Chapter 2112: Shadow in the Yu Guang

In Emilia's trembling voice, there was full-blown panic and unease, and one could even say a hint of timidity. Luvia and Dorothy looked at each other, then Dorothy patted the back of the cat on the left in her arms, signaling for Xia De to call out:

"Emilia, it's us."

"Xia De? Great, you're here... You, how can you prove you are you?"

Xia De could almost imagine the elf girl huddled behind the door, shivering as she asked. He used his paw to push away Little Mia's head as it nudged over:

"A very cautious question; indeed, one shouldn't just open the door so late. I brought Little Mia with me this time; do you want it to call out?"

As he said this, he reached out a paw and patted the orange cat held by Dorothy's other hand, and the latter immediately called out happily:

"Meow~"

The soft sound was very pleasing, and the corners of Luvia and Dorothy's mouths revealed smiles. This sound seemed to help the elf girl behind the door shake off her fear, and then they heard the sound of the security chain being unfastened by trembling hands.

The moment the door opened, Emilia made a gesture of opening her arms to rush into Xia De's embrace, but seeing the two ladies standing outside, she immediately retracted her hands in embarrassment. She pulled on the door to hide her awkwardness and was just about to ask where Xia De was when she noticed the two cats held by Dorothy.

She naturally recognized Little Mia, who played quite well with her unicorn, and that silver cat...

"Xia De?"

She asked tentatively, and upon seeing the ladies outside all reveal smiles, she knew her guess was correct.

"Oh, my god, what happened?"

Although she said this, she looked like she also wanted to touch the silver cat in this form.

After Luvia and Dorothy entered the room, they didn't explain Xia De's current situation first, but instead asked Emilia what was wrong with her tonight.

The elf girl had seen Luvia in the Randal Valley, and Dorothy had gone to pick up the carriage when they arrived in Tobesk, so they were not strangers to Emilia. So many people appearing by her side gave her full courage, so the elf girl, while watching Xia De lying on Dorothy's lap, held a teacup and said:

"Everything was normal before this evening. Mr. Rio Enshir, Miss Matila Delage, and I went to the Chengdong to see a witness we were tracking for a relic, and we had dinner together in the Chengdong before returning to the inn. Things started from seven o'clock in the evening when I entered the room. I wanted to write letters to my family and friends, and when I sat down at the desk, I saw a black shadow standing beside me in my peripheral vision."

Speaking of this, she looked around suspiciously. Thus, the two people and two cats also looked around the room, but everything was normal here.

"It's okay, we are all by your side."

Luvia comforted her. At this time, she was sitting beside Emilia, while Dorothy, with two cats on her lap, sat opposite them. The elf girl nodded cautiously and continued:

"I was startled at the time, but when I looked carefully, there was nothing. I initially thought I was too tired from the last two days, so after finishing the letter, I wanted to go to bed. But when I was washing up in the washroom, after I finished washing my face and looked up, I saw a ghost shadow behind me in the mirror..."

She pursed her lips as she spoke. This wasn't because she was timid; after all, as long as there was a mirror in the washroom at home when growing up, most people had had similar terrifying thoughts. And when such things really appeared in reality, even the boldest person would panic.

"Walking out of the washroom, I caught a glimpse of a ghost shadow standing at the door, sitting by the window looking around, and in my peripheral vision, I saw a ghost shadow at my feet again..."

Another throw of the die:

"I didn't dare to go out, always feeling that things would get worse after leaving the room. So I planned to get through this night first and find Xia De to solve the trouble after dawn. Just now, I huddled at the door, thinking that if there really was a monster, even if it might be more dangerous outside the door, I would rush out. Fortunately, you came."

Luvia held the elf's hand to comfort her, while Dorothy stood up with the two cats and walked around the room. The silver cat and the orange-white cat also looked around, but still found no abnormalities.

So Dorothy asked Emilia:

"Did you turn off the gas lamp tonight?"

"No."

The elf girl shook her head quickly, and Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief:

"Fortunately, you didn't turn off the lights. Xia De, can you feel the whisper elements?"

The cat in her arms nodded:

"I can, they are all concentrated near Emilia, but they are not very strong, or rather, very weak, and I haven't found the source for the time being."

"I probably know what it is, the document-level relic 【Shadow in the Yu Guang】. Emilia, you were right not to go out."

Xia De had heard of the document-level relic 【Shadow in the Yu Guang】. When he took Emilia to Old John's to seek help, he had heard the old man talk about the angel-level relic 【Corpse in the Wall】, the sage-level relic 【Friendly Neighbor】, the secret-keeper-level relic 【Malicious Chain Curse Letter】, the document-level relic 【Shadow in the Yu Guang】, and the poet-level relic 【Midnight Footsteps】, collectively known as the five major urban legend relics.

But although he had heard of them, he didn't know the characteristics of the relics. And Dorothy, who focused on literary creation, was quite familiar with such relics involving folklore and legends:

"This is an event-type relic, specifically manifesting as a pitch-black ghost shadow appearing at the edge of one's vision. Besides scaring you, this ghost shadow won't cause you any substantial harm. It's just that during the night when the ghost shadow appears, you absolutely cannot leave the building you are in, otherwise, it will cause the ghost shadow, which originally doesn't have the power to interfere with reality, to change, so Emilia staying in the room was correct."

"Although it's only document-level (Level 4), it shouldn't just have these characteristics, right?"

Luvia asked again, and the writer nodded:

"The appearance of the ghost shadow will accelerate the loss of mental power. For ordinary people, they would probably die of mental exhaustion in about half a week, but for a Ringed Shushi, although there is an impact, it is not significant. The real danger lies in not being able to let yourself be in a state of total darkness, which means you cannot let your field of vision be in darkness for a long time while awake. This will cause the ghost shadow, which was originally only at the edge of your vision, to gradually approach the victim until that ghost shadow takes your life in the darkness. This kind of curse-like thing is also contagious, and the death of the host will significantly increase its contagiousness. Its danger rating is not the lowest poet-level, mainly because of its contagiousness."

"How to dispel it?"

The cat asked again.

"Very simple, the ghost shadow in the peripheral vision state will not attack, but it also cannot be caught. We need to extinguish all the lights around, and when the ghost shadow tries to attack Emilia, we will destroy it."

The answer Dorothy gave was not very surprising, and even if Xia De was a cat now, relying on her and Luvia was enough to deal with this relic.

But Emilia was still a bit hesitant, so Dorothy "generously" handed over the two cats:

"You hold Xia De and Little Mia, if there is danger, Xia De will protect you."

The elf girl didn't hesitate anymore, reached out and hugged the orange cat and the silver cat, and even looked quite happy. As for Little Mia, who usually didn't like other people, because Emilia was an acquaintance and Xia De the cat was by her side, it reluctantly struggled only symbolically.

To facilitate movement, the furniture in the room was temporarily moved to the wall. The elf girl holding the cats stood alone in the center of the room, Luvia stood by the window, and Dorothy stood by the gas lamp switch by the door:

"Emilia, you don't need to do anything in a moment. Luvia, get ready, three, two, one."

Click~ Click~ Click~

The gas lamp knob was turned three notches back to the origin, and the light changing from bright to dim until it extinguished plunged the room into complete darkness. The elf should have had excellent dark vision, which was a racial talent, but at this moment, Emilia felt she couldn't see anything in front of her.

After her eyes gradually adapted to this eerie darkness, she immediately noticed that the black ghost shadow with only sunken holes for facial features and a slender figure had almost come face-to-face with her. Subconsciously wanting to retreat, but thinking of the instructions just now, she just held her breath and maintained restraint, not daring to move at all. Then she felt the two cats she was holding in her arms jump onto her shoulders simultaneously, one on the left and one on the right.

"Meow~"

"Silver Moon."

Mia opened its mouth and spat out a pitifully small amount of sparks, while in Xia De the cat's mouth appeared genuine silver moonlight. Although it was not as powerful as the dragon form, the essence of the moonlight was the same. Thus, in the two rays of light, the ghost shadow that had suddenly attacked Emilia like it was floating immediately retreated, and then Luvia's hand pressed onto the ghost shadow's shoulder.

"Xia De, maybe you still have a chance to show me the miracle you just learned tonight, but I would rather you just show your skills in bed tonight. Let's go, let's go upstairs and see." ===== CHAPTER 2121 =====

Her hand pierced through the abdomen of the black ghost shadow. The curse aggregate should have immediately infected her hand, but in reality, bright red cracks appeared on the surface of the ghost shadow. The power derived from the Red Butterfly forcibly shattered the essence of the curse. As one red butterfly after another flew out from those cracks, the black figure gradually became transparent until it disappeared completely.

"It's done."

Dorothy said, and Luvia walked to the wall and turned the gas lamp back on. The bright light made Emilia squint her eyes. At this moment, she, carrying two cats on her shoulders, looked a bit ridiculous. She looked around cautiously, and then was startled by the blackness she caught in her peripheral vision again. Turning to look, she saw it was just her coat hanging on the coat rack at the door. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief, and then with red eyes, she took the silver cat from her right shoulder:

"Really, this is the second time I've encountered a dangerous relic this week." ===== CHAPTER 2113 =====