And this time it is stronger, the source of element traces is still the corpse instead of the dagger, and this phenomenon can already explain some problems.
"Priest, we can't hurt him anymore, it will only make him stronger."
"Of course, I understand. Is there a way to temporarily control it? It only takes a few seconds!"
"Of course, priest, lead it under the tree!"
Shade responded, and the priest attracted the corpse and began to run forward.
"Chains of Sin!"
Amidst the clattering sound, a dark chain stretched out from Shade's sleeve. While Priest Augustus turned his head with a surprised look on his face, the chain climbed up the tree trunk and wrapped twice around the thickest branch.
Fall down, form a circle on the ground and fasten the buckle.
The corpse wielding the dagger followed the priest to the tree. The priest's feet stepped into the circle in the chain on the ground, but nothing happened. But when the corpse stepped into the trap surrounded by chains, with Shade's sudden pull,
The body was hung directly upside down.
"Look at me."
The priest immediately turned around and faced him. He used his hand to push away the dagger that was still swinging at the hanging corpse. Then he stretched out his hand and pressed it between the eyebrows of the corpse:
"Ah!"
The old man drank in a low voice, and with the rapid rotation of the life ring behind him, in the steam mist that spewed out, the white holy light shone in all directions. That moment of light even made Shade feel that he was in contact with the most powerful person in the world.
The power of purity.
But what is very strange is that when using this power, the spiritual runes behind Priest Augustus did not light up.
Those holy white lights gradually gathered on the priest's fingertips. Shade, who squinted his eyes, even saw a few white feather shadows shaking and falling behind the priest in the process.
This is not something that really exists. It is a strange phenomenon that can only be seen by outsiders with sensitive souls.
The white light gathered at the priest's fingertips was finally pressed on the corpse's eyebrows. There was no abnormal phenomenon such as the corpse exploding. It trembled twice and then became completely motionless.
The panting priest took a step back. If it weren't for Shade's support, he might have sat down directly on the ground.
Shade felt that the priest's back was soaked.
"After all, he is not a young man anymore."
The old man gasped and shivered in the night wind. After a while, he let go of Shade's arm and stood upright.
The body was still hanging upside down under the tree by Shade, and the black dagger had fallen off his hand and was stuck on the ground.
"Meow~"
The cat on the shoulder was curious about this scene, but very consciously did not leave Shade's shoulder.
"What should we do now? Send this body directly to the church?"
Shade asked.
"No, it's too far from the church. If this thing loses control and runs away in the city, we will all be sinners."
said the priest.
"But what is this? Why are there whispering elements on the corpse? Is it a certain relic that controls the corpse?"
"No, no, I think the relic is right in front of us. Detective, I have read some terrible information about what crazy ring magicians will do. I sincerely hope that my guess is wrong, but we still have to ask
It’s the soul that matters.”
Shade nodded and looked at the body up and down:
"This corpse shouldn't be Mushir Naim, the peasant woman's deceased husband and the original owner of the tomb, right?"
He said suspiciously, although it is wrong to judge people by their appearance, this body with burned clothes did not look like an ordinary farmer who had lived here all year round. His skin was not rough, and there were no traces of hard labor on his palms.
Instead, there are calluses left by years of doing paperwork and holding pens.
Not to mention, although the appearance of the corpse was not as handsome as Shade's current appearance, it did not look like a middle-aged man who would stay at ease in a small village outside the city.
"This should be the scholar who helped the peasant woman arrange the funeral. He buried himself in the ground, so the soul of Mr. Mushir Naim who was not buried complained to his wife in her dreams."
The priest also agreed with Shade:
"I guess this is a very ancient ritual that uses resurrection after death to gain power. It's evil, very evil, and there are ritual contents that I can't understand."
After hearing what Priest August said, Shade went to check the coffin, and sure enough, he found traces of the ritual matrix and ancient writings on the inside of the coffin.
Judging from the headache that comes from just looking at it, those words are extremely ancient, but it is not difficult for Shade to decipher them. Only a single rune can be identified, but what purpose the ritual is intended to achieve, Shade cannot tell clearly.
"Do you want to channel his soul? I happen to have the ability to channel, and the completeness of this corpse also meets the requirements."
Shade was eager to try.
"No, no, I'll do it. Your thaumaturgy can only communicate with soul fragments, but I can summon the complete soul. Detective, put it down first and let it lie flat on the grass."
The priest said, and the [Soul] spirit rune on the life ring behind him shone slightly.
After Shade placed the body smoothly, the priest took out a wooden pipe from his pocket, sprinkled the black powder inside along the edge of the body. He asked Shade to hold the cat and retreat, and told him never to let the cat
Jump over the head of the corpse. Then, place the relatively bright lantern in front of the head of the corpse and recite the incantation.
Translating those ancient words into the common language of Delarion, the general meaning is "the return of the soul".
In the cemetery, where there was only a weak night breeze, a violent wind suddenly blew up. The wind roared, and the sound even sounded like a ghost wailing.
Mia stood on Shade's shoulders, her body pressed against the side of Shade's face, while Shade carefully observed the priest's ceremony.
Priest August suddenly opened his eyes wide, bent down, and then slapped the corpse in the face:
"Come back!"
The old man's angry eyes and roar really made Shade want to laugh.
But this was very effective, because Shade saw a miserable green shadow that was slapped out of the corpse by the priest... He was very interested in this psychic magic.
The appearance of the soul was exactly the same as the corpse lying on the ground. After he appeared, he was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't realize the current situation, and then he recognized where the cemetery was under the night.
Looking around again, he saw his own body on the ground, as well as Shade and Priest Augustus.
"Are you... impatient with life?"
His expression suddenly turned fierce, and Priest Shade and Augustus didn't even have a chance to talk to him.
Behind the soul, the life ring of the five-ring warlock emerged. But Xia De and the priest were not panicked at all. The ring warlock is not a pure soul profession. Only the unity of body and soul can control the power of this mystery. Therefore, Xia De
Only then will the face of the body gradually approach the face of the soul.
Even a fifth-level warlock, when he loses his body and appears as a pure soul, the power he can exert will inevitably be reduced. If the opponent is a high-level magician, Shade and the priest will turn around and run at this time, but only the fifth-level magician
, they can still deal with it.
The life ring behind the soul, probably due to the state of the operator, appeared in the form of a phantom. Several shadowy spiritual runes shone with a pale green light, blowing in the cold wind, and could be heard from the surrounding land.
There was an unusual sound.
"Damn it, this guy wants to desecrate the corpse and revive the undead!"
Priest August cursed in a tone that was very unbecoming of a clergyman, lifted up his robe and stamped his right foot on the ground. A life ring also appeared behind the priest. He was proficient in the power of [soul] and [corpse] and was trying his best.
Prevent the resurrection of the dead.
Of course, Shade was not idle either. He swung an arc of moonlight with his right hand at the Ring Warlock's soul. While the opponent used the convenience of his spirit body to dodge, Shade stepped forward and appeared behind the opponent.
But this sneak attack was unsuccessful. The soul actually disappeared when Shade thrust out the sword in his hand. This is a special way of moving the soul body.
The soul appeared directly above the corpse.
"You are such fools!"
He laughed and was about to get into his body, then saw Shade rushing over with the cat in his arms.
"You can't touch the soul, oh!"
Shade threw Mia over, and the orange cat flew over the corpse's face. Even though the soul had not yet entered the corpse, the corpse actually opened its eyes on its own.
It is transforming from a corpse sealed by Priest August into an undead creature.
"Do you think there's nothing I can do about this?"
The life ring behind the soul flickered again, comforting the corpse that was trying to get up. Seeing that Priest August was still trying to prevent the corpses from rioting in the entire cemetery, Shade casually grabbed the chain on his cuff and threw the chain forward.
"Um?"
His original intention was to force the other party to leave the sky above the corpse, and then use the chain to imprison him. However, he did not expect that the soul turned around and raised his hand to block it, and the dark rune chain composed of "Gluttony" and "Greed" actually penetrated the soul.
The arm of the body, and then easily penetrated the entire soul from the front.
"What's this?"
Soul looked at Shade in surprise, and Shade was equally surprised. He thought the chain had no attack power.
Not only did the chain penetrate the soul, dense black traces actually spread along the wound of the soul towards the entire spirit body.
This soul channeled by Priest Augustus didn't even have time to scold Shade, before his whole body turned black and quickly changed color like ink.
The life ring behind it was deteriorating like metal rusting, and the densely packed spiritual runes representing "Gluttony" and "Greed" were like worms squirming on the dark spirit body and the rusty life ring.
The soul raised its hand and pointed at Shade, as if to curse him. But just as it raised its hand, the soul swelled as if out of control. The humanoid spirit body squirmed and deformed, and the wisdom in its eyes gradually faded.
"He's losing control!"
The priest shouted, and the surprised Shade came back to his senses and knew that he could not let this situation continue.
Holding the sword in both hands, Shade took a step forward and came to the opponent, holding the moonlight sword high at his feet:
"Praise the moon!"
He shouted, raised his sword and lowered it. As the arc of the silver moon fell, the distorted spirit body was split open, and then turned into black ash and dissipated little by little in front of Sha De.
The chains fell on the corpse with a clatter, and the ashes transformed into souls had a foul smell and disappeared little by little with the night wind. This was the first time for Shade to see a soul turned into powder in this way. This is tonight
