Chapter 523

Carrying the 【God's Gift Box】 on his back, Xia De helped Luweiya, whose state was getting worse and worse, and immediately entered the manor.

In the courtyard, they didn't see any sleeping maids. After struggling to push open the main gate that was locked from the inside, no one appeared either.

Because it was pitch black everywhere, the inside of the building looked no different from the outdoors, just be careful not to bump into the walls. Seeing no one appear, Xia De was a bit uneasy. Fortunately, the pendant he carried could detect witches in the surroundings. Even though the 【Dark Domain】 hindered the pendant's effect, at least it didn't make the effect disappear completely.

According to the different heat emitted by the pendant at different positions, Xia De brought Luweiya to the third floor of the manor and stopped at the door of the manor's master bedroom. This was Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's bedroom; without permission, only Difa could enter and exit at will. Xia De had never entered before.

At this time, the two doors were tightly closed in the darkness. Xia De reached out to push, but unexpectedly, red-gold runes flashed on the gate, pushing Xia De away at once.

Xia De was not surprised, but instead showed a smile:

"I knew it, even if Miss Miss Jia Lin Na might not be in the manor, the manor's servants couldn't all have fallen into a deep sleep due to the expansion of the darkness. Luweiya, do you recognize the ritual on the door?"

Xia De turned his head and asked. Luweiya tried hard to open her eyes to look, and shook her head:

"The ritual doesn't matter, why don't you just knock on the door?"

"Oh, that makes sense. If someone is still awake, we just need to knock on the door."

Because this door would prevent touching, Xia De finally chose to shout a few times toward the inside of the door. After waiting for more than ten seconds, a faint voice came from behind the door. Inside the 【Dark Domain】, sound would also be swallowed by the darkness, so the person behind this door should also be shouting loudly:

"Is that Xia De?"

"It's me, and I have my friend with me."

Xia De recognized that the somewhat distorted voice was Difa. It seemed that when the incident happened, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na didn't take her away from the manor.

"Prove your identity."

The voice inside said again.

"Last time we investigated the ophthalmologist together, when I was using the potion, I let you drip blood into my eyes."

"Oh, it really is you."

Difa carefully pushed open the right side of the double-door bedroom from the inside, but only left a crack wide enough for Xia De to enter sideways. Xia De restored a mask from his pocket and handed it to Luweiya, but the latter shook her head;

"No need, I think it doesn't matter even if the witches know my appearance."

Xia De entered the door first, confirmed that it was safe inside, and then poked his head out from the crack and pulled Luweiya in as well.

Inside the room, a light source that was not very strong appeared after a long time. The light source was placed on the carpet in the center of the bedroom. More than thirty young girls in maid outfits were either lying on the desk or lying on the carpet in groups of two or three, sleeping soundly or talking in low voices in various parts of the room. The light source covered their bodies, making their shadows sway slightly.

This scene, no matter from which angle one looked at it, had quite a visual impact.

Difa was still wearing that usual maid dress. From her perspective, Xia De, who was glowing with silver moon light all over, carrying a glowing box on his back and holding a lady with great temperament, made this scene even more visually impactful.

There were more than just Difa resting in the room. Besides her, there were four maids in maid outfits and three ladies in their own casual dresses.

These seven ladies were also Ringed Shushi around Miss Miss Jia Lin Na—two Second-Tier, one Third-Tier, and the other four were Mid-Tier, but none exceeded Difa's level.

At this time, five of the Ringed Shushi were sitting around the only light source in the room, and the ritual trace of a hexagram was outlined on the carpet with some ashes. The remaining two stood at the door with Difa to welcome Xia De's arrival. Xia De could be considered a frequent visitor to Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's manor, and the maids here all knew him.

"This is my friend, the diviner..."

"Luweiya Anate."

Xia De originally wanted to say a fake name, but unexpectedly, Luweiya said her real name herself.

Difa nodded with a smile to introduce herself, and then arranged for the awake maids to wake up their sleeping companions and prepare hot tea for the two who had come from afar.

"What is the situation now? Is Miss Miss Jia Lin Na not here?"

The bedroom door closed behind them, shutting the darkness outside. There was a very rich fragrance in the bedroom; Miss Miss Jia Lin Na probably liked to light incense in the bedroom.

"Before the darkness expanded this morning, Miss went out alone. When the incident happened, the manor itself resisted for less than five minutes. During this time, I gathered the manor's servants to enter the mansion to hide. Only five people didn't come back in time in the back garden. Now the manservants are in the kitchen on the first floor and should have fallen into a deep sleep. The other maids have gone to the restaurant on the second floor under the leadership of the housekeeper, and I think they should have fallen asleep too. The people here are all maids responsible for taking care of Miss personally, so I didn't notify Miss and brought them up. They are not sleeping due to the influence of relics, but because the mental pressure is too great, so they must sleep frequently."

Difa said softly.

Although Miss Miss Jia Lin Na hated men, some heavy physical work in the manor required manservants, and if there wasn't a single manservant in the manor, it was easy for others to associate it with something, so there were manservants here, but they were not allowed to enter the second floor and above.

"Are you all okay?"

Xia De asked with concern. He also lowered his voice to prevent waking up the others who were sleeping.

"Temporarily okay. Miss had foreseen the worst situation, so she left this."

Difa pointed to the light source behind her. It was a cylindrical kerosene lamp. It was made of bronze metal, the main body was a cylinder, and it was supported by three feet at the bottom. The height of the kerosene lamp could reach Xia De's chest, and it was divided into five sections, each with an individually glowing wick. The lampshade was made of glass, and the metal fixing the lampshade had a phoenix pattern. There was also a lifelike bronze phoenix statue at the very top of the lamp column.

This was a relic.

"【Keeper-level (Level 3) 【Phoenix Lamp】, the only positive characteristic is that it can continuously emit light and heat to illuminate the surroundings, and it will never extinguish no matter what. The negative characteristic is that if this lamp is not contained in a closed fireproof material, the probability of a fire occurring in the surroundings will be greatly increased, and once the fire is not handled in time, some monsters that even Miss feels tricky will appear in the flames."

Difa explained to Xia De:

"Precisely because there is only one pure characteristic, it can persist in emitting light in the 【Dark Domain】. But the difference between the 【Phoenix Lamp】 and the 【Dark Domain】 is still too great, so it must be assisted by a ritual to enhance the light and let it cover a larger range. But as long as no new changes occur, this light should be enough to support us until the matter ends."

"Miss Miss Jia Lin Na anticipated this situation in advance? She is truly remarkable."

Xia De whispered in admiration.

"No, in my opinion, you being able to come here when the relic is out of control is what's remarkable. The situation outside should be very bad, right?"

Difa said. Xia De shook his head:

"This is not my credit; it is the power given to me by a friend I know. Let's not talk about this. Luweiya, you stay here for a while. You can't continue to move forward with me; I will walk on alone."

The purple-eyed girl who had already sat down looked at Xia De with regret, but what Xia De said was indeed reality.

"Difa, does Miss Miss Jia Lin Na have a map of the core area of the 【Dark Domain】? I have things to continue moving forward."

"Yes, it's with me. But I will go with you. No, please don't rush to refuse."

She still had a serene expression on her face and looked up at Xia De:

"I am also very worried about Miss; she is probably also in the core area of the relic. The incident happened suddenly, and I am not sure if Miss is prepared to deal with it. Since you want to go there, why not go with me? After all, I don't know what the situation is outside either, and I need your help."

This way of putting it sounded more like she needed Xia De to accompany her.

Xia De knew Difa wanted to protect him, and after thinking carefully, he didn't refuse. But before setting off, he had one more thing:

"Is the 【Dark Box】 in the manor now?"

Although the extreme feeling of fear had passed, Xia De had also seen power in fear. But that was the power of courage. For the 【Light】 Spirit Rune, it was necessary to try again.

"Yes, but I suggest you don't use it easily."

She brought Xia De to the side of the bed. The master bedroom of the manor was extremely large, and the four-poster bed placed on two steps higher than the ground was even more huge. However, the curtains were drawn, blocking the situation on the bed, and Xia De didn't impolitely explore.

The light of the 【Phoenix Lamp】 only extended to the edge of the large bed, but the light and darkness did not transition smoothly; the boundary between the two was very obvious, as if there really existed a line dividing them.

The brass-colored gear mechanism box was placed on the boundary line between light and darkness, and the dividing line completely coincided with the central axis of the box's upper surface.

This was the long-unseen 【Dark Box】.

"Why did you bring it into Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's bedroom? Did you foresee that I would come?"

Xia De asked, but Difa shook her head and squatted down to carefully move the box completely into the area covered by the lamp light. Xia De then discovered that the gears of various sizes on the side of the box were covered with disgusting, uneven black stains.

"We were able to successfully escape here by actually utilizing this relic."

Difa explained:

"The characteristic of the 【Dark Box】 itself is that by rotating the gears on the six sides according to certain rules, darkness can be controllably released from the box. Darkness and darkness are also different. When the darkness of the 【Dark Box】 covers us, the darkness of the 【Dark Domain】 cannot affect us for the time being."

Xia De raised his eyebrows. This approach was quite interesting. Priest Ao Gu Si had said before Xia De set off that what defeats darkness might not be light, but he didn't expect that darkness could also fight against darkness. ===== CHAPTER 524 =====