Whispering Poems

Chapter 753 The Third Nail

"clear."

Iluna looked eager to try:
"Last time, I was able to defeat Darkness with your help. This time, I must prove that I can do it myself."

This kind of meaningless "comparison" is actually because Iluna thinks that Xia De has done too many things.Similar to how Luvia often laughs at herself for being useless, the 17-year-old girl also wants to prove that she also has an irreplaceable role among the three.

"Your safety is the most important thing."

Shad reminded, Iluna nodded with a smile:
"Oh, one more thing, a thirteen-ring warlock has come to the three major thaumaturgy schools."

Grandma Cassandra mentioned this:

"who is it?"

"It's your people from St. Byrence."

"Ok?"

Xia De was surprised that there were only two Saint Barrons in the Thirteen Rings in this era:
"Miss Denist is here? Then I have to be careful."

"No, it's your principal, the 'Silver Keeper' Professor Andre Pigman."

"Is the principal here in person?"

This is the most surprising thing so far:
"But the Church of the Five Gods, how could this kind of thing be allowed?"

Although the church and the college are in a cooperative relationship, normally speaking, the thirteen-ring warlocks of the college would not randomly step into the core parish of the church.For example, Fort Midhill is the core parish of the Natural Church.

"The church also needs the help of the academy to deal with narrow matters. Moreover, in the incident of the second electee, the founder of St. It happened once, maybe there will be a second time."

"Although such an inference is not unreasonable. But this time it will definitely not, I can be sure of this."

Xia De said immediately, Iluna smiled and turned the cup in her hand, and she was also there when Miss Fei Lianna appeared:
"You can be sure, and I believe you too, but St. Byrence and our church don't know. So that Professor Pigman came. Oh, it hasn't come yet, thirteen ring magicians are busy people, He will come to Fort Midhill on the day of the ceremony. Or he will come when we track down Joey Barton and take action."

"The church's preparations this time are really adequate. First, they eliminated the unstable factors and frightened other ring magicians, and then invited thirteen ring magicians from outside the church as helpers. I think Zaras and Serkses, The professors from the Twelfth Ring should have been sent."

"After all, with the precedents of Tobesk and Coldwater Harbor, the church will always learn from it."

She dangled the little silver teaspoon.

What Iluna held in her hand was a cup of black tea mixed with milk. The amount of black tea was twice the amount of milk, which made the cup of tea look very smooth, and the liquid surface had a gradient color from white to red.What Xia De is holding is black tea with lemon juice. Outsiders don't know how to taste tea, and they don't have a very elegant taste. This is what Iluna recommended Xia De to taste.

"So when did the ceremony start? I asked my priest friend, who is also going to attend the ceremony, but I still don't know the exact time."

"Because the time has not been set, the church astrologers are waiting for the right moment."

Iluna lowered her voice:

"But it will definitely not be this week, after all, the four nails have not been resolved. It should be next week, definitely before Thursday."

Today is already Thursday, and the story of Mibao finally came to the last scene.

Iluna couldn't go out for too long, so after talking about things, she returned to the Church of the Sun with the red rose.The strange fog in the city, and the church has not figured out the reason, so a combat force like Iluna must be ready to go at any time.

After Xia De bid farewell to Iluna, he rushed to the Dawn Church in the city center on foot.Fortunately, near noon, the rising of the sun made the dense fog clear, and finally an empty carriage could be found on the street, otherwise Xia De estimated that he would not be able to reach the Church of Dawn before [-]:[-] p.m.

Priest Augustus waited for Shad at the corner of Oak Street as agreed.After the two met, they went to have lunch first, during which Xia De told the priests that the Witch Council had strengthened the seal on the mountainside.

Although the priest didn't know about Shade's involvement with the Witch Council, he was also very satisfied with it:
"So far, all the actions have gone very smoothly. I think the matter in Fort Midhill will definitely come to a perfect conclusion."

Although everyone hoped so, it seemed unlucky for outsiders to say such things before the end of the matter.

The task of Xia De and Priest Augustus this afternoon is 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 Augustus claimed to be able to roughly sense the location of the target. Shad 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 laughed at Xia De's naive thinking, and the mysticism of ring warlocks also requires basic rules.

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 wings.

"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 Shad was thinking, and then on the street shrouded in white mist, he put the feather in his palms and held it up to his face.

Taking a deep breath and then blowing, the feather quickly flew towards the sky as if blown by a strong wind.

"that's it."

The priest heaved a sigh of relief and signaled Shad to find a carriage with him:
"Thaumaturgy [search for the dead], the original characteristic is to accurately detect undead creatures, but because of my talent, the thaumaturgy effect has changed to search for any creature that can be defined as 'dead' in a wide range. Of course, it is necessary to know their Main features do."

That pitch-black feather will hover over the range of the target, and today's weather is just right for using this kind of thaumaturgy without being discovered.

The priest can sense the approximate location of the feather, so the two only need to send the carriage to the corresponding location.As for the rest, it was what Xia De needed to do.

Fortunately, after the feather floated for 10 minutes, it actually found its target in the south of the city.Shade and Priest Augustus, who arrived later, found that the neighborhood was the relatively bustling core block of Nancheng District.

Priest Augustus roughly delineated the area on the map, and then Shad 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 Annabelle Street, Shade finally felt a burning sensation in his right shoulder:

"Just around here."

The two quickened their pace, and when they arrived outside a mansion belonging to local nobles in the middle of Annabelle Street, the red butterfly brand on their shoulders finally left their skin impatiently, flapping their wings in front of Shad, as if wanting to To lead him into that house:
"right here!"

Shade stopped in his tracks. Priest Augustus glanced at the red butterfly suspiciously, and then looked at the noble mansion in the fog.

The house was surrounded by high walls, and the ground of the courtyard was at least half a person lower than the road.Only the part above the middle of the second floor of the mansion in the courtyard can be seen. Judging from the decoration, the owner of the mansion is a down-and-out nobleman, which is very common in big cities of this era.

The desolation is because the decoration of the house is very old, and the aristocrats can be seen from the decoration on the fence gate.Rezia will also tell Shad some common sense about nobles in the class every Saturday, so Xia De also understands these things.

Of course, this was not enough for Shad and Priest Augustus to know whose house it was.But a little inquiring about the surroundings revealed that the mansion belonged to the Earl of Dalark of Campbell.

"It's him?"

Back at the gate of the mansion, Xia De was surprised.

"Detective, do you know him?"

"Yes, I saw it at the Fire Worship Festival party. At that time, the earl wanted to invite one of my female companions to dance, and then proposed to use the Rhodes card to fight with me, and then..."

He shrugged, and the results spoke for themselves.

"Do you know this man?"

The priest asked again, Xia De nodded and recalled:

"He was dressed very fancy at the time. The red dress was decorated with fancy medals, and there was a flower pinned to his reddish-brown hair. He was wearing a pair of dark red trousers on his lower body, and a pair of white stockings on his legs. The trousers reach the knee. Oh, I can’t appreciate this style of dressing. The earl’s height is about the same as mine, but he is slightly thinner than me. It is said that he is just recovering from a serious illness.”

Having said that, Xia De realized something:
"Could it be that the so-called recovering from a serious illness means that he died of illness. It's just that after being resurrected from the dead, people and the earl himself thought he was cured. Speaking of which, when I saw him at the Fire Worship Festival party, I felt this way." There is something wrong with people, but I can’t tell where it is wrong. (Chapter 693)”

"It sounds like a typical fallen nobleman. I've seen a lot in Tobesk. As for whether we're looking for him, or the servants in the house, just go in and have a look."

The priest wanted to ring the bell at the door, but Xia De stopped him with his hand:
"What reason do we use to visit? Although I have [Night Watchman], I can't say that we are here to sell antiques, right?"

Xia De shook the long sword wrapped in gray cloth in his hand.

He wears the witch's eye shadow to disguise, and Priest Augustus also has his own potion to use, so he doesn't worry about being seen through his identity, but he needs a reason to visit.

The old priest gave an answer with great experience:

"Isn't he a Rhodes player? You claim to be a Rhodes player from other places, and you want to gamble with the Earl. You should have a special card in your hand that you didn't use when you were a player in the big city, right?"

"Of course. [Legend of the Brave · Bard Fletcher] can be used."

Xia De waved his hand, and the cards automatically flew out of his pocket, suspended between the two of them.

This was won from a young poet who traveled to the Old World in the tavern of the traveler's camp on the Wind Rises Trail, except for Mr. Sean Asmond, who called himself "Demon Scholar", Sister Divelin, and the vampire Armand No one other than Bernhardt knew that this card was in Shad's hands.As for the queen's suit [New World Exploitation History·Pioneering Wind], which was also obtained in Mibao, it is inconvenient to take it out because it is related to Miss Aurora.

"Show this card, maybe the butler will let us in."

"What if you don't let it go?"

Xia De asked, and the priest shook his head again:
"Detective, look around."

"Around. What's the matter?"

Xia De was puzzled, and the old priest said meaningfully:

"It's a foggy weather right now, and it's normal for anything to happen in this kind of weather."

(End of this chapter)