Similar to when he went to the Dark Realm two months ago, Shade took almost all of his belongings with him when he set out from home on Wednesday morning.
But this time, he didn’t bring the [God’s Gift Box]. After all, this time he didn’t need to prepare to imprison the devil, and this box had no effect on Joey Barton. But when he was packing his things, he realized that he still had nothing to do this week.
I didn't try to get the gift. So I took it out of the gift box and took out a book.
It is not a book for reading, but a book that can be cut and used for puzzle training. This is a contemporary printed matter. Children from aristocratic families like this kind of books very much, so the price is not very close to the people. As the price of the gift, Shade needs
Complete at least two of the puzzles before the end of the week.
"After the Middlebury incident is solved, I will have plenty of time to solve these puzzles this week."
In addition to not bringing the [God's Gift Box], because he still had two [Eternal Youth Leaves] in his hand, Shade did not go to Dorothy to borrow the leaves.
He wanted to let Luvia temporarily take care of little Mia again to prevent him from being able to go home tonight. But this time the cat struggled surprisingly hard and refused to leave Shade, so Shade could only transform the cat into a
Carry it with you as a toy.
If he wasn't worried about being seen through by Dorothy and having to take risks again, it would actually be better to have Mia stay on Quill Street.
Of course, the most important thing is that Shade also brought the [Soul Fishing Rod]. Even though this fishing rod can be retracted, it is still very troublesome to carry around. Only this time, Shade had to bring it. And this relic
There are two hooks at this time. One is the original hook of the relic, and the other is a curved hook that was taken out of the gift box last week and is made of exactly the same material as the gift box.
Shade probably guessed the reason for this gift.
There was another episode before departure. The carriage stopped downstairs of Shad, and the visitor was not a rare client, but Tifa who came in a hurry:
"Xia De, fortunately you haven't left yet."
At this time, the coffee table in the living room was filled with relics and magic materials, and the coat spread on the sofa was piled with small toys.
The black-haired maid followed Shade to the living room and handed the red velvet jewelry box held in both hands to Shade:
"The lady said, I'll lend you this."
Shade opened the jewelry box, and inside was the sage-level relic [The Ancient Witch's Gold Necklace].
"This is."
"The lady said that she knew what was going to happen in Middleburg today, so she guessed that you had something to do. I lend you this as a thank you for the rose that the racecourse gave to the lady."
Tifa smiled:
"Look, you are really leaving. I was on the way just now, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to give this to you in time."
Shade didn't know what to say:
"Thank you Miss Carina for me."
He said solemnly and put away the gold necklace. With this relic, he became more confident in his next actions.
"The lady said that she will not stop you from taking risks. After all, the growth of a ring warlock cannot be without risks."
Tifa moved closer to Shade, then stretched out her arms to hug him, and separated after just a gentle hug:
"The lady asked me to give you a hug for her. I wish you a smooth trip."
Shade nodded:
"Tifa, every time you accompany me to play Rhodes with others, my luck will be better than normal. I think maybe you are my lucky girl."
The brunette's face turned red:
"The lady said, if you have the chance, kill Joey Barton. Others don't know what you will do, but the lady said, you must do the next thing for the sake of the chosen one. The lady and
I know you have incredible power, but please take care of yourself."
She moved forward slightly and kissed Shade on the face.
"Is this what Miss Carina asked you to bring to me?"
"of course not."
Tifa shook her head slightly, and the strands of hair on her forehead shook together:
"This is the kiss I give you. I wish you a good trip. As for my thank you for that flower, next time you visit the manor, would you like to go to that remote corridor with me again?"
Although she was very shy, Tifa still raised her head and looked at Shade with her black eyes. Her skin was fair, her eyes seemed to be shining, and the way her mouth curved was very heartwarming.
Shade quickly recalled the remote corridor where the candle was kicked, and felt himself blushing:
"Still five minutes?"
There is a smile in the bent eyes:
"This time, it can only take ten minutes. So, we must come back safely."
After bidding farewell to the maid, Shade entered Sikal Mountain from the abandoned tower, and then headed to the foot of the mountain in the heavy fog. The witches set out for the narrow room at about ten o'clock in the morning, so Shade rushed to the House of the Blind before they set off.
I met Sister Devlin, he had written to make an appointment yesterday.
She has already been told about the chosen one, so there is no need to say more. Shade came here this time to ask the nuns for help and ask the [Spiritual Cultivation Order] to help open another passage and let him enter the narrow room alone.
"Why don't you go with the witches?"
The nun stood by the window, her hands folded together in front of her body, her head lowered and she asked softly. Behind her was the heavy fog in Middleburg. Today the city hall issued a city martial law, obviously to cooperate with the church's actions.
"There are some things I don't want the witches to know."
For a moment, Shade thought the nun in front of him was smiling, but if he looked closely, she still had that expressionless face.
His head was slightly raised, and his long, textured silver-gray hair was braided into an extremely complicated pattern and hung down behind his back. The silver eyepatch was pointed at Shade, and the exquisite and elegant silver jewelry was still so amazing:
"Mr. Hamilton, you are participating in an epic."
"No, I'm just going to witness the epic. The protagonist is you, I'm just the audience of this scene."
This time the nun really smiled. The smile under the eye patch was very shallow and gentle:
"You look like you're fully armed now, but you don't look like you're going to be an audience at all."
Shade took a look at himself. He had two guns on his waist, a [Soul Fishing Rod] on his back, a [Night Watch] in his left hand, the fingers of his right hand were almost covered with rings, and the witch's gold necklace hung around his neck.
His coat was stuffed with various toys and relics.
"No need to explain, Mr. Hamilton. Maybe others will think that you are just an audience outside of fate, but I, who is watching over the original fire, can understand that you are the hero of this world."
This is the first time someone calls Shade like this:
"I'm not a hero."
The nun did not object:
"I am the fire prevention woman who guards the first fire. I look for firewood and new fire sources for the first fire. The first fire will also feed back the power of the world to me. The spirit of the world is reminding me that many incredible things will happen tonight.
."
"Then do you know who the chosen one is?"
Shade asked, and the nun shook her head slightly:
"Maybe the answer is completely different from what you think."
The degree of overlap between the narrow room and the real world now is far greater than when Chad first came to Fort Midhill in early autumn. Therefore, opening the passage to the narrow room does not need to be as complicated as when rescuing Priest Augustus.
Sister Devlin needed to go to the mountainside with the witches, but she arranged for the other three high-circle nuns of the order to help Shade. Moreover, she separated a part of her flame and sealed it in the [Sin Mansion] transaction
Obtained from worn out portable kerosene lamp.
This lamp is a relic and can store any form of flame. At this time, it accommodates part of the first fire. The slender flames dance quietly in the lamp, making the old bronze kerosene lamp look more timeless and harmonious.
traces of history.
The Order can send Shade into the narrow room, but leaving the narrow room requires the guidance of the First Fire. Now that Sister Devlin has no time to take care of Shade, giving him part of the flame is the best choice at the moment.
Saying goodbye to Sister Devlin on the foggy street, the carriage the nun was riding in quickly disappeared into the thick fog, and Shade unexpectedly discovered that the first-fire kerosene lamp in his hand could actually dispel the surrounding fog slightly.
"But carrying a kerosene lamp with you seems to be even more inconvenient for fighting."
Sister Devlin will notify other people in the spiritual order to prepare to open a one-time narrow passage, but what Shade needs to do is wait patiently for the news in the House of the Blind.
The city is not under martial law, but travel is restricted, so even in the home for the blind, not many disabled citizens with eye diseases come to visit. Sister Michelle, who is in charge of managing the home for the blind, arranged a separate room on the top floor for Shade
in the lounge. Shade then transformed little Mia into a real cat, hugged the cat and read "The Pink Book" to pass the time in the morning.
The city is very quiet, and the autumn sunlight cannot penetrate the white mist with whispering elements. On the other side of the thick fog, there are the Church of the Righteous God, the Academy of Thaumaturgy, the Witch Council, and even those groups of ring warlocks whose names Shade does not know.
They are definitely taking action.
When Shade occasionally raised his head from the knowledge in the book and looked at the window, what he was thinking about was whether the actors on the stage of unknown fate could know how people would evaluate today after thousands of years.
.
The city was quiet in the morning. Except for a group of soldiers passing by Rufu Lane, nothing happened.
After lunch, the cat took a nap next to Shade. Shade put away the parchment and took out the "Book of Crazy Thunder" to continue reading. This is the [Thunder] spirit rune prepared by St. Byrons for Shade.
The books are part of the second-year curriculum.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, a knock on the door temporarily stopped Shade's study process. But it was not that the spiritual group was ready to "open the door", but that Sister Michelle had something to ask Shade for help.
The thing is, this morning, Mr. Beirut, who lives in the southern city of Fort Midhill, visited the Home for the Blind and received treatment and psychological counseling from the Home for the Blind. Because the fog became thicker at noon, he came to pick him up.
The carriage did not arrive, so this Mr. Beirut, who was a teacher at a school for the blind, temporarily took a lunch break at the Home for the Blind.
But after he took a nap for an hour, the servants of the House of the Blind were unable to wake him up again. Later, after inspection by the magicians, they discovered that he had fallen asleep in the narrow room.
"Do you need me to go deep into the narrow room to find him?"
Shade pointed at himself in surprise.
"To retrieve an ordinary person who has dreamed of entering a narrow space, there is no need to actually enter the narrow space. The cult has a formal method, but it requires at least a level 6 magician to perform the ritual at the risk of being polluted by the narrow space.
"
Sister Michelle seemed a little embarrassed. [House of the Blind] was a local stronghold of the sect. She was the one with the highest level, and most of the others were low-level.
"I understand, then let me do it. It's just a piece of cake."
After saying that, he put down the book and stood up. The movement of standing up disturbed the cat on the sofa. It opened one eye and looked at Shade. Seeing that he wanted to leave, he immediately yawned and got up and chased after him.
When this cat yawns, his mouth opens very wide.
To rescue ordinary people who have fallen into a narrow space in a dream, they use a method similar to "channelling" to allow living people in reality to see the scenes in the "dream", and then communicate with them in the dream to wake them up.
This did not even require Shade to lie down. He sat on the armchair next to the bed. After drinking the potion with the emblem of the Spiritual Order, he put his hand on the forehead of the sleeping Mr. Beirut.
The Sister of the House of the Blind, who wrapped her eyes with linen strips, lit the incense in the room, and Sister Michelle unfolded the parchment and placed it in front of Shade's eyes.
He leaned back slightly on the chair, staring at the strange image on the parchment that looked like a goat but also a unicorn. His mind gradually became faint and he fell into a semi-conscious state.
He could feel that he was still sitting on the chair, but at the same time he could see the blurry scene in the narrow space.
His eyes followed Mr. Beirut, who was running up the stone steps on Mount Sikal. In front of him, in the blurry fog, a transparent woman's figure kept moving forward. The surrounding scene was very familiar,
The dark forest stood on both sides of the stone steps, and the stone steps were dilapidated as if no one had stepped on them for a hundred years.
"They're heading to the top of Mount Sikal?"
But there are not traces of human activities around. On both sides of the stone steps at the top of the mountain, there are already traces of rituals arranged by the church. There are even magical runes engraved on each stone step under the feet. There are no evil spirits in the surrounding thick fog, because
The group of ring warlocks from the Church of the Five Gods are currently conducting the final inspection of the ceremony.
But these living people who went deep into the narrow room did not notice the souls of Mr. Beirut and the woman in front of them. After all, the former was just a dream, not even as real as Shade's state yesterday, and the latter was just a phantom caused by longing.
The soul stranded in the narrow room cannot enter death through the three passages in the narrow room. But the phantom caused by longing can lead the living person to fall into death. Once in the world of dreams, following longing and falling, then Mr. Beirut
He is really dead. There was such an urban legend in Fort Midhill a long time ago, but recently this kind of thing has become more frequent.