"Mr. Watson, it's not that simple. It's your first time on the island, so you don't understand."
The girl with short brown hair carrying a cloth bag reluctantly stood up, still refusing Shade's help.
"I don't know how long it will take to end this situation this time. Mr. Watson, we can't stop here. I don't know if there are anyone else on the island besides the two people just now. Neither you nor I can fight under the current circumstances."
."
She paused and asked:
"Do you have a rope on you?"
"some."
Shade took out a thick sail cable from the inner pocket of his coat. This kind of rope is very practical in various scenarios, so of course he carries it with him.
"Now tie the rope around your waist and throw the other end to me."
Although she didn't know what the other party wanted to do, Shade still did it. The pharmacist lady also tied the rope around her waist like Shade. The distance between her and Shade at this time was only about 1.5 meters, which is about the same as the current one.
The ultimate state of vision in fog.
"After I finish counting down, you and I will take three steps forward together."
She shouted out the password, and then she and Shade stepped forward together. The pharmacist was tall and her steps were similar to Shade's. In the first two steps, Shade knew clearly that he was still walking on a path in the forest.
, but when he took the third step, the path under his feet disappeared, and there was a stone tombstone standing in front of his boots. Looking around again, in the hazy fog, there were tombstones and tombstones surrounded by short black fences everywhere.
grave.
The entire scene transition process was quite smooth, as if the third step should have come here.
"When you lose your sense of direction, once you take the third step in the fog, you will appear somewhere else inexplicably. Flying, jumping or even crawling will have similar results. But if you just want to wander back to the same place, there is no need to worry about the third step.
Limitations of steps.”
The pharmacist's voice appeared next to her:
"The rope is the simplest way to connect yourself and your companions, otherwise even if we walk forward together, we are likely to get separated."
"I see, that's why even though more than a hundred years have passed, the church still blocks this place. But what should we do now?"
Shade felt more and more that this lady knew the island too clearly, and the information obtained from the half piece of orichalcum had so far exceeded his expectations.
The cemetery in the fog is especially quiet. Although I came here unexpectedly, there is no danger here.
"We can only wait. This is the Green Lake Town Cemetery. Most of the residents of Green Lake Town and the Edwards family will be buried here after their deaths. We haven't gone too far. This cemetery is originally
It is in the forest just now. But because it is far away from the town and the road leading here is not very obvious, even if there are other islanders, it is difficult to find this place. We cannot try to continue walking, the more we walk randomly
, the longer you will be disoriented."
"You can only wait? I have important things to do tonight."
Shade sighed softly. Although the space here was confused, the time flow rate was not wrong. It was now four-thirty. Although he said that he might go back late, he must show up at least before six-thirty.
"There's nothing I can do. Even a ring magician whose core spiritual rune is [Space] can't find a way to leave using magic like [Space Perception]."
The pharmacist lady said, looking at the cemetery in the fog with Shade:
"Let's take a rest first. We have encountered enough accidents when we landed on the island this time. Who knows what else will happen?"
"It can only be this way."
With that said, Shade went to dig into his pocket again. He didn't dare to light a fire here rashly, so he didn't take out the tent and burning wood. He just took out a tablecloth and spread it on the ground, and gave the pharmacist a soft cushion.
Invited her to sit down with him.
"Thank you, you are really thoughtful."
The sorceress raised her eyebrows, and after thanking her softly, her attitude toward Shade became a little better. Shade actually wanted to talk to the pharmacist about the island again, but after the sorceress sat down, she closed her eyes first.
meditation.
"Is there a way to leave? For example, use [Space Stabilizing Halo]."
He then looked at the fog and asked in his heart. After waiting for a while, "she" said softly:
[We can only wait. The spatial composition of this island is very strange, and this is considered a natural phenomenon.]
Shade sighed and looked at the tombstone standing beside him.
【Russell Enmire (1500-1563)】
【An excellent blacksmith and an excellent father.】
The content on the tombstone is very brief. Because he lived so long ago, there are no photos on the tombstone. Xia De just glanced at it casually, but he didn't expect that when he looked away from the tombstone, a floating soul actually appeared on the tombstone.
above.
It was an old man who looked to be in his sixties, leaning on a cane. The spirit body had a cloud-like shape from the waist down. This was not an evil spirit, and had no ill intentions towards Shade, but it happened to appear so clearly.
"what happened?"
He suddenly became alert.
"Don't do unnecessary things when the fog is dispersing and you lose your sense of direction. During this period, you may encounter some weird things."
The pharmacist lady opened her eyes and warned, glancing at the soul:
"It is the most common thing to meet a wandering soul. If you are interested, you can say a few words to him. He may be willing to give you some gifts or information. Of course, you cannot guess with normal thinking.
Thoughts of the Soul.”
"Why haven't you heard from other places that there is such a thing on the island?"
"Because this kind of thing is very rare, and it is also a characteristic of this island...haven't you encountered enough rare things today?"
What she said made sense, so Shade asked with interest the soul on the blacksmith's tombstone:
"Hello, do you need help?"
The soul ignored him at all, so Shade said again:
"Hello, I want to buy a kitchen knife from you."
Soul still didn't speak, and the pharmacist lady beside him sighed:
"Most of these souls who don't know why they stay here have their own secrets. But it's quite difficult to know how to trigger their dialogue. Soul-type magic and spells are mostly ineffective against them. They are affected by this area.
Protection of the Island.”
Although she said this, Shade still tried using his thaumaturgy to "guide death". The thaumaturgy that was supposed to see the memory of the soul, this time saw a blank. But the void was not completely empty.
, before the effect of thaumaturgy ended, Shade saw a key deep in his soul.
"I have already said that the thaumaturgy of peering into the soul is ineffective against it."
The pharmacist's voice reached his ears, and Shade looked at his hand in surprise.
"Speaking of it, the thaumaturgy of guiding death..."
This thaumaturgy itself was provided by the August priest, and it is a very old death thaumaturgy. Shade chose it at the time because [guiding death] coincided with the intention of the "underworld moon" represented by the silver moon.
It also proves that this thaumaturgy is very suitable for Shade. Although it cannot allow him to directly see through the secrets of the soul like Joeyin Barton, the chosen one of death, and the blind nun, it is still practical enough.
After the decisive battle with Qiao Yin Barton on the waters leading to the end, his death-like thaumaturgic effects were greatly enhanced. In addition, the "Witch Detection Badge" hanging on his chest at this time contained the "
The power of "Angel of Death" and the effect of thaumaturgy [guiding death] are theoretically beyond the scope of normal thaumaturgy.
This is probably the reason why Shade can actually see the secret of the soul.
"But what does a key mean? Do I need a key to get secrets from him? Or..."
Shade thought in surprise and signaled the sorceress to be quiet:
"I probably know what to say."
"are you sure?"
The pharmacist lady asked suspiciously, but Shade had already spoken:
"Blacksmith, I need to make a key."
The brown-haired lady blinked, and then the blacksmith actually spoke:
"Please give me the materials: bones without feet, the lord's blood, flawless amethyst, flawless obsidian, the bones and teeth of the lord's wife, and the memory of the newborn."
Shade listened quietly, while the pharmacist lady stood up directly:
"Mr. Watson, can you see the secret of his soul?"
"I just saw the shadow of a key."
Shade said and asked her in surprise:
"What are you so excited about?"
"Did you know that since these souls residing in the fog are protected by this island, it means that they are closely related to this island. Knowing their secrets, you might be able to know the secrets hidden by Edwards
.”
"I'm not interested in Edwards' secrets or the elixir of life. I just want to know how many people are left in the Edwards family."
Shade emphasized again, regardless of the excitement of the pharmacist lady at this moment:
"But now that you have encountered it, you can still think about it. Fish bones are fine if there are no foot bones; the blood of the lord should refer to the blood of members of the Edwards family; flawless amethyst and obsidian are easy to understand, but this key is really expensive
; Finally, there are the bones, teeth and memories of the lord's wife, which is difficult to deal with. For the former, I think it must be the teeth of a woman who has been confirmed to have become the lord's wife; for the latter, is it necessary to extract the memory of a certain corpse? Or maybe it is
Other meanings?”
He thought about it and said to the pharmacist:
"If we want this key, we have to at least dig up the cemetery. So obviously, we may not be able to get the key he made this time. Even if we find the materials later, it will be difficult for us to reopen it when the fog dissipates.
Try your luck to return here, and then try your luck that this ghost will appear again. Unless you stay in the cemetery when the island is normal, and then expect to encounter the current situation again and again, but this will take a long time. "
The sorceress also understood what Shade said. The excited expression on her face disappeared, she nodded in despair, sat down on the tablecloth again, and watched Shade try to communicate more with the blacksmith's soul.