Oxenfurt squinted his eyes and looked into Shade's eyes:
"According to the contract, it must give me the strongest immortal power. I can be sure of this. Therefore, the commission it gave you is actually because it is tired of me and wants to 'collect debt' from me and get my soul back."
Shade also looked at him:
"You didn't tell the truth. At least, you didn't fully explain the full contents of your contract with it."
He stretched out his finger:
"First, your contract can't be that simple. The little things it asks you to do are definitely not small. Second, if I guessed correctly, this contract should also involve Mrs. Haila, but you didn't mention it at all.
.Third, I don’t believe that the condition for it to collect your soul is that someone can break its immortality. This is too simple.”
Oxenfurt shook his head:
"It's enough for you to know this, how could I possibly tell you everything?
Listen, I was a sailor on a ship, and the captain of the ship I was on still had some of my personal belongings. Captain Allen Woody, that's him, and this guy is here now, find him
, get back my old photos and letters, and then I’ll give you the white gem.”
As he spoke, he took out his notebook, hurriedly wrote down the address and gave it to Shade:
"You don't have to go, but don't want to know where the gem is. Also, next time you see it, don't recall our private meeting. It can read people's thoughts to a certain extent."
After doing this, Oxenfurt took out his pocket watch again:
"I have stayed here for ten minutes, longer than you asked. Goodbye, I took back my photos and letters and sent them directly to my manor. I will give you the white gem in the city after that."
After saying that, he turned around and left, seemingly not wanting to talk to Shade about anything.
"Old photos and letters? Captain Woody?"
This seems to be a good opportunity to learn about Oxenfurt's past, and the devil is also looking for those gems, which means that Mr. Lyman's grave is really as important as Shade thought.
After confirming that Stone Oxenfurt's carriage had gone far, Shade returned to the church and found Luvia holding the cat. The two took the carriage to the Prophet's Association in the city center. Luvia only took a half-day trip today.
False, she needs to find out new information in the association:
"Confirmed, Stone Oxenfurt is the second candidate for the Chosen One of the Earth."
Because Shade had already made a guess in advance, Luvia was not too surprised:
"So, the devil wants to kill the guardians and make Stone Oxenfurt the chosen one? Is it so confident that it can fight against the people chosen by fate? You know the entanglement we encountered before and the chosen one?
The demons of the chosen ones are all cooperating with the chosen ones."
"It's not that simple. What the devil wants to do is not to eliminate the first candidate."
Shade frowned slightly in the carriage:
"Just now Stone Oxenfurt told me that if I could break his immortality and kill him, then his soul would completely belong to the devil."
"That's why I guessed that the devil wants to kill the first candidate and then control the second candidate."
Luvia said, but after saying it, she felt something was wrong:
"It shouldn't be like this. My inspiration reminds me that it can't be that simple. Since it is an ancient evil spirit, it should understand how terrifying those sons of the era and the destined heroes are. The evil spirits of the third era prefer
Play with conspiracy instead of simply using force to solve things."
"Whatever the devil is planning."
Shade twisted his neck:
"As long as I deal with it, everything will be fine. Now Miss Lassus has also got clues about the power of the earth. By then, even if something goes wrong with the first candidate whose situation is currently unclear, at least we will still have the third candidate.
Three candidates.”
He never considered letting Stone Oxenfurt become the chosen one. Since he did something wrong, he should be punished accordingly.
After sending Luvia to the Prophet's Association, Shade took Mia back home from the Church of the Forgotten.
It was past ten o'clock in the morning. Considering that it was almost lunch time, Shade stopped at home to deal with trivial matters, planning to go out for dinner at 11:30, and then go to Old John's place.
However, before Shade could go out, at around eleven o'clock, the sound of a bell being rung came from downstairs.
After opening the door, I found Iluna outside. The girl with long brown hair said happily:
"I thought you weren't at home at noon. You just happened to be nearby, so I came to try my luck. If you are not at home at noon, I will come back in the evening."
"What happened? Is it about going to Randall Valley?"
"Yes."
Iluna nodded:
"The order I received this morning told me to pack up and set off on Sunday the day after tomorrow. It's still a steam airship, but the Randall Valley is much farther than Fort Midhill and the Pantanal. It's estimated to take three days.
It will take four days to arrive.”
"You received the order, which means that the church believes that the matter in the Randall Valley has reached a critical moment."
Shade nodded:
"Do you have anything at noon? How about we go have lunch? Let me also talk to you about what Luvia and I have gained in the Randall Valley these past few days. The current situation is still unclear, but at least our goal is simple
, as long as a certain enemy is eliminated, there is no need to consider other fancy things."
Iluna was amused by Shade's description:
"Anyway, there's nothing to do at noon, so let's have lunch with you. It's just the two of us, right?"
She stood in the foyer and glanced upstairs.
"Meow~"
The neglected cat stood on the first step of the stairs and let out a dissatisfied cry.
Since it happened that Iluna came to visit, Shade invited her to help him learn the thaumaturgy [Awe of the Sun] he got from Miss Danister the morning before yesterday. The thaumaturgy learning ceremony can only be held at noon, and requires
The help of a ring warlock who is versed in the power of the sun.
Iluna naturally agreed, so she happily went to a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue with Shade for lunch, and then returned to Saint Teresa Square to prepare for the ceremony.
There are only a few requirements that need to be met to hold the ceremony. One of them is to let the chest of the ring warlock performing the ceremony be directly illuminated by sunlight, so Shade chose the ceremony location in his attic. The ritual array is not complicated either.
Because Miss Denister has already supplied 2.5 times the materials, there is no need to go out to purchase any more.
After a simple construction ceremony, Shade lay on his back in the center of the circular matrix, in the human shape outlined with red chalk. On top of his head was a sun pattern similar to the sun's holy symbol, and at his feet were symbols representing the full moon, new moon and waning moon.
The moon phase pattern is displayed, and the body is filled with prayers praising the sun.
Iluna was wearing a white sacrificial robe. Because it belonged to Shade, the robe was obviously too big and the bottom directly covered her feet.
She held Shade's [Night Watch] in her hand, then bent down and pulled down the cat squatting on Shade's chest to bask in the sun:
"Wait a moment while I confirm the ceremony process."
She picked up the notebook placed on the small stool aside and read it again:
"Are you ready, Shade?"
"Ready."
Iluna made sure that the cat was squatting on the stool and did not rush over, so she walked quickly to Shade, holding the sword in both hands and pointing it at his chest that was illuminated by the sun:
"Arrogant, do you fear the sun?"
[Night Watch] itself is a silver sword, but with the runes included, the sword faintly exudes a golden luster in Iluna's hand. The sunlight shines on the long sword, making it shine. Shade can only feel the position on his chest.
Feeling hot, he looked at Iluna above and said:
"Yes, I am in awe of the sun."
So Iluna carefully held the sword with both hands, put the sword against Shade's clothes, then gently slid it a few times, and used the tip of the sword to scratch his clothes and skin until a mark was drawn on his chest.
The huge emblem of the sun.
Iluna's control was extremely superb. Although dense blood beads oozed from Shade's skin, making the cat beside him hunched his shoulders and stretched his head very uneasy, he did not feel much pain.
Then, the blood-stained sword tip was held by Iluna and touched the chalk line on the floor. The blood seemed to "ignite" the entire ritual matrix in an instant, and the brilliant red flame engulfed the person lying on the floor.
Shard.
Iluna backed away slowly, with a serious look on her face as she hugged the cat that was about to rush over. After the flames subsided, only a simple chalk circle was left on the ground. Shade, whose shirt was burned off, crawled from the floor.
He stood up. The wounds on his body scabbed under the burning of the flames, leaving strange scars on his skin.
Iluna held the cat in one hand and walked over again, holding the [Night Watcher] in front of her with the other hand:
"Arrogant, do you fear the sun?"
She asked again, and at the same time stretched out her right foot, which was wearing black leather shoes under her robe, and kicked the mirror on the side, allowing the mirror to reflect the sun's rays to Shade's body.
Shade stretched out his arms, closed his eyes and faced the sunshine and praised:
"Praise the sun."
Suddenly, the sunlight that originally only heated the skin seemed to shine directly on the soul. The warm feeling was like jumping into a hot pool after rushing into the house on a snowstorm. The soul became more active than before.
, Shade even felt that his physical strength had been enhanced.
He then breathed a sigh of relief and understood that the learning of thaumaturgy was successful. He opened his eyes and wanted to thank Iluna, but found that Iluna turned her head, but her eyes peeked at Shade, feeling a little embarrassed to see Shade.
No shirt on:
"You go and change some clothes."
Mia took advantage of this opportunity and jumped into Shad's arms. The cat carefully curled up its little paws to prevent scratching Shad, but its tongue seemed to be licking the remaining blood on Shad's skin.
"Oh, Mia, you're not a vampire cat!"
This cat seems to have a special hobby. Every time Shad is injured, it likes to lick Shad's blood.