During the whole day on Thursday, Shade, Miss Bayas and Miss Anat stayed in No. 6, Plaza Saint Teresa, constantly analyzing their plans repeatedly, and using the large space in the basement to cooperate with each other to practice thaumaturgy.

Xia De gained a lot from this process, because it was equivalent to being taught how to fight by two girls.

It was only then that he realized that in the nearly a month since he came to this world, he never seemed to have had the chance to fight one-on-one with any unfamiliar ring magician. The few battles that took place were either due to reliable friends around, or targeted contact using the characteristics of the relic.

And in the process of breaking into the ruins tonight, in addition to the dangers of the silver-eyed people and the ruins themselves, they will definitely come into contact with the ring warlock of [Mercury Blood]. There is a high possibility that Shade will experience the first real battle The ring warlocks in the sense fought.

During the daytime, no one visited Saint Teresa Square, but Miss Bayas had to go back to the Blackstone security company and be on duty for two hours at noon. Come back with bad news:

"In the evening, the Orthodox Church encircled and suppressed the [Lord of the Blood Banquet]'s heretics, and our team was also arranged to act."

"What?"

Both Shad and Miss Anat stood up from their chairs. The protagonist of the night's action was Miss Bayas. If she was not present, then the meaning of this action would be meaningless.

"It's okay, it's okay, our team is not arranged to enter the banquet."

Miss Bayas was talking, and sat on the sofa closest to the "snowing" area:

"We were asked to guard the perimeter to confirm that no one would break in when the church cleared up the cultists at the banquet. I have already asked for leave. The captain said that this matter is inherently dangerous, and it is more in line with his idea not to participate."

Miss Anat immediately checked her notebook:

"That's all right. It doesn't matter if we are missing, but you must not be missing."

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to frown to think about the whole plan.

Mia squatted on the sofa beside her, using her small paws to pick up the holy emblem that could use the one-time "sunshine gun". No one paid attention to it, the orange cat gently fiddled with the holy emblem, and gently raised its nose, as if sniffing something.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the two ladies left the Saint Teresa Square first, and agreed to meet Shade at the hotel near the printing factory above the entrance of the ruins at 7 o'clock.

Half an hour later, the sky was still very bright, and the carriage stopped at the downstairs of Xia De's house just at this time. After preparing enough cat food for Minia, Xia De met the maid, Miss Tifa Servitt, in the carriage.

"Everything goes according to plan, you don't have to do anything extra during the banquet, just follow the plan and leave."

She handed the invitation to Shad, and the banquet was held at the Earl of Maupassant's mansion in the city. Earl Maupassant is old and he is recuperating in the family manor in the south, while his son became a cultist who believed in the [Lord of the Blood Banquet] a few years ago. Tonight's banquet, he is one of the organizers.

Many prominent people in the city were invited to the banquet, ostensibly a "charity dinner" held by Maupassant Jr., to raise funds for the reconstruction of the university district in Tobesk. In fact, all the invited guests are sacrifices to the evil god. And Xia De's invitation letter was obtained by Miss Galina through a special channel.

Since both the heretics and the Orthodox Church had a lot of people in the banquet, in order to prevent their identities from being exposed, Shad temporarily handed over all the relics to the maid Tifa for the time being, just like when she went to the Yodel Palace, and Tifa Miss Servet gave Shad a stack of banknotes to use for a charity auction later.

"Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

Xia De asked while flipping through the invitation, and the carriage started slowly at this moment. The rain last night has not stopped until now, but the rain has been very small and does not affect people's normal travel.

"Don't go to places that are not planned, especially don't go to the third floor. The third floor is basically full of cultists, including Mr. Lawrence, who is the leader of the evil god, on the third floor. Anyone who enters or exits the third floor will be punished by the church and the cultists." their attention."

The maid said, Xia De nodded, looking at the invitation with a serious face.

"There are no other things that need attention, just follow the plan. The lady's carriage is parked in the alley outside the Maupassant Manor. If necessary, she will come to rescue us. Remember, after the matter is over, I will send you out of the manor. During the banquet, you must not wander around."

"no problem."

Xia De nodded, but couldn't help but asked again:

"Will Mr. Hogg Rendell, the thirteen-ring magician of the Church of the Sun, 'Sunshine Great Sword', also appear at the banquet?"

"Yes, after he changed his appearance in a special way, he participated in the charity dinner as a representative of the church. But you will not meet him, please rest assured."

Xia De nodded again, and the maid said softly:

"Don't be too nervous. I have been with Miss since I was fifteen. We have all experienced more dangerous situations. This kind of situation is actually not very dangerous."

"What could be more dangerous than attending a dinner party prepared to sacrifice to the evil god?"

Xia De couldn't help asking.

"Two agnostic level (level 0) relics went out of control together. That time, the council dispatched six great witches to forcefully suppress the accident. Even after that incident..."

She lowered her voice:

"A great witch died because of this."

"If you have time, tell me this story next time."

"OK."

The maid said softly, while Xia De took a deep breath and turned to look at the rain outside the window:

"Tonight, it finally begins."

This donation-themed dinner is actually a sacrifice ceremony for cult members. As for the topic of "donation", no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with poor people like Xia De. But the nobles and rich people of Tobesk seem to like this kind of banquet very much.

When the carriage stopped at the gate of Earl Maupassant's mansion, many people from other places in the city had already arrived. At the gate of the mansion, there were also people waiting for Xia De in advance.

Xia De got out of the carriage with the maid Miss Tifa, and five women greeted them immediately, three of them were dressed as middle-aged ladies, and the other two were young maids.

The five people saluted the maid next to Shad very respectfully. Among the ranks of the Witch Council, Miss Tifa Servitt probably belonged to the very top.

These are members of the Witch Council under Miss Galina's jurisdiction. The five of them are naturally ring magicians, without even using the voice in Xia De's heart to judge, the lady maid told Xia De about them:

"One for the sixth ring, one for the fifth ring, one for the fourth ring, and two for the third ring. Sorry, Detective, the Zhengshen Church is very strict tonight, so we can't send more people to protect you."

In fact, getting so many people was beyond Xia De's expectation. After all, he had always thought that the only assistant around Miss Galina was Miss Tifa Servitt, because whatever the duchess had to do, she had to let the maid do it or let Shade do it.

"I will not accompany you into the manor, and these people who protect you will not get too close to you. Try to be as natural as possible. Your excuse for coming today is to help Miss buy a pen at a charity auction. "

That pen was once used by Mr. Vicente Roberts, a well-known late writer in the Kingdom of De La Rion, and this Mr. Roberts, who died in 1850, had been in the literary circles of De La Rion for nearly thirty years. No one can shake it.

"Try not to use the ability of the ring warlock. The plan is very careful and there will be no problems."

The maid gave her instructions again, Xia De nodded, and then joined the flow of people and walked into the courtyard of the mansion.

The mansion of the Earl of Maupassant is incomparable with the Lake View Manor and the manor outside the city, but the number of guests invited is no less than those two times.

During the banquet, the courtyard of the mansion, the first and second floors of the whole house are fully open. The courtyard and the first floor are lively banquets, and there will be some elegant banquet games, while the various rooms on the second floor are used to hold small auctions, and the proceeds from the auctions are used to raise funds for the University District.

Every guest who comes to the banquet can get a schedule of the auction.

It was also at this time that Xia De knew that to participate in this banquet, he had to pay the host of the banquet an "entry fee" of 10 pounds. These expenses will also be donated to Tobesk’s university district in name, but in fact, once the cultists succeed, all the proceeds tonight will be shared by them and [Blood of Mercury].

The auction items were contributed by Earl de Maupassant and his friends, and there were even two Rhodes cards with special rules. But the auction order of these two cards was very late, and Shad must have left here by then.

"It's my first time attending a charity banquet."

Outsiders are very curious about this place.

The servants in the courtyard have already placed dishes at the long table, and the guests are gradually arriving. When entering the interior of the building, the men in formal suits and the women in dresses were unaware of the turmoil hidden under the banquet. However, Xia De, who has a "soul is very sensitive", only wandered around the hall on the first floor a few times, and found at least 6 strange ring magicians.

Xia De took the glass from the tray in the hand of the servant beside him. The glass contained translucent yellow wine, which looked a bit like pear juice.

The time hasn't come yet~lightnovelpub.net~ He held a glass and stood on the first floor for a while pretending to be. After calculating the time correctly, holding the wine glass, he walked through the crowd and walked to the second floor.

This kind of social dinner party, guests can be seen everywhere to talk about things, and there are even many people standing on the stairs to talk about things. They will only go to the second floor to participate in the auction when they are interested in a certain auction item, and Xia De's current performance is that he wants to participate in the auction.

The corridor on the second floor is covered with a red carpet, and the large oil painting hanging on the stairs is the Earl of Maupassant himself.

People are almost everywhere here, and the warm atmosphere is more obvious than downstairs and the courtyard.

The men in decent formal attire chatted with each other about the auction items they were interested in, and compared their goals. Xia De was tense, but his expression was relaxed. When he passed the stairs with the glass of wine, he heard the fat man use old-fashioned dirty jokes to compare the patterns on the pair of metal vases that were auctioned just now.

The atmosphere of the banquet was extremely lively, the gas lamps were extremely shining, and people's emotions were extremely high. People who know the truth are waiting for time, and people who don't know the truth are still enjoying, enjoying this quiet night.