Chapter 3319

"Although the Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi level is maintained at the level of just entering the middle ring, you are still only allowed to use three basic spells—Fireball, Ice Shield, and Feather Fall."

Elder Harald said. These three spells are comprehensive enough to deal with most problems.

This week, the elders set up many traps aimed at Ring Mages on the "Crown of Glory" route to make the difficulty of this trial moderate. Xia De only learned the general route at noon that day. The starting point is in front of the gate leading from the village to the entrance of the snow mountain, and the finish line is on the peak on the east side of the snow mountain.

What Claire needs to do is not to walk up along the cleared mountain road. On the way, she needs to climb cliffs, pass through caves, and even according to Elder Ursa, there is a diving section inside a cave.

To increase the difficulty of the test, the elders also placed three cyan jades along the entire route. Claire needs to find them on the way and bring them back as well. This requires her not to rush forward blindly, but to observe while walking.

"I will come here to see you off at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and then wait for you at the finish line."

Xia De said. This was also what he had promised at the beginning, and Claire revealed a smile:

"Okay, I won't keep you waiting too long."

The "Crown of Glory" is not a test that can be passed casually, so Claire needs to prepare alone and adjust her state in the afternoon. Xia De said goodbye with Little Mia after lunch and would come back tomorrow morning.

Now she already knew that Xia De didn't actually live on the island, but lived in his home in Tobesk far away, so at noon that day, she let Xia De demonstrate how he left in front of her.

Xia De actually didn't really want to demonstrate, especially since she also pulled Miss Larson over.

The place where Xia De and Little Mia left was in the unicorn's nest. Ai Li had also finished lunch at this time, so it didn't go to eat apples again, but it placed a red apple under its chin.

Except for Little Mia, three pairs of eyes looked at Xia De together, so Xia De had to take out the crystal shoe that belonged to Lei Qianya.

"What a beautiful shoe."

The white-haired girl said. The young girl thought of the fairy tale of Cinderella, while the witch thought:

"You actually carry a girl's shoe on you?"

"This is necessary for spellcasting. After I reach the high ring, I can achieve a certain degree of material-free spellcasting, but the root of this miracle is this crystal shoe, and I don't want to..."

【Really don't want to?】

"Carrying it is also for convenience... Don't look at me like that, I won't do anything strange."

Miss Larson blushed immediately, but Claire waved her hand with a smile:

"Really, what are you saying in front of my apprentice? Hurry up and go. Remember to come early tomorrow. If you don't show up, I will be angry."

"Then see you tomorrow, Claire, Miss Larson, Ai Li."

"See you tomorrow."

"Goodbye, Mr. Hamilton."

"Ang~"

The crystal shoe was thrown out and disappeared the moment before it was about to land. Also disappearing were Xia De and Little Mia, who was lying on his shoulder.

Claire's smile faded, and she looked outside with some distress:

"I have to climb the mountain for a whole day tomorrow... If only I could ride a unicorn."

The apprentice said with some mischief:

"Miss, didn't you say Mr. Hamilton can turn into a huge cat? Isn't that more convenient than a unicorn?"

"Stella!"

The white-haired girl ran out of the unicorn's nest with a smile, and the witch followed.

She thought in her heart whether her role positioning would become more important after this "Crown of Glory", so she took out the snake skin she carried with her and looked at it again.

Looking at it, she discovered that a line of words had been added to her "personal story main line" at some point:

【You offered your heart to an unknown existence, and thus you also gained the other party's heart. Perhaps the future is unclear, perhaps the prospects are unpredictable, but at least you will no longer be alone from now on. You received applause and favor from the audience, fate may not have changed yet, but at least you don't have to worry about exiting too early.】

"Applause..."

She turned her head again to look at the position where Xia De disappeared, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

(Yi Yi Yi Lu Na is praying...)

When Xia De left Fatumont Island with the cat, it was actually almost one o'clock in the afternoon, so after throwing the crystal shoe to go home, he didn't even have time to change his clothes and hurriedly took Little Mia to find a carriage near his home to rush to the East District of Tobesk.

But even so, when he saw the "Schneider Psychological Clinic" from the carriage window, he was still late. When paying the fare to the coachman, he was still thinking about how to apologize, but before he walked into the clinic, he saw Yi Yi Yi Lu Na wearing a police uniform walking out of the clinic head-on.

Xia De blinked at Yi Yi Yi Lu Na, Yi Yi Yi Lu Na also blinked at him, and then the cat let out a "Meow~", and only then did Yi Yi Yi Lu Na speak:

"Isn't this Detective Hamilton? Why did you come here?"

The two's ordinary person identities were also acquainted; after all, in the summer of 1853, Yi Yi Yi Lu Na had disguised herself as a "police officer" and ran to Xia De's place to conduct an investigation.

"Good afternoon, Miss Beiya. I have an appointment to see a psychologist here, and I come every week. What happened?"

He said and poked his head in to take a look. There was no receptionist at the clinic front desk, but it didn't look like the place had been raided.

Yi Yi Yi Lu Na explained:

"A patient under the care of the doctor at this clinic had some small problems, so the three attending doctors were all called to Ridgewich Court for questioning. You made a wasted trip today."

When mentioning "Ridgewich Court", she blinked at Xia De again, so Xia De understood that they had been taken to the church.

"It doesn't matter, there is no way around it if a patient has a problem. Then do you know when the doctors will be able to return?"

"This... I'm afraid they won't be able to return this weekend."

Xia De took off his hat and nodded to show he understood:

"Then before the doctors went to Ridgewich Court, did they arrange other consultation times?"

This time Yi Yi Yi Lu Na nodded:

"The servants have apology letters for the patients, but I just checked those letters, and they didn't say when the time would be rearranged. Mr. Hamilton, why don't you go home first? When the doctors return, they should contact you actively."

According to regulations, everyone who came to the clinic today had to register their name for later verification, but Yi Yi Yi Lu Na just chatted with Xia De for two sentences and let him leave. She had this privilege.

However, Xia De didn't go far. Following Yi Yi Yi Lu Na's hint, he walked to the left along Roentgen Avenue. Not long after, he saw Luweiya, Dorothy, and Priest Ao Gu Si sitting together through the glass window of a restaurant along the street.

Xia De pushed the door and walked into the restaurant, gestured to the waiter walking towards him about the positions of the three companions, and then walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat beside the priest.

They had already ordered lunch as if they were having a meal together. Although Xia De had already eaten, he still let the waiter prepare food for him.

"What's the situation?"

After the waiter walked away, Xia De asked with a frown, taking the opportunity to control the cat.

It was Priest Ao Gu Si who gave the answer:

"I only received the news at 10:30 this morning. A servant of the doctor's patient had a big problem. The Church of the Sun and the Church of Creation are responsible for handling this matter. Now that big trouble has been controlled, and the church is checking whether people who have been in contact with him have problems."

Normal events would not let two churches handle them at the same time; after all, there would definitely be problems in communication and interest division. Now that it is two churches working together to handle the event, it is definitely not ordinary trouble.

Xia De looked left and right cautiously:

"Is it a relic or something else? Since it's not the patient who has the problem, but the patient's servant, how could the doctors be implicated?"

Luweiya sighed and lowered her voice to answer:

"A relic. I received Yi Yi Yi Lu Na's letter around 12:00 noon. The current situation is that the Church of the Sun noticed the servant while investigating a strange disappearance case. When they sent people to talk to him, the servant attacked people, and later exposed his characteristics while being pursued by the Ring Mages of the Church of the Sun. He has been identified as a 'Pseudo-human'."

【Pseudo-human】 is strictly speaking not a relic, but a relic derivative.

The relic directly associated with it is the Sage-level relic 【House of Pseudo-humans】. This thing, along with the 【Skin-Object Hall】 that appeared during the Battle of Vista Forest, and the 【Mansion of Personality】 that Xia De has not yet encountered which can strip the personality of intelligent life from the body, are known as the three most notorious Sage-level relics.

The characteristics of these three relics are hidden. However, after the Battle of the Forest, out of curiosity, Xia De had queried it at the academy through the channel of Daniste.

The only characteristic of the Sage-level relic 【House of Pseudo-humans】 is that it continuously produces "Pseudo-humans". And "Pseudo-humans" are a type of "creature" whose appearance is similar to normal humans, but there are absolute differences, and the more one observes, the more one can discover their subtle "non-human feeling".

They are definitely not human. After walking out of the 【House of Pseudo-humans】, they will select a target to imitate until they completely replace the other party. As they live in the crowd for a longer time, "Pseudo-humans" will learn more about human survival methods, and their appearance will gradually approach the real imitation target.

Usually, this kind of thing is like a cockroach. Once an individual is found in a city, it means that "Pseudo-humans" have a high probability of already existing in the city on a large scale.

Only high-ring Ring Mages can easily see through their "non-human" appearance, such as vertical pupils, upturned nostrils, gears embedded in the forehead, etc. But truly powerful "Pseudo-humans" are almost identical to humans. Even high-ring Ring Mages can only hold the other party's past photos and compare them carefully to determine whether this is a real person or a "Pseudo-human".

The bad news is that the more a "Pseudo-human" resembles a real human, the stronger they are. Although the Pseudo-humans who reach the final stage will not fight with 13th-ring or 12th-ring Ring Mages, it is also a terrifying thing when the number increases.

(End of chapter)