OBS Chapter 2405 Ritual Required
Chapter 2405 Ritual Required
Chapter 2405 Ritual Required
Compared to manors, witches also prefer cabins with Fifth Age interior styles. In fact, witches like any Fifth Age culture and popular styles. They always miss the era when witches dominated the world.
Because the ship's portal is located in the huge banquet hall in the cabin, the banquet hall with five long tables has become the main activity venue for the witch and her followers.
This banquet hall is actually double-layered, with stairs leading to the upper floor on both sides of the door. However, the upper floor is just a corridor around the wall, where people holding wine glasses can look down at the banquet hall or go to the room on the other side of the corridor to rest during banquets.
When Shad appeared in the cabin, the busy girls were gathered around the table, either looking through the documents of Miss Belindel's seven families or doing tedious clerical work for their respective mistresses.
Miss Matilda and Tifa were waiting for Shade, and they were leading the work of reading and summarizing the three documents.
So the five of them sat down at the end of the long table. Tifa was the first to inform Shad of the results of MI6's investigation:
"There are too many suspicious accounts mentioned in the original investigation report. We have conducted another round of screening based on the transaction frequency and the consistency with the date you provided. Now there are only two suspicious accounts left."
Two files were handed to Shade in clips, and above the first page of each file, there was an additional black-and-white photo pinned to the suspect account holder:
"The holders of these two accounts are not ordinary civilians. The first one is Thomas Pidgeon, a local merchant. When he was young, he followed the fleet to the Kingdom of the Isles-Keragly many times to resell smuggled goods. Later, he had his own ship and developed it into a fleet.
Although the fleet is not very large, it has a certain reputation in Yuewan. His ships mainly carry rare minerals found in Kailagli, so every time they enter the port, they must go through the most stringent inspection of the Carsenrick Customs. The account found in the Sixth Office is the account used by the Pikin Fleet for bulk cargo transactions. "
Tifa said as Shad picked up the document and briefly looked through it:
"Is there something wrong with this person?"
It was Miss Matilda who answered the question:
"The Port Authority has always suspected that Pikin's fleet had reached some kind of deal with the pirates of Kailagli, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why his ships were rarely robbed by pirates. But because he generously bribed important figures in the Eddington family, several investigations have come to nothing. The seven major families in Yuewan City have complicated relationships, so these parasites have a living space."
Tifa then went on to introduce the second person:
"The second one is also related to the Eddington family. Carmen Eddington, the third son of Earl Eddington and a famous musician in Moon Bay."
"musician?"
Xia De asked suspiciously, and only said after getting a definite answer:
"This Mr. Eddington is definitely not a vampire. My vampire friend told me that they do not allow members of the seven major families to become members of the same family. This is not because the bloodlines of the seven major families are special, but because the vampires who have settled in the local area do not want to cause trouble for themselves. Now is the era of human civilization, and they are also very cautious."
Of course, Xia De still needs to verify whether it is true or not.
“But how can such a musician have a regular account to conduct large transactions?”
Luvia asked:
"It can't be that he is still reselling pianos, right?"
Tifa continued to answer:
"The investigation report issued by the Sixth Bureau did not explain it clearly, but this incident may involve corruption in the construction of Yuewan Bridge. The Sixth Bureau speculated that either the musician's account was a "bridge" account for corrupt funds, or he himself was one of the direct beneficiaries of the corruption in Yuewan Bridge.
Although he is a musician, he can also use the huge influence of the Eddington family to help others deal with some troublesome matters."
“It actually involves that bridge?”
Luvia shook her head, and Shade said:
"I commissioned Gray Glove to help me investigate the corruption in the construction of the Moon Bay Bridge. It can be said that people from the seven major families have benefited from it. Yes, Belindel is also one of them, but the problem is not big, so Miss Belindel doesn't bother to pay attention to it."
Of course, Shade said this in a nice way, and Matilda did not correct him. But the reality was that the Countess knew that it was impossible for her family not to get involved in such a matter. If the other six families were all trying to help, but she was the only one not to do so, this was a typical case of "disunity".
He frowned.
"But could the corruption at Yuewan Bridge also be related to the Dragon Feast Cult?"
Because the musician himself is most likely not a vampire, and considering the actual use of the account, the possibility that he is a key suspect in the collusion between vampires and cultists is greatly reduced.
But in the eyes of outsiders, the more unlikely the candidate is, the more likely there will be big problems, so he will handle this matter very carefully later.
After Tifa finished her explanation, it was Miss Matilda's turn.
The blonde maid from the South Country has been avoiding Shade for some reason lately, and even refuses to look him in the eye. Shade doesn't know what problem she has encountered, but fortunately, at least she is normal now:
"The notebook 'lost' by the thirteenth ring warlock did not have any elemental reaction, and the information recorded in it was not a curse or other trap. The notebook recorded four relics and their characteristics, and the rest of the pages were blank."
"Relics? Tell me more about it."
"Okay, two of them are the 'Higgs Dragon Head Stone' and the 'Hafana Dragon Body Stone' that Miss mentioned to you. They are both Secret Keeper-level relics, but as long as the two stones are put together, they can automatically transform into the [Ancient Dragon Stone]. According to the notebook, the [Ancient Dragon Stone] is an angel-level relic."
The blonde maid said, and Luvia asked Shade:
"Given the performance of the Higgs Dragon Head Stone in your hands, it's not an exaggeration to say that this relic is at the sage level. Shade, if the two stones are put together and the Ancient Dragon Stone really transforms someone into a giant dragon, can you defeat it?"
"The dragon transformed by this relic is probably not an ordinary dragon. Why should I fight it?"
Xia De asked curiously:
"Obviously, this relic is most likely used in the Chosen Ceremony, but I don't need to hold the Chosen Ceremony."
Luvia smiled but didn't comment:
"It seems that this notebook was really left to us by the Light Chaser, but what does he want to do? What are the other two relics?"
"A sage-level relic [An Apron of the Nameless Swordsmith]. Throwing this relic into the fire can summon the 'Nameless Swordsmith'. It is believed to be a humanoid relic whose prototype lived in the Second Era.
After defeating the swordsmith holding the hammer, you can provide the raw materials for the swordsmith to forge a sword tailor-made for you. The swords forged in this way are considered to be relic derivatives. "
Tifa answered again, and Shade asked:
"How strong a sword can this relic forge?"
"It depends on the materials. According to the information in this notebook, precious enough materials are enough to forge an angel-level sword."
"A sage-level relic that can be cast into a relic derivative that can be rated as an angel-level relic?"
Luvia raised her eyebrows. After all, generally speaking, the rating of a relic derivative would not exceed that of the relic itself.
"But where is this relic?"
Xia De asked again, and the black-haired maid shook her head:
"After obtaining this information, I have applied to the parliament for an investigation. However, this is different from the [Star Sword Stone], and the parliament has no clues for the time being."
"Where's the fourth relic?"
"This one is rated lower, a poet-level (level 5) relic, the ointment slug. This is also a living relic, and there is a population. Its population history can be traced back to the earliest era. It is a very ancient creature, but this slug does not like to live in groups. The average height of the slug is about 3 meters. It moves very fast when it is normal. When it encounters danger, it can transform itself into a light form and move forward.
This creature is considered to be a different kind of 'light elemental creature', and some studies even claim that they have a slight dragon bloodline."
This is not surprising, as dragons can produce offspring with almost any creature.
"After killing the slug, its body will turn into foam and disappear, but some ointment-like substance will be left behind. This special ointment is regarded as a relic derivative 'Slug Ointment'. It has a wide range of uses and is involved in many ancient magic potion recipes. At the same time, this ointment is used to maintain metal products, which will make the metal undergo a qualitative change in strengthening. It is applicable to both cold weapons and mechanical devices."
This kind of relic was known to Shade, as it was mentioned many times in the Pink Book. However, it was not used to prepare potions, but to prepare lubricating ointments.
The [Ointment Slug] is equally harmful. The land it crawls over at normal speed will turn into ointment. Because of the influence of the whispering element, even if it is purified afterwards, it will be difficult to grow any plants on that land for a long time. The slug in the form of light can turn any entity it touches into ointment.
Because of the harmfulness of this pollution, [Oil Slugs], although only rated as the lowest danger, must be killed immediately upon discovery. Fortunately, slugs are docile and generally will not actively attack humans. Their fighting power varies according to the age and size of the individual.
The average combat power of the [Ointment Slug] is about the same as that of ordinary alien creatures, but the book also records ancient slugs that are strong enough to fight dragons and unicorns. But in general, this is not a very dangerous relic.
“Is there anyone currently raising this relic?”
Xia De asked again, but this time the answer he got was still a shake of the head.
[Ointment Slugs] are extremely rare, and they appear out of thin air every time, so their habitats cannot be traced. However, there are many "slug ointments" in the material world, which are the derivatives of these living relics after death. But Shade feels that if this is also the material needed for the ritual of the chosen one, it should probably be obtained from living things.
(End of this chapter)