[WP] Chapter 15: [Relic] Level

[WP] Chapter 15: [Relic] Level

Even though they were halfway across the room, Shade could sense the danger of the item in the hands of the comatose young man. It was as if the box was out of tune with this world, carrying a breath that could make everything decay. This was the [relic]. After seeing it once, Shade believed that he would never make a mistake in the future.

The doctor looked around the room and continued:

"A relic can be a real object, but it can also be an event, or even just a piece of information or a sentence. The Orthodox Church has divided the levels of [relics], which is also accepted and recognized by the Academy. There are five levels in total—

Poet level (level 5), whose information can even be sung by poets but will only be regarded as rumors or legends, standard measure [poet Cohen's manuscript];

Document level (level 4) also known as Clerical level, the information of this type of [relic] needs to be recorded and sealed in detail, and the information can only exist on paper and cannot be easily circulated, standard measure [unknown person's paper];

Secret keeper level (level 3), strictly trained secret keepers specializing in keeping a certain [relic] information, unless in special circumstances, such items must be contained and used with strict caution, standard measure [Eye of the Keeper];

Sage level (level 2): only great sages can know their information and containment status. Once such items that have not been contained are found, according to the agreement, the academy and the Orthodox Church must immediately notify each other, standard measure [Sage's Stone];

Angel level (level 1), is extremely dangerous; the advent of the evil god and the loss of control of the angel-level [relic] are generally regarded as events of the same level. I am only a fifth-year correspondence student, and I will not know the characteristics and containment control methods of such items until the next grade, standard measure [Heart of the Evil Angel]."

"What is a standard measure?"

Shade asked.

"Standard measure is a reference for the classification of [relics]. Once the degree of danger is higher than the standard measure, it will immediately enter the next level."

Shade nodded to show his understanding, but since the highest angel level also has a standard measure, it seems to mean that

He did not ask, because Dr. Schneider probably didn't know either.

He continued to ask in a low voice because he held his breath, so he spoke in a muffled voice:

"So what we are facing this time is."

"I have checked the poet-level (level 5) [relic], it is the [life countdown pocket watch].

Yes, it is the thing in the box over there, and he dare not touch it directly. Given flesh and blood, the pocket watch allows the holder to rotate it within a certain range. Aim the front of the pocket watch at any life form, and add a life countdown state to the life form according to the rotation angle. The shorter the countdown, the more flesh and blood is needed, so Sparrow Hamilton has so much time."

The doctor asked Shade to wait at the door. He stepped on the blood and mud on the ground to enter the room and took away the box containing the [relic]. He opened it after returning to Shade, and before opening it, he asked Shade to concentrate and not be affected by the power of the [relic].

The box opened with the doctor's hand, and immediately, a stronger smell of blood came to his face. There was a box of blood inside.

After pouring out the blood, the silver pocket watch fell into Dr. Schneider's hands.

The doctor did not open the cover of the watch, and Shade could only see the hideous skulls engraved on both sides of the pocket watch. There was a circle of runes around the cover, which he had never seen before, but Shade interpreted it again. He was sure that he could understand all the words in this alien world:

[The price of life is the mystery of flesh and blood.]

At this moment, he felt the smell of blood in his mouth, as if he had just bitten a piece of raw meat. Shade retched this time, but fortunately he didn't eat breakfast and couldn't vomit anything. The doctor immediately put the pocket watch back into the box and put it in the suitcase he carried with him.

"Is this the thing that killed Detective Sparrow?"

After a while, Shade, who had recovered, muttered to himself. After all, the detective took the original owner away from homeless life and gave him all the inheritance, and he was also very happy to avenge him.

"Yes, that's it. People in the countdown state know their life span, but they can't tell anyone; otherwise, they will die immediately. But this [relic] was born in the Fifth Epoch; although it is very dangerous to ordinary people, the ring wizard has a way to remove its influence, so it is only the lowest level of poet-level.

The life countdown effect is restrained by many [miracles] and [enlightenment] elements, so the danger level is not high; it can only be regarded as an ordinary poet-level relic. Unfortunately, Mr. Sparrow Hamilton is just an ordinary person."

Dr. Schneider Shaking his head regretfully:

"I have been tracking this relic for several months, so I can know your situation in one night. But there are too many victims. Although I saved a few people, I failed to meet Detective Sparrow Hamilton in time. He seemed to have died in the early morning of the day we met. It's a pity."

The next thing is very simple. The two searched the nearby rooms. The psychiatrist used the means of the ring warlock to remove the illusion brought by the poet-level [relic], found all the piles of corpse debris, and confirmed that the murderer was not found wrong.

Afterward, after Shade refuses to kill, the doctor kills Baide Morod directly in his dream. This process took only one second in Shade's eyes.

After doing all this, they left here together. When the doctor visited Shade in the morning, he wrote an anonymous letter and delivered it to the Tobesk City Redwich Field, that is, the Tobesk City Police Department, at noon through a special channel. Soon the police will find this place, which will attract the attention of the Orthodox Church.

"This area is under the jurisdiction of the church of the sun god. They act very quickly, so we have to leave quickly."

The doctor was still joking when he boarded the carriage, waiting for the two of them. But Shade was in no mood to talk. Although the outsider had no worries here, he still felt uncomfortable after seeing the bloody scene.

This made him deeply aware of the cruelty and weirdness of this world.

They returned to the city together and had dinner at the Goose restaurant in the east district of Tobesk. Of course, it was also the doctor's treat. But Shade didn't eat much. The scene he saw on the second floor of the sanatorium just now would probably bother him for a long time.

Then he came to the doctor's psychological clinic, which was located in the east district of Tobesk, that is, Roentgen Avenue in the rich area. Although it was not as prosperous as the city center, like St. Teresa Square, the neighborhood was very beautiful.

Bill Schneider's psychological clinic was flanked by antique shops and high-end tobacco shops. The psychological clinic was divided into three floors. The first two floors were clinics, and the third floor was where the doctor lived.

The clinic is very large. In addition to Mr. Bill Schneider himself, there are five doctors hired by him to see patients. In addition, there are receptionists, cleaners, tea ladies, etc. It is quite formal.

The doctor invited Shade to rest in his second-floor reception room, which is the treatment room used by important patients. After the servant brought tea, the conversation continued.

Compared to the reception room, this place is more like a study. The curved wall is a dark brown bookshelf filled with leather-covered books. The magnificent desk stands on the red carpet. Just the pens on the pen holder can tell the owner's financial resources.

The combination of sofa and coffee table is not as formal as that of a detective agency, but the family-style tea set can make the visiting guests relax and reveal their troubles and secrets.

"How do you feel about this trip?"

The doctor asked naturally, leaning on the single leather sofa with his right hand on the sofa armrest and his fingers on his chin.

Shade was sitting on a long fabric sofa, which was the sofa usually used by Dr. Schneider's "patients.".

"Thank you very much."

"To help you solve the hidden danger?"

"Yes."

Shade said, but his worries did not decrease.

This trip was just to avenge Detective Sparrow, which also shows that Sparrow's death was commissioned by the detective and did not involve the task he gave to Shade. In other words, Shad still didn't know what secrets Sparrow Hamilton had.

The current speculation is that Sparrow Hamilton has a mysterious identity other than a detective, but because of the accident of the detective incident, he had to find someone to temporarily replace himself. But that secret identity is most likely unrelated to the extraordinary; otherwise, the detective would not know the death in advance, but there is no way to save himself.

Of course, there is no need to explain this to Mr. Bill Schneider. Although Shade trusts the other party after a morning trip, he has not completely let down all his vigilance.

(End of this chapter)