Chapter 1386: Armor, Lion, and Dagger

While eating breakfast back home, Xia De opened the letter sent by Miss Gao De this month, reading it as he ate.

In last month's letter, Miss Gao De mentioned she had fallen ill again, and when Xia De wrote back, he had expressed concern for her health. In this letter, Miss Gao De frankly admitted that she had likely fallen ill from overwork; after all, she had been busy ever since returning to her fallen family's small town last summer. Fortunately, her health had now recovered somewhat.

In this month's letter, besides asking after Little Mia again and reminding Xia De that spring was the mating season for cats, Gao De also mentioned the "little things" sent along with the letter. The original text in the letter read:

【I discovered some interesting items in the ancestral home. They might be worth a lot, or they might be worthless. What I lack now is not gold pounds, but time, so I am sending these to you as a memento. Thank you again for taking care of Little Mia; please do not stand on ceremony with me.】

Out of curiosity, after finishing his meal, Xia De opened the heavy box. He had originally assumed it contained things like rusted gold cups or antique picture frames on the verge of falling apart that Miss Gao De had found in the ancestral home. He didn't expect that after prying the box open with a crowbar, he would find his guess was completely wrong:

"No wonder it was so heavy."

The wooden box was lined with straw, and wrapped within the straw was actually a golden rectangular metal box. The four sides of the rectangular box featured patterns of a "smiling sun," "sword and shield," "golden cat," and a "woman's face surrounded by curved patterns," respectively. The bottom of the box had no pattern, while the top was covered in dense, tiny script of a prayer praising the sun.

"Doesn't look like pure gold."

Xia De reached out and tapped it, then felt amused by his own wild imagination. Furthermore, Xia De had never seen the script used on the box in any written form before.

"What on earth is this?"

He placed his palm against the box and felt it carefully; the coldness of the metal was very distinct, yet there was no reaction from any elements. The six sides of the entire rectangular box were seamless, and there was no indication of how it should be opened. Its size was a circle larger than the "Gift Box of God."

Xia De inspected it very carefully, and finally, with a hint from "Her," he saw that on the side with the "sword and shield" pattern, there was a pressable spot in the center of the metal shield decorated with sun patterns.

After a light press, the sound of hinges moving came from inside the box. Xia De immediately retreated while holding Little Mia, who was looking around curiously, and was then surprised to see the box slowly open automatically. The four sides connected to hinges slowly fell outward in four directions, while the top remained connected to the side with the "sun pattern."

Once the four sides had completely fallen, what appeared in the middle of the box was actually a set of golden metal armor stacked together.

The entire set of armor included a helmet, breastplate, gauntlets, tassets, greaves, a longsword, and a small hand shield—and, of course, the fragmented straps and chains for connecting the parts.

These metal components were supported by metal rods, and within the unfolded box, they collectively formed the shape of a majestic golden lion, or rather, a big cat; even the tail part was made of chains. If the various parts of the armor weren't so obvious, Xia De would have even thought this was a cat-shaped metal ornament:

"Oh, this is truly beautiful... Angel-level (Level 1) Relic 【Golden Holy Armor Cabinet】 (Chapter 727)?"

Xia De immediately thought of that quite famous relic, but that relic was housed in the Church of Creation, and its appearance was not like this.

He touched the metal armor again, confirmed that it was indeed an ordinary item, and then pulled Little Mia, who was trying to crawl inside, back out.

"How could Miss Gao De have such an item in her home?"

Xia De thought with surprise, but he liked this gift very much. Although he didn't know how to handle this gift, he still liked it:

"It seems I will have to learn some knowledge about armor maintenance in the future... I wonder if Miss Jia Lin Na's maids know about these things."

He smiled and stroked the armor, and without letting the big cat shape fall apart, he picked up the

tiger-faced helmet that formed the cat's head and placed it on his own head, then unexpectedly found that the size was just right:

"Roar!"

He then roared at Little Mia. The cat looked up at him once, then continued to walk around the unfolded box.

Xia De then took off the helmet, intending to close the box and put it away, and find a suitable place for it when he had time. Moreover, he was very glad that no one else had seen that scene just now.

"However, this should be decorative armor."

Because he had come into contact with quite a few cold weapons, Xia De easily reached this conclusion. As for when he wrote back to Miss Gao De, besides thanking her for this special gift, Xia De also stated in the letter that he would take Little Mia to visit her in the small town at the end of this Wind-Rising Month, or early next month, in April.

He had planned this trip since last year. Seeing that the matter in the Randall Valley was coming to an end, he had arranged a long-distance trip for his spring, which could be considered a rare long-distance trip arranged by the Outlander since coming to this world, not for any major event, but simply to relax.

"When the time comes, should I take others along on the trip?" This was the only worry about the future journey.

After going out to drop the letter into the mailbox, Xia De took the black metal dagger given to him by the devil last night and headed to the Schneider Psychological Clinic on Röntgen Avenue in the East District of Tobesk.

Of course, after calling for a carriage at his doorstep, he did not forget to bring the 【Magician's Escape Box】 along. And when Doctor Schneider at the clinic heard that Xia De had brought a big item, he understood that he finally had time to take action. "Friday night."

The 【Magician's Escape Box】 was temporarily placed in the doctor's bedroom on the top floor of the clinic, while Xia De went to the reception room on the second floor, where they held their weekly meetings, to inform the doctor about what happened last night:

"Since Osenfort made an appointment to meet me on Friday night, he definitely doesn't just want me to go and get that card. I think it's time to deal with Ge De. This matter has dragged on for so long, it's time for an ending."

"Friday night? No problem, but do you intend to go to the Osenfort Manor with me, or do you have other plans?" the doctor asked hesitantly.

"You cannot go with me, otherwise the devil is highly unlikely to show itself." Xia De took out his Luo De card deck:

"Friday morning, I will leave this card with you." He pulled out 【Origin · Darkness】:

"Doctor, you need to keep an eye on this card all night. Once you find that this card has disappeared, immediately enter the 【Magician's Escape Box】."

Although Ringed Ringed Shushi still had other methods of remote communication, it did not rule out means such as labyrinths, seals, relics, or different spaces that could block remote communication. And Xia De's unconditional drawing of Balance, Darkness, Death, and Knowledge at any time and any place had a very high priority, so using this card as a signal agreed upon with the doctor was the most appropriate.

"That's no problem, but are you going to carry the 【Ring Mage】 and 【Night Watcher】 to the manor? If you don't carry them, I'm afraid you'll be in danger."

The doctor asked again, and Xia De thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly:

"Better to be cautious. I won't carry them myself, but I have arranged for others to carry them outside the manor, ready to rush in and save me at any time. I still know some very powerful friends in the Randall Valley."

"That puts my mind at ease. Dealing with a devil, it's better to be cautious."

The doctor nodded and took the dagger Xia De brought, which was inside a scabbard. The scabbard was an ordinary item Xia De had found himself; the relic was just the black dagger itself.

"So it's this."

Ring Mage-level relic 【Soul-Absorbing Demon Blade】. Saying it's Ring Mage-level, it's actually very close to Sage-level. It is on par with the most dangerous Ring Mage-level relic, which is the Ring Mage-level measuring object 【Eye of the Secret Keeper】. Characteristic: as long as the blade of the dagger is completely stabbed into an individual's body, it can suck the other party's soul into the dagger."

The doctor pointed to the position of the hilt:

"Depending on the soul absorbed, different faces will appear here, and it will grant this weapon different

abilities. But the absorption limit is three souls. If exceeded, the relic itself will go out of control and instead devour the user's soul, allowing this blade to gain the ability to act freely. It is, to some extent, the resurrection of an ancient evil spirit—the Soul-Absorbing Demon. Of course, Ringed Ringed Shushi above the Middle Ring have a certain resistance to this kind of absorption, but if hit, it will still cause huge damage to the soul in a short time."

At this time, there were no souls on the hilt, which meant that this blade only possessed the most basic soul-absorbing ability.

"As for the Stone Osenfort you mentioned, although he has already become a demon-man, he is still not a Ringed Ringed Shushi, and there is no life ring in his soul. So, if he is seriously injured by the weapon you prepared to deal with immortality, and then attacked by this dagger, it is highly likely that his soul will be sucked away directly."

"The devil wants to use my hand to seize Osenfort's soul?"

Xia De guessed, but the doctor sneered and put the dagger back into the scabbard:

"Of course not. The devil wants to collect the soul of a mortal who has signed a contract with it; it doesn't need to borrow anyone else's hand at all. Ge De is guarding against you, confusing you, wanting you to think that it wants to borrow your hand to absorb Osenfort's soul. Or rather, it wants you to think that if you kill Osenfort with the dagger and then escape with the dagger, you can stop its next conspiracy. No matter what you think, as long as your attention is on this dagger, you have already lost." ===== CHAPTER 1387 =====