Chapter 512: Combat Readiness

"Okay, let's act separately. After returning home from the witch's place, I will immediately start preparing to enter the Darkness Domain, spell materials, relics, and that box that seals the demon. Once there is any unfavorable news, we will set out. Luweiya, after you return from the black market, besides preparing the ritual to seal the demon, don't forget to notify our other friend. Even if you can't find her, try to find a way to leave a message for her."

Yi Lu Na had been temporarily assigned to a special action team of the Sun Church these past few days, so she would not be at the security company.

"Okay, detective. Take care... we have prepared for so long, now it is truly time."

Luweiya reached out and hugged Xia De.

"Yes, it is time."

Xia De hugged the purple-eyed girl with a serious expression.

After the Coldwater Port major event ended, he had been waiting for Dac Nisi's arrival. They had long known that once Dac Nisi appeared, it would definitely be the final battle. But when the moment truly arrived, it felt somewhat unreal.

But regardless, since they had decided to witness the thirteen Chosen Ones, this matter could not be avoided.

Xia De and Luweiya separated at Song Square. Xia De took a carriage and didn't even go home, going directly to Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's manor in the south of the city.

It was just very unfortunate that neither Miss Miss Jia Lin Na nor Difa were at the manor. Xia De learned from the manor's housekeeper that the Duchess had accompanied Queen Diana to the racecourse to relax.

This somewhat disrupted Xia De's arrangements. Xia De had originally wanted to bring the 【Darkness Box】 back on this trip, allowing himself to use the 1784 key for the last, last time, complete the bet with three Luo De Pai, and obtain the 【Light】 spirit rune.

But they were not there, and Xia De could not wait here for too long; after all, Luweiya might come to St. Theresa Square to find him at any time.

So he left a letter, explaining the matter of Dac Nisi in detail in the letter, and hoped that while the Duchess dealt with this matter, she would send someone to deliver the 【Darkness Box】 to St. Theresa Square as soon as possible.

Letting the housekeeper personally deliver this letter to the Royal Racecourse, Xia De took a carriage back to the city and headed straight for home.

The sound of him opening the door and going upstairs was very hurried, to the point that Mia at home was startled, thinking something had happened. While Xia De was packing the items he might use, the orange cat kept following behind Xia De's feet, as if worried that Xia De would run away from home with his luggage but not take it with him.

The 【Kindness Gun】 that kills with one shot in certain occasions, the poem paper pages that might send the 【St. Byron's Academy Dream】 at any time, the last 【Pirate's Blood Money】, the 【Fate's Twenty-Sided Dice】 that interferes with divination, the 【Youthful Immortality Leaf】 used for healing, the 【Demon Hunting Seal】 aimed at demons, the 【Transformation Ring】 that can be used as a life—all these were brought on his person.

The 【Soul Fishing Rod】 was left at home because it was inconvenient to carry, but the key item 【God's Gift Box】 had to be brought.

It was just that this box was also inconvenient to carry, so Xia De used the needle, thread, cloth, and scissors at home to make a very ugly cloth bag for carrying on his back.

Putting the heavy metal box into the cloth bag, Xia De tried jumping a few times while carrying it, confirming that it was very sturdy, before placing it on the coffee table. Opening the lid, he thought about whether he should put some relics that wouldn't be used in battle into the box instead of carrying them on his person, to prevent them from going out of control due to the 【Darkness Domain】.

"Safety first, let's carry them all on my person."

He thought about it, and wore the 【Demon Hunting Seal】 and 【Transformation Ring】 on his right hand, and the Heart Crystal Ring on his left hand. Although Xia De absolutely did not want to become a woman, when it was truly necessary, life was more important than principles.

Looking at his hand, Xia De took off that pebble ring again:

"The transformation between positive and negative is the beginning of a new life."

He quickly recited the incantation once, preventing himself from forgetting it when he needed to use it, and only then did he put the ring back on his hand.

At the same time, Mia the cat, who had always treated the 【Transformation Ring】 as a toy, crouched on the sofa and watched Xia De with tigerish eyes. Seeing Xia De whispering the item list and having no intention of returning the ring to it or playing with it, the small orange cat meowed again, flicked its tail, and looked at the relics Xia De had placed on the coffee table to count.

"And the 【Weak Angel Potion】, this cannot be forgotten."

Getting up from the sofa, he took the potion preserved away from light from the locked drawer in the study. Next to this potion was eye medicine as viscous as oil, the potion that the ophthalmologist had formulated from precious red medicine water. Although it could not make eye-type strange arts evolve like red medicine water, it had the effect of enhancing vision, so Xia De took this out as well.

Standing in the living room and thinking for a moment:

"Help me think, is there anything else that needs to be prepared?"

【Your door pendant.】

She whispered in his ear, and Xia De immediately slapped his forehead:

"Oh, yes, this cannot be forgotten. Even if Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's side is too late to send the 【Darkness Box】, the last chance can still provide me with 20 minutes of safe time and rest time. Not to mention, once I win the bet, perhaps I can even get a chance to talk to that God of Gambling for a short while... not using the key in advance was truly the correct choice."

While praising himself, he took the 【Time Key】 and put it in his pocket. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief, sitting on the sofa and looking at the relics on the coffee table.

At this moment, the outsider also didn't know whether he should be nervous or excited.

Returning home from Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's manor was a little past three in the afternoon on Thursday, and after packing the items that might be used for the adventure, it was already nearly five o'clock.

Xia De didn't want to miss Luweiya's news because of eating, so he just ate some bread at home for dinner. This once made Mia, who was still eating cat food mixed with fish liver oil, think that Xia De had no food.

So, this cat very rarely did not eat all the food Xia De gave it, but left some, and then stood on the dining table, using its small head to push its small bowl toward Xia De.

Xia De was originally somewhat anxious, but seeing Little Mia's appearance, his mood inexplicably relaxed:

"Prepared for so long, nothing will happen."

He didn't change into his home clothes, just wore clothes convenient for going out, and sat on the sofa holding Miss Feilian's notebook, flipping to this night.

Luweiya finally knocked on the door downstairs after ten o'clock on this Thursday night. Looking at her appearance, she hadn't been idle for the entire afternoon and evening:

"The good news is that Dac Nisi and the Blood-Weeping One haven't entered the 【Darkness Domain】 so far. The bad news is that the church cannot find their traces. If a thirteen-ring Shushi wants to hide, no one should think of finding him easily."

The purple-eyed girl sat on the sofa somewhat exhausted:

"The church has already received our news, but I couldn't see Yi Lu Na. She went directly to the south of the city with the church's team. I think the church is planning that if things go wrong, they will let that Sun Great Sword lead Yi Lu Na into the Darkness Domain to fight Dac Nisi and Helmons."

"That's not bad, but we cannot just sit and wait for Yi Lu Na's news."

"Yes, some diviners from the Diviner Association have also been transferred to the south of the city. I will return to the association in a moment to collect intelligence through the association's channels. If it is confirmed that Dac Nisi has entered the 【Darkness Domain】, I will come to find you immediately. Xia De, don't sleep too soundly tonight; I might knock on your door at any time."

Xia De nodded, looking at the relics he had placed on the tabletop:

"Luweiya, you also take care to rest, don't be too..."

"At a time like this, how can I rest!"

Her voice suddenly became very loud, scaring the cat so much that it burrowed straight into Xia De's arms.

The purple-eyed girl immediately showed a regretful expression:

"Sorry."

This appearance was very similar to the scene where she was almost out of control after learning that Xia De had confirmed who the Chosen One was at Coldwater Port.

"Luweiya, calm down."

Xia De still remained steady, reaching out to hold Luweiya's left hand:

"I don't know why, but you get emotional whenever the Chosen One is involved. But in the current situation, we have the advantage, there's no need to be anxious."

"Sorry, I lost my composure."

She raised her right hand to cover her forehead:

"I just... whenever I think that Dac Nisi might complete the ritual and then escape Tobesk, I... feel... I can't say... it's just a feeling that the world is about to head toward destruction. Sorry, Xia De, truly sorry."

She lowered her head and said nothing more. Xia De held her hand and looked at the starry sky outside the window:

"Regardless, I have always been here."

He whispered almost inaudibly.

Luweiya left soon after, while Xia De did not go to bed to sleep all night, but rested on the sofa wearing his clothes and wrapped in a blanket, ready to set out at any time. Although he was only a second-ring, his powerful physical fitness could barely support him in doing so.

But if he did this for several consecutive days, Xia De definitely wouldn't be able to hold on.

But it made no difference to Little Mia where Xia De slept; it slept on the back of the sofa all night. After waking up on Friday morning, it meowed a few times in a daze, as if it couldn't understand how it was in the living room and couldn't see Xia De. But when the cat was fully awake and looked down to see Xia De on the sofa, it immediately asked Xia De to prepare breakfast with great interest.

"Good morning, Mia."

Xia De yawned, lifted the blanket, and climbed off the sofa. When he stretched, it seemed as if all the bones in his body were clicking. This sound was not an illusion, because the orange cat also heard it and looked at Xia De with great curiosity.

After eating breakfast, Xia De returned to the living room to wait. At this moment, whether it was a servant sent by Miss Miss Jia Lin Na holding the 【Darkness Box】 or Luweiya visiting again, it could give Xia De a surprise.

But from this morning until this evening, no one visited. It wasn't until evening when Xia De took Mia out to eat and returned that he finally saw the girl waiting at his door.

But it wasn't Luweiya, it was Dorothy.

The blonde, blue-eyed female writer stood at Xia De's door, bathed in the late summer sunset. Suddenly turning her head to smile at the outsider carrying the cat, Xia De felt his heart was about to stop beating.

Dorothy's visit this time was to borrow Detective Sparrow's detective records from Xia De. She wanted to copy some parts that didn't reveal privacy to mail to her writer friends to share.

Xia De of course had no objection to this, but when Dorothy followed Xia De to the second floor and saw the table full of relics and spell materials, she stopped in surprise:

"The things you've been busy with lately, are they finally coming to an end?"

"Yes."

Xia De nodded. Seeing his appearance of not wanting to talk much, Dorothy pursed her lips:

"If you need help, Princess Lei Qianya can probably pull out a steam infantry company of over a hundred people in the city."

"No, no, I can solve it myself."

Xia De shook his head slightly. No matter what, he would not involve Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya in the terrifying matters related to demons.

"Really don't need my help?"

"No need, I am not doing anything dangerous."

"That's good, take this."

She took that 【Youthful Immortality Leaf】 from the gap in the silver ornament hanging around her neck:

"Borrow it back to me in a few days to prove that you didn't do anything dangerous."

"Okay."

Xia De nodded with a smile. After completing the key in his hand, there would still be two leaves left, so he was very confident that he wouldn't be found out.

"In addition, this is the 【Kiss of the Tree】 ancient text that Princess Lei Qianya helped find. I originally thought about giving it to you when we meet for the meeting tomorrow on Saturday."

She stuffed a roll of parchment to Xia De again:

"Your 【Kiss of the Tree】 spirit rune cannot be linked to strange arts, I always feel it's a bit off, so you take this, maybe it can help you sometime."

Xia De looked at the thing in his hand:

"I... I..."

"I am waiting for you to tell me your story after the adventure."

She said with a smile:

"Xia De, you must, you must tell me."

This time Xia De's guilt for lying was even stronger.

Mia burrowed into the 【God's Gift Box】. Seeing that Xia De didn't pull it out this time, it curiously looked at the two people looking at each other in the sunset. ===== CHAPTER 513 =====