"Obviously, they didn't find Darkness."
At eight o'clock in the morning on Thursday, in the restaurant on the second floor of No. 6, Plaza Saint Teresa, Shade at the table said this to Luvia.
Martial law was lifted at three o'clock in the morning this morning, and newspaper offices and milk companies were affected, so the delivery of newspapers and goat milk was also delayed. Shad had just started eating breakfast with the cat, who was now enjoying breakfast, when Luvia came to the door.
He had already told Luvia what happened last night. Fortunately, Shade didn't get involved too much, and with the help of Bishop Owen of the Dawn Church, he was allowed to go home after signing a confidentiality agreement. Did not make things difficult for him. And the very unfortunate little Dimok, after being awakened, is still forced to stay in the church.
"Darkness has already appeared in Tobesk. Last night, he was most likely under the guidance of [Puppeteer Script] to obtain the materials for holding the Chosen Ceremony."
Xia De expressed his judgment, stirring the milk in the bowl with his right hand. Last night, his right hand recklessly entered the mouth of a demon that seemed to be able to devour everything, so he was seriously injured. But fortunately, it was only a skin trauma, without attachment elements, and with [Food of Swelling] and [Syndia's Silver Moon Gift], it was healed even before the church came.
“[The Puppeteer Script] can affect fate, but this relic tends to make those who try to manipulate fate face greater misfortune, such as the 'heart collector'. So guide Darkness to the date Del Palace even made him meet the 'Steel Right Hand' and you, maybe it's the negative characteristics of the relic itself that are at work."
Luvia said that the Prophet Association has a lot of research on such relics.
"Yes."
Xia De nodded, frowned and said:
"Even through my relationship in the Yodel Palace, I still can't figure out what was stolen. The worst guess is that Darkness has gathered the ceremony materials, and after leaving the Yodel Palace last night, he directly entered the [Dark Realm] 】."
"That would be troublesome."
The purple-eyed girl also looked serious, and they knew that the last moment had come.
"So, I think we have to take some risks. At least we need to be sure where Darkness is now."
Shad was wearing a shirt at home, and he took a corked glass vial from his shirt pocket and put it on the dining table. Hearing the sound, the cat who lowered its head to lick the goat's milk immediately raised its head, but was not interested when it saw the bottle.
He had sniffed the thing last night and was pretty sure it wasn't food.
There is a small layer of clear water inside the bottle, and a group of black and red things can be vaguely seen in the clear water. The red is very light, and the black mixed with the red looks like some kind of viscous pus:
"This is the blood of Darkness. I don't know why there is such a disgusting thing in his blood. But [Echo of Blood] works best on fresh blood. If it continues, the blood will be useless. "
"You want to put this in your eye?"
Luvia was very surprised by Xia De's thoughts:
"The black liquid in his blood is obviously human pus. You want to drip the human pus into your eyes?"
"Of course not, I don't do risky things. Luvia, please close your eyes."
said Shad, pointing to the bottle:
"Silver Moon!"
When the female fortune teller opened her eyes again, the black pus mixed with the blood in the bottle had completely disappeared.
"that's it."
Xia De said, and then pushed the bottle to Luvia:
"Please control the droplets from entering my eyes, we must act as soon as possible. If it is confirmed that Darkness is still in the city, immediately report his news to the church. If he has gone outside the city, let's pack up and leave this evening Go to [Dark Realm]."
"No problem, we have been waiting for this day for more than half a month."
Luvia uncorked the bottle, looking at the blood inside with her purple eyes:
"It's a pity that Iluna was arranged by the Church of the Sun to search, otherwise we would act together with her, and the security would be higher."
"It's not possible for us to get people together every time we need to act together, and that's normal."
Xia De said, then supported the table with both hands, raised his head slightly to look at the ceiling. Luvia walked in front of him, pointing her finger at the liquid in the bottle, large and large drops of liquid flew up in clusters like pearl necklaces.
As the liquid dripped into Shad's eyes, Shad explained.
Luvia used spells to precisely manipulate the liquid, but she was still distracted talking to Shad:
"Three hours is enough. If the other party is still in the city, we will follow his trail and we will definitely be able to find the other party's whereabouts."
After all, the church launched a city-wide raid shortly after the incident last night, and it was impossible for Darkness to wander around the city.
"So where do we go from here?"
Luvia asked, and after confirming that the bottle was completely empty, she corked the bottle and put it on the dining table. After eating, the dishonest cat immediately jumped on the table, pushing the bottle and rolling around. It always has a good impression of round things.
Just like [Chemical Birth Ring].
"From near the Yodel Palace, look for the other party's leaving figure."
Xia De raised his head and kept opening and closing his eyes, adapting to the jerky feeling caused by the large amount of liquid entering his eyes.
Due to thaumaturgy, some of the fluid was expelled from the eye, sliding down the corner. In fact, there are very few liquid components that are useful for [Echo of Blood], and Thaumaturgia actively absorbs them. The blood that flowed out was still blood, but it no longer had the ability to cause "echoes", so it was rejected by thaumaturgy.
"Luvia, let's go right away."
He stood up from the chair, blinked his eyes and turned around through the kitchen window, looking at the bustling Silver Cross Avenue and the Yodel Palace not far away:
"We must determine Darkness's whereabouts today."
From Saint Teresa Square to Silver Cross Avenue, Xia De easily captured the trajectory of the human body composed of a series of blood-red halos in the air. But that trajectory was heading towards the Yordle Palace, that is to say, this was the figure of Darkness when he entered the Yordle Palace.
Going around the Yordle Palace, I finally saw Darkness jumping off the wall from the back garden on the street behind the palace complex, that is, Ferriser Garden Street.
"Felixer Pastoral" means "fairyland in mythology" in Delarion, and further west of this street is the Terraria River that crosses the entire city of Tobesk.
As expected, Darkness was moving towards the Terrareal River. Shad took Luvia all the way west, and finally saw Darkness's figure disappear on the river ramp on the east bank of the Terrareal River.
Stairs run down from the riverside streets, where residents who live nearby wash their clothes or dump domestic sewage. The blood-red halo ended here, and there were no more traces.
"Did Darkness jump into the water?"
When Xia De looked around, Luvia guessed.
"No, even if I jump into the water, I can at least see the figure of the opponent when he entered the water."
Xia De stood on the steps, put his hands in his pockets and looked at the cargo ship on the river. The Terraria River has a large amount of water during the summer flood season, and the city's waterways can also allow large steam cargo ships to pass through.
It blew its whistle, and in the process of driving south from the front, three large chimneys dragged black smoke to the rear, and the black smoke gradually merged into the misty air, forming the northern pearl of the steam capital. An ordinary river view in the city of Tobeysk.
The sailors on the deck are busy as they will be docked soon to unload. But there are also some idlers lying on the deck and looking at both sides of the river.
The rude sailors whistled at the women who were washing their clothes by the river, and laughed with their companions after being scolded by each other. Naturally, some people noticed Xia De and Luvia standing on the stairs down the river~www.mtlnovel.com~ They were whistling, Xia De took out a pistol from his waist and lifted it to the deck, and those voices disappeared immediately up.
"Darkness can move through the darkness, but the distance is too short for him to cross the river directly to the west bank."
Xia De reasoned while retracting the pistol, and Luvia understood a little:
"So, in order to prevent being chased by the church, he went directly into the water through the black vortex?"
"Yes, that's why I lost his figure."
Xia De nodded. Fortunately, it was different from when he and Dorothy were chasing down the [Mercury Blood] member with the murloc scales. Now the running water can't hinder the [Blood Echo] from functioning.
The best way to do this is to go into the water and look for the Blood Halo, then track it through the water.
But once it's in the water, it's inconvenient to move afterwards. So Xia De asked Luvia to do a divination, and then the two walked a certain distance upstream of the river, and at a position about 1,200 feet (about 365) upstream of the northern part of Darkness's entry into the water, they saw each other near the water surface traces appear.
Darkness should not have spells such as "underwater breathing", but as a six-ring warlock, there should be other means to stay underwater for a long time. The purpose of going up was to see if there were any pursuers, and this move just facilitated the search for Xia De and Luvia.
The figure of Darkness went upstream, so Shad and Luvia also walked along the river to the northwest of the city. In this way, the two came from the central area of Tobesk to the intersection of the West District and the North District. When passing the Disick Bridge across the river, Xia De also talked to Luvia about the first time he helped the witch pick up the goods. At that time, he hadn't realized that the witch was testing his gender.