This time, Luvia bought two dandelion coins from the black market. She had heard about it this summer and finally got them after going through many channels.
And now, Luvia hopes that these two coins can bring the content of "Ceremony of the Chosen One of Death".
The coin was thrown into the sky by the fair right hand. Shade and the cat on the sofa raised their heads in unison, but found that the coin did not change at all and fell straight back to its original place.
"It doesn't seem to be enough."
As she spoke, Luvia took out the fortune teller's silver coin, but was stopped by Shade:
"This is a rare relic that can assist in divination and help you to spy on fate. Are you really willing to consume it directly?"
The purple-eyed girl hesitated, and Xia De took out the blood money:
"Use this."
Luvia immediately shook her head:
"How can this be possible? This is the only relic we have that can detect relics of the same type."
“Sometimes the coin is not the key, the key is what we want to do.”
Shade slapped the pirate's blood money on the table:
"We have already found too many coins through blood money sensing. Sometimes people can't be too greedy. Besides, I don't want to run into those dangerous location-type relics for blood money and be forced to play Rhodes cards with all kinds of guys who are good at cheating."
Shade said with a smile, and Luvia also smiled:
"Yes, people should not be too greedy. If we blindly rely on blood money to find blood money, I am afraid that sooner or later we will fall into the trap of greed. This is also the inherent characteristic of relics such as blood money. Yes, Shade, that's right."
She seemed to have figured it out and picked up the blood money:
"In the beginning, I found Iluna thanks to blood money. Now, in the blink of an eye, we have reached the third chosen one. Time flies so fast."
Three coins fluttered in the light of the gas lamp, and for a moment, Shad seemed to see colorful lights floating around the rotating coins.
After reaching the highest point, traces of rust appeared on the surface of the coin, and it quickly decayed during the fall until it turned into invisible smoke and disappeared.
Luvia opened her eyes, and a purple light flashed in her eyes. The white figure behind her seemed to appear for a moment, and the figure was smiling at Xia De.
"Very good, I have completely understood the ritual. Relatively speaking, this ritual is more dangerous."
(Mi Mia is running...)
Early Monday morning, Shad walked out of Mount Sikar in the fog and asked the nuns of the Home for the Blind for an appointment to meet Sister Defulin.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the carriage carrying Sister Defulin broke through the thick fog in the city and stopped downstairs of the House for the Blind. In the reception room on the third floor, the nun saw Shad, who had been waiting for a long time by the window.
This thick fog was even more terrifying than last week. I hadn't been to this city for just half a week, and the city seemed to have fallen asleep in the white fog. And the whispering elements in the white fog could be felt without even the sensitivity of Shade's soul. The narrow space was getting closer and closer to Midhill Castle in the material world, and the boundary between life and death was overlapping with the world of the living.
"Sister Develin, I found and removed the third nail last week."
"That's good. The news from the Orthodox Church confirmed this, and believed that it was done by the God-Summoner who has not yet appeared. But Granny Cassandra said at the weekend that this matter is most likely related to you."
The nun still spoke in the same tone.
"I heard last week that the church had found the whereabouts of the last nail. I wonder if there was any progress over the weekend?"
"Yes, the Chosen One, Iluna Beas, led the team and successfully grabbed the last nail. Because they were unsure whether the clown taken away by Joey Barton had been sent away, the church did not remove him for the time being."
Xia De looked at the fog outside the window and murmured for a moment:
"How much do you know about Joey Barton now, Sister?"
"You and I have visited him together. He is the chosen one of death, who has now fled to the narrow space and tried to break the rules of life and death and bring back a dead person."
"Yes."
Xia De carefully planned his words:
"Regarding the Whispering Poems, did you know that the chosen ones of a certain identity actually have a succession ranking? And there is not just one person."
The nun sitting on the sofa paused, pointed her eye mask at Shade's back, and shook her head slightly:
"have no idea."
Iluna learned about this from the knowledge of the chosen ones. The church and the academy might know about it, but the Spiritual Order is only a regional group of ring sorcerers after all, and they really don't know about this.
"This is just like the order of succession to the throne. The first in line is of course the most important, but if the first in line dies before the succession ceremony, then the next in line can take his place. And now, there are at least four candidates in Midhill Castle. The first candidate is, of course, Joey Barton. Although he only has one ring, his control over the power of death is very terrifying."
"Are you trying to say that I am the second candidate for the Chosen One of Death?"
The nun's tone was so calm that even Shade thought she had known it for a long time.
"Yes."
"I see."
Xia De wanted to ask the nun what she understood:
"You probably know that I have been traveling frequently between Tobesk and Midhill Castle this autumn. It's not because I like this place very much, but because I am looking for the chosen one."
He turned around and saw the nun "looking" at him.
"Although I am on good terms with the witches, I have no power of my own and can only be considered an ordinary correspondence ring sorcerer. But for special reasons, I am pursuing the thirteen chosen ones, pursuing and witnessing those epic scenes.
Iluna Beas, the Chosen One of Balance, is my best friend; Ivan Darkness, the Chosen One of Darkness, was actually the first person I met in Coldwater Harbor. "
The nun said nothing, but just listened quietly.
"When all thirteen chosen ones appear, the survivors will push open a door, and that door will determine the future of this world. Sister, now Joey Barton is walking on the tightrope of making a big mistake, I want to prepare a second plan in advance. I hope you can be prepared. If Joey Barton dies before the ceremony, please perform the ceremony immediately."
"Can."
Although this was an important conversation, Sister Defulin's cold voice made Shad feel like he was asking what to eat for lunch today.
He looked very serious:
"I came to see you today to tell you all about the Chosen Ceremony. But before I tell you, I want you to promise me one thing. If Joey Barton really dies and you inherit the seat of the Chosen, I hope you can go with me to see someone who will be my companion in the pursuit of the Chosen. I hope our friendship will last forever, and don't tell anyone about this, not even the witches."
"In the name of the First Fire."
The nun said, then stood up from the sofa, and in the space between the sofa and the window, she raised her hands slightly, and the slender flame rose in her palms:
"Shad Sullen Hamilton, may you become my ally of fire."
"OK."
Xia De nodded. He believed in Sister Defulin's character.
"The ritual of the chosen one always includes three parts: first, the chosen one understands the meaning of the corresponding identity, which means understanding the meaning of death; second, an item related to the power of the corresponding ancient god must be prepared."
He paused, and the nun nodded:
"The cult has a collection of ancient artifacts passed down from the last era."
"That's good. Finally, let's talk about the ceremony. Before the ceremony begins, a person who has been resurrected from the dead needs to be sent away as a token of the ceremony. We have already done this at the top of Mount Xikar in the narrow space."
Not only did the nun do it, but the other two candidates did it too.
"The ritual location must be at the border between life and death. The specific method is to commit suicide at the border. In the deepest slumber of the soul, grasp the feeling that all mortals are mortal and all things will eventually die, and use this to be reborn again."
Compared to balance and darkness, the ritual of death is obviously more demanding:
"There is no need to worry about a suicide reversal. The normal ritual process will not cause the chosen person to actually die, so a reversal will not occur."
Shad added:
"Sister, I hope you can prepare in advance. I have a very reliable spy in the Orthodox Church. Once I find Joey Barton, I will go to see him immediately. If he really doesn't want to turn back, then he is our enemy."
"I see."
The nun nodded again, and she also had something to say:
"Mr. Hamilton, I hope that after everything in Midhill Castle is over, you can follow me to the Spiritual Order's base. I want to talk to you about the First Flame and some other things."
"Of course that's no problem."
Shad has always been interested in the spiritual order's headquarters, but even Grandma Cassandra doesn't know where it is.
During the half week that Shade was away from Midhill Castle and relaxing in Tobesk, various local events continued to happen. In the late autumn under the thick fog, the law and order situation in Middleburg deteriorated sharply, and the Orthodox Church had dealt with more evil spirit incidents in recent days than in the past few months combined.
In addition, as the narrow space gets closer to the real world, more strange things are happening.
When Shade was having lunch with Granny Cassandra and Miss Aurora, the witches mentioned a strange sleeping sickness that had appeared in the city:
"Ordinary people with strong enough inspiration can also feel the existence of the gap. If they are obsessed with something, and the soul of the person they miss is really in the gap, then these people can make their consciousness appear in the gap in their dreams, and be attracted by the soul of the gap, unconsciously following them towards death."
Miss Aurora drank the red wine made by Shade and said, pausing to look at the wine glass:
"What kind of magic is this? Has Saint Byron developed the ability to brew wine?"
Xia De didn't want to say that the essence of blood brew is cannibalism, so he skipped the topic.
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