Chapter 769 The mountain city dancing with evil spirits
Dr. Schneider was very busy on Monday afternoon. When Shade came by carriage, he was providing psychological counseling to a patient who had suffered from severe insomnia recently, but he still found time to meet with Shade.
Dr. Schneider's psychological consultations are charged by the time, so he is very good at hypnotherapy. He is even more skilled in treating insomnia caused by mental illness.
Shade didn't hide what he wanted to do, but he didn't say that he had accepted the witches' commission.
After hearing this, the doctor frowned and shook his head slightly:
"I don't recommend you do such a dangerous thing if it's not necessary.
But now that you have decided, I will not interfere with your choice. It is better to be careful. I don’t have any advice to give you. After all, I have never been to the narrow space of life and death you mentioned. It is true that I cannot carry relics when I dream, but I
There is a way to prevent you from being so embarrassed. Just a moment."
He asked Shade to wait in the reception room for a while, and then walked out of the room.
It took a long time for the doctor to come back, holding a black crystal pendant in his hand. A black string woven with exquisite craftsmanship was connected to a golden hook at the top of the crystal using a sailor's knot. The crystal showed a hexagonal shape and a flat shape.
It's unremarkable. On the crystal plane, there are incantations written in devilish language, and the twisted symbols can be detected with a sense of filth just by looking at them:
"The alchemy item 'Devil's Amulet' I made myself. When you dream, hold it in your hand, and you can use part of the devil's power in your dream."
The doctor handed the pendant to Shade, and then added:
"Don't worry, using this power will not pollute your soul. But the soul harmed by this power may be corrupted by demonic power, so don't let others see you using it or don't let others see you."
If Shade and the doctor didn't have such a deep friendship, the doctor would never come up with something like this. Because this is evidence, evidence that clearly shows that the doctor is involved with the devil.
Schade also understands the risks doctors take:
"I will be discreet. Doctor, how many gold pounds shall I pay you?"
"No need, last time you took me to devour the Balrog, I haven't formally thanked you yet. If you really want to thank me, you can meet the demon next time."
He paused, then immediately shook his head:
"You must never encounter demons again. Those things are not something humans should come into contact with. In short, be careful in your dreams. I hope that the friends who entrust you with your dreams can really ensure your safety."
Since the doctor can give Shade the power of the demon in his dream, then Priest Augustus should also be able to give Shade the power of the angel who told him to die in his dream. But the priest has already followed the church's team into the Sikal Mountain, and Xia De
De can't find him at all, so he has no chance to use the power of demons and angels at the same time.
It was still early for the meeting. After dealing with Tobesk's affairs, Shade went to Fort Midhill to meet Iluna. Iluna did not go into the mountains. She would stay in the natural church in the city and be responsible for the core part of the ceremony.
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As the ceremony approached, it was not easy to see Iluna in the Church of the Sun. After a hurried meeting with Shade, Iluna also knew what Shade was going to do. Although she was as worried as Luvia
, but because he had full confidence in Shade, he just reminded him to pay attention to his safety.
"The ceremony will be held tomorrow evening or the day after tomorrow. After the ceremony, I will take the steam airship back to Tobesk. I will see you in Tobesk probably over the weekend."
The seventeen-year-old girl looks happy:
"Shad, after I go back, let's go to dinner with Luvia and then watch the opera. Although the scenery of Fort Midhill is nice, we spend the whole day preparing for the ceremony in the church, or going to the city with the team to clean up.
Evil spirits are really boring. I have seen more evil spirits recently than I have seen since I left the Holy See after finishing my training period."
"Don't say such words until the dangerous matter is over."
Shade warned, and Iluna nodded:
"Then pay attention to safety. However, the truth will be wiped out in the local area, and the vampires who don't know what they are doing have been confirmed not to enter the city. Now that the college and the church are working together, I can't think of any accident other than Joey Barton.
Other than that, what other flaws could there be in this matter?"
Precisely because we can't think of possible accidents, what happens next is full of risks.
After bidding farewell to Iluna, Shade went to the Fort Midhill post office again. Due to the heavy fog in the city and the impact of martial law at the city hall at night, there were very few people in the post office. Although the people living here did not know what would happen next.
What happened, but from the heavy fog that lasted for a whole week, I understood that this incident was unusual.
Everyone looked worried. The local newspaper sold by the post office also reminded citizens not to enter the mountainous area in the past two days and to close doors and windows after dark. Even when asking for news, Shade also heard the rumor that the post office was haunted last night.
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The church has sent someone to deal with it this morning, and people are forbidden to talk about the details of this matter. Even people who don't believe in the existence of ghosts have to admit at this time that Fort Midhill is becoming more and more strange recently.
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Before the post office closes this evening, it is the last chance to send a letter to the Red Water Camp on the mountain. Shade sent the amulet he carried with him to expel evil spirits, as well as a letter reminding him to pay attention to safety, and sent it to Captain Rades. The captain was sure
Will participate in the church's action to seal off the mountains and forests. Shade hopes that his few ordinary friends in this world can be safe in this matter.
Walking out of the post office and looking at the heavy fog, Shade knew very well that no matter how well-prepared the church was, there would never be no victims. All the church could do was to make the losses smaller, but Fort Midhill
What will be the final outcome of the city, even the most skilled soothsayer cannot tell clearly now:
"I was unprepared before the night when Tobesk descended, and I was just uneasy before Darkness entered the dark realm. This time, the situation seems to be even worse. Do the stories of the chosen ones always end in disaster?"
Because Little Mia had been temporarily fostered with Dorothy before leaving Tobesk, so after leaving the post office and finding the carriage, Shade went directly to the Witch's manor to have dinner with Miss Aurora.
The coachman who sent Shade to the manor was also very sad. He planned to take a break for two days after sending Shade off. Even if the family had no income, they could not work in this weather. From his mouth, Shade learned about the appearance of people who appeared every evening.
In the city, an evil spirit randomly boarded a carriage. Since last Wednesday, four carriage drivers have gone missing because of this, and their bodies were later found in the Sikal Mountains.
And this kind of thing is no longer unusual in the foggy city of Fort Midhill.
With nothing to do in the evening, Miss Aurora exchanged several moves with Shade in the vast basement of the manor. Shade was no match for the witch. Even if the other party deliberately suppressed the power of thaumaturgy and incantation, he still could
Can't take any advantage.
Miss Aurora wanted to try out Shade's current fighting style, and later provided him with a lot of suggestions.
From midnight to two o'clock in the morning, the two of them spent a lot of time in the study. A small part of the time was spent telling Shade about the scenery of Carsonlik in the southern country, and most of the time they were analyzing Midhi together.
The situation at Fort Fort.
The witch believes that even if the sealing ceremony of the "Scar of the Holy Tree" is successful, the violent shaking and accidents caused by the resistance will cause at least three or even four figures of victims in the city. She is not alarmist, and the most
Sadly, this is the best that can be expected at the moment.
At two o'clock in the morning, Miss Aurora and Shade took a carriage and went to the Cassandra Auction House in the center of Middleburg in the middle of the night in the thick fog.
The late autumn night was already very cool, and coupled with the heavy fog that diffused from the narrow space, the whole city seemed to have completely fallen into a slumber. In addition to Shade, the witch and the female coachman, there was also Miss Aurora on the carriage.
The maid and an accompanying 6th level sorceress.
Shade chatted with Miss Aurora about his experience in raising cats, while looking at the night in the thick fog.
When they turned left on Elm Street and entered Constantine Mall, the carriage suddenly stopped.
The witch frowned, and the coachman's voice came at this time:
"Miss, there is a little girl standing on the road ahead."
"The probability is more than 90% that it is an evil spirit."
Miss Aurora said as she and Shade got off the carriage.
There were horse lanterns hung on the front and back of the carriage, but the lights, like the gas lamps on the roadside, could only slightly illuminate the white fog. In the thick fog ahead, the figure of a short girl was looming. She stood motionless.
In the middle of the road, even if the driver held a lantern and swayed, he could not drive her aside.
"There have been frequent reports of hauntings in the local area recently, and citizens are avoiding traveling at night because they are worried about encountering such a situation."
Miss Aurora introduced it to Shade, and then told Shade not to move around. She wanted to solve the matter herself:
"It's not very strong. We're in a hurry, so don't come here."
The witch's figure in the long skirt walked into the fog and quickly disappeared, but the girl's figure was still standing in the middle of the road.
Shade raised his eyebrows and looked at the coachman, who shrugged and told Shade not to worry.
Sure enough, dozens of seconds later, the thick fog ahead was illuminated by golden light. With a dull roar, everything returned to calm.
The girl's figure disappeared, and Miss Aurora came over again. There was no trace of the battle at all:
"Let's go, I hope I won't encounter any evil spirits blocking my way again."
"What does that evil spirit want?"
Returning to the carriage, Shade asked curiously.
"She asked me where her mother was."
The witch sat opposite Shade, leaning against the wall of the carriage where there were soft cushions:
"Souls will always have all kinds of unwillingness and obsession, but if you sympathize with them, you will only make yourself a fool. You can't stay what you should leave. Many people just don't understand this truth."
"So do you think I can successfully persuade Joey Barton to give up resurrecting the dead?"
Shade asked, and Miss Aurora smiled:
"Some people can't put it down after picking it up. They need to figure it out on their own, rather than relying on others to persuade them. Shade, don't you know the answer yourself?"
The thumping sound of horse hooves could not travel very far, and the carriage that was driving again quickly disappeared into the thick fog. In the middle of the night, evil spirits patrolled the city, and the church team ran around in the shadows. March hung in the sky as usual, like this
Tranquility and beauty. But the moon cannot illuminate the mountain city under the white mist in a short period of time.