Xia De stopped in the thick fog, looked around and asked in his heart:
"Any questions?"
This is naturally formed fog, which is very different from the fog behind the White Mist Gate. Not only is the density far less than the latter, but it also feels very "real".
No.
Xia De then took a deep breath. The fog was extremely humid and had an indescribable smell of corruption, which made him cough continuously.
"Are there any problems now?"
An extremely weak element, with all four elements present.
"That is to say, this fog may also be related to the narrow space between life and death."
Thinking of continuing to move forward, without the guidance of the sun, Xia De was worried that he would get lost in the mountains and forests.
Before he had walked a few steps, Xia De stopped again because a strange human figure appeared in the white mist in front of him, and it seemed to be floating in the air.
"What is that?"
He raised an eyebrow.
As the cold wind blew through the thick fog, the figure suddenly moved towards Xia De. It was not a physical body, but a pure spirit. It was barely recognizable as a male soul, with its feet hanging in the air, as if it was suspended by a rope around its neck. In a few flashes in the white fog, it had already arrived in front of Xia De.
"Evil spirit? So, the negative effect of that hair has not disappeared yet..."
With a flick of his finger in the air, the brilliant silver moonlight swept forward in a line parallel to the ground. The pure moonlight directly hit the body of the evil spirit and split it into two parts. The moonlight continued to fly backwards, splitting the big tree behind it, and continued to fly deeper into the thick fog.
It is difficult for a ring warlock of the same level to withstand Shade's moonlight, let alone the evil spirit.
As the tree fell to the left with a heavy sound, the lower half of the soul's body turned into ashes and disappeared, but the upper half was still floating towards Shade.
As the other party approached, Xia De felt that his neck was also strangled as if a rope was put around his neck, but as he was having difficulty breathing, he took the initiative to hold his breath. With his physical fitness, he would have no problem not breathing for dozens of minutes.
The feeling of being strangled on his neck became stronger and stronger, but Xia De did not use moonlight again. Instead, he took out the "Mind Crystal Ring" from his pocket and put it on his right index finger:
"I've actually always been curious about the effect of mind blast on spirits."
He endured the pain in his neck, took two quick steps towards the approaching evil spirit, then thrust his right hand forward and pressed one hand on the cold spirit.
The resentment, along with the evil spirit's miraculous soul power, tried to invade Shad's body, but was easily blocked by Shad's spirit.
The soul resonant of the magic allowed Shade to directly touch the spirit, which seemed to enhance the effect of the mind explosion. Transparent waves appeared in his palm, and then the evil spirit that seemed to have committed suicide by hanging suddenly floated backwards as if it had been hit hard, and some black light marks floated on its body.
The evil spirit's outer shell disappeared, revealing the original appearance of the soul inside.
"The combination of these two magics has such a good effect?"
While Xia De was surprised, he saw that the soul stretched out its hand towards him, as if it wanted to get the final salvation from him:
"I saw a huge flying bird..."
Carsenric language, and only left half a sentence, and the soul completely disappeared:
"Bird?"
Xia De looked up at the sky covered with white fog:
"Also, where did this evil spirit come from?"
Xia De frowned slightly, looked at the thick fog around him, and came up with a new guess:
“Could it be that this abnormal white mist also drifted out from the realm of life and death beneath Mount Xikar?”
This speculation is very possible, because when Shade was going down the mountain, he actually encountered three evil spirits in the foggy forest. One of them looked like his head was shattered by a shotgun, and the other was shattered all over. It was unknown whether he was crushed by a heavy object or fell from a height. The cause of death of the last one was unknown, but his fighting power was much stronger than the first two. He was shattered by Shade's mind explosion twice.
I don't know if it's because of the influence of Shade's magic, but every soul will leave some strange words before it disappears. Some are about themselves, some are what they saw before death, and some are completely meaningless.
Each of them rushed directly towards Xia De after emerging from the fog. Although the negative influence of that hair would attract evil spirits, Xia De had been safe and sound when he walked this road a few days ago. This shows that the appearance of these evil spirits is definitely related to the white fog.
Because he took the wrong road and was delayed by evil spirits in the mountains, Xia De finally arrived in the city at 4:13 in the afternoon, which took twice as long as when there was no fog.
He had already made preparations for this trip, and except for the God's gift box and the soul fishing rod, he brought most of the relics with him. Therefore, after entering the city, he did not wander around the city, but went directly to the House of the Blind.
Ms. Michelle is already waiting for Shad:
"The carriage will take you to Sister Develine."
There was a carriage parked at the back door of the Blind House, and Shade was glad that the driver did not cover his eyes in any way:
"Sister Defulin will be here soon?"
Shad was very curious.
"Yes, Sister Develyn will perform the ceremony for you."
Ms. Michelle said, seeing that Xia De was a little confused, she explained:
"This kind of ceremony of communication between life and death is best hosted by the most spiritual individual, so Defulin is the most suitable person. Besides..."
She hesitated for a moment, then stood by the trash can at the back door of the three-story building of the Blind House, pulled the door handle and whispered:
"Whether this ritual is successful or not, whether you can successfully rescue Priest Augustus is a great experience for the Order. After all, there are very few people who are willing to risk their lives and have the ability to enter the world of the dead to save their friends or loved ones."
The "entrance" that the cult found and fixed was just outside the city, or more precisely, in an abandoned mansion at the foot of the mountain. The forest of Mount Sikar could almost be seen from there, but this was definitely not a remote area of Midhill Castle. Because the environment was very good, local nobles liked to divide the forest at the foot of the mountain to build their own manors or mansions. Nobles from other places also liked to buy manors nearby. Even the royal family had their own holiday manor at the foot of Mount Sikar, which was somewhat similar to Sophia's mansion in Coldwater Harbor.
As for the mansion this time, it was a well-known haunted manor in the local area. After knowing the destination, Shade remembered that in the information about Midhill Castle provided by Leicia, there was a mention of this mansion called "Russell Manor" by the locals.
Its previous owner was Viscount Russell, who had a strange personality and no relatives, and lived in the mansion with two servants. About 58 years ago, because the manor had not paid the gas bill for half a year, the gas company sent people from the city to check the situation, only to find that the viscount and the servants were dead in the manor, and even their bodies were almost rotten.
No one knew what had happened here, perhaps a robbery, or something else terrible. But since then, the manor had been abandoned, and the ownership was sold to the Midhill Castle City Hall by the distant heir of the viscount, and no one dared to take it over. Apart from the workers who came to maintain it regularly, almost no one else set foot here.
"That sounds terrible... Wait, isn't this similar to 6 St. Teresa's Square?"
Sitting in the carriage, Xia De thought, of course, this place is not as notorious as No. 6 Saint Teresa's Square.
After all, the Xiade family had many owners who died or disappeared, and the cumulative death toll was definitely over three digits, so the church had to buy the ownership and seal it for many years. Even after the sealing ended, another owner died. On the other hand, only three people died at Russell Manor.
"It's nothing special."
Thinking of this, Shad lost interest in the haunted manor.