Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 688

Fire-Bearing Sister

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He made his way down the mountain and arrived in the city without incident. Autumn was deepening, and the temperature was gradually dropping. Middhir Fort City was still as prosperous as it had been in past autumns, but whether the city could make it through this season was still hard to say.

Since Miss Galina had already arranged an appointment for Shade, he went straight to Cassandra Auction House. In the reception room on the auction house's top floor, Grandma Cassandra took the longsword he handed her, carefully removed the cloth strips wrapped around it, glanced at it, and immediately recognized what it was.

She had identified it a little too quickly.

"Oh, I never thought that at my age, I would still have the chance to see an artifact like this. Let's start with its danger level: Angel Level, Grade 1."

The old woman carefully set the longsword back on the table.

This was the same rank Shade had expected. After all, the doctor had said that this sword could not possibly be below Sage Level.

"The name, if I recall correctly, is... Pale Justice? No, no, not this one. Ashes? No, that sword is in Devlin's hands. Yes, getting old truly does ruin one's memory."

The Old Witch shook her head self-mockingly.

"Clear Heart, Demon-Slaying Sword. This sword is the Angel Level Relic Night Watchman. Those Demon Hunters of the Third Epoch sometimes also called themselves 'Night Watchmen,' because during the Third Epoch, nighttime occupied two-thirds of a day. In any case, it is an Angel Level Relic. Its containment condition is that it must not be touched by someone with evil in their heart. As for its properties: it does not gather dust, can attack spirits, is sharp, inflicts special damage upon evil creatures, negates the undead

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