Chapter 2852

"The Hidden Cult will indeed have people go to the forest. There are our people in Willondale City, and the other party is also engaged in black market business similar to mine. If you are interested, I can introduce you to know each other."

Old John saw that Xia De no longer mentioned demons, so he continued to lower his head to deal with the pocket watch, and Xia De asked curiously again:

"I wanted to ask just now, this pocket watch is a relic, right? Can relics also be disassembled?"

"Strictly speaking, the real relic is the gemstone embedded in the pocket watch mechanism—document-level relic 【Light Heart】. Space storage relics are rare, right? This is a time-type storage item, which can be used to store time, or steal time.

Place the gemstone into the pocket watch, and then you can steal other people's time and store it in it, so as to make yourself live longer. It's a pity that once this relic is used, it must not be taken off, otherwise, how much time is used, the body will lose that much time. There are many relics with similar effects, this one has fewer side effects."

With a light click, the tweezers in Old John's right hand steadily picked up the white gemstone that was about two grains of rice in size. Xia De pushed a small box to him, so the gemstone was immersed in the rice milk in the box.

"Do you know, Detective. In the past month, the number of lost time-type relics discovered in various parts of the Old Continent has been more than ten times higher than in normal years. Just Tobesk City, the time-type accidents that broke out in the past two weeks have been more than in the past half a century."

He asked suddenly, and Xia De of course knew:

"The left side is a grocery store and an old bookstore, and the right side is an old clothing store and a closed flower shop that I have never seen open since I knew you."

"Yes, that flower shop closed three years ago. The original shop owner was murdered on the night road. This shop was later inherited by her nephew, but I don't know why it has not been dealt with. Just this Tuesday, it suddenly opened, and then became a spice shop selling inferior spices.

Several of us neighbors nearby went to visit, and then found a newspaper from more than fifty years ago on the counter, and the shop owner thought it was 1799."

Old John shook his head and sighed, but this matter should have been solved. When Xia De left the pawnshop, he specifically went to see it, and it was still a closed flower shop.

Centered on the area with the most unstable time in the material world—Vista Woodland, the consequences caused by time instability are gradually affecting the whole world. This is completely consistent with before. The manifestation of the disaster is first the frequent appearance of related relics, followed by various abnormal phenomena symbolizing the disaster spreading throughout the world and becoming more and more serious.

If the seal of Vista Woodland is not properly handled in the end, in addition to the entire forest area being completely lost in chaotic time, it is possible that monsters from different eras will really come to the current time through that "time hole" as the long-haired Luweiya once said.

Bidding farewell to Old John and returning home, the princess who heard that Xia De returned to Tobesk appeared again. However, this time Lei Qianya did not escape from the banquet or meeting, so she had more time this time:

"Xia De!"

Princess Highness opened her arms to Xia De, and then sent a passionate kiss.

And when Xia De returned to his room on the third floor of the Accordion Hotel with his sword and cat, Miss Danister, who went out in the morning, had long returned. When Xia De saw her, she was watching the light and shadow of the "Dragon and Man" story projected in the room with Flora.

"Flora, didn't you watch it this morning?"

Xia De asked curiously, but the latter was still watching the story projected in the room intently:

"But this is very interesting, isn't it?"

After confirmation by St. Byrons and the Nature Church, the time when the "Sky Blade" from the early Sixth Era came to handle the black dragon locally was the summer of 226 of the General Calendar.

And the dragon egg in the light and shadow first appeared in the winter at the end of 227. Although it was a year and a half apart, it was completely consistent.

At dinner, the red-haired girl shared the information given by the church with everyone. Although the incident that happened sixteen centuries ago involved a 13th-ring mage, the handling process was quite ordinary.

The cause of the incident was that a black dragon was observed flying from overseas in the eastern part of the Old Continent. After tracking, it was found that it finally landed in Vista Woodland. Considering the body shape of that black dragon, the church at that time thought it was an adult dragon, so to prevent accidents, the 13th-ring Paladin was sent to handle it.

He spent half a month finding the dragon in the forest sea that seemed to be preparing for a growth sleep. The battle between the two finally ended with the victory of the 13th-ring mage. However, he did not kill the dragon, but contacted the church and sent it back to the east coast of the Old Continent, letting it fly back in the direction it came from.

According to the memories of Mr. Astraea, the "Sky Blade" himself, that mission could only be considered ordinary among all the missions he had performed. Although he experienced a battle, the black dragon was obviously not strong enough.

When he defeated the dragon that year, he did check the nest just built by the black dragon, but did not find the traces of other creatures in the nest.

"That was a male black dragon, because it was an adult individual, so it was indeed in the breeding period."

Miss Danister mentioned this point:

"So it seems that the black dragon found a partner in the forest, but did not intend to let it live in its nest. After the black dragon was expelled from the Old Continent by the church, the unknown creature gave birth to that egg, and for unknown reasons abandoned it.

Judging from the volume of the dragon egg seen in the light and shadow, its mother would not be an ordinary creature. The Vista Woodland in the early Sixth Era was much more desolate than today, and the alien creatures active in this forest back then were difficult for us today to imagine."

Although the black dragon was sent away in 226, the Paladin did not destroy the dragon nest, but blocked the nest. Since no rumors of "unknown life giant nest" have appeared locally over the years, the dragon nest should still exist.

While sharing the information, Miss Danister also revealed that the current dragon beast is likely the descendant of the black dragon back then. The church organized a team this afternoon and entered the forest in the evening to find the dragon nest, hoping to find clues that were not found back then.

"So there are two valuable nests in the forest now, one is the dragon nest of 226, and the other is the nest of the dragon beast and demon trade in 1499. I don't know which one will be found first."

Ajelina counted with her fingers:

"But the 1499 nest may provide us with the traces of that dragon beast, so what is the value of the 226 dragon nest?"

Luweiya answered her question:

"If we can know what its mother is, maybe we can think of a way to target it. Even if the body itself has been deformed, as long as that body is still its own, it will definitely still be affected by the bloodline."

After dinner, Xia De went to talk to Galina, who was lying in bed, for a while, and then left Little Mia with Tifa, and entered the forest area alone again.

Dr. Schneider did not lose control tonight. When Xia De knocked on the door and walked into his wooden house in the dense forest, the doctor was carefully dealing with a roasted rabbit, and the small brush in his hand was brushing sauce on the golden rabbit meat.

"Why are you eating so late?"

Xia De asked curiously, and the doctor sitting on a small stool in front of the fireplace laughed:

"Sure enough, even you didn't see it, Detective, you look again carefully."

Xia De sat on another wooden stool in front of the fireplace, stretched his head and stared at the rabbit meat that was strung together, and then said in surprise:

"This is not a rabbit?"

"Of course not, this is a sacrifice I made with soul power. Tomorrow's ritual needs a soul as a sacrifice, but I can't really get a soul to sacrifice, right?"

He said, and brushed the "rabbit meat" a few times with the small brush again, so the light brown thing on the brush was definitely not sauce:

"Coming to me so late, is there anything?"

Xia De moved his gaze away from the fireplace:

"Doctor, if I still want to find 【Greed's Compensation】, that is the 'Wish Demon-Zatanna', can you help me call it over?"

He briefly described the story of the pitch-black dragon beast. The doctor sighed after hearing the story:

"This trade looks like it was generous enough not to play tricks, but it made a lot of money in this trade. Although it chose intelligence instead of soul, for that soul, that intelligence is the most valuable thing.

No problem, I can still find it. At that time, I thought that maybe I would need its power and knowledge in the future, but I can't let it appear in front of us immediately with a snap of my fingers."

The doctor asked Xia De for paper and pen, wrote half a page of text on it, and drew a not-so-complicated ritual base array:

"Although it cannot be considered an evil spirit demon after turning into a relic, we can still summon its projection to communicate through the method of summoning demons.

By then, you just say that I am looking for it, and it definitely won't dare to play tricks. Of course, the real demon summoning ritual is very evil and blasphemous. I think you won't use it, so I modified it for you, ensuring that you won't have problems even if you summon its projection."

"Do I do it myself?"

"Yes, you also know that I will hold the ritual tomorrow night, and I can't be distracted before tomorrow night.

If the ritual is successful, I will experience a period of weakness to adjust my power, and you definitely can't wait that long. Don't worry, it's not like you haven't dealt with it, and the ritual I gave you is absolutely safe." **Chapter 2853: Pure Girl and Morning Scream**

If the ritual succeeds, I will go through a period of weakness to regulate my power afterward; you definitely can't wait that long. Don't worry, it's not like you haven't dealt with it before, and the ritual I'm giving you is absolutely safe."