Chapter 1407: The Card in Hand

"So amazing."

Xia De, who appeared behind Miss Sylvia, praised sincerely. The witch turned her head with a smile: "Be my apprentice, I can teach you everything."

Without giving Xia De time to react, she added with a smile:

"If you don't want to be my apprentice, and establish other relationships with me, I can also teach you everything."

"Let's talk about it after this matter ends, I actually didn't see it very clearly, where did that snake go?" Xia De asked, and set off again with Miss Sylvia on horseback.

"Compressed into a point with mass by space. Don't look at that monster as if it doesn't look powerful, but on the ground, we have no way to thoroughly destroy it. Only a few seals, and means like mine, can truly make them lose their combat power. So, it's best not to leave me tonight."

The sound of horse hooves went away, and the two continued to advance toward the depths of the river valley.

At 7:30 in the evening, in the gray heavy snow, Xia De and Miss Sylvia arrived at the small bridge outside the forest around Osenfurt Manor.

Xia De and Miss Sylvia stopped here. After dismounting, Xia De looked up at the manor in the distance in the snow:

"It's enough to be here, although the superstition that demons and vampires won't cross the river is a rumor among rural village women, but if we go any further, it might really be able to sense us."

Xia De took off his gloves and stuffed them into the saddlebag:

"Miss Sylvia, next, you must wait for me in the wind and snow, this is not a good job." The young witch looked at him:

"Compared to the weather, the things you have to face are more terrifying. Then you go forward, take this."

She handed Xia De a stone rune, on which the ancient Elven rune representing "space" was engraved with dark red paint:

"As long as you carry this, I can locate your position at any time. And if you crush it hard, yes, crush this stone, even if you fall into a different space, I can find a way to find you."

Xia De handed 【Origin·Balance】 to her:

"If I need help, this card will disappear from your hand."

Up to this point, except for 【Origin·Silver Moon】, the four cards in Xia De's hand were all temporarily lent out. "I understand."

Miss Sylvia didn't say anything more, and kissed Xia De lightly. And at this time, Sister Daifulin, who had arrived in advance, walked out of the forest. After she explained to the two that the one with the Church's team was a clone, she and Miss Sylvia each led a horse and walked toward the direction they had just come from.

After the two figures flickered briefly, they disappeared with the two horses.

Xia De touched the various relics and spellcasting materials on his body, then pressed his chest, feeling the existence of the Mia doll, and then walked toward the forest path at the other end of the small bridge.

No one greeted him in this wind and snow, and Osenfurt Manor had no light at all tonight, as if there were no living people in the manor.

【Note, after crossing that bridge, the demon's power has already soaked into the soil.】

"She" reminded softly, Xia De stared at the gray snow and came to the gate of the manor. This time, no old butler came to greet him.

Looking from the fence gate, the courtyard surrounded by high walls was empty. Xia De didn't want to call anyone to open the door, but pushed it directly, and then found that the door was locked as expected.

And it wasn't an ordinary iron chain, as he exerted force, demon runes appeared on the fence with dim light. Xia De had been in contact with the doctor many times, and interpreting ordinary demon runes would no longer cause pressure on his spirit, and the meaning of those runes was roughly:

【Before the night ends, passage is prohibited.】

"The prohibition order of the night is very similar to the 'Law' miracle that Miss Jia Lin Na taught Yin Luna." Xia De thought in his heart, while muttering in his mouth:

"Asking others to take things, but deliberately locking the door, I hope your meaning is not that you want to owe me a debt. Usually, I don't like to break in..."

The curse 【

Key of the Door】 could open this special conceptual lock, but Xia De didn't do so, but looked at the sky and said softly:

"There is no moon or stars now, so it is not night. Because it is not night, so it is dawn." After saying this, he took out the Keeper-level relic 【Blade of the Soul-Sucking Demon】 given by the demon at the Sturgeon Tavern last time, and engraved the sentence "It is dawn" in ancient Elven script. It would be better if he could use the demon language here, but unfortunately Xia De didn't know the demon language, and the Tree Father hadn't given him rewards like "a piece of knowledge - demon race" for the time being.

And as the Elven script was engraved on the fence gate, with a click, the fence gate opened automatically. Xia De re-inserted the Blade of the Soul-Sucking Demon into the scabbard at his waist, and then took out the sword hilt made by Priest Ao Gu Si.

Pressing the very end of the sword hilt, and then shaking it four times, with four clear sounds of metal friction and collision, a long sword appeared in Xia De's hand. The crossed finger bones radiated micro-light, as if sensing the existence of the undead.

He officially entered the manor.

Crossing the manor's fence gate, the courtyard with gray snowflakes looked even more eerie. The manor, which was already in a semi-damaged state, looked more dilapidated than any time Xia De had visited before. The renovated pavilion collapsed, the flower beds were buried in the snow, and the big trees were tilted to the ground as if struck by lightning, and even the fountain sculpture that couldn't spray water disappeared.

"How come it looks like decades have passed since my last visit?"

There was no moon tonight, the snow surface left Xia De's footprints, which extended to the entrance of the mansion, but this time Xia De didn't reach out to push the door, because the double door at the entrance of the mansion only had the left one left:

"What exactly is going on, is this place abandoned?"

The building looked even darker and more eerie than outside, dilapidated furniture blocked the corridor, and spider webs were attached to every corner. Gray snowflakes blown in from the windows were everywhere in the corridor, and from time to time, one could even hear the sound of a woman sobbing from an unknown direction.

"Did you find the power of time?" Xia De asked in his heart. 【No.】 "She" answered gently.

Xia De didn't explore the first floor, but found the stairs in the darkness. The stairs leading to the upper floor were divided into left and right sides, but the right one had broken, so he chose the left one, and then continued upward directly to the third floor.

Xia De had visited Osenfurt Manor many times, but he had never been to the bedroom of the manor's owners, and this time the destination was there. Although he didn't know the specific location, the architectural layout of such a large manor was similar, and he easily found a door that was slightly ajar with candlelight inside in the dilapidated building, and entered after pushing the door, the interior decoration was indeed the master bedroom of the manor.

The decoration here was not very luxurious, but it had a living atmosphere.

The large double oil painting of Hela Osenfurt and Stone Osenfurt was hung above the head of the bed, and fruits and snacks were placed on the small table beside the bed. On the desk was an unfinished letter, and the still-burning candle was placed on a golden candlestick, which was also the only light source in the room.

Besides the door Xia De entered, there was another door on the other side of the double bed leading to the balcony outside. And although there was a wardrobe in the corner of the room, there was still a coat rack placed by the door. A gorgeous men's robe was hung on it, and a cane with a golden lion head was leaning against the wall under the coat rack.

There was no moon outside the window, and the candlelight was not very bright, but this did not prevent Xia De from seeing Hela Osenfurt, wearing a black dress, lying on the bed, in the position close to the window and the balcony. Her hands wearing black lace gloves were clasped together on her chest, but she was still wearing shoes, only the veil was placed on the head of the bed, not wearing it as usual.

"Asleep?"

Xia De entered the room directly and came to the bedside without any politeness. He didn't speak, but while his shadow projected onto the woman's body, he touched the other party's neck with his hand.

Completely cold, no vitality. 【Death.】

"She" answered gently.

Hela Osenfurt's eyes were tightly closed, and her originally pale cheeks became even less like a living person at this moment. Her lips were purple, and the blood vessels on her face were quite obvious. And the hands clasped together were holding a withered black rose.

Stone Osenfurt, Stone Mirror Demon—Gode, had also had such roses in their hands.

Besides that black rose, Xia De also saw the familiar sapphire earrings on her ears, and the familiar wedding ring on her finger. On the pillow on the other side of the door beside her, lay the familiar Osenfurt family medal.

"What kind of trick is this... Vision Demon."

Xia De activated the miracle given by the doctor, and while other positions in his field of vision became distorted, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the corpse lying on the bed.

Just like what he saw before, snowflakes were falling from Hela Osenfurt's body. But different from before, petrified rose vines were climbing on her body, and those rose vines seemed to grow from her heart. And besides those stones, the corpse itself had no abnormalities, this was indeed a corpse.

"The corpse has no temperature, but there are no signs of decay..."

Xia De turned to look at the unfinished letter under the candle on the desk, and after walking over, he saw the quill inserted into the dried ink bottle, and the short dark blue text written on the spread parchment was Stone Osenfurt's handwriting:

"The thing you want is below."

Lifting the parchment, a Luo De card with a woman wearing a robe, a holy grail, countryside, and a village appeared in the flickering candlelight.

Xia De picked it up: "Flower 12, Origin·Earth."

This was genuine, and it appeared in Xia De's hand so easily. He had originally thought that he had to kill Osenfurt before he could fish it out of his corpse's pocket. ===== CHAPTER 1408 =====

This was the genuine article, appearing so easily in Xia De's hands. He had originally thought that he would have to kill Ossenfort before he could fish it out of his corpse's pocket.