Chapter 2773

The cat looked extremely excited, darting around, and finally jumped onto the armor box storing the "Golden Lion Armor," and then lay on it, staring at Xia De with its large amber eyes, shaking its tail.

Xia De had already opened the package given by Sister Devlin. There were many things inside the cloth that had rotted and stunk because of being buried deep underground. Not to mention the useless sundries, several bottles of potions had clearly deteriorated due to improper storage. The remaining ore was still of some value; it looked like a piece of silver ore.

And besides that, there were three important items. The first thing Xia De saw was the 【Demon Hunter Seal】 he was very familiar with. This was the symbol of a demon hunter, and also the third one he possessed, while the second one was given to Iluna by him.

"But what do I need so many of these rings for? I don't intend to let others frequently come into contact with demons."

But no matter what, this was also a good collectible. If he encountered a suitable target in future adventures, Xia De could consider entrusting the third ring to the other party.

Of the remaining two, one was a very thick book, but there was no need to worry about whether it could still be read, because this book was a relic, and relics clearly would not be damaged by the environment.

The cover of the book was black, and the title was written on it in white letters—"Demon Hunter's Notes."

The back of the book was also pure black, just with the same symbol representing the dispelling of demons as on the 【Demon Hunter Seal】 drawn on it, and the bottom was written in dark red like blood:

【Are you prepared to undertake the fate of a demon hunter?】

Xia De raised an eyebrow:

"This, wouldn't this be the prop to accept the demon hunter's inheritance?"

But he had said he didn't intend to become a witch, nor did he intend to become a demon hunter, so Xia De had no intention of opening this book at all, but instead wrapped the book back up with that rotten cloth with great awe, planning to wait until the characteristics of this relic were determined before opening it to check.

As for the last remaining item, it was a piece of black, rough stone from which Xia De could feel the power of a demon even with his eyes closed. The power of the demon in that stone was so strong that it even made him feel that it was very likely a part of some demon.

But the fact that it could be brought back by Xia De through the 【Space Labyrinth】 showed that it had already lost its activity.

Xia De was initially puzzled why the hunter would carry such a thing with him, but soon he thought of the power the hunter let the soul of the old woman in the village pass on to the later comer, which was 【Residual Advice】, so he understood.

He put the 【Demon Hunter Seal】 on his hand, and then blinked at the black stone:

"Residual Advice."

Sure enough, a string of glowing white runes immediately appeared above the stone, and they were written in the Carcen-Rick common language:

【There is a mithril vein in the Vesta woods. I came here to forge a new weapon, but discovered unimaginable evil here, thus discovering the demon of fire—Disaster. Later comer, the demon is not the key; I have decided to sacrifice myself to seal the demon.

Beware—the tree has transformed into a human. Be careful of those who give you guidance. I encountered the demon because of this, but I am willing to sacrifice myself.】

"Mithril vein? Wouldn't this be mithril ore?"

Xia De looked at the ore he had just played with, and then considered what it would mean for him if he could really discover a mithril vein. But immediately he thought of that demon hunter from a hundred years ago, who still hadn't left his name, and couldn't help but feel a bit saddened by this.

And "She" beside his ear laughed and asked:

【Since the tree has transformed into a human, then who is the human?】

"Yeah, who is it?"

(Little Mia is running...)

It was raining heavily in the Vesta woods today. Xia De was soaked through immediately after coming out of the tree hole. Clearly, one couldn't hear the sound of rain inside that tree hole.

This was the heaviest rain in this forest this late autumn in his memory, so much so that even the elf girl living in the tree house rarely didn't go out to do anything because of this. When Xia De went to deliver breakfast to her, he curiously asked how the land-running birds in the forest would live in such heavy rain, and the elf girl gave a very simple answer:

"They have their own nests in this forest. These little guys have been living here since the last era, and their understanding of this place is far more than mine."

After finishing, she looked Xia De up and down:

"The demon hunting action yesterday, it seems it went very smoothly, right?

You are very different now from when we met yesterday. Walking in this forest from now on, you don't need to wear the garland of emerald star flowers I gave you. With your current natural affinity, the forest will take the initiative to clear the way for you. If you are willing to learn spells related to nature, you will also be more talented than others."

This was the improvement Xia De gained after absorbing the curse of the "Great Tree" more than thirty years ago, and the benefits of "natural affinity" clearly would not be just these.

Besides delivering breakfast, Xia De didn't forget to take out the branch with sparks burning on it that the doctor gave him last night. Because this branch was made of World Tree material, it couldn't be turned into a toy, but on a rainy day, even if it got damp, it wouldn't affect the sparks on it.

"Take a look at this, can you tell what this is?"

"A branch of the World Tree."

The elf girl just glanced at it and said:

"It's the same material as the 【Flute of Time】 inserted in the flowerpot on the windowsill behind me, and the key around your neck. The special thing is that the existing World Tree branches in the material world are all 'not fresh'; after all, the Tree Father has been gone for many years. But this branch is still very fresh."

She waved the branch and placed it on the side of the table:

"Leave this here with me; take it away when you need it."

Xia De nodded and had no opinion on this.

When he braved the rain to rush to the Accordion Hotel in the city, Flora hadn't painted the fifth oil painting as she said early this morning. It seemed she had talked heart-to-heart with Miss Dannister until very late last night.

But at least the red-haired girl looked not so angry anymore, and she looked the same as usual when greeting Xia De. However, everyone tacitly didn't talk about Miss Helena Carter again. Xia De decided to talk to her about Mr. Euclid the astrologer in a few days.

When Little Mia crawled out of the chest of Xia De's coat, Xia De only mentioned to them the items in the package Sister Devlin found from the abandoned village.

Regarding the relic book "Demon Hunter's Notes," neither the witch nor the well-informed library administrator had heard of it, but they all thought Xia De had better not open this book.

So wanting to know what this was, Xia De estimated that he still had to ask the doctor.

As for the advice he read from that black stone, Flora and Miss Dannister both frowned after hearing it, but only understood that the evil thing possessed the ability to transform into a human.

"Even if the hunter knew he was guided to the demon by someone with ulterior motives, he was still willing to die. Such a person can be considered a so-called hero."

Although the other party was male, the witch still praised him, and then said:

"But since the demon hunter from a hundred years ago could track down such a well-hidden evil thing because of that mithril vein, can we also find the other party through the vein a hundred years later?"

Then she answered her own question:

"Since Vanessa is a witch of the earth, detecting veins is her most proficient skill. Let her investigate after she arrives."

As for last night's action, it could be called a complete victory. Not only did Xia De and the others successfully defeat the demon, but even the assistance team sent by the church successfully fought fiercely with those burning large trees in the forest, and after the demon disappeared, they resolved most of them before dawn this morning.

People in the city would probably only hear that several buildings in the city were on fire, but in reality, last night's action was the most successful "demon hunting" action the church had participated in in the last hundred years. Although the church itself did not have direct contact with that demon, they didn't even know that the demon had split itself into four parts, but in any case, at least the demon was really eliminated.

The evidence was that at dawn today, the temperature of the 【Ice Demon Box】 that sealed the demon's split body in the Natural Church's Holy See suddenly dropped. And then the Holy See received news from the Vesta woods. After adventurously opening the box, the black flame inside had indeed been extinguished.

After Miss Bell got up early this morning and obtained the church's intelligence in the black market, she even heard that the church wanted to invite her and the "God-Awakener" to the local church to receive an award, and then was flatly refused by the young witch apprentice.

It was just that although the demon was executed, this matter was far from over. For example, the tree hole used to transfer the treasure of the Hoy family three hundred years ago, Xia De still hadn't seen it yet.

But thanks to the afternoon tea party yesterday, it was confirmed that there was a time curse on Sir Wayne, who served the "Dringor Restorationists," so the tree hole was likely in his hands.

Therefore, taking advantage of the time on this rainy Thursday before the witches arrived locally, Xia De and Miss Dannister went out intending to recover this fifth tree hole.

According to the performance of the two demons when they fought Xia De last night, George Condé and Lady Shatara were real and acted with their own will most of the time, but in fact, most of the decisions were influenced by the demon.

This was the standard performance of a "demon possessor," which was another kind of "demon follower" performance that often appeared in evil spirit demon events, different from a "demon person" who accepted demon power.

The bodies of the two were not destroyed during the great battle in the forest, but were handed over to the local church by the witches afterward. After the church determined whether there was any residual demon power on them, they were already trying to dig out what they had been manipulated by the demon to do, and that intelligence was also shared with the witches by the church.