Steampunk: Sixth Era Chapter 698 - 698 698 The Weakened Seal

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Chapter 698: Chapter 698: The Weakened Seal

“Speaking of which, I ant to ask earlier, where did this sword co from?”

Luviya asked curiously.

“I acquired it through an adventure with the doctor, this is an Angel-Level Longsword. Unfortunately, I can only possess it for a very short ti.”

Shard hadn’t yet rembered to discuss this sword with Luviya.

“Oh, that’s really impressive.”

Dorothy also said:

“So, when you asked

to take care of your cat temporarily on Monday, it was because of this. But, what exactly did you and the doctor do to obtain a relic of such value?”

Both girls looked at Shard curiously. Shard glanced at the doctor, who hurriedly shook his head:

“Let the detective explain, it’s mainly the detective’s rit.”

“Um…”

Shard couldn’t say that the doctor had consud a Fla Demon, so he kept his mouth shut:

“That too is a secret, albeit an unimportant one.”

Since Shard claid he had a way to solve the problem on the third floor, the others didn’t stay long, they left after a few words since Shard had called them over so early and most of them hadn’t had breakfast yet.

After bidding farewell to his friends in the entrance hall, Shard didn’t turn to join Mia, who was standing on the stairs watching him, but waited a while longer in the hall.

As expected, there was a knock at the door; it was Luviya returning.

“Are you going to Midshire Fort today?”

She asked directly, and the two of them continued their conversation as they went upstairs.

“Of course.”

“There was another earthquake there, the last one led to the surge of Evil Spirits and the strengthening of those dreadful creatures, I wonder what will happen this ti.”

Luviya expressed her worries.

“The problem isn’t just that.”

Shard asked Luviya to sit down and then waved his hand to draw a black rift in the air. Luviya imdiately closed her eyes, as her power wasn’t enough to let her directly gaze at “True Death.”

Through the rift, Shard looked at the serene waters illuminated by the Nether Moon and the mudflats in front, where the Relic “Kiss of the Tree” Maze Lock seal’s traces flickered in a pale red-gold fire, the flas were sowhat weak:

“My seal, after two earthquakes, has been severely weakened. Unless I risk passing through the Interstice to push open that door again, the effects of the Kiss of the Tree will completely collapse if a third earthquake occurs, and the situation will revert to how it was before I arrived at Midshire Fort.”

In fact, Shard preferred to say “before the Priest’s seal,” but he had promised the Priest to keep his secret. While Arcane Technique “True Death” would allow Shard to pass directly through the rift behind the Gate of Death, it would an he’d complete the transition from the world of the Living to that of the Deceased, and his spirit and body couldn’t handle such a change, so he must go through the Interstice as a transition.

“No, no, you can’t go back there, do you want to die again? You were lucky to get out last ti, but there’s no guarantee this ti, especially after two earthquakes, the Interstice itself has also undergone new changes.”

Luviya stopped Shard in his tracks:

“The key now is the third The Chosen One. The Poem Chapter has already made it clear, he or she will be able to resolve this major problem.”

But the problem is that four coins aren’t enough for divination.

“I understand, I’ll enter Sin Mansion today and try to obtain that Blood Coin.”

Shard picked up the longsword from the coffee table:

“We can’t wait any longer, even if it’s not about whether Midshire Fort City will continue to exist, it’s also about getting ahead of the Church and the Academy. Iluna told

last night that the Church has already started to take action. Once I can get enough coins, almost all of the current predicants can be resolved.”

“Hold on a mont, let

perform divination for you, to see if your trip will go smoothly.”

Luviya reached into her pocket and took out a silver coin with Desecration Elent. This was a Scribe Level Relic “Diviner’s Silver Coin” that Iluna had applied for from the Sun Church. Even a Circle Sorcerer without any training in divination could use this coin to enhance their own intuition, capturing more traces of Fate when making binary choices.

For a Circle Sorcerer who was proficient in divination, this was almost like a “divination amplifier.” Although it had the flaw of misleading Fate and thereby potentially entrapping oneself in a Fate trap, this coin was an extrely useful Relic for any Diviner.

Luviya asked for a strand of Shard’s hair, rolled the hair in one hand, and tossed the coin with the other. Her purple eyes seed to light up at that mont, and the tossed coin didn’t fall but kept spinning in mid-air for a full thirty seconds before landing.

Luviya closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again:

“I can’t see if there’s any danger to your life on this trip, but I can be sure that you will encounter an old acquaintance inside the Keeper of Secrets Level ‘Sin Mansion’.”

“An old acquaintance?”

“Not soone you t in Midshire Fort, but an acquaintance from a faraway place.”

In any case, obtaining new coins was the most important thing at the mont.

Since the house was no longer safe, Shard sent Luviya away and then took the cat from the church back ho, only to send it to Dorothy for care. That way, he could leave Tobesk City with peace of mind.

The location of “Sin Mansion” was even closer to the peak than the Ruined Tower. From the information provided by Granny Cassandra, this Keeper of Secrets Level Relic usually wouldn’t stay in one location for more than three weeks. When Shard stepped out of the Ruined Tower and felt that the Blood Coin he carried could still sense its counterparts, he knew that “Sin Mansion” was still on Sicarl Mountain.

Because of yesterday’s earthquake, Shard was still very worried about encountering Evil Spirits on his way up the mountain. But it turned out that he had good luck this ti; of course, it might also be because Sicarl Mountain was not foggy in the morning, so he had a safe journey.

With the arrival of late autumn, the green that Shard saw on his first visit here in early autumn has mostly turned into golden yellow. The falling leaves not only dyed the Earth golden but also left the branches bare, making one wonder if this scene foretells the fate of the city down the mountain.

Although he didn’t run into any Evil Spirits on his way, Shard did encounter a group of Circle Sorcerers from the True God Church. He knew their identities because they were using Divine Arts to drive away the mosquitoes in the mountains and sprinkling Holy Water on the ground as if surveying the terrain.

It seems that the large ceremony led by the Church of Nature was really about to begin.

At 9:23 A.M., Shard, holding the Night Watchman’s Longsword, arrived on the outskirts of “Sin Mansion” and from the leaf-covered woodland, he saw the three-story building enclosed by a fence with black spikes.

But contrary to Shard’s expectations, as soon as he turned his eyes to the building’s main entrance, he saw the door silently close. He didn’t know if an unfortunate soul had mistakenly entered, or if it was the work of a soul captured by the Relic inside “Sin Mansion.”

With the Night Watchman’s Longsword sheathed and carried in his hand, as soon as Shard stepped out of the woodland and officially set foot on the pebbled path leading to the mansion, the sword began to vibrate slightly. But as soon as Shard passed through the black fence door entwined with thorny decorations, the sword returned to its original state, as if it knew its bearer had resolved to approach dangerous ground.