Whispering Poems.

Chapter 1674
Gold and silver two-color means that one side cover is gold and the other side cover is silver.

Megan gently held the pendant and then shook it slightly, the small pendant turned into a huge book being held in her hands:
"When I was on the island last time, I told you that I had an angel-level relic weapon. Look, this is it."

This book is different from the "Smallwell Code" written by Miss Pavo, the vice president of the Society of Truth. It cannot fly away from its owner, but this does not prevent Shad from feeling the power of an angel-level relic.

"Can you tell me, besides enhancing spellcasting, what other characteristics does it have?"

Xia De asked, and Megan signaled Xia De to follow her footsteps, and walked with her on the deserted street in the rain.The sound of clattering continued all around, and the rain became heavier than in the morning.

The coldness is spreading outside, but fortunately, this is spring and not autumn, and every rain represents a stronger vitality in the near future.

"Angel-level relic [Book of Desire], write down all the thaumaturgy, spell or magic that you have fully mastered, ahem, related knowledge, including the learning method of power, the effect of casting spells, etc., and then review this relic Using the recorded thaumaturgy and spells, you can store extraordinary abilities in it, so that you can use this book to cast spells with only a small amount of mental power. If you spend some extra money, you can even store them the strength of others."

Xia De raised his eyebrows. Although Megan claimed that this relic is not as good as the Godcaller's [Night Watchman], this feature alone is useful enough:

"I think the limitation of this book should be the amount of storage and the consumption of maintaining the storage state. Since it is a book of longing, it should also affect yourself."

"Yes, it will make me thirst for knowledge more and more. If I can't control it well, I will end up being chosen with crazy knowledge and wisdom. Fortunately, I still have a lot of troubles. Decades of years of insanity, unable to concentrate on learning, this makes this book have little influence on me."

As she walked forward, she lowered her head and stroked the big metal-covered book she was holding, not shying away from talking about it with Xia De.On the golden side of the book, there is a complete ancient symbol representing "wisdom", and on the silver side, there is a circle composed of five stones similar to "Wisdom Pyroxene".

"In addition to storing and releasing, at close range, it can also analyze the effects of other people's spells. I was able to use this relic when I was in the eleventh ring. When I was close to out of control some time ago, I couldn't touch it. So the first two times I landed on the island , I ventured almost empty-handed."

"Now you can use the power of this book?"

"Part of the power. How strong I was at my peak, a six-ring warlock like you can't imagine. I admit that you are very powerful, but your level still limits you."

A smile appeared on the corner of Megan's mouth, one hand was holding the book from below, the other hand was gently placed on top, and the palm covered the symbol representing "knowledge":

"Then, let's see mine next."

The invisible wind spread outward from the sorceress's body, causing the rain curtain like a curtain to be pushed aside by a big transparent hand.

The metal-covered book exuded a soft light, and the whispering element was transformed into the unique four-element fluctuations of Megan and Audrey, which indeed reached the level of a high-level ring warlock/high-level witch.

At this moment, the two of them had come to the door leading to the lair of Bad-Eye Barry. If you opened the door, you would find the gang territory in the slums in the shape of "Hui" inside.Xia De asked the lady beside her if she needed to open the door now, but she shook her head slightly:

"That's enough."

The light on the book became brighter and brighter, and the light was also deformed, until the whole book was transformed into a large metal bow of gold and silver.Sky-blue broken gemstones covered the entire bow, even in the absence of sunlight, the metal and gemstones were still shining.

She aimed at the sky and pulled the bowstring, and at the same time, an arrow shaped like white mist also appeared at her fingertips.

Whoosh!
The arrow like white mist flew into the rainy sky, and then exploded silently in the air.Afterwards, the effect of the arrow began to affect the entire block, and even Shad felt a little groggy.

The surroundings seemed to be a little different. It was obviously still a rainy street with no one there, but the sound of the rain became lighter and the scenery faded a little. Xia De subconsciously felt that it was better not to stay here.

"What kind of thaumaturgy is this? I feel the effects of large-scale coma, expulsion of idlers, and the door of silence."

He asked curiously, the longbow in Megan's hand had turned back into a book.Seeing her expression stagnate, Xia De knew that this was not the power of the ring warlock, but the power of the witch, and the lady with brown shawl hair also explained:

"This is thaumaturgy - [No Man's Land], the effect is to make all life in the area sleep, and within a certain period of time, expel all people who enter this area. It's normal if you haven't heard of it, this thaumaturgy It's hard to learn, so it doesn't have much of a reputation, and yes, that's it. Oh, and the book has two modes, book and bow, but only transforms into a bow when you release the power stored in it, so it's not a weapon."

Xia De could hear what Megan wanted to cover up, but he didn't ask too much, but pushed open the door in front of him.

Not only was the door locked from the inside, but there were two top bars behind the door.Shade's [Key of the Door] is only effective on locks, but fortunately, pure power is effective on everything.

Push the door and enter it, and you will see that in front of you is a curved narrow alley divided into two sides by the low and dilapidated building in the center. The alleys on the left and right sides are covered with black rags. I don’t know if it is to prevent peeping from high places or something else what does that mean.

On rainy days, only a few people with umbrellas were outside, and at this time these people had already passed out.Xia De kindly walked over to check their identities, and threw them into the houses with open doors on the side.These two-storey houses were also very dilapidated, and some rude-looking people gathered inside, either drinking or playing cards, but they all passed out.

The best looking building near the entrance is the one to the left after entering.Although it is a street-facing building, there is no door facing Goroj Street outside. Instead, a glass door is opened facing the inside.

The wall with the glass doors was also glass, but frosted.Therefore, from the outside, only the scene inside the room can be vaguely seen.Xia De opened the door curiously and took a look, only to find that there was a store inside.

All kinds of high-end gold and silverware were displayed in the cabinets, and he even saw the Special Rules Rhodes brand displayed on the shelves against the wall.However, he did not take that card away.Although the outsider likes Rhodes cards, he only likes the ones he won or bought. He won't use the cards he robbed. He feels that it will tarnish his own deck.

"This is the most high-end black market under the hands of Bad Eye Barry, which is specially used for pawning high-value items."

Megan also walked into the store following Xia De. She walked to the deepest part of the store with ease, and then motioned to Xia De to help her open the safe hidden behind the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

Gold nuggets, banknotes, land deeds, and paperwork contracts filled the whole box, but Meghan just took out a cloth bag with a tight mouth from the top layer.After opening the bag, he poured the black pearls inside into the palm of his hand.

The size of this pearl is far less than the one that Xia De gave to Queen Diana last year, but the rarity of the black pearl itself determines its value is definitely not low.Shad is not an expert in jewelry appreciation, but he heard Miss Galina and Tifa talk about similar topics. The price of black pearls is related to size, roundness, smoothness, and depth of color.

As for the one in Megan's hand, except that it wasn't too big - it was actually as big as a quarter of Shade's fist, and the other indicators were perfect.

Even after seeing Miss Galina's and Rezia's jewelry boxes, he must admit that this pearl is quite good.

"The second key needs a flawless round black pearl. I can buy black pearls myself, but I am not very satisfied. Some time ago, I heard that there is one here in Bad Eye Barry. I originally planned to buy it through Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals. Since you said he was a cult member, you saved me a lot of money."

Megan said with a smile, put the pearl back into the bag, and put it in her pocket:
"I only take this pearl, the rest are yours."

She said to Xia De again, but Xia De did not move.Except when necessary, he seldom takes other people's money when he breaks into the empty door, and he is not like he almost couldn't afford to eat at the beginning:
"The money is too dirty, I don't want it. If we have time later, let's take it away and donate it to the church. I hope that the poor in Green Lake can have an extra meal."

Leaving the store, the two walked down the road on the left. A few hundred meters away, the place where the roads on the left and right rejoined was the "office building" of Bad Eye Barry.

The term "office building" was strange, but Shad couldn't think of a better way to describe it.

It is a three-story building, and the only three-story building here.The first floor is like an open tavern, with long tables filling the room one by one, and various firearms, daggers, and long swords hanging on the walls.

The second floor is the office area. The leader of the gang also needs to check the accounts, the list of personnel and deal with the relationship with other gangs.Xia De and Megan searched briefly, but couldn't find anything related to Ring Warlock.

There was a third floor, but no stairs leading to the third floor were found on the second floor.However, there is no need for Xia De to turn into a butterfly and fly to the third floor. Megan, who has already checked the situation here in advance, rotated the candlestick on the east wall, and the bookshelf rumbled to reveal a door. It is a narrow staircase.

"It's an old-school mechanism. I'm thinking of installing one at home, too."

Xia De looked at the secret door.

"Why, do you have something to hide? Isn't it more convenient to hide with rituals than mechanical devices?"

The sorceress asked curiously, Xia De shook his head:

"I have nothing to hide, I just think this looks good."

Megan smiled and motioned for Xia De to go upstairs with her:
"Only Barry the Bad Eye can go up to the third floor. There must be valuable clues here."

Then he entered the secret door.

Of course, as a ring warlock, protecting one's property and secrets will not rely solely on secret doors of mechanical mechanisms.Bad-Eye Barry has also set up some safety measures on the stairs on the third floor.

Those were the three human eyes embedded in the side wall of the stairs.The eyes seem to be alive, and can even turn in the wall.

"This is not a thaumaturgy, but an alchemy item. On the one hand, it can make people with weak mental powers stunned directly when they look at each other. On the other hand, it can record the information they see. When the eyes are destroyed, the creator can also be reminded The only downside is that to make this kind of alchemy item, you need to pluck eyeballs directly from the eyes of living people."

Megan introduced that the great witch of wisdom and knowledge is well-informed and knows how to deal with this.

She waved at those eyeballs:

"Go to sleep."

The three eyes turned their eyeballs towards the inside of the wall, and Megan signaled Shad to continue walking up with her.

When I came to the third floor, I realized that this room with only one window was actually a laboratory.The room was exceptionally clean, with reagent bottles and other common alchemy equipment placed on the professional metal experiment table.

What is not common is the operating table on the west wall, as well as the specimens of various human organs and fish carcasses in the closet.

Xia De frowned, looking at the human fingers sewn onto the fish in the embalmed liquid:
"Among the ring warlocks I know, there are very few who are good at undead abilities. Do this kind of ring warlocks like to do such disgusting experiments?"

"Only a few will. It seems that he is doing experiments to artificially create specific water ghosts."

Megan flipped through the experimental records on the table, and checked the densely marked books on the side.Ringmen themselves are like scholars, so even cultists must have undergone various trainings:
"It turned out to be the idea of ​​grafting organs and limbs. The [Truth Society] gave up this kind of experimental idea more than 30 years ago. However, the Truth Society wanted to graft the organs of xenogeneic organisms into the human body through experiments, so as to try to let humans have xenogeneic organisms. The natural racial talent of creatures, and Barley still has some ideas of his own to make the resuscitated corpse stronger, but unfortunately there are not many. But considering that he is only a low-level talent, this talent is also commendable."

Although she didn't like this kind of experiment as much as Xia De did, she still flipped through the other records on the desk:

"These are the latter? I see, the human body is formed."

"what?"

Xia De suddenly turned his head:

"Is that what I understand? Create life? He is just a low-level warlock, how could he do it?"

Although the highest masterpiece of alchemy is the "Philosophy's Stone", making life through alchemy is actually the highest goal pursued by alchemy.There is even a saying that the Philosopher's Stone itself is the most basic form of life, because the elixir formulated with the real Philosopher's Stone can repair the defects of the soul and body at the same time.

Some manuscripts of ancient alchemists even indicate that the Philosopher's Stone can be directly fused with the human body in a specific way, and become a part of the human body in a very harmonious way-this is somewhat similar to Shad's thaumaturgy "active clay" .However, this characteristic was not recognized in the Sixth Epoch, because no one was able to reproduce the phenomenon recorded in those materials.

"Bali is not creating a complete life, it is very low-level, using living life to infect the corpse of the dead, thus forming a living undead. This is a strictly prohibited experiment, and it really doesn't look like a low-level warlock It can be made. Huh? What is this?"

With the sound of rain outside the window, she broke the padlock of the desk drawer and took out a file bag from it.After taking out the files inside, the flipping speed is getting faster and faster:

"Come here, look at this. The human body is made!"

"You've said that once."

Xia De walked over, but the witch shook her head, this time with a serious expression:
"It's not the basic technology of sewing corpses. The one in my hand is a human body that is really trying to make life. This material is very simple, and I can tell that it was given to Barry with bad eyes by others to help him. Completed the undead experiment. That is to say, behind the bad-eyed Barry, there is an extremely brilliant alchemist. Although I don't believe that the other party can really create life, he has definitely come to the forefront."

Xia De frowned slightly:

"Is there such a powerful figure in the Order of the Drowned?"

When he came into contact with the Three Oceanic Cults in Lengshuigang, he had never heard of the Drowned Cult being so powerful.Their level should be about the same as that of the slumped Scarlet Order. The two have been fighting evenly for many years.

"No, it shouldn't be the Cult of the Drowned who gave him this information."

The witch said with an ugly face, twisted the paper, and then looked at the text in the manuscript:

"This kind of special manuscript paper is commonly used in our family. Many family letters left by my father are made of this kind of manuscript paper. I have never seen similar paper. This kind of handwriting is also left by my father. I've seen it in the book below, and someone wrote down their thoughts on reading in this handwriting. This material made from the human body comes from the Edwards family. These materials perfectly fit Barry's research, and it is impossible for him to pick them up after he landed on the island. "

"This"

This is information that has never been thought of, Xia De looked at the lady in front of him in surprise:
"That is to say, we have been able to confirm that the cultists that appeared locally are really related to your family. Wait, one of your ancestors may be an artificial human?"

"Oh, of course it's impossible. The real creation of life from scratch is the authority of the gods. Even the most brilliant alchemist can only use people as the blueprint and make additions, deletions, and modifications to a certain extent. I suspect that one of my The ancestors were refined through the human body, that's why the prophecy that everyone will return spreads in our blood."

The witch gave the most likely guess, Xia De frowned and thought for a moment:
"Wait a minute, isn't your father, Alphonse Edwards, an adopted son?"

"It is suspected to be an adopted child. No one can be sure of this. Moreover, the mysterious Edwards family suddenly adopted a child. Is this normal?"

The witch asked back, but she thought of more things:
"When my father was alive, he rarely talked about family affairs. I thought he was an illegitimate son adopted in the name of an adopted son, but in fact he is still Edwards' bloodline. Now I want to come."

Her lips were pursed, and her complexion was a little ugly:

"Father, could it be a so-called experimental subject?"

"Ma'am, we don't have any evidence now, so stop guessing."

Xia De comforted, and then made a suggestion:
"If you believe me, when we part at night, you give me some of your blood, and I will verify your bloodline."

There is a bloodline verification relic in Mibao, and the bloodline has been verified for both Shad and Mia.But blood is also the best medium for cursing, especially blood that is voluntarily donated, so you must be very cautious when giving your own blood to others.

This is a more dangerous move than giving someone else the keys to your house.

Audrey nodded slightly:
"Let's talk about it in the evening, and then look for what else is here."

She took away the body refining material, which was also one of Edwards' relics.After that, she continued to inspect the desk and the bookshelves with various documents and materials beside it, while Xia De inspected other parts of the laboratory.

The items on the surface are all ordinary goods, and a few potion ingredients may be very valuable, but they have nothing to do with their goal this time.

Shad tried to find out more connections between Bad-Eye Barry and the Edwards family and his church, but he could only occasionally see prayers engraved with sharp knives on the walls and experimental tables.

But Xia De's excellent perception still had an effect. When he was leaning against the wall and touching every inch of the wall with his hands, "she" in his ear suddenly reminded:

[Underfoot. 】

Xia De was currently in the southeast corner of the room, so he bent down and knocked on the solid stone floor, and said to the witch who was rummaging through the documents:

"There are defensive measures here, and I can't untie them."

Violence can of course be solved, but Xia De is worried that it will trigger the vigilance of Bad-Eye Barry.

"Look, there are things you can't do."

The witch came over and tapped the floor a few times like Xia De. After confirming the traces of the elements, she took out a bottle of black potion from her satchel and poured it into the palm of her left hand. The potion was smeared on the floor.

Soon, the black ritual matrix was outlined:
"Use fossilized mud on the side floor, then cut a hole out the side. Be careful not to destroy this area of ​​the floor where I painted the ceremony."

Shad did as he did, and quickly pulled out a small safe from under the floor.

There were also traces of ritual processing on the safe, so the witch once again used her knowledge and experience to crack it.In just over ten minutes, the safe was opened.

In the safe, the pale heart is contained in a glass jar.The solution in the container was pale yellow, and around the pale heart, tiny bubbles kept coming out.It is alive, and fluid is being sucked into the ventricles by the heart and ejected from the other end.The liquid forms a circulation like blood, and this scene looks extremely strange.

And beside this glass jar, there are still some letters and documents.

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