Chapter 1167: The Puppet's Gift

"I won, help me recover!"

"Oh, have some patience. I have to heal you first, otherwise, if you recover to human form, can you imagine how severe your injuries are?"

The puppet on the standing puppet theater muttered. While speaking, green light spots appeared on puppet Xia De's body, and the wooden body grew and healed like living wood. Then, in a cloud of thick white smoke, Xia De, who had recovered to human form, lay on the coffee table, and even his destroyed clothes were restored.

He looked at his palms joyfully and jumped off the coffee table. Miss Bernice stared at him in shock. Just now, when Xia De was a puppet, the strange feeling wasn't obvious, but now that he had fully recovered, she immediately understood what was strange.

Xia De had already taken his cat and had time to look at this local Great Witch.

Vanessa Bernice wore a red long dress, her golden long hair reached her waist and had a natural curl. Her golden eyes had a hint of green light, which was the most traditional beautiful blonde lady.

Although she clearly knew she was already over thirty, her appearance at this moment was even younger than Miss Lasers beside her. Her fair face was neither too big nor too small, her small mouth was painted with lipstick, and her extremely three-dimensional features showed a girl-like confused expression at this moment. The silver star-shaped earrings worn on her ears further highlighted her charm.

Great Witches all had beauty beyond the normal, and although he had already seen several Great Witches, he had to admit that the ninth seat of the Witch Council, the Witch of Earth, Vanessa Bernice, had a charm different from other witches. Especially the just-right sense of fragility on her face made this charm...

【It's not a sense of fragility. Siris Grand Lasers was right; this witch's condition is indeed not right.】

Why the witch was "sick," he would solve that later. While Miss Bernice stared at Xia De, Xia De sat down on the side sofa and asked the puppet on the puppet theater:

"The puppet show is over. According to the agreement, you need to restore everyone who has been turned into a puppet by you recently."

"Of course, I am very satisfied with this puppet show. The dragon-riding demon king and the cat-riding knight, why didn't I think of such an interesting plot before?"

The puppet wrapped in bandages said, its shiny black button eyes looking at him:

"Envoy of the God of Toys, since you completed this drama, I think I should give you a reward."

Saying this, the "Heart of the Forest Giant," "Evil Warlock's Ring," and "Royal Knight's Long Sword" appeared on the puppet theater together. Of course, the volume of the three was adapted to a normal human, which is to say, they were actually a heart-shaped ruby, a normal ring, and a normal sword:

"A gem that enhances strength, a ring that continuously calls fireballs, and an extremely sharp long sword, choose one as a gift."

The puppet laughed and said.

Although it looked rational, a Relic is a Relic after all. Although Miss Lasers, Miss Bernice, and Xia De looked fine, they were not ordinary people, and the Relic's effect had mostly ended. You must know that behind the sofa, Miss Bernice's servants and several opera house attendants were still unconscious and lying there.

All three items were Relics, and he didn't know if the puppet made them itself or if it had collected and contained them over the years. Xia De made a choice after a little consideration.

"I don't want any of them."

He shook his head slightly. Judging from the whisper elements and effects, the three Relics were at most Keeper-level. He still remembered why he came to the Wilde Opera House today:

"This witch has been looking for you recently for her Mystery Lock - Golden Stage of Singing Glory."

Xia De pointed at Miss Bernice. This was information he got from Miss Galina and the others:

"If possible, I hope you can give her some help so she can make her Mystery Lock stronger."

The puppet smiled and nodded:

"No problem. You performed an interesting puppet show with me, this request is completely acceptable. I can't let the gods say I'm stingy."

Saying this, Miss Bernice's puppet and the disk on her head actually floated out from behind the curtain next to the puppet theater. Of course, that puppet was now just a puppet, only attached with whisper elements. The puppet floated into Xia De's hand, and Xia De understood that this must be of great use to Miss Bernice:

"Thank you very much."

He expressed his gratitude sincerely, and the puppet waved its hand:

"Then, may the Guardian of Innocence always protect you. This was really interesting. Others who have been turned into puppets by me in this city will soon recover. See you next time."

It wanted to leave quite satisfied, but as if remembering something, it sat on its puppet theater, and as the curtains on both sides slowly closed toward the center, it said to Xia De with a smile:

"Speaking of which, do you know why I appeared in this human city?"

"Why?"

Xia De asked very cooperatively, knowing the other party just wanted to tell him the answer.

"The crazy puppeteer of the Fourth Era built this theater and split a small part of his soul to form my foundation. And now, the notebook of that crazy puppeteer has appeared in this city. I originally wanted to take it back, but now it seems that if it remains in human hands, you can perform more interesting dramas."

The blood-red curtains closed, and the materialized wooden puppet theater faded little by little, disappearing as if pencil marks on paper were erased by an eraser.

Xia De opened his mouth and suddenly understood:

"Angel-level Relic 【Puppeteer's Notebook】, made by the same creator as this puppet... 【Puppeteer's Notebook】, has always been in the hands of the 【Blood Spirit School】..."

The story that started everything was related to that Relic. Just a single page of the notebook almost caused the Outsider to die under the grapevines in the summer.

"Thirteenth-ring sorcerer, the Blood-Weeping Hermons, was seriously injured in Ivan Darkness's 'Darkness Descends' event and only escaped with his life, causing the entire 【Blood Spirit School】's influence to shrink in the Old Continent. Now, the 【Blood Spirit School】 has actually sent someone with at least one page to Randall Valley City... What is going to happen here?"

This meant that at least one Chosen One was related to the local area, and it was highly likely to appear in the near future.

While Xia De was pondering, the puppet theater had completely disappeared. But neither Miss Lasers nor Miss Bernice spoke, because they both saw black-iron-colored spiritual light surging toward Xia De from the position where the puppet theater had disappeared, and thick steam fog surged from behind Xia De, and the shadow of a huge Destiny Ring approached from the depths of that steam fog.

【Outsider, you have touched a whisper.】

【In the ancient era, the crazy puppeteer walked in the chaotic material world, just to find and perform the most perfect drama in his mind. But in the end, he understood that the best stage is this world, and the best puppets are all mortals.】

【Relic - Crazy Puppet Theater, gives you new power.】

Following the rapid rotation of the brass ring behind him, the black-iron-colored spiritual light almost connected into a halo. The spiritual light enriched, and the whisper power obtained from the Relic added the first spirit rune of the fifth ring to Xia De's Destiny Ring.

【Outsider, you have inscribed the Black-Iron Whisper Spirit Rune - Puppet.】

This was a spirit rune belonging to the middle ring. When the Destiny Ring slowly decelerated, that strange rune was so dazzling. Miss Bernice and Miss Lasers were not surprised that Xia De had obtained a spirit rune; after all, his contact with that Relic just now was indeed very deep.

What they were surprised about was that Xia De actually hadn't lied; he really was only at the fifth ring.

"Can Puppet and Silver Moon be associated with the Language of Ascension?"

Xia De thought silently in his heart, letting the Destiny Ring disappear behind him. The opera in the opera house hadn't ended yet, but the box suddenly became quiet, which also made the three people who were awake at this moment look at each other.

The witch reacted the fastest. Although Xia De had rescued her, this lady, who had golden long hair and was considered the most outstanding opera actress and singer in the last hundred years, was the first to ask the question she most wanted to know in her heart:

"Are you a man or..."

"A man."

Miss Bernice had only said half a sentence, but Xia De gave the answer.

The witch's green eyes looked at Xia De in disbelief:

"This is absolutely impossible!"

She frowned slightly, her voice raised, and her tone was a bit stern. Miss Lasers on the side didn't know what was happening and even persuaded:

"Vanessa, Mr. Hamilton just rescued us, you..."

"Siris, please don't speak now. I won't do anything to him, but you don't understand what is in front of us. If he really is a man, what this means for the Council!"

Xia De understood Miss Bernice's current emotions very well. He held Mia with one hand, took the initiative to stand up from the side sofa, and came to the witch. He handed the witch's puppet to her, and then extended his wrist to her.

"Please."

"You..."

The witch held the puppet. Although surprised, she still reached out and grasped his wrist in Miss Lasers' unbelievable expression:

"Vanessa, you touched a man?"

The blonde witch and Xia De maintained a strange posture. For a long time, the witch's fair nose wings twitched, showing her own emotional fluctuations. She took the initiative to let go of Xia De, and then looked at her palm in disbelief:

"This is not right! This is impossible! Hamilton, what exactly are you?"

Suddenly, she snapped her head up to look at Xia De again:

"Hamilton? Xia De Hamilton?"

"Yes."

"Galina Cavendish's lover?"

"Yes."

Having received the confirmed answer, the witch, whose emotions had been a bit agitated, immediately softened her tone a lot. Clearly, if she wasn't the first witch to discover this "man" in front of her, then things weren't as serious as she had thought:

"You actually really exist? I thought she let her maid disguise herself as a man to fob off those pursuers."

The blonde witch muttered softly, sighed slightly, and leaned back against the sofa back.

"Sorry, what exactly happened?"

Miss Lasers on the side still didn't understand:

"Vanessa, why did you take the initiative to touch Mr. Hamilton? Since that Duchess is a witch, how could..."

"He is different."

The blonde witch still stared at Xia De, saying words she couldn't believe herself:

"This man is not within the coverage of the witch's curse... Witches can make normal contact with him." ===== CHAPTER 1168 =====

The blonde witch continued to stare at Xia De, speaking words she herself could hardly believe:

"This man is not within the coverage of the witch's curse... Witches can interact with him normally."