Since the matter at hand was temporarily settled, Shade planned to officially start solving the last two commissions left by Detective Sparrow starting from this afternoon.
But he had just returned to Saint Teresa Square from the Church of the Dawn, and when he wanted to take out the entrustment agreement before going out, the badge on his chest actually started to feel hot.
It was Miss Carina who came to visit.
Of course, the Duchess did not go into the city to do business and then stop by to see Shad. Nearly two weeks after Darkness escaped from Coldwater Port, the Witch Council finally discovered his traces based on that boot.
"Now Ivan Darkness is here, in Wellwood City, Charing County. The council's personnel nearby discovered him last night. Although he escaped again, it at least means that we have found his traces."
Miss Carina pointed out the location on the map of the Old World from Shade's house with her finger painted with red nail polish. The large and exaggerated map was now unfolded and spread out in the open space in the living room of Room 2 on the second floor.
Fa squatted down and carefully circled Wildwood City with a pencil.
Mia stood proudly on top of the map, not knowing what she meant. Shade stood next to the black-haired maid, bending down to look at the map.
The location of Wildwood City has crossed the midpoint between Coldwater Port City and Tobesk City, southwest of Tobesk City.
His eyes scanned the map, and he accidentally looked at the squatting maid, and then saw a scene that made him blush. The black-haired maid had a really good figure, and this became even more obvious when she squatted down.
The flesh and blood of desire was still affecting him, and Shade tried very hard to look away.
"But how come you have such a high-precision map of the kingdom at home? This can almost be regarded as a military map. Look, there is no printed publication number on the map. Strictly speaking, this should be considered contraband."
Miss Carina asked, sitting on a chair nearby. There was no furniture in Room 2. When Shade was taking the map just now, the Duchess's servants brought a few chairs from the dining room in Room 1.
Of course, the map was left behind by the former detective. As for what Sparrow Hamilton wanted to do, that was beyond the imagination of loyal MI6 agent Shad Hamilton.
He fiddled with the question and then asked:
"Then besides the council, the church didn't discover Darkness?"
"The battle in Wellwood City will attract the attention of the church. Because the incident happened in a hurry and there was no time to cover up the traces, the church should be able to quickly connect this matter with Darkness."
Miss Carina also stood up and came to the other side of Tifa. Then, like Shade just now, her eyes were immediately attracted by the figure of the squatting maid:
“The scenery is nice.”
She raised her head and said to Shade with a smile. The maid was unmoved, and Shade was unwilling to discuss this topic.
"Judging from the movement trajectory, Darkness is heading towards the area around Tobesk."
Shade brought the topic back to the matter of the Chosen One, and the black-haired maid also used a pencil to gently connect Darkness's route.
If he does not plan to turn around next, but follows the current trajectory, then the probability of showing up around Tobesk is very high. Even if he does not enter the city, he may still stop in a rural town.
"Yes, the council also believes that his target may be Tobesk. That's why I came to tell you about this so that you can be prepared."
"What am I guarding against?"
Shade asked in surprise.
"Be prepared for him to come to Tobesk to take revenge on you."
"What? Revenge me?"
Shade was even more surprised.
"Yes, the council's manpower in Wildwood City reported that Darkness's injuries were not healed at that time. And judging from the description of the injuries, it does not appear to be injuries caused by Sivi. It was the sunlight emitted by you using alchemy items.
The marks left by the gun.”
Miss Carina said, looking at Shade with emotion:
"Although you used alchemy items, you did something that even Xi Wei couldn't do. Shade, you did a great job."
"But Darkness didn't see me at that time."
Shade is sure of this.
"Maybe? Otherwise, there is no way to explain why he did not escape to the edge of the civilized world, but instead headed towards Tobesk."
The witch also bent down and stretched out her fingers, asking Tifa to circle Tobesk:
"In short, the area around Tobesk is likely to be the place where Darkness will appear next. In addition to the Council, other ring magician organizations that are tracking Darkness will also find his traces sooner or later. After all, he is only one person.
, even if there is a demon in him, he cannot become a master of concealment."
"Is Tobesk going to be in trouble again?"
Shade asked, and Miss Carina shrugged:
"It's hard to say. Maybe the opponent of the council this time deliberately led us in the wrong direction. After leaving Wildwood City, he immediately went south and smuggled into Kasenlik."
Shade did not comment on this, but discussed the situation caused by the second chosen candidate with Miss Carina.
The power Iluna displayed on the night when the gods descended made people initially aware of the power of the chosen ones. The new "" stone slab discovered in the New World drew people's attention to Coldwater Port, and the subsequent major events in Coldwater Port
, fishmen, evil gods, godcallers and the chosen ones take turns to appear. And when Darkness's next destination is confirmed, I am afraid there will be more people trying to contact "", and it is believed that the chosen ones will affect the situation in the material world.
The Ring Warlock organization surfaced.
"Speaking of which, are you looking for monetary relics?"
The discussion lasted for a full two hours, and Shade also learned about more trouble caused by Darkness. When Tifa went to find other maids waiting in Room 1 to help put away the large map,
The witch suddenly asked.
"Yes."
Both Shade and the two witches mentioned this matter.
"this is for you."
Miss Carina bounced a coin, and Shade caught it in a hurry.
When my fingers touched the coin, I immediately got the hint of contact whisper. The cold coin was about the same size as a one-shilling alloy silver coin. It had a thorn border on the front, with the number 1 written on it, and the bottom end was the number 309. These numbers are
Symbolized numbers are symbols that have been used since ancient times.
The reverse side has the ancient rune "Wish", and the border is also thorns.
On the side of the coin, a circle of letters is engraved with very fine techniques:
[Unsatisfied wishes are the greatest enemy of intelligent creatures.]
"A clerical relic [wishing coin], draw a pentagram on a flat ground, place five candles of different lengths at the top of the pentagram, and place the coin in the center of the pentagram, and you can make a wish."
The witch introduced them, and the two returned to the sofa in Room 1 to continue their conversation, while the servants helped clear away the chairs and maps.
"I think there must be something wrong with the fulfillment of the wish, right?"
Shade said while checking the coins.
"Yes, it will indeed fulfill some of your wishes, but it will always come true in a strange way. This is very similar to those scenes in the story that warn us not to be greedy."
The witch said, wagging her fingers, not knowing what she meant:
"However, although there may be problems with the method, the purpose of wishing can be achieved. Therefore, some ring magicians are willing to try to use this relic to make wishes, treating it as a wish-making method with both positive and negative effects. The smaller the wish,
The more likely it is that the wish will happen in the way the wisher wishes, and the larger the wish, the more unexpected the way it will be realized."
"Oh, this is really good stuff."
Shade praised.
"It's true. Similar to most currency-style relics, [Wish Coins] do not exist in a single form. But what is unique is that all 666 [Wish Coins], even if they disappear after the wish is successful, can still disappear after dozens of
It reappears within a period of years to hundreds of years. For example, if your coin is No. 309, no matter how you plan to use it, people will still be able to see it in the future. After all, these coins are greed, desire and hope.
Incarnations, they cannot disappear."
"So what do I need to pay to get this from you?"
Shade looked away from the coin, raised his head and asked:
"Is there anything you need me to do?"
Miss Carina thought for a while, and a smile appeared on her lips:
"Is there anything going on tonight?"
"Of course it's okay."
He thought Miss Carina would arrange some tasks.
"Then come and have dinner with me tonight. Oh, and after dinner, we can go to the opera together."
After saying that, she looked back at her maid, and Miss Servit nodded immediately:
"I'll prepare the tickets for the box."
"Eating and going to the opera...is that all?"
Shade hesitated.
"Of course, nothing happened in Tobesk recently, and there is nothing I need you to do."
She looked at Shade with a smile, looking forward to his answer.
"Can I take Mia?"
Shade asked again, and the cat whose name was mentioned immediately looked up at him.
"sure."
"That's good, I think it's okay."
Although this behavior gave him the illusion that he was relying on women's talents, he needed special coins now. Without consuming the only blood money left per person, it was really good to use the extra coins for divination.
.
"However, this does not count as payment. I took the coins, and I will also participate in the evening activities, but this is considered a debt that I owe you, and I will pay you back in the future."
Shade emphasized.
"For a man's pride?"
The witch asked with a smile, and did not reject Shade's statement:
"What a pity, little Lesia will not return to Tobesk until tomorrow, otherwise I really want her to see you like this."
Shade ignored this sentence, otherwise the witch would definitely say something even more outrageous... and maybe change the invitation time to tomorrow night.