"Doctor, 17 seconds left."
Shade reminded him again, but he had already put his mind at ease. Holding the sword, he watched the body of the fire demon disappear little by little on the platform in the distance, while the flames on the doctor's body became stronger and stronger.
Finally, with 10 seconds left before the doctor had to step through the door again, the fire demon on the platform in the center of the huge hole in the mountain completely disappeared.
The doctor shook his right hand, which had returned to normal, and the flames on his body gradually died down. He smiled and turned to look at Xia De, only to see Xia De looking behind him in surprise.
Dr. Schneider only felt something flying fast past his face, and then he saw a black stone with red cracks on its surface rushing towards Shade's heart.
Xia De instinctively swung the sword in his hand and chopped forward. At this moment, he felt like the sword was guiding his hand and pierced the black stone with incredible precision.
The stone was pierced through the sword, and the red cracks on the surface flashed a few times like flames, and then it became completely motionless.
"This is the heart of the Fire Demon. Yes, it is the Fire Demon itself, not an evil demon. I didn't expect that the simulated Fire Demon would also have this organ. Wait a minute..."
The doctor reached out and touched the stone that was still emitting residual heat:
"Purely the heart of the Balrog, with no other power. Pack it up in the bottle in the suitcase, the one I put the label on. Oh, there's not enough time."
The doctor patted Shad's shoulder and then trotted into the half-open door.
With a clang, the wooden door with a metal base disappeared, and the metal key fell on the stone platform. At the same time, as the doctor left, the two fireballs he summoned for lighting also disappeared.
The entire hollow in the mountain returned to darkness, leaving only the bright yellow runes on the sword in Shade's hand, which were shining in the darkness as the sword slashed the demon:
"Silver Moon!"
Holding the sword in his left hand, the silver moon lit up at the fingertips of Shade's right hand. He squinted at the sword in his hand, then bent down to pick up the key, put the demon's heart pierced by the sword into the bottle prepared by the doctor in advance, and then slowly walked to the edge of the stone platform.
Standing on the wooden plank in front of the broken bridge, he looked across the central stone platform and toward the stone platform hidden in the deep darkness on the other side of the mountain. Just when the flames of the fire demon illuminated the entire mountain, Shade vaguely saw a stone tablet standing on the stone platform on the other side of the mountain.
After hesitating for a moment, he raised his right hand and pointed his right index finger:
"Silver Moon!"
Standing on the edge of the stone platform, with the abyss at his feet, the bright moonlight burst out from his fingertips, and the instantaneous light made the belly of the mountain seem to turn into daytime, and even the long sword in his hand was stained with moonlight. This dazzling moonlight did not have much effect on the caster himself, so Xia De saw the whole picture of the stone tablet.
The distance was too far, and he couldn't see a single letter clearly, but at least he could see the base of the stone tablet and the shape of the tablet itself.
The knowledge in Witch Filianna matched it immediately. The style of the stone tablet opposite was obviously the style of the end of the Fifth Epoch. And judging from the format, it was made by the spell that only high-level witches could use.
"It seems that the illusion I saw when I raised the sword just now was real. The witch queen of the Fifth Epoch, Violet Marshall, left a stone tablet here. And hundreds of years ago, Dr. Alfred's ancestor, the high-level sorcerer, came here but did not explore. He just stayed to seal the Balrog. Yes, it seems very likely that the location corresponding to this place in the narrow space is the seal on the mountainside!"
Xia De extinguished the silver light on his fingertips, packed up the suitcase, wiped off the traces of the ceremony, and left with the suitcase in one hand and the sword in the other.
(Mi Mia is running)
"Come on, detective, let's toast to friendship and today's victory!"
In the eastern part of Tobesk, the lights on the first and second floors of Schneider's Psychological Clinic had long been turned off, but the lights were still on in the bedroom on the third floor. Under the bright and cheerful gas light, Shade and Dr. Schneider each held a glass goblet and clinked glasses in front of the window to celebrate.
It was half past nine that night, the key to the wooden door by the wall had been put back in its place, the suitcase was opened and placed on the desk in the bedroom, bottles and jars were shining under the gas lamp, and the long sword was wrapped in the bed sheet by Shade and leaned against the wall at the door.
"Congratulations, doctor."
The two clinked their glasses, and the middle-aged doctor could hardly suppress the smile on his face:
"It went better than I thought. That's great. This is already the seventh demon I've devoured."
A terrifying scarlet light flashed in his right eye, but this was just the doctor showing Shade this extraordinary power:
"In addition to this, I also learned two additional magics related to the Balrog and obtained new spiritual runes."
Xia De raised his glass again to celebrate:
"What a pity, doctor, you haven't held the ceremony to advance to the sixth ring yet. Your current spirit rune can only be considered as a fifth ring."
"No, no, I am deliberately controlling the process of digesting the Fire Demon's power. I think if everything goes well, I can get one or two more Spirit Runes after the ceremony at the end of this month when the Yellow Moon is full."
Both of them were in a good mood, so they chose to stand in front of the open window and talk in the night breeze.
Shade took a sip of the extremely expensive red wine provided by the doctor and squinted at the night view of Tobesk:
"Doctor, are you sure swallowing this weird thing won't make you lose control?"
"My mood may have changed a little in the past few days, but at least it won't get out of control for now."
The doctor said, the smile on his face faded a little:
"Don't worry about me. I've made all the preparations. At least I won't lose control until I successfully rescue the souls of Mr. Shelf Tim and Ms. Shana Aya."
Xia De nodded:
"It's better to be safe, so go to my house tomorrow morning. There is a door in my basement that can help you suppress your emotions."
He was referring to the door leading to the dark dungeon, because this door was obtained by killing the chosen one, so the use of the dungeon is not limited to the ring warlocks who have the "dark" spirit rune. After entering the trap door representing oneself in the dungeon, one can talk to or even fight with the "self" in the dark, so as to reverse the loss of control.
According to Iluna, the Church of Light and Dark, which is the Holy See of the Church of Dawn, has also found a door to enter the Dark Dungeon, so the probability of the ring warlocks of the Church of Dawn going out of control is lower than that of other churches.
"OK."
The doctor nodded without asking any more questions and continued:
"But I can't identify the sword you got. You can ask Old John to identify it. He is absolutely reliable. Or, go to the college for identification. I remember that you have a good relationship with the librarian Miss Danister. She even gave you a college task with high practical credits."
"Yes, but I don't think I will go to the academy for identification."
Xia De looked back at the sword by the wall:
"Once the academy knows that I have this, I won't be able to run around with it. And I got news from the sword that this sword can be the key to solving the problem of the narrow space. It should not belong to me forever."
"It's up to you to decide."
"And the heart of the Balrog..."
Xia De mentioned this.
"All the spoils are yours."
The doctor shook his head indifferently. Although it was Shade who found the location, strictly speaking, the heart of the Balrog was the doctor's trophy:
"If the heart was intact, it would be worth quite a bit, probably enough to buy your neighbor's house as well."
This metaphor can fully understand the value of the "flawless heart of the fire demon".
"Unfortunately, I absorbed too much of its power, and now it is almost equivalent to an empty shell. This kind of thing has never appeared on the market. Let me estimate its current value. It should not exceed five thousand pounds."
"It's already worth a lot of money. Who can make so much money at once? Oh, if it can be sold at a high price, I'm even thinking about learning the expensive magic that the priest gave me."
Xia De said with a smile, and then asked:
"But why did the heart attack me at that time? I thought it was an evil spirit or demon that wanted to possess me."
"Impossible. You were wearing the Demon Hunting Seal at the time, and I had already extracted and crushed the evil demon's soul."
The doctor shook his head.
"Let's not talk about that. Anyway, I gained a lot tonight. But I have to remind you, detective, don't go to Midhill Castle too often. Because of the power in my body, I am very sensitive to whispering elements and blasphemous elements. Except for the night of God's descent in Tobesk, I have never felt the elemental chaos like in Midhill Castle anywhere else."
"So how do you feel about Fort Midhill now? Have you discovered anything?"
Xia De asked curiously. The doctor thought for a while while holding the wine glass.
"The last silence before the volcano erupts."
"Volcano..."
Shade sighed, drank the red wine in the glass, and looked up at the night sky of the eastern part of Tobesk with the doctor. The lights of the buildings in the distance were twinkling, and the chimneys in the distance were still spewing black smoke into the night sky.
The night in a big city is extremely quiet, especially in such a wealthy area. The only sounds you can hear are the barking of dogs in the alley and the rhythmic sound of carriages rolling on the cobblestone road as they pass by the block outside.
"But in this way, I actually have a warrior who kills dragons and a hero who slays demons around me at the same time."
He sighed softly.
"Kill the dragon. Where did the dragon come from? Is there still a dragon in Midhill Castle? I can't deal with this."
The doctor asked curiously, picking up the bottle from the small round table beside him and pouring wine for Xia De, then smiled and pointed at himself:
"Besides, I'm hardly a hero."