Chapter 2707: Methods of Exorcism

"Power? Manipulating fire. But don't imagine the other party as a fire demon. If a fire demon is similar to a warrior, then Disaster is a brilliant spellcaster who manipulates fire. It can draw on people's pain and sorrow by causing fires. City fires, forest fires—these will all enhance its power."

Legend has it that it once burned the kingdom of giants, and it also caused a great fire in the Sacred Tree Forest in the Elf Kingdom. The legend of this demon is not as ancient as the Mirror Demon Gothe or the Demon of Misfortune Fanalus, but it is definitely not an ordinary evil spirit. If it is it..."

The doctor narrowed his eyes slightly:

"I think the events of three hundred years ago can be explained. The main body of Disaster is fire, so it has the power to split itself and let any individual split off become the main body. The church might not know this secret of it. I guess that although the Church of Nature caused it heavy damage three hundred years ago and indeed sealed most of its fire, its remaining power lay dormant in the forest until now when it appeared again."

"Splitting fire, huh... So it can also absorb other flames to strengthen itself?"

Xia De asked again, thinking of the stolen wisp of Primordial Fire from the forest discovered today.

"Of course."

The doctor nodded immediately:

"I know you possess a very powerful fire that burns everything, the Primordial Fire, right? As long as it has come into contact with this kind of fire once, it can achieve a certain degree of immunity to attacks from this fire, so don't think about using your fire to deal with it."

Only water, ice, and cold are the nemesis of Disaster. This thing is very troublesome. Fortunately, judging from your description, the damage caused to it by the church in the past was great, and the other party should not have fully recovered yet, so its splitting ability should not be strong. Based on my judgment, it can split at most four times now; any more will damage its core."

"Is there a way to track this evil spirit? Or do we have to wait for it to appear on its own?"

Xia De asked. The doctor considered for a long while:

"Pay attention to recent unexplained fires in the Vesta Forest. If the source of the fire is not those charred trees it corrupted, then it is highly likely that its main body is setting the fire."

"Our opponent this time is not difficult to deal with, because Disaster is not the kind of demon that likes to hide; it enjoys creating disasters with its own hands. It's just that without an artifact of the level of the Angel-level artifact 【Ice Magic Box】 that you mentioned, even if we find it, it will be very difficult to trap it."

"So Doctor, this time you still need to go to the Vesta Forest yourself, right?"

"I definitely have to go. The method you used in Moon Bay to summon me at the crossroads at midnight still works now. It's just that before finding a way to restrict it and determining how many times it has actually split now, I cannot show myself in front of it, and I am also very curious why it suddenly appeared at this point in time."

The doctor was still pondering, while Xia De mentioned again:

"There is a Ring-warlock organization in the Far North called the 【Winter Anthem Troupe】. They are believers of the Old God 【Winter Maiden】. The leader of the troupe is the Thirteen-Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi, 'Winter Singer' Miss Aisha Eisberg. I should be able to invite her to go to the Vesta Forest to help."

"And the Winter Anthem Troupe should possess artifacts or divine items no less than the 【Ice Magic Box】. With their help, dealing with this matter will be much simpler."

Miss Eisberg is a good friend of Miss Danister. Inviting her to help was a plan Xia De and Miss Danister had discussed when they returned to the city this afternoon.

The doctor did not oppose this:

"That's fine too. My plan is that since Disaster's splitting ability is not strong now, as long as we go to eliminate the different flames it splits into at the same time, it will be equivalent to catching it. The fire sealed by the church should have already lost contact with its main body, so there is no need to worry that it will finally escape into the 【Ice Magic Box】."

"With Miss Eisberg's help, plus you and me, a total of three people, as long as the number of its clones is less than 3, we can take action directly."

"So we will still follow the previous division of labor. I will look for its split bodies in the Vesta Forest and try to find out what it actually wants to do."

Xia De said, and the doctor nodded:

"I still need to make some weapons specifically aimed at it. In addition, I told you some time ago that after obtaining the thirteenth demon power, I want to add a core spirit rune to myself. I want to complete this matter in the Vesta Forest, not in Tobesk."

"Do you know? Compared to hunting that Demon of Fire, I feel that the subsequent matter of adding spirit runes is the difficult one for me."

"Doctor, I will help you when the time comes. It's just that you must think clearly whether you really want to do this. I still remember that it was you who told me initially that the act of adding core spirit runes the day after tomorrow is all madness."

Xia De reminded him, and the doctor smiled helplessly:

"Yes, but I didn't expect that after pulling you into our group, we would encounter demons so frequently. Last summer, this matter was just a possible concept for me... Speaking of which, because the Demon of Fire, Disaster, doesn't like to hide itself, it was the demon that most often fought with witch hunters during the Third Era."

"Of course, most witch hunters only came into contact with its clones, but there is no difference between the main body and the clones for this kind of special existence."

"Then did the witch hunters of that time have any specific methods to counter it?"

Xia De asked this, and the doctor actually remembered:

"If you mean specific secret arts, there really aren't any. But because of the characteristics of its main body, this demon fears both holy and icy powers at the same time. The witch hunters of that year usually looked for some blessed holy water, used secret arts to freeze it into weapons, and then fought against Disaster's flames."

"You can draw on this approach. The high-concentration holy water sold by the priests, the moonlit water you possess—all have extraordinary damaging effects on evil. Then use sufficiently powerful ice spells to shape this water into long swords, and cooperate with your 【Moonlight Greatsword】. The restraint caused will not just be one or two times greater."

Although the doctor could not provide specific spells, he gave Xia De a formula for "Exorcism Potion." Drinking this potion can avoid being possessed by demons to a certain extent, and can also expel minor demonic powers.

It's just that this potion has little effect on truly ancient demons, but it has significant effects on evil spirits like the Arsonist Sophocles and the Demon of Fire, Disaster.

Therefore, Xia De can prepare this potion, mix it with a certain proportion of holy water and moonlit water, and then freeze it into a weapon with ice.

This was not the first time Xia De had encountered a demon, so after explaining it to Luvia at home that night, Luvia was not as surprised as the previous times, just urging Xia De to be careful:

"I have already let Galina pass the message to Miss Aurora in the council. The maintenance and upgrade of the Radiant Messenger will be finished soon. Once that big ship sets sail again, the support of the Witch Council can arrive there with the ship. Although hindered by the power of the Twisted Tree Hollow, to prevent more people from falling into other time-spaces and causing more time paradoxes, the Witch Council will not send many people, but at least they won't let your manpower be as stretched as it is now."

Vesta City is not a coastal city, but the Aronson River that runs through the forest and connects to Willendale flows through some large lakes in the north of the Vesta Forest. At that time, just let the Radiant Messenger dock near there."

Although Xia De said in the morning that he would let Galina and Luvia wait for him at home tonight, in fact, Galina did not appear because she had something to do at night.

So tonight, Xia De thought that besides Luvia, no one else would appear at home. Unexpectedly, at eleven o'clock at night, Little Mia was squatting at the bathroom door watching Xia De brushing his teeth in front of the mirror, when the door downstairs was actually opened by someone.

Then came a series of high-heeled sounds. Xia De rinsed his mouth and poked his head into the living room:

"Galina, why did you come over so late? Didn't you have to have a meeting until very late? I thought you would stay at the Yodel Palace."

The Duchess hugged him:

"I originally planned to, but didn't I promise you this morning?

Yes, the statistics for the national grain harvest this autumn were finally summarized today. The specific numbers are meaningless; you just need to know that this number is thirty percent less than last year."

She looked slightly tired, and Luvia also walked down from the third floor at this time:

"This is not worse than expected. During the summer, in response to the bad weather, didn't the kingdom already have predictions?"

"Although that is said, when the results were really seen, my nephew didn't even eat dinner today.

It seems that the war this winter is bound to start. That new trade route in the Pantanal Swamp is just a fuse. Before the winter grain prices and domestic contradictions are fully detonated, the topic of war will definitely occupy the front page headlines of all newspapers."

She kissed Xia De lightly:

"Let's not talk about these unhappy things. Just now downstairs, I saw the lights on here, and I felt a sense of peace for no reason. Before I knew you, when I encountered these troublesome things, I could only talk to Tifa, or go horse riding or hunting. Now that this has become a home, it's really good to be able to hug you at night."

She rarely showed a fragile expression:

"Although I have considered letting Saladir County become an independent duchy so that the council can have a real headquarters in the future, I am not a political fanatic like Lei Qianya. Now that I have you, I really don't want to deal with those things anymore."

"You carry the Cavendish surname; these things are things you cannot get rid of."

Xia De patted Galina's back lightly, while Luvia smiled and claimed that she would be drawing the star map to be submitted tonight until very late, so she let Xia De and Galina rest first. ===== CHAPTER 2708 =====