Whispering Poems.

Chapter 1435 The Devil's Deal

If it wasn't for the imminent decisive battle, Xia De would like to take Luvia here to see the scenery, and even surround the lights at night to talk about future life planning and their respective life ideals.

【You really, just want to talk about life ideals with her here? 】

"Oh, don't disturb my thoughts with such things when I sigh."

Xia De complained softly in his heart, and then prepared to leave.He'd be getting ready for Friday night's visit to Oxenfurt Manor, and maybe once he'd dealt with the demon, the Chosen Ceremony would begin.

【someone is coming. 】

"She" suddenly said in Xia De's ear, Xia De listened attentively to the voice, but heard nothing.

[Not a human being, but the traces of the elements on his body are obvious, and he is not a stranger. 】

"Where is the other party?"

【You don't have to move, she's here. 】

While speaking, black smoke made up of a group of mosquitoes flew up from the hole where a ladder was erected on the side.That black smoke, on the highest level of the watchtower, formed the maid of Mrs. Hayla Oxenfurt wearing an old-fashioned yellowed maid dress with an expressionless face.

Shade and Dr. Schneider discussed the old housekeeper and maid of Oxenfurt Manor. The doctor believed that they were all lower-level demons, and they were used by the Stone Mirror Demon to monitor the manor.The "lower demons" here refer to the xeno-demons themselves, not the ancient third-era evil spirits.

"Well, hello."

Xia De raised his eyebrows in surprise:

"Did Oxenfurt send you to find me, or the devil behind you sent you to find me. It can't be Haila Oxenfurt, who sent you here?"

He couldn't figure out why he ran into each other here.

"Master Oxenfurt sent me to inform you of the time to visit the manor on Friday night, no later than 07:30 in the evening.

Xia De frowned slightly:

"Is he so worried that I will break my promise? Don't worry, I will be there on time."

"Also, I have something to come to you."

The maid put her hands together in front of her body, which was a common gesture for Tifa.It looks natural and elegant when Tifa is doing it, but it looks strange no matter how you look at it when the maid in front of her is doing it:
"To be precise, the housekeeper and I decided to come to you before Friday."

"You? What's the matter?"

Xia De put one hand on the fence and asked casually.

"We hope that you can free us."

She remained expressionless.

"What do you mean?"

"We are not anyone's subordinates. The demon who cannot be named, the inducement Stone Oxenfurt used rituals to call us, bound us, and guarded his manor and his wife for him. We are tired of this work, so I hope you can free us."

Although people often say that you can't believe in demons casually, this thing sounds like it is true:
"It sounds funny that demons can be restrained by humans."

"You should understand that sometimes humans are scarier than demons."

Xia De agrees with the last sentence:
"So, you took this opportunity to meet me and tell me about it? It's hard for me to believe you, but I'm curious, what do you want me to do? Kill Oxenfurt?"

"No, the shackles will not be untied so easily, you have to let him admit that we are free."

This doesn't sound very difficult, Xia De thought of many ways at once:
"To be honest, I don't have any grievances with you. If what you said is true, I also have some sympathy for you. But, why should I do this? You are also demons, maybe not as old as that guy, and not as old as that guy Evil, but a demon after all."

Xia De put his hands on the fence and watched the sunset with his back to the maid behind him.He was not worried about being attacked on his back, "she" has been helping Xia De to watch his back.

"I understand that there is a price to pay for freedom, and that's fair.

Because of the bondage of the contract, we can't give you important information about that evil existence and Stone Oxenfurt, but there are some things that can be said - Stone Oxenfurt took back the ring from you, Medal and sapphire earrings, this is one of the contents of his contract with the ancient evil existence. After obtaining these three items that he could never find himself, he can get rid of the shackles of the evil existence to a certain extent and obtain greater strength. "

Stone Oxenfurt really wanted to rebel against Goethe.

Xia De nodded, so the maid continued to speak in the wind on the top of the tower, "she" reminded Xia De that the maid did not open her mouth at all:

"The real contract between Stone Oxenfurt and the existence of evil lies in a heart. If you want to completely eliminate Oxenfurt, you must pay attention to the heart."

Xia De frowned slightly, this is indeed quite useful information.At least, he can provide the next step when he encounters difficulties:

"Is that all?"

The maid nodded slightly:

"We will not be able to give you more information until we are free."

"Well, I can't promise to do anything, but I can promise you that if there is a chance, I can try to get Stone Oxenfurt to speak freely for you. Although I won't sign any contract with you, but That's my promise, I'm a very honest person."

As Xia De said, he turned around and stretched out his hand. The maid hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand and shook it with him.In fact, Xia De didn't promise anything. He decided to wait until Friday night to decide what to do after seeing the situation.

"I have another question."

Xia De looked at her and asked:
"You are here to tell me these things, are you really not afraid of being discovered by it?"

"It's busy with other things now, besides, although I'm not as strong as it, I'm still a demon."

Said the maid, and then pointed to the big lake:
"I know what you're looking for here, it was indeed sealed here once. But when it broke free from the seal, it destroyed most of the things. If you want some clues, go to the lake, maybe some things are still there The bottom of the lake, unnoticed by it."

After finishing speaking, she bowed slightly to Xia De, and then turned into black smoke made of mosquitoes again, and flew towards the brilliant sunset sky in the distance.

"Going into the water again? It's winter now."

Xia De held his forehead and complained softly, and then under the setting sun, dancing red butterflies flew out of his body one by one until his whole body scattered into a flock of butterflies, flying towards the Great red lake.

Of course, after going ashore, he didn't forget to come back and close the door.

(Mia is running.)

"Is this what you found?"

Early Thursday morning, Carson Rik United Kingdom, Randall Valley, Bernanice Manor.

Xia De stroked Mia and sat at the breakfast table. The long table was very lively, except for Luvia who was called to help by the Prophet Association, and Margaret who was busy preparing for tonight's banquet, everyone was there. Even Iruna was there.And it was Iluna who asked the question just now.She thanked the maid who brought her scrambled eggs, and continued talking to Shad.

"Yes, I swam at the bottom of the lake for four full hours last night! When I got ashore, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening!"

Xia De said while drinking hot soup, sitting opposite him, Miss Aurora who was cutting bacon with a knife said with a smile:

"If Miss Anat was here, she would definitely say something about you."

"So I'm going to say it while she's away."

Xia De said, pushing aside the sniffing cat on the table, and continued pointing to the broken stones he took out.

There are three stones in total, the smaller one is about the size of a palm, the back is quite rough, it looks like it was peeled off from a big guy, while the front is a smooth plane, with a ring inlaid in the center, with the ring as the center Radiates dents and runes all around.

Of course, since there is only a palm-sized piece left, it can only be roughly judged. This is one of the cores of the seal:

"If I hadn't noticed the whisper element at that time, I wouldn't have been able to find these broken stones."

As he spoke, he asked the maid for a clean table knife, and then lifted the ring out of the stone.

The ring ring is black iron, and the ring surface is made of simple black iron with a deeper color.The surface of the ring is rectangular, slightly convex around and concave inside, but the pattern inside the rectangle is raised.

The pattern is an ancient Third Era rune.

"Keeper-level relic, Demon Hunting Seal."

Shad said the name of the relic:

"The logo of the demon hunters of the third era, the seal itself and the pattern printed on the seal can cause great damage to the demon. But correspondingly, holding the seal will increase the probability of encountering the demon. Moreover, it has not been used for a long time. Once the [Demon Hunting Seal] held by the ring warlock is held again, there will be a high probability of encountering demons immediately."

Xia De played with the ring in his hand:

"Of course, because I have been in frequent contact with demons recently, the negative characteristics of the ring have not been brought into play for the time being."

"I remember, you already have one."

Sitting next to Miss Bernice was Miss Galina, the red-haired duchess who woke up the latest today.According to her, her origin and the struggle of her ancestors have already been decided, and she doesn't have to get up too early.

"Yes, I got it from an ophthalmologist in Tobesk, and Tifa was with me as my detective assistant. Immediately after getting my ring, we met the ]’s subordinate demon ‘Servant of the Hidden’.”

Xia De nodded, that was also one of the commissions left by Detective Sparrow, and together with that ring, there were also clues from [Night Watchman] in Mount Xical.

The black-haired maid who heard Xia De mentioning her name smiled, and Miss Sylvia, who also had beautiful black hair, waved her hand and let the stone that lost the ring fly towards her:
"Let me take a look at this. You said that this is the sealing ceremony set up by the ring warlocks when the ancient Stoneville kingdom was destroyed? I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful sealing master in this era."

(End of this chapter)