Under very safe circumstances, Xia De, who had obtained information that had nothing to do with him, was satisfied and planned to turn around and leave, intending to tell Doctor Schneider about what he had seen and heard today.
But then, the woman's elegant murmur sounded in his ear again:
“You have touched ‘inspiration’.”
He stopped and frowned. The inspiration element is related to civilization, but strong traces of Miracle and spellcasting can also cause its appearance, but here...
Standing in the narrow space between the pipe and the wall, there was no garbage because it was a dead end, but there was more animal droppings.
Xia De carefully examined the wall in front of him. The wall was almost covered with various dirty words and shapes representing private organs with chalk and paint, in addition to many strange traces he did not want to imagine.
His only two Ling Runes temporarily did not have the effect of enhancing vision, but what truly made him different from ordinary people was his ability to decipher almost all texts.
Below the sentences insulting the gods, above Xia De's waist, some strange patterns were captured by the young Detective's eyes. He regarded them as words, and then sure enough, he obtained the meaning and pronunciation of those words:
“Manifest.”
The ancient language used a full six syllables to express such a simple meaning.
In the thin mist, a white light flashed in front of Xia De. He took a step back but still kept himself in the gap between the pipe and the wall.
The curious cat was startled by the white light, and the person holding it saw a dilapidated stone statue slowly rising from the ground.
Its base was square, and the statue was only half of Xia De's height. It was the image of a noble man with bat wings and a cloak.
Xia De closed his eyes, letting blood tears overflow from under his eyelids. He covered the cat's eyes, quickly turned around, and heard the murmuring sound in his ear, a joyful murmur, reciting stories never told:
“You have come into contact with the remnant of the Old God ‘Vampire Duke Loyaer’.”
“The Old God born from the initial defiled blood, craving blood and driven mad by it. In the twilight of the old days, He developed dependents with the curse of blood, his mind obscured by the curse of blood, roaring deep within the castle of the dark night.”
“You have listened to the story of the Old God ‘Vampire Duke Loyaer’. You have learned one of the Miracles of the Old God ‘Vampire Duke Loyaer’.”
“Can Ling Runes be inscribed?”
A moment later, confirming that this was all the information, Xia De, emerging from his surprise, asked in a low voice full of anticipation, his headache caused by close contact with the Old God statue even lessened.
Then, Xia De heard the woman's voice in his heart chuckle:
“You have gained the spell, Echo of Blood. You have not yet gained enough stories belonging to this God, outsider. Miracles are not so easily obtained.”
The murmuring voice in his heart quieted down, and the Old God statue transmitted new power to Xia De. The Destiny Ring hidden behind his soul rotated, drawing in faint golden elements, allowing the brass ring to be tinged with golden particles, condensing the Ling unique to the soul.
Xia De's right eye suddenly turned blood-red. He gained the power to see imperceptible residual bloodstains.
After fully understanding what was happening at this moment, Xia De did not first check the power he had gained, but instead first checked the cat he was holding.
Although this cat saw the entire process of the Old God statue appearing with Xia De, fortunately, the cat's vision was attracted by the scattered white light at the time, so it did not observe the full appearance of the Old God statue immediately like Xia De. Therefore, “Mia” was only a little listless, and did not suffer a mental shock like Xia De.
As for the power Xia De gained, simply put, his right eye can now see imperceptible bloodstains remaining on the air and object surfaces when the spell is actively activated.
This ability can also be achieved in Xia De's world through certain technological means. But when he uses the spell, he doesn't need an instrument, just needs to open his eyes, and as long as there are bloodstains, no matter how faint the residue, he can see them.
Although this is not a powerful ability, it is unexpectedly very well matched with Xia De's Detective profession.
Xia De had never heard of the name of the Old God “Vampire Duke Loyaer”. In fact, he had never heard of any Old God's name except for the “Father of Infinite Trees”.
The story of this Old God makes Him not sound like a benevolent God. This judgment is completely correct, so after gaining the spell and the story, the voice in his mind also reminded Xia De that he was touching the silver element 【blasphemy】, which is an element that only Evil Gods possess.
But whether it was because he himself did not deeply perceive the blasphemy of this Old God, or because the power of this stone statue with a base was more inclined towards Miracle, Xia De did not gain anything from blasphemy.
But the gain from the spell was also very good. Miracles need corresponding Ling Runes to be used, while spells do not need to pass through Ling Runes and are common mystical abilities for Ring術士. Because they are “common,” the effects of spells are often not as good as Miracles, but in fact, some spells also have usage restrictions.
And from the doctor's notes, spells obtained through contact with Old God remnants usually cannot be learned through other means.
Therefore, Xia De could be considered to have gained a rare spell for free, but unfortunately, its effect was not very obvious.
Since he had already gained benefits, the next step was, of course, to leave immediately.
Xia De could not take away this Old God statue, he didn't even dare to directly touch it with his skin. The existence of the stone statue was clearly related to Mrs. Lasoya, and the Old God statue could not naturally exist in the City; it must have been brought into this alley and hidden by her.
Bringing an Evil God statue into the City like this is a serious illegal act, so Xia De finally concluded that Mrs. Lasoya does not belong to the good people.
So he read the six syllables of the ancient text meaning “Manifest” in reverse order, causing the Evil God statue to slowly re-enter the ground.
Only then did he carefully sneak out of the alley entrance, not even bothering to save money, and directly boarded a carriage at the next intersection, heading without hesitation with the cat towards Doctor Schneider's psychology clinic in the eastern district of Tobesk City.
But unfortunately, Doctor Bill Schneider was not in the clinic.
The people in the clinic still recognized Xia De, who had been invited by the doctor yesterday, so Doctor Kray, who was responsible for receiving him, informed him of Doctor Schneider's whereabouts.
The wife and daughter of a local Count, whose name could not be revealed, had recently developed Gluttony. The Count's private doctor believed it was a psychological problem, so he specifically invited Doctor Schneider to diagnose and treat them. Doctor Schneider would stay overnight at the Count's manor outside the City and would not return at least today.
As for the address of the manor and the Count's surname, to protect the patients' privacy, they could not be told to Xia De.
“But Mr. Hamilton, you can leave a note for Bill, he will see it when he comes back.”
Doctor Kray said kindly but firmly refused to disclose the location of the Count's manor.