Chapter 233: Bordeaux Candle

After getting permission, Xia De took the candle out of the wooden box and confirmed after contact that it was indeed a relic.

He sniffed it gently. The candle had no smell. Although the surface looked like there were no marks, he could feel small textures. It was just that the candle itself was burned to the last stub. Even if there were words on it originally, Xia De couldn't know what they were specifically.

"【Document-level (4th grade) relic 'Bordeaux Candle', General Calendar Year 201 of the Sixth Era, a relic discovered by the Zalas School of Literature from 'Ghost City' Bordeaux in the middle of the continent. At that time, there were twelve candles in total, arranged in the wreckage of a ritual, and each candle was inserted into the mouth of a corpse. The twelve candles had the same effect. A person who lights and holds the candle enters an invisible state. During the invisible state, their own temperature, disturbance to the air, sound, etc., all disappear. Conventional and unconventional detection methods can almost not discover the person in the invisible state. You can think that the invisible state of the candle is almost impossible to be discovered."

"Note, no supernatural power can be used during the invisible period, otherwise the candle will automatically extinguish. But being affected by supernatural power before lighting the candle will not disappear (Note). Remember, this is invisibility, not entering an unknown space, so the invisible state can also be attacked."

Quite a few spells and miracles could achieve so-called "invisibility," and the invisibility ability possessed by this candle sounded almost impossible to be discovered, which was very useful for Xia De:

"Can the invisible state carry items? Or do I have to take off my clothes?"

"Substances with a weight less than twice one's own weight in contact with the skin before entering the invisible state, which includes living things, can also be invisible because of the lighting of the candle, but after entering the invisible state, the contacted substances cannot be made invisible. After the candle is lit, no method can affect the burning speed, so the usable time can be judged according to the remaining length. The remaining ones can be used for about 7 minutes and 23 seconds."

The old man thought of the past when looking at the candle and couldn't help sighing:

"This was a rainy night twenty-two years ago. A six-ring correspondence student of the Zalas School of Literature who was familiar with me mortgaged it to me. I never expected that I would never see him again since then, and this candle has been kept with me all these years. I think instead of selling you relics with large side effects, it's better to give you this, at least it can be used to save your life."

Xia De couldn't judge the truth of the story. Although a small part of his heart thought this was the other party making up a story to increase the price, the possibility of the story being true was very high:

"Then what about the negative characteristics?"

He didn't forget this.

"The candle must be extinguished once every 47 seconds, otherwise the candle will fall directly, and the user will disappear completely from this world. This point has been identified many times by the Zalas School of Literature when receiving it. In addition, some auditory hallucinations and visual hallucinations may appear during the invisible period, but don't pay attention to them. The most dangerous thing is that someone will call your name during the invisible period. Don't answer at this time. If you answer, you will also disappear. As for the storage method, keep it dry and don't immerse it in water for more than 10 seconds. The Zalas School of Literature consumed a candle to prove that doing so would cause an accident comparable to the explosion of the Tobesk Armory."

Old John said. He seemed to be able to remember the specific information of all the 【Relics】 here, and never needed to flip through the notebook when selling

"The negative characteristic is this small?"

Xia De was quite pleasantly surprised.

"Because the effect is also very small; it's just invisibility. There are far, far too many ways to achieve that, and this candle just makes the invisibility more thorough. But if you encounter an enemy who has mastered large-scale lethal sorcery, then thorough invisibility is not as good as running fast enough."

The shopkeeper explained patiently, but added one more sentence at the end:

"Of course, although the effect isn't very great, the price is not low. You must understand, this thing is quite useful when escaping or sneaking in for an assassination."

"How much?"

"43 pounds, no bargaining."

He paused for a moment and immediately said again:

"Don't mention that cane; this time it really is no bargaining."

This price was quite reasonable. Excluding the Time Key, the only relic Xia De had truly purchased from Old John was the 【Silver Moon Orb】. The effect of that orb was even smaller, yet it still cost Xia De over 13 pounds. Relatively speaking, the candle, which still had 7 minutes and 23 seconds remaining, was indeed worth the high price of 43 pounds.

Xia De probed a bit more, and after confirming that there was truly no bargaining, he spent the money to buy the candle. Old John asked Xia De again what exactly he wanted to do, and seeing that he didn't want to answer, he suggested that he could ask others in the same group for help.

"If I ask you for help, how much would it cost?"

Xia De asked jokingly, and Old John said quite proudly:

"Ask me? Oh, young man, gold pounds alone are not enough; I am a quite formidable Ring Mage."

"How formidable?"

"Very formidable."

After leaving Old John's pawnshop, he went straight home. After having lunch with Mia, he waited patiently for Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's reply.

At home, Xia De also experimented with the effect of the newly acquired candle, and according to the length-to-time conversion formula given by Old John, he calculated that he had consumed the 7 minutes and 23 seconds down to 7 minutes and 01 second.

But at least it allowed him to figure out most of the candle's characteristics. First is the ignition method; the spell 【Ignite】 can light the candle. And in the invisible state, no matter how the candle is shaken, it will not go out, which means many large-scale movements can be performed while invisible.

The experiment of carrying a sentient being along while invisible was also very successful. He stood in front of the mirror holding the cat, and when the candle's flame lit up, the moment the person and cat in the mirror suddenly disappeared, the eerie phenomenon even scared Xia De.

Mia is a relatively alert type of cat, so Xia De also used it to test the quality of the candle's invisibility effect. He put Mia on the floor, and after he lit the candle, he roared and jumped around with big strides, while circling the cat that was squatting on the floor, confused.

It really couldn't notice Xia De; otherwise, such strange movements from Xia De would have long since made the cat's fur stand on end.

Although it lacks offensive capabilities, this "complete invisibility" function is powerful enough. It is not only used for escaping; disappearing abruptly during a frontal battle and then coordinating with 【Schluch Lake's Leap】 to sneak an attack from behind is also a quite good way to use it.

Even lending the candle to the more powerful Miss Beiyasi and Miss Annaite could play an extraordinary role in battle.

"In this way, I have auxiliary abilities such as invisibility, healing, life-extension, illusion, tracking, eavesdropping, and spirit-summoning. Although the attack power of the First Ring is not strong enough, at least the abilities are quite comprehensive."

Frontal combat capability is not strong, and it cannot be compensated for in the short term. After all, it is only the First Ring; the Ring level is currently the biggest obstacle limiting Xia De.