"The death explosion will impact three channels at the same time."
When talking about this topic, the priest seemed a little worried:
"I'm not a church ring sorcerer, so I can't know more specifics. From what we know so far, the local Church of Nature believes that there may be problems with all three channels."
The Church of Nature and Evil was the first of the Five Gods to preach in the local area, and all the seals of the door at the foot of the mountain were carried out by the Church of Nature. Even the location of the Church of Nature in reality corresponds to the location of the door in the narrow space.
"Anything could go wrong..."
Xia De had no way to deal with this kind of thing, but fortunately, this was not his responsibility. The only thing he had to do in this city was to collect enough intelligence, and after Luvia divined the information about the third chosen person, he would use the previous preparations to find the target in one fell swoop.
"The door on the top of the mountain in the narrow space is suppressed by an ancient one, and the door on the mountainside is nowhere to be found because of the hiding of the witch emperors. The church also knows this information, but obviously not as much as I know."
This is not because the church is incompetent or Priest Augustus is too powerful. Shad believes that this is purely because the level 0 relic on the priest that is suspected to be related to the "Original Angel" is too powerful.
Before the dishes were served, Xia De expressed his thoughts:
"Priest, I have made some friends in Midhill Castle these days. After dinner, we will go to the Blind House. They are actually the local base of the spiritual sect."
"A spiritual cult? You mean those people who wear blindfolds... Oh, so the Blind House is the base of that cult!"
The priest said in surprise that he knew about the organization but apparently did not connect the two.
"You can hand over your current intelligence and any intelligence you acquire in the future to the Spiritual Cult. The Cult will definitely be able to find a way to inform the church."
"That's nice... but I'd better not show up."
Father Augustus shook his head and took his pipe out of his pocket, but after a moment's thought he put it back.
"I will tell you everything I know, and you can hand it over to the spiritual cult. After all, I am a priest of the Orthodox Church, so I should not take the initiative to contact them... But are you sure that you know the top leaders of the cult?"
"Yes, I met with the leader of the cult this morning. When rescuing you, it was the eleventh-ring nun who provided great help."
Shade nodded, and the priest looked at him in surprise:
"You've only been here a week, haven't you? Detective, you really are... well-connected."
"Let's not talk about that."
Shade shook his head and passed over the topic, not wanting to involve the witch again because of the spiritual cult:
"Unknowable-level relics are really dangerous."
He sighed softly, and the priest wanted to speak, but the waiter came in again with the dining cart. After he left, the priest continued:
"In fact, even the least dangerous Bard-level (Level 5) relic can cause us a lot of trouble. Do you know the Bard-level relic itching spell?"
"have no idea."
Shade shook his head, looking very interested, so the priest said:
"This is a relic in the form of information, similar to a curse. Specifically, the back of the cursed person will be very itchy, and once someone sees him scratching his back, they will also feel itchy, thus spreading the curse. In the later period, as long as someone mentioned that they felt an itchiness on their back, or even recorded it in a book, the curse would spread."
"Oh, that sounds horrible."
Xia De rubbed the back of the chair with his back inconspicuously. When the priest mentioned this, he subconsciously thought about whether he felt itchy on his back, and then he really felt a little itchy on his back.
"Such a terrible curse is only at the poet level?"
"Yes, because the characteristic is just itching. And it's the kind of itching that can be relieved comfortably by scratching... Detective, what are you doing?"
Xia De, who was quietly rubbing against the back of the chair, shook his head:
"Nothing. So how do we cure this curse? We can't have to endure an itchy back for the rest of our lives, right?"
"No, it's not necessary. Just find the first person affected by the relic, peel off the skin on his back, and use nitre to make leather. In this way, the information will be retained on that piece of human skin. It is very sad that there are currently 193 known sources of the Itching Curse, and this is what the Church knows."
The priest shrugged:
"Even if we can't find the source, as long as two-thirds of the people infected with the curse apply a special ointment regularly, the infectious properties of this relic will disappear, so the harm is really not great. Oh, ring sorcerers generally have varying degrees of resistance to bard-level relics, so this curse is ineffective against high-level sorcerers. Oh, and there is also the Itching Curse developed based on this relic. This mischievous spell is ineffective against all ring sorcerers, but people who learn this spell are really boring."
Feeling a little itchy on his back, Xia De swore that he must upgrade to a high level as soon as possible to avoid encountering these curses that are not dangerous but extremely annoying in this dangerous world.
The two agreed to meet again tomorrow. The priest would consider what magic could be associated with the real death of Shade's spirit rune, and then take advantage of tonight to write down everything he has learned about the narrow space and the outbreak of death. But the priest still has church work to do. These elderly clergy who were summoned have already started basic ritual training, so they can't meet Shade often in Midhill Castle in the future.
However, it is now completely certain that the purpose of summoning Augustus priests to Midhill Castle is indeed for a large-scale theocratic ceremony.
When the priest took out his wallet to pay for the sumptuous dinner, Shade turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window and remembered another thing:
"Oh, priest, you owe the doctor three thousand pounds."
As priest Augustus was counting out the tips, his hands trembled and he almost dropped the coins in his hand.
"ah?"
He looked at the young detective opposite him in surprise, as if hoping that he could tell that this was a joke.
Xia De reminded:
"This is the cost of opening the door. You know, although my friends can help for free, we can't let them pay for the tools for nothing, right?"
“That’s… yes.”
The priest trembled and said:
"It seems I need to save some money recently."
Besides studying ring magic, Priest Augustus didn't have much to spend, he just donated his money out of habit. But this time 3000 pounds was not a small amount, it seemed that the priest had planned to start selling potions on the local black market after returning to Tobesk.
"But where did the doctor get so much liquid funds? Why did he take it all by himself? Normally, shouldn't four people take it?"
The priest thought about this again. Shade still remembered that others had warned him not to tell the old man in front of him about their collective bet:
"Doctors made a lot of money investing some time ago."
He said vaguely.
“What kind of investment can make doctors earn so much?”
The priest was very curious and put the money under the cup. The two men stood up from their chairs and the waiter led the way and sent them away.
"It's about a minor nobleman."
Xia De's eyes wandered:
"And it's related to foreigners. The Principality of Set knows about this, right?"
"Yes, it's not far from here."
The priest nodded:
“It turns out to be a transnational business.”
"You can say that, and there are quite a few foreigners. Specifically, it is related to some special wooden materials and ink. It is said that this business has a great influence."
"How dare a doctor get involved in this kind of thing? From what I know, this kind of business is very risky."
Descending the stairs, the priest took his pipe from his pocket.
"He received inside information and believed that the probability of this investment being profitable was more than 60%."
"That's great. It seems that doctors do make a lot of money. Bill is really lucky this time."
The two of them walked out of the restaurant as they talked, and almost at the same time they looked up at the sea of stars above Mount Xikar.
On the outskirts of Midhill Castle, on the edge of the mountains, the sea of stars is extremely dazzling and brilliant.
(Mi Mia is running...)
Instead of returning to the city of Midhill Castle with the priest, Shade went directly into the mountains and returned to the abandoned tower in the mountains. It was eight o'clock in the evening when he returned to the basement of his home through the basement of the abandoned tower.
When I got to the first floor and saw the lights on in the hallway, I knew that Luvia, who was fiddling with the astrology equipment, had not left yet. When Shade got to the second floor and caught the cat that jumped over excitedly, he saw the 17-year-old girl there:
"Good evening, Luvia, good evening, Iluna."
Shade greeted them and saw two ladies sitting on the sofa playing chess. There are card games like Rhodes in this world, and of course there are chess games, but they are relatively less popular.
"Good evening, Shad. Have you seen Father Augustus?"
Luvia asked, staring at the chessboard.Shad took a look and found that he didn't understand this game at all, so he went into the bedroom with the cat who wanted to jump up and rub his chin with his little head excitedly, to change into clothes to wear at home.
"Yes, Father Augustus seems to be in good condition, but there are big problems with Fort Midhill. If things go wrong, it could be another accident like the 'Return from the Sea'. I learned about the local customs and legends today, and those stories are very interesting."
"I thought you went to Midhill Castle to play Rhodes for a day. Don't those card players like to play cards in other places?"
The girl with long brown hair asked. She was at a disadvantage on the chessboard. Luvia played chess very skillfully.
"But why do you always encounter such dangerous things?"
“This is also the question I have always had.”
Luvia said, picking up her white chess piece and kicking Iluna's largest soldier chess piece off the board. The latter immediately covered her face:
"I lost again, Luvia. You didn't predict how I would play chess in advance, did you?"
"I won't do anything so boring."
Luvia stood up and went to the kitchen to prepare tea. Father Augustus was safe and sound, and Shade was free to stay at Midhill Castle. Therefore, the three of them were going to discuss the matter of the third chosen one tonight.