Chapter 2020: Witch of Moon Bay

"Is it fun?"

The man who successfully used the strange technique hadn't had time to be happy when Xia De's voice came from behind him. Before the astonished man could turn around, great force threw him to the ground.

And Xia De, who used "Lagley's Jump" to come into the air, held a "Shadow Ball" in his right hand and smashed it at the man who couldn't dodge in time. It's just that before the shadow ball hit the opponent, the five-ring Shushi had already raised his hand to surrender:

"You ask! Don't hit anymore, I know you are powerful."

The black sphere disappeared out of thin air, and Xia De also landed lightly back to the ground. He didn't use the power of the Silver Moon throughout the process just now, but winning was still so easy:

"So if you opened your mouth at the beginning, we wouldn't have to waste time with each other."

He reached out to the man shrinking on the roof floor, who trembled in fear, and then reached out to let Xia De pull him up:

"How did I know you were so powerful? I can't beat you, I admit defeat, you ask, what do you want to know?"

Facing the Ringed Shushi, Xia De didn't need to go around in circles, he asked straight to the point:

"About two or three months ago, you asked the gang under the Hawthorne family to find a relic in the lower city area. I want to know what you were looking for, and where is that relic now?"

"Two or three months ago... Oh, you want to ask about that matter."

The bare-chested Hawthorne stood up holding the ground, but his right leg was injured so he didn't look steady:

"Ever since I set my sights on that relic, nothing good has happened around me. But that relic is not in my hands, it was snatched by the Belindel family. Now the three major families controlling this city are all contacting Ringed Shushi, and their people are more powerful."

He bared his teeth and squatted down to hold his injured right leg, looking like he was healing himself:

"It's really bad luck, I was beaten up again for this matter, today is really wronged."

"What is that relic? Name, level."

"I'm not sure about the level, and I don't know the name. But it must be a very high-level thing, Sage level or Angel level. I didn't even see it with my own eyes. The Ringed Shushi contacted by the Belindel family is very powerful."

Xia De frowned. Ordinary Ringed Shushi might not understand "Unknowable level", and it was not impossible to mistake a 0-level relic for a 1-level one:

"You should at least know the appearance of the relic, right? Don't tell me you don't know anything and you are looking for relics."

After healing himself slightly, the five-ring Shushi stood up and patted his hat, which had become tattered, with heartache. The appearance of buckling it on his head was really ridiculous:

"I know this, a hexagonal stone mirror. It is said to be related to fate, and it is extremely difficult to trigger its characteristics, otherwise, if it appeared in a place with a dense population like Moon Bay City, it would have caused big trouble long ago."

"Mirror? Are there any decorations on the mirror? Such as gems, diamonds, etc."

Xia De asked again, and the latter said uncertainly:

"There is no front, but there should be some decorations on the back."

So Xia De still couldn't be sure what that thing was. He asked a few more questions, and seeing that the other party really couldn't answer, he asked other questions:

"You should know that contacting nobles like this will cause big trouble for yourself once discovered by the church. What are you willing to stay beside Earl Hawthorne for? Why do Hawthorne, Eddington, and Belindel contact Ringed Shushi?"

"Earl Hawthorne helped me."

He answered without hesitation:

"Ringed Shushi also need to live, and also need money to do research. He is willing to give me money, so I am willing to help him. As for what he wants me to help him do, it seems you are really an outsider, knowing nothing."

"What should I know?"

"A prophecy, a prophecy that has been circulating since the establishment of Moon Bay City: When wealth piles up into sin, the ancient dragon will return here and purify the land of Moon Bay with light. I know that every city has its own folklore and legends, but the glorious seven families of Moon Bay firmly believe in this prophecy. They have secretly contacted Ringed Shushi over the years, just hoping to find a way to keep themselves from being purified before the so-called 'dragon purifies the land with light'."

"Let me remind you."

The young man under the moon said:

"The prophecy you just said is 'dragon purifies the land with light', not 'cleanses'."

"But those nobles know their own affairs, and they also know very well what they have done. This prophecy is very easy to inquire about in the city and belongs to a part of folklore. I translated some ancient books for the Hawthorne family. Guess what I found? The glorious seven families of Moon Bay are not the titles they boast about themselves."

The man in the top hat shook his head gently:

"At the?"

Xia De shook his head. Although he had to pass through the dragon's nest every time he entered the Moon Bay area, it was the first time he heard about dragons and prophecies:

"I want to get to know the Ringed Shushi contacted by the Belindel family, do you have any way?"

"No, it is against the rules for nobles to hire Ringed Shushi. The three major families know each other but keep a tacit understanding, and will not deliberately inquire about each other's secrets. I only know that the other party is very strong, and I don't know the specific situation. Maybe you can find the other party in the same way you found me."

"Understood... Happy cooperation, you can go."

"You treat this as cooperation?"

The man with the tattered hat asked, and seeing Xia De frowning at him, he shook his head quickly:

"It is cooperation, at least your attitude is very friendly... I hope we don't meet again. Goodbye, cough cough, I mean, I wish you a good night."

Saying that, he jumped down from the edge of the roof. Before falling to the ground, he dived into his hat again, and that tattered hat flew and rotated between the buildings, quickly hiding in the night.

"This method is really fancy, I don't know if his hat can be used as a spatial item to store a large amount of items."

Xia De watched the other party leave, looking at the pitch-black night sky where almost no stars could be seen, only a little moonlight:

"In this way, the clue on the Hawthorne family side is interrupted. To find that relic that is at least Sage level, I still have to contact Belindel... and then I won't have to contact the Eddington family again, right? In this way, the witch hidden in the three major families, won't I definitely meet her?"

Sighing softly, he turned and prepared to return to the alley entrance along the iron stairs on the side. The night was deep, and today's investigation was considered to have come to an end. He planned to go home to rest and talk about anything tomorrow.

At first, the sound of his boots colliding with the iron stairs was very light and fast, but gradually the footsteps became slow, until they stopped completely. The moonlight at this moment was finally completely covered by the dark clouds in the night sky. In the darkness where almost no light could be seen, Xia De frowned and pressed his hand on his chest. The badge was heating up, and the speed of the heat increase was very fast:

"No way?"

Determining that the heating of the badge was not his own illusion, he wanted to turn into a red butterfly and fly away directly. But just as he was about to cast a spell, he thought that it was about this time last year that he used "Blood Echo" under the Lucky Southern Cross Club and was sensed by Miss Galina on the third floor.

"Otherwise, just throw the crystal shoe and go home?"

His hand had already reached into his pocket, but the sound of breaking through the air came. Xia De suddenly raised his hand to the front of his face again, and his index finger and middle finger clamped a flying card.

Looking at the card, this was not a Rhodes card but a divination card. The card face was the upright "Empress", which belonged to the most important type of card face among the 108 divination cards. However, this card was not a paper card but a metal card. Xia De had heard Luweiya say that the material of the divination card has an impact on divination. Generally, no one would use metal to make divination cards.

"Direction."

【Below.】

Xia De's position at this time was between the second and third floors. Looking down, the stairs were located at the connection between the alley entrance and the street. The gas street lamps on the street could only slightly illuminate the right half of the alley entrance.

And outside the alley entrance, the carriage that didn't exist just now had stopped there at some point.

Going to touch the badge on his chest again, the heat was enough to explain that the witch he thought he wouldn't meet was in the carriage below at this time.

Xia De thought of Luweiya's divination:

"So the trouble refers to this."

Since he had been discovered by the other party, Xia De no longer thought about leaving. However, although there was an illusion to cover his face, he still took out a mask and put it on, and then returned to the alley along the stairs.

However, he didn't walk out of the alley, but stuck to the left wall, hiding himself in the shadows:

"Lady."

He didn't want to cause trouble for himself, and even less wanted to contact a new witch like this. Therefore, the voice superimposed by spells and illusions made the voice indistinguishable between male and female. As for the street outside the alley entrance, the carriage was not directly aimed at the alley, but slightly crossed the alley entrance. Therefore, Xia De could see the rear of the carriage, but he and the people in the carriage could not see each other directly through the carriage window.

"It's really interesting. You haven't seen me yet, and I think my protective spells won't be easily seen through by others. Why do you directly think I am a lady?"

The clear female voice came. This was the first time Xia De heard the voice of this strange witch. The Karsenrik language with a Moon Bay accent was very clear. If judged only by tone and timbre, her age was about the same as Luweiya, Lei Qianya, and Dorothy.

He wanted to say that he smelled the perfume on the metal divination card, but immediately realized that it was too frivolous to say this to a strange lady:

"I believe in my intuition. Lady, I don't know what you are looking for me for?"

His back was pressed against the wall, and outside the right-angle corner, the blonde witch with a dark red birthmark on her brow, which made her face even more beautiful and enchanting, revealed in the carriage window, had already revealed a smile. ===== CHAPTER 2021 =====