Chapter 2713: The Splitting Demon

Although he said so, Xia De still sighed. Of course, he didn't believe it ended so simply:

"Lagley's Jump!"

He jumped lightly into the air, and then opened his mouth toward the bottom:

"Chloe's Ice Breath!"

Amidst the fluttering snowflakes, the frosty coldness rushed from the air to suppress the forest fire, and then even the charred branches were stained with frost. It was as if winter had arrived early, and in fact, the winter of the General Calendar 1854 was indeed not far away.

Although the big fire at Hoy Manor caused a commotion at the beginning, the fire started on the third floor where no one was, and Chief Condor, in order to maintain the order of the auction tonight, had dispatched many police officers to patrol nearby, so the flames were quickly extinguished.

People gathered in the courtyard were still discussing the cause of the manor fire, associating it with the big fire three hundred years ago, but they were attracted by the big forest fire in the distance, but the big fire in the forest was also quickly extinguished.

It was just because of this sudden fire that the auction process was interrupted, and the subsequent guests left one after another. And in order to prevent mistakes in the chaos, guests who had already purchased auction items needed to come to the manor tomorrow to collect their auction items. Chief Condor personally expressed his apologies to every guest.

As for the big snow caused by Xia De's spell in the forest, it only covered a very small area. After all, this was Xia De's own spell, not Chloe's power, and it couldn't achieve the weather change that covered most of the forest area last time.

And he and Miss Danister returned to the Accord Hotel shortly after returning to Hoy Manor. It must be admitted that the strange art "Chloe's Ice Echo" is quite effective against this type of fire enemy. Miss Danister even evaluated:

"This strange art can actually be completely classified as a Thirteen-Ring strange art. Although it is not as powerful as the purely destructive strange art 【Goddess of the Moon's Forgiveness】 that I mentioned to you, in terms of functionality, it is most suitable for you, or this is simply the power developed by that Witch Empress for you."

And the only drawback of this strange art is probably the huge consumption. Of course, its consumption is not as high as the complex maze that Xia De has been unable to use in a normal state, but after fighting that battle just now, he still drank essence to help restore his spirit.

Although the Outsider has a much larger total amount of spirit than ordinary Ring-warlocks of the same level due to his own particularity and the help of divinity every time he advances, his consumption during battle is also more than that of ordinary Ring-warlocks.

Even if "Chloe's Ice Echo" can restore spirit, it is far from the consumption of the strange art. Looking at it this way, this small pink perfume bottle gifted by "Desire" really has a very important role for Xia De.

The auction was abruptly interrupted, causing the two to return to the Accord Hotel early. Flora had not received the news yet, and was standing on the desk in her room in the form of an owl, turning pages with her wings to read. So seeing Xia De and Miss Danister return, she was of course very surprised:

"Why are you back so early?"

And after listening to the two describe what happened tonight, the witch also had the same question:

"So you originally wanted to investigate the traces of the demon, but not only discovered that the Condor family might be trading with demons, but even directly defeated the demon? But even if the other party was seriously injured by the 'Forest Hunter' three hundred years ago, it wouldn't be so easily defeated by you, right?"

She also heard Miss Danister describe Xia De's strange art, but because she didn't see it with her own eyes, she didn't know how powerful the effect of that strange art was.

"I'll go and consult my friend. Regardless of whether we really defeated the demon, it is certain that the Condor family has a problem."

Xia De turned to ask Miss Bell:

"When investigating Creekwood Town earlier, did you find anything wrong with the Condor family?"

The pale witch apprentice shook her head slightly:

"The Condor family is not a traditional big family in the area. Although they are also original residents of Creekwood Town, they only became rich in the generation of the current Chief Condor's father. We didn't have enough manpower before, so we didn't focus on the Condor family during the investigation. As far as the current situation is concerned, the only suspicious point of the Condor family is that the source of large amounts of property is unknown."

Seeing her teacher also look over, Miss Bell explained again:

"This was not investigated by us, but the information given by Her Highness Margaret. The kingdom's tax department once conducted a key investigation on the local police chief, seemingly because his property did not match the reported tax amount."

"But this matter was left unsettled afterwards. From the documents of the Gray Gloves, Chief Condor bribed some key figures in Willendale to terminate the investigation."

"In addition, the Condor family are all believers of the God of Nature. He makes large donations to the local Church of Nature every year, so his relationship with the local church is quite good."

"Speaking of which, the problem of this family is also very big, right?"

The owl lady shook her head quite troubled:

"Does everyone in this ghost place have problems?"

"The church will probably investigate this big fire. Let's see the church's reaction, or we can directly tell the church that the Condor family has a relationship with the demon."

Xia De stood up:

"I'll go back first, let's talk about these things tomorrow."

Flora was very surprised:

"Going back so early? It's only just eight o'clock. Sit down and chat for a while."

"I have never encountered an evil spirit demon before, at most I have heard the teacher mention her experience. Danister said you have dealt with demons more than once, can't you share some stories with me?"

She did not hide her intention to let Xia De stay for a while, and Miss Danister, who knew what Xia De was going to do when he went home, couldn't help but smile. Although Flora's words made sense, Xia De would not miss the appointment with Dorothea and Lei Qianya.

"Dorothea is coming to my house tonight, yes, Dorothea Louisa. Every Saturday is our fixed dating time... I am learning things from her by the way."

"I see, see you tomorrow then."

"See you tomorrow."

Saying that, Xia De threw the crystal high-heeled shoe and disappeared into the room. Flora, who was pretending not to care just now, immediately asked her friend again:

"Do you guess that Miss Writer will stay directly at Xia De's house tonight?"

The red-haired girl felt funny in her heart, but on the surface, she asked with unusual surprise:

"Of course she will. They are lovers, and Miss Louisa is not a witch, they have been involved for a long time. Looking at Xia De's anxious look just now, he couldn't let Miss Louisa leave tonight. After all, they are young people, and although Xia De doesn't smoke or drink, he is definitely not the kind of ascetic monk-like person."

She was of course saying this on purpose.

"So tonight they will..."

The "Owl Lady" imagined the scene, feeling slightly dry and hot, and couldn't help complaining:

"Really don't know how to keep clean."

I don't know who she is talking about.

(Little Mia is running...)

"Yes, this is the power of the demon."

Half an hour later, in the East District of Tobesk, at the Shi Nai De Psychological Clinic, the doctor who received Xia De in the second-floor reception room lifted the lantern, making his line of sight level with the black flame in the glass lamp cover:

"Detective, is your efficiency a bit too high? You told me about the matter last night, and today you brought back such clues."

Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"Are you sure this is a demon?"

"Of course, but it's only a part, and not the core part."

The doctor put the lantern back on the coffee table in front of him, but he didn't sit down, but walked to the window to look at the night view tonight. Late autumn has arrived, and this is the season when Tobesk's air pollution is most serious in a year. On this night without rain, the whole city is shrouded in thick fog:

"I said that the Demon of Fire, Disaster, has the ability to split its own body. This actually refers to splitting its own main body core. It used this move three hundred years ago to escape the church's pursuit, but now it only uses ordinary clones."

"It must be admitted that its splitting ability is indeed quite easy to use. I bet that except for me, not many people in this era can see through this move of it."

Xia De asked inquiringly:

"It's not very core, so can you judge its main body strength based on this?"

"Of course."

The doctor answered very decisively:

"If its power was placed directly in front of me and I couldn't judge anything, then I wouldn't have to think about hunting demons. Its main body strength is about the same as the level I estimated last night, and I can now determine that its core is split into four parts. Only by solving these four clones at the same time can it be truly solved."

"Four parts... You, me, 'Winter Singer' Miss Aisha Eisberg, plus Sister Daifulin, we don't even need to find others to help. But Doctor, can you guess what tonight's matter means? What is it trying to do by deliberately releasing clones?"

The doctor smiled:

"I want to ask you a question. Did you use the extracted sin in the Vesta Forest?"

Xia De was startled, and immediately understood:

"Yes, I was fighting something called a 'Death Apostle' at the time, and used the sin of cowardice as a primer to freeze the other party. At that time, I felt a strong sense of being watched (Chapter 2700)."

The doctor nodded:

"That's it. It sensed the sin, and then thought that other clansmen had come to that forest. So to determine the other party's intention, it deliberately released a clone to test, but it seems it mistook you for a Ring-warlock who obtained the witch hunter inheritance."

"But this move of faking death to escape is really too inferior. This level of talk will be laughed at by other demons."

"So it can basically be determined that the state of our opponent this time is quite bad. It is anxious to test and find some things for its enemies and the church to do, so it released this clone. As for those burning trees in the forest, this may be part of the test, or it may be other plans." ===== CHAPTER 2714 =====