The current location is in the basement of the Midhill Castle Mechanical College in a narrow room. However, when he turned his head and looked behind him, he saw that there was no door for Shad to leave on the wall covered with disgusting black slime, so the flame separated by Sister Defulin was indeed very important.
Even the interior of the room was filled with fog, which was different from the fog in the real world. The former was just damp and cold, while the latter was so cold that it could not be blocked by clothing.
At the same time, the previous times when he went deep into the narrow space, only his physical condition was affected. But this time when he entered the narrow space, the unique effect of the relic on his mind finally appeared.
When I first stood there and talked to "her", I didn't feel too much discomfort. But when I started to walk out, with every step I took, the strange feeling of dizziness, as if I hadn't woken up yet, became more and more severe.
When Shade arrived at the basement steps, he had to rest against the wall. Fortunately, the divine afterglow still protected him, and with the help of the Youth Eternal Leaf and the simple amulet he made based on the knowledge of the elves, he gradually adapted to the place after resting for a few minutes.
Knowing that time was running out, Shade did not stay any longer and hurriedly left the basement. Perhaps because all the windows in the corridor were broken, the fog on the first floor of the castle was even more exaggerated than in the basement.
The seemingly imaginary castle was not exactly the same as the real castle, so Shad did not waste time looking for the gate. Instead, he left the castle through the window and came to the castle courtyard overgrown with weeds.
Because he had learned a little about the plant species that could grow in the narrow space when he helped Mr. Cops collect plants last week, Shad was able to identify a variety of rare plants including corpse grass, snake heart grass and rotten soul flower.
The lushness of these plants also indirectly indicates that the forces of life and death in this narrow space have completely lost their balance.
The distance from the Midhill Mechanics Institute to the mountainside seal is actually closer than to the Natural Church in the city center. But Shade thought that it was more likely that Joey Barton would appear at the foot of the mountain, so he headed towards the city.
The further loss of control of the narrow space caused the internal space to undergo major changes. When Shade was hiding from the undead, he discovered that the abnormal space even caused dangerous areas such as "loop alleys" and broken spaces to appear inside the narrow space.
As he moved forward, he encountered a circular alley, which was an alley that seemed infinitely long, and when he walked in it, he could never reach the exit that seemed right in front of him.
With his keen perception, Shade noticed something was wrong in time. Fortunately, he also had spatial power. Following "her" suggestion, he drew a circle under his feet with the Night Watchman, then knelt on one knee, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands and thrusting it into the ground, with his forehead against the hilt:
"Space Stabilization Aura!"
Clear sounds of glass breaking appeared all around, and when I looked up, the dilapidated alley in the white fog didn't seem to have changed. But after walking a few dozen steps forward, I left the alley:
"It is indeed an angel-level relic, but unfortunately..."
After swinging the sword a few times, making a sound of breaking through the air, Xia De solemnly put it back into the scabbard, and then continued to walk into the ancient city shrouded in thick fog.
The narrow space suppressed the propagation of sound, so even if a steam bomb exploded in the distance, Shade would most likely not hear it. However, the white fog only had a normal effect on the obstruction of light, so he could see what was happening nearby from a high place.
The first large-scale anomaly that Shade encountered was a flock of crows flying overhead. At the time, he thought it was a dark cloud, but when he looked up, he found that it was a dense mass of black birds.
At that time, he was standing on the spire-like roof of a marble building on one side of the five-way intersection. This building was the Carsonrick Commercial Bank in the real world. While holding the gargoyle statue and trying to find the next direction, a flock of crows flew over.
Shad quickly hid behind the huge gargoyle statue and squinted his eyes to see someone flying above the crows with them.
"A high-level warlock?"
The distance was too far to judge, but soon he knew why the other party was flying at such a high altitude. Because in the deeper part of the fog, a huge black shadow quickly appeared, and finally broke through the fog and appeared above Xia De's head.
It was a huge skeleton with wings on its back, a long tail covered with bone spurs, and red light jumping in its eye sockets. When it appeared, the skeleton seemed to have a gravitational force that could attract people's attention, and no sight could escape its body. As an undead creature in the narrow space, this skull dragon had a terrible pollution. Even Shade didn't dare to stare at it for too long.
"Oh, my little Mia, the bone dragon!"
Compared to the bone dragon that Shade encountered in the Dead Valley in the Fifth Epoch, this one was significantly smaller and less oppressive. But even so, it was a genuine bone dragon, the most powerful undead creature that could be encountered in the modern world of the Sixth Epoch.
"I knew that there wouldn't only be evil spirits in the narrow space between life and death."
He tried to shrink his body as much as possible, hoping that the crows and bone dragons above his head would not notice him. But as if in response to Shade's thoughts, the terrifying undead flying above his head raised its neck and swayed left and right with a dull roar, and then spewed out a black deadly breath forward.
The crows were unable to dodge and fell from the sky in large numbers, like wheat being harvested by a sickle. The man who flew with the crows also fell to the ground. Although he used a spell like "Feather Magic" to slow down his descent at the last moment, he seemed to be seriously injured.
Unfortunately, the place where he landed was exactly the five-way intersection below the rooftop where Xia De was.
Holding a large book with a yellow cover in his hands, the man managed to stand up with the help of the ground, and immediately called out the eleven life rings to prepare for battle, while the flying bone dragon also descended in altitude.
It flapped its wings and glided low in the sky, lowering its head and spewing black breath on the long brick-paved ground. Even though Shade was far away from it, he could clearly feel how terrible the breath containing the power of death, plague and curse was.
The intersection was very large, and the surrounding shops looked abandoned for a long time, so it was very convenient to dodge left and right. But the breath was pulled from left to right, so the strange high-ring warlock could only resist on the spot.
He held up the book in his hand, turned to one of the pages, and let the eggshell-like protective layer shield himself, thus completely taking the attack.
"It looks like a familiar spell. Is it the Sidon Seal from the Church of the Sun? No, it looks more like the one from the Zaras School of Spellcraft... Oh!"
The bone dragon, which had already spit on the ground, raised its altitude again. While the black mist on the ground had not yet dissipated, it discovered Shad hiding behind the gargoyle in the sky.
Boom!
The body turned in the air, and the huge tail with sharp bone spurs swept over. The rooftop area was only so big, and Shade had no way to dodge, so he could only jump into the air. Behind him, the spire-like roof of the marble building had been completely destroyed.
He adjusted his posture in the air, holding the sword in both hands and subconsciously wanted to use the sunlight ray, or the "sunlight cannon" to hit the bone dragon's head. But then he realized that there would be many more battles to come, and he absolutely could not waste too much energy here.
"Raglai's Leap."
The huge head of the bone dragon opened its mouth and bit towards Shade, but Shade had already disappeared in the air and appeared on the wall of the building on the southeast side of the street. He kicked his feet hard and bounced out with the power of the spell, avoiding another tail swing of the bone dragon. While jumping in the air, the chain in his sleeve shot out and wrapped around the flagpole protruding from the window of the building on the southwest side.
With the chain swinging violently, the whole person circled half a circle above the five-way intersection, then rolled on the ground to release the force, climbed up and stepped steadily on the ground.
The breath of the bone dragon on the ground had gradually dissipated, and the eleventh-ring warlock who was suspected to be Professor Zalas was still alive, but he fell to the ground and was struggling to get up. He looked seriously injured.
Xia De ran a few steps and pounced on him, and then the two of them rolled on the ground a few times, avoiding the claws of the swooping bone dragon. The claws left two deep scratches on the already broken ground.
"Sir, are you okay?"
He looked poisoned, and Shade supported him and tried to hide in a building on the street, while he searched his pocket for branches to detoxify him. Looking closely, the book in the hands of the eleventh ring sorcerer did have the emblem of the Zaras School of Spellcraft.
If the professor had not been suppressed in the narrow space, he would not have lost so miserably. Shade remembered that in the Valley of Death, the thirteenth-level witch, Miss Orlanod, defeated an opponent more ferocious than the skull dragon above her head with just one move, "Moonlight Greatsword". Even if the contemporary ring sorcerer system is not as good as the witch system, the eleventh ring is not without the qualifications to fight the skull dragon.
"It's okay. This thing appeared too suddenly. I'm not good at dealing with flying things."
The middle-aged professor with brown hair said while spitting out blood.
The two had already hidden in a building next to the intersection that looked like a haunted house. The bone dragon, which had regained its altitude, had not discovered them for the time being, but had not left either. Instead, it wandered in the thick fog above the intersection.
"Where did this come from?"
Shade asked curiously while detoxifying, but the toxin of the bone dragon was not something he could deal with. After thinking for a while, he found the answer from the elf knowledge. Then he found a fresh green leaf from his pocket, wrote the elf rune representing health and strength on it with a fountain pen, and used the leaf and branch as the materials for detoxification.
Doing this is equivalent to performing a "powerful detoxification technique". Although it consumes a little more energy, the effect is very obvious.
"Thank you. I'm Raven Ogle... That dragon flew down from Mount Xikar with me. The Chosen One summoned Him. That terrible dwarf went crazy and tried to fuse the Level 0 Relic. Although the human soul has its limits, he can indeed control a few powerful undead individuals at a time. This dragon was originally sleeping deep in Mount Xikar. According to records, it was killed by a witch in the early Fifth Era."
The professor looked at the masked young man and said, without hiding these things. Xia De frowned slightly:
"Joey Barton is on the hill?"
The green light in his hand was expelling the toxins, and the professor looked much better:
"Although I don't know who you are, you are indeed for the chosen ones... Yes, the church has seen him on the mountain, and his goal seems to be the top of the mountain."
"Did I guess wrong?"
Xia De was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt that things should not be that simple.
"However, the witches also sent a message that Joey Barton also appeared near the mountainside."
The professor added, and Shade nodded, knowing that no conclusion could be drawn yet:
"Professor, are these things telling me that this stranger is okay?"
The middle-aged professor leaning against the dirty wall smiled:
"Even if I tell you, what can it do? The narrow room is in chaos now. Wouldn't it be great if you were willing to go up the mountain to stop Joey Barton? Besides, you saved me, I should repay you."
"Well, is there any way to deal with the dragon outside? We can't leave until it leaves."
Shade said, and then added:
"I'm not at a high level, so I can't beat him."
"Answer me a question first. You are disguising your accent as if you are holding something in your mouth. You are alone in a dangerous place. You are wearing a black coat and have a normal body shape... Are you the 'Godcaller'?"
“The question is moot right now.”
"That's right."
After the powerful detoxification technique ended, Professor Zalas wanted to stand up, but he held his forehead, as if he felt dizzy:
"I have a Secret Keeper-level relic that can deal with it, but it takes time to prepare, so I didn't use it just now. Take it and defeat the skull dragon. As a reward, the relic will be yours, but you need to swear to the god you believe in and help me deliver a letter to the Natural Church in the narrow space."
Xia De thought for a moment:
"I'm glad you trust me. That relic is my reward for saving you, and the reward for delivering the letter is that I get to open it and examine its contents."
The professor hesitated for a moment:
"Can."
He opened his large book that looked to have several hundred pages and stopped at a slightly later point. The page on the left was written with densely packed small characters, while the page on the right used extremely fine strokes to depict a white crystal with a giant dragon inside.
He placed his hand on the page on the right, and then grabbed it suddenly, and actually "grabbed" the white crystal out of the paper. At the same time, the small words on the left page and the pictures on the right page all disappeared. This eleven-ring professor used unknown means to seal the relic in the book:
"This is yours. The Higgs Dragon Head Stone, a Secret Keeper-level relic. It can only be used when slaying a dragon. The opponent must not only have the attributes of a 'dragon', but also be at least ten times the size of the user, otherwise the properties cannot be triggered. Hold this stone in your hand, remain still, and stare at the target for more than ten seconds, then you can use the Dragon's Breath once..."
He paused.
"Yes, it's just as you think, and the cost to itself is extremely low. The breath is only effective against dragons, and it only has a frightening effect on non-dragon targets. The negative feature is that there is a certain probability that after using the stone, it will be irreversibly transformed into a crazy dragon head man, but the probability is very low. The containment conditions are simple, just place it in pure salt."
The surface of the white crystal in his hand was very rough, and it would even hurt if he held it tightly. If he looked closely at the cloudy interior of the crystal, in addition to the lifelike white-haired dragon that seemed to have been shrunk and sealed into the crystal, he could actually see a line of small characters. Those were not any characters that Xia De had ever seen, and they did not even look like the characters used by human civilization:
If you're a dragon, great.
"Are you sure that the dragon breath used by humans can defeat that skull dragon? This is just a keeper-level relic?"
Shade asked again.
"This relic is specifically designed to restrain dragons, especially impure dragons like hybrid dragons and undead dragons. Moreover, even the lowest-level relic can defeat the highest-level relic if it is used in the right scenario. But I must remind you that the properties of the dragon breath you exhale are related to your own strength. If you are good at powers like fire, toxins, and lightning, your voice may become hoarse and your lungs may be severely damaged after using the relic."
This relic really makes sense.
"It doesn't matter. I have healing abilities."
"Now, you can also become a dragon slayer."
The professor said jokingly, and opened the book again to look for medicine to treat himself. He not only had poison in his body, but also other injuries. The battle on Mount Xikar was more intense than in the city.
Xia De shook his head:
"How can I be called a dragon slayer? I heard that the chosen one of balance actually slayed a pure-blooded dragon."
"I've heard that, too. But she is the protagonist of the era, the destined hero, the one who is destined to write an epic. How can we compare with her?"
Holding the dragon head stone in his hand, Xia De left the building and came to the five-way intersection again. He looked up at the white fog above his head and caught a glimpse of the hesitant bone dragon in the fog:
"ten."
The dragon did not notice Shade immediately and continued to circle overhead.
"Nine."
It still didn't notice Shade, but Shade could already feel the stone in his palm getting hot and his lungs feeling a little hot.
"eight."
The dragon's flying movements became slow, and it took three seconds to finally spot Shade.
"seven."
As if confirming the target or accumulating strength, the bone dragon did not pounce immediately, but roared in the thick fog. The sound was suppressed by the narrow space, so it seemed unusually dull. Xia De immediately felt the mental oppression, and primitive panic appeared in his heart. This is the innate ability of dragons, of course, it has no effect on him.
"six."
The dragon swooped down, and Shad felt his lungs aching as if they were on fire.
"five."
The flying speed of the bone dragon was extremely fast, falling like a falling meteorite. If it was hit head-on, even with Shade's current physical strength, he would probably be shattered to pieces that even Mia couldn't recognize him.
"Four."
The dragon was almost in front of him. The wind pressure and mental pollution from the sky made Shade subconsciously want to avoid it. But he suppressed this impulse, then kissed the moonstone ring on his left hand and pointed it upwards:
"confusion!"
"three."
The bright yellow moonlight spread to the sky, and the power of chaos affected the judgment of the bone dragon as Joey Barton's summon. Its descent speed slowed down significantly, but because the bone dragon itself was too powerful, the power of the magic confusion did not make it turn against Shade.
"two."
Shade retracted his left hand and stared at the dragon suspended in midair. He felt his chest swelling, and the nausea that was about to come out made his entire upper body extremely uncomfortable. The Higgs Dragon Head Stone in his left hand was giving Shade power with the whispering element. This was a very dangerous behavior. If he was not careful, he would fall into madness and truly transform himself into a dragon.
"one."
The bone dragon swung its tail in the air, its scarlet skull eyes looking at Shade below.
Xia De closed his mouth and took a deep breath. Bright silver light shot out uncontrollably from his eyes, nostrils, ears, and even from the gap between his lips:
"roar!"
The sound came first, and then the shock wave caused by the sound wave swept across the entire block. In Shade's mouth, which was opened to the sky, the dazzling silver moon beam shot straight into the sky like a light cannon. It hit the bone dragon head-on like a rotten wood, causing it to completely disappear in the light. Then the silver moon's dragon roar broke through the white fog in the sky, leaving a huge hole in the thick fog.
The silver light in the air lingered for a long time, as if the light had left a permanent mark in the air. As the broken bone fragments fell to the ground silently, Xia De leaned over and pressed the ground, coughing painfully:
"Cough! Cough, oh, I feel like my whole lungs are burning. Shouldn't the power of moonlight be completely harmless to the human body?"
After all, you are a human, not a dragon.
"She" was chuckling, and seemed very satisfied with the result.
"If this dragon head stone can be used on any target, this thing must be rated at least at the sage level."
He fished out a water bottle from his pocket and drank two sips of the water that had been treated with the full food. The cool feeling finally made his lungs feel a little better.
Turning back to the building, Professor Ogle of Zalaas was still preparing potions to heal his wounds. His injuries were not simple external injuries, so Shade could not help him.
"You are indeed a God Summoner. Although you are deliberately suppressing your power, that silver moonlight is definitely not wrong."
Seeing Shade coming back, the professor raised his head and said. Shade shook his head:
"Give me the letter. I want to go to the Natural Church as soon as possible."
"Is that your original destination?"
"Because there is no answer, I can only trust my own guess..."
"Here is the letter. I actually suggest that you cooperate with the church to deal with Joey Barton. As long as you show your sincerity, the church will be happy to have another helper of the Thirteenth Ring."
Xia De shook his head and turned to leave, but hesitated for a moment and asked again:
"Excuse me, do you know where the headmaster of St. Byron's, Professor Andre Pigman, the 'Silver Keeper', is now?"
Professor Ogle picked up the conical glass bottle and asked softly:
"Then please answer my question, God Summoner. Will you call upon God this time?"
"I don't have an answer either."
The professor nodded:
"Then I understand. Professor Pigman has not entered the narrow space yet. He is in the real Midhill Castle."
"The three thirteenth ring sorcerers of the church and the thirteenth ring of the academy didn't come to the narrow city?"
This doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it.
"Once the Holy Tree Mark ritual is successful, as long as the Narrows don't collapse at that time, the problem of Midhill Castle can be postponed for at least three years, so we need enough high-level warlocks at the core of the ritual on the mountain. Moreover, the seal of the Nature Church is theoretically the most reliable seal. The Nature Church has occupied this place for thousands of years and has been operating the Narrows since the beginning of this era. Don't they really have any additional means?"
As he spoke, he raised his head and drank the purple potion in his hand. Judging from his expression, the potion tasted terrible. But then, the professor frowned and put the thumb-sized glass bottle into his mouth. He started chewing it with a crunching sound, and his expression was extremely ferocious:
"I added potion catalyst ingredients to the potion bottles I used during the war, which can make the potions you drink more effective. Oh, this is not glass, it just sounds like glass. I am vomiting blood, not scratched by the bottle."
With his mouth full of blood, he smiled at Shade and waved the other bottle in his hand at Shade:
"Would you like to try it? This is my unique invention. Although few people are willing to use it, it is definitely very useful. The college has accepted my patent application and it has reached the final approval process. I plan to research a few more flavors..."
Xia De turned and ran, hoping that this "unique invention" would never become popular.
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