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Undoubtedly, Derrick was not a person who could lie.
Whether it was the lie itself or his performance while lying, it was almost like having "I have a problem" written across his face.
But sometimes, whether a lie is believed does not depend on how clever the liar's technique is, but on whether the deceived person is willing to believe the lie.
After two seconds of silence, Colin Iliad looked at Derrick, and it was hard to say what he was thinking, but he simply opened his mouth and asked:
"A gift from the Creator to the Angel of Judgment?"
"Yes, that's it." Derrick quickly took out the Unshadowed Crucifix he had hidden in his arms and said, "It's called the Unshadowed Crucifix, and the way to use it is to let the thorns on it get stained with the holder's blood." After speaking, he wanted to hand it to the Chief.
Colin Iliad's gaze fell on the bronze-green cross Derrick had taken out, but he did not reach out to take it. He just stared at it for about a minute before speaking: "Can you demonstrate its effect?"
"Ah?" Little Sun Derrick was stunned for a moment, somewhat puzzled, but still nodded and said, "Of course I can."
After speaking, Derrick finally pressed his thumb directly onto a thorn without hesitation, and bright red blood immediately seeped out of the wound, staining the thorn.
The next second, the mottled bronze-green peeled away from the cross, and the Unshadowed Crucifix transformed into a solid made of pure light. Warm and dazzling light ignited from the cross at this moment, illuminating the entire room so that there was no longer any trace of darkness.
At the same time, an ineffable holy aura also emerged from the cross, filling the entire room.
"The Lord's aura…"
Under the light, the emotions in Colin Iliad's light blue eyes were difficult to discern, he only whispered this.
Even after more than two thousand years without receiving a response from the Creator, City of Silver still retained many items used for sacrificing the Creator. These items were imbued with the Creator's aura, and by comparing them, Colin Iliad could naturally confirm that the cross in Derrick's hand indeed had the Lord's aura.
And it was perfectly normal for a gift from the Creator to the Angel of Judgment to have the Lord's aura.
Derrick stopped demonstrating the Unshadowed Crucifix. He looked at the cross in his hand and then at the Chief, suddenly unsure of what else he should say.
The room suddenly fell silent. About ten seconds later, Colin Iliad broke the quiet and asked in a low voice:
"How do you plan to handle this Mystical Item?"
"Ah?" Derrick, who had not expected to be asked this, was stunned for a moment and instinctively replied, "I plan to use it when exploring the fallen… temple next."
Colin Iliad's brow twitched slightly, clearly noticing Derrick's slip of the tongue and discerning something from Derrick's words, but he ultimately just said, "Does this Mystical Item have any negative effects?"
"Its negative effect is that because it possesses powerful and pure purification abilities, it repels contact with other mystical items and Beyonder Characteristics. When holding it, one cannot hold any other mystical items." Derrick immediately began to explain.
"Similarly, it also repels the holder's Beyonder Characteristics. Wearing or holding this bronze-green cross for more than an hour will cause a Beyonder's Sequence to drop by at least one level. If held for more than three hours, a non-demigod will inevitably revert to an ordinary person. If held for more than six hours, a Sequence 4 or Sequence 3 Saint will also lose their extraordinary abilities, while it has almost no effect on an Angel."
Undoubtedly, this was a very detailed introduction, fully demonstrating Derrick's understanding of the Unshadowed Crucifix.
Colin Iliad nodded after listening, saying nothing, but then suddenly asked, "How is your Sequence 8 potion digestion coming along?"
"Half of it has been digested." Although he didn't quite understand why the Chief suddenly cared about this, Derrick still honestly replied.
"Do you have the subsequent potion formula?" Colin Iliad continued to ask.
"The Sequence 7 Solar High Priest potion formula is already available." Derrick nodded, choosing not to hide it.
"Do you have any plans to hand over the formula in exchange for the items you want?" Colin Iliad showed no surprise, simply asking this.
— The City of Silver official currently does not have the Solar High Priest potion formula.
Derrick had clearly not thought of this before, but now hearing the Chief mention it, he thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "I do have that intention."
Colin Iliad nodded slightly, asking no further questions, and said, "The exploration of the temple is scheduled for five days from now. Go back and prepare well."
"Understood, Your Excellency Chief." Derrick bowed and took his leave.
After he left, Colin Iliad walked to the window, gazing at City of Silver shrouded in darkness and lightning.
After watching for a while, he suddenly spoke: "Monitor him. If there's anything unusual... you don't need to do anything, just report it to me."
…
The next day, morning.
Early in the morning, Lin Ruo, who had tidied himself up and had a quick breakfast, sat on the sofa and took a deep breath.
"You look like you're about to do something big?"
Klein, who was sitting on the sofa opposite Lin Ruo, drinking milk, asked with a puzzled expression.
"En, I plan to meet Adam." Lin Ruo nodded, not hiding anything.
"Cough…" Klein, who was drinking milk, was immediately choked. He wiped his mouth and looked at Lin Ruo in disbelief, "Meet… Adam?"
"En, I suspect Amon is secretly plotting something big, so I plan to ask Adam if he knows any relevant clues." Lin Ruo poured himself a cup of tea and said so.
"…Then where do you plan to find him?" Thinking of Amon's diary, which had been discontinued for some time, Klein had to admit that Lin Ruo's words made a lot of sense, and he immediately asked curiously.
"I don't know." Lin Ruo shook his head and said with a smile, "So I'm calling him now. Everything spoken will be known. If I call Adam a few more times, he will always know that I want to see him."
Klein: …
Ah, this!
Is that how "Everything spoken will be known" is supposed to be used?
Klein's expression was subtle, but thinking of Lin Ruo's friendship as a Angel of Judgment with Adam, the Creator's son, and recalling Lin Ruo's casualness when calling Red Angel, he suddenly felt it was normal again.
Rather, this was Lin Ruo's style.
And probably only Lin Ruo could do this; if it were anyone else, they would at least get beaten up by Adam!
Lin Ruo could, of course, tell what Klein was thinking. He didn't care about it and just silently began to "dial" Adam's number.
"Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam…"
After muttering softly for a while, a "ding-dong—" bell sound suddenly came from the doorway.
Lin Ruo's eyes lit up. He walked over and opened the door, then paused.
Because there were two "people" outside the door: one was the blond priest Adam whom he had seen before in Tingen, and the other was…
"Medici, why are you here?" Lin Ruo looked at Medici outside the door, who was holding a box and had an impatient expression, and was immediately puzzled.
Does this call come with a buy-one-get-one-free offer?
"Tsk, why are you so surprised? If he can come, why can't I?" Medici said unhappily, then, under Lin Ruo's bewildered gaze, he threw the box in his hand to Lin Ruo and said, "Birthday present, a mystical item corresponding to the Justiciar pathway Sequence 4. You should find it useful."
"Eh? Birthday? Oh, right, today is November 6th…" Lin Ruo paused, then reacted. He looked at the gift in his hand, then at Medici, his gaze softening slightly, and said, "Thanks, bro!"
"Tsk!" Medici clicked his tongue, but a wild and flamboyant smile appeared on his face.
Lin Ruo then looked at Adam, who revealed a remarkably benevolent smile and said:
"Happy birthday, Lin Ruo!"
Only in his golden eyes, there was still no emotion to be seen.
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