"It was with your help last time that I was able to defeat Darkness. This time, I must prove that I can do it myself."
This kind of meaningless "comparison" is actually because Iluna feels that Shade has done too many things. Similar to Luvia who often laughs at herself for being useless, the seventeen-year-old girl also wants to prove that among the three, she also has
irreplaceable role.
"Your safety is most important."
Shade reminded, Iluna smiled and nodded:
"Oh, one more thing, a thirteenth-ring warlock has arrived from the three major thaumaturgy academies."
Grandma Cassandra mentioned this:
"who is it?"
"It's you people from St. Byrons."
"Um?"
Shade was surprised that there were only two Thirteen Rings in St. Byrons in this era:
"Miss Daniste is here? Then I have to be careful."
"No, it's your principal, the 'Silver Watcher' Professor Andre Pigman."
"The principal is here in person?"
This is the most surprising thing so far:
"But how could the Five Gods Church allow such a thing?"
Although the church and the college have a cooperative relationship, normally the thirteen-ring warlocks from the college will not step into the core parish of the church at will. For example, Fort Midhill is the core parish of the Natural Church.
"To deal with the matter in the narrow room, the church also needs the help of the college. Moreover, in the incident of the second chosen person, the founder of St. Byrons, Miss Myrna Filiana, actually appeared. St. Byrons believes that since
It happened once, maybe it will happen a second time.”
"Although this inference is not unreasonable, it will definitely not happen this time. I can be sure of this."
Shade said immediately, Iluna smiled and turned the cup in her hand, and she was also present when Miss Feliana appeared:
"You can be sure, and I believe you, but St. Byrons and our church don't know. So that Professor Pigman came. Oh, he hasn't come yet. The thirteen-ring warlocks are all busy people.
He will come to Fort Midhill on the day of the ceremony. Or he will come when we find traces of Joey Patton and take action."
"The church is really well prepared this time. It first eliminated the unstable factors and frightened other ring warlocks, and then invited thirteen ring warlocks from outside the church as helpers. I think Zarath and Serkses,
We should all have sent professors from the Twelve Rings."
"After all, with the precedents of Tobesk and Coldwater Port, the church will always learn its lessons."
She shook the small silver teaspoon.
Iluna held a cup of black tea mixed with milk. The amount of black tea was twice that of milk, which made the cup of tea look silky smooth, and the liquid surface had a gradient color of white and red. And in Shade's hand
The tea is black tea with lemon juice added. Foreigners don’t know how to taste tea, and they don’t have very elegant taste. This is what Iluna recommended to Shade.
"So when does the ceremony start? I asked my priest friend, and he also wanted to attend the ceremony, but he still didn't know the specific time."
"Because the time has not yet been determined, the church's astrologers are waiting for the right time."
Iluna lowered her voice:
"But it will definitely not be this week, after all the four nails have not been solved yet. It should be next week, definitely before Thursday."
Today is already Thursday, and the story of Middlesbrough has finally come to its final scene.
Iluna couldn't go out for too long, so after talking about the matter, she returned to the Church of the Sun with the red rose. There was a strange fog in the city, and the church did not figure out the cause, so a combat power like Iluna had to be on standby at any time.
ready to go.
After Shade said goodbye to Iluna, he walked towards the Dawn Church in the city center. Fortunately, near noon, the sun rose and the dense fog dispersed, and an empty carriage could finally be found on the street. Otherwise, Shade
I guess I won't be able to get to Dawn Church before one o'clock in the afternoon.
As agreed, Priest August waited for Shade at the intersection of Oak Street. After the two met, they went to have lunch, during which Shade told the priest that the Witch Council had strengthened the seal on the mountainside.
Although the priest didn't know what involvement Shad had with the Witch Council, he was very satisfied with this matter:
"So far, all operations have gone very smoothly. I think the matter at Fort Midhill will definitely come to a perfect conclusion."
Although everyone hopes so, in the eyes of outsiders, it seems a bit unlucky to say such words before the matter is over.
The mission of Shade and Priest Augustus this afternoon was to determine the location of the remaining two "nails". Since the church had already launched operations in the north of the city, they searched from the south of the city.
Priest August claimed to be able to roughly sense the location of the target. Shade originally thought that he only needed to stand on a high place and close his eyes to get information from the wind. But the old priest instead laughed at Shade for being too naive.
There are also basic rules to talk about.
The search for the resurrected person relies on a pitch-black feather. No matter how you look at it, it looks like the priest plucked it from his own wing.
"No, don't think about it. This is my thaumaturgy. The essence of this feather is similar to your moonlight sword."
The priest explained as if he knew what Shade was thinking, and then on the street shrouded in white mist, he put the feathers in his two palms and raised them in front of his face.
Taking a deep breath and blowing, the feathers quickly flew towards the sky as if blown by the strong wind.
"that's it."
The priest let out a long breath and motioned for Shade to find a carriage with him:
"The original characteristic of Thaumaturgy [Search for the Dead] is to accurately detect undead creatures, but because of my talent, the effect of Thaumaturgy has been changed to search for any creature that can be defined as 'dead' in a wide range. Of course, you need to know their identity
Only the main features will do.”
That jet-black feather will hover and float over the area where the target is located. Today's weather is just perfect for using this thaumaturgy without being discovered.
The priest can sense the approximate location of the feather, so the two only need to get the carriage to the corresponding location. As for the rest, Shade needs to do the rest.
With great luck, after the feather floated for twenty minutes, it actually found its target in the south of the city. Then Shade and Priest Augustus, who arrived later, discovered that the area nearby was the relatively prosperous core neighborhood of Nancheng District.
Priest Augustus roughly delineated the area on the map, and then Shade and the priest walked and searched in the fog. At three o'clock in the afternoon, when the two turned from the intersection of Elm Street to Annabell Street, Shade finally felt
I have a burning sensation in my right shoulder:
"It's around here."
The two quickened their pace, and when they arrived outside a large house belonging to a local nobleman in the middle of Annabell Street, the red butterfly mark on their shoulders finally left the skin impatiently, and flapped its wings in front of Shade, as if wanting to.
To lure him into the house:
"right here!"
Shade stopped, and Priest August glanced at the red butterfly in confusion, and then looked at the noble house in the fog.
This house is surrounded by high walls, and the ground of the courtyard is at least half a person lower than the road. Only the middle part of the second floor of the mansion above the middle part can be seen in the courtyard. Judging from the decoration, the owner of the mansion is a down-and-out nobleman. This is
It was very common in big cities in this era.
The reason for the downfall is that the decoration of the house is very old, and the great nobility can be seen from the decoration on the fence gate. Lecia will also tell Shade some common sense about the nobility in the classes every Saturday, so Shade also
Understand these things.
Of course, this was not enough for Shade and Priest August to know whose house it was. But after a little asking around, they found out that this mansion belonged to Earl Darlac of Campbell.
"It's him?"
Returning to the door of the mansion, Sha De looked surprised.
"Detective, do you know him?"
"Yes, I met at the Zoroastrian Festival party. At that time, the earl wanted to invite one of my female companions to dance, and then proposed to bet me with Rhodes cards, and then..."
He shrugged, and the result was self-evident.
"Do you know this person?"
The priest asked again, and Shade nodded and recalled:
"He was dressed very fancy at the time, with a red formal suit decorated with fancy medals, and a flower in his reddish-brown hair. He wore a pair of dark red trousers on his lower body, and a pair of white stockings on his legs. The socks wrapped his long
The trousers reach to the knees. Oh, I don't appreciate this style of dressing. This count is probably about the same height as me, but slightly thinner than me. It is said that he is recovering from a serious illness."
Having said this, Shade realized something:
"Could it be that the so-called recovery from a serious illness simply means that he died of illness? It's just that after he came back from the dead, people and the count himself thought that he was cured. Speaking of which, when I saw him at the Fire Worship Festival party, I felt this
There's something wrong with people, but I can't tell what is wrong. (Chapter 693)"
"It sounds like a typical declining noble. I have seen many of them in Tobesk. As for whether it is him we are looking for or a servant in the house, we will know once we go in and take a look."
As he spoke, the priest wanted to ring the bell at the door, but Shade stretched out his hand to stop him:
"What's the reason for our visit? Although I have the [Night Watchman], we can't say we're here to sell antiques, right?"
Shade shook the long sword wrapped in gray cloth in his hand.
He put on the witch's eyeshadow to disguise himself. Priest Augustus also had his own magic potion that he could use. He didn't worry about his identity being revealed, but he needed a reason to visit.
The old priest gave the answer very experiencedly:
"Isn't he a Rhodes player? You claim to be a Rhodes player from out of town, and you want to gamble with the earl. You should have special cards in your hand that you haven't used when you were a player in the big city, right?"
"Of course. [Legend of the Brave: Bard Fletcher] can be used."
Shade waved his hand, and the cards automatically flew out of his pocket and floated between the two of them.
This was won from a young poet who traveled to the Old World in the tavern of the Traveler Camp on the Windy Trail. In addition to the self-proclaimed "demonologist" Mr. Sean Asmon, Sister Devlin and the vampire Armand
·Other than Bernhardt, no one knew that this card was in Shad's hand. As for the queen's suit [History of New World Development·Pioneering Wind], which was also obtained in Middleburg, it was not known because it was related to Miss Aurora.
Easy to take out.
"Show this card, maybe the butler will let us in."
"What if you don't let it go?"
Shade asked, and the priest shook his head again:
"Detective, look around."
"What's going on around here?"
Shade was puzzled, and the old priest said meaningfully:
"It's foggy weather now. In this kind of weather, anything that happens is normal."
