"You can't rely too much on the [Dark Box]. The gap between the two is too big. The [Dark Box] has been corrupted by the [Dark Realm]. Shade, look at these traces..."
Tifa pointed to the black stains on the brass gear box:
"This is the external manifestation of corrosion. Fortunately, as long as the box is not opened, the corrosive effect of the dark field on it is almost negligible, so we can take it with us as a safety net on the road. But if it is not necessary, you'd better
Don't let it get out of hand, as this will seriously accelerate corrosion."
"What will happen if the [Dark Box] is really corrupted by the [Dark Realm]?"
Shade asked curiously, Tifa couldn't answer, but Luvia gave the answer:
"This is a very rare fusion phenomenon between relics. Relics of the same type have similar functions. When they are in close contact and one party is much stronger than the other, the weaker party will be absorbed by the stronger party, just like water.
Integrated into the sea. But this situation is very rare, extremely rare."
Everyone who was awake looked at her. This was the first time for everyone to hear such a thing.
"So that's it..."
Shade thought about it:
"Tifa, in that case, you carry it. I won't use its out-of-control effect unless necessary."
The [Light] Spirit Rune is to kill the demons in the dark realm, but since the maid lady is with him, Shade doesn't have to destroy them on his own.
"Okay, so do you still need a break?"
Tifa asked again.
"No need, time is tight, we will set off immediately."
Shade said, standing behind Mr. Riddle watching the card game, he had rested enough.
"Louvia, stay here and wait for my good news."
Shade said to the female diviner again, shaking the glass vial with a cork. This was the core ritual material of the ritual to seal the devil that Luvia had found. He was saying that he had no problem.
All he had to do was to witness the outcome of the second chosen one. Only when the church, witches and other strange ring magician organizations failed, and Darkness not only completed the ritual but also had the possibility of escaping, could he
Shade 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 see and bring the results back.
"I'm waiting for you here... This time, you have to face it by yourself again. This is for you. This is an alchemy item I made myself. It can bring some luck to the owner."
She took off a silver necklace from her neck. In the pendant at the end of the necklace were photos of her deceased parents. Every time Shade saw Luvia, she wore this necklace. This is not just alchemy.
Items are also her most precious personal jewelry:
"Don't worry, compared to doctors, I have always been very lucky."
Shade put the necklace away, Luvia nodded, her eyes seemed to have a thousand words to express, but in the end she just took off the four cracked metal amulets on her body and handed them to Tifa. Shade said in [
"Dark Realm" is basically unaffected, but even if Tifa is in the sixth ring, she will definitely be affected by the angel-level relics.
The maid lady held the string of amulets tightly and nodded:
"I will protect Shade."
Tifa arranged who would be in charge of the situation after she left the manor, and then she and Shade left the master bedroom on the third floor, each carrying a metal box on their backs.
Sure enough, when the two came to the corridor shrouded in darkness, Tifa staggered and almost lost her balance. However, because her level was much higher than Luvia's and she also had the power of a witch, she got used to it and seemed fine.
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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 the power of the blessing is not greatly reduced, the priest's blessing is enough to allow Shad to travel through the dark realm.
Already.
They did not leave the manor directly, but headed to the stables on the side of the manor under Tifa's guidance.
The horses in the stable are all ordinary creatures, and of course they have all fallen into coma. Probably because their intelligence is lower, and their hearts and souls are weaker, so one of them has even been dissolved by the darkness and turned into a strange one-eyed "hidden creature".
Servant", and was easily dispatched by Tifa.
The maid lady possesses the [Light] spirit rune, but when she encountered the hidden servant at the ophthalmologist last time, neither of them knew that [Light] could kill this kind of demon, so she did not take action at that time.
Tifa didn't come to the stable to wake up the horses. Tifa asked for a knife from Shad and cut off some mane from a red pony that was unconscious on the ground, and cut off the 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 matrix composed of tadpole characters on the ground, Tifa placed the four items in the four square spaces deliberately left in the center of the densely packed tadpole characters.
She cut her finger and dropped a drop of blood on the center of the ritual matrix. Then she clasped her hands and made fists. She lowered her head and closed her eyes and recited the incantation in a low voice. The dark realm swallowed up the light that produced the effect of the ritual, but could not swallow it from the rolling
A skeletal horse walking out of the black mist.
"Oh~"
Shade looked at this thing with a sigh. It was a pure undead creature, and the blue flames in its eyes were the flames of the soul.
"move."
Tifa found a saddle, bit, reins and other equipment and hung them on the undead horse, and hung the box she was carrying on the side of the horse.
"I thought that when such a summoned object appears, it will have a saddle and other things ready."
"The items on the undead are not part of the undead."
Tifa said, reaching out and caressing the horse's skull a few times:
"Shadow, can you ride a horse?"
The maid asked again.
"of course not."
Shade said.
"Okay then, I'll ride the horse."
She easily climbed onto the horse, but because she was wearing a skirt, she was sitting sideways. She waved to Shade and motioned for Shade to come up, but Shade hesitated:
"Hmm...how should I mount the horse?"
So Tifa could only pull him up, and let Shade hold her waist with both hands to prevent her from falling.
"Wait a moment!"
Before Tifa pulled the reins and prepared to set off, Shade reached into his pocket again and took out the small bottle containing bright yellow eye drops:
"Remember this, right? Put some in your eyes to expand your field of vision."
Then he handed her the [Eternal Youth Leaf] which originally recorded the thaumaturgy - Breath of Time:
"Take this, just in case something unexpected happens."
"This is......"
The maid looked at the green leaves in Shade's shining hands, which seemed to be infected by the silver moonlight.
"Leaf of Youth."
"What?"
She obviously knew about this relic too.
"Let's go quickly. I'll lend it to you temporarily to prevent unexpected situations."
Shade gave her the leaf, and Tifa gave her a slight "hmm". After getting ready, the skeleton horse carried the two of them out of the stable, rushed 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 can run faster than a normal horse. Although the undead itself will be dissolved by this silent darkness, because Shad is carrying it, it is constantly glowing, dispelling it.
The surroundings are dark, so the undead, like Tifa, are slightly less affected by the dark realm when in close contact with Shade.
Because they knew their destination and terrain, the two of them were able to choose the shortest road even if the surrounding visibility was extremely poor. They passed through deserted villages and dark and empty farmland. As they gradually approached the core of the dark realm, they were surrounded by tourists.
The moving black shadows representing the "past" and the secret servants that occasionally attack from the darkness are becoming increasingly dense.
At first, the two people on the skeleton horse could still rely on Tifa's power to fight back, but as the demon's power became stronger and stronger, they had to open the [Dark Box] and let in another kind of darkness.
Cover them.
This is very effective, not only is it more obvious to expel the influence of the [Dark Realm], but the Secret Servants seem to be completely invisible to them.
Just hanging on the dark box on the side of the skeleton horse, more and more black marks gradually covered the original brass color. And as they got closer to the center, the black marks spread faster and faster.
It was obvious that they could never rely on this relic to stay safe.
If the edge of the dark realm is still just a quiet area of darkness, then as the two go deeper, various terrifying illusions, real demons and phantoms of the past become more and more dense.
This darkness can not only melt the sleeping person, but also confuse and frighten the sober intruders. Once the emotions are affected, it is not far away from entering deep sleep.
Not far from the "core" word written in Miss Carina's handwriting on the map, they finally met the church's Ring Warlock team in the dark. However, because the darkness severely obstructed the line of sight, when Shade found the other party, the other party was completely
He didn't notice the two people on the skeleton horse.
Shade relied on the light on his body and the [God's Gift Box] carried on his back to dispel the darkness, while the twelve-man team from the Peace Church relied on a glowing Holy Emblem. The Holy Emblem was not a relic.
It's just an ordinary magical item, but because the righteous God [Peaceful Father] really exists, this magical item can actually directly protect the twelve-man team from moving freely in the dark.
Shade told Tifa about the situation ahead. Both of them thought that there was no need to meet the church's team, so they took a detour and left. On the subsequent road, they encountered more and more church ring magicians.
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Just as Shade estimated, although the [Dark Realm] has expanded out of control, the church still controls the basic situation. If he is lucky, he only needs to witness Darkness being captured or killed by the church. In late summer,