that was not the conversation that just happened, but the other party's "talking to himself".
"The thing I need is actually in Yodel Palace? Is this script going to kill me?"
"Isn't it normal to take some risks for the sake of power?"
The second sentence was in demon language, a horrible language that made Shade's scalp tingle just by hearing it. The voice of the demon that spoke through the fish training ring was very low, almost whispering. It bewitched Darkness with a very tempting voice. Perhaps giving the demon the ability to speak was the most wrong thing Darkness had done.
"If I was worried about the risks, I wouldn't have come to Tobesk. But that's the Yodel Palace after all, and even if you help me pay the price, the script will definitely make me encounter bad luck when I take action."
Darkness sighed.
"Yes, but it is necessary. Wasn't the small amount of human pus you released quickly cleaned up? I can feel that even if the Orthodox Church is not counted, there are still many terrible people living in this city, including my kind. You and I alone are not enough to fight them."
The demon continued to whisper, and what it mentioned should be the dream that Shade and the doctor cleared up.
"Oh, my dear Ivan."
Even though he and the other person were not at the same time, this tone still gave Xia De goose bumps all over his body:
"You need to understand the darkness yourself. The key to the ritual lies in the realm of darkness. Do you think you can find items with the dark power of the ancient god Fuxing everywhere?"
The demon continued to whisper, even though it was tempting Darkness to take risks, it was actually right. Luvia had spent a lot of money to find the Judge's Holy Bell for Iluna.
"The Puppet Master's script says that there is a hilt of the Dark Sword in the treasury of the Yodel Palace... The hilt of the Dark Sword, a ritual longsword once used by the priests of the ancient god, the Walking Dark, contains a certain amount of power... Now that I have embarked on this path, yes, I can't turn back."
He then paced back and forth in the room, then opened the door and walked out.
Xia De waited for a while and confirmed that there was no follow-up to this voice. Then he tilted his head and asked Luvia at the table:
"Do you know the Dark Sword?"
"Yes, they are the ritual swords used by the priests of the ancient gods. Before the gods left, those swords had powers no less than the relics. It is said that the swords are completely invisible due to the power of darkness, and only the priests of the ancient gods can see them, so they are also called the swords of non-existence. After the gods left, although the dark swords lost their invisibility, they are still powerful divine and alchemical items. It's just that they are so old that only records of them exist in the Sixth Era."
Among the three people, Luvia was responsible for searching for information, so she knew about those famous items containing the dark power of the ancient god Fuxing.
"Oh, this is what was stolen last night?"
Luvia realized that Shad had discovered the clue.
“Yes, but only the hilt is preserved by the royal family as an antique. In addition, the price Darkness paid for using the Puppet Master’s script will be borne by the devil.”
"The devil must not be telling the truth, otherwise how could he have run into Iron Right Hand and you last night?"
Luvia shook her head:
"Never trust the devil."
She continued to perform her divinations, and Shad continued to listen to the voices.
The second time he tried, he heard the maid's complaints and the sound of mopping the floor. She was complaining that she worked hard but got low pay. The third and fourth times he heard the quiet sound of the wind and a sound from the next room that made Xia De blush.
On the fifth time, Shade finally heard Darkness' voice again. But this voice not only seemed to come from a very far away place, but also accompanied by rustling background noise, making the voice extremely vague.
Even if I concentrate on listening, I can only barely hear part of it.
"What's going on?"
Stranger, someone is interfering with your listening. The other party is not targeting the power of time, but using a magical technique to interfere with the propagation of sound at the time point where they are.
“Darkness would definitely not use such a method, so it could only be that I overheard his conversation with someone else!”
Shade was delighted and moved his feet to make his voice clearer. At this time, Darkness just said the key point:
"Mr. Helmons, are you sure you won't kill me, a traitor?"
It appears that this conversation took place just an hour ago.
"Ivan, you just took the wrong path. You are a very promising ring wizard. I know I can persuade you, so I came here."
The voice was that of Hermons the Blood-weeper, and his weak tone was very recognizable.
"So what do you want me to do? Do you know the Whispering Verses?"
"Of course I know. Now, Ivan, I will give you a way to atone for your betrayal. Become the second chosen one, and then come back to the New World with me. You should have heard that the organization has found the entrance to the birthing room. If you can succeed, I can give you a chance to enter there."
"You mean... Golden Human?"
Darkness' voice trembled, and Shad also knew the "Golden Human".
The Blood Spirit School believes that the current Sixth Era is the Bronze Age. In the distant past, human blood was golden. The humans of that golden age possessed greater power, and the pursuit of "golden humans" and the purification of human blood are the fundamental purposes of the Blood Spirit School, an ancient supernatural organization.
The reason why they helped Mercury's Blood was because the school believed that Mercury's Blood was the bridge from the Bronze Age to the Golden Age.
"We have only found the entrance, and have not yet fully explored the power there. But you are different, Ivan. You are the chosen one."
Shade heard the thirteen-ring sorcerer cough a few more times.
"After becoming the chosen one, your life ring will turn into pure gold, which is one of the characteristics of golden humans. After that, when you enter the birthing room, I think you will be closer to the door to golden blood than anyone else."
Xia De understood this sentence to mean that the Blood-Weeping One did not know how to use the Creation Delivery Room, but believed that the chosen ones would receive special treatment when entering this kind of space.
"Ivan, I don't have the patience to wait for you to think. Tell me the answer now, whether you agree to my request. If you agree, I will help you complete the ritual of the chosen one. I have made a lot of preparations for this, and I have people outside the city. If you disagree, I think you also know the school's punishment for traitors."
Although Hermons' tone remained calm, the words coming from the Thirteenth Ring Warlock were a real threat.
And the guy who coexists with the devil is indeed very sensible:
"Sir, please forgive my betrayal. I am willing to become the chosen one with your help, and then return to the school to help it move towards the Golden Gate."
"very good."
Helmons laughed:
"So tell me, what does your ritual entail?"
Darkness was obviously hesitant, but for the sake of his life, this hesitation did not last long. He said very cautiously:
"The ritual requires me to devour the darkness. Sir, I need to enter the core of the dark realm of the angel-level relic."
"Okay, I knew you were taking the risk to enter Tobesk, and you definitely weren't crazy. Do you have any relics in your hands? Do you need anything extra?"
"I went through some battles on the way to Tobesk. Now I only have the Murderer's Needle on me. You know, it's a Secret Keeper-level relic. It can kill an ordinary person with one stab, and it can have a very strong paralyzing effect on a ring warlock. Even a thirteenth-ring warlock will be paralyzed for at least half a second. The rest... I don't need it."
This is a precious attack relic, and its price is more expensive than all the relics Shade has ever bought. But Darkness obviously didn't tell the truth, and Shade knew that the fish training ring must still be in his hand.
"Well, Ivan, I'll give you five minutes to pack your belongings. If I can find you, the Orthodox Church will be able to find you sooner or later. You are so bold to live in a place like this."
Then there was the sound of Darkness simply packing up her things, and the two of them left together.
"There are results."
After the voices in his ears had completely quieted down, Xia De spoke to Luvia again.
He briefly recounted what he had heard, the two most critical points being that Darkness had temporarily reconciled with the Blood Spirit School, and that the two had decided to go to a small town in the southeast of the city that had been swallowed by darkness and completely forgotten by people in the outside world.
"This is bad news. Darkness has learned about the darkness and obtained the artifact with the power of the ancient gods. Once he completes the ritual, it will be much more difficult to kill him. The chosen ones are blessed by fate."
Luvia dropped the amethyst pendant in her hand:
"My divination was not able to obtain as much real information as yours. But I can at least be sure that they did not set out directly to the darkness. Even a thirteen-ring warlock would not rashly break into an out-of-control relic of a location without preparation."
"In other words, the situation isn't so urgent that we need to chase after them?"
Shad looked into Luvia's eyes to confirm.
"Yes."
The purple-eyed girl nodded, packed up her divination supplies, and looked very anxious:
"We will split up. I will go to the black market and pass this information to the church. Detective, you go find the witch and tell her this information. The church and the witch had better act immediately. I originally thought that Darkness might not survive to the dark realm, but now he has help..."
The fortune teller bit her lower lip.
Shad knew what Luvia meant. The original plan of the three people never included dealing with a fully powerful thirteen-ring warlock.