Chapter 1602

"Xia De, you..."

Seeing that Xia De's attitude was really firm, although Miss Danister still wanted to say something, she could only nod in the end:

"I will handle the academy's affairs as soon as possible. Also, I want to give you an item. If you encounter the 'Mirror-Hiding Man' again, that can at least ensure that you have a chance to fight back. That item can allow you to use the high-ring miracle - Red Moon Falling stored in it once."

Storing one's own miracles in alchemical items is not a very rare technology, Yiluna's "Sunlight Spear Brooch" is like this.

"Also, if you use it at night, after the item is damaged, I can project to your side for a short time. Although the combat power is definitely not as strong as the main body, it should be no problem to help you escape."

Miss Danister said again.

This is indeed a very powerful technology, Xia De nodded to express his gratitude, and then mentioned the Winter Choir:

"I want to contact them, I don't know if there is any way?"

It was not the first time Xia De made a strange request abruptly, so Miss Danister didn't care:

"Today is Wednesday, right? Yes, I went to the "Moon and Curse" course this afternoon. Then this matter is easy to arrange, you go back and wait for the news."

She agreed very readily, and Xia De thanked her again. When he was about to get up and leave, the female warlock reminded him worriedly:

"Even if you have the alchemical item I gave you, you must absolutely not think about confronting the 【Mirror-Hiding Man】 head-on. Although the probability of you encountering him again is not high, but... I have already lost my teacher, and I don't want to lose my only student."

She said very seriously, her rose-red eyes looking at Xia De.

"Please rest assured, I cherish my life more than anyone else."

The alchemical item mentioned by Miss Danister was delivered to Xia De's hand through the manuscript page early the next morning, which was Thursday. It was a red leather-bound small book the size of a palm, and the style was very consistent with Xia De's impression of Miss Danister.

Of course, this item only had the appearance of a book, but when opened, it was full of complex hand-drawn ritual base arrays to fill with power. This also shows how powerful Yiluna's technology of making "Sunlight Spear Brooches" at a low ring is.

And on the front and back of this book, which is actually not a book, the sun, moon, and star pattern that Xia De and Miss Danister have been exploring is drawn with golden ink. On the top of the front is the school emblem of St. Byrons, and on the bottom is Miss Danister's autograph.

"Rich miracle elements and enlightenment elements, a thirteen-ring warlock is indeed extraordinary."

Xia De commented at the breakfast table. With this, he didn't have to worry too much when he was active in the Green Lake area and boarding the island with Megan next time.

Today he planned to go to the Green Lake area to find the grave robbers related to the Edwards family and the angel's finger bone. Of course, considering that he had to go to the vicinity of the Tobesk train station to participate in the group task in the evening, Xia De needed to return before five o'clock in the afternoon.

After breakfast, Xia De set off after leaving Mia at home. At present, he didn't have many clues, and he knew almost nothing about the grave robbers. But the steel pen he picked up near the water ghost's nest, which could barely distinguish the name, might be able to play some role. Because Dorothy said that the steel pen was a discontinued commemorative steel pen, and a batch was only produced more than two years ago.

Since the time overlaps, maybe the bones in the water ghost's nest are related to the grave robbers. But it is still a bit difficult to find follow-up clues from a name, and maybe the time overlap is just a coincidence, so Xia De decided to find local friends for help.

When he arrived at the border checkpoint in the Green Lake area, the time had reached ten o'clock this morning. The checkpoint barracks looked more lively than a few days ago, and Xia De also noticed that with this checkpoint as the center, the wooden anti-horse obstacles wrapped in barbed wire extending to the east and west sides had also become more.

Even though it was only morning, the number of people waiting to cross the border here had exceeded the total of the two times Xia De passed here. Around the checkpoint and the crossroads village next to it, even a lively area similar to a market was formed, with people carrying poles and bringing children gathering here.

This meant that the soldiers had to push and shout at the people to barely maintain order.

The increase in the number of people crossing the border meant that the business of the tavern in the nearby crossroads village became better. When Xia De and Captain Lades sat down in the tavern, they clearly felt the increasingly lively atmosphere here.

He glanced at the Delarion Kingdom emblem hanging on the wall, and then asked Captain Lades:

"Didn't you say last time that this tavern didn't welcome you because you hit a Karsenrik person?"

The captain shook his head:

"Someone made trouble here again last week, and then it turned into a fight between Karsenrik people and locals, almost setting fire to the straw pile next to the tavern. It was me who led people to put out the fire, otherwise we wouldn't have a place to sit and talk today."

The female tavern owner wearing an apron walked over at this time, greeted Captain Lades with a smile, and placed the drinks of the two on the table.

Xia De knocked on the wooden table and asked worriedly:

"Are there many conflicts in the border area recently?"

"Yes, and it's not just near the checkpoint."

Captain Lades lowered his voice slightly:

"It's as if the whole area is sitting on a powder keg. I know that for the big shots above, this kind of opposition between rural farmers and bottom-level soldiers is not a thing at all, but in my opinion, this will definitely cause trouble."

Xia De sighed and shook his head lightly, and then talked about the purpose of his visit.

Captain Lades is the deputy battalion commander of the camp and naturally has some understanding of some underground smuggling businesses in Green Lake City. When he heard that Xia De wanted to find a group of grave robbers from three years ago, he suggested that he go to Puhov Village by the lake, which was the small village Xia De passed by when he went fishing in the lake:

"I'll give you a note, you go to the tavern in Puhov Village and find 'Rotten-Eye Barry', he will definitely be able to give you clues. He is a local gang leader who does some brokerage, smuggling, and underground casino business, and his news is very well-informed."

Saying that, he began to write the note, and Xia De asked curiously:

"Captain, have you also asked him to do business?"

The middle-aged officer carefully made a silent gesture:

"It's not me asking, it's my superior who asked me to help him handle some things... Colonel Dewey, the battalion commander, has been here for more than ten years, and he has a lot of business."

Saying that, he also snorted, clearly looking down on this behavior, but he also wisely knew that this was difficult to avoid:

"Today is Wednesday, Rotten-Eye Barry is either fooling around with his men in the tavern, or in his villa by the lake. The one with an eye patch on his right eye is him, if you can't find him, just ask the bartender and say my name, he will definitely help."

"Captain, it seems you are doing well locally."

"This is nothing."

Captain Lades said, his smile becoming brighter:

"I'll treat you to this drink today, and after drinking this cup, you can go handle your business. When you are free, we can go to the club in the city to have dinner together, I still have a basket of things to tell you about the Green Lake area."

Puhov Village and Crossroads Village are located at the ends of the two forks of the main road from the city to the border area. Although the distance is not particularly close, at least it is more convenient than coming out of the city.

Before ten-thirty, Xia De arrived at his destination. The Month of Sowing had reached the seventeenth day, and the warm spring sun shone on the village by the lake, making the already lively village look even more noisy.

The tavern in Puhov Village was no worse than the tavern in Crossroads Village, and because there were sailors and more merchants, there were also many people in the tavern. When Xia De walked into the tavern, many people were gathered around the table watching the Luo De card game, or sitting together in twos and threes chatting about some boring things.

The smell of alcohol in the tavern was very obvious, Xia De looked around, and didn't see anyone with an eye patch on his right eye. So he walked to the counter and asked the bald man with a towel on his right shoulder and a big belly:

"Has Rotten-Eye Barry come today? Captain Lades asked me to find him."

The middle-aged man looked at him and pointed to the drunken man sitting at the table on the right, who was thin and looked like he had overdosed on prohibited drugs:

"Barry didn't come today. But you can ask him, he probably knows where Barry went."

Hearing the bartender's voice, the drunken man looked up at Xia De, and then an ugly smile appeared on his face. When he grinned, he revealed yellow teeth, and his left front tooth was missing:

"You want to find me to ask something?"

He flicked his fingers at Xia De:

"5, no, it's 10 shillings."

Xia De looked at the bartender, who shrugged to show that he didn't get involved in this matter. So Xia De opened his clothes, revealing the gun holster at his waist, and the drunken guy probably had poor eyesight, and wanted to lean over the table to see what it was. But what he saw was a fist appearing in front of him:

"Ah!"

He only had time to scream before being knocked down, Xia De turned to the bartender and said:

"I'll take him out to sober up."

"Please."

Then he watched Xia De drag the drunkard away, and the people in the tavern were used to this scene, just shouting a few times as if to boo.

In the stable outside the tavern, the water trough for drinking horses successfully sobered up the drunkard, and Xia De also learned the news that the well-informed "Rotten-Eye Barry" was in a villa by the lake.

There should be a batch of wealthy guests from Mikaela Furnace City this morning, and they should be talking about business now. "Rotten-Eye Barry" was engaged in brokerage business and often dealt with Karsenrik people.

Xia De was very satisfied that he could get the information he wanted without being forced to do tasks like finding cats or fighting. He loosened the collar of the drunkard he had just pressed his head into the water trough, and took 1 shilling from his pocket and dropped it beside him.