"Oh~"
Seeing the flying heads becoming clearer and clearer in the fog, Princess Margaret groaned, put her hands on her neck and closed her eyes:
"Under normal conditions, this relic cannot create so many clones. The relic is going out of control. Mr. Hamilton, please retreat quickly. The curse is taking effect on us."
“That’s not necessary.”
Xia De took a step forward and clapped his hands together:
"ha!"
With arms outstretched, a huge arc-shaped blade of light cut through the dense fog and slashed at the densely packed wall of heads. Silver Moon's blade of light slashed at the wall, and amid the increasingly eerie murmurs of the heads, the moonlight collided with the flying heads. Dull curses appeared in patches, and a huge gap was slashed on the "wall", but in the blink of an eye it was filled with new heads:
"Don't attack anymore, the curse on you..."
Princess Margaret immediately reminded him, and then was surprised to see that the black on Shad's neck suddenly became brighter, as if it was ignited by fire, and then disappeared.
The "Divine Afterglow" state protects the soul from pollution, while the "First Flame's Remnant" can make the body immune to certain curses. The clerical-level relic Charles II's decapitation curse is a flesh and blood curse, which is exactly the type that is restrained by the First Flame.
"Which one is the real one?"
Xia De looked at the head that was pressing down on him with sharp eyes.
Just like before, all of them are the original body.
"Chains of Sin!"
The black chain flowed out of his sleeves. After it was extended to a sufficient length, Xia De held one end of the chain tightly in his right hand and lashed at the "wall of human heads" like wielding a whip:
"The power of the red dragon!"
The tense muscles drove the chain to strike, and the whooshing sound of breaking through the air brought Princess Margaret back to her senses, as she had been disturbed by the runes on the "Sin Chain". The dark chain that seemed to absorb light almost knocked down half of the "wall of human heads" with just one strike:
"What a powerful magic!"
The princess couldn't help but admire it, but Shade explained softly:
"It has no attack power!"
As he spoke, the rope trick controlled the chain to change direction in the air in a way that completely defied the laws of physics. Then Shade shot the chain out again, completely breaking through the approaching wall of human heads.
The densely packed heads rolled down the dirty alley like balls, and turned into puddles of black mud amidst the curses. The chain of sin continued to pull at the only head left in the air. Perhaps because it had lost too much power, the head did not try to escape, but instead opened its mouth and bit one end of the chain of sin:
“Good opportunity!”
Both parties exerted their strength at the same time, the strength of the human head and Shade's physical strength competed, and in the end Shade was slightly better. As the head was pulled over, the chain, under Shade's control, drilled into the mouth of the human head, then went along the esophagus and drilled out from the lower end of the head. After a circle, it turned around and wrapped around the back end of the chain, which was equivalent to stringing the human head on the chain.
Gluttony, greed, laziness, the sin runes flickered on the chains, and the still shaking head finally calmed down little by little as Shade's spirit was rapidly consumed:
"Great sin..."
Finally, his eyes closed and he became completely motionless.
"alright."
Shade heaved a sigh of relief. With a rustling sound, the chains of sin pulled the head towards him. He pulled the chain with his right hand and held the head in his hand. When Shade looked at Princess Margaret again, the latter took a step back without making a sound.
She pursed her lips. Although she guessed that this knight of Drarion might be very capable, she didn't expect him to be so capable. She could not contain the relic that was on the verge of losing control, but after Shade appeared just now, he actually defeated the opponent head-on.
"Mr. Hamilton, what level of sorcerer are you?"
Miss Mary asked softly, and Shade shook his head.
"Ms. Mary, since you refuse to reveal your true identity, I have no reason to tell you my level. However, you are a ring sorcerer from outside the area, and you probably don't know the local situation. Since this summer, all kinds of strange things have happened frequently in the local area. Our group is friends with Mr. Madison's group, so I have to remind you to be careful in Tobesk."
"OK."
The princess said carefully, taking back her puppet. Shade put his hand in his pocket, took out a paper bag and put the head in it, then stepped back a few steps, ran a few steps and kicked the wall with his shoes. He stretched his free left hand upwards and grabbed the brass metal pipe that was clinging to the wall. He jumped up neatly and reached the window sill on the second floor in a few steps, bringing himself back to the Three Cats Inn.
Looking at Princess Margaret in the alley, she was looking at the second-floor window with some embarrassment. It was obvious that she couldn't just climb up like Shad did.
"Please come up."
The chains dangled from the window, but Princess Margaret shook her head.
When she returned to the hotel from the main entrance and saw the group of people on the second floor again, Shade and Dr. Schneider had already sat back at the table.
The head returned to the woman's body, and then Shad asked for a room from Mrs. Sammi. Dr. Schneider took his patient back to the room, and Mr. Madison helped the woman and Princess Margaret into the new room on the third floor with Shad.
Princess Margaret's academy mission is to contain the clerical-level relic, the Curse of the Decapitation of Charles II. She needs this relic to exchange for the special material "Blood Doll's Thread" from Sexess. This is one of the core materials for her promotion from the fourth ring to the fifth ring. Even though she is a princess, she can't get it from other places.
Extracting the remains from a woman requires a lot of complicated steps. When Dr. Schneider knocked on the door and flashed in, the ceremony was only halfway done. After all, Shade and the doctor took other people's money, so they also helped to arrange the ceremony.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, they placed the unconscious woman on a chair and moved the chair to the ritual array painted on the ground.
Shade closed the curtains, and the doctor blocked the light from the door with newspapers. When everything was ready, Mr. Madison turned off the gas lamp by the wall, and in the darkness, the chalk marks on the ground all lit up.
Princess Margaret, holding a specially treated silver table knife, wearing a brown leather apron and a crow mask that served as a ritual symbol, stood beside a chair and cut off the woman's head with her own hands under the watchful eyes of three men.
There was no blood on the cut surface, but instead there was wriggling black mud. Princess Margaret held the head with her left hand, and with her right hand she took out a wide-mouthed glass conical bottle filled with fresh blood and flesh from the large pocket in front of her apron, and placed the glassware under the head.
The flesh and blood in the glass conical bottle was bait, and the squirming black dirt gradually broke away from the cut on the head, then drilled into the bottle and corrupted the flesh and blood in an instant. The squirming black dirt finally turned into a disgusting black parasite at this point, but after being separated from the real living person, its whispering element had become quite low.
"Miss Mary seems to be very good at this operation."
Xia De whispered beside him, and the doctor explained:
"The training focuses of the Sukses Higher Medical School and St. Byron's are different. In addition to their advanced skills in potions and alchemy, they are also good at undead spirits and human body modification."
Seeing the relic was perfectly stripped, Princess Margaret breathed a sigh of relief and handed the bottle to Mr. Madison, while she re-stitched the woman's head. This unfortunate woman was not from Tobesk, but came all the way here from a city further south, and was then discovered by Sexes.
After the relic was detached, if her head could be sewn back together as soon as possible, she could still survive. However, because the relic had been attached to her for too long, her mind had been irreparably damaged. Later, the Sexess Higher Medical College would send someone to pick her up, and after confirming that she could return to normal life, she would be sent back to where she lived.
"Fortunately, the containment process went smoothly. If it really got out of control, this time it would be a big trouble."
Mr. Madison, wearing gloves, shook the bottle vigorously, and after confirming that the dark worm in the bottle was no longer moving, he carefully placed it in the opened metal box on the table. This box was the real storage container, and on its surface was the emblem of the Sukses Higher Medical College - a book pierced by a scalpel.
“What happens if it gets out of control?”
Shade asked curiously.
"Within 300 meters of the flying head, the heads of all humanoid creatures will automatically separate from their necks."
Mr. Madison touched his neck. Dr. Schneider clicked his tongue at the door.
"These strange relics have become more and more common in the past six months. Although there were dangerous relics that were not contained in big cities before, the frequency of their appearance was not so high."
"Is Tobesk dangerous?"
asked Princess Margaret, who was still undergoing "stitching surgery".
Dr. Schneider looked at Mr. Madison, Mr. Madison looked at Shad, and Shad looked at Dr. Schneider. For a moment, no one gave an answer.
After suturing the woman's head, Mr. Madison hired a carriage to take the woman away. Princess Margaret held the box containing the remains and paid Shad and the doctor. She obviously had something else to say to Shad, but she finally left without saying anything.
This made Shad even more excited about the next time he would see Princess Margaret in public.
He and Dr. Schneider stood at the window of the room on the third floor, watching "Miss Mary" disappear in the crowd at the Anthem Square. The doctor then asked:
"Shad, now the princess knows that you are a ring mage, but the princess doesn't know that you already know that she knows you are a ring mage. And you know that she is also a ring mage, but you know even more that she doesn't know that you know that she knows you are a ring mage. What will you do next?"
The doctor's words were easy to understand, and Shade replied:
"So what if Princess Margaret knows that I'm a ring wizard? I'm more interested in another correspondence student from Senrik than her."
"Sir Prisher?"
The doctor asked.
Xia De nodded:
"Doctor, if you know that Sir Prisha is going to participate in the collection of relics or other activities related to the Ringwitch in the local area, please remember to inform me. I need to find him for something."
The doctor didn't ask Shad what he was going to do:
"No problem, I'll go ask Alan and I'll find out. In fact, I wanted to say this last time. Since there are ring sorcerers in the royal family of Anjou, there should be some in the royal family of our kingdom as well."
As he spoke, he glanced at Xia De, obviously wanting to get confirmation from Xia De.
Xia De hesitated for a moment and nodded:
"The royal families of both countries have personal relationships with the Thaumaturgy Academy. Although the Five Gods Church has promised not to interfere with secular royal power, it is impossible for the royal family not to make its own plans."
"clear."
The doctor sighed and looked at the bustling crowd in the Anthem Square:
"We are living in the best era. Theocracy and monarchy support each other. Social changes are generally peaceful. The two human kingdoms have basically maintained peace because of the advent of the steam age. I really hope that this era can continue forever... ... No matter how I think about it, I know it's impossible."
The doctor tapped the wooden windowsill with his fingers and motioned for Shad to go with him to see Mr. Jeems, who had slept all afternoon and should be awake by then.