Chapter 367: Three Tasks

"Adjusting yourself? This is really a judgment of yourself."

Xia De said softly, picking up the cat behind his head, letting it lie on his lap. Xiao Xiao Miya narrowed its eyes lazily, not knowing whether it was dozing or sleeping.

"Did you try it?"

Lu Yi Sha asked again. Lu Yi Sha shook her head regretfully, her brown hair swaying slightly:

"I originally wanted to pay some property to try to make the scar left on my arm disappear. But the court requires three people to use it, and one of them must have the 【Balance】 Spiritual Rune."

In Lu Yi Sha's core Spiritual Rune, there was "balance." It wasn't there before, and it suddenly appeared on the second night after she became a Chosen One. This was also the first case Xia De encountered where a core Spiritual Rune could be obtained after becoming a Ring Mage.

"Among the three, one holds the holy emblem as a judge, one stands below as an audience, and the last one operates the balance. Even if I am a Chosen One, I cannot transcend the rules of that space itself."

"That is to say, we have more things to find."

Xia De couldn't help but shake his head, and Lu Yi Sha smiled:

"But at least this time we don't have to find coins."

"Why?"

Lu Yi Sha asked curiously.

"My fortune-telling is ineffective for a few things. Although I can find Relics containing the power of gods, I can't find statues and holy emblems. These two kinds of things are almost equivalent to the gods themselves. Even if I paid more coins, I couldn't perform fortune-telling."

That is to say, although Xia De knew the fifth Ancient God-left white fog space besides "Time Corridor," "Space Maze," "Silver Moon Library," and "Creation Maternity Ward," he still couldn't enter it.

Moreover, even if he entered it, Xia De had nothing to change. It wasn't that he was satisfied with the status quo, but that he was unwilling to pay anything belonging to himself other than property.

That would make him feel that he was no longer complete.

Lu Yi Sha only obtained this information for the time being. Afterwards, Xia De took her to visit his basement. Probably the soul of the "Chosen One" was stronger, Lu Yi Sha could withstand the pressure of facing the Ancient God statue directly, and touched the statue like Xia De.

It was just that when she chanted the spell to enter 【Space Maze】, the road signs she could see were only the one representing "St. Deran Square."

This made Xia De have a new understanding of this space. Those road signs were not recorded in the statue, but were recorded on the user.

Xia De had opened the road sign of "Coldwater Port" and contacted the road sign of "St. Deran Square," so no matter where he used the statue, he could see these two locations again. But Lu Yi Sha hadn't been to Coldwater Port, so there was only this one road sign for the time being.

This made Xia De have the intention of letting Lu Yi Sha do the same, so that when he went to Coldwater Port to help Princess Lei Lei Qianya next week, he could have a helper by his side.

But when he told Lu Yi Sha about this and prepared to try his luck at the Tobesk Mining Association, the young brown-haired girl asked in confusion:

"What white stone crystal?"

"Did your other self not receive the information left by the Ancient God?"

Lu Yi Sha asked curiously. Xia De had told her about this before.

Lu Yi

"No information."

"Could it be that only Xia De can open up new markers by sacrificing 'Bai Shi Crystals'? And that others, even if they enter that place, must touch different statues to perform spatial travel?"

Luvia offered a very plausible guess, but it was only a guess.

"Although things like Bai Shi Crystals are precious, I remember there seem to be some in the church warehouse. I can find an opportunity to borrow one and bring it here to test it out."

Iluna proposed, but all three instinctively felt that Luvia's guess was correct.

As long as they have a key, those favored by time can enter the Corridor of Time, yet only Xia De can truly travel through time; as long as they can find the hidden wall, those favored by space can enter the Spatial Labyrinth to perform spatial travel, but only Xia De can obtain new markers through sacrifice.

Following this line of reasoning, perhaps Xia De could also have special performances in other spaces left behind by Ancient Gods. It is just that the Silver Moon Library lacks the "Yellow Moon" core rune, the Creation Ward is only something heard of, and the Inquisitor's Court requires an additional holy emblem.

Xia De's conjecture could only be left for future verification.

He looked forward to Iluna's return, not only because he hoped to see this girl who had experienced so much as soon as possible, but also because he hoped she could bring him "new surprises."

Even after changing from a candidate to a Chosen One, the short brown-haired girl was never short of accidents around her, and these accidents would also urge her to advance to the 13th Ring as soon as possible.

Speaking of this, Iluna also shared with some distress the various accidents she encountered while taking the steam train back to Tobesk with her companions from the Church. It was just that after returning to the city, her current life was relatively calm.

She already knew that Xia De was busy trying to collect 15 practical credits. Although Xia De no longer needed to look for new relics because of yesterday's unexpected harvest, Iluna still brought what Xia De needed.

"There are so many things to do."

The young girl couldn't help but cover her head. The three of them walked upstairs together, her tone quite distressed:

"You know that the Black Stone Security Company I'm in is actually a Ringed Ringed Shushi squad subordinate to the Church. Besides dealing with tasks assigned by the Church, we also have to solve ordinary tasks entrusted to us if we have the time. Although there are five churches in Tobesk, and each church has many squads like ours, the work is never-ending."

As she spoke, she took out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Xia De, which recorded information about some commissions.

The Black Stone Security Company tends to prioritize urgent tasks from the Church, with the second priority being those that clearly involve the mystical, followed by everything else. Therefore, there is no shortage of backlogged commissions within the security company, and Iluna copied a few that seemed potentially problematic for Xia De.

It is just that these tasks have already been screened once by the Church and then screened again by the Ringed Ringed Shushi squad responsible for execution, so the probability of them being valuable is very low. Iluna thought Xia De might be able to try his luck, which is why she picked out a few. And if Xia De solves the problems, Iluna will pick these tasks next week, apply for a private investigation, and then write a flawless investigation report to submit.

Therefore, Xia De can also be considered to be lightening the task burden for the Black Stone Security Company.

"Even with my luck, I can't encounter relic runaways every day; after all, there are only so many relics. After becoming a Chosen One, the bad things happening around me are clearly not as frequent as before. Sorry, Xia De, I might not be able to help you this time, and I can't act with you today either."

Iluna said regretfully. She had a lot to deal with just after returning to Tobesk, and this was originally a squad task; it wouldn't be convenient for her to appear if she gave it to Xia De.

"But if you have trouble, you can come to the security company to find me. I will be there for a while."

"It doesn't matter. The credits are already collected; these aren't actually important."

Xia De shook his head and said, then asked again:

"Luvia, do you want to go with me to check these things out?"

Xia De asked the female fortune-teller again. The latter thought for a moment and also shook her head regretfully:

"Sorry, the Dacheng Player's Luo Luo De Pai Tournament opens next month. This is the first time in fifty years that a tournament of this scale has been held in Tobesk, so I can't ask for leave recently."

The "Dacheng Player's Luo Luo De Pai Tournament" is a world-wide Luo De card competition held every three years, only in large cities on the Old Continent. At that time, players from all over the world will gather to strive for prize money and special cards for winners.

"It's okay. I'm a detective after all; there's no problem handling these commissions alone. If there really is a problem, I will ask you for help."

Although regretful, he really had to act alone today. Everyone has things to do, and everyone has their own profession and life.

"Iluna provided three commissions. Are you going to try to solve every one of them? Then which one are you starting with?"

The female fortune-teller asked again.

"Xia De, I recommend you go check out that haunted empty house first; it's the closest to here. Then there's the mysterious person who appears on the street corner at noon every day. This is the only task among the commissions I brought that wasn't issued by the Church."

Iluna recommended. She was truly regretful that she couldn't go along.

Xia De picked up the paper and took another look. The three investigation tasks were varied. Besides the two Iluna mentioned, the last one was actually to go to the north of the city to investigate a spice merchant. The spices he sold had a very good auxiliary effect on sleep, but after analyzing the spices, they were completely ordinary items. The Church suspected that there was a very small possibility that he was a Ringed Ringed Shushi proficient in potions and alchemy, which is why this task existed.

Of course, the probability was very small, and the other party had no intention of running away, so this task was backlogged until next week.

"Alright then, I will investigate in this order. Iluna, I will mail the investigation records of the three matters to you tomorrow."

Xia De looked up and said.

"Then we'll split the commission fee nine-to-one, you take nine and I take one, as a broker's fee for introducing these tasks to you."

The young girl handled such matters very familiarly. Although the relationship between the two was very good, settling accounts clearly would make the relationship even better. Xia De appreciated her approach.

"In addition, we must all investigate the matter of the second Chosen One."

Luvia also said, pointing in the direction of Coldwater Port:

"Iluna, I hope you can collect the progress of the Coldwater Port incident through the Church's channels as much as possible. Now that you are the only Chosen One, I suppose the Church of the Sun will not hide the matter of other Chosen Ones from you."

"No problem. Since returning from the Holy See, my status is different."

The seventeen-year-old girl smiled happily.

The two girls prepared to leave together, and Xia De also picked up his clothes and prepared to go out. There were still many things he needed to deal with this Friday.

Since he had to run around the city, besides those investigation tasks, he also had to stop by the MI6 stronghold, deal with tax issues, go to the gas company and the steam company to ask about the price of installing pipes, and incidentally settle the advertising fees for next month at the "Steam Bird Daily."

"Xia De, can I take your cat away? You're planning to leave it at home anyway, so why not let me take it? You've been to our place; I think Little Mia will become friends with the cat we keep."

Before leaving, Iluna proposed. Luvia stood by with a smile, already knowing the result. Xia De looked back at the orange cat standing on the sofa, preparing to see him off downstairs and then quietly enjoy the happiness of being a cat alone at home:

"If you can get its consent, I have no objections."

He said with a smile.

"Oh, Little Mia, come here."

So the girl in the dress clapped her hands at the small orange cat. The latter's big eyes looked at her suspiciously, then it raised its front paw to rub its face, and other than that, it made no move.

"Iluna, I think this should mean a refusal."

Regardless of how Iluna felt, at least Luvia was in a good mood at this moment.

The three parted ways downstairs. Xia De took the information Iluna gave him and first walked for twenty minutes to No. 6 Squirrel Alley.

Squirrel Alley is an ordinary alley in the East District of Tobesk. Most of the people who rent here work in nearby jobs as clerks, accountants, scribes, and other relatively decent occupations. Although their income is not high and they cannot be called standard middle class, at least they can support their families without too much physical labor.

No. 6 Squirrel Alley is a common rental apartment in the city, with three floors. The landlord's family lives on the first floor, the second floor is rented to a small clerk's family working in the logistics department of the City Hall, and the third floor belongs to a student who came to Tobesk from his hometown and is studying at the local Tobesk Intermediate Mechanical Academy.

A month ago, the tenant on the third floor, Sal Haque, unfortunately passed away, and then rumors of haunting spread. Before the task was assigned to the squad Iluna was in, the church had already sent an ordinary priest holding mystical items to check, but no traces of evil spirits were found. Moreover, the so-called "haunting" had no concrete evidence from beginning to end, and no one was injured because of it.

The landlord's family and the tenants on the second floor have now moved out, so the Black Stone Security Company believes that the importance of this task is not high.

Because it is close to the city center, the alley itself is quite clean. It is just that the road is a bit narrow, probably not wide enough for a carriage to pass through. After entering the alley, Xia De stepped on the gravel on the ground, looking at the rusty door numbers one by one to search.

Both sides are mostly brick walls, with steam pipes wrapped in thermal insulation layers clinging to them, but the rivets fixing the pipes are mostly rusty. After passing through a stone archway connecting the buildings on both sides of the alley, he saw the door that had been locked.

Tilting his head to examine the house, the windows on both sides were sealed with wooden boards, but the mailbox hanging on the wall was actually empty, looking like someone had come back to take things recently.