novelonline Chapter 3435: Enemy Skull
Chapter 3435: Enemy Skull
Chapter 3435: Enemy Skull
"The power of the element of enlightenment?"
Shad subconsciously looked towards the sea level, and somehow he remembered what Megan and Audrey's ancestor, the traitor of the Prophet Association, Laplace Howard, said: "The Rhodes card weaves the veins of civilization and protects the world in the form of enlightenment elements."
Civilization itself is the most powerful force.
This was the first time that Xia De heard about Xiwei's past story. Then he realized that although he had known Xiwei for such a long time, he seemed to have never taken the initiative to learn about her past.
The boat girl had reminded Xia De a few days ago that he should pay attention to the mood changes of the Great Witch of Light. He continued to row the boat and asked:
"So you are afraid of the ocean? I think you know better than anyone how terrible the ocean is."
Xiwei shook her head slightly and continued to chat with Xia De while enjoying the coastal scenery:
"Of course I am not afraid. I am the Great Witch of Light. I am the light myself. I will shine on everything, even the deepest abyss of the ocean, until my body disappears."
The last half of the sentence sounded like a song. Xia De did not remind her that this statement was unlucky, but smiled and said:
"Yes, light is courage. Miss Felina once taught me this."
Xiwei, who had beautiful long wavy hair, smiled and said:
"You're starting to miss Miss Felienna, aren't you?"
Shade looked at her:
"No, I mean, your attitude towards the future is very similar to that of Teacher Feliana."
Xivi immediately felt a little embarrassed. Xia De compared her to the famous demigod witch. This boast seemed a little embarrassing to her.
After the boat passed a black reef, it finally saw a completely smooth cliff that was almost 90 degrees vertical. Below the cliff was a reef protruding toward the sea, and the potion laboratory was located there.
"Why does the terrain here look so much like the area below the 'Count Darmanin's Mansion' where the mermaid hid?"
Xia De muttered to himself, and after mooring the boat, he and Xiwei, who was holding up the hem of her skirt, came to the reef together.
He took out the parchment scroll given to him by Elder Harald before he set out, cleared his throat, and recited the long string of spells in the local dialect. Nothing happened during this period, but then Shade took out a dead mouse and threw it forward with Xiwei's "Huh~" sound.
The dead mouse successfully hit the smooth rock wall, but because Shade used too much force, it exploded into a ball of black blood. But the black ball quickly spread along the rock wall, erasing some kind of camouflage like an eraser, revealing the windows and doors that originally existed on the rock wall.
“Why a dead mouse?”
Xiwei asked, and Xiade explained:
"Many of the Fatu people's traditional secrets involve life and sacrifice. In fact, instead of mice, rabbits, seagulls and squirrels can also be used, but mice are the easiest to catch."
This hidden reef laboratory had been abandoned for more than two hundred years, but when Shade pushed open the stone door, the interior seemed to be still in use.
However, most of the equipment and raw materials were taken away by the Fatu people two hundred years ago, so there was no way for Xia De to pick up anything valuable.
Although the laboratory is not large, it is divided into three floors inside the wind-eroded sea cliff, and each floor has different secret rooms and hidden compartments. Xia De and Xi Wei chatted while searching, and after an hour, they confirmed that there was really nothing here.
The second place to go is the cave mentioned in the young priest's diary. When he was in his teens, he discovered the cave, which would be submerged during high tide and reappear during low tide, and he used it as his secret base.
They still took a small boat to go around the island, but when they arrived at the location marked on the map, Xia De found something wrong:
"My spatial perception did find the underwater cave, but isn't it too deep?"
He repeatedly confirmed the information given by Elder Harald, and Xiwei reminded him:
"After all, what you are looking at are hydrological records from more than 200 years ago. Isn't it normal that the cave is completely flooded now?"
Just like the underwater cave where the "hidden space" of Coldwater Harbor is located, it should have been flooded in the same way. But in the cave of Coldwater Harbor, Shade appeared directly inside the cave, so he could explore upwards. But now on the sea surface, entering an underwater cave where a ring warlock may have set traps is still very risky.
"Look, it's a good thing I came with you."
Xiwei stood up and said:
"I bet that among my peers, I am the best witch at underwater combat and exploration. Show me the way and I will take you there."
As she spoke, she jumped from the boat and jumped into the sea. Xia De clearly saw that when she was in the air, her legs wrapped in the long skirt were glowing, and turned into a fish tail when she entered the water.
"Mermaid?"
"It's just transfiguration. Is it strange that I can do transfiguration? I've said long ago that I have a very good relationship with the mermaid race. You can get the cat form by raising cats, and of course I can also transform into them by using the secret arts of mermaids. They have the ability to transform themselves into humans, and what I did was just reverse the spell.
Of course, my Transfiguration skills are not as good as Flora's. I can only transform into a mermaid."
Xivi in the water smiled, stretched out her hand and pulled Xia De into the water.
Underwater breathing was automatically turned on, and Xia De relied on spatial perception to guide the way. Xi Wei, whose senses were more acute in the water, held his hand and swam below. Xia De lagged behind slightly, so he could glance at the connection between the fish tail and the human body almost next to his face, wondering what the situation would be here.
Then Xiwei seemed to know what Xia De was thinking, and with her right hand she suddenly pulled him to the same level as her:
"What were you looking at just now?"
Miraculously, her voice was clear when she spoke underwater, whereas Shad had to use telepathy to communicate most clearly:
"I was thinking some very rude things in my mind, but I swear I didn't see anything."
Xivi smiled and pulled Xiade to swim towards the entrance of the cave.
The entrance to the underwater cave was not narrow, and it was just right for two people to swim side by side. About 30 meters upward, the water above their heads gradually disappeared, and the two entered the underwater cave detected by Xia De's spatial perception.
Silver moonlight emerged from his palm, and then the flying balls of light illuminated the surroundings. It was a typical natural coastal cave and there was not much to note.
Following the not very straight cave forward, in the deepest and most spacious part of the cave, they saw traces of past human habitation:
"Elder Harald clearly stated that all man-made objects here were cleared out during the last recorded exploration of the cave five years after the young priest left."
But now the cave is not only filled with a severely rusted iron bed and a half-collapsed stone cabinet, but there is even a rusty kerosene lantern placed in the groove of the wall.
Feeling that he might have found an important clue, Xia De immediately started searching, while Xi Wei looked around:
"When I was a kid, I also had a secret base like this in my hometown. Although it was also a cave, it was just a more hidden cave on the beach, not as safe as this one."
"What will you do in your secret base? Or is it just to hide away?"
Xia De asked, Xi Wei showed a sighed expression:
"At first I was just hiding, but later my mermaid friends would visit me in the cave and chat with me. Mermaids, like elves, are immortal. Those girls who were more than ten years older than me were actually my peers at the time.
We would use shells as teacups, seaweed as tea leaves, and sometimes even drape kelp around our bodies as ribbons.”
She smiled, not feeling ashamed, and the stranger recalled his childhood in his hometown, and then felt that there was nothing to recall:
"So now that you're a grown girl, they're still not grown mermaids?"
"Yes, I went to visit them before the end of the year, and it felt like those happy days were just yesterday."
Then she watched as Shade moved the rusty iron bed away and frowned at the wet mud below:
"Feliana's Witch Light."
The golden light melted the mud, and then the "fossils turned into mud" penetrated the rock layer below. Soon, a "brand new" metal box was taken out by Shade, and after opening it, a skull was found in the box.
“Oh, I really found it!”
The skeleton seemed alive. After being illuminated by the moonlight, or more precisely, after being watched by Shade and Xiwei, its mouth moved:
"Ma'am, you are so beautiful, why didn't you get it first from your colleagues?"
Xia De slapped the top of the skull, and the "talking" skull immediately became quiet.
Xiwei was just recalling the past with a look of emotion, but now her expression suddenly changed, and the corner of her mouth twitched:
"Is this the relic you are looking for?"
Xia De nodded:
"Yes, it's the clerical-level relic [Enemy-luring Skull]. After throwing this skull down, even if a strong enemy is chasing you, the enemy will be subconsciously attracted by the skull and temporarily shift their attack target. This effect is extremely effective against objects with lower intelligence, and it is also effective against intelligent life such as humans.
However, tapping the top of the skull will temporarily disable its effect. The Fatu people have had this relic for a long time, and they usually use it when dealing with dangerous sea beasts.
"It sounds like this relic is indeed very useful, but does the property of this thing work through its language?"
Xiwei still hated this thing a little bit. Although she knew that she was indeed several steps behind, she was certainly not happy to be pointed out to her in person.
(End of this chapter)