Chapter 2193: The Method of Drawing the Sword

"The star map on the photo is too blurry, so it's not feasible to determine the location based on the starry sky. As for divination..."

The Countess took out three dice, tried throwing them a few times, and then shook her head at Xia De with regret:

"This photo has undergone your time reversal, so it can be considered an abnormal existence itself, and therefore no longer possesses the possibility of divination. However, which page was it clipped in the notebook just now? Perhaps we can determine the approximate shooting date from the content of that page."

Xia De went to flip through the notebook full of secret language again. Although he hadn't confirmed it yet, Xia De believed that the encryption method of this notebook was different from the ciphertext encryption method used when the Gray Gloves and the Gray-Headed Hawk contacted each other.

The dense letters clearly had a lot of information, but Xia De couldn't get anything. He flipped through the notebook from beginning to end again, and finally confirmed that there was no content other than ciphertext inside, and not even hand-drawn pictures.

Miss Beilindier reminded on the side again:

"I remember there is a Ringed Shushi specially used to decipher ciphertext, it seems to be... Ringed Shushi - Ciphertext Translation. This is a high-level Ringed Shushi, and it can only be learned by Ringed Shushis who possess the Enlightenment - 【Rune】 spiritual rune, and it is only effective for ordinary text. If you need it, I can help you contact the Wisdom Great Witches of the Council, Megan and Audrey sisters, who are proficient in this Ringed Shushi."

Speaking of which, although they were still dealing with the Heaven Island Pharmaceutical matter, they also said during the last meeting that they were coming to Moon Bay, but they didn't know when specifically.

The smiling faces of the twin witches flashed in Xia De's mind, and he also missed them. He nodded, and handed the notebook to Miss Beilindier:

"Then please ask those two ladies to help translate the ciphertext."

The latter asked again:

"The Gray-Headed Hawk's safe houses in the local area shouldn't be just one. Should we go to other places to see? Maybe we can have more gains."

"No need. The Gray-Headed Hawk hasn't returned to Moon Bay for more than ten years. According to my investigation, his other safe houses have been assigned to other agents to use. Only this one has been idle because it is the most confidential."

He looked at the photo in his hand again, never expecting that just by going out for a casual walk after dinner, there would be such a harvest.

Seeing Xia De's heavy heart, Miss Beilindier didn't ask much. The two handled the traces of having been to this house, and then returned to the Beilindier Manor. Afterwards, Xia De didn't stay locally for long, and after saying goodbye to Emilia and the little unicorn, he returned home with Little Mia.

By the time it was nine o'clock in the evening, when Luwia and Iluna arrived at No. 6 St. Deran Square, Xia De was sitting on the sofa in the living room, and the coffee table in front of him was covered with various landscape photos.

"Xia De, what are you doing?"

Luwia asked curiously, and took off her coat with Iluna and hung it on the coat rack at the door.

"Are these photos of Moon Bay?"

Iluna also asked curiously, and Xia De shook his head:

"These are landscape photos left by Uncle Sparrow. I checked them, but not carefully. Now I want to confirm the shooting location of each photo."

Luwia and Iluna looked at each other in surprise. Xia De rarely took the initiative to talk about the former detective's affairs. Although they both knew from Xia De that the former detective was a mysterious foreign agent, in their eyes, Xia De was very unwilling to let people delve into this point; he just wanted that detective to rest in peace.

"Let me help you determine the location of these photos."

Luwia then took the initiative to say, and didn't ask Xia De's purpose for doing this:

"Bone finding, photo positioning, blind guessing cards, these are the basic skills of qualified diviners. Although the number of these photos is a bit large, wanting to determine all the locations will take no more than two or three days."

"Then I'll trouble you."

Xia De didn't refuse. Iluna looked at him worriedly, feeling that today's Xia De was a bit wrong. But Luwia shook her head slightly at her, signaling her not to ask, so Iluna had to talk about the main business:

"Xia De, something happened in the city. Don't you know yet?"

"Something happened? What happened?"

He stood up holding the sleepy cat, let the two girls sit down, and he went to the kitchen to carry the teapot:

"I've only been home for an hour, and I've been looking at photos since then. I don't know much about things outside."

"In the University District, Puglia Street, at about seven o'clock tonight, a passing man turned into light and disappeared under a gas street lamp. Summer days get dark relatively late, and at least five people on the road saw this scene at the time. According to their description, that person emitted dazzling light like a torch, and in the end, all that was left was the hat he dropped while struggling... Among those five people, three still insist that they saw that person become an angel."

Iluna described, and Xia De asked in surprise while pouring tea:

"In Tobesk? This is the first case outside Moon Bay, right?"

Iluna took the teacup and thanked him softly:

"No, this afternoon our parish received news that a similar accident occurred in the south of Karsner early this morning. Just now I went to Puglia Street with other Ringed Shushis from the church to confirm the situation, and then went to find Luwia, and only then did I arrive at your place."

Saying this, she looked at Luwia, and the purple-eyed diviner miss also nodded:

"Iluna took me to look from afar nearby. That area as a whole is still glowing now. That is indeed the product of the distortion of order and rules."

Xia De sat down holding Little Mia, and then said that he had encountered the same situation in Moon Bay City this afternoon, but tried to expel those abnormal lights. Only then was Iluna relieved. As long as those areas would not exist permanently, it would be fine. And Luwia was worried about other things:

"Abnormal light appearing outside Moon Bay means that abnormal light will soon spread throughout the material world. This time it is different from the Crazy Earth in Randall Valley. That time, at least the church mastered methods that, although complex, could also expel the Crazy Earth. This time, the church is also helpless for the time being."

"Two directions: either use darkness to suppress light, or like me, absorb the light and convert it into other power."

Xia De said, but this was only theoretical.

"There is one more thing. I will probably arrive in Moon Bay soon. This time the church intends to use steam airships. The weather on the scheduled route is quite good, and there is no need to cross mountains and rivers. It will arrive in a day or two."

Iluna said again, and was quite excited about this. She had never feared challenges:

"Luwia, I won't say goodbye to you two specifically. When I arrive in Moon Bay, I will take the initiative to contact Xia De again."

"I'll give you an address, you send letters there."

Xia De gave the address of "Princess Trading Partners" to Iluna again, hesitated, and mentioned another important information he obtained this afternoon:

"I cannot reveal the source of the news for the time being, but the first requirement of the ritual to pull out the 'Sword of Light' seems to be drawing the sword against the strong."

This was the information revealed by Miss Adele Isabella, so Luwia was excited at once:

"Since it is the first requirement, then there must be more than one requirement. It just so happens that you are all here, I want to divine based on this clue, maybe there will be gains."

Now 【Weak Healing】 and 【Thunder God's Fury】 each had one, Xia De took them out, Luwia hesitated and chose the former. So the coin was flicked, and mottled rust appeared when it reached the highest point. After the coin turned into fly ash and disappeared into the air, Luwia also opened her eyes:

"Very interesting, it can indeed be divined now. The news Xia De provided is correct. The 'drawing of the sword' of the Sword of Light must be drawn in the face of a strong enemy. This is the basic requirement, but in fact, the 'drawing of the sword' of the Sword of Light can be divided into two situations."

In her eyes, the purple radiance lingered for a long time:

"The first situation: one-time sword drawing, after drawing the sword and using it, the sword will disappear;

The second situation: permanently obtain the right to use the 'Sword of Light.' This requires complex rituals and qualification certification. The first situation does not require dragon blood, while the second is the same as the poem fragment Xia De saw in Moon Bay, requiring the power of a dragon."

"Then this time's Chosen One ritual is the second situation?"

Iluna asked, and Luwia shook her head:

"This is the interesting place. My divination will not be wrong: regardless of which way the sword is drawn, as long as you possess more than two kinds of dragon power, are the first to draw the Sword of Light in the Moon Bay area, and satisfy 'understanding light' and 'carrying artifacts related to Old Gods,' then that person is the Chosen One of Light."

"But the first situation is clearly more... than the second situation..."

Xia De shook his head halfway through:

"It's not necessarily simpler than permanently obtaining the right to use that sword."

"It is indeed not simple. I already know all the requirements for the first sword-drawing method."

The purple-eyed girl said with a smile, and then saw with satisfaction that Xia De and Iluna were both looking at her in surprise. Xia De was even so surprised that when he stroked the cat, he used too much force, causing the cat to meow in dissatisfaction.

But Xia De couldn't care about soothing Little Mia at this time:

"Luwia, you used one coin and were actually able to divine so much content?"

"This information is not secret. Expressed in a way you can understand, it is like that ancient Dragon God deliberately left this information in the long river of fate, waiting for the diviner to interpret it."

She said the way to temporarily possess the "Sword of Light":

"【When civilization faces the threat of an evil dragon, a righteous person holding a holy sword must be able to draw the sword when facing a strong enemy.】

That is to say, the method of temporarily using the Sword of Light is actually a shortcut left by the Old God:

1. An enemy that may threaten the current civilization. If it is related to a dragon, the requirements are loose; if it is unrelated to a dragon, the requirements are very strict;

2. Possess a holy sword capable of carrying the Sword of Light;

3. A righteous heart;

4. Face the strong." ===== CHAPTER 2194 =====