Chapter 2837

Xia De turned around and punched through the black fog. The doctor's fog-like body dispersed. Streams of black fog finally surged and gathered in front of the cabin door. In that increasingly large black fog, the doctor, whose body surface was covered with insect shells and pus-like armor, stood over five meters tall, and his red eyes appeared silently again.

Black flames burned on his right arm, and the fist with black light smashed forward, but stopped with a "Boom~" before landing.

Under the moonlight, Xia De, who had also turned into a giant form over five meters tall, held the doctor's right fist tightly with his left hand. Black light and moonlight collided at the intersection of their hands. Because both of them were exerting force at the same time, their feet all sank into the mud.

The doctor's giant strength, which originated from the demon, was somewhat unbearable even after Xia De activated 【Power of the Red Dragon】. And seeing that his strength could not suppress Xia De, the giant-looking and hideous Bill Schneider opened his mouth, and the black flames of the demon of fire, Disaster, sprayed directly toward Xia De's head.

"Moon Fire!"

Giant Xia De also opened his mouth. Although he had never done this before, because he had performed dragon breath spitting many times in dragon form, he still successfully sprayed pure silver flames.

Black flames and secret fire met, and immediately the bright silver flames suppressed the black flames, forcing them to retreat step by step.

Moon fire approached his face, finally forcing the giant-form doctor to start retreating in the wrestling. Before the moon fire sprayed onto his face, he took the initiative to turn his body into black fluid, wanting to escape, but two black chains shot out from Xia De's left sleeve directly drilled into the depths of those fluids.

"Arcane Spell - Spirit Spring Revelation."

He grabbed a ball of water from the air with his right hand, and immediately the massive fist smashed into the blackness in front of him.

Doctor Schneider was directly blasted out of the darkness by that punch. He flew backward and smashed into the wall of the small wooden cabin, rolled twice after landing on the ground, and then groaned while holding his chest:

"That one was really powerful. Cough cough, cough cough cough."

The right hand reached out to him from the front, and the doctor held Xia De's hand and stood up.

"How do you feel now?"

"I feel much better mentally now. The arcane spell you used last time is really powerful. Originally my head was muddled, but after your punch, I immediately woke up."

At this time, all the traces on the doctor that did not belong to a normal human disappeared, and the restless elements and spirit returned to calm.

Xia De bent down and picked up the 【Night Watchman】 he had just dropped casually, confirmed the doctor's state was fine with the long sword, and only then helped him return to the small wooden cabin.

This wooden cabin was the place where the doctor had lived for this week. The warm layout also reflected that he was definitely not in a state of losing his mind all the time.

After the doctor finished healing himself and poured a cup of tea for Xia De, he talked about his own affairs:

"I admit that acquiring the third core spirit rune is still more difficult than I expected myself."

He took the initiative to show his life ring to Xia De. The core of the nine-ring life ring was still 【Light of the Mind】 and 【Dream】, but the color of the brass-colored life ring was obviously a bit dark.

"The attempt was not without effect, but every time I tried to go a step further, my mental state would be seriously affected by that power, and then I would become like that just now. If you didn't come, I would have to wait until dawn to wake up."

Xia De's perception was very powerful, and he saw the problem at a glance:

"It seems that introducing the power of the demon into the life ring has been successful, but the problem is that you cannot control these powers."

The doctor holding the teacup stood with his back to the fireplace behind him, the middle-aged man's face full of vicissitudes:

"Yes, the power of the demon has become a part of me. Introducing them is of course no problem, but the problem is control.

If I were given a year or two to slowly make adjustments, it's actually not impossible to succeed. But even if it succeeded, as long as I absorb more demon power later, I will lose control sooner or later."

He waved his hand, and a stack of parchment flew from the hammock in the corner of the room. Xia De helped clear everything on the table, letting the doctor spread out those parchments.

What was painted on it were all the details of the ritual the doctor tried to use. Although Xia De couldn't quite understand it, he also understood his general meaning in the doctor's explanation:

"So you are trying to use a suitable power to hedge, to curb the uncontrollable power of the demon, right?"

"Yes, after all, judging from the current world situation, I don't have a year or two to make that kind of attempt that is a dead end even if it succeeds."

The doctor pointed to the largest piece of parchment covering the table. On it was a person with arms spread open, and surrounding this person were thirteen rings:

"You gave me inspiration. The best method I can think of at present is to use the power of the Witcher. If there are thirteen 【Witcher Seals】, I will try to fuse them into my body when holding the ritual."

"Hmm... 【Truth Society】 also has the technology to fuse relics."

The doctor shook his head:

"I don't know the technology of the Truth Society. This is an idea I thought of by combining the knowledge of demons and your book "The Book of Malphas Demons." These thirteen 【Witcher Seals】 will become limiters later. When I need to use the power of the demon, I can strip them off one by one. The more I strip off, the closer I am to the complete state."

This sounds feasible:

"But the problem is, where are we going to find so many 【Witcher Seals】?"

Xia De asked. He had only acquired three in the Sixth Era. Even adding those he encountered by chance in the Fifth Era, it was not enough at all... not even Little Mia could gather thirteen rings:

"Even adding the ring of that Witcher in the wild village in the forest, we are still ten short. Besides, I don't approve of the practice of fusing relics. It was walking a tightrope at first, and now it has become walking a tightrope while throwing steam bombs."

The doctor nodded dejectedly:

"That's why I said, I thought it was too simple at first."

"You can wait until next Wednesday, I might be able to get a method to safely acquire the third spirit rune."

This refers to the reward of this time adventure, but Xia De very much doubted that the method given by the Tree Father was only suitable for him to use, rather than being popularized to everyone, so he didn't tell anyone at the beginning.

The doctor shook his head:

"I bet your method is absolutely ineffective for me. My situation is already different from ordinary ring sorcerers. From the day I came into contact with demon power, it was destined that I could only walk my own single-plank bridge."

"I don't count on finding thirteen 【Witcher Seals】 either. Detective, you prepare, wait for me to adjust my state for a few days, and you assist me in holding the ritual. Without the seals, don't you still have 【Night Watchman】? Although this relic is too strong for me to fuse, it can be used in other ways.

As long as I lose control during the ritual, you stab me with 【Night Watchman】. In this way, even without enough 【Witcher Seals】, at least the ritual can be barely completed."

"But what about later?"

Xia De also rejected this method:

"Barely completed the ritual, then can you continue to absorb demon power later? Or do you report to 6 Saint-Deren Square on time every day and let me cut you with a sword? If you cannot control your own power, are you going to give up your goal? Or do you think you will be lucky enough to have no problems later?"

"Don't ask so sharply, I understand, I understand everything."

The doctor sighed deeply, and then both of them didn't speak. Only the fireplace flames swayed gently, making their shadows on the wall appear unpredictable.

At least after five minutes, the doctor suddenly asked:

"Detective, you just said that the hunter who sacrificed himself a hundred years ago in Gregory Village also left a ring? Then did he mention the traces of other Witchers? We might be able to find more seals through them."

Xia De shook his head regretfully, and then remembered that the things left by that hunter were not just the ring:

"After removing the resentful ghost of the wild village, the things the sister found were not many. After all, that was something from more than a hundred years ago. The demon's flames probably burned many ordinary text materials. However, besides the ring, there was indeed a book and a stone warning us that there was a greater evil in this forest.

Speaking of which, I also want to ask about that book. It is a relic, but even Miss Dannister doesn't know this thing—"Witcher's Notes," I judge its danger level to be very high. Doctor, do you know this?"

And then he saw the doctor, who was still dejected just now, stand up in surprise:

"That hunter left this? Of course I know!"

He even raised his voice because of surprise, and only sat back down after seeing Xia De's signal:

"Witchers of the Third Era didn't grow out of the wild by themselves. Although the civilization of that era was desolate and disorderly, they also had very systematic training.

Although there was a typical master-apprentice inheritance system in that era, more hunters were trained uniformly to have systematic power. In order to fight against those evil spirits that were enemies of all intelligent life, Witcher masters spontaneously gathered together to form different factions, which people of that time called 'Academic Societies' or 'Schools'."

"Both terms are very familiar."

Xia De raised his eyebrows, and the doctor also confirmed his conjecture:

"Although Witchers have long since withdrawn from the stage of the world, there are still many traces of their existence to this day.

'Blood Spirit School' is very likely the legacy of a Witcher school that was good at using blood power and pursuing ancient bloodlines, but I suspect their inheritance was corrupted by demons, otherwise they wouldn't go looking for some 'Golden Bloodline';

It is said that the origin of the Zalas Academy of Literature is also related to hunters. Zalas Academy of Literature originated from 'Zalas Academic Society' according to records, which is a very typical naming method for hunter organizations."

"So that note is actually..."