"Doctor, I've also heard of this ancient relic, but you can even find this?"
Luvia whispered while sitting on the sofa.
Dr. Schneider nodded:
"Feature, put these hairs close to your own head, and it will automatically attach to your own hair. This feature is not effective for people who don't have any hair on their heads, and people whose longest hair is less than 0.1 inches (about 2.54mm). And Once attached to these hairs, one's own luck will become extremely bad, the longest record, someone persisted until the 13th day before being killed by bad luck. And the only way to get rid of these hairs is..."
"Shave your hair off?"
Xia De asked, the doctor smiled helplessly:
"Where is it so simple? The only way is to get good luck during the period of being attached to the relic. Any method will do, including your [Twenty-sided Dice of Fate]. I remember the effect of your dice, which has a high Priority, the number rolled is not affected by the luck of low priority items."
The doctor said, saw the cat behind Xia De's head, and reminded:
"This thing works on furry animals too, Shad. Keep an eye on your cat."
Xia De immediately turned around and grabbed Mia, firmly fixing it in his arms.
Mia looked happy.
"Doctor, but this is just bad luck, what about good luck?"
Dorothy got the point.
"It's very simple. First, splicing another person's hair on your own hair. It must be black, and it is natural black, not dyed. Then, splicing [the unlucky person's long hair] on another person's black hair The other end. [Unfortunate Long Hair] can only work on the hair that still grows on the scalp, so it will not work on the hair of another person. And because it is separated from a person's hair, it is spliced with the user's hair , thus realizing an ambiguous reversal in a certain sense. This state will last for about 10 seconds, during which the user will be very lucky, and after the time is over, the relic will fall off on its own."
"What about the price of manipulating fate?"
Luvia asked cautiously, the doctor shook his head:
"For at least half a year, the user is extremely vulnerable to being attacked by evil spirits, and the dead around him are also extremely easy to return in the form of evil spirits, but the specific time depends on the user. Don't underestimate this side effect, the record says After using the relic, never get close to haunted houses and other areas in a short period of time. This is a side effect of the relic itself, and in addition to this, there is an absolutely equivalent fate. Whatever luck you get, you will pay the same Doom of that degree. It's delayed, but it's definitely going to happen."
"No problem, just use this."
Shad said that if he used the dice illegally, he would not only bear the cost of further damage to the dice, but also not sure whether the good luck brought by the number would necessarily come to him to choose the signpost.
The good luck brought by hair lasts for a long time. He doesn't want much, just a few percent chance of hitting it once. As long as the speed is fast enough, he doesn't have to worry about using the relic but not getting the desired effect.
"Shad..."
The doctor looks at him, but doesn't stop:
"The Academy has sent a message and they are investigating. I can't stop you, because I want to save Priest Augustus too, or at least know what happened to him, and bring his body back. Go, Shad, you must be safe."
"We're waiting for you here. No matter what happens, we must come back at five o'clock in the afternoon."
said Dorothy.
"I have divination for Priest Augustus before. He definitely did not die in Fort Midhill. Shad, be careful."
Luvia also whispered, then looked at the surrounding people, and asked:
"But do you have black hair here?"
"Yes, I have a black hair from a friend."
Xia De nodded slightly, and Luvia knew that Xia De had an unusual relationship with the witch's maid, so she raised her eyebrows and said nothing. Dorothy knew that Xia De had a close relationship with "her" aunt, and had a better relationship with that maid, so she just glanced at Xia De and said nothing.
From the study, take out Tifa's hair. It was a rather ingenious technique, with Dorothy's help, tied in the short hair over his right ear.
Afterwards, the four of them came to the first floor together. The doctor didn't follow, he didn't want the demon in his heart to see more secrets. But before parting, the doctor gave Xia De a wooden button. This is an alchemy item he made himself. After using it, he can use the distortion of light to distort his facial features. It has never formed a certain degree of camouflage.
But this kind of alchemy item can only last for half an hour, and it is easy to be seen by ring warlocks, so it can only be regarded as a spare item for Xia De.
After thanking the doctor, Dorothy and Luvia sent Shad to the wall together, not at all surprised that the other knew the secret.
"Anyway, be careful."
They didn't say much, Xia De put the cat that was entangled with him into Dorothy's arms. Although Mia was dissatisfied with living with the blonde female writer for a few days, she did not escape.
"You go to lunch first, I'm afraid I won't be back until evening."
He turned around, and Luvia put the metal box containing the blood on the ground, fished out the **** hair, and tied it to the long black hair on Shade's side face.
The feeling at this moment is very strange, the hair itself has no sense of touch, but when [Long Hair of the Unfortunate] touched Tifa's hair, Shad actually thought that his hair "felt" an extremely cold chill.
The whispers in the ear became more obvious, and Xia De could even tell that it was a woman telling her tragic life in an ancient language.
Xia De didn't say much, walked quickly into the hidden wall in front of him, and touched the statue in the center of the circular space without pausing:
"May the original crack bless me in the infinite space."
A dense white fog surged in immediately, enveloping Shad in it. He entered the world wrapped in white mist again, and on the vague path in front of him, there were two dilapidated wooden signposts.
At the same time, the mental pressure brought about by using the relic suddenly eased, and even the whispering voice in the ear became weak:
"You must not be suppressed by this space."
[Outlander, you have stepped into the "space maze". 】
[Message from the ancient **** "Primary Rift":]
[Existing space road signs: 2. 】
"Sacrifice this white stone crystal."
Time was running short, Xia De immediately lifted the white spar in his hand upwards, and it disappeared into Xia De's hands without a sound, as if it had merged into the thick fog.
【Acquired new information, you can search for new...】
[Ancient God - Primordial Rift, accepted your sacrifice. 】
[Random linking to space signposts. 】
[The link is successful, the existing space signpost: 3. 】
Xia De immediately reached out and plucked the lock of blood-stained black hair hanging from his side face, and he was relieved after confirming that the hair was not stuck to Tifa's long hair.
Obviously it is not a containment condition now, but those black hairs are motionless as if they are "dead".
"Is there any whisper element?"
Xia De himself could no longer feel the elements.
[Yes, but very weakly. 】
Xia De nodded, which means that low-level relics will be suppressed in areas where the power of the ancient gods remains.
Instead of touching the third wooden guidepost that appeared on the path in front of him, he took a step back behind the hidden wall of the basement. Walking out of the wall, handing this dangerous relic to the restless girls, this officially started another long-distance adventure.
Touch the statue again and return to the [Space Labyrinth], walking on the path blurred in the white mist. The third road sign that appeared was also inserted crookedly on the ground. A wooden arrow was nailed to the old wood, and the number three was written crookedly.
Shad put his hand on the road sign:
[The original crack will guide you. 】
The white mist dissipated.
Xia De stood there without moving. When the white mist completely dissipated, what appeared in front of him was a circular space that was exactly the same as behind the wall of his own basement.
The statue of the ancient **** [Primary Rift] stood quietly in the center of the space, emitting light as Shad watched.
In the circular spaces of Saint Teresa Square and Lengshui Harbour, Shard has placed some features that can indicate the location. In the current space, there is nothing inside except the statue.
"I'm still looking forward to getting the property or relics left by the predecessors in this kind of place."
Xia De thought in his heart, looking at the wall facing the direction of the statue. Call out the ring of life behind you, and control the aura of the core spirit rune [Time and Space] to shine on the wall. The wall disappeared without a sound, but there was actually a faint light outside.
"What?"
The light should be far away, so the opening of the wall did not trigger any reaction.
Xia De waited for a few seconds, making sure he didn't hear the sound of approaching footsteps, and then quietly came out from the circular space.
There is a strange moldy smell in the air, so listen carefully, the wind blowing through the treetops, and the last wail of summer insects in early autumn are the only sounds.
The light comes from above on the other side of the room it is currently in, and is the natural light of the sun.
Xia De then lit up the light on his fingertips and looked around, and found that it seemed to be an abandoned basement. Animal feces and all kinds of worthless garbage were thrown on the ground, and cobwebs hung all over the corners.
The moonlight even disturbed the bats resting in the dark. Those creatures tried to attack Shade, but after a flash of moonlight, they fell to the ground.
"Where is this basement? It smells really bad."
There are no steps from the basement to the upper floor, and the two are connected by a trap door. There used to be metal or wooden escalators, but now there are none.
Although the distance between the ground and the basement did not exceed ten meters, but because he didn't know what was going on above, Xia De did not choose to move in space but chose [Frog's Leap].
"Hi!"
After taking off lightly, his hands grabbed the edge of the square entrance of the basement, that is, the edge of the gap in the first floor. After still not hearing any human voice, he used his arms to raise his head from under the trap.
This kind of movement similar to pull-ups has no pressure on Xia De now:
"Where is this place?"
With curiosity, he finally saw everything around him. The floor was covered with a thick layer of dust, and rusted or even rotten metal furniture was piled up by the walls in a mess. The ground near the right has some traces of a former fire, but that was also at least a year ago.
The space on this floor is actually circular, and the walls are rough gray square stone bricks, without any traces of the steam industry era.
Looking up to the top, the spiral staircase spreads upwards. A slender but very strong metal rod extends from the top of the tower to the ground, as if it is convenient to fall back from the highest floor to the bottom.
"Tower? Clock tower or lighthouse? Judging from the style, it seems neither."
The sunlight comes from the front, and there is no trace of any human beings using it in this rather large tower. The door at the bottom of the lighthouse was removed, and the bright sun shone from the outside into the first floor of the lighthouse, and then through the square opening in the ground to the basement.
Xia De's arms were strong, and after his upper body jumped out of the basement, he first put his legs on the dusty ground, and then climbed up.
While standing up, he slapped the dust on his clothes and palms. Because of his movements, the sunlight coming in from the front door was filled with some grainy floating dust. This look~www.mtlnovel.com~ is telling Xia De that this is an area far away from human communities.
"I hope it's not too far from the city, and I hope this is Fort Midhill."
Xia De was thinking softly in his heart, and then he remembered that he believed in the righteous **** [Mr. Liming] in name, so he prayed to Mr. Liming in a low voice.
The sunlight coming in from the door was a bit dazzling, he raised his arms to cover his face, instead of exploring the old tower that had been abandoned for a long time, he walked into the light of the door.
The wind blows through the treetops, making Xia De, who has lived in the capital of steam for a long time, feel the breath of nature for a long time. There is a forest in front of him, and the old tower behind him has almost completely integrated with the forest. It may have been abandoned for more than 100 years.
Treetops have clasped the outer walls of the old tower, and vines connect the towering trees to the stone walls. Moss, weeds, and all kinds of plants that Shade couldn't recognize covered the ground. Looking up, birds flew out of the window of the old tower, as if they had lived in the tower for several generations.
"The air is really good, but what was this tower originally used for?"
he thought.
The night expedition was not immediately pursued, for he found a metal plate nailed to the stone wall at the door of the old tower. A few vague words were engraved on the metal plate in the form of official documents to explain the situation here:
【First Legion of the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Delarion-Third Brigade of Wind Rising Trail--Tower No. 12 was abandoned due to the relocation of the front line, and the nearby barracks have been demolished. Hunters, lost people, and stowaways who are active on Mount West Carl can move to the northwest at 11 o'clock. After looking for a path into the mountain, they can reach the southeastern suburb of Fort Midhill in about 30 minutes.
—Royal Army of the Kingdom of Delarion, Logistics Support Bureau
Universal Calendar 1765]