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The phantom of the soul is only the upper body, and the lower body seems to have been cut off. The phantom is extremely transparent, swaying in the dark wind in the room, Xia De is very uncomfortable with this scene:
"How many statues do you have left? Where are those mermaid statues now?"
Xia De asked in a low voice.
He wanted to make sure what the statue was, he wasn't going to hold it, he wouldn't touch it, so it wasn't dangerous. As for asking after killing, it is to prevent the other party from using those dangerous statues to play against him, and the phantom of the soul summoned will not lie.
"It's useless to throw away those statues. In order to find a way to lift the curse, I kept three. In the basement."
Said in a tone without ups and downs at all, the voice seemed to come from far away, hollow and weak.
"How to enter the basement? Is it dangerous? What else is in the basement?"
he asked again.
"The basement can be entered through the door next to the broom cabinet on the stairs. The first floor after entering the basement cannot be stepped on, otherwise the door will be locked. There are those statues in the basement, and there are amulets I bought to expel the curse. I asked The exorcism materials needed for the exorcism methods I got, and some things I think are useful for protecting myself."
Xu Ying replied again.
"So where do you keep your money?"
The last time I didn't take the money of the dead Ponton family, it was because I promised Miss Bayas not to take extra things, and strictly speaking, it is not a good behavior to collect money from that kind of massacre.
But this time it was different, the other party was purely looking for death on his own, Xia De didn't have the slightest psychological barrier to take money from such a person. Of course, if the amount is huge, he will donate part of the ill-gotten gains to the Church of Dawn.
"There is only some small change at home, most of which are stored in the private bank in Lengshuigang, and a small part is with the wife who went back to her hometown to visit relatives."
It seems that the Church of Dawn can't get the money anymore, and the private bank recognizes the person without authenticating the documents, and Xia De has no time or thought to embarrass a woman who doesn't know where she is.
"Okay then, let's go."
He asked some more details about the story just now, and after confirming that the other party was not lying, he waved his hand, and the phantom of the soul dissipated automatically. Then I rummaged through the body and realized that it would be foolish to search a wallet on someone at home.
So I went to the basement first. The basement of Jason Delall's house was smaller than that of Shade's house. Standing on the downward stone steps, I found the gas lamp **** on one side of the wall. Under the dim light, Xia De saw at a glance the three statues placed on the box facing the stairs, covered by a red cloth, and the outlines under the red cloth were indeed similar to mermaids.
He was very cautious not to approach, and then quickly looked away:
"Feel something?"
"It really is a relic."
Out of caution, Xia De just stood on the steps and did not intend to enter the basement. Looking around, the things piled up in the basement were messy and varied. Behind the statue covered by the red cloth, there were actually five holy emblems of righteous gods hanging at the same time.
There are piles of religious books piled up in the corner, and various shapes of metal, wooden and even crystal amulets like tourist souvenirs are hung on the left wall. The floor of the basement was sprinkled with snow-white refined salt, and on the shelf in front of the wall on the right were incomprehensible things such as stones, metals, and herbs.
Under the box with three mermaid statues, there are five or six oil paintings, which are facing the statues covered by red cloth. Because of the angle, it took Xia De a while to see the content of the oil painting, and there were actually cats on it.
"Target the mermaid with an oil painting of a cat... He already has this idea, but he is still reluctant to go to the Orthodox Church for help. Really...wait."
Xia De's eyes looked at the shelf in front of the right wall again, and at the bundled blue grass on the second floor on the left. Frown slightly:
"Why does this look so familiar..."
After a moment of memory, I got the answer, and my eyes widened suddenly:
"Weather vane bluegrass!"
The rewards from the Lakeview Manor event were superimposed on the angel-level rewards, allowing Shad to obtain two types of thaumaturgy. However, the ability to move in a space of 10 feet (about 3.04 meters) will not be mastered until next month due to the lack of main materials.
After that, Xia De found the description and sketches of this plant from the ring warlock's first-grade textbook, so he could recognize the things on the shelf at a glance.
"Is this the meaning of coming to Lengshuigang City?"
Subconsciously wanted to get it, but stopped immediately, and after carefully avoiding the trap on the floor, came to the locker and took the bundle of plants **** with cloth strips in his hands.
After a little inspection, it was confirmed that this is indeed the main learning material needed for thaumaturgy.
Weathervane bluegrass is extremely rare even in the New World. The ones here were probably brought back by Jason Delall when he was investigating prohibited smuggled goods.
In addition to this, there are many other ores and herbs on the shelf, but Xia De didn't know many of them. But since you're here, there's no need to leave empty-handed. I took some ore and put it in my pocket. Herbal medicine was too troublesome to pick up, so I took a few bottles of labeled liquid.
Because of the existence of the statue covered by the red cloth, Xia De did not dare to continue searching for good things here. After scanning around and letting the voice in his head confirm that there were no relics other than statues, he left the basement and prepared to leave.
Naturally, he had to turn out the window to leave, but as soon as he got close to the window, he found that there were people in the muddy alley.
"what happened?"
My heart became alert, and I leaned against the wall by the window and glanced out. There were five people in the alley within sight. These people are obviously not passing by, but waiting for something there.
"Oops."
I went to the window on the side of the main entrance and looked out. The mermaid alley outside was passing by with an umbrella, and the eyes were quietly looking towards the direction of the house, which showed that the front door was not safe.
"Who did Mr. Delall offend? Wait...it can't be the Orthodox Church?"
Thinking about it carefully, the middle-aged man who was killed by Xia De just bought prohibited books, killed homeless people to obtain blood, and even made so many strange things in the basement, it is not impossible for the church to target him.
After thinking about it, he quickly went to the second floor of the house, found the trap door leading to the attic, and climbed up the ladder.
There were some sundries piled up in the attic, but Xia De didn't care, but pushed open a gap in the only window in the attic.
Looking outside, I saw that the rain was still heavy, and from the current angle to the house on the other side of the alley, it seemed that it was not far away.
"Should be able to jump over."
He touched the frog's legs in his pocket, and reluctantly gave up some of the heavy stones in his pocket. Chant the mantra, throw the twirling frog's leg into the pocket, push open the window at the right moment and jump.
Xia De didn't know if the person watching the house below saw him, so he jumped into the air, and after confirming that he could land on the opposite roof, he was ready to jump again.
The roof was strong enough that Shad didn't break a big hole in the roof due to the vibration of the landing. He lowered his body, trotted two steps forward on other people's roofs, found his way, and jumped into the air again.
Under the rainy sky, he was as inconspicuous as a small black dot, but this time he didn't run again after landing, but took advantage of the opportunity to wear a robe and lay down on the roof to observe the surroundings, and he didn't see anyone chasing him from the alley below people.
So I jumped again, this time I chose the shorter house diagonally ahead. This house is located at the intersection of streets and alleys. After Xia De got down on the ground, he confirmed that there was no one around, so he immediately jumped from the roof to the ground, and then took off his mask and robe.
Instead of throwing them here, they are rolled up and tucked under their coats.
After rearranging his wet clothes, he covered his head with his hands like someone hiding from the rain, and rushed out of the alley.
Regardless of what happened behind him, Xia De made up his mind that he had nothing to do with this matter. Sticking to the low wall at his feet, he bent over and ran forward, and disappeared into the distance of the street in the rainy and hazy afternoon of this harbor city.
Xia De, who was far away, didn't notice that not far from the alley, there was a carriage parked across the street.
And a few seconds after he ran past, the carriage window with a slit was pushed open, revealing a delicate face and long fiery red hair.
The girl wearing the silver tiara looked out of the window suspiciously, but at this moment Xia De, who was determined to go home, had already run away.
A group of police followed behind a middle-aged man in a black coat with a tough face, and ran towards the carriage from a distance. The coachman jumped out of the carriage and checked the middle-aged man's ID before allowing him to approach:
"Your Highness."
The man put away his umbrella, trotted to the carriage window in the rain, bowed his head respectfully and said, he dare not look at the face of the person inside the window:
"We have already surrounded the target's house. After the operation starts, we will bring out some sensitive things. The mermaid statue you want is definitely fine."
"Don't be careless, the church also knows the situation here. I don't want the Orthodox Church to know what I took with me. You know my way of doing things."
The red-haired girl sitting in the carriage said, her tone was not harsh, but it still made the man in the rain shiver uncontrollably. The middle-aged man puts his right foot on the ground and opens his shoulders:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, there will be absolutely nothing wrong."
After finishing speaking, he bowed slightly into the car window, then turned around and returned to the action scene with his own people.
But what the young girl sitting in the carriage cared most about at this moment was not whether the relics she had heard by accident could reach her.
The rain scene outside the window was reflected in her eyes, and she closed the car window again. Although the space inside the carriage is not large, there are sofas, tea tables, incense burners, and porcelain tea cups.
The red-haired girl wears a silver crown and a long white dress. There is a row of sterling silver decorative buttons on the waist part, and a pair of small black leather shoes are worn on the feet.
Tilting up his little finger, he held up the teacup in front of him, his brown eyes showing deep thought. After waiting for a while, he murmured softly:
"Did I get dazzled just now?"
As he spoke, he raised his right hand and touched the shining ruby earring on his right ear:
"Why is Xia De here?"
(Mia is running...)
On the other side, Xia De returned to the small hotel in the rain. After packing up his things, he looked out the window and found no follower, so he quickly checked out and left.
Holding an umbrella, I walked a few times in the nearby alleys, and then came to the pier after a large circle. Carrying the suitcase and walking up the trestle, after confirming that no one was watching, he leaned over and pretended to catch something in the water, and then plunged directly into the sea.
He hadn't opened an umbrella all this time, and his whole body was soaked. Now that he entered the water, he even felt warmer underwater.
Under the influence of the spell, he held the suitcase wrapped in canvas with one hand, paddled with the other, and moved underwater. Under the guidance of a fairly good sense of direction, I quickly came to the cliff outside the pier through underwater movement.
First, I probed slightly from the water to confirm that the black stone in front of me was the reef when I landed, then returned to the water again, found the rope extending from the underwater gap, and then went inward along the crack under the cliff tour.
At this time, it was almost evening, and the low tide exposed part of the crack to the water, and Shad was actually swimming while walking. I have traveled this road once, so I did not encounter any accidents on the return journey.
When he landed in the dark cave, he still held a large fish that wanted to kill himself. Shade, who was soaked all over, was almost tripped by a turtle on the ground when he was walking towards the hidden wall at the end.
Call out the ring of life to make the wall disappear, then go to the statue of the ancient **** and touch it. After chanting the mantra to enter the space maze, touch the signpost representing home, and enter the circular space again.
Quickly walking out of the basement, Xia De, who was still dripping with water, wiped the water on his face, and saw at a glance that it was still raining on the Saint Teresa Square outside the window.
He stared blankly at the rain scene outside the window, took a long time to take a deep breath, dropped the suitcase, and slowly sat down against the wall, not caring that the seawater on his body wet the wall and the floor:
"Oh, although there is no danger in this trip, it is really tiring."
The serious expression on his face finally relaxed, and he just looked at the rain scene outside the window and listened to the sound of raindrops hitting the glass, and it took him a long time to recover.
He stood up and looked at the dead fish he was holding in his hand. It was originally alive, but it died after approaching the statue of the ancient god. It's not that the statues of the ancient gods forbid carrying living creatures to move in space, but that living creatures can't bear the mental impact of being close to the statues. It seems that unless it is confirmed that the opponent's mental resistance is strong enough, it is temporarily impossible to move with a living creature.
I took a serious shower at home to wash away all the smell of sea water on my body. After soaking his clothes in the washbasin, he went out with an umbrella and took a carriage to Quill Avenue.