Chapter 35

"Power? You are too weak. The power I possess is not suitable for you."

This once again shows the other party's strength, and Xia De is deeply convinced of this.

The woman paused before continuing to speak, as if thinking. And the temperature in the room had returned to the same level as the corridor, indicating that the other party's mood had also returned to normal:

"But I happen to have a good 【Relic】 in my hand, but its value is far less than that statue of the Old God... no, not the 【Box of Darkness】, that is just a poet-level (Level 5) toy. I will give you a document-level (Level 4) relic, and tell you the secret about 【Mercury Blood】, helping you avoid danger, in exchange for the address and spell, how about it?"

"No problem, thank you for your generosity, lady."

Because saying nice things doesn't cost money, Xia De was very happy to use the "Northern Common Language Gift Package" in his brain to translate Chinese into the otherworldly language with a translation tone to praise the other party.

But this time, Xia De did not take the initiative to say the content of the spell. The woman in the door certainly knew what he meant:

"Recently, a sage-level 【Relic】 has appeared in Tobesk."

The first sentence was a bit surprising. He originally thought the woman wanted to talk about the Keeper-level relic 【Fake Sage's Stone】 related to 【Mercury Blood】. Xia De had seen the academy's bounty order at the doctor's place.

But fortunately, it was only sage-level (Level 2), not angel-level (Level 1). But thinking carefully, it was unlikely that he would suddenly encounter an angel-level relic. After all, Xia De still had a certain degree of confidence in his luck.

The woman's voice in his heart laughed again.

"This is actually not a secret, at least the church and the academy know it, and there are other guys with spies locally... That sage relic is 【God's Gift Box】, a tool once used by an Old God who mastered the ability of creation."

The woman behind the door said in a teasing tone:

"Currently, the one who holds this sage-level relic is Mercury Blood, and they have been defined as an illegal organization.

For some reason, Mercury Blood cannot move this relic for the time being, so 【God's Gift Box】 is still in Tobesk. The power of the relic is very powerful. Every Ringed Shushi who touches the box for the first time will automatically know a synthesis formula. According to a specific order, putting specific relics into the box can synthesize a more powerful relic that is definitely suitable for oneself. Detective, do you understand?"

"Probably understand."

Xia De carefully remembered this information. This is the first piece of information about a 【Sage-level】 relic he has come into contact with.

"This is somewhat similar to synthesis in alchemy, but the side effects of sage-level relics... Diak, the 'Silver-Eyed One' of Mercury Blood, seems to think that he can master the synthesis method of the angel-level (Level 1) relic 【Mercury Blood】 through that box..."

The woman was laughing, but the laughter was far less pleasant than the laughter in Xia De's mind at this moment.

"The Silver-Eyed One intends to use this sage-level relic that cannot be taken away to synthesize the real Mercury Blood, which is also the original intention of the 【Mercury Blood】 organization, in order to pursue a 【Relic】 that may not exist... So, this group of people brought some messy things to this city, including that statue. It is said that there are several very good 【Relics】, but unfortunately I only want this statue for now."

"Then what do you think of that sage-level relic, 【God's Gift Box】?"

Xia De asked hesitantly. He was quite suspicious that if everything the woman said was true, whether the academy that knew about this would tell the correspondence Ringed Shushi in the local area.

If told truthfully, then that bounty order seemed to be avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial. Therefore, the academy bounty order he saw at the doctor's place, it is very likely that "finding the traces of the 【Mercury Blood】 organization" is the real purpose, and the fake Sage's Stone is just incidental.

The academy does not intend to share this information with correspondence Ringed Shushi for the time being.

"I am not interested in that item at all. I know what that box is, so I will never touch it. It appeared in the autumn of 1068 in the Fifth Era. It is very ancient and very powerful... If I were you, in the next few months, I would definitely hide from 【Mercury Blood】 in this steam capital filled with thick fog. That group of people is almost crazy now."

"Okay, lady, thank you very much for your information. This is the spell..."

It took a few seconds to remember what the woman said word for word, and then took the initiative to say the six-syllable spell. After finishing, he added that this was because of the effect of his core spirit rune that he could know it.

But the woman didn't seem to care about this sentence, just as she didn't care why Xia De could easily make 【Box of Darkness】 lose control.

"Very good, detective, I appreciate people like you. This is a quite good commission. Then, please keep this 【Relic】 well."

The sound of a drawer being pulled came from behind the door, and then footsteps sounded. But when the door was finally pushed open, only a young maid walked out. She looked to be in her twenties, in a classic thick black and white maid uniform.

The long black hair was covered with a white hair accessory. Because she was not working in the kitchen, there was no apron in Xia De's imagination outside the maid's long skirt.

This is definitely not the lady Xia De talked to. The silhouette of the lady behind the door was depicted by the golden color in the darkness just now, which is very different from this black-haired maid.

After the maid opened the door in the corner of the bookshelf, she immediately restored the door to an ajar state, not giving Xia De a chance to see the "noble lady" inside. Then she carefully held a small square box in both hands and came to Xia De. The box was wrapped in red velvet, held in one hand, and opened with a click, showing Xia De the ring embedded in the lining inside.

A faint smell of blood was captured, but neither the naked eye nor 【Blood Echo】 could see any bloodstains on the ring itself.

The ring band had the texture of pure silver, and as for the ring face, it was yellow amber wrapped with an unknown insect. The insect looked like an ordinary flying mosquito, but its whole body was blood-colored, as if it could come alive from the amber in the next second.

【You touched a "Whisper."】

"Document-level relic 【Blood-Sucking Ring】. Wearing the ring in an injured state and directly touching the skin of any humanoid creature can absorb the other party's blood to heal oneself.

It cannot cure diseases and curses, but it can relieve them. But if the injury that needs to be cured is too heavy, it may cause the blood of the touched person to be drained in an instant... but don't use the ring as an attack method, even if you are willing to self-mutilate, don't, this is a document-level relic. Frequently using the ring's ability to heal oneself will cause one to appear to have symptoms like blood thirst."

This is the explanation of the woman in the door. She did not hide the situation of this relic:

"In an uninjured state, don't wear it, at least don't wear it for a long time, otherwise I can't guarantee what will happen. Of course, even if it's not because of the relic's side effects, it's best not to wear it easily, because this was also snatched by me from 【Mercury Blood】. They don't know who snatched it, so... you should have such caution."

Xia De didn't know whether he should complain about the conflict between the other party and 【Mercury Blood】, or think about the relationship between 【Mercury Blood】 collecting so many supernatural items related to 【Blood】 and synthesis formulas.