Under the yellowish light of the kerosene lamp, Lumian flipped through the notes that Bulman had written because of his unstable mental state and his often hazy memory: "After everyone dies, their souls will return to the spirit world, except for special circumstances!"
"If I can design a summoning spell that is accurate enough, then I can rely on the power of the 'Dead Soul Mentor' to summon Helen's spirit into reality."
"This is the first step in bringing her back to life."
Seeing this, Lumian shook his head slightly.
If only resurrection were that simple...
He turned to the next page:
Newly acquired occult knowledge:
In ancient times, intelligent creatures entered the underworld after death. Those who were particularly devout in their faith or had made outstanding contributions could return to the heaven corresponding to the gods. But in the Fifth Age, a large number of dead souls wandered outside the underworld.
I am not sure whether Helen's spirit has entered the underworld or simply returned to the spirit world. These two situations must be treated separately when summoning and cannot be mixed together, otherwise failure is inevitable.
"Although the sea monster is very powerful, it does not have the ability to imprison souls. There is no similar phenomenon in that sea area. There is no need to consider special circumstances for the time being. Helen is not a devout believer of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun'."
“I saw Helen again.”
"But she has completely forgotten me."
"Her appearance and body are becoming blurred little by little. In a few years, she will become the same as other undead."
"I won't have more than five years left."
"What should I do to awaken her consciousness and restore her memory? Simply giving her a body that can hold the dead doesn't seem to be enough."
"Don't forget the moonlight and waves of the lighthouse outside the city, they witnessed my proposal and Helen's nod."
"Don't forget the Gasparro paella, it's Helen's favorite food and she always suggests eating it every time we return to Port Farin after our adventures."
"Don't forget the sunset of Andatena volcano. We met there and promised each other to visit it often in the future. Even if we have become old men and old women, we will never forget that kind of romance..."
“Don’t forget… Don’t forget… Don’t forget… …”
"My head hurts."
... ...
"I destroyed a town and killed two or three hundred people."
"It didn't make me happy to see those couples, those parents, those children die."
“My heart feels like it’s sinking into darkness.”
"I know this is my sin, I know this is a mistake that can never be made up for, and I also know that I am no longer the Boorman you like."
“But I don’t regret it.”
"Liar, damn it!"
"Killing these liars made me feel happy for the first time in a long time."
"Helen, if you were still alive, we would have our own children by now, right?"
"Why do those evil wizards always like to use babies, children and their corpses to invent witchcraft and use them as key materials
"I am more evil than they are..."
... ..
"Helen, I can't find my way. All attempts have failed."
... ..
"Helen, I want to collect the potion formula and materials for Sequence 5 of the Path of Death."
"Helen, Fidel stopped me, saying that would turn me into a complete monster and I would no longer have my original memories.
"Helen, I don't want to forget you."
"Helen, please forgive my cowardice."
"Helen, I actually met the islander from Easter Island!"
“Such an island really exists!
"Harrison defeated me, but he didn't kill me. He asked me why I had forced myself to the 'Death' path."
"He told me that my previous attempts were all wrong and that true resurrection was not that simple."
"He said that deep in death, there is a mark of each person. Only by bringing the corresponding mark to reality and reconstructing the soul and body based on it can we achieve true resurrection, a resurrection with original cognition and complete memory."
"Helen, I'm so happy. I see hope of reviving you again."
... ...
"Harrison taught me some knowledge about the 'Death God' field. He and his people have mastered this knowledge and taken back their own marks. This is how they can die and be resurrected again and again, never dying and never growing old."
"They rarely leave Easter Island, but not absolutely. Over the years, there were also islanders who loved to travel like Harrison and went to different countries. The legend of Easter Island was left in the memory of a few people, and people with ulterior motives compiled a sea chart to Easter Island."
"The treasure map that Mark sold us was fake, but part of it was derived from the real map. Harrison left Easter Island this time to destroy the real map and kill everyone who knew how to get to that sea area and find Easter Island."
"Helen, based on the knowledge Harrison provided, I tried to summon the spirit from the depths of death. I succeeded. I summoned an evil spirit named 'Arden'. It was very weak, so I destroyed it easily and collected its blood to prepare for the subsequent rituals."
"Helen, I'm sorry. I lost control of my emotions again."
"Since I met Harrison and gained the knowledge that could truly revive you, I have become increasingly impatient and unable to control my emotions."
"Those islanders are all liars. They all deserve to die. I killed one liar, and there are still many more. I don't want to waste any more time, so I started the ceremony in advance."
"Helen, I'm sorry, I failed again. I wasn't prepared enough."
... ...
"Helen, am I completely crazy? Fidel just refuted me and I lost my mind and killed everyone in the house."
"He must die too, the man who wanted to threaten me and Fidel!"
"Helen, I failed. I haven't been injured this badly in a long time."
"My body is already mostly undead. This injury is not fatal, but I have no collaborators."
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
... ...
"Helen, I miss you again."
Lumian read to the end of the dark soft-cover notebook in one breath, staring at the sentence for a long time without moving.
He seemed to have turned into a statue.
Several minutes passed, and Lumian couldn't help but raise his right hand and rub his temple.
The Mark of the Depths of Death, Easter Island, Harrison, these contents flooded into his mind in a mess, and he suddenly regretted not asking Franca for help.
In order to ensure a clean death for Bulman, he had no intention of communicating with the spirit of this "devil wizard" from the beginning, so there was no need for him to go back to Trier and bring Franka over.
But now, he instinctively wanted to learn more about the resurrection method provided by Harrison, and to understand the island where the residents died and were resurrected again and again.
Huh... Lumian closed his notebook, exhaled, and tried hard to recall the occult knowledge related to death that he had mastered.
If we simply put the two words "death" and "mark" together, he had heard that when the "Magician" lady answered the question of what the Tudor figure in the "Samaritan Woman's Fountain" was, she mentioned the term "death mark"!"
"This is a concept different from residual soul and branding, and is it related to resurrection?"
"From the depths of death... What is in the depths of death..."
"I now know that the things that are clearly related to death are the underworld, the 'Well of the Samaritan Woman', and the Styx that connects the two worlds..."
"What a pity, I don't know what the Harrison from Easter Island looks like..."
"The knowledge recorded by Boorman is also very messy. It seems that he wrote whatever he thought of. It is not his own, so it is difficult to sort out the complete resurrection ritual and corresponding principles from it."
"No, it's not difficult, it's impossible. Bulman only recorded the things he thought he would forget. The rest of the knowledge was not written down at all..." Lumian rubbed his forehead again, unfolded the fake treasure map, and observed it carefully for a while. He couldn't confirm which part was real and which part was fake.
He planned to send this picture to Franca and Janna after dawn, and let them try to use mystical methods to distinguish it.
The next morning, Lumian wiped his mouth with a napkin and watched Ludwig continue to fight with the breakfast.
Knock, knock, knock. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Lumian motioned Lugano to open the door.
Do you really think of me as a servant? Well, you pay and you are the boss... Lugano muttered in his heart, left the dining table and opened the door.
It was Philip outside.
Philip walked into the room and said to Lumian with a smile, "We will set sail in two and a half hours. If you have any special products you want to buy, you must hurry up."
“No.” Lumian stood up and replied with a smile.
Philip looked out the window and said, "By the way, you may not know that the 'devil wizard' has been caught."
"Really?" Lugano looked surprised.
These days, the hottest topic among the passengers on the ship is the "devil wizard" Bulman who caused them to be stranded in the port of Farin.
Seeing Lumian also raised his eyebrows to express his inquiry, Philip said with a relaxed expression: "Not only was Boorman captured, but he was also in the state of a dead body."
“Who did it?” Lumian asked with interest.
Philip shook his head: "I'm not sure yet. I only know that it is closely related to the Church of Fools. Well, the great adventurer Gehrman Sparrow is said to be the messenger of God of the Church of Fools."
"Could it be that the great adventurer did it himself?" Lugano asked excitedly.
When he arrived at the sea, he naturally heard about the beliefs of the "Fool" and had no doubts about it.
—The sailors would tell him, the passengers would tell him, and the dock workers would tell him as well.
"Who knows? Anyway, the one who can kill the 'Devil Wizard' must be at least as strong as the Pirate General."
Lip said with heartfelt emotion.
Just then, there was a commotion at the gangway, and the passengers who were originally scheduled to board the ship at Farin Port were finally allowed to board the "Flying Bird".
Lumian walked to the window and saw an acquaintance.
Batna Conte!
He boarded the deck side by side with the female adventurer with lovely features and good looks.
Lumian opened the window and shouted, "Batner, are you going to Santa Port too?"
Butner looked up in astonishment and looked towards the row of rooms on the top floor.
After recognizing Louis Berry, he laughed and shouted: "Yes, let's go and see the sea prayer ceremony in Santa Port!"