The soul is the most mysterious and unspeakable thing in this world. Since ancient times, both wizards and ordinary people have wanted to dig out the mysteries contained in it that directly touch the origin of life.
However, it is understood that even in the era when magic research was at its peak, the ancient wizards' exploration of the soul itself was only limited to the partial use of soul power, which is the so-called "soul rule".
As for the birth of those ghosts wandering the world, although a large number of wizards and scholars in every era have come up with their own speculations, it cannot be denied that it is still an unsolved problem to this day.
And let alone where the vast majority of other souls who failed to become ghosts ended up.
However, under this premise, at least as far as Maka knows, there are still at least two people in the world today who are worthy of being given the title of "Master of Soul Science".
One of them is naturally Haierbo who is proficient in a large number of soul rules magic.
Not to mention the profound knowledge of soul science contained in the Horcrux method he created, just using the soul flame magic that he can control with one hand to frighten everyone is enough to explain a lot of problems.
As for another person who has a profound understanding of the soul, at this moment, he is already standing on the path that Haierbo must take to escape—
"It's... such a big bird! He's right. It's really hard not to see it."
In a certain city in Germany, a petite girl stood on a dilapidated street, looking up at the sky at the end of the street. From here, she could see a giant eagle with a soft silver light shining all over her body in the distance, approaching her direction at an alarming speed.
Behind the girl, dozens of tall figures stood quietly, as motionless as statues, but they could still vaguely see their guarding the girl.
There are not many living corpses in this city. Judging from Herbo's raid on the Czech Republic, most of the living zombie army originally entrenched in north-central Germany should have been transferred to the border defense line by that guy. And this undoubtedly made the girl's trip much easier.
"Go!"
Suddenly, the girl gently stretched out her hand.
The next moment, only two of the dozen figures originally standing behind her remained motionless, while the rest all rose up from the ground and leaped straight into the sky.
This girl with a childish appearance and a pair of deep eyes, but with vicissitudes of life flashing through her eyes from time to time, is named Sarah. Today, many people already know that, strictly speaking, she is not a human being, but an artificial life created by peak alchemy.
Her theoretical knowledge of soul science may not be as good as that of Helbo, but her familiarity with things like "soul" is probably not comparable to that of Helbo.
"Huh? Still want to run?"
Although Sarah herself did not fly high into the sky with those high-level alchemy dolls, through the extremely close spiritual connection between her and the dolls, she could see the real-time scene there directly through the dolls' eyes.
Even the appearance of the soul, which ordinary people cannot clearly capture visually, is also clearly visible in the field of vision of the alchemical eyes possessed by the doll.
"You can't run away."
Sarah, who was looking at the distant sky with a pair of empty eyes, muttered something like this again. Then, the dozens of high-speed flying figures in the sky twisted at the same time, slightly modifying the flight path neatly and accurately. It must be like one person.
They are surrounding a figure that is invisible to the naked eye. It can be roughly seen from the angle of encirclement and the orientation of each of their faces that the target is actually not far away!
Of course, right in front of the dozen alchemy dolls, the huge silver eagle was also close at hand.
…
"There's only one chance left."
At the same time that Sarah said the words "can't run away", Haierbo, who was running frantically at high altitude, had such a thought in his mind.
Of course, he had already spotted the dozen or so oncoming figures, and he also knew that they were definitely coming towards him.
This was obviously the backhand that the cunning McClain boy had set up in advance. From the last confident sentence "You can't leave", this scene was already doomed.
So Haierbo didn't think much about it. After all, in his soul state, he really couldn't do anything except escape.
With obstacles in front and a powerful enemy chasing behind him, he couldn't even escape through the biggest gap on both sides, because once he turned, he would be beaten by the enemy behind him that was as fast as him. The Silver Eagle Patron Saint completely caught up.
So he could only take advantage of the encirclement in front of him before it was completely formed, aim at the largest gap in the opponent's formation directly in front, and rush towards it with all his strength.
However, just when he was about to rush out of the encirclement before the surrounding figures gathered around him... the gap was blocked.
It was a humanoid figure with mutilated limbs. Haierbo, who was charging at high speed, could even see the rasp marks on the figure at a very close distance before he was unable to dodge and bumped into it.
That's an unfinished dummy!
In other words, an alchemy doll.
…
"Bang, bang, bang bang..."
Accompanied by the heavy sounds of a series of heavy objects hitting the ground, a dozen tall figures landed in front of the girl one after another. One of them was holding a doll with only half an arm and one leg.
Since it has not undergone subsequent processing, it can be seen that this semi-finished doll is carved from some kind of wood, but its head will rotate slightly from time to time, proving that it has some kind of activity.
However, the girl only glanced at it at first, and then stopped looking at it. Instead, she focused on the huge figure in the sky.
It can be seen that the big bird, which is always emitting silvery white mist, has greatly slowed down its flight speed. At this moment, it is flapping a pair of giant wings and landing on the roof of a shop along the street next to the girl.
Not long after, the big bird landed silently on the roof, folded its wide wings of light, and lowered its huge head in front of the girl.
Then, Maca's familiar voice sounded from the unmoving beak.
"Sarah, thank you for your hard work this time! Since you can hear these words, it means you have succeeded. Get on it! It will take you to find me... It won't be so fast on the way back, You can take a rest on its back. Just be careful not to fall asleep. It will become smaller after a while, and if it turns over, it will easily fall out of the air."
Sarah listened to Maka's message, shook her head, and couldn't help but smile.