Whispering Poems

Chapter 1379 The Noon Ceremony

Oxenfurt squinted into Shad's eyes:
"According to the contract, it must give me the strongest undead power. I can be sure of this. Therefore, the entrustment it gave you is actually tired of me and wants to 'collect debt' from me and get my soul back."

Xia De also looked at him:
"You didn't tell the truth, at least, you didn't fully explain the whole content of the contract between you and it."

He holds out his finger:
"First, your contract can't be so simple. The small things it asks you to do are definitely not small. Second, this contract, if I guessed correctly, should also involve Mrs. Haila, but you didn't mention it at all. .Thirdly, I don’t believe that the condition for it to charge your soul is that someone can get rid of its immortal body, which is too simple.”

Oxenfurt shook his head:

"It's enough for you to know this, how can I tell you all?
Listen, I was a sailor on a ship, captain of a ship I was on, and I still have some of my personal stuff.Captain Alan Woody, that's him, this guy is here now, find him, get back my old pictures and letters, and I'll give you the white gem. "

With that said, he took out his notebook, hurriedly wrote down the address and handed it to Xia De:

"You don't have to go, but don't want to know where the gem is. Also, next time you see it, don't recall the things we met in private. It can read people's thoughts to a certain extent."

After finishing this, Oxenfurt took out his pocket watch again:
"I've been here for 10 minutes, more than you asked for. Goodbye, I retrieved my photos and letters and sent them directly to my manor. I will give you the white gem in the city after that."

Then he turned and left, as if he didn't want to talk to Xia De about anything.

"Old photos and letters? Captain Woody?"

This seems to be a good opportunity to learn about Oxenfurt's past, and the demon is also looking for those gems, which means that Mr. Lyman's grave is really as important as Shad thinks.

After confirming that Stone Oxenfurt's carriage had gone far, Shad returned to the church and found Luvia holding the cat.The two took a carriage to the Prophet Association in the city center. Luvia only asked for half a day off today. She needed to find out new news from the association:

"Confirmed, Stone Oxenfurt is the second candidate for the Chosen One."

Because Xia De had already guessed in advance, Luvia was not too surprised:

"So, the devil wants to kill the guardians and make Stone Oxenfurt the chosen one? It is so confident that it can fight against the chosen one? We must know that the entanglement we encountered before was chosen. The demons of the chosen ones are all cooperating with the chosen ones."

"It's not that simple. What the devil should do is not to eliminate the first candidate."

Xia De frowned slightly in the carriage:

"Just now Stone Oxenfurt told me that if I can break his immortality and kill him, then his soul will belong to the devil."

"That's why I guess that the devil wants to kill the first candidate and then master the second candidate."

Luvia said, but after she finished speaking, she felt something was wrong:
"It shouldn't be like this. My inspiration reminds me that it can't be so simple. Since it is an ancient evil spirit, it should understand how terrible those children of the era and destined heroes are. The evil spirits of the third era prefer Play with intrigue instead of simply using force to solve things."

"It doesn't matter what the devil is planning."

Xia De twisted his neck:
"As long as I get rid of it, everything will be fine. Now Miss Lassus has also got clues about the power of the earth. At that time, even if there is a problem with the first candidate whose situation is currently unclear, at least we still have the second one." Three candidates."

He never considered making Stone Oxenfurt the chosen one. Since he did something wrong, he should be punished as he should.

After sending Luvia to the Prophet Association, Xia De took Mia back home from the Church of the Forgotten.

It was past ten o'clock in the morning, and considering that it was almost lunch time, Xia De stayed at home to deal with trivial matters, planning to go out for dinner at 11:30, and then go to Old John's.

However, before Xia De went out, at around eleven o'clock, the sound of a bell being rang came from downstairs.

After opening the door, I found Iluna outside the door. The girl with long brown hair said happily:

"I thought you weren't home at noon. It just happened to be nearby, so come and try your luck. If you're not home at noon, I'll come back at night."

"Did something happen? It was...to Randall's Valley?"

"Yes."

Iluna nodded:

"The order I received this morning, let me pack it up and set off on Sunday the day after tomorrow. It's still a steam airship, but the Randall Valley is much farther than Fort Midhill and the Pantanal. It is estimated that it will take three It will take four days to arrive."

"You have received an order, which means that the church believes that things in the Randall Valley have reached a critical moment."

Xia De nodded:
"Is there anything at noon, how about going to have lunch together? I will also talk to you about what Luvia and I have gained in the Randall Valley in the past few days. The situation is still unclear, but at least our goal is simple , as long as you get rid of a certain enemy, you don't have to think about other fancy things."

Iluna was amused by Xia De's description:
"It's okay at noon anyway, so let's have lunch with you. It's just the two of us, right?"

She stood in the foyer and glanced upstairs.

"Meow~"

The neglected cat stood on the first step of the stairs and let out a dissatisfied cry.

Since it happened that Iluna came to visit, Shad invited her to help him learn the thaumaturgy [Fear the Sun] that he got from Miss Dennist the morning before yesterday.Rituals of thaumaturgy can only be performed at noon, and with the help of a ring sorcerer skilled in the power of the sun.

Iluna naturally agreed, so she happily went to the restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue with Xia De to have lunch, and then returned to Saint Teresa Square to prepare for the ceremony.

There are only a few requirements to be met to hold the ceremony, one of which is to let the chest of the ring warlock who is performing the ceremony be exposed to direct sunlight, so Shad chose the location of the ceremony in his attic.And the basic array of the ceremony is not complicated, because Miss Daniste has already provided enough materials at a rate of 2.5 times, so there is no need to go out to purchase.

After the simple construction ceremony, Xia De lay on his back in the center of the circular matrix, in the human figure outlined with red chalk.On the top of his head is a sun pattern similar to the holy emblem of the sun, at his feet are moon phase patterns representing the full moon, new moon and waning moon, and prayers praising the sun are filled around his body.

Iluna was wearing a white sacrificial robe, because it belonged to Xia De, so the robe was obviously too big, and the bottom directly covered her feet.

She held Shad's [Night Watchman], then bent down and grabbed the cat sitting on Shad's chest basking in the sun:
"Wait a minute, I will confirm the procedure of the ceremony."

She picked up the notebook on the small stool beside her and read it again:
"Ready, Shad?"

"Ready."

Iluna made sure that the cat was squatting on the stool and didn't rush over, so she walked quickly to Xia De's side, and aimed her sword at his sunlit chest:
"Arrogant, do you fear the sun?"

[Night Watchman] itself is a silver sword, but including the runes, the sword body faintly exudes a golden luster in Iluna's hands.The sun shone on the long sword, making it shine.Xia De only felt the heat in his chest, he looked at Iluna above and said:

"Yes, I am in awe of the sun."

So Iluna carefully held the sword in both hands, leaned the sword against Xia De's clothes, and then slid it lightly a few times, scratching his clothes and skin with the tip of the sword until it drew a picture on his chest. Huge sun emblem.

Iluna's control is extremely superb. Although Xia De's skin oozes dense blood beads, making the cat on the side shrugging his shoulders and stretching his head very uneasy, but he doesn't feel too much pain.

Then, the blood-stained sword tip was held by Iluna and touched the chalk line on the floor. The blood seemed to "ignite" the entire ritual matrix in an instant, and the brilliant red flame engulfed the corpse lying on the floor. Xia De.

Iluna backed away slowly, hugging the cat that was about to rush over with a serious face.After the flames subsided, only a simple circle of chalk lines remained on the ground, and Shad, whose shirt was burned, got up from the floor and stood up.The wounds on his body scabbed under the scorching flames, leaving weird scars on his skin.

Iluna walked over again holding the cat in one hand, and erected [Night Watchman] in front of her with the other hand:

"Arrogant, do you fear the sun?"

She asked again, and at the same time stretched out her right foot wearing a small black leather shoe under the robe, and kicked the mirror on the side, so that the mirror reflected the sunlight to Shad's whole body.

Xia De stretched out his arms, closed his eyes and faced the sun and praised:

"Praise the sun."

In an instant, the sunlight that originally only warmed the skin seemed to directly shine on the soul.That warm feeling is like jumping into a hot pool after rushing into the house on a blizzard day.The spirit became more active than ever, and Shad even felt his physical strength increase.

Only then did he let out a sigh of relief, realizing that he had succeeded in learning thaumaturgy.He opened his eyes and wanted to thank Iluna, but found that Iluna turned her head, but glanced at Xia De, a little embarrassed to see Xia De's shirtless appearance:

"Go and change your clothes."

Mia took advantage of this opportunity and jumped into Xia De's arms.The cat curled its little paws well to prevent scratching Shad, but its tongue seemed to be licking the remaining blood on Shad's skin.

"Oh, Mia, you're not a vampire!"

This cat seems to have a special hobby, every time Xia De is injured, it likes to lick Xia De's blood.

(End of this chapter)