Chapter 3925

Galina and Sylvie did not know about the morning's events, so Xia De started from encountering the activated machinery in the Gear Tower in the morning, then talked about hearing news of the disappearance of blood-kin and new fragments of the poem after meeting an old friend in the afternoon, and finally the encounter at the charity banquet.

The two witches couldn't explain the matter of the activated machinery either. Regarding the poem fragments, Luvia only frowned slightly:

"It is too early to say these things now; we should wait for more information and cannot make a judgment immediately, but the tenth Chosen One is indeed highly likely to be 【Creation】."

As for the "Giant Soldier," Luvia and Xia De both believed that it was absolutely impossible for that thing to appear in the distant Arcadia City:

"I was chatting with Iluna about that matter back then just last year; she told me very clearly that because the relic is too huge, it is still being contained in the Tobesk underground to this day. Iluna is very sure that the relic was not lost.

Your guess should be correct; the relic you saw tonight is just some kind of replica."

Xia De then used starlight again to outline the ritual base array he saw tonight. Although Vigo couldn't remember what this was a short while ago, Sylvie recognized it at a glance:

"I was discussing this with Miss Eleise half a month ago; if this is the case, then it makes sense—the Keeper-level relic 【Master Char's Alchemy Manuscript】.

This relic comes from the Fourth Era, and its characteristics are quite powerful—

By depicting the appearance of an alchemical product on the manuscript, one can obtain the same creation with its material changed to metal, and summon it from the manuscript at any time.

The closer the depiction of the appearance is to the original, and the higher the degree of understanding of the original, the higher the similarity of the replica. Although the manuscript can only replicate one item at a time, it can be used again as long as the content on the manuscript is erased.

Miss Eleise and I wanted to find this relic to replicate some structures on the ship that cannot be built in this era, and refer to the replica to try to reproduce the technology, but this relic has not appeared for eight hundred years."

Galina also remembered:

"In the meeting half a month ago, you did indeed mention this. I remember that the replication of this relic has three limitations: the original must be in front of you to replicate, it cannot replicate creations older than the manuscript itself, and it cannot replicate creations that are too powerful."

Luvia then asked:

"So, can this Keeper-level relic even replicate relics?"

Sylvie nodded with certainty. The Great Witch of Light, who had beautiful long wavy hair, seemed to be getting younger and younger since being promoted to the Thirteenth Ring. This was not a phenomenon that would necessarily occur after promotion; Sylvie believed this was because her long-cherished wish for promotion had finally been realized, while Galina believed she had finally been nourished by love.

"Miss Eleise told me that as long as the origin of the relic is also an alchemical product, then it can be replicated. It's just that after replicating a relic, the manuscript itself is more prone to going out of control; the manifestation of going out of control is the mass production of out-of-control versions of the creations it replicates.

It can also be explained why Xia De could cause damage to that golem; although it still possesses whisper elements, what he saw was after all just a replica of the relic, or rather a 'relic derivative,' so it could be damaged. But as long as the damaged parts are repaired on the manuscript, the golem can still recover."

Xia De couldn't believe it:

"With such characteristics, that alchemy manuscript is actually only Keeper-level?"

Sylvie nodded with certainty:

"It cannot replicate relics that are too powerful. I think for the 【Thousand-Eyed Gargoyle No. 3765】, the holder of the manuscript should have only replicated its shell, without replicating the ordinary eyes and demon eyes that originally existed on it.

When Luvia provided you with relic information back then, didn't she also say that this golem mainly relies on the number of eyes to increase its power?"

"Yes, in the case of having no eyes and only a shell, the Thousand-Eyed Gargoyle is also among the weakest of the Keeper-level."

Luvia nodded; she already understood:

"Xia De, the 【Thousand-Eyed Gargoyle No. 3765】 had been sealed in the Tobesk underground for a long, long time before the incident in the summer of 1853, right?"

"Yes."

"That relic has been contained by the church ever since that incident, right?"

"Yes."

"If the alchemy manuscript recorded this relic for a long time, the risk would be too great and it would have gone out of control long ago, so the time point when the 'Giant Soldier' was recorded by the manuscript being earlier than the 【Pure Innocence Sect】 obtaining the 'Giant Soldier' is impossible; and the situation where the 'Giant Soldier' being recorded by the manuscript occurred during the period when the church was containing this relic has a very small probability; the church would not make such an oversight.

Therefore, that relic being recorded by the alchemy manuscript likely occurred during the accident in the summer of 1853. You, I, and Iluna have never done this, so this matter likely was done by our enemies at that time. And you should also remember that there were blood-kin among the ring mages who appeared in the underground ruins at that time."

Xia De already understood what Luvia meant:

"It was the 【Mercury Blood】 at that time that recorded this relic; they discovered that ruin one step ahead of us for the sake of the 【God's Gift Box】, and had this time. And after the 'Silver-Eyed One' was defeated by us, some members of the 【Mercury Blood】 went to the New Continent to join the 【Blood Spirit School】."

Luvia took a coin out of her pocket and tossed it three times in a row to verify; each time it was heads:

"This guess should be correct; what you encountered tonight were people from the 【Blood Spirit School】, or at least people closely related to them. During the Battle of Fate, you learned from the 【Truth Society】 that the 'Blood-Crying One' was trying to be reborn to make up for the regrets of being forced to promote to the Thirteenth Ring while in a severely injured state, and calculating the time, the disappearance of blood-kin in Arcadia started last year."

Sylvie then proposed a possibility:

"Speaking of which, could it be that the main force of the 【Blood Spirit School】 did not appear on the Fatumunster Island, and only lent out the 【Puppeteer's Script】, because they were busy with this matter?"

Xia De took a deep breath:

"The 【Blood Spirit School】... the grudge of 'Blood-Crying One' Hermons tricking me into the 【House of False Humans】 on the Snowy Mountain, I haven't avenged yet. If it really is them, even if the 'Blood-Crying One' really completes his so-called rebirth, I will make him see death again."

Speaking of which, it is interesting that after coming to this world, although the outsider has done many big things, there are actually not many existences that have truly formed a grudge with him.

The "God of Blood-Kin" originally counted, but after He helped during the Battle of Moon Bay, He didn't count anymore; the "Light-Chaser" of the 【Light-Seeking Seminar】 and the "Clockmaker" of the 【Tree Hole Association】 originally counted, but the former died, and the latter didn't count anymore after voluntarily giving up the qualification for the Battle of Time.

There are many similar examples, and now the one with the deepest grudge against Xia De is indeed Hermons, the "Blood-Crying One" of the 【Blood Spirit School】.

After Luvia's divination, the appearance of the "Giant Soldier" being related to the 【Blood Spirit School】 can be almost one hundred percent confirmed.

To get more information, it is best to use special divination. Although Xia De obtained a coin from Arcadia City, neither he nor Luvia wanted to use it here.

"However, didn't you and your friend get a corpse? Put the corpse in a card and bring it back; I can use that corpse to do some divination."

Luvia finally gave a suggestion, and Xia De nodded:

"Then regarding what they are trying to do by kidnapping blood-kin, do you have any guesses?"

Luvia shook her head, and the two Great Witches thought for a while, each giving different conjectures.

"I know quite a few terrifying potions from the Dark Age of the Fourth Era, and their raw materials include the blood and hearts of blood-kin. I heard Megan mention that the blood of blood-kin is also relatively special among all intelligent life; although drinking it directly is highly toxic, it can become an auxiliary ingredient for many supernatural potions after processing."

This was Galina's answer, while the conjecture given by Sylvie was even more horrifying:

"Xia De, since the guess of 'blood-kin hunter' proposed by your friend has been ruled out, could it be that that group of people wants to mass-produce blood-kin? I know that directly creating blood-kin through blood is impossible, and at most it would only create some strange, deformed blood-beasts.

But since this matter involves the 【Blood Spirit School】, perhaps they have found a magical way to mass-produce blood-kin using only the blood of high-level blood-kin."

Xia De shook his head:

"It is still too early to say these things now. Although tomorrow is Saturday, if I have nothing to do in the morning, I will go to Arcadia City again. If that corpse can be channeled, of course it would be better; even if channeling is ineffective, I will bring it back after Mr. Bernhardt finishes checking it."

"It has only been two days since you arrived in Arcadia City, and in just two short days, you have already found things you must do for yourself. Xia De, it seems you are going to be busy again."

Galina teased with a smile, while Xia De touched the cat dozing on his lap, then glanced at the grandfather clock in the corner of the living room. It was getting late, and now it was time to rest.

And Xia De's action of looking at the clock also made the ladies smile. It's just that the true protagonists tonight were only the two witches; although Luvia was fine yesterday, she was not feeling well today, so she only came to the house to go to the third floor to stargaze.

So the true heroines tonight were only the two witches. Although Galina thought in her heart that Sylvie could only count as half in a nighttime occasion, she would not say this thought out loud.

However, to prevent Sylvie from leaving too early, she suggested that Sylvie should really take the stage later:

"Vigo can suck blood, and of course we can too! Come, Sylvie, you clearly haven't mastered the technique well yet; let me teach you~"

The spring of 1855 had already reached its best time, and Xia De could even feel the sultriness of the spring night. After all, after the formal opening, the temperature was around 37 degrees both before and after, which was actually already very hot.