The Traveler's Gate allows Dr. Schneider to appear in Midhill Castle for a short period of time, but because any object with extraordinary power cannot pass through the gate, in addition to the key to the gate, the doctor also gave Shad a suitcase containing spellcasting materials and ritual materials, and asked Shad to help bring it to Midhill Castle, and arrange peripheral rituals in advance to help weaken the power of the demon.
"The local group in Zarathus, are you willing to trade this door?"
Xia De asked while holding the key. The doctor nodded and patted his chest:
"Don't worry, I'm very popular with people here. The other party did like your mirror. It's a very good prop when you're being chased or need to eavesdrop. But the amount of gold pounds he can compensate you with is not more than 50 pounds, so you can come back to discuss it tomorrow night."
"Um?"
Xia De originally thought that he had to compensate the other party, but now it seems that the value of the corpse-hiding mirror is really greater than he imagined.
"Okay, I'll come again tomorrow night."
He wanted to leave immediately, but hesitated and asked Dr. Schneider, who seemed to have another patient in a while:
"Doctor, are you sure nothing else will happen tonight? If it's not safe, we can wait until Tuesday when a friend of mine arrives at Fort Midhill and we can take action."
"No, no, everything else could go wrong, but not with demons."
The slightly excited expression gradually disappeared, the doctor shook his head, and said somewhat dejectedly:
"After all, this is a demon."
Because the "opening time" agreed with the doctor was 7pm, Shad didn't care about Mia's dinner. After leaving the doctor's clinic, he went to Quill Pen Street to find Dorothy and asked her to take care of the cat, and promised to take it back tonight.
"Shad, are you going on another 'exciting and interesting' adventure?"
The blonde girl stood at the door of the apartment building, holding the reluctant Mia, and asked Shad suspiciously. The first volume of "Hammidel Detective Stories" was about to be released to the public. Dorothy was busy with this while Shad was hanging out at Midhill Castle.
"No, no, this isn't a dangerous thing. The doctor and I are going to collect a relic, and it's a very good relic. When I get it, you will be surprised."
That witcher's silver sword is indeed a beautiful thing.
"Really? With the doctor... The doctor does look reliable."
She first praised him, and then tried again:
"So do you want me to return the Eternal Youth Leaf to you temporarily?"
Xia De immediately shook his head:
"Of course not. This time we are just going to collect a relic."
Besides, Xia De still has two pieces in his hand:
"That's all, I'll pick Mia up around ten."
In order to prevent the traveler's door from getting out of control, Shad must return to Tobesk at ten o'clock in the evening to return the key.
He waved goodbye to Dorothy. The blonde stared at Shad's back, feeling that what he was going to do would not be so easy.
It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when he said goodbye to Dorothy. Shad only ate a piece of bread at home, and then immediately went to Midhill Castle through the basement. After an hour's journey, he came to the cliff in the mountains again, and fell from the cliff in the same way as last time, entering the cave in the cliff that only the person holding the parchment scroll could see.
Passing through the long and narrow, quiet passage in the mountain, with the rolling heat waves blowing in his face, Xia De saw the stone platform on the side of the cave in the mountain outside the passage, the broken bridge, and the bonfire in front of the broken bridge.
The long sword shone with silver light, and the characters "My heart is clear, and the sword slays the devil" were engraved on the blade. The color of the characters was close to black, and just by looking at them, one could feel the great deeds and complicated stories that this sword had experienced.
Below the sword, in the bonfire where only ashes remained, some faint sparks could be vaguely seen flickering.
"This is a beautiful sword... and it's free."
Xia De gave his most sincere admiration in his heart, and then, amidst "her" laughter, he prepared to set up the ritual given by the doctor to weaken the devil's power.
In the black suitcase, in addition to the doctor's own spellcasting materials, there are also detailed ritual instructions and materials. This ritual is derived from the knowledge of evil spirits and demons, and has no effect on the doctor. After all, demons understand demons best.
The most important materials are holy water No. 3, scarab shells, holy silver, church books that have been used for 15 years, and a blessed red ribbon with words praising God that the doctor got from somewhere. According to the description, this ribbon is actually an ornament on the robe that the pope of the previous generation of the Natural Church wore when presiding over the mass.
"The priest has also invested a lot this time."
While Shade was busy, the bonfire under the sword occasionally emitted a few sparks, as if it was about to revive. Shade kept an eye on it, but until he finished the ritual to expel the demon, the bonfire did not change again.
Of course, the constant whispers in his ears tempting Shade to throw himself into the bonfire and coexist with the flames never stopped, and the temperature here was also a bit high. However, these were not insurmountable difficulties for a foreigner who was used to all kinds of big scenes.
He was quite quick, and after arranging the ceremony, there was still half an hour before the agreed time of 7pm. He restrained his curiosity about the broken bridge across the large hollow in the mountain, and stood at the edge of the passage and the stone platform, ready to greet the doctor.
Thaumaturgical time perception allowed Shade to clearly know the most accurate time point. When seven o'clock arrived, he followed the doctor's instructions, meditated on the traveler's door in his mind, and then thrust the metal key into the air. After turning it twice to the left, it turned it twice to the right.
With a "click" sound in the air, Xia De let go of the key and took a step back, and saw that the key seemed to be floating in the air and "growing" out the old brown wooden door with a metal base to the upper and lower sides.
The door was pushed open, and the scene behind the door was not the empty cave in the mountain, but Dr. Schneider's warm and comfortable bedroom.
"Is it ready?"
The doctor behind the door poked his head in and asked, and when Xia De nodded, he stepped over the threshold with confidence:
"Is this Mount Sikar? This is my first time here. Look, it's really dark here."
The doctor snapped his fingers, and two fireballs flew out, hovering above the stone platform and illuminating the place.
"I can smell the devil without even looking."
Smiling at Shade, Dr. Schneider walked around the door, stepped on the ground with his black boots, rubbed his hands, and walked to the broken bridge impatiently, looking at the bonfire under the silver sword.
He took a deep breath and showed a satisfied expression:
"That's right, detective. This is indeed the evil spirit that mimics the fire demon - the arsonist Sokeface!"
"Doc, you have three minutes and two seconds."
Shade was still standing at the edge of the connection between the passage and the stone platform, waiting, reminding the doctor while curiously looking at the open door. Behind the door was the bedroom on the third floor of the doctor's clinic, and according to the characteristics of this relic, only the user who came from the other side of the door could go back from the open side, so although Tobesk and Shade were only "one step away", if he wanted to return to Tobesk, he still had to walk an hour on the mountain road to the abandoned tower in the mountains.
"Well, detective, just stand there and don't move. No matter what you see next, please don't panic."
"Doctor, I am no longer the ordinary person who knew nothing when I met you this summer."
Shade said, and then saw the doctor take off his black coat and throw it to him, wearing only a white shirt:
"I just hope that it won't damage my image in your heart."
The doctor said quietly, his back turned to Shade.
"What shape..."
He closed his mouth in time because he saw the doctor roll up the sleeve of his right shirt to expose his arm. Then he held his right hand with his left hand, and pointed the palm of his right hand at the bonfire under the silver sword.
The shadow on the wall clearly showed that the doctor's right hand was stretching and getting longer, and then his palm suddenly cracked open. The huge mouth even made his palm swell.
"The devil's mouth of human pus! The doctor actually even mastered this."
Xia De said in his heart, and from the current situation, Dr. Schneider's efficiency in utilizing "Human Pus" is even better than Ivan Darkness's original efficiency.
The chosen ones of darkness use their dark talents to forcibly coexist with the devil. Your friend directly devours the power of the devil and turns it into his own power, which is fundamentally different.
Shade nodded and watched the open mouth cover the campfire with the sword.
The flames immediately jumped up from the gray embers, trying to make a final resistance. However, the doctor's right hand was licked by the terrible flames, but it seemed to be unaffected and continued to move downwards, trying to swallow the ashes of the bonfire in one gulp.
careful.
She said softly
"Be careful about what?"
With a humming sound, the long sword stuck in the bonfire began to vibrate. Silver light shot up into the sky, almost illuminating the entire hollow in the mountain.
At the same time, the black runes on the sword actually lit up from bottom to top. It was a bright yellow light, and the bright yellow runes appeared even more dazzling on the sword that was emitting silver light.
"My heart is clear, and my sword slays the devil!"
The doctor shouted, and read the inscription on the sword in demon language:
"This sword is actually hostile to me, and I'm a good person! Oh, damn it!"
Thousands of silver sword beams were sprayed in all directions from the vibrating sword, like raindrops. Dr. Schneider screamed, retracted his arms and hugged his head, and rushed into the passage behind Shade without looking back. The silver sword light followed him closely, but fortunately there was a layer of black hard shell on the doctor's back, which blocked the few attacks that hit him.
Xia De was more wise and hid sideways behind the half-open door. Without the effect of spatial force, the door had almost "indestructible" property while it was open, so it naturally blocked the attack for Xia De.
"Doctor, there are 1 minute and 53 seconds left. What's going on?"
The doctor's moving away also allowed the sword to return to normal. Shade turned around to check on Dr. Schneider. Although he looked a little embarrassed, he was not actually injured because he ran fast enough.
"No, this sword is more powerful than I thought. Detective, now you can only pull out the sword first, release the Balrog, and then I will swallow it."
The doctor stuck his head out from the passage behind him, and directed the two fireballs above his head to approach the sword. After making sure that it no longer responded to the outside world, he came to Shade with lingering fear, and it seemed that he did not dare to get any closer.
"Draw the sword? Who will draw it?"
Xia De looked at the doctor in confusion.
"What do you think?"
The blue eyes looked at Shade:
"Detective, there's only you and me here. Do you think it's possible for me to touch that sword?"
The fire above cast their shadows on the ground, and the shadows were severely deformed. The shadow representing Xia De's right hand pointed at himself:
"You mean... me?"