Chapter 2900

"Already the tenth ring? Doctor, I remember you were still the ninth ring on Monday."

Xia De said somewhat surprised, and now the material of that Fate Ring was still yellow brass. If it weren't for the blasphemy 【Demon】 added to the core spirit rune, he would even suspect whether the things on Monday night really happened.

"【Witcher】 spirit rune as the sublimation language spirit rune of the ninth ring is enough; after I digested the power of the fire demon, promotion to the tenth ring was just a matter of time."

The doctor didn't look back; during the speech, dense cracks appeared on the surface of the brass Fate Ring. And as the cracks became more and more, the brass peeled off and sparks splashed, revealing the flowing fire obsidian material wrapped inside.

The cat called at the doctor very unhappily, probably because it didn't like the smell of sulfur, while Xia De judged after careful observation:

"You have basically been able to balance these two kinds of power."

"Yes, and these two kinds of power didn't offset each other because of mutual restraint, but instead made me even stronger than before."

He then retracted his Fate Ring:

"I listened to many stories told by that hunter from the past at home this week—you don't need to look for him, he said I learned almost enough and has already left. I also roughly understood what kind of noble ideas the ancient hunters held to fight against evil spirits; I know I am far from as great as them. If it weren't for personal experience reasons, I would definitely try my best to avoid any matters related to this."

He crossed his hands and looked at Xia De opposite:

"Among all the people I know, there is no relationship with demons at all, but still willing to hunt demons, probably only you."

"Doctor, I came over so late, not to listen to you praise me again."

Bill Schneider then laughed:

"Next week, I will be able to fully recover next week; this is much faster than I thought. If you still need my help then, you can call me to Vista Forest at any time."

"Aren't you doing the business of your clinic? A lot of things have been delayed for a while before, right?"

Xia De's "detective" profession didn't need to have business every day, but as a psychological doctor, he needed to see patients frequently.

"Detective, I am not a small doctor who sits in the clinic; I opened a psychological clinic myself and hired other people to see patients with me, so as long as I don't go out for two or three months, it actually doesn't affect the business here."

He directed the fire tongs in front of the fireplace to stir the charcoal in the furnace, making the flame more vigorous:

"It's you, how come I feel that you are full of worries. Is the situation in Vista Forest not optimistic?"

"Some things are not going well, but it's just temporarily not going well... I'm just still thinking about what decision I should make in the end."

The doctor of course couldn't understand what he was talking about, so he persuaded him a few words, and then talked about the matter of demons again:

"After successfully obtaining the third core spirit rune and possessing the power of a hunter, our actions of hunting demons might need to be changed."

"You no longer need to devour the power of demons?"

"No no, of course I need to, and the more the better. I mean, if you want to be promoted to the next level through the power of demons later, ordinary demons should already not be enough for me. I need truly ancient evil spirits, such as Human Pus, Stone Mirror Demon-Gode. I plan to go out for a period of time to find relics after helping you solve the matter of Vista Forest."

"The other two weapons forged by the hunters of the Third Era mentioned by that old hunter, 【Witcher Encyclopedia】 and 【Road of No Light】?"

Xia De asked, and the doctor nodded very surprised:

"Yes, I didn't expect you to guess it. This is not only for continuing to devour demons later, but also to prepare for things after I am promoted to the thirteenth ring... Now the end of the road has been seen clearly, and I will definitely have a battle with that most ancient guy."

If I prepare then, it will definitely be too late. I think at my current progress, or rather the progress of you encountering demons, maybe this time next year or the year after, I will have already reached the thirteenth ring."

Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"So, do you know where that Demon King is? Or rather, can you find the other party directly?"

The doctor shook his head, looked left and right, and then raised his finger to make a gesture of silence. The firelight of the fireplace seemed to dim a lot at this moment, but Xia De didn't know what he wanted to express.

"Meow~"

The cat continued to call, and Xia De found that among the five people in the group, Little Mia had always disliked the doctor.

The doctor spent this week recuperating and adjusting his power, so he didn't have time to prepare special potions or alchemical weapons for Xia De. However, he of course wouldn't let Xia De leave empty-handed; after completely devouring the power of the fire demon, he unexpectedly obtained another important piece of information.

Of course, that was not news related to the ancient one in Vista Forest:

"You know the 【Genesis】 series of cards, right?"

Xia De put down the teacup and leaned forward:

"Doctor, are you sure you want to ask like this?"

Bill Schneider smiled and shook his head:

"Okay, I'll just say it directly. In the memory of that demon, 【Genesis·Time】 appeared in a scene, and that was a memory about Vista Forest, not thousands of years ago. Your expression now if analyzed by psychology... Okay, even if it's not a psychological doctor, it can be seen how excited you are."

"【Genesis·Time】 is in Vista Forest; it knows that there is a secret gathering in the local area, and that gathering is quite secret. That card once appeared in that secret gathering; this memory is recent, so you should still be able to find it."

"Doctor, please tell me directly how to enter the so-called secret gathering."

The doctor continued to smile:

"Only at this time can your joy, anger, sorrow, and joy be seen; you are usually too serious. That gathering is held in the city, and only members with special invitation letters can enter through specific methods."

"Invitation letter? Does the demon have it? Or does Director Kant have it?"

"Don't worry, people holding invitation letters appeared in the demon's memory. In the old city area in the northeast of Vista City, there is an old bookstore, and that elderly shopkeeper has an invitation letter."

Xia De carefully recorded this information, but the doctor warned again:

"You must remember, this is information I obtained from the demon's memory."

"So, this could also be a trap?"

The doctor did not deny this conjecture:

"I know you have always wanted to collect the full set of Genesis series Rhode cards, and I don't oppose this hobby of yours. But you must be careful; at this time, we suddenly learned a piece of information that you must go and investigate, this is really too coincidental."

Perhaps the doctor's suspicion is indeed reasonable, but Xia De must go and see that place.

Before Xia De returned to Vista Forest from Tobesk this night, Tobesk encountered a small earthquake, but this earthquake was later investigated to be a naturally occurring earthquake; after all, Tobesk City is not a place that hasn't had an earthquake for hundreds of years.

And in Vista Forest, which had no earthquake, perhaps ordinary citizens were relieved because of the arrival of the weekend, and complained because of the early end of the First Snow Music Festival. But in those corners of the city and the vast forest that they couldn't see, the Ringed Shushi of the Church of the True God were still solving disasters that ordinary people couldn't imagine.

The end of Friday also meant the official end of the tenth month of 1854—the Withered Leaf Month, and the beginning of a new month meant that Xia De could go to the destroyed era to see Adele again.

He had experienced too many things this month, and he now had a lot to say to Adele. This thought was expressed in action, which was when midnight arrived this Friday, Xia De opened his eyes on the bed.

He didn't have the habit of sleeping with the lights on; at this time, the only light source in the room was the halo of the moon that penetrated the curtains.

Luweiya was hugging his neck, and on the other side, Dorothy was hugging his arm. The girls who fell into a deep sleep after playing were sleeping soundly, so he very carefully pulled his neck and arm out of their embrace, and temporarily left the bedroom with the excuse of "going to the washroom."

He changed his clothes in the washroom—obviously, he couldn't wear pajamas and slippers to see Adele, listened for a moment to confirm that the writer lady and the divination lady in the bedroom were sleeping very soundly, and then he sat on the edge of the bathtub, aimed the black key hanging on his neck at the small keyhole on the door pendant, and the key, which was almost longer than that "door," successfully entered the keyhole.

Xia De said in a very light voice:

"May the World Tree protect me in infinite time!"

【Outsider, please note. Message from "Father of Infinite Trees": You are allowed to carry one extra relic this time.】

"Perfume bottle."

With a gentle push, the door of the pendant opened to the inner layer, and the endless white mist that diffused from it almost immediately submerged him.

【Outsider, you stepped into the "Corridor of Time."】

【Message from the ancient god "Father of Infinite Trees":】

【Past Era·Sixth Era, Old Continent, City of the End·Tobesk.】

【Event: Tobesk, the Last Era.】

【Duration arbitrary (7/∞).】

【You obtained extra information.】

【You stepped into a non-existent history.】

【The figure of the Father of Infinite Trees watches you.】

【Note, during this exploration, you cannot leave the scope of St. Derand Square.】

【Note, you are allowed to carry any spellcasting materials into this period of time.】

【Note, use the time key to defeat any powerful enemy, and you can return to the "present" time.】

"The evil things encountered in the previous six times all corresponded to disasters of different types. Then will the enemy this time be the evil thing of time—Paradox Worm?"

With such thoughts, Xia De stepped forward in the white mist.