Signaling the nun not to do anything, Shade handed the water treated with the fullness food to the hand. The blue hand grabbed the bowl and left the room. Shade immediately closed the door again, leaving only a gap.
He held the door handle with his left hand and the night watchman with his right hand. But Shade didn't wait for the opportunity to take action. He and the nun heard the sound of drinking water from outside. The bowl was very big, so the evil spirit outside was the one who drank the most food so far.
It drank it all in one breath, and then burped loudly. Shade squinted his eyes with his sword in hand, and Sister Michelle also held a shiny stone and prepared to cast a spell. But the evil spirit did not rush in. They heard the sound of the bowl being placed on the doorstep, followed by a sigh of relief.
This time the voice was still old, but not hoarse at all:
"If I could meet you guys while I was alive..."
The sound disappeared, and the Night Watcher in his hand returned to normal, and the light on the clear yellow runes on the surface of the sword gradually faded.
"It just...disappeared?"
Shade asked hesitantly.
"It left and continued on its way. The undead trapped in the narrow space cannot enter the real death through the narrow space, but when they return to the real world, they can still continue on their way after fulfilling their wishes."
Sister Michelle explained.
This is also the reason why the method given by the Witch Queen Violet requires guiding the undead spanning several epochs in the narrow space to the real world, and then guiding them to continue moving forward through the stable space cracks connected to real death opened up in the real world.
The undead just now must be very powerful, otherwise the night watchman wouldn't have reacted so strongly. Since they were able to let it go without taking any action, it was naturally a good thing.
Of course, Xia De did not forget to open the door and collect the rice bowl at the door. But he unexpectedly found that there was a small white stone in the empty bowl. The shape was irregular, but it felt very smooth.
Mia seemed to like this and stretched out her paw to touch it, but Shad refused.
"What's this?"
Sister Michelle couldn't see without eyes like Sister Develine did, so after Shade described it, she gave the answer:
"This is a very rare thing, Soul Tears, which can only be produced by stranded undead souls after their wishes are fulfilled. It is an extremely rare special substance. Not only does it require the wish to be fulfilled, but the undead soul itself must be very powerful. Even if these conditions are met, it still takes probability for this substance to appear. I have only heard of it in the records of the cult, and this is the first time I have actually seen it."
Hearing the name of this substance, Shade searched through the two pieces of Witch Reverberations and indeed found a relevant description. Just as Sister Michelle said, this is an extremely precious semi-solid substance. As a potion material, it can be used to prepare potions that directly heal the soul; as an alchemical material, the alchemical items made can obtain a variety of effects that affect the soul; even if it is directly absorbed by special means, it can enhance the soul strength of the ring warlock without side effects.
Sister Michelle even believes that, apart from the legendary sage-level relic Philosopher's Stone, Soul Tear can be regarded as one of the most versatile basic materials.
Since it was Xia De who dealt with the evil spirit just now, this Soul Teardrop naturally belonged to Xia De. He also had a very good harvest before the final battle broke out.
There was no telling how many scary guys were on the street. Not long after the evil spirit knocking on the door left, there was another knock on the door. This time the knock was much more urgent. Before Xia De could even ask who was outside the door, the person outside took the initiative to call for help:
"Sister Michelle, open the door. I'm Gray Hamster, and our friend Pointed Deer is injured!"
This time the night watchman did not give a warning, and when Shad looked out through the peephole, he saw a young man in his twenties carrying an unconscious middle-aged man on his back, followed by an anxious lady with short hair.
The woman who calls herself "Gray Hamster" is a woman who looks to be in her thirties.
Sister Michelle was still on the first floor. She came over again when she heard the noise. After listening to Shade's description, she knew who was coming:
"They are the correspondence ring sorcerers from the local Sukses Medical School. They also live in the nearby neighborhood and are considered friends of the Blind House. We have a good relationship."
Of course, she did not open the door immediately. Instead, she asked some questions and asked Xia De to go to the room on the first floor first before opening the door to let the three people in the thick fog in. They started a conversation in the hallway, and Xia De learned that the three major thaumaturgy academies and the church had anticipated what would happen today, so they notified the local correspondence ring sorcerers yesterday not to go out casually.
The three people from the Sukses Medical School had originally gathered together to spend this boring day without being able to go out, but the evil spirit actually invaded their house from the attic that they had forgotten to seal. About half an hour ago, they had a big fight with the powerful evil spirit. Although they won in the end, one of their companions was unfortunately affected by the "soul scream" of the evil spirit before it collapsed and fell into a coma.
Because they were not sure whether a long coma would have an impact on their lives, they risked their lives through the white fog to seek help, and Sister Michelle was not reluctant to lend a helping hand.
Shad did not show up because of his identity, but outside the room prepared for the three people, he heard the description of the fog by the correspondence ring sorcerers of Serksais.
Although it was still daytime, it was terribly gloomy outside, and with the influence of the thick fog, basically the distance that the arm could stretch was the maximum distance that the vision could reach. Because of the horn sound just now, the weak souls were all dispersed by the power of divine magic, so there were not many evil spirits on the street now. But once you encounter one, it is definitely not something that ordinary people or even ordinary low-level warlocks can deal with.
Compared to the night of the God's Descent in Tobesk and the flood in Coldwater Harbor, the disaster encountered by Midhill Castle seemed to be more difficult to deal with. This was because it was not a man-made disaster at all, and it could not be ended by defeating a specific target.
The ring wizards of Sexus did not plan to leave today. They came here to seek refuge in the House of the Blind. No one knew what would happen next, so more people gathered together, at least they could solve problems together.
It was late autumn, and the sunset time at Midhill Castle, which was also the time when the ceremony began, was about 6:42. Anxious Shade waited until 5:00 p.m. that day before he finally received a reply that the "opening" ceremony was ready.
A folded paper crane flew out of the fog to the window of Sister Michelle's office on the second floor of the Home for the Blind and knocked on the glass several times before being noticed.
The above is a message from Ms. Ronal, a high-ranking sister of the spiritual order. They have found a suitable location to open the door, but because of the current strange weather, they cannot send a carriage to pick up Shad, so they hope that Shad can go to the ceremony site by himself as soon as possible.
"Where?"
asked Xia De, who had been waiting for a long time.
"At Fort Midhill Mechanics School."
"good."
After turning Mia back into a toy and putting her away, Shade looked at the white mist outside the window:
“It’s finally time to start.”
Carrying his fishing rod, picking up his sword, holding the kerosene lamp, and putting on his coat, after solemnly saying goodbye to Sister Michelle in the lobby on the first floor, Shad stepped into the fog outside.
The damp and cold fog almost made Shade think that he had reached the narrow gap between life and death, and the silent city seemed to have died in the fog.
He had to enter the narrow space before the church ceremony began. After all, Joey Barton would not take action after the ceremony. Therefore, Shade could not waste too much time on the road. Fortunately, compared with the narrow space, the number of evil spirits in reality was not too many, and the kerosene lamp burning with the first flame in his hand could illuminate a larger area for him.
In addition to the evil spirits, he also had to avoid the church's ring wizard team that was looking for evil spirits in the fog, as well as strange ring wizards whose origins were unknown. After the Truth Society's personnel sent to Middleburg were almost wiped out, not all foreign forces withdrew from the city.
And on days like today, the conspirators are active again.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with Shade, he just wanted to get to the Mechanics Institute of Fort Midhill as soon as possible. Of course, there was no carriage on the street, and it was even difficult to find a horse.
He could only rely on his own two legs to travel from the Blind House in the city center to the college in the southernmost part of the city. Along the way, he avoided all the battles and even helped two ordinary patrolmen who were attacked by the headless evil spirit.
After leaving the Blind House, Shade had a clearer understanding of what was happening in Midburg and Sikar Mountain. Standing on the roof of someone else's house with a wide field of vision, he could see five golden pillars of light shooting straight into the sky in the permeable fog. Judging from the direction, that was the direction of the five Orthodox churches in the Midhillburg Diocese.
At the same time, a large number of birds of unknown origin were hovering in the sky, as if monitoring the city.
Shade took the risk of sticking a piece of immortal youth leaf on the fishhook, and hid in the alley, and really seduced an owl that fell from the sky. After catching the silly guy, he used the fish training ring to give it the ability to speak, and then learned that they were sent by the "good people" of the Church of Nature to monitor the city and search for evil spirits in the city.
The owl, which looked even sillier than Mia, actually spoke in the heavily accented Carsenric language in a dialect, describing itself and its companions as coming from a warm area "far south". It complained that the fog was really upsetting to the bird, but the light of the kerosene lamp in Shad's hand made the bird very comfortable.
"Very Southern" is probably the Holy See of the Natural Church.
Even when it was caught by Shade, it did not panic, and even begged Shade to give it some food after he asked it questions. The church asked these birds to monitor the city and deliver information from this morning, but they were only fed some food at noon.
The owl said some swear words that were not very unpleasant, and finally got some of Mia's cat food from Shad.