"Are you sure?"
Shade almost stood up to ask this question. Killing blood relatives and sacrificing living people represent many things in rituals. Such cruel behavior once again confirmed Megan and Audrey's long-standing concerns—their ancestors definitely had no good intentions towards all their descendants.
"This... but why?"
Ordinary man Professor Manning couldn't understand it.
"She didn't know, not when she was alive or dead. I could sense that she was afraid of that place and wanted to escape from it. She was not very old when she died, and the memories of her life made her soul, which had lost its humanity, instinctively fearful."
"Besides this, what else does she know?"
Shade asked again, and Durut Giles nodded:
"At first, she could only repeat very simple sentences and asked me to collect some strange things. I originally thought that they were items that could restore her soul to normal, but after collecting them all, the materials just turned into a useless key."
He unbuttoned his clothes, took off the pendant hanging around his neck and handed it to Shad.
It was a white crystal key, and the size and shape of the key shaft were very similar to the two keys Megan had already obtained. The front and back sides of the key handle were sapphire and obsidian respectively. Facing the light, one could see the phantom of a little girl swinging on a swing.
"The most difficult material to find is white crystal with natural black spots. It took me a lot of effort to find out that someone in the black market of Tobesk had this material, so I came all the way from Willendel to seek refuge with my distant relative, Viscount Chris Randall, for this material. I should call him uncle, but the curse from the tomb robbery included making me poor forever, so I didn't bother my distant relative too often."
He saw that Shade was interested in the key:
"Sir, if you need it, it's yours. It has no use for us. However, after making the key, Rast's intelligence and humanity recovered significantly faster."
Xia De nodded. If, as he guessed, the angel-level relic "Soul Story Book" controlled all the souls on the island, then after completing the duties assigned by the book, the souls on the island could "continue to move on", while the souls that left the island would stay.
So he asked Professor Manning to be a witness, and in exchange for the key, he got Shad's guarantee that he would not report the other party and would plead with Edwards' descendants.
The last thing Shade wanted to know was, of course, the skeleton of the Angel of Death. Duruto Giles still remembered the two finger bones and the ordinary bone fragment, but he didn't know what they were, and he didn't have any more clues about the skeleton.
However, when he tried to ask the soul of the girl who was pulling his hair, the girl actually gave an answer:
"Giles, Giles, father still has half of his skull! You can't touch that skull, or you will be sent away!"
This certainly doesn't mean that the thirteen-ring warlock has only half a skull left.
After receiving the unexpected information, Shade finally showed a satisfied smile. When Professor Manning saw that Shade had basically finished asking questions, he said to him:
"Mr. Watson, I am here to be a witness to ensure that he will not continue to rob graves in the future, but will honestly work as a teacher in Tobesk. See if you can do anything about the curse on him..."
Hearing the professor's request, the soul-entangled Durut Giles showed a complicated expression on his face. He knew that he had done something wrong to end up like this, but he didn't expect that the old man still valued him so much.
Xia De naturally agreed, but he also had conditions:
"I respect Professor Manning, but that doesn't mean I completely trust you, a grave robber. If I cure you, I want you to sign a contract with me, promising that you will never rob graves again."
He had recently finished reading the first edition of the Malbas Demon Book and had learned some new skills. Unlike the knowledge in the Pink Book and the Secret Art of Immortality, which could be put into practice at any time, it was difficult to find an application scenario for the knowledge in the Demon Book, but this time it was quite good.
"Thank you for giving me a chance. After what happened, I understand. I plan to stay in Tobesk for a long time and face my life well."
Durut Giles said, the spirit beside him clapping and repeating his words, and Shad nodded, again extending his hand for a handshake.
The two hands were then clasped together, and it took a long time before Xia De heard "her" reply:
A handshake alone cannot determine the nature and origin. You need to go a step further...
"No, no, I'm not interested in further contact with him."
Xia De said in his heart, and then let go of the other person's hand:
"It's half past three now. At five o'clock, go to the first floor of the Three Cats Inn next to the Anthem Square in the north of the city and wait for me. I'm going to find a curse expert."
This refers to the doctor. Among all the people Shad knows, he and Luvia are good at curse-related powers. It's just that Luvia is busy with stargazing recently, so Shad plans to trouble the doctor.
"OK."
Durut nodded immediately, and Shade looked at Professor Manning again:
"Professor, I'm sorry to bother you this time."
"You're very polite. It's nothing. I just don't want to see young people go astray and continue to degenerate. Duruet did something wrong, and he will find a way to pay it back."
Then Shade left Professor Manning's house and took a carriage to the east of the city to find Dr. Schneider. The doctor had just finished treating the last patient scheduled for the afternoon. Seeing Shade rushing in without saying hello, he thought something had happened. He was relieved when he heard that he wanted to ask him to help treat a cursed person:
"You really scared me. Three Cats Inn, right? No problem, let's go now. To be honest, every time I see you barge into my place with a serious face, my heart skips a beat."
"Doctor, this is also considered a mental illness, right?"
"No, strictly speaking, it's just a stress disorder. If you're interested, I can tell you more about it on the way. In the field of psychology, this is a very cutting-edge research direction recently."
The drizzle that started at noon had stopped a long time ago, but the water stains on the ground had not completely evaporated. Although the Anthem Square in the evening was not covered with mud, the smiles on the faces of the shoe-shining boys outside the square showed that it was not easy to walk here.
Durrut Giles had arrived earlier, and was sitting alone in a seat against the wall, reading a book, when Shad and the doctor came in. The ghost of Rusty Edwards was sitting on the table, waving his hands desperately, trying to attract his attention.
Dr. Schneider suddenly twitched his nose, then motioned for Shad to leave the hotel with him.
The two men went around to a secluded alley on the side of the hotel and stopped above the sewer entrance.
"There's a familiar smell in this curse. I didn't expect it to be this kind of thing again."
The doctor was half excited and half helpless:
"A demonic curse. I could smell the stench that was trying to corrupt the soul as soon as I entered the door. There is no doubt that he was cursed by a demon. There is definitely a real evil demon on the island you mentioned."
Xia De was stunned:
"Ah? Really a demon? That island is called 'Devil's Island', it's actually real... But my vision doesn't show any trace of demonic power."
"It's normal. It's not that the devil gave him the power to turn him into a demon like Stone Oxenfurt you mentioned, but that the devil cursed him. It's a very hidden curse. If you want to see it, you have to extract his soul and look at his soul with your own eyes. However, I can't confirm what kind of evil spirit it is. This curse is not unique. Many guys will have it... and I will too."
The doctor said casually, frowning as he thought about what it was this time.
Xia De knew the seriousness of the problem:
"In this way, the trouble on the central island of Green Lake is not just the thirteen-ring fortune-teller and an angel-level relic that manipulates souls. In addition to the cultists and other illegal ring magic groups, there is another unknown demon? What is he planning?"
“Is the situation so complicated this time?”
The doctor raised his eyebrows, but was not nervous:
"I won't go to see the cursed person inside. His curse is not complicated. I will go back and mix a potion and send it directly to the Three Cats Inn at the weekend. He can pick it up himself. As for the demon... I don't know what you are going to do in Green Lake, but from your description, the other party is your enemy?"
"Yes, there are some tough enemies. Judging from the current situation, the Thirteen Rings, Demons, and Angel-level relics should not be all I have to deal with."
"Relax, your enemies have always been tough."
The doctor patted Shade's shoulder:
"You go and get more specific information about the demon, or obtain items that can prove its identity. I'll prepare and see if I can find a new way to travel across space, or I can buy a train ticket myself. Fortunately, Green Lake is not far from us, at least not as far as the Randall River Valley."
He shook his head:
"If you need help in the Green Lake area, I can be of some use. I said I would help you last time in the Randall Valley, but in the end I just went sightseeing. Oh, and that demon seems to be good at curses. I know you have a high resistance to curses, but you still have to be careful."
"No problem doctor, leave it to me to investigate."
After saying that, Xia De thought of another thing:
"The Mirror Association has appeared in the Green Lake area. Not only did I meet the Mirror Hider, I also met a pair of twin brothers who were blind in one eye. They are both eight-ring brothers."
The doctor thought about it and realized that Xia De had connected them with his own experiences when he was young:
"You mean, they are the brothers I met when I was dealing with other demons more than ten years ago? They really didn't heal their eyes."
The doctor smiled:
"It would be a good thing if I could meet them at Green Lake. We might have a chance to resolve the grudge from many years ago together this time."