Chapter 1073

"Stealing books is stealing books, what was burning the library for?"

Xia De looked directly into his cold eyes:

"Sir, you wouldn't be telling me that you have a habit of setting fires, would you?"

"A fire burned it clean, and no clues would be left."

The Sir shook his wine glass gently, moved his gaze away from Xia De, and looked at the heavy snow again. Even if he was exposed, he still maintained his so-called elegance:

"This is not the first time I have done this, Mr. Hamilton, but this is the first time I have been discovered and forced to admit what I have done. I have never been discovered doing this before. I have systematically studied psychology and criminology, oh, the latter is an emerging discipline. I even mastered some special little tricks to counter divination. The process of learning fascinated me, and to be honest, this feeling of being exposed is quite good, which lets me know that I am still far behind on the road of seeking knowledge."

The middle-aged gentleman laughed:

"You reminded me, never be arrogant, on the road of seeking knowledge, any of us is a student."

"The Church already knows about your affairs."

Xia De said, and the Sir nodded:

"What I am going to do next would not have been allowed by the Church anyway, so knowing this little thing doesn't matter. Knight, this is probably the last time we meet. Next, I will head to the 'Promised Land' bestowed upon me by destiny, to accept that unique supreme wisdom. I am very happy to be able to talk to you before leaving."

He sighed softly:

"I am not familiar with you, but somewhat familiar. You know some things about me, but not many. Talking to you is probably the best choice."

"Why do you think I will let you leave?"

Xia De asked curiously, and the Sir laughed again, throwing the wine glass with more than half of the red wine left in his hand into the alley below.

The wine glass fell into the thick layer of snow in the alley, the spilled wine first dyed the white snow blood red, and the glass wine glass then embedded in the snow.

He turned his head slightly to look at Xia De:

"Of course because..."

Reaching out and pointing to himself:

"... I want to leave."

Silver moonlight flashed in the wind, and the transparent shield-shaped book blocked it.

The southern Sir in a black coat fell off the balcony like a bat and came to the empty alley. While Xia De, who had retrieved the wine bottle, also jumped down, the steam fog brought by the appearance of the five-ringed Ringed Shushi's life ring had already begun to melt the cold snow.

Xia De did not reveal his life ring, but looked at the Sir opposite through the blizzard:

"Xia De Hamilton, you are also a wise man. Think carefully, if I didn't have the confidence to win against you, why would I have taken the initiative to appear just now?"

Xia De did not try to persuade the other party, his toes tapped lightly, and his whole body scattered into a group of scarlet butterflies.

The butterfly group dragged out red light spots in the wind and snow, flying rapidly towards the Sir's direction. And the 【Light】 spiritual rune on the five-ringed Ringed Shushi's life ring flashed with spiritual light, the middle-aged gentleman pointed with his right hand, and a thin beam of light burst from his fingertips, sweeping across the butterfly group, and even leaving traces of the heat ray passing on the ground after melting the snow.

But the loss of a small amount of red butterflies had no effect on Xia De's main body. He dodged this attack, and after confirming that the distance was suitable, he revealed his main body. Before the following light approached, he took a step and appeared behind Sir Miss Pulin:

"Moonlight Greatsword."

The scarlet short sword stabbed at the man's back, but he seemed to have predicted that Xia De would move through space in advance, and turned around instantly to block with the cane in his hand—

Clang!

The Moonlight short sword shattered the wooden shell of the cane, revealing the metal thin sword hidden inside. That wooden shell was actually some kind of containment measure. After shattering the shell, Xia De realized that the thin sword was an artifact.

Metal collided with the short sword in Xia De's hand. While scarlet debris splashed, the Moonlight Greatsword did not break. Instead, Xia De relied on his extremely powerful physical fitness to forcefully press down Sir Miss Pulin, who was holding the thin sword with both hands, with one hand.

"The gathering of the three moons actually has such a great enhancement."

He thought in his heart.

"Spatial power? Amazing."

Sir Miss Pulin squeezed the sound from his teeth. While Xia De summoned a second short sword to stab with the 【Blade of Twisted Time and Space】, the Sir exploded in front of Xia De.

The fireworks and sound of the explosion were covered up in the wind and snow. Xia De, whose clothes on his chest were all blown up, hummed and looked up at the front.

Leijinsi Miss Pulin clutched his chest and gasped, reaching out to grab a book from his clothes:

"Her Highness said that although you are a fourth-ring, your combat power is extremely strong. Now it seems that what Her Highness said was still a bit euphemistic. I sensed the power of time and space, and that short sword, even if it didn't touch me, I could perceive that my flesh and blood were about to be corrupted by it."

After all, the 【Red Moon】 spiritual rune came directly from the divinity of the God of Blood Kin. Xia De had long experienced how strong the 【Gluttony】 spiritual rune, also derived from the God, was.

Xia De still didn't speak. As a huge snowball large enough to block the alley directly fell from the top of Sir Miss Pulin's head, he held the short sword and moved forward again.

The snowball, which looked ordinary, made the Sir feel danger. First, a fireball tried to blow up the big snowball, and after being surprised to find it had no effect, he was directly pressed under the snowball.

But before Xia De got closer, the snowball itself was shattered from the inside. Sir Miss Pulin, who appeared in front of Xia De again, had three brand-new spiritual runes on his life ring behind him:

"Knowledge is power, and stories can give me inspiration. I like your story very much, detective, and I also like an ancient legend about a swordsman."

The southern gentleman held his thin sword, Miracle - 【Sword】, Miracle - 【Brave Hero】, and Inspiration 【Justice】 flashed with spiritual light at the same time. These were all temporary spiritual runes added to himself by books:

"Mr. Hamilton, I should leave, otherwise I will be late. I actually have a very good impression of you, detective. This world needs people like you. If I were you, I would leave this city as soon as possible, take Her Highness Margaret, and flee in the direction away from Pantanal."

The thin sword was held in front of him with one hand, and the sword body was aimed at himself. And with the rotation of his wrist, the sword body rotated ninety degrees, and the golden light marks appeared on the artifact long sword, and power not belonging to a five-ringed Ringed Shushi burst out from the Sir:

"Magic! Dawn - Sword of Justice!"

The scorching light directly melted all the snow in the alley, and the sharp sword light almost pierced through space in that instant. A kind of light containing extremely high mental power exploded in the snowy alley. The extremely strong sense of crisis forced Xia De to retreat rapidly, but it was too late at this time.

"Lagley's Jump!"

Taking a step into the air, deviating from the position where the sword light was strongest:

"Calm Posture."

At this time, there was no need for emotional coordination, he was already angry enough. Covering his face with both hands, he turned into an angel statue curled up with wings in the air. But even so, after the loud noise, Xia De, who landed, still felt that his whole body was about to fall apart. You know, in the state of 【Calm Posture】, his own defense was extremely amazing.

Barely climbing up and looking at the alley again, all the snow had been melted, and there was a deep ditch on the ground occupying one-third of the alley floor. At the same time, the surging residual power made the ground glow, forcing the drifting snowflakes to melt before landing.

"Very powerful, but not too powerful."

Xia De, who also didn't use his full strength, thought in his heart. You know, when he first fought Joey Barton in the autumn, the other party could already use the power of the 0-level artifact Life and Death Gap.

"Too much movement, go quickly!"

Walking forward in the muddy alley after the snow melted, fortunately, the first to appear were Sister Sister Daifulin and the maid.

The two helped the injured Xia De and left here quickly.

"Sister, do you know what magic 【Sword of Justice Dawn】 is?"

"High-ring magic that can only be used above the twelfth ring, requiring extremely strict casting requirements."

Looking at it this way, Leijinsi Miss Pulin could not only borrow books to obtain temporary spiritual runes, but even omit the casting requirements. It's just that I don't know if he has more abilities. If there is only this, just find a thirteenth-ring Ringed Shushi, and he can be defeated.

People attracted by the violent sound were approaching the alley entrance cautiously. I am afraid that there will be a news report about a gas pipeline explosion in tomorrow's Huntington Morning Post. The police blew their whistles, using sharp sounds to drive people away, and at this time, Xia De had already disappeared from the street corner with the help of the two ladies.

The injuries he suffered were not as scary as they looked on the surface. If it weren't for Sister Sister Daifulin's timely treatment, he would have almost healed himself. Of course, the dislocated bones still needed help to be set, and Sister Sister Daifulin completed this work very well. Only then did Xia De remember that the 【Spirit Cultivation Group】 was actually a group famous for being good at healing and stargazing.

Although he lied to Leijinsi Miss Pulin just now that he came to welcome Margaret and wanted to give the Princess a surprise, Xia De didn't go to see the Princess in the end. Instead, after the steam train carrying the visiting group arrived at the train station, he went to the White King Club in the city with Sister Sister Daifulin and the two witches to discuss the current situation.

The room used by the four was a room on the third floor of the club under Margaret's name, which was also the place where Xia De first saw Miss Xierweiya and Margaret when he first came here at the end of autumn.

In a blink of an eye, it was already deep winter.

The unpleasant journey of the witches naturally need not be mentioned, they came dusty for the matter of the Chosen One. Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, who sat down in the warm club room, noticed Xia De's clothes, which didn't seem to be the one he often wore when going out, and teased him with a smile, only to find out later that they had just encountered Leijinsi Miss Pulin.

"You also know, he should have been with the visiting group, but lost his trace halfway. Yes, I investigated in Tobesk that he was involved in an arson and murder case. When the Church went to arrest him, he had already fled. He admitted to me that he had colluded with the Pantanal Voodoo Society and was going to some 'Promised Land'."

Xia De looked at the three ladies in front of him, of course, the focus was on the two witches who didn't know that Sir Miss Pulin was the Chosen One:

"He has a very peculiar ability, which can temporarily add new spiritual runes to himself with books."

He briefly described the battle experience just now, and the witches looked at each other after listening. Miss Xierweiya said in a positive tone: "So, the Chosen One is him."

"Yes, I think it should be."

"I always feel that you knew it long ago."

The red-haired Duchess said, sitting there leisurely holding a teacup:

"Before getting off the train, we received new news from the Council. The Zhalas Academy of Literature successfully deciphered a batch of new ancient documents. Through the poem fragments, it was basically confirmed that the venue for this Chosen One ritual is the lake island in the central lake of the Pantanal area. The poem gave that lake island a very interesting name - Heart of Pantanal, which is the most important area of the entire Great Swamp, and has a pivotal position in mysticism and sealing rituals."

This was another term Xia De was very familiar with. From the end of autumn to now, all clues and contradictions had gathered in the distant center of the Great Swamp. The epic of the fourth Chosen One finally came to the last act in this blizzard weather.