At eight o'clock on Thursday morning, in the restaurant on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, Shade said to Luvia at the table.
The martial law was lifted at three o'clock this morning. The newspaper office and the milk company were affected, so the delivery of newspapers and milk and goat milk was also postponed. When Luvia came to the door, Shade had just started to hang out with the cat who was currently enjoying breakfast.
Eat breakfast.
He had already told Luvia what happened last night. Fortunately, Shade was not too involved, and with the help of Bishop Owen of Dawn Church, he was allowed to go home after just signing a confidentiality agreement. The church
There was no trouble for him. But the very unfortunate little Dimock was still forced to stay in the church after being rescued.
"Darkness has appeared in Tobesk. He was most likely guided by the [Puppet Operator Script] last night to obtain materials for the Chosen One Ceremony."
Shade expressed his judgment and stirred the milk in the bowl with his right hand. Last night, his right hand rashly entered the mouth of a demon that seemed to be able to swallow everything, and was seriously injured. But fortunately, it was just a skin injury, with no attachment elements.
, with [Full Food] and [Cindia's Silver Moon Gift], it was cured even before the church arrived.
"[The Puppet Operator Script] can affect destiny, but this relic tends to make those who try to control destiny face greater misfortunes, such as the 'Heart Collector'. So guide Darkness to the appointment
Del Palace even made him meet the 'Iron Right Hand' and you, maybe the negative characteristics of the relic itself are at work."
Luvia said that the Prophet Association has done a lot of research on such relics.
"Yes."
Shade nodded, frowned and said:
"Even through my connections in Yodel Palace, I can't figure out what was stolen. The worst guess is that Darkness has already gathered the materials for the ritual, and after leaving Yodel Palace last night, he directly entered the [Dark Realm]
】.”
"That would be troublesome."
The girl with purple eyes also looked serious, knowing that the last moment had come.
"So, I think we have to take some risks. At least determine where Darkness is now."
Shade was wearing a shirt at home. He took out a corked glass bottle from his shirt pocket and put it on the dining table. Hearing the sound, the cat who lowered his head to lick the goat's milk immediately raised his head, but was not interested when he saw the bottle.
Already.
It had sniffed this thing last night and was pretty sure it wasn't food.
There is a small layer of clear water inside the bottle, and a mass of black and red things can be vaguely seen in the clear water. The red is very light, and the black mixed with the red looks like some kind of sticky pus:
"This is Darkness's blood. I don't know why there is such a disgusting thing in his blood. But [Blood Echo] has the best effect on fresh blood. If it is delayed any longer, the blood will no longer be usable.
"
"You want to put this stuff in your eyes?"
Luvia was very surprised by Shade’s thoughts:
"The black liquid in his blood is obviously human pus. Are you going to drip human pus into your eyes?"
"Of course not, I won't do anything risky. Luvia, please close your eyes."
Shade said, pointing his finger at the bottle:
"Silver Moon!"
When the female soothsayer opened her eyes again, the black pus mixed with the blood in the bottle had completely disappeared.
"that's it."
Shade said, then pushed the bottle to Luvia:
"Please control the droplets from entering my eyes. We must act as soon as possible. If it is confirmed that Darkness is still in the city, we will report his news to the church immediately. If he went outside the city, we will pack up and set off this evening.
Go to the [Dark Realm]."
"No problem, we have been waiting for this day for more than half a month."
Luvia uncorked the bottle and looked at the blood inside with her purple eyes:
"It's a pity that Iluna was arranged for search by the Church of the Sun. Otherwise, if we acted together with her, the security would be higher."
"We can't always get the people together when we need to act together, and that's normal."
Shade said, then he held the table with both hands and raised his head slightly to look at the ceiling. Luvia walked up to him and pointed her finger at the liquid in the bottle. The large drops of liquid were like pearl necklaces, strung together.
Flying up.
"I have estimated that an ordinary drop of blood can maintain the effect of [Blood Echo] for about an hour. Last night, I was worried about being discovered, so I didn't get much blood in a hurry. Remove the human pus that was removed just now, and then
In addition, the blood has deteriorated slightly after a night, so these liquids can only maintain the effect of [Blood Echo] for three hours at most."
As the liquid dripped into Shade's eyes, Shade explained.
Luvia used spells to precisely manipulate the liquid, but she was still distracted talking to Shade:
"Three hours is enough. If the other party is still in the city, we can follow his trajectory and find his whereabouts."
After all, the church launched a city-wide manhunt shortly after last night's incident, so Darkness could not wander around the city.
"So where do we start?"
Luvia asked. After making sure that the bottle was completely empty, she corked the bottle and put it on the dining table. The dishonest cat immediately jumped on the table and pushed the bottle around.
I've always liked things very much.
Just like [Metamorphosis Ring].
"Start near Yodel Palace and look for the other party's leaving figure."
Shade raised his head and kept opening and closing his eyes, adapting to the raw feeling caused by the large amount of liquid entering his eyes.
Due to thaumaturgy, part of the liquid was expelled from the eyes and slipped from the corners of the eyes. In fact, there are very few liquid components useful for [Echo of Blood], and thaumaturgy actively absorbs them. The blood that flows out is still blood, but it is gone.
It has the ability to cause "reverberations", so it is rejected by thaumaturgy.
"Louvia, let's leave immediately."
He stood up from his chair, blinked and turned around through the kitchen window, looking at the bustling Silver Cross Avenue and Yodel Palace not far away:
"We must determine Darkness's whereabouts today."
From St. Teresa Square to Silver Cross Avenue, Shade easily captured the movement trajectory of the human body composed of a series of blood-red haloes in the air. But the trajectory was heading towards the Yodel Palace, that is to say,
This is Darkness' figure when she enters Yodel Palace.
After detouring around the Yodel Palace, we finally saw Darkness jumping over the wall from the back garden on the street behind the palace complex, which is Felice Pastoral Street.
"Felisher Fields" means "mythical wonderland" in the Delarian language, and further west on this street is the Terrarel River that crosses the entire city of Tobesk.
Darkness was indeed moving towards the Terrariel River. Shade took Luvia all the way to the west, and finally saw Darkness disappearing on the river ramp on the east bank of the Terrariel River.
Stairs extend downward from the streets along the river, where residents living nearby wash clothes or dump domestic sewage. The blood-red halo ends here, and there is no trace anymore.
"Did Darkness jump into the water?"
When Xia De looked around, Luvia guessed.
"No, even if I jump into the water, I can at least see the other person's figure when he enters the water."
Shade stood on the steps, putting his hands in his pockets and looking at the cargo ships on the river. The Terrarel River had a large amount of water during the summer flood season, and the city's rivers could also allow large steam cargo ships to pass.
It sounded its whistle, and as it drove south from the front, three large chimneys dragged black smoke toward the rear. The black smoke gradually blended into the misty air, forming the northern pearl of the steam capital.
Ordinary river scene in the city of Tobesk.
Because it will soon be docked to unload cargo, the sailors on the deck are busy. But there are also some idle people lying on the deck looking towards both sides of the river.
The rude sailors whistled at the women who were washing clothes by the river, and laughed with their companions after getting scolded by them. Naturally, some people also noticed Shade and Lu Wei standing on the steps down the river.
Ya, they were whistling, and Shade took out a pistol from his waist and raised it to the deck, and those sounds disappeared immediately.
"Darkness can move through the darkness, but the distance is very short, not enough for him to directly cross the river to the west bank."
Shade reasoned while putting the pistol back, while Luvia understood somewhat:
"So, in order to prevent being caught by the church, he passed through the black vortex and entered the water directly?"
"Yes, that's why I lost his figure."
Shade nodded. Fortunately, unlike when he and Dorothy chased the [Mercury Blood] member carrying fish-man scales, running water now could not hinder the [Echo of Blood] from functioning.
The best way is to go into the water to look for the blood halo, and then track it in the water.
But once in the water, it would be inconvenient to move. So Shade asked Luvia to do a divination, and then the two walked a certain distance upstream of the river, and ended up about 1,200 feet (about 365m) north of where Darkness entered the water.
), I saw traces of the opponent near the water surface.
Darkness should not have spells such as "Underwater Breathing", but as a sixth-level warlock, he should have other means to stay underwater for a long time. The purpose of floating up is to observe whether there are pursuers, and this move just gives Shade the chance to stay underwater for a long time.
Facilitated the search with Luvia.
The figure of Darkness went upstream, so Shade and Luvia also walked along the river towards the northwest of the city. In this way, the two of them went from the central area of Tobesk to the intersection of the West District and the North District. After passing
While crossing the Disk Bridge across the river, Shade also talked to Luvia about the first time he helped the witch pick up goods. At that time, he didn't realize that the witch was testing his gender.