Chapter 481: Xia De's Blood Echo

According to the contract signed between Mr. Mandis and the late Detective Sparrow, when Mr. Mandis voluntarily announced the termination of the commission, in addition to the deposit, he also needed to pay an additional fee of no more than one-third of the total amount, depending on the progress of the investigation.

Xia De didn't intend to want the other party's money, but he wouldn't return the deposit either, but Mr. Mandis insisted on paying. So in the end, Xia De received a commission fee of 13 shillings and left Mr. Mandis's residence with the maid.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was no sign of dusk at this time in late summer.

"This money, I think it should only be enough to pay for our carriage fare today."

On the carriage returning to St. Deran Square, the maid said to Xia De.

The price of a pair of cotton socks was about 5 shillings, a set of women's work suits of good quality was 1 pound, the price of boots was 11 shillings, and the fare for a rental carriage was usually 1 shilling for a distance of 2 miles within a 4-mile radius centered on Yodel Palace, and 5 pence per mile thereafter.

Therefore, Tifa made such a sigh according to the prices she knew.

"Yes, if you add the preliminary investigation work conducted by Detective Sparrow, this commission is undoubtedly a loss. But for me, isn't this time a big profit?"

Xia De shook the black iron ring on his finger, and the black-haired maid also showed a smile:

"Looking at it this way, the detective profession is really suitable for Ring Mages."

"No, no, it's just that I don't know why it's such a coincidence that this matter is related to a Relic. Generally speaking, the commissions I receive are just ordinary things like playing cards and finding people."

Xia De said, taking out the parchment:

"I happen to know these ancient characters. Tifa, let's have dinner together, and wait until I have deciphered these characters before you leave. Don't be in a hurry to refuse. You helped me a lot today, treating you to dinner is to express my gratitude."

The black-haired young lady thought for a while:

"I can, but I can't go back too late, otherwise the Young Lady will have an opinion."

The two first returned to St. Deran Square, then went out with Mia, and found a good restaurant in the nearby street area. Xia De rarely cooked at home, so he knew very well where the food was delicious nearby, and the restaurants nearby were already very familiar with the young detective who carried a cat.

After eating and taking a walk home together, when they returned to St. Deran Square, they actually saw a somewhat chubby man wearing a wig and a red coat standing anxiously at the door of number six.

Xia De was very curious about who this was. The other party greeted them as soon as he saw the two walking over, and the two sides met on the street circling the square on the edge of St. Deran Square:

"May I ask if you are Hamilton of Lei Jiede? Oh, it's Miss Servit, good afternoon."

An exceptionally standard Tobesk accent, and the voice was even somewhat shrill.

He bowed slightly to the young lady beside Xia De, and judging by his expression, he was very surprised to see the other party here.

And Tifa also introduced the other party's identity to Xia De:

"Mr. Hamilton, this is Mr. Miral Formans, the herald of Yodel Palace."

"Good evening, Mr. Formans, may I ask if there is anything?"

Xia De was also very surprised, until he saw the invitation handed over by the other party did he understand.

"Hamilton of Lei Jiede, Wang Hou Diana formally invites you to attend the birthday banquet held at Yodel Palace on next Wednesday, the 28th day of the Flower Month."

The herald handed the invitation to Xia De. Although it was the Wang Hou's birthday banquet, the style of the invitation was also very ordinary, probably to show the frugality of the King's family.

"Knight, may I ask if you will attend?"

"Oh, of course, I will definitely go."

Xia De said, so Mr. Formans nodded, said goodbye to Xia De very respectfully, and turned to leave, not even giving Xia De a chance to invite him upstairs for tea.

Xia De opened the door, the cat on his shoulder rushed in first, and the maid walked behind.

"Why is Mr. Formans's voice so shrill?"

He asked when he threw the key into the biscuit box.

"Did you notice that his chin was very smooth, without a beard?"

The maid asked.

"Hmm?"

Xia De thought for a moment, slowed down his pace, and asked in surprise:

"Eunuch?"

"Yes, although this is not popular in the modern court, people think it is very inhumane, but most of the attendants trusted by His Majesty are eunuchs. So there is a rumor in the court that if you want to get His Majesty's trust, you have to be cruel to yourself..."

She didn't continue, and Xia De nodded to show he understood.

Larrus III was a king with a truly tough hand, outstanding personal ability, and as the ruler of the kingdom, he happened to encounter the wave of the steam era. The appearance of such a king was extremely lucky for Delarion.

But the tough personality and the powerful power bestowed by the king himself would also cause certain personality defects. The tradition of court eunuchs disappeared from civilization hundreds of years ago, and these eunuchs now have voluntarily given up their body structure for power. The attitude of Larrus III acquiescing for power promoted this trend, which was also one of the few things he was criticized for.

Of course, His Majesty the King had nothing to do with Xia De, so he didn't care whether the other party had mental problems.

After returning home, Xia De used the excuse of consulting some literature to enter the study and translated the content on the parchment alone. He originally thought it just introduced the role of that bottle of red medicine and the 【Seal of Demon Hunting】, but he didn't expect this to contain a story about an ancient inheritance, as well as the whereabouts of another extremely powerful Relic.

"Dr. Alfred's ancestors found the Relics of the Demon Hunters who died in the Third Era in the ruins. Besides the seal, there was also a long sword that had become a 【Relic】. It turns out that the 【Seal of Demon Hunting】, besides being more inclined to appear in areas where demons haunt, will also actively attract those powerful enough supernatural beings. And that long sword was hidden by him in Mount Sikar..."

Mount Sikar is located in the east of the central part of the Old Continent and is one of the national borders between Delarion and Carsenrik. That place is too far from Tobesk, even if the parchment describes the location where the Relic was hidden, Xia De still couldn't go to find it at this time.

He was still waiting for Darkness.

After thinking, Xia De chose to hide part of the content on the parchment, and only told Tifa the news related to the medicine.

"These things are indeed left by a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi! Dr. Alfred's ancestor was a powerful Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi. According to his own account on the parchment, the other party lived about 800 years ago and was a Ninth Tier Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi before he died."

Ninth Tier is already a high tier, and he is a strong person in any era.

"Then how did that gentleman die?"

The maid sitting on the sofa asked.

"I don't know. He said on the parchment that he was going to challenge a strong enemy and fight against an Eleventh Tier mage with his friends. Because he was worried that he wouldn't be able to come back, he left the two items he wouldn't use in the basement of the old house. Writing in ancient characters was hoping that ordinary people who found these two items later wouldn't move them randomly, and if it were a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi, they could utilize them."

Here, Xia De omitted the matter about the sword.

"He clearly didn't expect that his descendants would continue to live in that small town and continue to use the surname Alfred for 800 years."

The surname of that Ninth Tier mage was also Alfred, so Xia De knew this was the ophthalmologist's ancestor.

"The ring is a Relic of the Secret Keeper level. Although I have seen information before, I don't know the more specific functions for the time being, but I know the function of the medicine."

Xia De placed the bottle of red medicine on the coffee table, because it was used by Dr. Alfred, so now there was only about three-quarters left:

"This is not a magic potion, but a derivative of a 【Relic】 obtained by a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi 800 years ago in an accident. The parchment didn't mention what specific Relic it was, but the function of the medicine was written very clearly."

He and the maid looked at the bottle together:

"Dripping the medicine directly into the eyes can cause spells and miracles related to the eyes to produce further evolution and enhancement. Preserving magic eyes in this kind of medicine can effectively suppress the negative effects of some magic eyes when they leave the body."

"Evolution of miracles and spells? This is a very rare thing."

Tifa covered her mouth and sighed. Xia De nodded, it's a pity that 【Time Perception】 has nothing to do with eyes, otherwise he could know the truth.

Xia De pointed to the other half bottle of bright yellow medicine again:

"Those medicines processed by Dr. Alfred probably can't be used. But the remaining three-quarters of the red medicine, I want to try to evolve my 【Blood Echo】. Tifa, can I ask you to help me? I need someone to control the liquid drops entering my eyes and stop dripping when I say stop."

"No problem, but what evolution direction can the ability to observe bloodstains have?"

"Probably seeing more clearly."

Xia De said, then lay on the sofa.

The cat, who didn't know what it was doing in the bedroom, rushed up immediately, jumped onto Xia De's chest, and looked down at him. This cat wasn't heavy at all, but to prevent it from disturbing the matter in a while, Xia De stretched out both hands together and pressed it onto his clothes.

"It's okay."

He opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, while Tifa pulled out the stopper of the medicine bottle and controlled the liquid to fly out in a string.

The first liquid drop entered his eye, Xia De felt nothing, followed by the second and third drops.

He gradually felt his eyes heating up, but not scorching. And as the falling liquid drops exceeded ten, the temperature around his eyes seemed to be dropping again, but it wasn't particularly cold either.

The spirit in the special medicine gradually permeated the entire eye and interacted with the soul manipulating this body.

With the whistle and bell, the Life Ring automatically floated above Xia De. Xia De accepted the liquid entering his eyes while looking at his own Life Ring rotating slowly.

Seven spirit runes flickered with four colors of strong spiritual light, and the most dazzling one was undoubtedly the miracle spirit rune 【Echo】 that had been washed by a drop of divinity.

"Blood Echo... 【Echo】."

Thoughts arose in his heart, and with the emergence of thoughts, the rune with dazzling golden spiritual light immediately burst into even stronger light.

"Tifa, drip a drop of your blood into my eyes!"

He suddenly said.

The black-haired young lady didn't ask why, used a small knife to cut her finger, and squeezed a drop of blood above Xia De's eyes. The light above shone on Xia De's eyes, and the red liquid and bright red blood falling against the light reflected by the eyeballs.

And just at this moment, the bell of the city's clock tower in the distance rang. The lingering sound echoed, and the wonderful realization made Xia De's scalp tingle.

"Her" voice finally appeared in his ear:

【Blood and time, the red echo. Swallow that blood, stain that light, you have met with blood several times, and the power of blood will eventually echo in your blood vessels and soul along with time and space.】

The power of the spell - 【Blood Echo】 was connected with the miracle spirit rune in the dark. It didn't disappear; it gained brand-new power.

【Outsider, you have obtained the Miracle - Blood Echo.】

On the rotating Life Ring, the light of the 【Echo】 spirit rune shone on Xia De below like the sun, making Tifa unable to even look directly at the scene in front of her.

Those golden lights shone on her body, making even this Sixth Tier Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi and candidate Witch faintly hear the illusory, grand, soul-trembling bell sound. But in the end, the Life Ring slowly disappeared into that steam mist. Xia De let Tifa stop dripping liquid, and sat up slowly while supporting the sofa.

"How is it? Did it succeed?"

She probably hadn't seen the scene of a spell evolving either, and the scene just now was indeed astonishing.

"The effect is very good."

Xia De closed his eyes hard, then opened them again. The blood-colored halo gradually converged in his eyes. The moment the blood color disappeared, golden arc light also flashed in his eyes:

"Better than I thought. The spell actually turned into a miracle." ===== CHAPTER 482 =====