As the sun set, the heavy fog that had shrouded the city of Fort Midhill for three days became thicker and thicker. Shade, who was in a bad mood, left Count Darak's mansion with Priest August, and only
The grieving old butler is left to clean up the mess.
After the nails are pulled out, those vague memories will gradually be restored, and the church should also judge the disappearance of the third nail based on the next change in Sikal Mountain. As for Shade and Priest August, no one will
Know they've been here before.
Walking along the street in the thick fog, Shade looked down at the Rhodes card in his hand [Ancient Fairy Tale·Sleeping Princess]:
"Priest, do things about life and death always make people feel sad? I have nothing to do with that count, but I am still sad about his passing."
"This is normal, young man. I have seen life and death countless times in my life. There are too many such things. Although many people have said it, I still want to emphasize that since we are alive, we must cherish the present moment.
Time, don’t leave any regrets to yourself.”
The priest stroked his pipe, Shade nodded, solemnly added the cards in his hand to his deck, and used the thaumaturgy [Treasure Object] to assimilate them into part of the deck:
"Speaking of which, priest, just now in the earl's study, I signaled you with my eyes that I wanted to play Rhodes with the earl. How did you understand my eyes?"
Shade still remembered this incident, and the old priest smiled:
"What you mean is so easy to understand - before I send the Earl away, I want to get Rhodes cards from him to satisfy my hobby of collecting Rhodes cards. Look, wasn't my guess accurate?"
In fact, he completely understood it wrong.
Priest Augustus returned to Dawn Church, while Shade braved the heavy fog to go up the mountain, preparing to return home. The journey was not smooth, and the road into the mountain was temporarily blocked by the local police in Middleburg. According to information released by the city hall, recently
There is heavy fog in the mountains. For the safety of citizens, starting from today, the seventeenth day of the Moon of Dead Leaves, for two weeks, no one without a special pass will be allowed from 6 pm to 7 am the next day.
Ordinary citizens enter the mountains.
Of course, this simple blockade cannot stop Shade, but it also means that the church has realized the emergency of the situation, and the Sikal Mountain at night is really very dangerous.
On the way up the mountain, the heavy fog almost made Shade lose his way. The undead wandering in the fog also caused him considerable trouble.
Even though the [Night Watch] sword in his hand can detect the location of powerful spirits from a distance regardless of the obstruction of thick fog, and the Witch Emperor's blessing can reduce the malice of the undead, Shade must sometimes face the enemy head-on.
In order to fight against the undead in Midburg, he actually prepared some means. For example, the special alchemy item "Spirit Dispelling Amulet" bought from Old John, and the simple magic potion "Exorcism Dust" he tried to make. The former can make
The spirit body is subconsciously unwilling to approach, but the latter can directly cause harm to the spirit body. Sprinkling it beside the tent also has a warning effect when sleeping outdoors.
However, these conventional methods are ineffective against the powerful individuals among the evil spirits of Fort Rice. As soon as Shade enters their detection range, the evil spirits will immediately pounce on him.
After the two earthquakes, the power of the top evil spirits coming from the narrow room was no less than that of the warlocks in the middle circle. Even Shade had to deal with it carefully.
It's nothing if you just deal with one enemy, but there are so many souls hidden in the heavy fog in the mountains that should have left. Therefore, if you accidentally move the battlefield too far during the battle, Shade must face it at the same time.
Raid against two or even three enemies.
Guidance to death, mind blast, solar ray, light spell, silver moon slash. Magic spells were used in turn, and [Night Watch] cooperated with [Moonlight Great Sword] and [Blade of Disrupted Time] countless times in the fog.
Leaving behind streaks of light and shadow.
Even though he could use [Illusion of the Moon Shadow] to hide at night, when Shade approached the ruined tower in the mountain, he was still followed by three undead wrapped in thick fog. One was a headless woodcutter, and the other was a man with a gun.
There is an armored knight with a long sword, and the last one is a two-headed tiger.
Shade didn't know what the tiger had gone through during his lifetime.
He almost ran away and rushed into the ruined tower. Only then did he realize that the fog inside the tower was very thin. Then he turned around and looked outside. In the thick fog outside the tower, three undead were just circling around, as if they were in the dark.
It was as if he was afraid of something and didn't dare to break in.
Shade felt relieved now. He was originally worried that he would be suddenly attacked by the undead after walking out of the hidden wall one day.
"Since you dare not come in."
He temporarily put the long sword aside, crossed his arms in front of his chest, pointed in the direction outside the tower door, drew a cross arc, and then bumped forward sideways:
"I'm not welcome."
These evil spirits have chased Shade all the way, and he must come back with revenge.
(Little Mia is running.)
After solving the third nail, Shade suddenly found that he had no target in Fort Midhill.
The first time I stepped into that city in early autumn was to rescue Priest Augustus, and I met many people during the process. But now, if I look through my notebook, in addition to meeting Grace and Helen next week
Apart from that, everything in Middlesbrough is over.
Of course, the issue between the chosen one and the narrow room has not yet been resolved, but that is a problem for the church. As for who the chosen one will be this time and how the ceremony will be held, it is still unknown.
To this end, Shade visited the Prophet Association again on Friday morning. When he met Vice President Mark, the middle-aged man in formal clothes jokingly said to Shade:
"You come here almost eight times a week, and every time you use your cat as an excuse. You don't have to bring the cat with you next time. Who here doesn't know that you are here to see Luvia Anat?"
There were people coming and going in the lobby on the first floor, but because they were close to the reception desk, the young ladies in uniform laughed.
"It's your working time now. I can't call her out alone. This is against the rules."
Shade was not embarrassed, he still paid the divination fee, and then met Luvia in the separate divination room on the second floor.
Luvia was naturally informed of the good news that the third nail was successfully pulled out. But after listening to Shade's story, Luvia became a little worried:
"[The Narrow Room of Life and Death] is an unknowable relic. Although it cannot produce consciousness itself, it will not be indifferent to it. Once you remove all four nails that fix the narrow room and the material world, the narrow room may be able to move forward in advance.
break out."
"That's why the church will remove the nails and prepare for the ceremony together. According to Iluna, as soon as all the nails are removed, the ceremony will start immediately."
"The question is, what happens to the Joker who is taken away by Joey Patton?"
Luvia asked, frowning thoughtfully:
"As long as it involves the chosen ones, you must not let down your guard. Anything could happen around them. The association headquarters plans to send two high-circle seers to arrive in Middleburg around the weekend, specifically to divine Joey Barton's location.
.But things shouldn’t be that easy to solve.”
"The question now is, what exactly is this chosen ceremony?"
Shade put the soft Mia cat in his arms on the table. It lay there unwilling to move at all:
"Items related to the ancient god [Ancient Death God], these two points are necessary for understanding death itself. In addition, the fragment also mentioned that the location of the ceremony is the border area between life and death, and the candidates for the ceremony
, you have to kill a person who has risen from the dead with your own hands."
He held up his fingers and counted the requests:
"But it's still not a complete ceremony. I'm curious whether Joey Barton will know what the ceremony is."
"He will definitely know, this is the fate of the chosen one."
Luvia said, hesitating for a moment:
"I recently learned about the whereabouts of a poet-level relic [Dandelion Coin] from a friend from out of town. If you are lucky enough, you can get it this weekend, and you can use it for divination. If not, the [Dandelion Coin]
You can also take out the fortune teller's silver coins."
"Should I tell Sister Devlin that she is the second candidate? Let her prepare in advance?"
Shade asked, and the purple-eyed girl narrowed her eyes slightly:
"Shade, who do you think the fire-wielding nun is?"
"Reliable, calm, kind, and doesn't like to talk much."
Luvia thought for a moment:
"Then, while ensuring that she will not leak the secret, tell her about the candidate. Since the spiritual cult led by the nun is a modern branch of the Ancient God Sect, it should not be difficult to find something related to the power of the Ancient God.
Items. We need to be prepared. I really hope that Joy Barton can die before the ceremony. In this way, Sister Devlin becomes the chosen one, which is the best result at present."
The reason why they don't want the third candidate, Priest August, is because neither Shade nor Luvia want to involve the priest in such a fatal matter.
"no problem."
Shade nodded, but still felt a little uneasy in his heart. What he was most wary of now was not the problem of the narrow room, but the problem of vampires. He brought his nephew from the southern country to Al in the autumn of Fort Midhill.
As for what Mang Bernhard wants to do, he still only has preliminary guesses.
And if this guess is correct, with Shade's current state, he cannot guarantee that he can control all situations. After all, the third-ring spiritual rune is only missing the last one, and the fourth-ring is right in front of him. And his god
Sex, but only the last drop remains.
【Outlander, what do you want to do with this power?】
There was a murmur in my ears.
"I have a drop of divinity, the united churches and colleges, the vampires who don't know what to do, the missing Joey Barton, the ring magician organization who came from other places, and the players on the card table are not
"Young man, I think I have the clearest view of the situation, but I also know best how dangerous the next thing will be. Maybe Joey Barton is not the biggest trouble."