Chapter 1334: The Noon Ritual

Osenfurt narrowed his eyes and looked into Xia De's eyes:

"According to the contract, it must give me the strongest immortality. I can be sure of this. So, the commission it gave you is actually because it's tired of me and wants to 'collect debts' and take back my soul."

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Xia De also looked at him:

"You didn't tell the truth. At least, you didn't explain the full content of your contract with it clearly. First, your contract couldn't be this simple. The small things it asked you to do were absolutely not small. Second, this contract, if I'm not mistaken, should also involve Lady Hela, but you didn't mention it at all. Third, I don't believe that the condition for it to collect your soul is just that someone can break its immortality; that's too simple."

Osenfurt shook his head:

"Knowing this is enough. How could I tell you everything?

Listen, I used to be a sailor on a ship. The captain of the ship I stayed on left some of my personal items. Captain Alan Woody, that's him. This person is in the local area now. Find him, take back my old photos and letters, and then I'll give you the white gem."

As he spoke, he took out his notebook, wrote down the address in a hurry, and handed it to Xia De:

"You can choose not to go, but don't even think about knowing where that gem is. Also, next time you see it, don't recall the things we met privately. It can read people's thoughts to a certain extent."

After doing these things, Osenfurt took out his pocket watch again:

"I've stayed here for ten minutes, exceeding your requirement. Goodbye. After taking back my photos and letters, send them directly to my manor. I'll give you the white gem after that."

Saying this, he turned and left, looking like he didn't want to talk about anything with Xia De anymore.

"Old photos and letters? Captain Woody?"

This seemed to be a good opportunity to understand Osenfurt's past, and the demon was also looking for those gems, which meant that Mr. Leman's tomb was really as important as Xia De thought.

Confirming that Stone Osenfurt's carriage had gone far, Xia De returned to the church and found Luweiya who was holding the cat. The two took a carriage to the Prophet Association located in the city center. Luweiya only took half a day off today, and she needed to explore new news in the Association:

"Confirmed, Stone Osenfurt is the second candidate for the chosen one of the earth."

Because Xia De had already guessed it in advance, Luweiya wasn't too surprised:

"So, the demon wants to kill the guardians and let Stone Osenfurt become the chosen one? It has such confidence that it can confront the person chosen by fate? You know, the demons that entangled the chosen ones we encountered before were all cooperating with the chosen ones."

"It's not that simple."

Xia De frowned slightly in the carriage:

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

"That's why I guessed that the demon wants to kill the first candidate and then control the second candidate."

Luweiya said, but after saying it, she felt it was wrong herself:

"It shouldn't be like this. My inspiration is reminding me that it's impossible to be this simple. Since it's an ancient evil spirit, it should understand even more how terrifying those heroes of the era and destined heroes are. The evil spirits of the Third Era prefer to play with conspiracies rather than simply solving things with power."

"No matter what that demon is planning."

Xia De twisted his neck:

"As long as I deal with it, everything will be fine. Now Miss Lasisi has also obtained the clue of Earth Power. By then, even if the first candidate whose situation is currently unclear has a problem, at least we still have the third candidate."

He had never considered letting Stone Osenfurt become the chosen one. Since he did the wrong thing, he should receive the punishment he deserves.

After sending Luweiya to the Prophet Association, Xia De returned home with Xiao Miya from the Forgotten Church.

It was past ten o'clock in the morning. Considering it was almost lunch time, Xia De stayed at home for a while to deal with trivial matters, planning to go out for lunch at 11:30 and then go to Old John's place. 【13

After sending Luweiya to the Prophet Society, Xia De brought Mia back home from the Church of the Forgotten.

It was a little past ten in the morning. Considering it was almost lunchtime, Xia De stayed at home for a while to handle some trivial matters, planning to go out to eat at 11:30 and then head to Old John's place.

However, before Xia De could even leave, at around eleven o'clock, the sound of the bell being pulled rang out from downstairs.

After opening the door, he discovered that the person outside was Yin Yi Yi Lu Na. The girl with long brown hair said very happily:

"I thought you wouldn't be home at noon. I just happened to be in the neighborhood, so I came to try my luck. If you aren't home at noon, I'll come back in the evening."

"Did something happen? Is it... about going to the Randall Valley?"

"Yes."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na nodded:

"I received the order this morning, telling me to pack up and leave this Sunday, the day after tomorrow. It's still the steam airship, but the Randall Valley is much farther than Midhillburg or the Pantanal Swamp; it will probably take three or four days to arrive."

"You receiving the order also means that the Church believes the situation in the Randall Valley has reached a critical moment."

Xia De nodded:

"Are you busy at noon? How about we go have lunch together? I can also talk to you about what Luweiya and I have gained in the Randall Valley over the past few days. The situation is still unclear, but at least our goal is simple: as long as we eliminate a certain enemy, we don't need to consider other flashy things."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na was amused by Xia De's description:

"I'm not busy at noon anyway, so let's have lunch with you... just the two of us, right?"

She stood in the foyer and glanced toward the direction of the upstairs.

"Meow~"

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

Since Yin Yi Yi Lu Na happened to be visiting, Xia De invited her to help him learn the miracle 【Awe of the Sun】 that he had obtained from Miss Danister the morning before yesterday. The learning ritual for the miracle can only be held at noon and requires the help of a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi proficient in solar power.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na naturally agreed, so she happily went to a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue to have lunch with Xia De, and then they returned to St. Deran Square together to prepare for the ritual.

Holding the ritual only required meeting a few requirements, one of which was to have the chest of the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi performing the ritual directly exposed to sunlight, so Xia De chose his attic as the location for the ritual. The ritual array was not complicated either, because Miss Danister had already provided 2.5 times the necessary materials, so there was no need to go out and purchase more.

After simply constructing the ritual, Xia De lay flat on his back in the center of the circular array, inside the human figure outlined with red chalk. Above his head was a sun pattern approximating the Sun Holy Emblem, at his feet were moon phase patterns representing the full moon, new moon, and crescent moon, and around his body were prayers praising the sun.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na was wearing a white sacrificial robe. Because it was Xia De's, the robe was obviously too big, and the bottom covered her feet directly.

She held Xia De's 【Night Watcher】, then bent down to pull away the cat that was squatting on Xia De's chest sunbathing:

"Wait a moment, I'm confirming the ritual procedure."

She picked up the notebook placed on a small stool to the side and read it again:

"Are you ready, Xia De?"

"I'm ready."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na confirmed that the cat was squatting on the stool at this moment and not rushing over, so she walked quickly to Xia De's side and held the sword with both hands, aiming at his chest exposed to the sunlight:

"Arrogant one, do you revere the sun?"

【Night Watcher】 itself is a silver sword, but including the runes, the blade faintly emitted a golden luster in Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's hands. The sunlight shone on the long sword, making it glisten. Xia De only felt his chest heating up, and he looked at Yin Yi Yi Lu Na above him and said:

"Yes, I revere the sun."

So Yin Yi Yi Lu Na carefully held the sword with both hands, pressed it against Xia De's clothes, and then slid it gently a few times, using the tip of the sword to cut through his clothes and skin until a large sun emblem was drawn on his chest.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's control was extremely superb. Although Xia De's skin oozed dense beads of blood, making the cat on the side shrug its shoulders and stretch its head in great unease, he did not feel much pain.

Subsequently, the blood-stained sword tip was held by Yin Yi Yi Lu Na and touched the chalk line on the floor. The blood seemed to "ignite" the entire ritual array in an instant, and brilliant crimson flames swallowed Xia De lying on the floor.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na retreated slowly, holding the cat that wanted to rush over with a serious expression. After the flames subsided, only a simple chalk circle remained on the floor, and Xia De, whose shirt had been burned away, climbed up from the floor and stood up. The wounds on his body scabbed over under the scorching of the flames, leaving strange scars on his skin.

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na walked over again holding the cat in one hand, and held 【Night Watcher】 vertically in front of her with the other:

"Arrogant one, do you revere the sun?"

She asked again, while extending her right foot, wearing a small black leather shoe under her robe, to kick the mirror on the side, letting the mirror reflect the sunlight onto Xia De's whole body.

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

"Praise the sun."

In an instant, the sunlight that had only made his skin feel hot seemed to shine directly onto his soul. That warm feeling was just like jumping into a hot water pool after rushing into the house on a blizzard day. His spirit became more active than ever, and Xia De even felt that his physical strength had been enhanced.

Only then did he let out a long breath, understanding that the learning of the miracle was a success. He opened his eyes and wanted to thank Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, but found that Yin Yi Yi Lu Na was turning her head away, though her eyes were peeking at Xia De, feeling a bit embarrassed to see Xia De without his shirt on:

"You should go change your clothes."

Mia took this opportunity to jump into Xia De's arms. The cat curled up its little claws very tactfully to prevent scratching Xia De, but its tongue seemed to be licking the residual blood on Xia De's skin.

"Oh, Mia, you aren't a blood-sucking cat!"

This cat seemed to have a special hobby; every time Xia De was injured, it liked to lick Xia De's blood.