The dawn sun passed through the thick fog that shrouded the Pearl of the North and shone on the city that was about to wake up.
On the Terrarel River that runs through Tobesk, cargo-laden boats quietly follow the current, sailing from upstream to downstream. Not far away, you can see the steel cable structure of the Disk Bridge, and it is only 100 meters away from St. Teresa Square.
It's only a thirty-minute walk away.
Workers ready to start work have already appeared on the small dock by the river. On another ship in the distance, the waking sailors are preparing to scrub the deck before breakfast at the urging of the captain.
No one noticed that the fog around the inconspicuous cargo boat was thicker than the fog in other areas. That was because the golden Holy Grail next to the metal black coffin placed on the deck was continuously generating fog.
This Holy Grail, which was obtained from the central island of Green Lake to purify the earth, has the power to produce mist. And the mist produced from the Holy Grail has properties very similar to the mist on the island.
The fog is obviously not very thick, but the line of sight cannot be easily penetrated. Moreover, within the scope of the fog, most space forces will be interfered with.
Dr. Schneider, who had not slept all night, stood on the deck and looked at the scenery on both sides of the river. The alert expression on his face did not disappear. On the coffin beside him, the silver cat pushed away the orange and white cat countless times.
Xiao Mia had a wronged expression on her face, as if she didn't know why she was disliked by Sha De.
"Shadow, stop bullying your cat."
"First, I didn't bully it. Second, this is not my cat."
The silver cat spoke to Dorothy, and the writer smiled and continued to use a pencil sketch in her notebook to draw the "fighting" appearance of the two cats. Although she could use a camera or her own magic,
But she prefers the feeling of painting with her own hands.
She said this on purpose, because the way Shade complained after turning into a cat really moved her. If she didn't want to complete the painting as soon as possible, she would have just wanted to be like in the pumpkin carriage carriage during the transfer two hours ago.
Like that, he kept petting the cat.
"That's why I don't want to tell anyone else that I learned Transfiguration. Oh, Mia, I know it's almost time for breakfast, and I won't forget it!"
The silver cat continued to complain, but the indifference and emptiness in his heart caused by the sight of "nothingness" had improved a lot. The relic failed to erase Shade because the divine personality in Shade's body was far higher.
But facing the characteristics of the relic head-on, Shade cannot be unaffected at all.
He must go home and sleep for four hours at a time, using "Moon Dream" to clear away the last discomfort in his heart.
Priest Augustus yawned and walked out of the cabin. Hearing the sound of the silver cat on the coffin, he couldn't help but smile, but he wanted to say something else:
"Bill, I've slowed down the ship. Does Shad's Holy Grail need to be put away? I'm worried that the people arranged by the academy to pick up the goods will not be able to find us because of this."
"No need to put it away. I contacted the college just now and they will send a very reliable person to pick up the goods. Moreover, the reward for this mission has been increased. The college did not expect that the relic could almost break through containment."
The doctor said, stretching towards the first ray of rising sun, and the good news of the salary increase made everyone smile.
However, the smile on Luvia's face was the shallowest. She stood on the other side of the coffin, first looking down at the long black staff in her hand, and then at the silver cat that Shade transformed into.
It was obviously the first time she saw and used this relic, but she felt inexplicably familiar with the [Stand of Yggdrasil]. It was as if she had been using this staff for a long time. What just happened
That "sunshine gun" attack was not her thaumaturgy, but the thaumaturgy she used with Yin Luna's "sunshine gun brooch". But even Shade didn't know that this relic could even enhance the effect of alchemy items.
"Although I have already praised you just now, your transformation skills are indeed very powerful."
The girl with purple eyes said to Shade. She saw two "cats" playing around, and after holding the staff tightly, her depressed mood was obviously much better. She also reached out and touched Shade's cat, and then as expected, she heard Xia De's voice again.
De's complaint.
"Although we all know that sooner or later you will acquire cat-related abilities, I didn't expect that the first thing you would acquire would be the ability to turn into a cat yourself. I originally thought it was to turn your cat into a human."
"Oh, Luvia, who do you think I am?"
Shade said, and the other four people all smiled.
"Where did you get this staff? We originally thought that the only weapon you used was that sword."
Luvia asked again, and the question was quite generous. Shade had already prepared an answer, so he pushed Mia who still wanted to get closer and said:
"I can't say this for now, but it is related to my time key adventure."
He didn't lie, but it was clear that Luvia and others' understanding of "time adventure" was different from Shade's original intention.
The girl with purple eyes nodded and didn't ask any more questions. The squatting silver cat looked at Luvia's profile and asked "her" in his heart:
"What happened to the 'sunshine gun' Luvia used when suppressing the relics before leaving the warehouse? I even thought it was Yin Luna coming. The effect of that blow was very close to that of Yin Luna, but Luvia
There are only five rings.”
【Because, she is the real owner of that staff.】
"She" smiled softly, and then reminded:
【Someone is coming, downstream, water surface.】
"There are people coming, on the water, downstream of us."
The silver cat spoke, and the doctor glanced at the pocket watch in his hand:
"The time is just right. Don't be nervous. It's someone sent by the academy. But it shouldn't be from the academy itself. After all, we need to avoid being misunderstood by the church."
While they were talking, others also saw figures appearing on the water in the early morning fog. They originally thought that there was also a group of people picking up the goods, but they didn't expect that there was only one person stepping on the water.
If you look closely, the lady in the dark blue dress is not stepping on the water, but every time she sets her foot, ice will appear under her feet to provide her with a place to stay.
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As the leader of the team, Dr. Schneider immediately walked to the edge of the ship to prepare to greet the other party. Dorothy, who put away her pencil, noticed the surprised expression on the silver cat's face.
"Xia De, what's wrong? The other party is not the recipient?"
She lowered her voice as much as possible and raised her vigilance.
"The opponent is twelve...no, it is thirteen rings!"
With that said, she raised her claws and kicked the [Night Watcher] down. Dorothy caught it and threw it neatly into the cabin, and then said doubtfully:
"Thirteen rings?"
"Yes, my perception is very keen. I am indeed the Thirteenth Ring."
The lady in the mist on the water turned into snowflakes and dissipated, and then the snowflakes condensed on the deck, revealing the figure of the lady.
She looks to be about the same age as Miss Carina - she looks young, has black hair, and has drop-shaped sapphire earrings hanging from both ears.
Compared to the five people in the group who were slightly tired, she looked very energetic. She even looked at the two cats on the coffin with a smile and looked at the two cats in turn:
"Warm sun and soft moon, I think you are Danist's student, right? Mr. Hamilton, the cat owner."
She said to the silver cat, Shade cat nodded and pushed little Mia again:
"Yes, ma'am, I wonder if you are..."
He actually already had the answer in his mind, but he just couldn't believe it.
"[Winter Singer], Elsa Ellsberg. Of course, people often call me 'Winter Singer'."
She said reservedly, and except for the cat, the other four people quickly expressed their respect to the lady:
"Madam, I didn't expect you to be the one to pick up the goods."
This lady appeared at the end of the Battle of Randall's Valley, fighting with Sister Devlin against Hermons the Bloodweeper. However, the distance was too far at that time, the sky was dark and there was a blizzard, so Shade was unable to do so.
Look clearly at the other person's appearance. As for the surname "Asberg", it is the same as the surname of Duke Asberg of the Northern Guards of the Third Regiment of the Royal Army of Delrayon. At the end of last autumn, one of Lesia's sisters
She is the son who married Duke Eisberg.
I just don't know if these two "Asbergs" are related.
The four members of the group all knew that [Winter Chorus] had a close relationship with St. Barrons Comprehensive College. After all, this was part of the college's general education, so it seemed reasonable for her to take over the delivery, but the doctor still asked in awe.
road:
"Ma'am, please tell me why the college allowed you to come... I'm not questioning the college's decision."
"Your principal and librarian have other things to do recently. But for safety reasons, this dangerous relic must be monitored by Thirteen Rings when it passes through the hinterland of the civilization of the Old World. I shouldn't have appeared originally, but I
Waiting far outside Tobesk, but you made too much noise last night."
She looked up at the sky in the western district of Tobesk. Under the rising sun, the dark clouds still had not completely dissipated:
"Although the relics are under control, in order to prevent a similar situation from happening again, St. Byrons asked me to check it out and be temporarily responsible for the next stop of transportation of the relics."
She walked to the coffin, and Shade jumped down neatly. The silver cat turned into a silver ball of light, and Shade's body recovered in the ball of light.
He also carried Mia down, and the black metal coffin shook, but very slightly. Then, the lady in a dark blue dress put her hand on it, and after a moment said to the five people:
"You have done a good job. The power of the relic has indeed returned to the containment measures."
She took off a gray crystal from the surface of the coffin and handed it to Shade, and then patted the coffin twice. The ice layer rustled and sealed the black coffin. The whisper could still be felt slightly.
The elements were completely subsided.
The five people finally breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the task was over. As for the task rewards, they would be distributed uniformly by the college later. At this moment, Sha De fully understood why he went to the Tobesk Railway Station to pick up the goods last night.
A group of people showed such happy expressions.
Although the mission lasted less than twelve hours, this night was no easier than Shade's adventures.
"Although you will definitely write a report on what happened before and after the relics got out of control last night and submit it to your college afterwards, I still want to ask, to what extent did the remains in the coffin get out of control last night? Did it sit up?
?How did you deal with it?"
The doctor and the priest looked at each other, and then Shade coughed:
"For me, I was the closest last night. After the power of the remains was affected by the unknown eight-ring warlock's prayer, the coffin lid was blown away along with me and my cat. Then I noticed the room in the warehouse.
It disappeared after being pushed. Fortunately, there was white ash everywhere inside the coffin. The flying ash affected my vision, and I did not see the full picture of what was in the coffin."
"Your college deliberately filled it with a lot of white ash to affect the view of the remains... What happens next?"
The sorceress in a dark blue dress asked again.
"It sat up, yes. It sat up while holding on to the edge of the coffin, so the walls of the warehouse and the outside of the walls were affected. We were worried at that time, if we were caught in sight, we might disappear too."
Shade said, patting Mia's little head:
"But fortunately it lay back down on its own. I'm not sure what happened. It seemed like someone passed by outside the warehouse at that time."
"Yes, someone passed by, a man with a long sword."
The doctor agreed that this was the excuse they gave after discussion.
"is that so?"
The sorceress obviously didn't believe it, but Shade added:
"We will elaborate in the report we submit later, but the important thing now is that everything is safe and the relics are back in storage."
"That's true. Besides, you correspondence students from St. Byron's always have a lot of secrets."
Miss Asberg nodded and asked again:
"What did the unknown eight-ring warlock say when he triggered the relic riot?"
Dorothy said:
"It's something like praising the non-existent nothingness."
Because she was worried about another riot in the coffin, she only said the first sentence.
The lady in a dark blue dress frowned slightly:
"This is different from what I thought. They probably didn't want to rob the coffin, but they wanted to make the coffin lose control inside Tobesk... You probably don't know what this is.
Angel-level relic [Remains of the Nameless One], what lies in the coffin is indeed a corpse, but that corpse has activity and a small amount of intelligence, and everything it looks at will be sent to nothingness.
Therefore, once the power of the relic breaks through the containment measures, it will cause large-scale changes in the space... If you just want to snatch it away, you will never deliberately let it get out of control. This is not good for anyone...
..I will report this matter to St. Byrons. Is this someone trying to frame St. Byrons? Oh, this has nothing to do with you, you have completed your task very well."
As she spoke, she waved her hand, and the black coffin wrapped in ice flew up. But before she left, she turned to look at Shade:
"Miss Denister, Mr. Hamilton, do you have something to say to us?"
She asked suddenly, and Xia De, whose mind was still immersed in the information about the relic, was surprised:
"Yes, I want to..."
He wanted to ask if [All Things are Impermanent Space] was in the opponent's hands, but he did not want to directly ask the leader of [Winter Hymn Ensemble], which would make his behavior extremely strange.
Seeing Shade hesitate, the sorceress nodded:
"I want to take this coffin away as soon as possible. If you want to communicate with us, I will send someone to find you after a while."
As she spoke, she nodded to the five people in turn, then jumped from the edge of the deck to the water with light steps, then stepped on the ice under her feet, carrying the coffin, and left towards the lower reaches of the river in the morning mist.
Shade bent down to pick up the Holy Grail on the deck and put it away. The doctor yawned:
"It's been a long night."
He waved to the other four people:
"It's already Friday morning, so let's leave for now. I will distribute the harvest to you during the meeting tomorrow afternoon. There is still an appointment for a patient at nine o'clock this morning. He is an insomniac. I really hope he can
As tired as I am now...it will take a while to get this boat back."
The doctor had also prepared the boat in advance. He had already anticipated that it might need to be moved from the warehouse. Even if the boat was discovered, he had a third plan to implement. The doctor fully understood that any accident could happen.
"It's really interesting. Every time we went on a team operation in the past, the unlucky ones were the doctors, but this time the doctors were actually intact."
Luvia seemed to have returned to her normal demeanor and said with a smile before they left.
Everyone else also laughed. Only the doctor looked thoughtful and looked at Shade again:
"This shows that letting Shade join is indeed the right thing to do. Next time, why not..."
“There won’t be another time in the near future!”
Dorothy said immediately, looking at the city that was gradually waking up from its slumber: