Chapter 784: Echo of the Blood Thorn

Sister Sister Daifulin's Chosen One ritual even caused a small earthquake that spread from the Interstice to the real world, but compared to other things tonight, this earthquake was not worth mentioning.

In the real Han Mi Er Dun, Cassandra Auction House, Miss Rita Swift, the witch's apprentice, was organizing manpower to repair the walls broken by the battle just now, blocking the holes where the white mist was gushing in.

Although she heard strange sounds outside and noticed that the undead patrolling the street suddenly paused their actions, and even saw the strange golden luster in the sky, she didn't care.

Twenty minutes after the Chosen One ritual was completed, a figure appeared outside the Cassandra Auction House. Accompanied by urgent knocking on the door, Miss Rita Swift, who was temporarily responsible for all affairs of the auction house, found that the person outside the door was Xia De.

"I just ran down from the mountain, Miss Swift, open the door quickly!"

"Sorry, I have to confirm your identity first, may I ask..."

Before she could finish her question, Xia De used the 【Key of the Gate】 to open the door and rushed in.

He was sweating profusely and panting. The situation at home was extremely bad; the white mist diffusing on the third floor was almost spreading to the floor below, the witch was urgently blocking those death auras, and the out-of-control 【Traveler's Travel Door】, even though it was temporarily suppressed by the "Space Stabilization Halo," was still restless and could not be moved to the side of the Ancient God statue in the basement to be suppressed.

But even so, after leaving Joey Barton and Marilyn Handel at St. Deran Square and letting the curious witch interrogate them, he immediately bid farewell to Luweiya, who had already observed the signs of the Star Whale, and rushed to Han Mi Er Dun from his home basement again, running straight here at the fastest speed.

Without the Night Watcher, he was not as fast at dealing with the evil spirits spilling from the Interstice into reality; there was no divinity in his body, and even though the radiance status was still continuing, the feeling of emptiness that made him go crazy still made Xia De mentally exhausted.

Fortunately, the power fluctuation of the Chosen One ritual made the restless undead dare not take any action, so he was able to come so quickly. After entering the door, regardless of how bad his physical and mental state was, he asked with a trembling voice:

"Where are Grace and Helen?"

Miss Swift, who was closing the door, lowered her head slightly, and only then did Xia De notice that the entire first-floor hall of the auction house had almost become ruins.

This was the headquarters of the Cassandra chain auction house, famous throughout the Old Continent, and its decoration was even more luxurious than some noble manors. But now there were claw marks and explosion traces everywhere, and even the floor and ceiling were no longer complete, with several large holes that could jump into the basement and the second floor.

The smell of smoke and dust had dissipated, but one could still imagine how fierce the battle was not long ago.

Cassandra took away the main followers and entered the Interstice, and now everyone left was trying their best to repair the building, at least ensuring that the white mist would not gush in again.

"I'm still late, the blood-sucking species have already left?"

"How did you know... about an hour ago, two high-ring and one mid-ring blood-sucking species came here to take away the teachers of the teacher who couldn't leave yet. The battle was fierce, and finally, the teachers of the teacher appeared, stopped the battle, and then left with the two high-ring blood-sucking species."

"Grace and Helen left?"

Xia De breathed heavily.

"However, that mid-ring blood-sucking species was left behind because of severe injuries; they said that after this matter ends, they will spend money to redeem him. And, we captured a Sage-level relic 【Blood Thorn Scepter】..."

"Where is that mid-ring blood-sucking species?"

Xia De asked urgently.

"In the basement."

The captured guy was unsurprisingly Xia De's acquaintance, Mr. Armand Bernhardt, who brought his nephew to Han Mi Er Dun. He was locked in the relic collection room in the basement.

This gentleman himself was a distant relative of the Kansenlik royal family, and had carried out elegance and upper-class to the end several times. But this time, he appeared incomparably embarrassed.

Lying on the bed against the wall, his face was as pale as paper, and his clothes were covered in blood. Miss Swift didn't kill him, but clearly only gave him the most basic treatment:

"This is truly an ungrateful person; clearly the grandmother introduced him to buy good things from other witches."

Miss Swift, who brought Xia De to the basement, said with dissatisfaction, and Mr. Bernhardt, who heard the sound, also struggled to climb up from the bed:

"Look, it's Mr. Hamilton."

He wanted to reveal a smile, but because the injury was too severe, he couldn't do it at all.

"Where?"

Xia De asked in a low voice.

"I don't know either, I was only responsible for disguising that blood-sucking prince as my nephew and bringing him here; I don't know the specific location."

Mr. Bernhardt answered hard.

"When?"

"Midnight, blood moon across the sky."

It was 11:23, only half an hour left.

"Mr. Hamilton, actually you don't have to worry; everything we have done will not harm this city, nor will it harm anyone. We will compensate for the losses caused to the Cassandra Auction House; why don't you sit down and wait for midnight with me to witness that blood curtain being..."

"Shut up."

Miss Swift said with a gloomy voice. Cassandra handed the auction house to her temporarily, but she made such a big omission; even if the opponent was too strong, this was still her dereliction of duty.

"The Blood Thorn Scepter is here; can the things you are going to do really succeed?"

Xia De asked the other mid-ring sorceress standing at the door to bring the scepter that was temporarily stored in another room in the basement.

The Blood Thorn Scepter was a black wooden scepter with a ruby embedded at the top, and the entire scepter was wrapped in a blood-colored thorn. One end of the thorn seemed to grow from the ruby, and the other end was wrapped around the tail of the scepter.

The black wooden surface was polished smooth, but looking at the light, one could see the protruding letters that were not easy to observe—

【Thorns enter the body, blood light accompanies me.】

One must grasp it very carefully to ensure that the hand is not harmed by the thorns. This was a genuine Sage-level relic, and it was also a weapon-type relic.

"It doesn't matter, we collected nine relics, but only seven of them are enough."

Armand Bernhardt said, he didn't mean to hide it, and Xia De only knew five of them.

"Mr. Hamilton, you saved me in the Sin Mansion, I want to advise you one sentence. Don't chase after them; if you can't catch up, it's fine, but if you catch up, you really won't be able to come back."

The injured blood-sucking species looked at Xia De, and there were many bloodshot eyes in the whites of his eyes.

Although this man brought the little boy to Han Mi Er Dun, Xia De had no bad feelings toward Mr. Bernhardt. Armand Bernhardt was just doing things under orders, and at this moment he was also willing to provide all the information he knew:

"They are very important to me, I must bring them back."

"Wait!"

Mr. Bernhardt asked suspiciously:

"What we are discussing is the Angel-level relic 【Red Butterfly Twins】."

"Yes, they are very important to me."

Xia De nodded, and then saw the awe on the face of this upper-class middle-aged blood-sucking species.

After Miss Swift's consent, Xia De gave Mr. Bernhardt a small cup of water treated by 【Satiety Food】. After he drank it slowly, he sat on the narrow bed against the wall that looked like a prison and asked:

"I must chase after them, do you really have no other clues?"

"I am only mid-ring; letting me bring the prince here was because my noble status is very convenient. But it must be on the mountain; I don't know the specific location. Sorry, I can't help you... don't chase anymore, this is truly for your own good."

He still persuaded Xia De tirelessly.

Xia De was silent for a moment, and his peripheral vision saw the scepter carefully held by Miss Swift:

"What is the function of this scepter, strengthening supernatural powers related to blood. How strong is this strengthening?"

"Very strong, if it is power related to my Lord, then it is even stronger."

Mr. Bernhardt said, and seeing Xia De take the initiative to take this relic, he introduced the way to use it:

"Recite the incantation 'Blood thorns pierce my body, the path of blood opens at this moment', the blood thorns will pierce into the back of your hand. You can't use the common language, you have to use the Columba secret language; I don't like using this kind of scepter-type weapon... I prefer the two alchemy pistols I made myself."

The so-called "Columba secret language" was used in the Fourth Era, which was the Dark Era, in the territory ruled by the blood-sucking species. The blood-sucking species group was not as powerful as the elves and did not have a language named after the group. The "Columba" secret language of the prosperous period of the blood-sucking species in ancient times, therefore, became the secret language of the upper class of the race in the Sixth Era, which was a very ancient language.

This kind of thing wouldn't even be learned in the compulsory courses of St. Byron's; it was elective content. And although Xia De was proficient in characters, he had to see the characters to read them out; it was impossible to know the pronunciation method of the corresponding secret text just by knowing the translation of the common text.

He hesitated for a moment:

"Is the Columba secret language strongly related to your race?"

Xia De asked again, Mr. Bernhardt considered it, but didn't expect the witch's apprentice to speak:

"This is a very important language for the blood-sucking species. At least one-quarter of the ancient literature and miracles and spell scrolls of the contemporary blood-sucking species are written in this language. This is almost equivalent to a racial language."

"That's how it is."

Mr. Bernhardt nodded lightly and drank the water. Although he was still in a severely injured state, his complexion improved a bit.

"I understand."

Xia De reached into his pocket and took out the two green leaves obtained after completing the Fifth Era 3024 key.

These two Youthful Leaves, one represented 【Knowledge - Original Sin Miracle】, and one represented 【A Piece of True Information - Blood-Sucking Species】. Because there was no label on the leaves, Xia De could only put the one on the left in front of his eyes first.

As the golden patterns presented by the leaf veins gradually penetrated into his eyes, Xia De frowned slightly. This one was an original sin miracle, which contained the method of adding the 【Sloth】 spiritual rune to the 【Chain of Great Sins】, but it was useless to him now.

"It's this one."

The second green leaf was also placed in front of his right eye. As massive knowledge and information poured into his brain, Xia De found the information he wanted:

"Sure enough, there is."

He took the scepter from Miss Swift, and under the gaze of Mr. Armand Bernhardt and the witch's apprentice, he recited softly using his lungs to assist with nasal humming:

"Blood thorns pierce my body, the path of blood opens at this moment."

The knowledge of the elf race allowed Xia De to roughly master the elf language, and the knowledge of the blood-sucking species naturally also contained the content of "Columba secret language."

Following Xia De's words, the blood-colored thorns on the scepter squirmed, climbed onto Xia De's wrist, and wrapped tightly. They didn't pierce into the skin, but Xia De clearly felt the feeling of his entire body's skin being pierced by pain.

"This way there's no problem..."

"Mr. Hamilton, are you really going up the mountain?"

Mr. Bernhardt still wanted to persuade Xia De to stay:

"I can't tell you what will happen on the mountain, but... don't go. I can use my soul to guarantee that the things that follow will definitely not harm Han Mi Er Dun!"

But Xia De shook his head and left with Miss Swift.

The two entered the deepest part of the basement, the room where Helen and Grace once lived. The twins had left, the curtains beside the huge four-poster bed had been lifted, and the clothes on the floor had also disappeared, but the concentration of whisper elements was still extraordinary.

"Mr. Hamilton, how are you going to find them?"

Miss Swift asked softly.

"I have a miracle that can see the trajectory of all actions of the blood owner within a day by dripping anyone's blood into my eyes."

"But there is no blood of the teachers of the teacher here... do you have it?"

"No, I don't have it either."

Xia De shook his head, holding the scepter and looking at the huge bed:

"But I have dripped their blood into my eyes before, that was in the previous era..."

He paused:

"More accurately, that was two months ago (Chapter 568)."

The Blood Thorn Scepter enhanced 【Blood Echo】. Xia De, who should have only been able to see the blood-colored traces within a day, touched the power of blood across a longer time. Clear red halos, and red halos representing two people, appeared on that bed.

The overlapping figures of the red halos showed that Grace and Helen stayed on the bed for a long time. And when they left the bed, the tall, god-like figure had already recovered to the size of a normal human woman:

"Miss Swift, then I'm leaving."

He stared at the two red halos. He already knew exactly what the God of Blood wanted to do. The story of the ten wines was simply reminding him of His true purpose.

In order for Leixia and Dorothy to get help, and even more so for two innocent souls not to be sacrificed, he was able to help them at the God's Wine Party in the previous era, and this time, he could still help them. ===== CHAPTER 785 =====