The descent of the Evil God on Thursday night, and the subsequent battle with the unknown Moon God, naturally could not be easily quelled. One of the most relevant matters for the citizens of Tobesk City was the city-wide lockdown today, with a strict prohibition on going out. Leedweich Field, the Church, and the Tobesk Garrison were fully controlling the situation across the city for house-to-house searches.
On one hand, the Church was determined to capture the Cultists of the Blood Feast Lord who miraculously survived, and the members of Mercury Blood, even if it meant destroying half of Tobesk. On the other hand, last night, the Church's High-Ring Sorcerers almost sacrificed themselves to stop the Evil God. Although they were eventually saved by an unknown Saint, those who were forced to participate in the Blood Feast were still severely injured.
Iluna was able to obtain that bottle of No. 1 holy water concentrate because the Church considered the injuries of others.
Therefore, the city-wide lockdown also served to maintain public order under high pressure, given that almost all High-Ring Sorcerers were injured.
However, last night's events also frightened the other Ring Sorcerers in the city. No one would dare to provoke the Church now, and almost everyone was glad to see those madmen arrested by the Church.
This meant that, apart from Church members like Miss Bei Ya Si and a few royal family members with passes, all citizens had to stay at home today.
Tobesk is the capital of the Delarion Kingdom, and such a city-wide lockdown naturally caused a huge stir. But considering what happened last night, not even Yodel Palace raised any objections.
The news of King's emergency interview last night was the front page of all morning newspapers today. Although the city was under lockdown, newspapers were still delivered because citizens needed to know what exactly happened:
"Cultists poisoned the entire city, hundreds of citizens died last night, city-wide search today... Oh."
At the dining table, Xia De, holding the newspaper, couldn't help but sigh. The news in the newspaper looked terrifying, but in reality, the casualties were not hundreds, but thousands. Although compared to the fact of "Evil God's descent," this number was not large, for the peaceful year of 1853, it was common for thousands of people to go missing in Tobesk in a year, but the death of thousands in one night would definitely cause panic throughout the Old Continent.
Xia De's guess last night was correct; it was indeed the Cultists who poisoned through the Silver Parrot Milk Delivery Company controlled by Mercury Blood, sacrificing to the Evil God to form a grand "Blood Feast."
This was mentioned in the letter obtained from the Silver-Eyed One's corpse, which is why Luvia was able to deduce the general course of events before meeting Xia De.
"There might be public mourning events later. The impact of this... Fortunately, you were there, otherwise, the casualties last night would have been much worse. I know you won't let anyone know what you did, but I know the risks you took... Xia De, this seems a little unfair to you."
Miss Annette sat with Xia De at the dining table, speaking softly with a spoon in her hand. Xia De put down the newspaper and looked at her, still lamenting the casualties from last night:
"Things can't be calculated that way. Miss Annette, everything we do will eventually leave a mark on this world and ultimately affect us again. What I do, though unknown to others, will one day reveal its meaning to me."
The Diviner liked such words, and she stirred the food in her bowl with her spoon:
"You're right, Xia De. By the way, just call me by my name from now on, no need to call me 'Miss Annette.'"
"Alright then... Luvia?"
"Yes, that's my name. Does it sound strange?"
The city-wide lockdown meant that today's original work, which was accompanying Mrs. Lemeier to receive her inheritance, certainly could not be completed. And Luvia, now staying at Xia De's house, could not return to the Prophet Association to inquire about news.
Both of them were effectively trapped at Saint Delan Square Six. Fortunately, they had nothing else to do. After breakfast, they began to organize last night's gains together.
Only five of the six relics remained. The demonic eye, "Greedy Silver," was taken away by the Blood Feast Lord as a meal. The specific distribution would have to wait until Miss Bei Ya Si returned in the evening. Of course, the sage-level relic, god's gift box, definitely belonged to Xia De; The Lady who became an angel personally said that this item was to be kept by him.
As for the remaining three blank pages of the manipulator's script, Xia De would not touch them under any circumstances.
Luvia, on the other hand, was very interested in the all things are impermanent card Xia De had newly acquired. She borrowed it for research, saying that it was a thoroughly fate-related item.
Xia De then explained that the all things are impermanent card truly contained the power of an Old God, which greatly surprised Luvia.
"Didn't you see that fight last night? Didn't you see that dark golden scale?"
Xia De was also very surprised:
"I thought you had already discovered it."
"How could you think that a mortal could witness a god's battle? Although my eyes are powerful, I could only barely see the final Moonlight. I would even bet that, besides Iluna, I should be the one who saw the most of what happened."
This way, Xia De didn't have to worry about exposing his identity. At the same time, the doctor, the Priest, and Miss Louisa should not easily connect last night's Moonlight with Xia De.
With nothing to do during the day, Luvia flipped through the letters from the Vampires and Silver-Eyed Ones brought out of the ruins last night in the living room, while Xia De confirmed his newly acquired powers.
The gains from the ruins were immense, not only allowing him to directly advance to Second-Circle Arcanist but also granting him two complete new Miracles: Moonlight Greatsword and Toy Making.
The former not only allowed him to clash with the Vampire suppressed by Miss Bei Ya Si in the ruins but also enabled him to combine Raglai's Leap and "Blade of Time Dislocation" to deliver a well-coordinated attack.
Of course, if it weren't for the divine nature, those subsequent cracks would probably have given Xia De a hard time.
After Xia De burned his divine nature and became a god, the Moonlight Greatsword even directly confronted the Blood Feast Lord. It should be said that it truly lived up to being a Miracle obtained through a relic; it required no casting materials, and even the consumption when using the Miracle was very low.
When using the Miracle, only the act of drawing the "Moonlight Greatsword" from the air consumed the most spirit; the subsequent consumption was almost on par with Xia De's spirit recovery rate. Moreover, even if the Greatsword shattered, another could be immediately drawn out, with no waiting time. And as Xia De's Ring術士 level increased, the Moonlight Greatsword would also become stronger and stronger, undoubtedly Xia De's strongest offensive method currently.
The only drawback was that the Moonlight Greatsword would disappear once it left his hand; it could only be used for close combat, unlike Miss Bei Ya Si's Sunlight Gun, which could be thrown.
Although injecting spirit and elements into the sword could make this Greatsword produce an attack effect similar to a "sword glow," doing so consumed a great deal of energy, completely incomparable to the long-range attack effect of "Silver Moon Slash."
