Secret: I, the hermit, want to make progress too much

Chapter 138 Corruption Short Blade, Enchantment Mastery

"Just now, just now..."

Xiqiong had already felt a strong chill, and felt that her body was numb and no longer belonged to her.

She even felt...

He might be dying.

result.

In an instant, the coldness disappeared quickly, and she vaguely saw a blurry shadow jumping out from behind her and running away in one direction.

Is that the legendary resentful soul?

Xiqiong's mind went blank, and then she recalled that when she was touched by the resentful spirit, she seemed to see a vague light and shadow.

At that moment, she felt extremely warm.

Is that the messenger of the Mother Goddess?

……

In a row of houses behind her.

It's a pity that it's not the dust of ancient resentful spirits.

If it is an ancient resentful spirit, its dust has certain extraordinary properties and can be used as the main material for Seer Path Sequence 5.

That would be expensive.

As for this thing.

Without the prefix "ancient", the effect is completely different. At most, it is used as a casting material for witchcraft.

In "Research on Undead Materials", the characteristics of resentful dust are mentioned.

It has a certain spirituality and can use it to induce the power of death and darkness, leaving the opponent in a mentally unstable state.

This type of witchcraft alone won't do much good.

but.

If you use this kind of vengeful spirit witchcraft first, and then use other spiritual witchcraft or spells and extraordinary abilities, the success rate can be greatly improved.

This is an auxiliary witchcraft.

of course.

Now it has another function -

Divination!

Effective and accurate divination requires a medium or enough information to obtain reminders from the spirit world.

of course.

If it were the Lord of Mysteries...

The conditions for a great being above the spiritual world should be more relaxed, but unfortunately, Roy doesn't want Klein to know about it yet.

and.

Doesn’t this material already exist?
Roy ascended to the mysterious palace and used the spirit dust to divine fortune.

"Who's behind it?"

Immediately.

Dreams emerge.

Roy saw a woman who seemed to feel a connection with some extraordinary realm, and then drove the resentful spirit to leave the room.

A psychic?
Or perhaps the Necromancer.

If it's the latter, this guy is relatively powerful, and you have to be careful when dealing with him.

of course.

With Nina's help, dealing with the undead should not be a big problem...

Roy thought for a moment and thought of another element.

Since she can sense that the effect is triggered, it means that her home is not too far from here, and her behavior of destroying the wraith may have been noticed by the other party.

The dream dissipated, Roy thought for a moment, then picked up the dust and the pendant to divine again.

"The location of the extraordinary person who drove this resentful spirit."

Soon.

The dream reappeared. A woman hurriedly packed her things, opened the door and left a hotel, seemingly going to another area.

Roy returned to reality and brought the resentful spirit dust back to reality.

Then, relying on the connection between the resentful spirit dust and its owner, he quickly ran there with the help of the divination staff.

About five minutes later, Roy found his target on a street outside the steam subway station.

She was wearing a long black dress, very luxurious and elegant, and she was dragging a suitcase in her hand. She looked like a foreign aristocratic lady.

The woman does not appear to have the characteristics of an Extraordinary One.

but.

Roy had seen her face in his dream.

She is "Lead Dancer" Mansoor, an extraordinary person on the path of corpse collector.

He lowered his hat and walked over.

After a while, Roy passed by Mansoor.

After walking more than ten steps, he took out a bracelet in the alley.

This is Mansoor's pendant.

A gold belt pendant with a special feather on it, but it is not an extraordinary item in itself.

This should be an accessory that represents a certain status.

Mansour will definitely carry it with him.

She ran to the horizon, but Roy could still find the other party with it.

of course.

There is no need for him to look for it...

She's already here!
The importance of this pendant seemed to be beyond Roy's expectations.

"I didn't expect that someone dressed like you would be a shameful thief!"

Mansoor's cold voice came from behind.

Roy chuckled.

"Ma'am, your pendant is beautiful."

He picked up the pendant, turned to look at the other person, and then quickly ran away to another part of the alley.

Mansour’s lips raised slightly——

A resentful spirit had flown out of her body and headed in the direction where Roy escaped.

but.

She herself quickly chased after Roy.

The next moment, in the dark alley, Roy was surrounded by resentful spirits and Mansoor, and seemed to be in danger.

but.

He arrived at the battlefield he expected——

There are walls full of wall-creepers on both sides of the alley, and vines even cover the top, weaving a large net to block the sun.

On the ground, fallen leaves and dead vines fell.

This is vine heaven.

Mansoor controlled the wraith and let it attach to Roy, but the next moment, a piece of powder spilled from Roy's hand.

Then...

The resentful spirit let out a terrible wail.

It exuded billowing black smoke, and the thick smoke dissipated together with the resentment.

Roy held another pendant in his hand.

At the same time, he picked up a handful of leaves, and the next moment——

The surrounding vines grew rapidly.

In fact, Mansour already felt something bad when she saw the billowing black smoke, but by the time she realized it, it was already too late.

The surrounding vines suddenly revived.

The vines were like arms, growing and wrapping around her. In an instant, she was surrounded by plants.

Mansur quickly waved his arms and released a stream of necromantic magic.

The next moment, those vines quickly withered and withered.

but.

Then, she heard a word composed of ancient Hermetic language.

"Twist!"

In the next moment, the falling leaves and dead vines, following the dead leaves and dead vines sprinkled by Roy, instantly turned into a rope composed of dead vines.

Mansoor was tied up again.

She quickly pulled out a short knife, but before the knife started cutting, Roy took out his demon hunting pistol and got within five steps of Mansoor.

"Guess, within seven steps, who is faster, the human or the gun?"

"..."

Mansoor didn't understand this sentence, but she knew that within seven steps, the gun must be faster——

Even if she is an extraordinary person.

"What's your name?"

"Mansur Palenque."

Mansoor bit his lip and said reluctantly.

Roy raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you doing in Backlund? Why are you harming the believers of the Church of the Earth?"

"Are you from the Church of the Earth?"

Mansour knew where he had stumbled.

The Earth Church is actually willing to stand up for believers!
She was silent for a second and then said quickly: "I was ordered by the Queen to find the descendants of the Eggers family."

Queen?

Roy frowned.

"The Pale Queen?"

"Yes, the Pale Queen ordered me..."

Mansour replied.

Roy raised a sarcastic smile: "Do you think you can deceive me?"

He picked up the pendant.

At this moment, the pendant is rotating counterclockwise.

The other party is lying!
The vines grew tighter and tighter.

even.

Several scrolls have appeared in Roy's hand.

"If you lie again, this will be what's waiting for you. This is a scroll of flame witchcraft. There are also three evil-exorcism scrolls in it."

Professor Scroll?

Mansour realized he had hit a brick wall.

She quickly thought about how to escape, but after thinking about many possibilities, her answer was...

Basically impossible.

The other party is not only Professor Scroll, but he also seems to be a very important being in the Church of the Earth, possessing powerful magical items of the Cultivator Path.

She lowered her head and said, "I am a member of the Spiritual Religion, but I really have no ill intentions. I just want to find the descendants of Eggers in Backlund."

"As far as I know, haven't you already found it?"

Roy spoke calmly.

Previously, he learned from Nina that Azik and Dunn had encountered accidents. At that time, he speculated that the Spiritual Religion Group might have been responsible.

If the other party is really a member of the Spiritual Religion Group, he must know this information.

Mansour said: "We failed to succeed. The man woke up and left."

"What did you do?"

"We, we wanted Him to be the new Death, but that being refused and left."

Mansoor replied, "Death will return completely if He will accept it."

Artificial death sect?

Roy sneered.

"You can come as soon as you come. Why do you want to attack the believers of our Earth Church?"

"I hope to use her to gain a foothold in Backlund and collect more information and intelligence." Mansour lowered his head, "Dear Professor, I didn't want to kill her..."

Guess I believe it or not?

Roy smiled: "How many of you are there in Backlund?"

"only me."

Mansour said.

Roy chuckled lightly, and then said: "In that case, are you ready to go to the Nighthawks and be questioned?"

what?
Mansour's mind went blank, and he immediately felt a cold attack.

This is……

Necromancy?

How could the other party use necromancy spells!

wrong.

This is a kind of witchcraft that shocks the spirit!

not good!

Immediately, a deep sleepiness invaded her, instantly covering her thoughts.

Mansour

Sleeping spell!

The next moment, she fell to the ground with a thud.

Roy walked over, pulled her up, and walked to Harvest Church.

It's not too far from Harvest Church.

As for whether it will be too conspicuous——

The problem is not big.

He took out the extraordinary characteristics of the hermit, leveraged the shadow ability inside, and released shadow-like witchcraft.

This level of shadow cannot be hidden from the Beyonders.

but.

It can still be done by simply covering oneself so that he and the guy on him are not exposed to ordinary people's sight.

……

Harvest Church.

Roy took her back here.

Utravsky turned his head, a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

"She is?"

"There seems to be someone from the Spiritual Cult who is nicknamed the Lead Dancer. I don't know who she is, but she drove the evil spirit to attack Ms. Xiqiong."

Roy explained briefly.

Utravski frowned and said: "Spiritual Religion? Which sect is she from?"

"Artificial Death Faction."

Roy replied.

Utravsky said: "Then she is an out-and-out evil god faction. What are you going to do?"

"I think it should be given to the Nighthawks."

"Nighthawks?"

Utravsky pondered for a moment and said, "Lock him up first. I will send someone to notify the members of the Church of the Night and ask them to come and receive him."

"it is good."

Roy nodded.

This is also his idea.

Although Harvest Church was built in the South District, the South District is actually not their jurisdiction. They just built the church here.

The composition of Daqiao South District is relatively complex.

Generally speaking, the area around the Bridge District and South Bridge District is under the jurisdiction of the Machinery Heart, but the Rose Street of Harvest Church is very close to the West District.

and so.

This area is actually assigned to the jurisdiction of the Nighthawks.

Such as later.

After the war broke out, Leonard came to protect the priest and protect him from the irrational harassment of the masses. The Church of the Earth had no law enforcement rights in this area.

They are only allowed to preach here.

Roy had no intention of showing up in person.

He wasn't sure whether Leonard had reached Backlund, but there was no doubt that even if the other party couldn't recognize him, Palles certainly could.

and so.

Avoiding them should be the best way.

but.

He accepted this pendant, as well as the materials and extraordinary items on Mansoor's body.

This pendant might be related to the God of Death. He could show it to Azik. As for the extraordinary item.

An enchanted bone dagger.

Mansour tried to use it to break the entanglement, but Roy pulled out his gun to stop him.

According to Roy's preliminary identification, its enchantment can quickly cause the wound to decay like a corpse.

It is still valid for three months.

Regardless of the validity period, it is definitely a very good extraordinary item. More importantly, this enchantment has very high research value.

If its structure and principles can be studied and understood, maybe Roy can create something similar in the palace.

Utravsky naturally noticed.

but.

He didn't care.

She is Roy's prisoner and has the right to take away her own spoils.

……

Back home, Roy ascended to the Mysterious Hall and began to study the short knife.

In fact, he had obtained similar enchantments before.

but.

At that time, Roy had not yet fully controlled the Mysterious Palace, and many operations could not be realized or accurately controlled.

By the time he could do it, the dagger had expired and its enchantment had disappeared.

And now.

After getting an enchanted weapon again, Roy immediately sent it to the mysterious palace as if he had found a treasure.

After some research, he basically grasped the above information.

This is a spiritual pattern extended by necromantic magic. Just as Roy identified, the wound will quickly rot and decay after being struck by it.

This is the power of the dead.

If you want to recover, you must regularly use the power of the dead to nourish and cultivate it, and maintain the spiritual patterns on it, otherwise it will lose its effectiveness after a certain period of time.

According to the situation analyzed by Roy.

Enchanting and engraving scrolls are actually very similar in principle. They both imprint certain magic and rituals into them through textures and materials.

just.

This ability requires mastering the ability to decompose, reorganize and fuse matter.

This is the ability of the "general person".

As an adjacent path to the Secret Explorer, the Enlightenment Path also represents the ability of knowledge. The difference is that it is more biased towards knowledge of real material aspects.

The secret peeper represents knowledge in the direction of occultism.

"The Mysterious Palace has two abilities at the same time. It is obviously related to the Wilderness of Knowledge. I don't know how it was formed."

Roy always felt...

The Mysterious Hall may have a secret connection with the Wilderness of Knowledge, so he has never dared to use the Mysterious Hall in the jurisdiction of the Church of Steam.

Watch now.

As one's sequence and degree of control improve, these abilities slowly reflect their essence——

At least the abilities he has displayed so far are all abilities in the wilderness of knowledge.

Someone plucking it out of the intellectual wilderness?

Not too possible.

It is really difficult to tear apart the source material.

Perhaps it is a kind of force that pulls and guides.

Roy made random guesses. Anyway, in the Mysterious Palace, casual guesses would not cause any changes, that is, he just wanted to think about it.

pity.

He was unable to break down the previous fighting dagger and obtain the knowledge inside, so he could not reproduce it. However, this "corruption short blade" could not be reproduced due to the lack of materials.

He put the dagger aside——

In the mysterious temple, its spirituality will not pass away, and its "shelf life" can be extended for a long time.

After returning to reality, Roy put the feather pendant together and asked Nina to send it to Azik along with the letter he just wrote.

……

Leonard followed Sost to the Harvest Church.

He looked at the narrow church curiously, then looked up and saw a huge bishop sitting huddled in front of him.

Leonard couldn't help but look at his captain.

Sost smiled.

"Bishop Utravsky."

"Just call me Father."

Utravsky said gently.

Sost nodded slightly: "Where are the people?"

"In the basement, she has the level of a 'psychic', so I don't dare to be careless and let my missionaries watch."

Utravsky stood up and led the way.

Sost said: "Father, thank you for your help."

"It's nothing. We are just preaching. We didn't want to have anything to do with her originally, but she hurt a believer of the Mother Goddess, a gentle and pious lady."

Utravsky spoke eloquently.

Sost nodded slightly and said, "It doesn't matter. Evil organizations like the Artificial Death Sect should be arrested immediately upon seeing them, otherwise they will cause greater harm."

"It's good that you understand."

Utravsky smiled, then opened the door and walked to the basement.

Arriving in the basement, a voice immediately came.

"When can I go out?"

"Now you can."

Utravsky replied with a smile.

Emlyn stood up impatiently, walked past him and passed Leonard.

The two just looked at each other and did not communicate with each other.

Sost and Leonard's attention was focused more on the sleeping woman in the basement.

"Is she Mansoor?"

"Yes, she is asleep now because she was hit by our powder."

the priest answered.

Sost nodded slightly.

"Thank you. I will take her back to investigate. If I have the results, I will send someone to inform you."

"No, we are not interested in her affairs. We just need to give my followers an explanation."

Utravsky shook his head.

Sost said: "Yes, is the lady okay?"

"not yet."

"If she is seriously affected by extraordinary factors, it is recommended that you recruit her as an insider to avoid mysterious leaks."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)