Chapter 218: Pirate's Blood Money

After shaking hands with both of them, Miss Beiya sighed as if relieved:

"Alright, you have regained my trust, but this information makes me even more troubled. I don't understand. Why has the church never told me about this?"

"Because telling you wouldn't make sense, and would only make you think wildly. What's more, even the Zhengshen Sect Society wouldn't have more information about the 'Whispering Poem' than I do."

Miss An Na Te said. She looked particularly beautiful when she smiled tonight. Xia De thought this should be attributed to the color of her beautiful red lipstick. Unfortunately, he could only say it was red and couldn't distinguish it in detail, but that kind of red was really beautiful.

"The church's attitude toward the Chosen One is not yet clear, because they don't know what this actually represents either. Iluna, cooperating with us won't harm the church's interests. After all, we are all......"

Miss An Na Te looked at the young detective who was pouring tea, and the latter immediately added:

"Positive characters, we are all positive characters in the story."

"I know this point, I have great confidence in my ability to judge people. You are all good people, and you are all helping me. I am also willing to be friends with you. Just......"

The long-haired girl leaned on the sofa, her eyes looking at the ceiling. This action would reveal her fair neck. Xia De took one look and immediately moved his gaze away to prevent being misunderstood.

"So that's what the 'Whispering Poem' and the Chosen One are all about. This way, many things can be explained. Heh, it sounds like I'm the 'Child of Destiny' chosen in those knight novels...... The epic of the Sixth Era...... Detective, Miss An Na Te, do you think I really have the qualification to become that kind of person who can be recorded in legends?"

After the excitement of learning the truth ended, the young girl felt lost again.

"Of course, you are destined to be."

This was Miss An Na Te's view, and she looked very certain.

"No matter what, we will always be by your side."

Xia De said. He understood the other party's mood very well. Knowing that he was special, but worrying about not being able to play the role well, was very similar to his mood when he knew he was an Outsider but worried about not being able to adapt to his new life.

Because of this empathy, he said more words:

"Since we decided to help you, we will accompany you to the end, to the very end."

Both sides were honest with each other, which could be considered as solving the last hidden danger in the cooperation. Although the unexpected meeting and honesty made Xia De almost get stabbed by Miss An Na Te and get hit by Miss Beiya's 【Sunlight Gun】, the whole process went more smoothly than Xia De thought.

After all, he had already gained enough favor from Miss Beiya before this. From this perspective, Miss An Na Te's plan was instead realized smoothly on Xia De.

After confirming the relationship of mutual trust, they talked about the reasons for the three of them appearing at this banquet.

There was no need to say much about why Xia De came here. Miss An Na Te even teased the saying "Hamilton of Lei Jiede," and Miss Beiya offered her congratulations softly.

As for Miss An Na Te and Miss Beiya, they had no invitation but thought of ways to mix in.

They came for a 【Relic】 that could pay the price for Miss An Na Te's precise divination, so as to use divination to obtain the ritual needs for Miss Beiya to become a true Chosen One.

"I've actually always been curious about what the price of your so-called divination is. Can the price be paid with 【Relics】?"

Before Xia De broke in, the two ladies were also preparing to talk about this problem, and now the topic could continue.

"This can be considered my special talent, paying the price to precisely divine the future. Now I can tell you, there are three ways to pay the price: I pay part of my own soul, pay a specific relic, or......"

She shook her head and didn't continue:

"Look, the relic is this."

Miss An Na Te took out a white paper bag, and the paper bag was covered with incantations. The general meaning of these characters from different eras could all be interpreted as "suppress curse," "purify," "holy."

The paper bag wrapped a small thing. After taking it out, it was actually a gold coin, three times the diameter of a penny coin. This gold coin should be considered an antique, and its rusty appearance was full of historical sense.

After the gold coin appeared, the voice in his head immediately reminded Xia De that this was the item with extremely strong whispering elements she felt. And that paper bag could actually shield the perception of whispering elements from a long distance. Before Xia De broke into the room just now, it was probably just when the paper bag was opened.

This was an item with a curse and must be touched while wearing gloves. So Miss An Na Te wore white gloves instead of the similar gloves that matched the evening gown. After getting permission, Xia De checked the gold coin. After confirming with Miss An Na Te that the characteristics of the gold coin were not triggered by incantations, he interpreted the characters:

【The greedy exchange their souls for gold coins.】

"This is the Sage-level (Level 2) relic 【Pirate's Blood Money】, or more precisely, a part of it. The records about 【Pirate's Blood Money】 can be traced back to the beginning of the Sixth Era. A group of pirates landed on a nameless island after a storm and discovered treasure in it. There was a box of coins in the treasure, and this is one of them. According to the church's investigation afterward, the total number of coins was between 1025 and 1034. 27 pirates divided the box of gold coins and spent them in wharf taverns, brothels, and casinos after landing. All the pirates who spent these blood coins committed suicide by jumping into the sea on the third day after spending them. Their souls were absorbed by the blood coins, and their bodies turned into undead."

Miss An Na Te said. Miss Beiya looked like Xia De, and it was the first time she knew what this was:

"Is that all?"

She asked.

"Of course not just that. The undead formed by jumping into the sea will return to the shore after death and kill the people who traded the blood coins, but they won't take the blood coins away. When the blood coins are traded again, they will land on the shore again and hunt down the second person who obtained the blood coins through trading together with the second person who used the blood coins and committed suicide by jumping into the sea and turned into undead...... and so on. This means that behind every blood coin, there is a group of undead waiting to hunt. And individuals using multiple blood coins at the same time will only be affected by the first one, and other blood coins will take effect in the hands of the next user."

Miss An Na Te took the coin from Miss Beiya's hand, her fingers easily flipping it:

"Of course, the undead hunters in the sea cannot leave the ocean too far. Therefore, if the person who obtained the blood coins through trading lives inland, they will be guided by the power of the relic to head to the seaside. There is even a saying that the person holding the blood coins is guided to the ocean by the power of fate."

"Is this the power of a Sage-level (Level 2) relic?"

Xia De couldn't help but sigh. 1000+ coins represented 1000+ undead teams. This was the first Sage-level relic he had truly come into contact with.

"Sage-level is the danger level of all blood coins. If it's just one, it's probably only equivalent to a Guardian-level (Level 3) relic."

Miss An Na Te said.

"Then what about containment? As long as they are contained by the church, wouldn't those undead in the sea lose their meaning?"

Miss Beiya asked.

"It's not that easy, otherwise it wouldn't be rated as Sage-level."

Miss An Na Te shook her head:

"【Pirate's Blood Money】 itself is deceptive. Although you can see the front and back of this gold coin are different from ordinary ones now, this is the activated form. I used it, and it became like this. Once I die in an accident by the seaside, the appearance of the blood coin will become an ordinary old coin. In this era, it becomes an old gold pound. In the unactivated state, it has almost no whispering elements itself. Even if a Ringed Shushi knows the characteristics of this relic, it is very difficult to find its difference in their own wallet. In the 15 centuries since its first discovery, the church has contained a total of......"

"You used it?"

Xia De interrupted Miss An Na Te's speech very impolitely:

"Miss An Na Te, are you sure you know what you are doing?"

Miss Beiya also said worriedly:

"This is the reason why we had a quarrel tonight. I know Miss An Na Te has her own secrets, and it's understandable that precise divination requires a price, but I've never heard that relics can also be used as a price."

"Don't worry, this blood coin was activated by me two days ago. Before that, it had stayed with me for three months. I traded with myself, so my identity is the traded party, not the trader. In this way, I won't die in three days, but wait for me to head to the seaside and be killed by the undead army. Only by activating it can I let it be consumed as a price to perform divination."

Xia De also thought this way of doing things was too dangerous:

"Is the price required for your precise divination this kind of relic?"

"The 'paying a relic' in the three ways is just a form of price. Any coin-type relic can do. Coins themselves are the most complex symbols in mysticism. They can even represent civilization together with characters. The relic's 【Whispering】, the coin's 【Enlightenment】, what I need is not the coin, but the 【Whispering】 and 【Enlightenment】 elements fused in this kind of special item. Only in coins and more special types of relics is there such power."

She played with the gold coin in her hand. Xia De pondered this way of saying it, while Miss Beiya, who came from the church, looked at Miss An Na Te seriously:

"Miss An Na Te, do you know that this way of doing things is very strange? I've heard of people who can absorb relics and let relics become a part of themselves, but those people undoubtedly all lost control. You doing this is as dangerous as throwing gunpowder bombs beside a fire."

"I am not absorbing them, but paying them."

Miss An Na Te said, her expression very confident:

"This is not the first time I've done this. Three years ago, I obtained 6 blood coins. When I needed to perform divination, I activated them separately. The first five had to be consumed in some accident in the past (Author's note), and this one is the last one in my hand." ===== CHAPTER 219 =====

"This is not my first time doing this. Three years ago, I obtained 6 pieces of Blood Money, which I activated separately when I needed to perform divination. The first five had to be consumed during a certain accident in the past (Note), and this one is the last one in my hands."