Although the repelled evil spirit was not seriously injured, Shade's actions made it even more violent. The lower the element, the more black faces appeared from the depths of its soul. Shade could even hear the continuous whispers and curses coming from his ears.
His right foot swept away the fallen leaves on the ground, and before it could attack Shade again with the white mist, Shade took the initiative to rush forward with the sword in both hands:
"one!"
He lunged forward, and as expected, the moonlight sword was blocked by the pale green shield.
"two!"
Through Raglai's jump, his figure appeared behind the evil spirit, and the light shield appeared again to block the sword in Shad's hand.
"three!"
The sword and the light shield fought against each other behind the evil spirit, while the second sword summoned by the Blade of Chaos Time appeared from the front of the soul and hit the evil spirit's head directly.
The light shield was in the shape of half an eggshell. If it defended against attacks from behind, it would not be able to defend against attacks from the front. The two-handed sword carrying moonlight pierced out from the air, first piercing the blood-red hand that stretched out from the neck of the spirit—the abilities of evil spirits were mostly related to hatred and the cause of death, and then the blade pierced the head of the spirit.
The light shield behind him disappeared at this moment, but Shade did not relax:
"Mind Explosion!"
With one punch, the black faces surrounding the soul disappeared in astonishment. The whispering elements were expelled along with the white mist, and with the appearance of a pure white spirit and cracks on its surface, Shade knew he had won.
At the last moment of collapse, Professor Higgins turned to look at Shade, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment. He was about to say his last words before disappearing. This was a unique characteristic of the evil spirits in the Midhill Castle area:
"Why... ... "
I didn't want to get involved, but his sad expression was indeed pitiful. . The soul was about to disappear, so Xia De didn't worry about the other party telling on him. Considering that he had taken the other party's suitcase, Xia De sighed and couldn't help but comfort him:
"Actually, I am a gray eagle, so your mission did not fail, you succeeded, professor."
Professor Higgins's "last words" came to an abrupt end, and his soul, which was collapsing from bottom to top, looked at him.
"Yes, I am the Grey Eagle of Tobesk. I got the information from Virgil Cameron of the Principality of Set. The exact information in the pen is - on the last day of this month, your goods are in the warehouse with a red doorplate on Punjab Street in Midhill Castle. The ink is blue-black and the note is rolled up."
The professor's pure white and transparent hand grasped his arm, and his soul, which was about to collapse, was actually made whole again because of Shade's words. So, Shade gently scratched with his finger, and the black crack immediately opened up, and the light spots of the soul drifted towards the land of death:
"Go away, your mission is complete."
He said softly, and Professor Higgins's soul looked at him intently:
"Tomorrow morning at 9:30, on the platform of Fort Midhill train station. Bring a bouquet of red roses, wear your grey gloves backwards, put a gold fountain pen in your breast pocket, and remember to dress respectably. Someone will take over the boxes. Password: No, all ages, interested."
Xia De looked at him in surprise. His memory just now did not mention that he could complete the mission in this way. But he immediately realized that after his companions were shot and one committed suicide, Professor Higgins could not have failed to inform his superiors of the change in the mission within a week.
So, this is the new arrangement. Professor Higgins never thought that he could take the box away.
His soul had disintegrated, leaving only the part above the neck. Xia De nodded gently, but did not make any promises. He thought of the password for abandoning the mission (Chapter 561) in the ciphertext in the newspaper, so he whispered in Carsenric:
"Your mission is accomplished—eternal loyalty."
"Eternal loyalty..."
The spirit completely disintegrated and floated into the "Gate of Death" opened by Shad.
Xia De waved his palm, as if smoothing out the black crack with his palm.
Then he sighed slightly, raised his head over the treetops of the dense forest, and looked at the dim sun in the sky. The strange optical effect made the dim sun blurry, reflecting the gradually thickening sunset glow:
"This world is really dangerous for ordinary people."
Professor Higgins' body was buried in the Sikar Mountains, under a tree where he could overlook Midhill Castle. He then returned to Tobesk's home with the suitcase.
There was no one at home. Under the setting sun, only Mia the cat happily jumped down the stairs from the second floor to welcome Shade home.
So, no matter how bad things happened to Shad outside, he would always feel good when he came home and saw the cat welcoming him.
After changing out of the clothes she wore to Midhill Castle and freshening up a bit, she took the cat to Quill Street in the university district to look for Dorothy.
Unfortunately, the blonde writer was not at home. The landlady said that she had gone home to have dinner with her family.
So Shad pretended to be taking an evening stroll, strolling to Silver Cross Avenue with Mia in his arms, and handed a note to Ajelina's maid in the flower shop, saying that he had something urgent to discuss with Lecia.
Then, in the lounge reserved for Ajelina behind the flower shop, they tasted rose tea and delicate rose cakes. Ajelina sometimes sneaked out and liked to spend time alone in this flower shop, so the lounge reserved for her was really nice.
After eating and drinking with the cat, Leicia sent a letter, asking Shade to wait for her by the Tylarel River west of the Yodel Palace. She would go out to watch the opera with Ajelina later, and the carriage would take them through Felicie Field Street and stop by the river.
"Princesses have a very comfortable life."
With a sigh in his heart, Shade picked up the suitcase he had not opened yet and held the cat that looked sleepy and soft. He went around the huge Yodel Palace complex from the side, crossed the street between Yodel Palace and the Kingdom Parliament, and after entering the intersection with Felischer Pastoral Street, he chose the one that led to the river at the five-way intersection.
The Terraril River is still in its flood season in autumn, and freight ships are rushing to deliver the last batch of cargo for the year before it freezes over in winter.
The sun had almost completely set, and the Terraril River was reflected in a golden glow. Steamboats with thick smokestacks cruised along the river, leaving columns of smoke behind. The autumn wind swept across the water, sparkling, and the reflected light made people squint their eyes.
Wild geese flew in formation across the sky. Irregularly shaped cotton-like clouds were barely visible in the misty city sky. As the sun showed its last rays, traces of three moons could already be seen on the horizon.
The red moon, the yellow moon, and the silver moon, three moons hang in the shadowy starry sky. It is dusk, which is probably the most pleasant time of the day. Because no matter who you are, you will subconsciously slow down at this moment, because night is coming.
Shade didn't have to wait long by the river before the princesses' motorcade drove over. But after the motorcade drove away, an ordinary-looking carriage stopped.
Not far away was the Cavendish Bridge across the Terrarelle River. This tower bridge was built with royal funds. The coachman motioned to Shad to go to the bridge. So Shad and the cat walked leisurely along the river bank, and the carriage followed behind him at a very slow speed.
Soon they arrived at the bridge. Xia De walked onto the bridge, and after about twelve steps he stopped and looked at the scenery outside the bridge. Mia looked at the water under the bridge curiously in his arms, and then shrank her head as if she was frightened.
The carriage slowly blocked Shad's back. As the door opened, Shad turned around and rushed in with the cat in his arms at an extremely fast speed, as if he was holding an orange steam bomb.
Because he was going too fast, he almost bumped into Ajelina who was trying to lean over to say hello to him.
"Good evening, Shade."
"Good evening, Leicia. Oh, good evening, Her Highness Ajelina."
Maybe it was because Shade took the initiative to find her this time, but Leicia, wearing a red dress, was in high spirits:
"You wrote to me specially, is there something?"
Because explaining MI6, Detective Sparrow, and vampires would be very troublesome, Shade asked directly:
"Has any important department in the kingdom lost any valuables or confidential documents recently that could be put into this box?"
Shade put the black suitcase on his legs, and the cat that was placed next to the long seat immediately jumped up and lay on the suitcase.
"Ajelina, hold it for me."
Shade then handed the cat to the little princess, who happily hugged Mia. Mia saw that Shade was really talking about business, so she symbolically struggled to show that she was not really willing.
"I picked this up from Fort Midhill. It's from the Gray Gloves."
"Gray gloves?"
Leicia smiled, not realizing how important this was:
"Our great detective has not forgotten to contribute to the kingdom even in Midhill Castle. Oh, I remember, you are also an agent of MI6."
The five members of the team all knew that "that lady" had arranged a job for Shad in which he could get paid without having to work, but no one knew what Shad's current treatment and status were in MI6.
"A detective is both a knight and an agent?"
Ajelina, who was holding the cat, whispered, but no one paid any attention to her.
"Let me think... the kingdom hasn't lost any important information recently."
Resia twirled the hair hanging by her ears with her fingers and gave her answer.
"So is it possible that an important document or information was copied?"
"It's unlikely..."
She raised her eyebrows:
"Aside from the four metal plates in your basement, I'm not aware of any recent release of anything of importance."
She meant the master of the four-shilling note.
Ajelina looked very curious, but neither Shade nor Leicia wanted to explain.
"So what could this be?"
Xia De looked at the suitcase on his lap with a serious expression.
"Why don't you just open it and take a look?"
Leicia looked out the car window past Shade. It was not easy for her and Ajelina to show themselves, so they could only look out at the Terraril River from this small window. It had only been more than 20 minutes since Shade arrived at the riverside, and the last ray of sunset had disappeared.
On the calm Terraril River, the lights of steamships dot the river scenery, and on both sides of the river are the lights of thousands of homes. This is the core urban area of Tobysk, the pearl of the north. The flames of the steam age symbolize the greatest civilization achievement of this era.
This scene made Leisia Cavendish believe more firmly that all this was worth her.