Chapter 524

"We cannot rely too much on the 【Dark Box】; the gap between the two is too great. The 【Dark Box】 has already been corroded by the 【Dark Domain】. Xia De, look at these traces..."

Difa pointed to the black stains on the brass gear mechanism box:

"This is the external manifestation of corrosion. Fortunately, as long as you don't open the box, the corrosion effect of the Dark Domain on it is almost negligible, so we can carry it as a safety guarantee on the road. But unless necessary, you'd better not let it go out of control, as this will seriously accelerate the corrosion."

"What will happen if the 【Dark Box】 is really corroded by the 【Dark Domain】?"

Xia De asked curiously. Difa couldn't answer, but Luweiya gave the answer instead:

"This will cause a very rare phenomenon of fusion between relics. Relics of the same type and similar functions, when in close contact and one side's power is far stronger than the other, the weaker side will be absorbed by the stronger side, just like water merging into the sea. But this situation is very rare, exceptionally rare."

The people who were awake all looked at her; everyone was hearing about this for the first time.

"So that's how it is..."

Xia De considered for a moment:

"Difa, since that's the case, you carry it. Unless necessary, I won't use its out-of-control effect."

The 【Light】 Spirit Rune was to kill the demons in the Dark Domain, but since the maid was by his side, Xia De didn't need to eliminate them himself.

"Alright, then do you need to rest for a while?"

Difa asked again.

"No need, time is tight, let's set off immediately."

Xia De said. He had rested enough while watching Mr. Riddle play cards behind him.

"Luweiya, stay here and wait for my good news."

Xia De said to the young diviner again, shaking the small glass bottle plugged with a wooden stopper. This was the core ritual material for the ritual to seal the demon that Luweiya had found. He was saying that he was fine.

All he had to do was witness what the ending of the second Chosen One was. Only in the case where the church, witches, and other strange Ringed Shushi organizations all failed, and Dac Nisi not only completed the ritual but also had the possibility of escaping, would Xia De need to take action himself.

But compared to dozens of other possibilities, the probability of this possibility was the lowest, so Xia De was not worried about the remaining part of this journey. He believed that all he had to do was go and see, and then bring the result back.

"I'm waiting for you here... This time, you have to face it yourself again. Take this; it's an alchemical item I made myself. It can bring its owner some luck."

She unclasped a silver necklace from her neck. In the pendant at the end of the chain was a photograph of her late parents. Every time Xia De saw Luweiya, she was wearing this necklace. It was not just an alchemical item, but also her most precious personal accessory:

"Don't worry, compared to the doctor, my luck has always been quite good."

Xia De put away the necklace. Luweiya nodded, her eyes seeming to have a thousand words she wanted to express, but in the end, she just took off the four metal amulets on her body that already had cracks and handed them to Difa. Xia De was basically unaffected in the 【Dark Domain】, but Difa, even if she was a Sixth-Tier, would definitely be affected by the Angel-level relic.

The maid gripped the string of amulets and nodded:

"I will protect Xia De well."

Difa arranged who would be responsible for presiding over the situation after she left the manor, and then left the third-floor master bedroom with Xia De, each carrying a metal box.

Sure enough, when the two arrived at the corridor shrouded in darkness, Difa stumbled and almost couldn't stand firm, but because her level was much higher than Luweiya's and she had the power of a witch, she adapted to it and seemed fine.

As for Xia De, the effect of the strange blessing given by Priest Ao Gu Si was still in effect. Although this effect could not last forever, as long as there was no significant consumption of the blessing's power, the priest's blessing was enough for Xia De to travel through the Dark Domain.

They didn't leave the manor directly, but went to the stables on the side of the manor under Difa's guidance.

The horses in the stables were ordinary creatures, and of course, they had all fallen into a deep sleep. Probably because their intelligence was lower and their mental and soul powers were weaker, one of them had even been dissolved by the darkness, turning into a strange-looking one-eyed "Hidden Servant," and then was casually dealt with by Difa.

The maid possessed the 【Light】 Spirit Rune, but last time when they encountered Hidden Servants at the ophthalmologist's, neither of them knew that 【Light】 could kill such demons, so she didn't take action at that time.

Coming to the stables was not to wake up the horses. Difa asked for a small knife from Xia De, cut some mane from a small red horse lying on the ground, cut horse tail hair from a particularly tall black horse, and finally found rusted horseshoes and some horse bones in the stables.

After drawing a circular ritual base array composed of tadpole scripts on the ground with chalk, Difa placed the four items into the four square spaces deliberately left in the center of the dense tadpole scripts.

She cut her finger, dripped a drop of blood into the center of the ritual base array, then clasped her hands together, lowered her head, closed her eyes, and chanted the incantation in a low voice. The Dark Domain swallowed the light produced by the ritual, but could not swallow the skeleton horse that walked out of the rolling black fog.

"Oh~"

Xia De looked at this thing in admiration. This was a purely undead creature, and the blue flames in its eyes were the flames of the soul.

"Let's go quickly."

Difa found equipment such as saddles, bits, and reins to hang on this undead horse, and hung the box she was carrying on the side of the horse.

"I thought that when such summoned creatures appeared, things like saddles would be ready."

"Items on the undead are not part of the undead."

Difa said, reaching out to stroke the horse's skull a few times:

"Xia De, can you ride a horse?"

The maid asked again.

"Of course not."

Xia De said.

"Alright then, I'll ride the horse."

She nimbly flipped onto the horse's back, but because she was wearing a dress, she was sitting sideways. She beckoned to Xia De, signaling Xia De to come up too, but Xia De hesitated:

"Hmm... how should I get on the horse?"

So Difa could only pull him up, and then let Xia De's hands hold her waist to prevent falling off.

"Wait a minute!"

Before Difa pulled the reins to set off, Xia De reached into his pocket again, first taking out the small bottle containing the bright yellow eye drops:

"Remember this, right? Drip some into your eyes, it can expand your field of vision."

Then he handed the 【Youthful Ye Zi】 that originally recorded the strange technique - Breath of Time to her:

"You take this, to prevent unexpected situations."

"This is..."

The maid looked at the green leaf in Xia De's glowing palm, which seemed to be infected by the silver moonlight.

"Youthful Ye Zi."

"What?"

She obviously also knew about such relics.

"Let's set off quickly, lend it to you for now, to prevent unexpected situations."

Xia De stuffed the leaf to her, and Difa gave a soft "Hmm." After getting ready, the skeleton horse carried the two of them and rushed out of the stables, rushed out of the manor along the central axis of the courtyard, and ran toward the far southeastern suburbs of the city.

This undead horse summoned by Difa using a ritual ran faster than a normal horse. Although the undead itself would be dissolved by this silent darkness, because Xia De, who was on its back, was constantly glowing and dispelling the surrounding darkness, both the undead and Difa had their influence by the Dark Domain slightly weakened when in close contact with Xia De.

Because they knew the destination and terrain, even though the visibility in the surroundings was extremely poor, the two could choose the nearest road. Passing through deserted villages, passing through pitch-black and empty farmland, as they gradually approached the core area of the Dark Domain, the black shadows representing the "past" wandering around, and the Hidden Servants that occasionally launched attacks from the darkness, became more and more dense.

At first, the two on the skeleton horse could still fight back by relying on Difa's power, but as the demon's power became stronger and stronger, they had to open the 【Dark Box】 and let another kind of darkness shroud them.

Doing so was very effective, not only more obviously dispelling the influence of the relic on the two, but also making the Hidden Servants seem completely unable to see them.

It was just that on the 【Dark Box】 hanging on the side of the skeleton horse, more and more black spots gradually covered the original brass color. And as they got closer to the central area, the spreading speed of the black traces also became faster and faster.

Obviously, they absolutely could not rely on this relic to maintain safety forever.

If the edge of the Dark Domain was just a silent area sleeping in darkness, then as the two went deeper, various terrifying illusions and real demons and phantoms of the past became more and more dense.

This darkness could not only melt sleeping people, but also bewitch and frighten awake intruders. And once emotions were affected, they were not far from stepping into slumber.

At a position not far from the word "core" handwritten by Miss Miss Jia Lin Na on the map, they finally encountered a Ringed Shushi squad from the church in the darkness. It was just that because the darkness severely hindered their line of sight, when Xia De discovered the other party, the other party didn't notice the two on the skeleton horse at all.

Xia De relied on the light on his body and the 【God's Gift Box】 on his back to dispel the darkness, while that twelve-person squad from the Church of Peace relied on a glowing holy emblem. That holy emblem was not a relic, but an ordinary divine art item, but because the true god 【Father of Peace】 truly existed, this kind of divine art item could actually directly bless the twelve-person squad to move freely in the darkness.

Xia De told Difa about the situation appearing in front, and both of them thought there was no need to face the church's team, so they took a detour and left. And on the subsequent journey, they encountered more and more church Ringed Shushi.

Just as Xia De estimated, although the area of the 【Dark Domain】 out of control had expanded, the church still controlled the basic situation. If they were lucky, he only needed to witness Dac Nisi being captured or killed by the church, and the final adventure of late summer would truly end. ===== CHAPTER 525 =====