Chapter 496

Xia De got off the carriage at the street corner and was originally very interested in the parade floats. But because there were too many people, he gave up the idea of watching. However, when he took out his key to open the door, he ran into his next-door neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Shi Misi, who were preparing to go out.

They were also invited to the Yodel Palace banquet tonight and were now preparing to go out to pick up their customized evening wear.

"So, before Mr. Shi Misi retired, he was definitely not an ordinary secretary in the finance department."

Xia De judged.

Back home, he didn't see Mia running down from upstairs when he was changing his shoes in the foyer. It was probably because the noise outside was too loud, and the cat didn't hear the sound of the door opening on the first floor.

Therefore, when Xia De found the orange cat scratching the wall in Room 2 on the empty second floor, the look of astonishment that appeared on Mia's furry face was truly ridiculous.

"Don't sharpen your claws on the wall."

Xia De warned in a low voice and bent down to pick Mia up. The soft cat meowed a few times, perhaps acting like a spoiled child, and did not struggle out of Xia De's arms.

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na and Difa didn't appear until two in the afternoon. At that time, Xia De was in the study reading the explanation of "Basic Ritual - Illumination" in the second-grade textbook. The hot badge on his chest informed him of the witch's arrival one step ahead of the doorbell downstairs.

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na would go to Yodel Palace to dress up and change clothes in a while, but she brought the formal banquet attire prepared for Xia De and also intended to leave two maids to help Xia De tidy up his hair and dress.

Of course, the most important thing was that Miss Afu Luo La agreed to meet Xia De in the Witch Council this afternoon. To prevent being discovered by other witches, the meeting time for the two was at most ten minutes. Before Miss Miss Jia Lin Na stood at the end of the third-floor corridor and prepared to start singing, she specifically instructed Xia De not to exceed the time.

"Must one sing in a corridor-like terrain every time before entering the council?"

Xia De, who still had some thoughts about the 【Witch Council】, took the opportunity to inquire.

"It doesn't have to be a corridor; any flat terrain of a certain length that allows for walking in a straight line is fine. There are no requirements for whether the surroundings are open or flat."

Saying this, the red-haired Duchess grabbed Xia De's hand:

"The agreed time has arrived, come with me."

She began to sing softly, while Difa followed behind the two with a smile. Of course, the maid lady also had the power to enter the Witch Council.

Miss Afu Luo La didn't know what she was doing and appeared two minutes later than the agreed time. Miss Miss Jia Lin Na seemed to want to complain a little, but because Xia De couldn't stay here for too long, she let Xia De ask his question first.

Miss Xi Wei Afu Luo La, whom he hadn't seen for more than a week, didn't seem to have changed much. She had probably already arrived in the Kingdom of Kasenrike, and the style of the clothes she was wearing had a strong southern kingdom characteristic.

"Enlightenment - Light? You've been reading "The Crazy Light-Chaser" for two months? St. Byron's really has no new ideas, always using this book."

Hearing Xia De's inquiry, the witch raised her eyebrows, one hand resting on the stone table, fiddling with her brown hair tips:

"Your talent is not bad. Since you also think that you can obtain that spirit rune in at most a week, you don't need to look for relics related to light to experience power at this final moment.

My suggestion is, Xia De, you go look for relics related to 【Darkness】, and use darkness to force yourself to understand light more deeply. Of course, there are risks in contacting relics, you have to weigh this yourself."

As she spoke, she glanced at Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, who waved her hand:

"Don't worry, I will protect him."

"Darkness..."

Xia De nodded. The 【Darkness Domain】 is an angel-level relic and is really too dangerous, but fortunately, he has other choices:

"Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, I wonder if that 【Darkness Box】 is still in your hands."

He turned his head and asked Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, who was sitting by the round table. The latter replied while grinding her nails with a small knife:

"It's still here, but I lent it out. I think you can go to my manor to get it tomorrow or the day after."

The 【Darkness Box】 was the relic that accidentally went out of control when Xia De first "saw" Miss Miss Jia Lin Na at the Lucky Southern Cross Club. Both of them had a deep impression of this item.

"Of course, while feeling the power of darkness, using negative emotions to pressure yourself will have a better effect. My suggestion is that you go and feel powers like fear, and be trapped in darkness while being trapped in fear."

Miss Afu Luo La thought for a moment and then reminded:

"The more fearful you are, the more obvious the effect. But you don't look like a timid person, so you have to try many times to use this method to force yourself to touch the purest 【Light】 in your heart. Using this method, maybe you can succeed in a few days."

Although a few days is not long relative to the time to obtain a spirit rune, Xia De didn't think Dac Nisi would stay in the city with peace of mind.

So Miss Afu Luo La's method is indeed feasible, but Xia De needs to be faster. Fortunately, he has a better idea. Since ordinary fear is not effective, he will choose a more powerful fear, which is 【Terror Castle】. The fear induced by the eerie existence entrenched in the corridor before entering the gambling room is the most powerful fear Xia De has felt so far.

Although the 【Darkness Box】 cannot be brought into the past, Xia De can completely break into the corridor and face that eerie thing head-on when he is about to leave 1784 of the Fifth Era. Turning his back on that thing and running away can induce fear, so facing it head-on should be more effective.

As long as he controls the time well, before encountering real danger, he will be sent back to the Sixth Era by the Father of the Infinite Tree, and then immediately recite the incantation to make the Darkness Box go out of control. In this way, he can almost guarantee that he will be able to obtain the enlightenment spirit rune related to 【Light】 immediately.

But this raises another problem: there is only one last chance for the 1784 of the Fifth Era. If he cannot effectively solve the gambling game this time, then the mission of this time key will fail.

Thinking of this, Xia De remembered his conversation with Luweiya not long ago:

"The contents of the last four slots, two Vientiane Impermanence cards replace two, another experience replaces one, and now only one is missing. And, I don't know what will happen when the Vientiane Impermanence card is inserted into the slot..."

Therefore, in order to obtain the spirit rune related to 【Light】, the real problem Xia De needs to solve is to obtain the last life experience of Mr. Riddle, the prophet of the Fifth Era.

Seeing Xia De in a thoughtful mood, the witches knew he already had an idea.

Miss Afu Luo La drew back and forth in the air with her fingers, and the light traces left the words "Darkness" and "Light" in the air.

"Of course, I gave you this suggestion because light and darkness are one, they are opposites and unified."

"I understand, the doctrine of the Dawn Church is written like this. However, it seems you all have the technique of leaving light traces in the air."

Because he had already asked clearly about his own affairs, Xia De was able to joke easily.

"Don't underestimate this technique; it requires talent to carefully control your own light. I don't know if you noticed, but when the God-Caller split the giant mermaid corpse in Cold Water Port, he used a similar technique."

She probably mistook the Moonlight Slash for another sorcery.

So Miss Miss Jia Lin Na took Xia De and left the council to prevent being discovered by other witches.

Xia De, who was still somewhat unwilling to give up, asked Miss Miss Jia Lin Na about Shi Laiqi Riddle. But just like what Luweiya said, except for the Prophecy Association, other organizations would not record this ordinary man of the Fifth Era at all.

"Although I can break into the 【Darkness Domain】 without 【Light】, for the sake of convenience, I still need to have it. Should I give up the mission of the third time key for the sake of 【Light】? Or should I carry that door-shaped pendant with me and enter the past time only when it is absolutely necessary?"

Comparing the importance of the time key and the second Chosen One in his heart, after Miss Miss Jia Lin Na left, Xia De also began to prepare his attire for the evening banquet with the help of the two maids. Although in his opinion, having a formal suit and combing his hair would be enough, obviously Miss Miss Jia Lin Na didn't think so.

Just like this, evening came. Xia De thanked and sent away the two maids downstairs, and after saying goodbye to Mia, who insisted on staying at home and didn't want to go out, he went to Old John's Antique Shop first and got the silver-white ring inlaid with three diamond-like crystals.

Xia De lowered his head to check the beautiful silver ring. After Old John teased him for his attire at this time, which looked like he was "going to seduce an ignorant noble lady," he curiously asked Xia De what was in the gift box he was holding that was tied up with ribbons.

Wang Hou Diana's birthday was the front-page headline of all newspapers today. Old John guessed that Xia De was going to Yodel Palace, so he was very curious about his gift.

"Old John, you can open it to check, but you must guarantee that you can tie it back up."

Xia De said, and then remembered the scene not long ago when he asked Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's maid to help tie the gift.

"Detective, don't look down on me too much, I guarantee it will be tied even better than before. I rely on my skill of packing goods to be able to... however, what would a stingy guy like you give?"

Old John looked genuinely curious. After getting permission, he carefully pulled open the ribbon. After opening the box, he was so surprised that wrinkles appeared on his forehead:

"Oh, this is really... I've seen many large pearls, but one this round is truly rare."

"This cost a lot of money, and I asked a friend to get it from Cold Water Port."

Xia De said in a low voice, putting the silver ring on his finger, the size was very suitable. Ordinary ring sorcerers can only target one target at a time with 【Mental Shock】, but Xia De, who has "Divinity Radiance," can target no more than three targets.

When casting, point the finger wearing the ring at the target's head, or the part equivalent to the head. The closer the distance, the more obvious the effect of 【Mental Shock】. If the target's mind is particularly fragile, in the case where Xia De directly puts his finger on the opponent's forehead, the sorcery is very likely to directly blow the opponent's head apart.

"You are really willing to spend money. A pearl this big, if used to exchange for a practical poet-level relic, maybe someone would be willing to exchange it."

Old John clicked his tongue in wonder.

"This should be considered an investment, so it doesn't count as spending money recklessly."

Xia De corrected, and Old John nodded, agreeing with this statement. However, when looking for tools to repack the gift box, he teased Xia De again:

"I have to remind you. Detective, unlike that Duchess, Wang Hou Diana is married."

Xia De didn't pay any attention to him.