Chapter 1562

Miss Dannister listened very seriously to Xia De's description of the Edwards family totaling six generations, and thought for a long time before saying:

"The time the Edwards family ruled that island was actually not long; the first lord was Klein Edwards, whom you mentioned. This person lived more than three hundred years ago; regarding his identity, it is difficult to find a true statement, and it is even difficult to find exact literary and historical materials recording his life before he died. But some vague evidence can infer that he was a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi."

"So, the disaster in Green Lake Town and the past of the Edwards family actually originated from this person?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Dannister nodded:

"After hearing the information you obtained, it can be inferred this way. Xia De, you are more excellent than I thought; I have conducted so many investigations and haven't found exact information about the members of the Edwards family, yet you have done it."

"I am also interested in the sun, moon, and star pattern. Besides, going to Green Lake is not very difficult. The difficulty next is just how to find all the surviving Edwards. I can contact the Folen brothers."

"I also have very interesting information here."

Miss Dannister said while holding her teacup:

"That sun, moon, and star pattern is very similar to the pattern on the back of the Rhodes cards, so I contacted the Prophet Association, hoping to know the meaning of the Rhodes card back, but they said that the pattern was not original, but a copy of an existing pattern."

This refers to the "Wandering Cards of the World."

"I know you like Rhodes cards very much, and you should also know the founder series of cards. The Prophet Association let me see 【Founder · Fate】 and told me that the back of the Rhodes card originated from this card, as well as the 【Founder · Knowledge】 in your hand. So, the clue about the Rhodes card is temporarily interrupted; even the Prophet Association doesn't know which ancient fortune-teller these two cards came from."

Xia De shook his head with a smile:

"As expected, but I actually envy you for being able to see 【Founder · Fate】... cough cough, back to business, did you find other clues in the association?"

"Yes, you understand others' thoughts very well."

The red-haired sorceress nodded:

"Although I didn't get clues about the pattern from the Prophet Association, I accidentally found out that the father of the four people in the fourth generation, Pride Edwards, the third-generation lord who died in Green Lake Town, once requested to interpret a prophecy in the Green Lake City Prophet Association. That was not a prophecy made by the Prophet Association; it was brought out by Pride Edwards."

"What was the content of the prophecy?"

Xia De asked.

"That group of stubborn people refused to disclose it."

Miss Dannister shook her head; after all, the Prophet Association had the obligation to keep secrets for everyone seeking help. Luweiya had said many times that the Prophet Association would absolutely not leak secrets; this was the underlying rule of the association.

"They refused to disclose it, so I went to see it myself. After all, it was a prophecy of an ordinary person, so it was not hidden very strictly. The protective measures of the Prophet Association could stop others, but they couldn't stop me."

The librarian said what she had done in the tone of having eaten a vegetable salad early in the morning, and then informed Xia De of the content of the prophecy:

"When the Day of Mending arrives, the scattered bloodline will return to the origin of the family. We will drink the wine of immortality together and escape from the cage of the world."

"How did the Prophet Association interpret this passage?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Dannister shook her head:

"This prophecy was not interpreted by the Ring Warlocks of the Prophet Association, but by an ordinary fortune-teller. The registered fortune-tellers of the association will not easily interpret other people's prophecies; this belongs to the strange rules of fortune-tellers. But from the current perspective, at least the middle half of the sentence means that all the Edwards will return to that island together one day."

"The 'origin of the family' might even refer to that chart."

Xia De also agreed with this view:

"So, we just wait for them to come back, and then while they are drinking the wine of immortality together, ask them the meaning of the pattern one by one?"

"Your way of saying it is very humorous."

Miss Dannister shook her head with a smile; she was not someone who would sit and wait for death:

"Next, you go to contact the Folen brothers, and then find other Edwards through your channels. There are some things on the academy side, so I might not be able to continue investigating deeply for the time being; the investigation will be led by you next."

She did not hide the academy's affairs from Xia De:

"Someone suspects that St. Byrons is hiding a big secret related to the Chosen, and that a secret related to the reappearance of the ancient witches of the Fifth Era is hidden in the academy... To be precise, except for ourselves, everyone suspects this. The principal has reached an agreement with the church, allowing the church to send a squad to enter the academy for investigation."

"Ah?"

Xia De blinked and pursed his lips without expressing an opinion.

Miss Dannister continued:

"If it were the Fifth Era, where would we suffer this kind of 'insult.' Fortunately, the church still cares about the friendship between the two sides, so nominally, they are coming as a 'visiting group' invited by the Theological Academy. Our principal asked me to be responsible for this matter. I hope they can find something; after all, I am also curious about how Miss Feliana and other ancient witches came across time... It would be best if they could investigate that the God-Caller is our student."

As she spoke, she looked at Xia De:

"Xia De, what do you guess this investigation will find?"

Xia De shook his head quickly:

"I don't know; then you handle the academy's affairs, and leave the Edwards matter to me."

Miss Dannister showed a meaningful expression, but did not probe Xia De; she had more important things to say:

"I remind you, according to your participation in the Ring City Riding Competition, as well as your talent and promotion speed after becoming a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi, the academy now suspects that you are the Chosen of Space."

"What?"

Xia De was stunned, and then understood this logic; Galina also said similar things yesterday.

"But I cannot be."

"You don't have to explain to me, because I don't know who the Chosen is either. But it is even more coincidental that the Green Lake area may be the place where the Chosen holds the ritual, and you happen to be there too."

"I report the Folen brothers; they also have spatial abilities, and they are twins, and that ancient God of Space is related to division and mending!"

Xia De said immediately, and Miss Dannister laughed:

"Alright, alright, for now, it can only be said that you are the most suspected. But don't worry, currently, only St. Byrons knows about your situation. I also don't think you are the Chosen of Space; if you really are a Chosen, it is the Moon, not Space. I just want to remind you, don't let anyone see 'Xia De Hamilton' appear in Green Lake. Otherwise, you really won't be able to explain it clearly."

"Of course, I understand."

"In addition, your studies are the most important; don't let the investigation waste too much time. After I finish handling the academy's affairs, the investigation of the Edwards will still be led by me. Of course, my student can complete the mentor's task so actively, so I cannot be too stingy. Make some requests to me, Xia De."

Xia De was waiting for this:

"There are two things. My Sixth Ring has already obtained the first spiritual rune, Whisper-End; this is the spiritual rune corresponding to my sublimation language 【The shadow of the silver moon guides the final direction】. I want to apply for new sorcery from the academy."

As he spoke, he displayed his Fate Ring, and Miss Dannister took a look and nodded very satisfied:

"Not bad; it seems you are indeed very hard-working. Then I will choose for you; what type of sorcery do you prefer? Spiritual runes like End and Destruction have more offensive sorcery."

"The type doesn't matter, but I hope it is related to the moon."

The librarian became more and more satisfied with her student:

"Very good; you know very well what path you want to take; this is very important for a young man of your age. If so, I recommend the sorcery - 【Black Moon Mark】 to you; this is also a sorcery I often use."

As she spoke, the apple in the fruit bowl on the table flew in front of her. She reached out and pointed at the apple, and a small black moon mark with a strange luster appeared on the surface of the apple. Miss Dannister snapped her fingers lightly, and the apple actually annihilated.

It was not rotting, nor was it disappearing as if erased by space, but turned into white fly ash.

Miss Dannister asked:

"Please answer me, what does the black moon refer to?"

"The three moons in the material world are the Silver Moon, the Red Moon, and the Yellow Moon; the black moon usually refers to the moon in a lunar eclipse state. This rare astronomical phenomenon will lead to the tide of spirits in the material world, as well as fluctuations in the spellcasting ability of Ring Warlocks, and will also lead to changes in the properties of some special relics. But in a general sense, the appearance of the black moon represents the darkest night, the darkness that ends everything, and is a symbol of destruction."

"Yes, the sorcery - 【Black Moon Mark】 was born because of this. The caster leaves a black moon mark on any physical surface, and detonates the black moon before the mark disappears, causing the attached entity to annihilate. The time the mark can exist is related to the caster's level and the spirit consumed. And objects destroyed in this way, except for powers like time reversal, are difficult to recover again. For example, if a person's finger is destroyed in this way, then recovery-type sorcery cannot regenerate the finger; one can only reverse time or create a brand-new finger."

"Conceptual destruction?"

Xia De asked.

"Almost; you can experience it yourself after you learn it. You can also hear the danger of this sorcery; generally speaking, only students above the Seventh Ring who have undergone strict review in the academy are allowed to come into contact with it. Currently, there are only five users of 【Black Moon Mark】 recorded in St. Byrons, including four professors including me."

She beckoned, and a yellowed parchment flew from the bookshelf far behind Xia De to Xia De's front:

"This thing cannot be leaked; you memorize it now and go prepare the materials. Remember, you absolutely cannot teach this sorcery to others. Regarding your learning of this sorcery, I will guarantee it for you, making you the sixth St. Byrons Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi who has mastered 【Black Moon Mark】."

"Thank you."

Xia De thanked her hurriedly and went to look at the content on the parchment. The materials needed for this complex sorcery were naturally not ordinary, but fortunately, Xia De himself had quite a lot of "Moonlight Water," one of the core materials for the ritual, and others that needed to be prepared could be collected through various channels. Although some materials in the list were troublesome, they were not impossible to get through the channels of the Witch Council and the Light-Guiding Ascetic Order.

The only trouble was that the learning time of this sorcery had strict requirements:

"Must the ritual be held during a lunar eclipse?"

Xia De looked at this requirement suspiciously:

"A lunar eclipse is not something that happens often."

In fact, since the outsider came to this world, he had never encountered a lunar eclipse.

"Since I recommend this sorcery to you, of course I won't deliberately make things difficult for you. A few days ago, the academy held a teaching seminar, and I heard professors from the Astronomical Academy mention that a short-term lunar eclipse would occur around the end of the Sowing Moon, which could be observed in most parts of the central Old Continent."

Whether this world was a planet or a flat earth, Xia De was not very clear, but there were indeed time differences in various parts of the Old Continent, and the star signs seen in different regions were also different. However, these phenomena could all be explained through mysticism.

"Today is the tenth day of the Sowing Moon; you have more than half a month to collect materials and prepare for the ritual; I think it should be in time. Of course, if you really can't collect all the materials, I can give you some from my personal warehouse, but the sorcery is given to you by me as a teacher for free, but you have to pay some price for the materials."

The sorceress said with a smile, and after Xia De finished reading the content on the parchment, she let the ancient parchment fly back to its original position:

"Let's talk about the second thing; don't you still have things that need my help?"

Xia De nodded:

"It's like this; I want to meet Miss Emilia Synode and talk about the unicorn again."

This was to allow that witch of the Fifth Era to master the power of the unicorn form.

Miss Dannister hesitated for a moment:

"Xia De, although the academy does not forbid students from falling in love, but..."

She obviously thought of Xia De's chaotic relationships. Not to mention the high-ring sorceress she saw with her own eyes on the night of the Randall Valley battle, just in the rumors of Tobesk, Xia De was entangled with at least three women:

"A fifty-year-old elf, converted to a purebred human, is actually only fifteen or sixteen years old."

"I am really for knowledge; if you don't believe it, you can watch us talk."

Xia De said with a serious face, wanting to reverse his image in Miss Dannister's heart.

"Is that so?"

It could be seen that Miss Dannister still had doubts, but in the end, she chose to believe in Xia De's character.

On this Thursday morning, Xia De had been communicating with St. Byrons through the projection ritual. The elf girl Emilia, whom he hadn't seen for more than a month, saw Xia De again and was also very happy. Although the question Xia De raised was strange—if a person turns into a unicorn, how to use the unicorn's power—the elf girl still gave her answer in great detail.

By the time he said goodbye to Emilia and Miss Dannister, it was already noon that day. When Xia De stood up from the chair while stretching, he saw Mia lying on the sofa looking at him, so Xia De, who was in a good mood, picked it up and prepared to go out for lunch.

He didn't intend to go to the Green Lake area again today, so he had lunch outside with the cat, and then walked to Old John's pawnshop.

"Old John, help me identify a relic."

There were no customers in the pawnshop in the afternoon. After Xia De entered, he took out the copper-red bracelet he obtained on the island yesterday.

"Relic? Let me see."

The old man behind the counter was originally making tea very carefully. Hearing that there was a relic, he was very interested and reached out to open the handkerchief Xia De used to wrap the bracelet. He took a look at the light and shook his head slightly, showing a disappointed expression:

"I thought it was something."

He took out a pistol equipped with a silencer from under the counter, put the bracelet on his wrist, and handed the pistol to Xia De:

"Shoot me once."

"Not joking?"

Xia De asked.

"Of course not; the bullet doesn't count as your consumption."

Xia De nodded suspiciously, confirming that the mental state of the old man behind the counter today was much better than Miss Pharmacist yesterday, so he first patted his cat to prevent scaring it later, and then pulled the trigger:

Bang!

Because there was a silencer, the sound was very slight, and Xia De's dynamic vision clearly captured the trace of the bullet in the air, so he also saw that the bullet was actually bounced away after approaching the old man.

"Don't break my shop."

Old John beckoned, and the bounced bullet was controlled to fly back, falling into his palm. He took off the bracelet and put it back on the counter, signaling that the identification was over:

"I have seen this relic; that was probably forty or fifty years ago. This is a Document-level (Level 4) relic 【Enemy of Arrows】; wearing the bracelet can bounce away flying objects. Arrows, bullets, and even fireballs and thunder are all within the defensive range of this relic. The negative characteristic is that wearing it for a long time will lead to bad luck; it seems that luck is also bounced away."

Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"Then I definitely won't wear it. But the positive characteristic sounds pretty good."

"No, it's actually useless."

Old John shook his head:

"The relic itself is activated passively; it can only maintain the effect for 1 second each time, and the shortest activation frequency is once every five minutes. Moreover, although bouncing bullets is easy, facing the sorcery and curses of Ring Warlocks, wanting to exert the relic's effect requires consuming one's own physical strength; if it exceeds the limit, it is even possible to directly cause physical decay. For Ring Warlocks, entering the Middle Ring is not afraid of bullets. The advanced 【Bullet Protection】 of the basic curse 【Arrow Protection】, and defensive sorcery corresponding to spiritual runes such as 【Shield】 and 【Guard】, cannot be penetrated by ordinary bullets, and the power of alchemical bullets has a very obvious upper limit. Since the effect that this relic can achieve can also be achieved by sorcery, and the effect is only better than alchemical items, then why use a dangerous relic?"

PS: Today is Qingming Festival. I originally planned to add a chapter for the statutory holiday, but I updated too much yesterday (covering my face), and I couldn't bear it, so today it will be a 5K big chapter.

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