"This relic is simply a puzzle?"
"It's also possible that it's related to the contract between the devil and Oxenfurt. But whether it's a puzzle or not, the relic is not important. What's important is that its behavior reveals how much it values Oxenfurt's soul."
The doctor thought for a moment and asked Xiang Xiade again:
"Are you sure you are prepared to exorcise Stone Oxenfurt's spirit immediately after you kill him?"
"Yes, triple insurance: photos, nuns and guilty sinners, my helpers are already in place."
The doctor didn’t ask any more questions:
"On Friday night, you still carry this dagger, but don't use it lightly."
"I understand. Actually, this dagger has other uses in my hands."
Xia De looked at the weapon lying on the table. After all, this was also a relic that could absorb some kind of energy. After the current Profane Cross collapsed, there was no need to rush to find the next weapon.
"That devil is really rich. He can give things like this to anyone casually."
Xia De muttered again, and the doctor looked at Xia De:
"After all, it is an ancient evil demon that has been active for a long time. It must have some valuable things in its hands. Oh, come to think of it, didn't it promise to give you something after completing the commission? If you can get it yourself, that's even better. If you can't, after I destroy it, those things will belong to you. Just like before, I only want the demon itself."
Xia De nodded, but in fact he was thinking whether he should add a fourth layer of insurance for this matter.
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"What would happen if Ossenfurt's soul was taken away by a more powerful being in advance..."
Because he had visited Dr. Schneider, it was almost eleven o'clock in the morning when Shad arrived at the Randall Valley.
He first went to the Plenty Land Inn, but did not find Ms. Marilyn Handel. Fortunately, she left a message for Shad before leaving the inn. When Shad found her in an abandoned house in Rat Lane in the west of the city after the fire, she was sending an evil spirit away.
The evil spirit had loose hair, and Shade originally thought it was a woman, but when he got closer, he found out that it was a young man.
He roared in front of the wall that was burned black after the fire, his whole body emitting a pale green light, and the whole house was shaking. But Ms. Marilyn Handel and Joeyne Barton standing beside her had no expression on their faces.
The surging black fog appeared above their heads. Dense black chains stretched out from the fog and locked the long-haired evil spirit until it was dragged into the fog.
The end of the black fog is the true home of the soul.
When everything was over, Ms. Handel turned around and greeted Shade, and Shade felt that the curse on her and Joe Yin Barton had been slightly alleviated:
"This skill seems really amazing."
Although Shade can also open the passage to true death, he must let the soul go in on its own initiative, unlike what we just saw, where he can directly send the evil spirit away unconditionally.
Ms. Handel shook her head slightly:
"This is us atonement... Have you decided on the time of action?"
"Yes, the day after tomorrow, which is Friday evening, at Oxenfurt Manor. I leave this card with you on Friday morning."
He showed the original creation death that belonged to Joeyne Barton:
"Once this card disappears from your hand, you will go directly into the manor to find me. Of course, I will try to place the battlefield in the courtyard of the manor instead of in the building to ensure that you can arrive immediately."
"no problem."
Ms. Marilyn Hendel and Joeyne Barton said together, and Shade looked around again:
"Speaking of which, what's going on here?"
This house had experienced a fire, and although the house itself was severely damaged, and even the stairs leading to the second floor were broken, it should still be habitable after a little renovation. When Xia De came here, he also asked the children at the entrance of the alley, and they said that the fire happened about two years ago.
"Two years ago, a fire broke out at night, killing seven members of a merchant family that lived here. The man just now was the eldest son of the male owner, and he should have inherited the family business. He was unwilling to leave like this, so he turned into an evil spirit."
Joe Yin Barton explained that he knew what Shade wanted to ask, so he stretched out his hand and sketched in front of him, and the spirit's illusion showed what happened that night.
The white mist dispersed at Joe Yin Barton's fingertips, and the phantom of Rat Alley at night appeared. Shade heard light footsteps, and then a group of masked people appeared in the picture. They opened the door directly with a key and rushed in with oil drums. After five or six minutes, they quickly left the door, and the fire soon engulfed the house.
"After that, the local police spent two weeks investigating and arresting the murderer. The main murderer was sentenced to death, and the others were sentenced to life imprisonment. But there is evidence that after they spent half a year in prison, they were released on bail for various bizarre reasons, and then changed their names and smuggled to Delarion. Among them was a big shot from Willendel."
Ms. Marilyn Hendel said, adding:
"The soul's memory shows that this family had a business conflict with Stone Oxenfurt during their lifetime."
"I understand. Remove the stumbling block."
Shade nodded and looked at the burned bedroom. The metal bed frame was still there, but it was already black. It seemed that Ms. Handel and Joeyne Barton had also done a lot of research on Stone Oxenfurt without Shade knowing. For example, the whereabouts of that group of people were definitely not something that the evil spirits trapped here could know.
"What kind of person is Stone Oxenfurt from your perspective?"
Shade asked curiously.
Ms. Hendel replied:
"We have met souls in this city who are quite familiar with Oxenfurt. Oxenfurt is violent, evil, and greedy, but he is also deeply in love with Hela Oxenfurt. He is a very ordinary person, just like most people, nothing special."
Hearing the adjective "ordinary", Xia De raised his eyebrows, but thinking carefully, he did have two sides like most people, but the evil side was too strong.
After saying goodbye to Ms. Handel, Shad met Sister Defulin again at the local Snake Heart Hospital at noon that day.
Snake Heart Hospital is a semi-official charity organization that can be found in almost all of the Old World. It survives on the donations raised by spiritual groups, donations from all over the country, and government grants. The hospital provides free services such as delivering babies for women or treating diseases of women and children in slums, so it has a very good reputation in the eyes of ordinary people.
The Serpent Heart Hospital in the Randall Valley was located in the old town, just like the Masons Guild, and was even on the same street as the Peace Church, which seemed quite bold to Shad.
When Shade saw the nun wearing the silver eye mask, Miss Aurora was there. Her niece and apprentice, Miss Hayley Aurora, acted as a maid, standing by to prepare tea for the two and waiting to be dispatched at any time.
Seeing Xia De open the door and walk in, the witch with beautiful brown wavy long hair said with a smile:
"Since Shad is here, he must have something to talk to the nun about. So Haley and I will leave for now. Shad, we will wait for you downstairs and go back to Benanis's manor for lunch later."
"no problem."
Xia De nodded and watched the witch and the girl, who was still blushing when she saw Xia De, leave.
When the office door was closed, the nun standing in front of the window said in a very calm tone:
"Xiwei Aurora came here nominally for the purpose of donating a hospital, but in fact she brought an order, or a request, from the parliament."
"I have never asked them what the council thinks of the first candidate, the Guardian. Although he is identified as a man by the witches, at least Miss Lathers' father is included in the list. And Miss Lathers is the deputy director of the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe under the council, so theoretically speaking, the candidate chosen this time even has a direct connection with the council."
With her back to the sun, the shadows on Sister Develyn's face were very interesting. She put her hands together in front of her and shook her head slightly at Shade:
"The message from Xiwei Aurora is that the Great Witch of the Council believes that if there is a chance, it would be best to let Miss Lathers be the chosen one directly."
She paused.
"The four chosen ones who have appeared and survived so far, Balance and I, are all women. Although Carina Cavendish did not directly reveal that she has been teaching Balance recently, she still said that she and Balance have a good relationship. Therefore, the Witch Council believes that it is best to maintain this situation."
"The Council doesn't trust the Guardians?"
"Do you trust the Guardian?"
Sister Defulin asked calmly, and Shade blinked:
"To be honest, I admire their actions and their spirit of sacrifice. But the way they exist... In the basic course of the first year at St. Byrons, the uniqueness and independence of the soul were explained. While defining the soul with concepts, the consequences of actions such as soul fusion were explained. I am willing to trust them completely, but the high scores I got in the first year and the current degree of distortion of the earth make me maintain the most basic caution."
In other words, trust the Guardians, but don't trust them to stay normal.
For a moment, Shade seemed to see a smile on Sister Defulin's fair face, but Sister Defulin was very good at controlling her expression:
"Luvia and I talked in the fire. She shared the same view as I did. Something big could go wrong with the Guardian."
"So what does the church think? When I met Yin Luna last week, she skipped the meeting, so I don't know what's going on with the church now."