Chapter 1283: Demon

"Besides that, it also threatened me that if I informed the church of this matter in any form, my soul would receive eternal torture."

The old curator's tone revealed infinite exhaustion. Xia De could understand his approach, but couldn't understand the demon's approach:

"Even like this, it didn't think about killing you directly?"

"You can think this is teasing me, or you can think this is a kind of arrogance."

The old man said with a stoop. Xia De learned his whole story, but so far, besides knowing that the demon was truly powerful, there was no special harvest:

"Arrogance is it... disrespecting gods, killing wantonly... I am not a person of the church; you can tell this matter to me, and I won't inform the church. Then, what exactly was your research result at that time? What did you know?"

"My memory has been damaged."

Mr. Fernandez touched his head:

"I only remember that I investigated that 'it' is some kind of evil spirit that has existed since ancient times, longer than our general calendar. Also, the destruction of the ancient small kingdom known as 'Stonewall Kingdom' that once existed on this land was related to it. This is an existence that is enough to subvert an entire country just by evil power."

Previously it was just a guess, this time it was confirmed that the destruction of the "Stonewall Kingdom" was related to that demon.

"Then how can I investigate further? I need help."

Mr. Fernandez nodded:

"It fears the cross, not the ordinary cross made of two pieces of wood crossed together, but those crosses that possess special power. This point is the only knowledge that survived in my brain. The instinct to want to protect myself made me remember this point firmly... it is also possible because it wanted to give me hope and then let me fall into deeper despair."

Saying that, the old curator showed Xia De the silver cross hanging on his chest. That was made of blessed holy silver, belonging to a relatively simple divine art item.

This world didn't have the faith of his hometown, but the "cross" itself possessed special significance in occultism.

"Special cross-shaped relic, maybe it can restrain the other party. Such an important feature, the doctor will definitely be able to obtain clues from it... Where should I go to find a special cross?"

He thought in his heart.

【Recall carefully.】

"She" said softly. Xia De suddenly realized:

"Oh, it turns out I have it! Secret Keeper-level relic 【Blasphemous Cross】! I obtained the divinity of the God of Blood-Sucking by the lake under the Xical Mountains with that fishing rod, and entrusted Grandma Cassandra to acquire the next relic that might absorb divinity! (Chapter 830)"

Xia De only then remembered, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth. This visit was truly of great significance.

The old curator's words hadn't ended yet. He vaguely felt that the young northern man in front of him had qualities completely different from ordinary people:

"Finally, do you know the original family of Hela Osenfurt? Before they were married, Hela Watson's parents strongly opposed their marriage. Later, the whole Watson family died, and even the manor they lived in became a famous haunted house."

The old forest guard also mentioned this to Xia De, but it was a pity that "Watson Haunted House" was a rumor that only appeared three years ago, and it definitely wasn't the target of the Mithril Cube that had activated three stories.

"Young man, maybe you can take a trip to the old Watson house. I believe the Watson family was not without resistance to their fate. Before they were exterminated, they should have obtained some extraordinary treasure. That treasure even had a very strong effect on 'it,' so much so that 'it' was angry and made the eye-catching move of slaughtering an entire family."

"Watson Haunted House? Alright, I have remembered it."

This was another clue. Although he didn't think ordinary people could get any treasure, Xia De was still willing to take a trip.

"Young man, must be careful. There are truly ghosts wandering in that house, and 'it' must have set up some dangerous servants to look after the abandoned Watson old house. Must be careful, if you truly feel that you cannot handle it, then run away. Run as far as you can. Although it is powerful, I can also feel that it is still very afraid of the church."

The old man sighed, and he and Xia De looked at the snowflakes like goose feathers outside the window together, and the two didn't speak for a long time.

If he could deal with that demon in time, although he couldn't get back the life span the old curator lost, at least he could live the rest of his life like a normal person. Xia De couldn't do anything now, only able to speed up the pace of his investigation.

Of course, before saying goodbye, he didn't forget the other two purposes of his visit today, which were the porcelain vase among the three antiques sold by Cassandra Auction House more than ten years ago, and the history of the Granger family.

That vase was not Mr. Fernandez's private collection, but the property of the exhibition gallery, so Xia De spent 20 crowns, which was nearly three hundred pounds, to buy it.

As for the history of the Granger family, old Mr. Fernandez, who was once a folklorist and had lived locally for almost his whole life, really knew more things:

"That is a quite ancient surname. When I was young, I once had the honor to view the genealogy collected in his home with the permission of the previous Earl Granger. Just the part I saw could be traced back to about 1700 years ago. That genealogy had no broken generations, and no omissions. This can simply be called a history book recording the rise and fall of Randall Valley."

"Then what about the things 1700 years ago? What was the Granger family like at that time?"

Xia De asked curiously, but going further back involved the change of eras and even the Fifth Era, so even the old folklorist couldn't give a definite answer:

"I can only be sure that the history of the Granger family's reproduction locally is definitely earlier than 1700 years ago, which has definite records. Even, among the current indigenous people of Randall Valley city, one-fifth can be more or less related to the Granger family."

At noon that day, Xia De and Luvia went to the Wang Erde Opera House again and had lunch with Miss Bernice and Miss Lathers. The four people carefully checked that porcelain vase and basically confirmed that, like the statue Xia De got from Osenfurt Manor, it was probably just an ordinary vase.

Because the correctness of Xia De's investigation direction had been confirmed by "Guardian Fleming" on the night of the Battle of Lake Eldron, the clue about the "Earth Heart" was likely on the antique key held by Earl Granger.

Of course, Xia De had already confirmed from Cassandra Auction House that the key was a bronze-colored metal key, not the black wooden Time Key he was looking for.

Although the demon's matter was important, Xia De also needed to make some preparations in advance to break into that haunted manor, such as purchasing another batch of holy water from Priest Augustus. So, he didn't investigate the demon's matter again that afternoon, but planned to visit Earl Granger again.

It was just a pity that although the letter for the appointment was sent out at noon, the letter sent back by the servant indicated that Earl Granger had gone to the shipyard about to be completed outside the city since yesterday to supervise and accept the last few items of work, and would not return to the city until next week.

Therefore, what clues were on that antique key would have to wait until next week to figure out. And the remaining things in Xia De's hands were only visiting the Dark Night Temple in the mountains and entering the haunted Watson Manor to find clues.

The former needed Miss Bernice's assistance; after all, the mountains were truly too far, and Xia De had no interest in finding the way into the mountains himself. The witch was willing to help Xia De, but she only had time on Sunday, so going into the mountains was arranged for Sunday. And the latter still needed further preparation.

Up to this point, before Sunday, there was nothing Xia De had to do. Therefore, he spent the whole Friday afternoon in the Wang Erde Opera House with Luvia. The purple-eyed girl quite liked this kind of date.

Time passed peacefully to Saturday. Waking up a bit early in the morning, after being woken up by the cat that seemed to be taking revenge for being woken up by Xia De for the past few days, Xia De found the letter sent by Miss Galina. The letter invited Xia De to have dinner at her manor tonight and explained that she had also invited Dorothy.

And although the group meeting this afternoon was still at one o'clock, Xia De arrived at Dr. Schneider's clinic with Mia around ten o'clock in the morning. Because he didn't say this time to come in advance, the doctor was still seeing patients, seeing a patient with severe anxiety, and only received Xia De at ten-thirty.

"It seems you have new clues again?"

"Yes, this time it's an extraordinary clue."

Coming to the meeting room on the second floor, Xia De explained in detail the harvest of the past half week. Of course, the focus was still on visiting Osenfurt Manor again, the night battle at Lake Eldron, and the news he heard from old curator Mr. Fernandez.

After Xia De, who was sitting on the sofa, finished describing, the doctor showed an ecstatic expression, walking back and forth by the window excitedly:

"So that's it, I understand, it turns out to be that guy. Very good, it seems this time it's truly a huge harvest."

"Then, the other party's true identity is..."

The doctor's eyes were shining at this moment. The last time he saw him like this was after the winter exam, when he heard that he had won the "Excellent Student" award:

"It's the Stone Mirror Demon - Goethe, a very arrogant guy who likes to play with contracts. This so-called demon body this time is something similar to a stone mirror. That is actually not a mirror, it just possesses the function of a mirror. You know, the demon's body has always been strange."

"Of course."

Xia De nodded, tilting his head to look at the doctor with a happy face:

"Then is this demon difficult to deal with?"

"Not very difficult, it is quite difficult."

Although he said so, the doctor didn't show a difficult mood. His mood at this time was quite high, probably the same as when Little Mia saw delicious food:

"It is quite difficult for others, but for me, knowing the other party's identity, that demon won't be able to escape from our hands! Very good, Xia De, I said, meeting you is the luckiest thing for me in 1853. You plan to visit the haunted manor destroyed by the demon next week? This will be a good opportunity to observe what means the demon still has, and determine its current state and power. You must be prepared for this; that manor is likely to hide unexpected and terrifying power." ===== CHAPTER 1284 =====