"Don't rely too much on [Dark Box], the gap between the two is too great, [Dark Box] has been corroded by [Dark Domain]. Xia De, look at these traces..."
Tifa pointed to the black smear on the brass gear box:
"This is the external manifestation of corrosion. Fortunately, as long as the box is not opened, the corrosion effect of the dark field on it is almost negligible, so we can take it with us as a safety guarantee on the road. But if it is not necessary, you'd better Don't let it get out of hand, it can seriously accelerate corrosion."
"What will happen if [Box of Darkness] is really corroded by [Dark Domain]?"
Xia De asked curiously, but Tifa couldn't answer, but Luvia gave the answer:
"This is a very rare phenomenon of fusion between relics. The functions of the same type are similar to relics. When they are in close contact and one side is much stronger than the other, the weak one will be absorbed by the strong one, just like water. Blending into the sea. But that's very rare, very rare."
The people who were awake all looked at her, and it was the first time that everyone heard such a thing.
"It turned out to be like this..."
Shad thought about it:
"Tifa, since that's the case, you carry it on your back. If it's not necessary, I won't use its out-of-control effect."
The [Light] spirit rune is to kill the demons in the dark realm, but since the maid is by her side, Xia De doesn't need to destroy them by himself.
"Okay, so do you still need a break?"
Tifa asked again.
"No need, time is tight, we will set off immediately."
Shad said that he stood behind Mr. Riddle and watched the game of cards, and he had enough time to rest.
"Luvia, stay here and wait for my good news."
Xia De said to the female fortune teller again, shaking the glass vial with a cork. This is the core ritual material of the ritual to seal the demon that Luvia found, and he is saying that he is fine.
All he has to do is to witness the end of the second chosen one. Only when the church, witches and other strange ring magician organizations fail, and Darkness not only completes the ceremony but also has the possibility of escape, can he escape? Shad needs to do it himself.
But compared to dozens of other possibilities, this possibility has the lowest probability, so Shade is not worried about the rest of the journey. He thinks that all he has to do is to look and bring the result back.
"I'm waiting for you here... This time, you have to face it yourself again. This is for you. This is an alchemy item made by myself, which can bring some luck to the master."
She removed a silver necklace from her neck, and at the end of the necklace was a pendant with pictures of her deceased parents. Every time Xia De saw Luvia, she wore this necklace. This is not just an alchemy item, but also her most valuable personal jewelry:
"Don't worry, compared to doctors, my luck has always been very good."
Xia De put away the necklace, Luvia nodded, and there seemed to be a thousand words in her eyes to express, but in the end she just took off the four cracked metal amulets on her body and handed them to Tifa. Xia De is basically unaffected in [Dark Field], but even if Tifa is the sixth ring, she will definitely be affected by the angel-level relic.
The lady maid tightly held the string of talismans and nodded:
"I will protect Xia De."
Tifa made arrangements for who would be in charge of the situation after she left the manor, and then, together with Shad, each carried a metal box and left the master bedroom on the third floor.
Sure enough, when the two came to the corridor shrouded in darkness, Tifa staggered and almost couldn't stand still, but because her level was much higher than Luvia's and she had the power of a witch, she got used to it and seemed to be fine. .
As for Shad, the effect of the strange blessing given by Priest Augustus is still in effect. Although this effect cannot last forever, as long as there is no situation where the power of the blessing is greatly consumed, the priest's blessing is enough for Shad to walk through the dark field.
They didn't leave the manor directly, but went to the stables on the side of the manor under Tifa's guidance.
The horses in the stables were all ordinary creatures, and of course they were all lethargic. Probably because their intelligence is lower, and their mind and soul power are weaker, so even one has been dissolved by the darkness and turned into a strange one-eyed "Servant of the Hidden", and was then easily dealt with by Tifa.
Miss Maid has the [Light] spirit rune, but the last time she encountered the Hidden Servant at the ophthalmologist, neither of them knew that [Light] could kill this kind of demon, so she didn't take action at that time.
Not coming to the stables to wake the horses, Tifa asked for a pocket knife from Shad, and cut some mane from a red pony that lay unconscious on the ground, and a tail from another unusually tall black horse. Mao, finally found a rusty horseshoe and some horse bones in the stable.
After using chalk to draw a circular ritual array formed of tadpole script on the ground, Tifa placed the four objects in the center of the densely packed tadpole script, in the four square spaces deliberately set aside.
She scratched her finger, dropped a drop of blood on the center of the ritual array, then clasped her hands into fists, bowed her head and closed her eyes, chanting the incantation in a low voice. The dark realm devoured the light of the ritual's effect, but it couldn't swallow the skeleton horse that came out of the billowing black mist.
"Oh~"
Xia De looked at this thing with admiration, it was a pure undead creature, and the blue flame in the eyes was the flame of the soul.
Tifa found saddles, bits, reins and other equipment to hang on the undead horse, and hung the box she was carrying on the side of the horse.
"I thought that when this kind of summoned object appeared, things like saddles would be ready."
"The items on the undead are not part of the undead."
Tifa said, reaching out and stroking the horse's skull a few times:
"Shad, can you ride a horse?"
the maid asked again.
"of course not."
Shad said.
"Okay then, I'll ride the horse."
She flipped onto the horse lightly, but because she was wearing a skirt, she was sitting sideways. He waved to Xia De, indicating that Xia De would also come up, but Xia De hesitated:
"Hmm...how should I get on the horse?"
So Tifa could only pull him up, and let Shade's hands wrap around her waist to prevent him from falling.
"Wait a moment!"
Before Tifa pulled the reins and was ready to go, Shad reached into his pocket again, and first took out the small bottle containing bright yellow eye drops:
"Remember this? Drop some in your eyes to expand your field of vision."
Then he handed her the [Youth Immature Leaf] that originally described the thaumaturgy-breath of time:
"You take this to prevent accidents."
"This is......"
The maid looked at the green leaves in Xia De's shining hands, which seemed to be infected by the silver moonlight.
"Youth is not old."
"What?"
She obviously knew about this relic too.
"Let's go, I will lend it to you temporarily to prevent accidents."
Shad shoved the leaf to her, and Tifa gave a slight "hmm". After getting ready, the skeleton horse carried the two of them out of the stable, out of the manor along the central axis of the courtyard, and ran towards the southeastern outskirts of the city.
This undead horse, summoned by Tifa through a ritual, runs faster than normal horses. Although the undead itself will also be dissolved by this silent darkness, because the Shade on his back is always glowing, dispelling the surrounding darkness, so the undead, like Tifa, is slightly weakened by the darkness when they are in close contact with Shad degree of influence in the field.
Because they know the destination and the terrain, even if the surrounding visibility is extremely poor, the two can choose the shortest road. Passing through uninhabited villages, passing through the dark and empty farmland, as you gradually approach the core of the dark field, the black shadows that represent the "past" swimming around, as well as the hidden servants who occasionally attack from the darkness more and more dense.
At first, the two people on the skeleton horse could fight back with Tifa's power, but as the demon's power became stronger and stronger, they had to open the [Box of Darkness] to let another kind of darkness envelope them.
This is very effective, not only is it more obvious to expel the influence of [Dark Realm], but also the hidden servants seem to be completely invisible to them.
It was just hung on the box of darkness on the side of the skeleton horse~www.mtlnovel.com~ More and more black spots gradually covered the original brass color. And as they got closer to the central area, the black traces spread faster and faster.
Obviously, they absolutely cannot always rely on this relic to keep them safe.
If the edge of the dark realm is still just a sleeping and silent area in the darkness, then as the two go deeper, all kinds of terrifying illusions, real demons and phantoms of the past become denser and denser.
This darkness can not only melt the sleeping person, but also bewitch and frighten the awake intruder. And once the emotions are affected, it is not far from falling into a deep sleep.
Not far from the word "Core" written in Miss Galina's handwriting on the map, they finally encountered the church's Ring Warlock team in the dark. It's just that because the darkness seriously obstructed the line of sight, when Xia De found the other party, the other party didn't notice the two people on the skeleton horse at all.
Xia De dispelled the darkness by relying on the light on his body and the [God's Gift Box] on his back, while the twelve-member team from the Church of Peace relied on a luminous holy emblem. The holy emblem is not a relic, but an ordinary magical item, but because the righteous **** [Father of Peace] really exists, this magical item can directly protect the twelve-member team to move freely in the dark.
Shad told Tifa what was happening ahead, and both of them thought it was unnecessary to meet the church team, so they took a detour and left. On the ensuing journey, they encountered more and more church ring warlocks.
Just as Xia De estimated, although the out-of-control area of [Dark Realm] has expanded, the church still controls the basic situation. If he was lucky, he only needed to witness Darkness being captured or killed by the church, and the last adventure at the end of summer would truly be over.