Sister Devlin's Chosen Ceremony even caused a small earthquake that spread from the narrow room to the real world, but compared with other things tonight, this earthquake was not worth mentioning at all.
In the real Fort Midhill, Cassandra Auction House, Miss Rita Swift, the witch's apprentice, is organizing manpower to repair the walls broken by the battle just now and seal the holes where the white mist pours in.
Although she heard strange noises outside, noticed that the undead wandering on the street suddenly stopped moving, and even saw the strange golden luster in the sky, she didn't pay attention.
Twenty minutes after the completion of the selection ceremony, a figure appeared outside Cassandra Auction House. With a rapid knock on the door, Miss Rita Swift, who was temporarily in charge of all affairs of the auction house, discovered that
The person outside the door is Shade.
"I just ran down the hill, Miss Swift, open the door!"
"Sorry, I need to confirm your identity first, please"
Before she could ask her question, Shade used the [Door Key] to open the door and rushed in.
He was sweating profusely and panting. The situation at home was extremely bad now. The white mist spreading on the third floor was almost spreading to the downstairs. The witch was urgently blocking the breath of death, and the out-of-control [Traveler's Travel Door]
], even if it was temporarily suppressed by the "space stability halo", it was still restless and unable to move to the statue of the ancient god in the basement to suppress it.
But even so, after leaving Joy Barton and Marilyn Hendel in St. Teresa Square for interrogation by the curious witch, he immediately said goodbye to Luvia, who had already observed signs of the star whale, and left home again.
The basement rushed to Fort Midhill and headed straight here as fast as possible.
Without the night watchman, he would not be able to deal with the evil spirits that spilled out of reality so quickly; there was no divinity in his body, and even though the afterglow state continued, the feeling of emptiness that drove him crazy still made Shade mentally exhausted.
Fortunately, the power fluctuation of the Chosen Ceremony prevented the restless undead from taking any action, so he was able to come so quickly. After entering, no matter how bad his physical and mental state was, his voice was trembling.
asked:
"Where are Grace and Helen?"
Miss Swift, who was closing the door, lowered her head slightly, and then Shade noticed that the entire auction hall on the first floor was almost in ruins.
This is the headquarters of the Cassandra chain auction house, which is famous throughout the Old World. The fine decoration is even more luxurious than some noble manors. But now there are claw marks and explosion marks everywhere, and even the floors and ceilings are no longer complete.
, there are several large holes that can be jumped into the basement and the second floor.
The smell of gunpowder smoke and dust has dissipated, but one can still imagine how fierce a battle broke out here not long ago.
Mother-in-law Cassandra took the main followers into the narrow room, and now everyone left behind is trying their best to repair the building, at least to ensure that the white mist will no longer flow in.
"I'm still late. The vampire has left?"
"How did you know that about an hour ago, two high-level vampires and a middle-level vampire came here to take away the teachers who could not leave yet. The battle was fierce, and finally it was the teachers who appeared to stop them.
After the battle, he left with the two high-level vampires."
"Grace and Helen left?"
Shade breathed heavily.
"However, they kept the vampire in the middle ring because he was seriously injured. They said that after this incident was over, they would spend money to redeem him. Moreover, we seized a sage-level relic [the Blood Thorn Scepter].
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"Where is the vampire in Central?"
Shade asked eagerly.
"In the basement."
As expected, the captured guy was Mr. Armand Bernhardt, an acquaintance of Shade, who came to Fort Midhill with his nephew. He was locked in the relic collection room in the basement.
This gentleman himself is a distant relative of the Kasenlik royal family. He always used the words elegant and classy every time he appeared. But this time, he looked extremely embarrassed.
Lying on the bed against the wall, his face was as pale as white paper, and his clothes were stained with blood. Miss Swift did not kill him, but it was obvious that she only gave him the most basic treatment:
"This is such an ungrateful person. Apparently my mother-in-law introduced him and bought good things from another witch."
Miss Swift, who brought Shade to the basement, said dissatisfiedly, and Mr. Bernhardt, who heard the sound, also tried hard to get up from the bed:
"Look, it's Mr. Hamilton."
He wanted to smile, but he couldn't do it because he was too badly injured.
"Where?"
Shade asked in a low voice.
"I don't know either. I am only responsible for bringing the vampire prince here disguised as my nephew. I don't know the specific location."
Mr. Bernhardt answered diligently.
"when?"
"At midnight, the blood moon crosses the sky."
It's twenty-three past eleven, only half an hour left.
"Mr. Hamilton, actually you don't have to worry. Everything we do will not harm the city or anyone else. We will compensate for the losses caused to Cassandra Auction House. Why don't you sit down and talk to
I will wait for midnight together to witness the bloody curtain."
"Shut up."
Miss Swift said in a gloomy voice. Granny Cassandra temporarily handed over the auction house to her, but she made such a big omission. Even if her opponent was too strong, it was still her dereliction of duty.
"The Blood Thorn Scepter is here. Can what you want to do really succeed?"
Shade asked another middle-level sorceress standing at the door to bring the scepter that was temporarily contained in another room in the basement.
The Blood Thorn Scepter is a black wooden scepter with a ruby embedded in the top end. The entire scepter is entangled with a bloody thorn. One end of the thorn seems to grow out of the ruby, and the other end is wrapped around the scepter.
the end of.
The surface of the black wood is polished smooth, but if you look at it against the light, you can see the raised letters that are difficult to see——
[When thorns enter my body, blood accompanies me.]
It must be grasped very carefully to ensure that the hand is not hurt by the thorns. This is a genuine sage-level relic, and it is also a weapon-type relic.
"It doesn't matter. We have collected nine relics, but only seven of them are enough."
Armand Bernhard said that he had no intention of hiding it, but Shade only knew about five of them.
"Mr. Hamilton, you saved me in the Sin Mansion. I want to advise you. Don't chase me. It's okay if you can't catch me. If you catch me, you really won't be able to come back."
The seriously injured vampire looked at Shade, with a lot of bloodshot eyes in the whites of his eyes.
Although this man brought the little boy to Middleburg, Schade had no ill feelings towards Mr. Bernhardt. Armand Bernhardt was just following orders, and at this time he was willing to provide everything he knew.
information:
"They are very important to me and I have to get them back."
"Wait!" Gu Bai
The weak Mr. Bernhardt wondered:
"What we are discussing is the angel-level relic [Red Butterfly Twins]."
"Yes, they are very important to me."
Shade nodded, and then saw an expression of awe on the face of this middle-aged vampire.
With Miss Swift's consent, Shade gave Mr. Bernhardt a small glass of water treated with [Satiation Food]. After drinking it slowly, he sat on the prison-like chair again.
The narrow-walled man asked beside the bed:
"I have to catch up. Do you really have no other clues?"
"I'm just in Central. It's convenient for me to bring the prince here because of my noble status. But it must be on the mountain. I don't know the specific location. Sorry, I can't help you. Stop chasing me. This is really for your own good.
.”
He still took the trouble to persuade.
Shade was silent for a moment, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the scepter held carefully by Miss Swift:
"The function of this scepter is to enhance the extraordinary power related to blood. How strong is this enhancement?"
"Very strong. If it is a power related to my lord, then it will be even stronger."
Mr. Bernhardt said, seeing that Shade took the initiative to take the relic, he also introduced how to use it:
"Recite the incantation 'Blood thorns penetrate my body, and the road of blood opens now', and the blood thorns will pierce the back of your hand. You cannot use common language, but Columba secret language. I don't like to use this kind of scepter.
As for weapons, I prefer the two alchemy pistols I made myself."
The so-called "Columba Secret Language" is the aristocratic language used in the territory ruled by vampires in the Fourth Age, the so-called Dark Age. The vampire race is not as powerful as the elves, and there is no language named after the race. Therefore, in the ancient times
The secret language of "Columba" was used during the period when vampires flourished, and therefore became the secret language of the upper class of the Sixth Age race. It is a quite ancient language.
This kind of thing is not even studied in the compulsory courses at St. Byrons. It is an elective content. Although Shade is proficient in writing, he must see the writing before he can read it. It is impossible to know the corresponding cipher text just by knowing the universal translation.
way of pronunciation.
He hesitated:
"Does Columba's secret language have a strong relationship with your race?"
Shade asked again. Mr. Bernhard thought about it, but unexpectedly the witch's apprentice spoke:
"This is a very important language for vampires. At least a quarter of the ancient documents, thaumaturgy, and spell scrolls of contemporary vampires are written in this language. This is almost equivalent to a racial language."
"Is such that."
Mr. Bernhardt nodded slightly and drank the water. Although he was still seriously injured, his face looked better.
"I see."
Shade put his hand into his pocket and took out the two green leaves he obtained after completing the key to Fifth Epoch 3024.
These two leaves of youth, one represents [Knowledge - Original Sin Thaumaturgy], and the other represents [A Piece of True Information - Vampire]. Because there is no label on the leaves, Shade can only put the one on the left in front of him first.
.
As the golden lines presented by the leaf veins gradually penetrated into his eyes, Shade frowned slightly. This piece was the original sin thaumaturgy, which included the method of adding the [Sloth] spirit rune to the [Mortal Sin Chain], but for him
Useless now.
"This is it."
The second green leaf was also placed in front of his right eye. As a huge amount of knowledge and information poured into his mind, Shade found the information he wanted:
"Sure enough, there is."
He took the scepter from Miss Swift's hand, and under the gaze of Mr. Armand Bernhardt and the witch's apprentice, he softly spoke with his lungs and supplemented his nasal cavity by chanting:
"Blood thorns penetrate my body, and the road of blood opens now."
The knowledge of the elven race allowed Shade to have a rough grasp of the Elvish language, and the knowledge of vampires indeed also included the content of "Columba secret language".
As Shade's words fell, the bloody thorns on the scepter squirmed, climbed up to Shade's wrist and wrapped tightly. They did not pierce the skin, but Shade clearly felt that the skin all over his body was stinging.
a feeling of.
“That’ll be no problem”
"Mr. Hamilton, do you really want to go up the mountain?"
Mr. Bernhard also wanted to persuade Schad to stay:
"I can't tell you what will happen on the mountain, but don't go there. I can guarantee with my soul that what happens next will never harm Fort Midhill!"
But Shade shook his head and left with Miss Swift.
The two entered the deepest part of the basement, the room where Helen and Grace once lived. The twins had left, the curtains next to the huge four-poster bed had been lifted, and the clothes on the ground were gone, but the concentration of whispering elements was still extraordinary.
.
"Mr. Hamilton, how are you going to find them?"
Miss Swift asked softly.
"I have a magical skill. I can drop anyone's blood into my eyes and see all the movements of the owner of the blood in a day."
"But do you have the blood of teachers who don't have teachers here?"
"No, neither did I."
Shade shook his head, holding the scepter and looking at the huge bed:
"But I once dripped their blood into my eyes. That was in the last era."
He paused:
"To be more precise, it was two months ago (Chapter 568)."
The Blood Thorn Scepter enhances [Echo of Blood]. Shade, who should only be able to see traces of blood within a day, spans a longer period of time and touches the power of blood. A clear red halo represents two people.
A red halo appeared on the bed.
The overlapping figures in red halos showed that Grace and Helen had stayed here for a long time. When they left the bed, the tall, god-like figure had returned to the size of a normal human woman:
"Miss Swift, then I'm going."
He stared at the two red halos, and he knew exactly what the vampire god wanted to do. The ten stories of brewing wine simply reminded him of his true purpose.
In order for Lecia and Dorothy to be helped, and for the two innocent souls not to be sacrificed, he was able to help them at the God's Wine Party in the last era, and this time, he can still help them.