Dimmit was surprised, he knew about the awakening ritual, but he never thought that this ritual had anything to do with him, and he was waiting to stand aside and watch the show.

"Need me to get started with the ritual?"

"Yes, that's why I agreed to help you find Istis." Dior replied.

"What do you mean by that?"

"The awakening ritual is actually to inject EXP with a similar structure to the fragments, and then inject EXP into the 'spiritual land' through the spirit detector to spread it and achieve the purpose of positioning."

"It's so complicated, isn't it the same as letting a dog smell it and find someone?"

Dior smiled: "That's right, but I still hope you say, well, more elegant." ”

"I'm not a refined person, and I don't want to pretend. Go ahead. ”

Spiritual detectors and awakening rituals appeared around 600 BC, but the earliest recorded part is 426 BC. It is generally believed among the superhumans that there is a soul finder first, and then there is an awakening ritual.

Although the working principle of the soul detector is not complicated, it is actually full of twists and turns.

As we all know, the eight basic abilities of superhuman beings are all obtained from Istis. Conversely, a single capability would necessarily be different from Istis's EXP infrastructure. Therefore, with only one superpower, the Psychic Detector cannot contact Istis, and different types of superpowers must be combined.

So how do you put it together?

Originally, people thought that it was necessary to combine the eight superpowers together to be considered close to the power of Istis, and there were indeed people who initiated the initiative of the eight superpowers to work together to activate the spirit detector, but because there was no written record, the details were not clear, and it was only known that it ended in failure.

After that, people tried other combinations, and gradually discovered the secret of Istis's power, which is those four sentences.

Ice and fire are incompatible, wind and thunder compete for favor, divided into two, and light and shadow are invisible.

The only ones who can find Istes are the hybrids that cannot be seen.

Of course, this does not mean finding the corresponding two superpowers to give birth to children to activate, but having them mix their respective powers together, which is the EXP that is closest to the structure of Istis.

This discovery can't help but make people think.

Perhaps, the combination of the four impossible is Istis's own "will", which wants to be unique and imitable.

Now, Dimmit understands why he asked Dio to help find the artifacts and fragments in the first place, and Dio was so keen on it.

The collector simply wanted to pull himself in and see how the Soul Finder managed to find Istis.

"Still, I don't understand," Dimmit said thoughtfully, "how was it made?" Since those four combinations are needed to activate, doesn't that mean that the person who made it already knows that the four combinations are closest to Istis? ”

At the mention of this question, Dio smiled faintly and shook his head.

Thirty maids, led by Tafi, came to the Holy Land, all of them dressed in robes, similar in style to Dior's, but not as ornate as Dior, each wearing a hood and unable to see his face clearly.

After greeting Dior, the crowd turned on the street lights, lit up the field, and then scattered and began to stand.

James also brought a few people to bring the spirit detector, and also used a cart to bring a large number of instruments, and began to assemble them as soon as they were put down, and Taffy also came to help.

Dio looked at the busy crowd and answered Dimmit's questions slowly.

"Actually, the source of the soul detector is also a mystery."

"You don't want to say that it came from the universe with Istis, do you?"

"It sounds romantic, but I don't think so. Otherwise, it would have been discovered before the Totamian Holy War. Who invented the spirit detector and why didn't explain how to use it clearly, this matter is basically unverifiable. ”

It's getting more and more mysterious, Dimmit thought.

Supposedly he was not interested in this kind of thing, he only cared about the final result, whether he could find Istis.

However, the source of the soul detector, this puzzle, for some reason, took a place in his heart, and he was a little unable to let go.

"Oh, that's an interesting thing."

As he spoke, thirty maids were already in their positions. Twenty-four of them were arranged in two concentric circles, twelve on each floor, standing straight at the twelve scales of the clock, with their hands hidden under their robes, bowing their heads slightly, waiting for Dior's orders.

"It's time to start." Dior looked at everyone and said.

Dimmit felt a little excited and nervous in his heart, and asked, "What should I do?" ”

"You go to the tower, put your hands on the family emblem of the stone pillar, and wait for Tafei to give you a signal, and you can inject power into the stone pillar."

"That's all? Do I need to control the intensity or anything? ”

"Taffy will tell you, just listen to her."

"Got it, leave it to me."

When Dimmit turned his head, his eyes briefly met Taffei's. The mischievous maid was humming and fiddling with the spirit detector, out of place in the arena where the atmosphere was getting serious.

Spotting Dimmit watching her, Taffy grinned.

"It's the most glorious day I've ever had to make the world's most famous bounty hunters listen to me!"

"Heh, this mouth is so powerful, it makes me want to plug it."

"Okay, don't laugh, let's take their seats." Dior said.

Dimmit walked into the tower. The feeling of bathing in the sun made him vaguely feel that he was standing in the sanctuary.

The last time he entered the Sanctuary was when he was a year old, when he was in the energy quarantine, he had no impression.

A few years ago, he had also visited a small town of the Harif tribe to experience the light of the Templar. But he was cursed, discovered by the town's porters, and denounced by his compatriots as an ominous person, and he didn't stay long before he had to leave.

As a result, today, on the contrary, in Dinick's territory, I experienced the feeling of a sanctuary. Thinking of this, Dimmit couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He rested his hands firmly on the clan emblem, calm and ready.

Outside, Dio came to the middle of the twenty-four maids and stood in the center of the circle. James and Taaffy also assembled the Finder, which was placed on a large pedestal with pieces placed on top of the Finder.

The recessed part of the soul detector was connected to accessories made by Dior, and the accessories extended more than a dozen cables and connected to a black box next to them. Above the black box is a large display showing a map of the world.

The remaining six maids stood at equal distances around the spirit finder. If the energy of the Soul Finder overflows and gets out of control, the six will immediately initiate a "Suppression Ritual" to control the energy. If they can't control it either, it's James and Tafae's turn to play.

When everyone is in place, it can be found that Dior, the Shadow Tower, and the Soul Finder form an equilateral triangle. James and the other maids who helped retreated out of the triangle, and Taaffy stood next to the monitor.

You're all set.

No one spoke, and there was no wind, only the light of the fire in the courtyard, slowly gathering and gathering, drifting around everyone.

Dior closed his eyes slightly, and the shadow EXP emanated from all around him, rising with a purple-black light. Twenty-four maids also joined forces to liberate the force.

Suddenly, a purple-black shadow EXP energy wave enveloped them, forming a hemispherical EXP space.

"Everyone, concentrate and give my greetings." Dio said in a chanting tone.

"Do as I am told." The maids said in unison.

Dio slowly raised his hands flat, soothed his palms lightly, palms up, and chanted reverently in Via.

"Pitola, Laikali, Leigh, Paroz, Yekasy Wewala." (The world praises the light, and we.) ）

"Star, Le, Deeney!" (In the dark!) ）

"Lefinira, Ruffu, Leigh, Miukai, Yekasi Vivara." (Life greets the rising sun, and we.) ）

"Haoku, Leigh, Rami!" (Look straight into the underworld!) ）

"Istis, Gouidmesolon." (Istis, O great Creator.) ）

"Wivaru, Sasokanling, Leigh, and Iku!" (Listen to our call!) ）

"Gunadaru, Fior." (Your looks.) ）

"Kuyuka, Goudi!" (Heroic!) ）

"Gunadaru, Bukhroa." (Your power.) ）

"Bikuruli, Cankuno!" (Unbeatable!) ）

"Gunadaru, Okoli." (Your glory.) ）

"Sevali, Shadra!" (Megatron!) ）

"Bainig, Wiwalefikaju, Leigh, Putaalu." (I beg you to grant me the five senses.) ）

"Gunadaru, Fior, Leigh, Rami!" (Just to see your face!) ）

"Wiwaleb Koroa, Leigh, Pta Ailu." (Give us divine powers.) ）

"Gunadaru, Plekan, Leigh, Permaru!" (Just to protect your dignity!) ）

"Puniema, Degoras, Isarekaije, Leigh, Gaiuken." (Please accept this modest sacrifice.) ）

"Addai, Emily, O'Akai!" (Then, open your eyes!) ）

Suddenly, Dio opened his eyes, raised his hands in the air, and shouted to the sky.

"Soluxiz, Wicamer——!!" (Awake, souls——!! ）

With this shout, Dior's hands gathered powerful energy, forming a sphere. The night diamonds of the headbands and rings burst into a dazzling purple light. The firelight, which was still slowly flying just now, became restless, scurrying around, and was sucked into the energy balls one after another.

Not only that, but more colorful firelight drilled out of the ground, rising, and the demons danced wildly, struggling as hard as they could, but they couldn't get rid of the end of being sucked away by the energy ball.

After the firelight condensed, the energy ball glowed with golden light, getting stronger and stronger. When the fire no longer appeared, Dio gently held his hands on the spirit detector not far away. The orb of energy slowly floated away, landing precisely on the fragments of Istis.

Wow –

The moment it came into contact, a loud sound sounded. The shards, which had been lifeless just a moment ago, actually shimmered, floating in the light, and kept spinning. The soul finder that had been silent also turned golden.

"Everyone, it's time to exert your strength!" Dio ordered.

"Lord Dimmit, it's your turn!"

Hearing Taffy's shout, Dimmit immediately exerted his strength, and easily released a huge amount of energy into the stone pillar. This energy seemed to be a little too much, and the stone pillar even trembled slightly.

"It's okay, it's okay, keep it up!"

Under the Shadow Tower, a bright light shot along the ground towards the base of the Soul Finder. On the other side, the maids and Dio also maintained their strength, outputting energy, and a purple-black light also flew along the ground to the base.

The two lights were in place at the same time, and the base made a loud noise, and the light of the soul finder and the fragments became more and more dazzling!

Fang Cai's energy orb is the key to activate the fragments. Next, the two powers of Shadow and Light need to be combined to feed the Soul Finder to find Istis.

The moment of truth has arrived. The men on both sides must remain as they are until Istis is found.

Taffy looked at Dio in the crowd, and from time to time at the screen around her. She didn't smile at this moment, only worried, capitalized worry.

This ritual is very physically demanding, and the maids who participate in the ritual are all people who have worked here for at least three years, and all of them have been trained more than once. Even then, they could only last ten minutes.

And before you know it, ten minutes have passed.

Under the hood, some maids began to break out in a cold sweat and gritted their teeth. But they all remained standing still and continued to output energy.

James' face was calm, and he kept watching the changes in the spirit finder, wary of whether the energy would get out of control. Taffy didn't bother to look at it, she nervously clasped her hands on her chest, and prayed silently.

Ding-ding-ding-

An alarm-like sound came from the black box under the display, and Taffy hurriedly looked at the display—a radar-like aperture was emitting from a certain location!

She immediately clicked on the black box's control panel, and then shouted.

"It's a success!"

This shout announced the end of the awakening ceremony. Dior and Dimmit, as well as the maids, stopped. Some of the maids were finally freed from their torment, and they sat down and took off their hoods.

Dio also walked quickly to the monitor, but Dimmit was more anxious than him, and ran past, staring at it.

"That's Silivara." He muttered to himself.

"Taffy, enlarge the map." Then Dio, who came over, commanded.

"Great!"

The map zooms in little by little, and the landforms of Shiliwala are revealed, and many place names are marked. So Dimmit can see more clearly.

Finally, after six years on the road, he found the last leg of his journey.

"To the west of Silivara, the Crown Mountain!"

*****

After sitting in the office for a while, Rolov tidied up his desk and picked up a small notebook with a record of his daily itinerary and appointments. After flipping through it, he found that there was nothing particularly important for the time being.

In that case, it's more comfortable to go home and stay.

As a result, the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Yo, good morning, big brother!"

This rough voice, Rolov frowned, only to realize that he had forgotten to look at the caller ID.

"Heidi."

"yes, yes, how is the eldest brother lately?" Heidi asked flatteringly.

"If you don't call me, I might be better."

Rolov and Heidi are not familiar with each other, to be precise, the other party insists on being close to him.

That was 10 years ago. Heidi, who has just entered the marine market, is still inexperienced, and in a transaction, he was tricked by the other party and lost a lot of money. Although he called the police, it took time to deal with it, and the funds on his hand were no longer available.

In a hurry, Heidi once thought of selling the boat that he had just bought for two months. But within a few days, he received good news.

A few people sent by the Commerce Bureau went door-to-door to ask if they had encountered any difficulties and needed help from the government. Heidi didn't know why the Commerce Bureau wanted to do this, but she still held on to a glimmer of hope and reported her experience.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Rolov personally came to the door and sent a sum of money, which was more than he had lost. Of course, the case has not been solved, this is Rolov's own pocket.

Heidi was grateful, and after some more things, he got Rolov's phone and thanked him on the phone, regardless of whether Rolov wanted it or not, he insisted on sending him some seafood in return.

Until now, Heidi didn't know that the reason why Rolov came to the door to deliver money for the first time was because it was about to be the National Day.

Ten years ago, on that National Day, the world government sent a delegation of 120 people to participate in the National Day celebration. The city of Akiyama was a must-visit city for delegations, and Rolov did this just to make sure that there would be no disturbances at the piers and markets.

Unexpectedly, this operation attracted a heel bug.

Since then, Heidi has given Rolov things on holidays, and the two have become acquainted with each other — Rolov has no intention of getting acquainted with a fisherman.

"Yes, big brother has a lot of opportunities, I'll make a long story short." On the other end of the phone, Heidi cheekily said, "Actually, we fished out a good thing this morning and wanted to give it to the eldest brother!" ”

"Going to the 'suburbs' again? It can't be a large oyster, right? ”

"Look at what you said, where did that kind of thing get into your eyes? This time, I picked up a work of art! ”

Rolov's brow was twisted into a knot.

"A work of art?"

"You can see it at a glance, I'll send it to you now?"

Perhaps idleness and nothingness, Rolov swelled up with interest.

"Then send it to my house."

"No problem!"

Putting down the phone, Rolov drove home.

There was no one in the villa, the two maids accompanied the wife out shopping, Kane and Tarini were also taken to the apartment by Luna and Akeya, who had arrived early, and Rolov simply did not enter the house, but waited in the courtyard.

A few minutes later, a pickup truck was parked outside the hospital. The cargo compartment of this car is a freezer, which is specially used to transport frozen food. Rolov got out of the car and walked over, and Heidi jumped out of the car as well.

"Come on, big brother, I'll show you!"

"Hmph, you kid still know art? Don't be the parts of a shipwreck. ”

"How so? Big brother has such a high taste, isn't it boring for me? ”

Heidi patted her ass as she opened the freezer.

"Lo and behold, this is it!"

The cabinet door opened left and right, and the contents of it caught Rolov's eye.

With just one glance, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

"It's really, really, interesting."

"Really?" Heidi said smugly.

"But it looks like a coffin no matter how you look at it."

Heidi was a little speechless, in fact, when he first saw it, he thought the same thing.

"Well, I can only say that it is, but it doesn't have to be anything inside."

Inside? Reasonable. Rolov looked at what was in front of him, and his curiosity was aroused again.

The thing is two meters long and half a meter high, square and very much like a coffin. But it's not wooden, it's ...... Ice-based.

The whole coffin seems to have been carved out of a huge block of ice, yes, it is more appropriate to describe it as an ice sculpture. The sides are all tactful and flexible textures, which are not deeply carved, which not only does not affect the beauty of the ice sculpture, but integrates with it and looks unobtrusive.

What's even more interesting is that the ice was supposed to be transparent, but this ice sculpture, kind of said. Rolov felt that after the light entered the ice sculpture, it was refracted back the way it came. From the outside, only a shiny patch could be seen.

He stepped into the freezer and found that there was a gap between the top 15 centimeters of the ice sculpture and the lower part. It seems that this ice sculpture has a lid. And you still can't see it from here.

The surface of the lid is also textured, but not patterned, one by one, of similar size, arranged vertically in four columns, much like text, a kind of writing that Rolov has never seen before, or symbols.

Maybe it should be called, Rune?

Suddenly, the rune faintly lit up with a blue light, and it was fleeting, and Rolov stared at it for a long time, not knowing if it was his own illusion.

He tried to push the lid, but when his hand touched the ice sculpture, the temperature of his flesh instantly dropped, and a cold breath that seemed to freeze blood pierced his fingers. Rolov endured the pain, pushed the lid, and did not move.

Interesting. He withdrew his hand and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad, Heidi."

"Really? Great, you're in good shape! Heidi said happily, and changed to a cautious tone, "Then you see, the sea will be closed tomorrow, can you ......?"

"I can't open a small stove for you."

Rolov jumped out of the car and replied dryly, seeing Heidi's embarrassed face, and then changed his words.

"However, if your stuff is not good to sell, I can find a market for you, don't worry, you don't need to discount."

Hearing this, Heidi's face turned cloudy and clear.

"Ouch, that's great!"

"Alright. You and I will transport this thing to the University of Ceylon, and when the goods are unloaded, you can go. ”

"No problem!"

*****

On the way to the school, Rolov made several phone calls. When the bus drove to the school gate, the person he called had already arrived.

Kane, Tarini, Andora, and Akeya, with Akeya's police car parked next to them, was the one who brought everyone here.

Originally, Rolov also called Leo and Luna, but the special team had already agreed today that they would have dinner at Leo's house and pick up Kane and Talini. At this moment, the two of them were shopping for ingredients on the street according to a recipe that Celia had left before leaving.

Rolov looked at several people and his eyes fell on Andora.

"How's the slate going?"

Andora's expression was one of wanting to cry without tears, and she was helpless.

"It's over. We managed to dig out part of the stone door, and it turned out that it had broken into several pieces. It seems that eighty percent of the stone slabs inside are also useless. ”

It is estimated that it was affected by Dimmit's scorching sun punishment, and Rolov also smiled bitterly.

"Then you will say something nice to the school."

"Thank you, Lord Rolov, is there a mission to summon us today?"

"It's not a task, it's just that I have a little favor, let you help."

Rollof told Heidi to open the freezer, and when the cold air rolled out of it, everyone's expressions were the same as when Rolov first saw the ice sculpture, and Tarine's eyes widened.

"It's beautiful, what is this?"

"It's like a coffin." Kane blurted out.

"It's better to call it an ice sculpture," said Andora, "but it's a peculiar workmanship, how can it be shiny?" ”

"There's something in there, I guess," Rolov said, "because there's a lid on it." ”

Andora jumped on the freezer and took a closer look, and it was true.

"So Lord Rolov, are you planning to donate this to the school exhibition?" Andora asked with a smile.

"Haha, even I can see that this is not a cultural relic, what does the exhibition do? I'm trying to get you to open it. ”

"Open?"

"yes, if there's something else good in there."

"How about roasting it over a fire?" Akeya said immediately.

Rolov hurriedly waved his hand: "I can't help it, I still plan to keep this ice sculpture, it's very beautiful." ”

"But if it's hot, I'm afraid you can't stay, right?"

"Not necessarily."

Tarya answered Akya's question, and Akya suddenly noticed that Tarina's eyes had just turned a little white - she had discovered the secret of the ice sculpture with a low-intensity EIS.

"This is an EXP product, which means that the ice is maintained with EXP and does not melt easily."

"So I want to trouble you," Rolov continued, "Tarini has experience in handling EXP products, and Andora is also good at fine operations, this job, no problem, right?" ”

"Of course!"

Tarini and Andora agreed without even thinking about it.

Several people got into a truck, and the truck drove into the campus and came to the easternmost school building No. 10. This building, the least frequently used academic building, is located underneath a laboratory of the EXP research group of the University of Ceylon.

At the end of the study, all the important equipment was removed, and only some of the things provided by the university remained. Rolov had already spoken to the school and asked Tarini to take over the area and turn it into her dedicated laboratory.

The ice sculptures were carried into the laboratory by elevator, and after a few words of advice, Rolov took Heidi's truck and went home.

The laboratory also has a small amount of equipment for analyzing EXP products, and the tools are quite complete, scattered in this room of about 200 square meters. Taleni glanced at it, and fiddled with it.

"Then, let's get started."

After checking the tools in hand, Tarini and Andora got busy, while Akya and Kane stood on their sides, a little redundant.

"I'm still on patrol, Kane," Akya said, looking at her watch, "Do you want me to send you back?" ”

"No, I'll give them a hand."

"Okay, feel free to get in touch."

Akya walked out of the school building alone and returned to the school gate. He leaned into the police car and breathed a sigh of relief. The right hand clenched into a fist and slowly released it.

When he was moving things just now, he obviously felt that he couldn't exert his energy. Even now, the muscles are not tense.

After yesterday's examination, the doctor said very seriously that his body showed signs of EXP erosion, and there were residual EXP in many muscles throughout his body, which was that they affected the normal function of the muscles.

When NS is activated, EXP is integrated into the flesh for reinforcement. After the enhancement is completed, the EXP will return to the NS under the combined influence of the user's EXP resistance and the NS's own EXP recovery function.

However, if you do not use it sparingly, the body's EXP resistance will decrease in a short period of time, and then the EXP will not be able to recover and remain in the body.

The doctor cleaned up the EXP on Akeya, but it couldn't be completely cleaned up, and the rest could only be slowly excreted by the body's EXP resistance.

Even if all of the EXP is discharged, the damage to the muscles of EXP will not be restored immediately. This means that for the next mission, Akya is probably going to be absent.

He sighed depressedly, muttering to himself that he should not come on any urgent mission recently.

"You, okay, police, detective."

A very lame greeting came from his ear, and Akeya turned to the side, and in front of him stood a man who looked about his own age.

Yellow-skinned, dark-eyed, wearing a baseball cap, from behind the hat, long fiery red hair flowed out, a little shabby clothes, and a toilet bag on his shoulder. He pressed the brim of his hat with one hand and grabbed the string of the toilet bag with the other.

It seems that he is a Yugoslav.

"Hello." Akya said politely.

"Please, ask, is this, Ceylon, the university?" The man asked again in Ungeon, who was not fluent.

"Yes."

The man nodded, looked at the campus in front of him, and asked again after a while.

"Please, ask, here, uh, play for money, biggest, place, is, where?"

Akeya frowned, and after a little thought, she guessed probly.

"You're asking what's the biggest casino, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"It's supposed to be Montecara."

"Monte, Carla ......"

"Come on."

Akya went to the car, took out a pen and paper, wrote down Montekara's name and address, and handed it to the man.

"Right here."

"Thanks, thanks, you."

The man thanked him, shook Arkya's hand again, and left.

His back faded away, and Akeya stood still, watched for a moment, and slipped into the car.

That look, that dress, no matter how you look at it, is an idle person in society. That's why Akya didn't understand.

I don't understand why the man's hands are as hard as steel.