Carrying the [God's Gift Box], Xia De helped Luvia, who was getting worse and worse, and immediately entered the manor.
In the courtyard, they didn't see any sleeping maids, and after struggling to open the locked door from the inside, no one appeared.
Because it's pitch black everywhere, it looks like there's no difference between the inside of the building and the outside, just be careful not to hit the walls. Seeing that no one appeared, Xia De was a little uneasy, but fortunately the pendant he carried with him could detect the surrounding witches. Even if [Dark Realm] hinders the effect of the pendant, at least it doesn't make the effect disappear completely.
According to the difference in heat emitted by the pendant at different locations, Xia De took Luvia to the third floor of the manor, and stopped at the door of the manor's master bedroom. This is Miss Galina's bedroom, only Tifa can come in and out without permission, Shad has never been in before.
At this time, the two doors were tightly closed in the darkness, Xia De stretched out his hand to push, but unexpectedly, the red-gold runes on the door flickered, pushing Xia De open at once.
Instead of being surprised, Xia De showed a smile:
"I knew that even though Miss Galina might not be in the manor, all the servants in the manor couldn't fall into a deep sleep because of the expansion of darkness. Luvia, do you know the ceremony on the door?"
Xia De turned his head and asked, Luvia tried to open her eyes and shook her head:
"The ceremony doesn't matter, why don't you just knock on the door?"
"Oh, that makes sense, if anyone is still awake, we'll just knock on the door."
Because the door would prevent touching, Shad finally chose to yell into the door a few times. After waiting for more than ten seconds, a faint voice came from behind the door. The sound inside [Dark Realm] would also be swallowed by darkness, so behind a door, there should be a loud voice:
"Is it Shad?"
"It's me, and I have my friends with me."
Shad recognized that the somewhat distorted voice was Tifa. It seemed that when the incident happened, Miss Galina did not take her out of the manor.
"Prove your identity."
The voice inside the door said again.
"The last time we investigated the ophthalmologist together, I asked you to drip blood into my eyes when I was using the medicine."
"Oh, it's really you."
Tifa carefully pushed open the double door on the right side of the bedroom from the inside, but only left a crack enough for Shad to enter sideways. Xia De restored a mask from his pocket and handed it to Luvia, but the latter shook his head;
"No, I think it's okay to let the witch know what I look like."
Xia De entered the door first, and after confirming that the door was safe, he probed through the crack of the door again and pulled Luvia in.
The long-lost light source appeared in the room. The light source was placed on the carpet in the center of the bedroom. More than 30 girls in maid outfits were either lying on the desks or lying on the carpet in groups of twos and threes. Sleeping soundly or talking quietly, the light source covered their bodies, making their shadows sway slightly.
No matter from which angle you look at this scene, it is quite shocking.
Tifa is still wearing the usual maid dress. From her point of view, Shade, who is exuding the glimmer of the silver moon all over his body, walks in with a glowing box leading a very temperamental lady. This scene is more interesting. The impact of the picture.
Tifa wasn't the only one who didn't rest in the room, besides her there were four maids in maid skirts and three ladies in their own dresses.
These seven ladies are also ring warlocks next to Miss Galina, two of them are second rings, one is third rings, and the other four are all middle rings, but none of them are above Tifa's level.
At this time, five of the ring magicians were sitting around in front of the only light source in the room, and some ashes were used to outline the ritual traces of the hexagram on the carpet. The remaining two stood in front of the door with Tifa to welcome Shad. Shad was also a frequent visitor to Miss Galina's manor, and all the maids here knew him.
"This is my friend, the Seer..."
"Luvia Anat."
Xia De originally wanted to say a fake name, but Luvia didn't expect to say her real name herself.
Tifa smiled and nodded to introduce herself, and then arranged for the waking maid to wake up the sleeping companion and prepare hot tea for the two who came from afar.
"What's the situation now? Is Miss Galina not here?"
The door closed behind him, shutting out the darkness. There was a very strong smell in the bedroom, and Miss Galina probably liked to light incense in the bedroom.
"Before the darkness expanded this morning, the lady went out alone. When the incident happened, the manor itself had less than five minutes of resistance. During this time, I summoned the manor's servants to enter the mansion to hide. Only five people did not come back in time in the back garden. Now the male servants are in the kitchen on the first floor, and they should have fallen into a coma. The other maids went down to the dining room on the second floor under the guidance of the housekeeper, and I think they should have fallen asleep too. The people here are all the maids who are responsible for taking care of the young lady. , so I brought them up without notifying Miss. They are not falling asleep due to the influence of the relic, but because they are under too much mental pressure, so they must sleep frequently."
Although Miss Galina hates men, some heavy physical work in the manor requires male servants, and if there is no male servant in the manor, it is easy to be associated by others, so there are male servants here, but they are not allowed to enter Second floor and above.
"Are you all right?"
Xia De asked with concern, and he also lowered his voice to prevent waking up other sleeping people.
"It's fine for the time being, the lady foresaw the worst, so I left this here."
Tifa pointed to the light source behind her, a cylindrical kerosene lamp. Made of bronze metal, the main body is cylindrical and supported by three feet below. The height of the kerosene lamp can reach about Shade's chest, and it is divided into five sections, each section has a wick that glows independently. The lampshade is made of glass, and there is a phoenix pattern on the metal that fixes the lampshade. There is also a beautiful bronze phoenix statue on the top of the lamppost.
It's a relic.
"Keeper level (level 3) [Phoenix Lamp], the only positive feature is that it can continue to emit light and heat to illuminate the surroundings, and it will not go out no matter what. The negative feature is that if this light is not in a closed refractory material Containment will greatly increase the probability of fires around, and once the fire is not dealt with in time, there will be some monsters in the flames that the young lady finds troublesome."
Tifa explained to Shad:
"Because there is only one characteristic, it can continue to shine in the [Dark Domain]. However, the difference between [Phoenix Lamp] and [Dark Domain] is still too large. Ritual aids must be used to enhance the light so that it can cover a wider area." Bigger. But as long as there are no new incidents, these lights should be enough to see us through to the end."
"Miss Galina predicted this situation in advance? She is really amazing."
Xia De sighed in admiration.
"No, in my opinion, it's remarkable that you were able to come here when the relic was out of control. The situation outside should be very bad, right?"
Tifa said, Shad shook his head:
"It's not my credit, it's the friends I know who gave me strength. Don't talk about this, Luvia, you stay here for a while. You can't follow me and go on, I will go on alone."
The purple-eyed girl who had already sat down looked at Xia De regretfully, but what Xia De said was indeed true.
"Tifa, does Miss Galina have a map of the [Dark Realm] core area? I have something to move on."
"Yes, here I am. But I'll go with you, no, please don't call for refusal."
Still with a peaceful expression on her face, she looked up at Xia De:
"I'm also worried about Miss. She is probably also in the center of the relic. It happened so suddenly, I'm not sure if Miss is ready to deal with it. Since you want to go there, why not go with me. After all, I I don't know what's going on outside, and I need your help."
What she said seemed like she needed Xia De to accompany her.
Xia De knew that Tifa wanted to protect himself, so he did not refuse after careful consideration. But he has one more thing before he goes:
"Is [The Box of Darkness] in the manor now?"
Although the extreme sense of fear has passed~www.mtlnovel.com~ Xia De also saw strength in fear. But that is the power of courage, for the [Light] spirit rune, it is still necessary to try again.
"Yes, but I suggest you not to use it lightly."
She took Xia De to the bedside of the bedroom. The master bedroom of the manor was huge in size, and the four-poster bed placed on two steps higher than the ground was even bigger. However, the curtain was lowered to cover the situation on the bed, and Xia De did not impolitely search for it.
The light of the [Phoenix Lamp] only extended to the edge of the big bed, but the light and darkness did not go smoothly, the boundary between the two was very clear, as if there really was a line separating them.
The brass-colored gear mechanism box is placed on the boundary line between light and darkness, and the dividing line completely coincides with the central axis of the upper surface of the mechanism box.
This is the [Box of Darkness] that I haven't seen for a long time.
"How did you bring it into Miss Galina's bedroom? Did you foresee my return?"
Xia De asked, but Tifa shook his head, squatted down and carefully moved the box completely to the area covered by the light, Xia De discovered that there were disgusting black uneven stains on the large and small gears on the side of the box .
"We were able to escape here successfully because we used this relic."
Tifa explained:
"The characteristic of [Box of Darkness] is that by rotating the six-sided gear according to certain rules, darkness can be released controllably from the box. Darkness and darkness are also different. When the darkness of [Box of Darkness] covers us, The darkness of the [Dark Domain] will not be able to affect us for the time being."
Xia De raised his eyebrows, which was very interesting. Priest Augustus said before Shade set off that it is not necessarily light that defeats darkness, but he did not expect that darkness can also fight against darkness.