After getting the whereabouts of the two monsters, Rogge prepared to go directly there.
But Hudson seemed to want to make some preparations and suggested going back to his home in Giant Claw City.
Roger wanted to say that he could go alone, but then he thought better of it.
Hudson definitely didn't want to go with him just for his safety, but to make the potion.
So the two of them returned to Giant Claw City and came to Hudson's home together.
But at this time, a woman with an anxious look was standing at Hudson's door.
She was dressed simply and looked anxious.
When he saw Hudson, hope suddenly rose in his eyes and he walked forward quickly.
"Mr. Hudson, Mr. Hudson, please help me!"
She stood in front of Hudson and Roger.
"Please save my son!"
"He's dying!"
There was helplessness in her anxious expression and her eyes were red.
Hudson remained calm, his snake-like pupils were filled with snake-like indifference: "Sorry, we are closed today."
After saying that, he pushed away the woman in front of him and walked into his house.
Seeing this, Roger frowned slightly, as if thinking about something.
Of course, this doesn't mean that he thinks Hudson is cold-blooded or that he wants to criticize him.
He just felt a little strange about Hudson's attitude.
It seems that the question before him is not "Should I help someone?"
It's a question of priorities between "work and potions".
In other words, for him, completing the transaction with Rogge as soon as possible and obtaining the potion was far more important than work.
To him, a woman in desperate need of help was just a job.
Since it's work, you can put it aside for now. The potion is more important.
The woman who was rejected by Hudson was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Rogge with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
"Sir, you must be Mr. Hudson's friend. I beg you to help me!"
"My son is dying, please help him, I can do anything you want! Please!"
The woman was crying as she spoke, and then she knelt on the ground and was about to kowtow to Rogge.
Roger reached out and lifted her arm: "Tell me first, what happened."
Hearing this, hope suddenly rose in the woman's eyes: "Thank you, thank you!"
After that, she began to talk about her son.
The woman's name was Anna, and she was an ordinary textile worker in Giant Claw City. Her son was a fifteen-year-old boy who worked as a porter at the docks of Giant Claw City.
Three days ago, Anna's son did not return home immediately after get off work. According to her drunken husband, he went out with friends.
But the next day, when Anna opened her son's door, she found the floor covered with coughed-up blood, and her son was lying on the bed, his face pale, his eyes black, as if he was possessed by something.
Anna panicked instantly.
She went to see a doctor, but the doctor said there was nothing he could do and that she had to consult someone from the church.
In desperation, Anna could only find the church in Giant Claw City and try to seek help.
The church also sent a believer to their home to check on the situation.
But after checking on the condition of Anna's son, the believer's attitude changed drastically. He said that Anna's son was playing with fire and getting burned, being disrespectful to God, and that he deserved to be tortured to death.
In desperation, Anna could only ask around, and finally, she found Hudson.
"... Please ask Mr. Hudson to save my son... Please..."
The woman cried bitterly.
Evil spirit
Roger stroked his chin.
At this time, Hudson also came down from upstairs.
He changed into a black suit with a hood, a waist bag and a cowhide holster on his waist, and a silver sword pendant on his chest.
Naturally, he also saw Roger standing in front of the woman and heard some noise.
He frowned: "You want to help her?"
"Let's see."
Rogge was quite interested in evil spirits and the like, and secondly, helping out was just a matter of convenience.
Hearing this, Hudson remained calm.
"I have no plans to open for business today. If you really want to help her, then you will have to bear the time and energy wasted."
His voice was calm.
"Okay." Roger nodded, "I won't charge you for the rest."
"make a deal."
Hudson nodded and agreed to the deal.
"Thank you, thank you both gentlemen!"
Anna cried with joy, quickly got up from the ground and wiped her tears.
"I'll lead the way for you."
…
“This is it.”
Anna brought the two of them to a small stone house on the edge of Giant Claw City. The environment here was a bit dirty and messy.
On the way here, Roger even saw an islander casually throwing dirty water down from the building.
Anna opened the door, and the room was immediately filled with the smell of alcohol and mold.
A drunk, red-faced bearded man was sleeping soundly on the table with a bottle of wine in his hand.
"This is my husband..." Anna said, then turned to look at the small room at the end: "My son is over here!"
The two followed Anna to the front of the room.
Just as Roger was about to push the door open, Hudson reached out and grabbed his wrist.
"etc."
Hudson's pupils narrowed slightly, as if he saw a world different from what ordinary people see.
He took out a small bottle from his waist bag, pulled out the cork, and dripped a drop of liquid on the door handle.
laugh.
With a slight sound, black smoke like burnt food rose up, but without any smell.
"Eat the soul of resentment."
After seeing Roger's inquiring look, Hudson gave a concise explanation.
Then he opened the door.
What caught my eye were the several pools of blood coughed up on the ground, and the young man lying on the bed with black eyeballs and a face that was so pale that he didn't look like a normal human.
His body was twitching slightly, as if he was experiencing some kind of pain in his sleep.
[Human (Possessed)]
[Type: Biological]
[Quality…]
After seeing this, Roger stopped reading.
He wanted to try to see if he could see the message of this vengeful spirit, but it was obvious that he couldn't.
Hudson didn't say anything, but just walked forward silently.
He took out a glass bottle of medicine from his bag and drank it.
Rogge keenly checked the information of this bottle of medicine.
[Low-level secret medicine for sobriety]
[Type: Medicine]
[Quality: Green]
[Effect: Increase the drinker's mental limit for a short period of time, and slightly increase the mental recovery speed (limited to less than 15 points)]
[Negative effects: Toxin accumulation 35%, burning sensation in throat when drinking. ]
[Description: This secret medicine is often used by exorcists. Just smelling it can make people feel refreshed.]
After drinking this secret medicine, the blood vessels in Hudson's neck tightened instantly, and an abnormal purple color appeared on them.
But Hudson didn't care about it at all. He silently took out a stone statue finely carved from stone from his bag.
This stone statue looks a bit like a three-headed dog.
But in fact it is a creature with a dog's body and two snake heads on both sides of the dog's head.
Hudson placed it in his palm and took out another bottle of secret medicine.
[Low-level Spiritual Feeding Secret Medicine]
[Type: Medicine]
[Quality: Green]
[Effect: Establish a link between the spirit image and the exorcist, feed it with spirit, and drive the spirit image. ]
[Negative effects: Drinking too much spiritual secret medicine will gradually make you lose your sensitivity and your hair turn pale.]
[Explanation: This secret medicine is often used by exorcists. It is also the most commonly used exorcism method by exorcists.]
This time, Hudson did not drink the secret medicine, but dropped a drop of it on the spirit statue, and then smeared another drop of liquid on the center of the eyebrows.
After a moment, a faint, barely visible line was constructed between him and the spirit image.
Hudson also took out a small notebook.
"Hiss..." "Woof..."
The next moment, a surprising scene happened.
In the palm of Hudson's hand, an illusory figure slowly appeared on the stone statue, jumped down, and finally made a low dog-snake sound directly towards the young man on the bed.
"Oh my god..."
Anna behind him saw this scene and covered her mouth in disbelief.
"What the hell is this witchcraft?"
At this time, Anna's drunken husband also sobered up a little. After seeing this scene, he rubbed his eyes in shock.
At the same time, Hudson opened the little notebook and began to mutter incomprehensible spells.
The dog-snake phantom seemed to be guided, jumped up from the ground and pounced on Anna's son.
Immediately afterwards, the snake heads on both sides of the dog-snake phantom bit the young man on the bed without hesitation, and the dog head also bared its teeth and made threatening noises.
"ah-"
After a while of biting, the dog-snake phantom forcibly tore a black figure out from Anna's son.
The black figure was struggling and screaming constantly, like a banshee with a shrill voice.
Rogge also used this opportunity to see the information about this thing.
[Soul Eater]
[Type: Monster]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Level: 4]
[Rank: Extraordinary]
[Explanation: A cowardly soul that died with resentment, a monster that lives in the darkness, often looking for opportunities to climb onto a human body and devour the host's soul.]
Hudson was right, there was indeed a soul-eating ghost living in the body of this young man.
But if I encounter such a ghost thing, how should I deal with it
Roger couldn't help but think about it.
So far, he has rarely encountered monsters like the Soul-Eating Ghost, and most of them are physical creatures.
But if you encounter a soul monster like the Soul-Eating Wrathful Ghost, you don't know whether the bone-stripping technique activated by the staff will be useful.
"Woo..."
While Rogge was thinking, the dog-snake phantom had already devoured the soul-eating ghost, making low eating sounds.
After the Dog-Snake Phantom dealt with the Soul-Eating Ghost, Hudson began to retract the Dog-Snake Phantom and prepared to start some follow-up work.
But behind them, Anna and her alcoholic husband began to argue quietly.
"How much did you pay for it?"
“It’s none of your business!”
"How come it has nothing to do with me? They are doing evil magic beside my son's bed!"
"Now you know it's your son? What were you doing when Mark needed help the most?"
"No matter what, I can't give the money to these two monsters! I still have to drink!"
"I'll drink you! You damn drunkard! Don't even think about getting a penny from me, get out of here!"
The quarrel between the two became louder and louder, and finally, Anna angrily spat at him and kicked the guy out of the house.
Turning around, Anna saw Roger staring at her. She sighed and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, sir. My husband..."
"But don't worry, I will definitely collect enough money and give it to you!"
(End of this chapter)