After the exploration of the relic site, Xia De felt much more relaxed.
After Miss Annette left, he also prepared to go home, missing the lazy, cowardly, and very cute Mia at home immensely.
First, he had to determine his current location.
The three of them had jogged all the way from the printing factory to a place one street away.
Walking a few steps along the low wall by the street, he saw the Silver Parrot Milk Delivery Company standing quietly in the night fog.
Xia De had encountered many things near here; for example, at the silver shop at the next intersection, he had seen the Orthodox Church capture a Ring術士 of the Mercury Blood; he had also found a statue of the Old God “Vampire Duke Loyaer” in the alley diagonally opposite the Milk Company.
“The alley where the Mercury Blood hid the Old God statue is a dead end, so it’s actually very far from that printing factory, but so close to the Milk Delivery Company—what a coincidence.”
He thought to himself, looked around, and walked towards the horse-drawn carriage parked at the intersection.
The coachman sat alone on the shaft, smoking, the faint glow of the cigarette tip flickering in tonight’s fog.
Returning to Saint Delan Square, an irrepressible smile appeared on his face as he took out the key and opened the door.
Although the hallway was dark, the familiar feeling of home made Xia De feel very good.
Then, hearing Mia running down the stairs, his mood became even better.
“Oh, my Mia!”
He bent down and picked up the soft cat; the small orange cat purred happily, squinting its eyes and rubbing its fluffy cheek against Xia De’s hand.
He turned on the gas lamp and carried the cat and the box up the stairs to the second floor.
Sitting in the bright living room, tilting his head to look at the darkness outside the window, Xia De felt that no matter what happened tonight, his current joy would not change, as his mind and body relaxed.
“After a long adventure, it’s wonderful to be safely back home, sitting on the sofa.”
Of course, there were other things to do tonight.
For example, the three relics brought home needed to be stored appropriately, and the two newly acquired Miracles also needed a brief test.
“Forget it, I’m a bit tired; I’ll push these things to tomorrow.”
But one thing could not be postponed: the time key for the common era 3002.
Everything else could be delayed, but every second this time key was delayed meant all future keys would be delayed by one second.
So, no matter how much he needed rest at the moment, after a brief rest, Xia De prepared to embark on his journey through time.
The fifth epoch lasted a total of 5793 years, so the time point corresponding to this key was equivalent to the middle of the fifth epoch.
Xia De briefly investigated this year, but due to the blurred history before the sixth epoch and the academy’s deliberate blockade, he couldn’t find much information.
He only knew that everything was peaceful in that year, just like the fifth epoch 1068 recorded in history.
“So, preliminary investigation is useless.
If the Father of Infinite Trees truly values me, it’s impossible for him to let me have an easy journey.”
Although the investigation was useless, what needed to be investigated still had to be investigated.
He placed the relics on his body one by one on the coffee table; the cat standing on the sofa looked at them curiously.
When Xia De took out the brooch that could release a one-time Sunlight Gun, the cat instinctively extended its paw to bat at it.
Xia De smiled and picked it up, ignoring Mia’s “meow meow” protests.
He carried the cat to the window and looked out at the night scene together:
“Don’t always be so curious; these are all very dangerous things.”
“Meow~”
The small orange cat swiped its paw, making a lazy sound.
Then it suddenly froze; the cat quickly wriggled and turned in Xia De’s arms, its amber eyes looking out at the night sky.
Xia De didn’t notice its movement and continued speaking:
“I’m in a good mood tonight, so I won’t lecture you, but while I’m away, you can’t touch those relics... Ha, I’m talking to a cat again, how strange.”
He was indeed in a very good mood tonight, not because of the two kisses, but because of that drop of divinity.
“Meow~”
The cat now cried out in fear towards the window.
Xia De looked out in confusion, but the night sky was covered in thick fog; it was a very normal night:
“What’s wrong?”
He patted the timid cat, thinking it was scared by the dark shadows outside.
The darkness outside and the brightness inside created an optical effect that allowed the glass to reflect his face.
His face in the glass reflection overlapped with the dark City outside, and he was undoubtedly smiling happily:
“No matter what Mia saw, even if an angel-level relic went out of control, it couldn’t affect my good mood.”
“Will absolutely nothing affect it?”
She asked softly, with an undisguised smile in her voice.
“Of course.”
Xia De nodded at his reflection in the glass, evaluating the appearance of his face.
Then, with a loud boom, a bloody light shot up into the sky from a very distant part of the City.
Blood mist sprayed from the ground into the night sky, then spread throughout the entire City.
Countless crimson light points abruptly lit up in various parts of the City, guiding the blood mist and engulfing Tobesk.
Xia De’s smiling face reflected in the glass froze.
“This...”
He clearly perceived that a massive, distorted, indescribable existence was stepping into the material world.
It was at the location where the distant blood-red light pillar appeared; it was there, observing the entire world:
“But, how could this be? The Church had the entire Blood Feast under control...”
His Destiny Ring appeared behind him, and brilliant golden light shone as the metal rotated.
Countless clues converged, and Xia De suddenly widened his eyes; he understood:
“Besides Lawrence, there are two other divine descent vessels.
And besides that charity banquet, there’s another Blood Feast.
Milk, I understand!
I figured it out!
It’s the milk from the Silver Parrot Milk Delivery Company!
That strange-tasting milk, the one the coachman mentioned was recently on sale at a discount, is problematic!
Quick, burn the divine...”
A tangible gaze projected from afar, as if something from high above was directly staring at him.
“It’s Him! He’s watching me!”
He had not fully descended, but his gaze had already connected with Xia De, and he understood the meaning within that gaze—
He was inviting Xia De, this audacious mortal who had devoured his power, to join another Blood Feast.
This was not compulsion, but he had already arrived; he couldn’t escape.
“He’s got his eyes on me!”
The blood mist had completely engulfed everything around Saint Delan Square and was seeping into the interior through the window cracks.
Xia De, holding the terrified cat, took a step back.
The cat swung its claws forward, trying to protect Xia De.
“The Saint has not fully descended yet; do you need to burn divinity?
Note, you only have one drop of divinity; if you don’t want to lose the afterglow of divinity, you must, during the action, again...”
“No, not now.
The Evil God is prepared; I cannot guarantee that I can defeat it before one drop of divinity is completely burned.”
Xia De watched the blood mist retreat step by step; they were about to have nowhere left to go.
His eyes became firm; he had long thought that he would sooner or later confront a God for divinity, and the current situation was not the worst, at least that God did not seem to know that he could transform into a God.
“Whatever surprise you want to give the other party, please do it quickly.”
“Three seconds!
Mia, trust me completely; absolutely do not resist.”
Watching the blood mist seep into the room, Xia De said softly while backing away, then grabbed the thin blanket from the sofa and covered Mia, who was trembling with fear and waving her paws.
Taking off the blanket, the small Mia cat transformed into an even smaller Mia doll cat; the cat gave Xia De absolute trust:
“I want to seek a way from other Gods to defeat a God using divinity.”
Holding the time key, he directly inserted it into the keyhole of the pendant on his chest:
“May the Father of Infinite Trees bless me through time.”
With a click, the lock of the pendant door rotated.
When opened, the small door contained endless white mist.
The blood mist had completely permeated the room.
Holding the Mia cat doll, Xia De’s right index finger entered the white mist door.
With a plop, the pendant fell to the floor, Xia De vanished from his original spot, and the blood mist engulfed the room.