In the synthetic formula of medicines, doctors occasionally use terms that Shade cannot understand to refer to certain additives. Although Xia De's understanding of herbs and potions is very shallow, judging from the synthesis method and the order of adding the potions, this "red potion" is very likely to be an active ingredient.
"This is... my friend from the Tobesk Third Mechanical Academy, who gave me a laboratory-purified synthetic medicine."
"lie."
The black-haired girl looked down at the medical records and said without raising her head. Mr. Alfred's sweat immediately flowed down the side of his face. Xia De shook his head and put down the notebook in his hand:
"Doctor, I have reason to believe that the so-called 'Red Potion' is a powerful hallucinogenic drug you bought on the black market. This unknown illegal drug stimulated the eyes of the musician Mr. Bundy, and at the same time caused him to fall into addiction and **** Hallucinations, which eventually led to the tragedy of suicide."
"Definitely not a hallucinogenic drug! I've tried it myself! It's just for the eyes."
Mr. Alfred said loudly again, but being stared at by Xia De's scrutinizing eyes, he actually felt a little inexplicably afraid of the young man in front of him.
"What the **** is red potion?"
He stared into the eyes of the ophthalmologist and asked, the middle-aged man shivered a bit, but still looked at him bravely.
The two looked at each other for a long time, except that Xia De wanted to blink very much, his eyes remained unchanged. The doctor looked into Xia De's eyes, but his heart became more and more frightened. The young man on the opposite side obviously didn't show any vicious temperament, and he wasn't as scary as the gangsters he saw in the neighborhood, but the more he stared at Xia De, the more inexplicable pressure made his heart shudder, as if he was looking up. To some unspeakable colossus.
In the end, the doctor gave up concealing it, and looked away dejectedly:
"That's...a gift from our ancestors."
Xia De sighed and turned to look at his assistant. The black-haired girl seemed to be looking forward to the story, while Xia De was lamenting that this troublesome matter had finally come to an end.
Compared with Shad's investigation process, Dr. Alfred's story is relatively boring.
The doctor is not a native of Tobesk, but has settled here from other places. Although he has successfully settled in this big city known as the Pearl of the North, Jacob Alfred still visits his hometown every year.
When returning to his hometown this spring, the doctor considered selling the old house in his hometown to obtain cash to expand his clinic in Tobesk. While cleaning up the old house, an earthquake happened unexpectedly in the local area. The earthquake caused a crack in the basement wall of the old house. After the crack, Dr. Alfred found a hollow hidden compartment for placing items. There were three items in the grid. A scroll of parchment in the name language, and a ring.
"Wonderful!"
Miss the brunette said.
"That's it. I don't know the words on the parchment, and the ring looks like an antique. As for those potions, although I don't know the specific function, I saw the symbol of the eye on the parchment, so I think it may be harmful Eyes are useful. Later I experimented with mice and found that it was useful. Later, I added some other herbs to work on humans. Mr. Bondi was my first experimental subject, and I really succeeded Yes, he really recovered."
Dr. Alfred took out an old suitcase from the safe, carried it to the tea table, first unlocked it with a key, opened the suitcase, took out the three items and put them on the table. Only three-quarters of the red liquid in the yellowed bottle remained, and the rest were made into that bright yellow potion. The parchment looked quite old, but it was indeed written in an ancient language.
As for the last quaint square-faced iron ring...
[Outlander, you have come into contact with "Whispers". 】
"Oh? A relic?"
"A relic?"
The maid was a little surprised. Without knowing the specific characteristics, it was difficult to find a relic that didn't work. And Xia De's soul is sensitive, so he can make a quick judgment.
He put on his gloves and held the ring in his hand, and the voice next to his ear directly confirmed that it was a relic.
The ring of the ring is black iron, and the surface of the ring is made of simple black iron with a deeper color. The surface of the ring is rectangular, slightly convex around and concave inside, but the pattern inside the rectangle is raised.
Xia De suddenly widened his eyes:
"Can a ring be considered a seal?"
It's an old metal signet ring, and the signet's design...
"Boom boom boom~"
The three of them looked at the study door behind them together. The sudden knock on the door did not bring much shock, but they all felt hairy at this moment.
The people outside the door knocked on the door panel very regularly, without any intention of stopping.
"Doctor, may I ask, is there anyone else in your family?"
Miss Servitt frowned slightly and asked, before going to the doctor again. After being puzzled, a horrified expression climbed onto the doctor's face:
"No, before you came, there should be no one else here. Someone broke into my place! Oh, who is it, who is outside!"
He asked loudly, but there was no answer from outside the door. The knocking kept the original frequency, but the sound became louder and louder.
Miss Servitt stood up:
"Detective, be careful."
Both she and Xia De felt an abnormal feeling coming from outside the door.
Telling the doctor to hide under the desk, Xia De also stood up.
The cold wind quickly came in through the crack of the door. It was clearly the late summer afternoon, but the light in the area where the door was located suddenly dimmed, as if something was absorbing the light.
But in just a few seconds, the two standing in the middle of the study saw that the door area had been plunged into darkness. The door was completely hidden in the darkness, and the sound of knocking on the door seemed to be completely absorbed by the darkness and disappeared.
"What's this?"
Tifa asked in a low voice, and took a step forward, blocking Shade behind her. Miss Galina asked her to follow Shad, and one of the orders was to protect Shad.
This is the [Demon Hunting Seal], which is the mark of the third era demon hunters hunting evil spirits and demons. Xia De just heard from Luvia yesterday that he would be able to meet him as long as he walked forward, but he didn't expect that this seal was actually a ring.
If what he saw just now was the seal, he would never touch this ring.
"I think it is probably the demons attracted by this ring. Once this ring is not held by the ring warlock for a long time, when it encounters the ring warlock again, it will attract demons. This is one of the negative characteristics, like the ring The original owner hopes that the next owner of the ring can understand the mission he shoulders."
Xia De said in a low voice.
"What?"
For a while, the maid thought she had heard wrong.
"This ring is a relic, the negative property is to attract demons. I don't know why, it will appear in my hand when I was looking for it, and I don't know why there are demons in Tobesk City, but now the demons are here , the remaining evil spirits and demons from the third era have come.”
He walked towards the darkness that was squirming and spreading forward, but his right hand was held by Tifa. The maid frowned and asked with a serious expression:
"Wait, Mr. Hamilton, what do you want to do?"
"Of course it's an experiment to see if I can fight this thing. It's not strong, yes, it's not strong."
This is also the reason why Xia De didn't escape through the window immediately. He had the weak angel potion on him, and he also got the [Demon Hunting Seal]. It happened that a demon that "she" thought was relatively weak appeared, and the outsider wanted to test whether the weapon he had prepared so hard was effective.
Miss Servet couldn't believe it. Xia De of the second ring thought that the terrifying creature that brought darkness was not powerful:
"Mr. Hamilton, I know what this is. This is the secret servant who came out of the out-of-control angel-level relic [Dark Realm] outside the city. It brings darkness to swallow the light, expands the scope of the Dark Realm, and tries to plunge the whole world into chaos." In the forgotten darkness. I must keep you safe, we leave now!"
Meaning she could deal with this thing, but with Shad by her side, she couldn't take the risk.
"Servant of the Hidden? Oh, it turns out to be a derivative of an out-of-control angel-level relic. I've heard of this... So, I can't go anymore."
Seeing that the maid was still holding him, she explained again:
"Don't worry, what I'm most afraid of is darkness. Darkness cannot swallow us."
"Detective, are you worried that this darkness will spread in the neighborhood and swallow up more humans, so you don't want to leave?"
The maid asked in disbelief.
"Why do you think so? Even if I'm a good person, I'm not so good."
His expression was equally serious, looking at his assistant today:
"Miss Servet... No, Tifa, do you think I'm the kind of person who wants to kill himself?"
He directly called the girl in front of him by her first name.
"When Miss Galina leads you to deal with things, how will you behave? Tifa, although you are not wearing a maid skirt now, please return to the normal state of being a maid."
"But......"
"I will not brag about myself in front of beautiful girls for the sake of face, and I will not rely on your strength because you are by my side. This time, you are a maid, you are a detective assistant, please obey my orders. Grab my hand and follow me to solve this thing."
He looked into Tifa's eyes, who looked at his serious expression, and after a blink, his expression relaxed a little:
"But I must emphasize two points. First, if we are really in danger, we will retreat immediately. Second, before Miss decides to marry you, you are not my master, so please don't order me."
Xia De nodded:
"Yes, Miss Tifa Servet, maybe I will really need you to protect me in a while. But at least please hold my hand tightly now, so as not to be swallowed by the darkness."
The two held hands together, Xia De took the first step, and then they walked together into the darkness that was creeping forward in front of them.
Stepping from the normal area in the study to the edge of the darkness, obviously there is no spatial movement, but the body still feels the state of weightlessness. But what the brunette girl cared about was not the moment of weightlessness, but after entering the darkness, the darkness that enveloped her from all directions would almost melt her body and take her soul in the next second.
This terrifying illusion of being swallowed by darkness didn't last long, and the faint light dispelled the abnormal emotions.
She saw that the hand she was holding was glowing slightly~www.mtlnovel.com~ and then saw that Xia De was emitting that pure and heart-stirring holy silver light. It seems that because the two sides are holding hands, the light is also slightly attached to her body, keeping the surrounding darkness away.
"You see, darkness cannot swallow me."
Xia De said, and the two called out the ring of life together. The darkness also couldn't swallow the dazzling light of four colors on Xia De's ring of life, because the rings of both sides were too close, so after the two metal rings appeared in the steam fog, sparks were rubbed out in the rapid rotation, and then slowly Resize and float away to the opposite direction.
"Here's the plan. Find the demon and kill it. How do you feel?"
Shad asked, looking into the darkness around him.
"It's a very simple plan, but how do you find the other party? Wait for the other party to attack us?"
Tifa also looked around.
"No no, please wait a moment...Silver Moon!"
The silver light on the fingertips flickered slightly, unable to dispel the darkness at all. This is the first time that the light of the silver moon has no effect, but it is also expected by Xia De. After all, even the sage-level relic [Fishbone Pirate Ship] can suppress the moonlight, and it is normal that the angel-level relic specially targeted at the light is more powerful.
"In this case, I will touch this darkness more deeply."
Take a deep breath, drawing air into your lungs. He listened for a while, and after getting the prompt, he led Tifa forward.
The area shrouded in darkness itself is not large, and this is not a spatial anomaly. Therefore, if you choose the right direction, it is only a dozen steps before there is an abnormal sound in front of you.
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