Chapter 2657

The thick fog created by the illusion covered the large pit at the old site of the cemetery, so the people on the ground did not discover that huge eight-ring destiny ring. And after York Bronte's soul shattered, only a translucent piece of extremely cold ice crystal remained floating in the air.

Xia De reached out and took it, and a layer of white frost immediately appeared on his hand. Miss Danister explained to Xia De and Iluna:

"This is the purest soul core after stripping away all spiritual impurities and power; it is the most important part that constitutes a soul. It is said that the soul masters of the ancient era could perfectly strip out such a core, but this technology has been lost in the Sixth Era."

"I must remind you that using soul technology to completely destroy a spirit is an illegal act, and using a soul core as ritual material or magic potion material is even more illegal, so do not do this."

She exhorted the "young people," and Xia De and Iluna both nodded. Xia De also explained how to use it later:

"The Dead Apostle York Bronte is already dead, and I will trade this soul core to an Old God of the Fifth Era."

"But won't this cause a time paradox? I mean, a soul from the Sixth Era appearing in the Fifth Era."

Iluna gestured as she spoke, and Miss Danister explained to her:

"Involving gods will not cause time paradoxes. For those Great Ones, the past is the future; there is no difference."

"And this broken soul has accumulated too many sins and paradoxes; I don't feel safe even throwing it directly into real death."

Xia De also explained his actions. Neither of the two eighteen-year-old girls objected, but this matter was not over yet:

"What about these souls?"

Iluna pointed to the surroundings. Even if the souls were no longer vengeful spirits, they still looked very gloomy standing on the ice in the heavy snow. However, this time Xia De did not need to deal with it. As soon as Iluna finished speaking, a small part of the souls, like the Bronte family just now, disappeared on their own and went to the place where they should have gone.

And most of the souls returned to that world of neither life nor death without resistance under the attraction of the "edge of life and death." Next, the church needs to re-seal that place. The Five Gods Church has done similar things many times in the past year, and this is not a very big trouble.

Seeing the souls disappear, the red-haired girl waved her hand toward the water again, and a water-blue glowing gem flew up from among the flesh and blood that had not yet completely turned into ashes.

"Whisper element? Is this a relic? Wait, isn't this whisper element a bit too powerful?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Danister checked:

"So it is this, the Sage-level relic 【Soul Gem】."

"Carrying it on your body, at the cost of consuming soul power, can restore your own spirit and heal yourself; burying it in your body will further increase this conversion ratio. Moreover, holding the gem can ensure the independence and integrity of your own soul. So that's it; this is what it relied on."

"Then what about the negative effects? This relic sounds very good. As long as you are careful not to over-consume your own soul power, isn't this an excellent recovery accessory?"

Iluna also asked, and the librarian smiled and shook her head:

"There is no such good thing. Do you know the origin of this relic? The original 【Soul Gem】 was transformed from the soul of a girl who had a tragic life, and most of the people who used it later seemed to be cursed by fate, and finally turned into the same gem after their souls fell or deteriorated. This relic ensures that one's own soul will not be torn or corrupted by external forces, but the user is more likely to fall because of themselves."

"The existing number of 【Soul Gems】 has no recognized result now, but it will not be less than 130. The effects of different gems are almost identical, but the gems formed after the deterioration or fall of originally purer souls have better recovery effects. Some people think that the essence of this gem is a curse, but this is not a recognized view in the academic world."

She held up the gem, and it was really beautiful in the snow:

"Souls that have fallen into complete despair will turn into evil objects called 'Soul Witches' through this gem. The trouble of this kind of thing is no less than the thing we dealt with just now. After killing them, a new soul gem will be born. Fortunately, Xia De directly froze Bronte's soul, otherwise I worry that we would have to deal with the next stage of the Dead Apostle."

"It really prepared a lot of means after 1821. I must admit that even if I were to perfectly recover to the thirteenth ring now, I would not want to fight this thing again."

However, she also admitted that if you only use this relic occasionally, then 【Soul Gem】 is definitely an excellent recovery item:

"Keep it. Just this trophy is worth our action this time."

"I don't need this. I have a perfume bottle, and I can get better if I get injured and soak in water."

As he said that, Xia De handed the gem to Iluna, but Iluna did not like this kind of relic:

"I don't want it. I'm just here to help, and most of the things are done by you."

And the red-haired girl only then remembered to ask:

"Speaking of which, Miss Beiya, where did you get this Chocobo?"

The red-haired girl even reached out to touch the fluffy fur of the yellow Chocobo. Unlike Little Mia, the Chocobo was quite willing to let others touch it.

Iluna explained:

"The Diviner asked me to come and see Xia De. After I came, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to walk out of that forest, but Emilia came to greet me... well, she doesn't admit that she is Emilia. In short, she lent me this Chocobo. She said let me not fly around in the forest riding a skeleton horse; the Vista Forest doesn't like the undead."

"I feel that the people above should have guessed who you are."

Xia De pointed to the top of the large pit, and Iluna shook her head indifferently:

"If they know, they know. As a Chosen, it is my freedom to go wherever I want. The greater the power, the greater the freedom."

Then she said excitedly to Xia De:

"I have never ridden a Chocobo before. This kind of mount is really interesting!"

"It runs so fast, was it given a special blessing by Emilia? Let me guess... Chocobo Covenant?"

The eighteen-year-old red-haired female sorcerer asked curiously again, and Iluna nodded immediately:

"Yes, Emilia said that the spell is called 'Chocobo Covenant,' and I don't understand it very well either. Oh, I should leave. Xia De, I'm going back. It's good to be able to help you. I'm going back to tell Luweiya that you are fine."

She said in a good mood, happy that she had helped a lot in time. Then she returned 【Night Watcher】 to Xia De, and then rode the yellow Chocobo, which probably rarely left that forest. The Chocobo splashed electric light again, and with a big jump, it took Iluna, who had put on her hood, and jumped onto the deep pit.

"Regarding Bronte, who do you plan to let explain to the church?"

On the ice at the bottom of the pit, Miss Danister, whose red hair was fluttering in the wind and snow, asked Xia De again. The effect of 【Spirit-Clearing Agent】 was disappearing, and her level was returning to the eighth ring. However, Xia De found that although this magical potion of the priest could briefly restore her level, it did not seem to restore her age.

"Yes, we also need to investigate whether the current Baron Bronte knows about Bronte's affairs, and we also need to deal with the aftermath of the cemetery, as well as the manor of Prince William Anjou, and investigate the bloodline of Theodore Bronte and Ben Bronte's children... Can the church recognize that the person just now was you through your spellcasting just now?"

"Can't I just not admit it? And I spent most of my time using a sword just now. This sword of yours is very good."

Xia De nodded:

"Then don't go through the Academy's channels, and don't go through the Witch Council's channels. Please ask Miss Bell to write a report later and hand it to the church through the black market tonight."

He looked at the gem in his hand again, and then looked at the red-haired girl, who raised her eyebrows:

"Do you think that as an Academy librarian, I would lack this kind of relic?"

So Xia De put it away temporarily. Last time he intended to give 【Noble Blood Red】 to Ajelina as a gift, but that relic was traded to the hermits. Now this recovery relic looks good, and it is also very suitable for the identity of the little princess girl. It's just that the danger of a Sage-level relic is really too great, so he plans to discuss it with Princess Lei Qianya before deciding whether to give this to Ajelina for self-defense.

Above the large pit, the hermits greeted the church and then retreated. They were alarmed by the undead, but did not want to get involved in this matter deeply. The people of the church were still waiting for news, and when Xia De and the red-haired girl appeared and indicated that they would exchange information in the evening, the church's ring sorcerers had no objections, because 【Night Watcher】 was still in Xia De's hand.

Thus, the somewhat exhausted Xia De returned to the city with the girls and returned to the Accord Hotel at four in the afternoon.

The witch who was watching the snow at the window greeted them, and seeing that everyone was fine, she knew that the matter had been successfully resolved:

"The commotion you made just now was really big. The people in the city thought it was an earthquake. I flew to the roof and even thought about flying over to help you, but it seems that things went very smoothly."

"But speaking of which, do you know what's going on with the snow outside? This snow is falling for no reason at all. I am very sure that it would not snow today under normal circumstances."

The red-haired girl looked at Xia De, and Xia De pointed to himself:

"I caused it."

The witch was a little surprised:

"Aren't you a ring sorcerer who is proficient in the moon? I have never heard that you are also proficient in ice and snow system spells."

"Of course this is not my power. It's very complicated to explain... Do you know that in the early Fifth Era, there was a witch emperor known as the Witch of Ice? Silver hair, very petite."

Miss Winslet thought for a while:

"I don't know. Does this have anything to do with our topic?"

Xia De said:

"It was that witch emperor who lent me power, otherwise I wouldn't have the ability to change the weather on such a large scale."