Chapter 979: Sacrifice of the Ancient God

"Divine items? Oh, yes, of course they count."

The priest held the teacup and introduced with a smile:

"There are two basic characteristics. Based on the characteristics of 'Angel', praise death, and then inject your own spirit for active stimulation, forming a special area within a radius of 30 feet (about 9.15 meters) centered on the badge. It can cause relatively powerful attacks on evil creatures such as evil spirits and demons. Even if you can't defeat them, they will definitely not attack you under the light of the badge."

Because he was in the church now and couldn't experiment, otherwise he really wanted to revive the bones and let Xia De try it.

"Based on the characteristics of 'Announcing Death', when this badge directly touches the wound of a flesh-and-blood creature for more than five seconds, the target will be cursed by death. In the next period of time, organ failure, muscle atrophy, and the probability of obtaining various diseases will greatly increase. Although it cannot be said that it will definitely die, under normal circumstances, it will definitely not be able to survive. Of course, when you call upon the power of death during battle, this badge can also give you some help, but for you, this enhancement is not obvious, after all, it cannot compare to the blessing I give you personally."

Priest Ao Gu Si was not worried that Xia De would do bad things with this badge. If Xia De wanted to do bad things, he wouldn't need this at all:

"You have to be careful, don't let it touch your wounds when you are injured. In addition to these two characteristics, this badge also has small effects such as 【Wearer will not become undead】, 【Wearer will not be actively attacked by undead】, 【Resist instant death attacks】, 【Enhance sorcery and spells related to undead and angels】, but it doesn't matter to you."

Compared with relics and sorcery spells, this badge had no side effects at all, and there was almost no consumption when using it. This was a divine item of the ancient god in the true sense, even for Xia De, it was quite valuable.

Of course, besides asking clearly why the priest appeared at St. Deran Square on Wednesday night, Xia De also asked about the information on the ancient god cult that he had entrusted the priest to find earlier this week. In the 5th Era 5177, the content of the second test of the ancient god 【Uncertain Wise Man】 was to offer a sacrifice to the god, and the sacrifice must be a kind of "water". Xia De hoped to find information on past sacrifices through the priest.

Although Priest Ao Gu Si was very busy at the end of the year, checking information was not a very time-consuming thing. After all, the information Xia De gave was very comprehensive. He didn't take out the information but orally stated the content he saw.

The ancient god 【Uncertain Wise Man】 was actually a quite famous ancient god. This was partly because this god did not leave until the end of the 5th Era, and partly because the cult of this wise man was partially absorbed by the church of the righteous god 【God of Creation and Destruction】 later, and most of the knowledge and inherited history were kept and preserved by the Creation Church.

Priest Ao Gu Si had a great reputation in the local area, and his relationship with other heretics in the Five Gods Church was also quite good, so he easily obtained those materials that were public within the church.

Just like the situation known by the Great Witches of the 5th Era, the believers of that ancient god usually offered "clear lake water, morning dew in the early morning, tears of a baby's crying when first born" as sacrifices, because this was the purest and most flawless water. The process of sacrifice was not just placing the sacrifice in front of the shrine or holy emblem. Sometimes it was necessary to embellish purple sage, eight-leaf bell orchid petals, or green leaf chrysanthemum petals in the container.

The entire sacrificial process had been recorded and passed down to the modern era. This sacrificial process itself also belonged to a type of ritual. Repeating this process in the modern era when the ancient gods had left could allow the holder of the ritual to improve wisdom and inspiration in a certain period of time, which belonged to a relatively basic ritual.

"Besides these materials, is there anything else? For example, special sacrifices?"

Xia De asked curiously while sitting in a chair. Priest Ao Gu Si, who was holding a teacup, stood in front of the window looking at the snow, looking at the children chasing and playing. Old people who were getting on in years always liked to recall the past:

"Yes, I asked someone to find some materials that ordinary clergy like us cannot see. But you should not be able to find those sacrifices in a short time. For example, the spring water of the Angel-level relic 'Fountain of Youth'."

Xia De sighed while holding the cat, and Mia looked up at Xia De and also made a sighing look.

The relic 【Fountain of Youth】 originally belonged to the Witch Council and was the common asset of the Great Witches of the Council in the 5th Era, but it was lost in the change of eras. The Great Witches of the 6th Era had always been thinking about this relic, but they just couldn't find it. Miss Galina complained to Xia De about this.

Unlike the "Mermaid's Elixir" that Xia De once sold to Miss Galina, although the spring water of the Angel-level relic 【Fountain of Youth】 could not grant immortality, it had a stronger effect in maintaining appearance.

"However, I don't know if Witch Emperor Violet carries this kind of spring water with her."

He guessed.

"What else?"

"Liquefied Philosopher's Stone."

This was even harder to find. If Xia De, Miss Violet, and Miss Theresa had the Philosopher's Stone, the three of them wouldn't have to work hard to write a thesis for the first test.

"Is there anything slightly simpler?"

Xia De asked again while holding the lazy cat. The priest thought carefully for a while:

"The materials I saw were all materials that could be made public internally. If you want to find more secret information, I'm afraid you have to find someone to go to the Holy See of the 【Church of Creation and Destruction】 to find it, or wait for me to contact some old friends. This will take some time. However, don't you know the Ringed Shushi of the Church? I think you can let your friend try their luck."

Saying goodbye to Priest Ao Gu Si, Xia De went to the Black Stone Security Company in the heavy snow again. Even if it was a carriage, he could feel the chill of the snowy day. The very talkative coachman chatted with Xia De from the small window in front of the carriage about Tobesk's winter, which also let Xia De know that the area in the city that could pay for unified heating fees was less than one-tenth of the total area of the city.

"Then how do you keep warm in winter?"

"The mining area in the north of the city sells loose coal, and we will also prepare some firewood. The steam pipeline company allows families to modify the pipelines and connect them to their own stoves. My father, and my father's father, didn't have this condition when they spent the winter in this city. More than 30 years ago, when I was only ten years old, at least hundreds of people would freeze to death in the city every winter."

The coachman said with his back to Xia De, and then shook the horse bell to remind pedestrians in front to pay attention to dodge.

It is necessary to pay extra tips for taking a carriage on a snowy day. When Xia De got off the carriage, he gave the coachman an extra 1 shilling. The coachman smiled and wished Xia De everything went well today, and then he was called by others. In this kind of weather, his business would be very good. Before the deep winter arrived, earning more money could help him survive the long winter.

In order to protect the secret that "the second Sage's Glow Stone has appeared", the others in Iruna's squad didn't know what the ordinary person Xia De experienced on Wednesday night. Therefore, when Xia De pushed open the door downstairs of the security company, the receptionist didn't feel surprised by his appearance.

Seeing that Xia De was looking for Iruna, she let them talk in the meeting room on the first floor. After closing the door, the seventeen-year-old girl looked very happy:

"Xia De, how is your body? Oh, when I saw you really fainted in your house, I was really worried."

She didn't know that at that time in No. 6 St. Deran Square, it looked like 【Jack the Phantom Thief】 and Xia De were fighting, but in fact, it was a whole squad plus a cat fighting against that thief. But before Xia De woke up, Iruna learned the truth of that night from Luweiya.

The purple-eyed girl naturally didn't reveal the identities of the others in the squad. Iruna only knew that Xia De was hypnotized.

"Just slept for a long time, and I feel quite good after waking up."

Xia De pointed to the document bag he had casually placed aside, which contained the documents he had just signed:

"I have already reached a transaction with the Prophecy Society and will be able to get 【Founding · Knowledge】 before the end of this year. I heard from Miss Galina that you gave the Church a suggestion? Thank you very much, you really helped a lot."

"No need to thank me, I should thank you for the matter of 【Mandrake Snake Nest Bottle】."

Iruna felt that she was blushing, and she tried hard to control her expression:

"I heard from Luweiya that you used the opportunity to obtain a relic to help us get back the lost relic."

After saying this, she pursed her lips.

"It was you who caught that thief, Iruna, you did a good job on Wednesday night."

This was not Xia De exaggerating the facts. If it weren't for Iruna's cooperation, the matter that night would probably have been very troublesome.

Hearing Xia De's praise, the seventeen-year-old girl finally couldn't help but show a heartfelt smile:

"Small matter. Oh, Xia De, do you know? We don't have to write reports and self-criticisms. Fortunately, I only wrote the beginning of that report. I was still having a headache about what to do a few days ago. But the captain was very unlucky. His self-criticism and report were almost finished. He was silent for a long time when he heard that our punishment was canceled."

Iruna talked to Xia De about things around her. When Xia De asked about the 【Uncertain Wise Man】 cult, she became serious:

"Yes, I found some information. But the required sacrifices are really harsh. Many materials that seemed very difficult to obtain in the 5th Era don't even exist in the 6th Era. We almost can't get the few types that can still be found."

"Fountain of Youth, Philosopher's Stone?"

Xia De asked, and Iruna nodded. As the Chosen, she had greater authority and found more information:

"Besides these two liquids, there are many other pure liquids that were once offered to that ancient god. As the god of lakes, most of the sacrifices accepted by him were similar materials."

Iruna took out her notebook and handed it to Xia De. Including the Fountain of Youth and the Philosopher's Stone, there were 9 special liquids in total. Among them, Xia De was quite familiar with "Moonlight Water".

The reward for completing the 5177 key mission of the 5th Era included "Ritual - Moonlight Water", but the problem was that Xia De had to find the sacrifice to complete the mission, and completing the mission required finding the sacrifice. ===== CHAPTER 980 =====