Chapter573 The Wangfu Stone that likes to cast curses
It took a whole day for Lulu to introduce Lester to most of the Yodels living in Bandle City. Lester, who thought that Bandle City was very big, knew that he was quite wrong. In fact, Lester was
The spiritual realm outside Del City is very large, but the scope of Bandel City itself is very small.
It takes one day to walk from the southern end of the city to the northern end. The total number of Yodels living in Bandle City is less than a hundred. These one hundred people include the missing Vega and Nar, who left home.
Wigus who ran away, Lu Lu looking for a fantasy wonderland, and people like Kled, Poppy and Heimerdinger who chose to settle in the material realm,
In Tristana's words, even she doesn't know how many Yodels live in Bandle City and the vast spiritual realm. It may be tens of thousands or less than a hundred. However, she currently chooses to settle in
There aren't many within Bandle City.
At least from East's perspective, compared to human villages that often have a population of tens of thousands, it is not an exaggeration to describe the situation in Bandle City with the phrase "population decline".
Along the way, in addition to Dudu and Laura, whom he met at the Excalibur Master Selection Ceremony seven hundred years ago, Lester also met Poppy's father, Poch, and mother, Bomie, and Vigus's father, Wagner, and her mother.
Mills and uncle Milty,
Unfortunately, Lester did not see the somewhat lonely Rambo and Couch, who had not yet become a pilot. The former seemed to have gone to the material realm through the portal in Bandle City to pick up trash, while the latter closed his house and saw no one, addicted to
Some unknown new idea of his.
In addition to carrying home large and small bags of things, I became familiar with most of the Yodles during this visit. After all, Lester itself has been promoted as the "big hero of Bandle City".
With his favorability naturally high, coupled with Lester's good intentions and handsome appearance, the current residents of Bandle City easily accepted the new owner of the ranch house.
It was already late at night when Lester returned to the ranch cabin alone with a gift as tall and heavy as a hill. It was not a problem for him to bring back the things given by Yodel's friends. He was two meters tall and had an average height of one meter.
The world seen by one's height is completely different, and the burdens he can bear are naturally different. For Yoder, heavy things do not seem to be any burden, but he does feel the kindness and kindness of the residents of Bandle City.
enthusiasm.
This also made him understand that places where you can walk around and return with a full load of goodwill without spending any money do not only exist in fairy tales.
With Janna's help, Lester spent the middle of the night sorting out the gifts from the Yodles and placing them in their corresponding positions. After finishing the arrangement, he hugged Janna and fell asleep. He spent the entire day entertaining, even though
For Lester, he was also mentally exhausted.
Sleeping in the middle of the night restored Lester's energy and he became full of energy again.
Early the next morning, Tristana, who had deliberately not cooked for herself, climbed up the hillside, and soon saw Lester lying among the deer and lambs, looking at the sky, a picture of harmony between man and animal.
As a human being who can integrate into Bandle City so quickly, Lester's ability should not be underestimated. However, how to let Lester serve as the coach of Bandle City's gunner team requires careful thinking and long-term planning.
After gathering herself, Tristana couldn't bear to ruin such a beautiful scene, but she still decided to make the man notice her as soon as possible.
"Ahem, morning, little Laini."
Patting the deer's chin lightly, Lester stood up and waved to Tristana amid the comfortable deer crowing.
"Good morning, Tristana, I received a lot of gifts of food yesterday. What do you want to eat today? I'll make it for you."
"I, I've eaten before, why do I have the nerve to eat at your place every day..."
Half an hour later, at the dining table of Lester's house, Tristana was holding the bowl in her hands, sweating profusely.
"Hey, it smells so good. Little Laini, what are you going to cook tomorrow? Do you need my help?"
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Originally coming from Nora's Forest Valley, it would not be difficult for Lester to return to the Forest Valley again. However, he did not refuse Tristana's kindness. Tristana did not say anything.
, but he knew how difficult it was for Tristana to take leave for two consecutive days and miss the patrol in Bandle Forest.
In this way, he began to consider whether the gunner girl had special feelings for him.
"Wow~ Little Laini~ Tristana~ You are here~ Master, Master! We have guests~"
Outside the witch's hut, Yuumi, who was playing with butterflies, noticed two people and a bird coming from the path, and happily rushed back to the house.
"Yumi! You just barged in without knocking!... Oh, it turns out it's Tristana and Lenny. Oh my god, I hope my pot is okay."
Bottles and cans were heard all the way, and Lester always felt that Nora's journey was very difficult.
"You two, welcome to the witch's house, please come in~"
A somewhat embarrassed Nora opened the door, and Lester and the two walked in and sat on the magic sofa in the living room. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Lester always felt that the sofa that was shaking slightly under his butt was some kind of living thing.
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"Please try my newly brewed magic tea. The main ingredient is star flowers. I named it [Star Brilliant Magic Tea]."
Taking the porcelain teacup handed over by Nora, Lester took a sip of the magic tea with stars floating on the surface.
The moment the liquid entered the esophagus, the man's body trembled involuntarily. Suddenly, he closed his eyes and saw the stars in the universe. In the deepest part of the stars, the bright silver stars gradually turned into the figure that haunted him.
This figure gave him the warm hug he longed for most, and then turned into starlight and disappeared. He didn't even have time to feel her warmth.
The tearing feeling of gain and loss was like destroying the entire soul. Lester completely lost his perception of the surrounding environment and was filled with sadness.
The owner of that figure eats the most black bread and drinks the most bitter tea from Mount Targon in this world. No matter where she goes, she is always scarred, leaving her hope to others and her pain to herself.
He thought he could make her life happier... But until the end, she didn't eat the deep-sea ice fish and secret prawns he ordered for her...
She returned to the depths of the starry sky and disappeared without a trace,
He is still struggling on the earth, shouldering his mission, and doesn't even know if he will see that day again.
"Little Laini, are you crying? Is this tea hard to drink?"
Tristana, who had always been wary of Nora's magic potion, naturally did not drink it directly, but chose to observe Lester's performance silently. She knew that no matter what she said, drinking this magic tea would not cause trouble, but she also
I don’t want to be affected by the unpredictable side effects of magic tea.
But, why did Lester cry after drinking tea?
Is it really that bad to drink?
After taking a secret look at Nora, Tristana chose to put down her tea cup.
On the other side, Nora was also a little panicked when she noticed Lester who was crying silently. Yumi was so scared that she covered her eyes and secretly looked through the cat's claws to see if the man would turn into another male cat.
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Under the gaze of everyone, Lester also knew that he had lost his composure.
"I didn't cry, I just suddenly thought of some things in the past... and felt a little emotional."
Wiping the corners of his eyes and suppressing Soraka's memories deep in his heart again, Lester looked at Nora sincerely.
"This is the best tea I have drunk in hundreds of years. Thank you very much, Nora. If possible, I would like to learn from you how to brew and make [Star Brilliance] tea. I can use my
I’ll exchange magical knowledge with you.”
After being stunned for a moment, Nora never expected that someone would praise the magic tea she brewed.
Even Tristana, who had a good relationship with her, chose to be wary, but Lester believed in her without any doubt and praised her carefully developed creation.
"I... thank you, little Laini. You are my good friend. No need to exchange anything. I will teach you the complete formula of Starlight."
After understanding that Lester was crying not because the drink tasted bad, Tristana on the side raised her tea cup again with some embarrassment and took a sip. Her eyes lit up. She didn’t expect that Nora, who often made hallucinogens, could create such delicious food.
of tea.
"Hey! Master, you finally succeeded!"
Amidst the cheers of the cat, the tea-drinking episode came to an end, and everyone turned the topic to Luo Yi.
"Wait until I look for the Shurima magic book that records the soul-sealing curse. It's in the underground library."
Within fifteen minutes, Nora returned to the living room holding a rolled-up ancient animal skin scroll.
After putting away the tea cups and tea sets on the coffee table, Nora untied the magic red thread binding the scroll and spread the scroll out on the coffee table.
"This is the ancient code I found in the Shurima ancient... antique market. The material of this animal skin scroll should be authentic dragon skin, which will not decay for thousands of years. Fortunately, I have a unique vision and found this scroll at once."
Tristana, who was attracted by the dazzling ancient Shurima characters and the somewhat scary dioramas of the human body, did not realize what was wrong, but Lester understood that the lovely Yodel Witch was also a well-known gold-touching captain, and she
Unlike the sand bandits and warlords in Shurima who like to move mountains and dig for gems and gold, Nora only touches magic weapons.
"Look, there are relevant records right here. The Great Soul-Sealing Curse was created by the Ascended Mage [Guy Rasdir Tosin Mathis], the third prince of the Buglas generation of the Shurima Empire.
The purpose of the creation of the Great Soul-Sealing Curse was to punish the notorious second prince Yayin'er at that time. In order to obtain the throne, Yayin'er did not hesitate to use poison and assassination to kill his father and brother. He used despicable means to ascend to the throne and then openly adopted the throne.
The biological mother and younger sister were concubines, and the cholera palace affairs violated the ancestral motto of the imperial family that brothers and sisters should never be harmed, and that the throne should be inherited by the eldest son.
In order not to violate the royal family's ancestral precepts, the third prince who went on an expedition and the empire's Ascended Mage Guy Rasdir raised the flag of the rebel army and formed a rebel army with various vassal lords. They were invincible along the way. Every city looked down upon the wind and the coalition forces
Finally, the capital of Shurima was captured, and Yayir, who had succeeded to the throne for less than a year, was captured.
After discussions among the lords, Rasdir publicly tried his brother, and deprived his brother of his consciousness with the self-created Great Soul-Sealing Curse. Rasdir used the evil soul created by the Soul-Sealing Curse to make Yayiner
Becoming an evil machine that only knows how to kill, Yayiner made atonement for his crimes on the battlefield until he died on the battlefield.
Of course, Rasdir, who became the new emperor of Shurima, used the Great Soul-Sealing Curse as the best way to deal with royal traitors. The spell ritual was recorded in the Shurima royal secrets until it was excavated by me.
...Well, I found it in the antique market."
Tristana and Yuumi were still immersed in the ancient Shurima history, but Lester, who knew the ancient Shurima language, found the key, and his heart sank.
"The caster has control over the evil soul. Any external magical influence will cause the evil soul to expand rapidly until it swallows all the souls of the caster. The spell cannot be broken from the outside and can only be lifted by the caster himself. Periodically
Taking a special potion can delay the growth of the evil soul... So, Luoyi still can't wake up."
The cold reality turned the somewhat excited Yuumi into a frost-beaten eggplant, while Tristana pursed her lips and said nothing.
Nora asked worriedly.
"...Little Laini, do you know who put the curse on your Vastaya friend?"
Rose's face appeared in his mind, and Lester nodded without saying a word.
After just a casual move, Rose forced him to come to her door, which made him feel a little bad.
But Tristana suddenly stood up with a serious look on her face.
"Little Laini, don't worry, I will form a Bandel expeditionary force to help you defeat the evil curser and let him lift the soul-sealing curse. You just need to tell me who cast the curse on Loy?"
"Yes, yes, Laini, Yumi will help you too, nya!"
Jumping into Lester's arms, Youmi pressed her head against the man's chest,
Lester scratched Yumi's chin with a wry smile and whispered to the worried people.
"This matter is rather complicated. The person who cast the curse is not a simple person. Even if you all go together, I'm afraid it won't be of any use. I have to go there myself."
Everyone who heard this was a little disappointed, but Lester comforted him.
"Don't worry about me, I'm sure nothing will happen to me, but I'm not sure what Luo Yi's condition is yet.
Nora, I can't use magic, so I have to rely on you to find out how far Luo Yi's evil soul has grown. I want to know how much time Luo Yi has left."
"Okay, let your Vastaya companions drink this bottle of Soul Detection Potion first."
Nodding, Lester took the hand-sized glass medicine bottle from Nora's hand and fed it to the obedient Roy in small sips.
After drinking the potion, Loy began to emit blue magic light. Lester hugged Loy, who was a little scared, and asked Nora to put her hands on Loy's back and start casting spells.
After a moment, Nola frowned, making everyone’s hearts sink.
"Is it bad?"
"How long ago was your companion cursed?"
"About three hundred and fifty years ago or so."
"Fortunately, your Vastaya companion is born with a psychic constitution and a strong soul. Otherwise, I am afraid that he would have become the body of an evil soul long ago."
Hearing Nora say this, Lester did not relax. As expected, Nora then added in a deep voice.
"The evil soul is now much stronger than the soul. In my opinion, your companions will be completely dead in less than twenty years."
