Chapter 1187: Blood Spirits, Souls, and Nuns

Miss Benanisi had no intention of concealing the group's tracks at all; in fact, she deliberately wanted any potential intruders to know that people were here, so she was not the least bit flustered.

The intruders who had triggered the perimeter alarms also realized the confidence of those camping here. They, too, stopped hiding and walked openly from the woods to the edge of the campsite.

Xia De had been looking forward to seeing a professor from the "Truth Society" among these people, wearing a crisp suit and glasses, as he still had many questions to ask Miss Pawo, who had retreated at the end of the Pantanal Great War. But unfortunately, none of the five people who appeared looked like members of the Truth Society.

Among the five were four men and one woman, the youngest of whom appeared to be over thirty. They were all draped in black cold-proof cloaks, led by an old gentleman in his fifties with salt-and-pepper hair.

He scrutinized the people in the camp and then looked at Xia De and Miss Benanisi by the campfire. Upon seeing the unicorn, he revealed an expression of extreme surprise, which quickly turned into vigilance and gravity. Clearly, he mistook Xia De, who stood beside the unicorn, for the leader of this group.

"One High-Ring, two Mid-Rings, two Low-Rings. I really didn't expect that after what happened in Tobesk last autumn, the 【Blood Spirit School】 would still dare to send people to the Old Continent."

Before the other party could speak, Xia De spoke first.

He stroked the unicorn that had stood up beside him, and the flickering firelight of the campfire cast his shadow into a strange shape on the snow.

The faint light from the pure white beast also illuminated half of his body, but this only made Xia De's figure appear somewhat bizarre at this moment.

_o_m

Miss Benanisi also understood that Xia De wanted to confuse the enemy, so she stood behind him with her head lowered, appearing submissive.

"Mr. Hermons sends his regards. May I ask who you are..."

The gray-haired old gentleman said cautiously, bringing up the name of the "Blood Weeper."

"Hermons? How are his injuries? To be wounded by the 'Sun Greatsword' Hogrundel and still manage to escape—his fleeing skills are no less impressive than they were back then."

Xia De said mockingly, his eyes fixed on them.

"The cemetery of Saint-Pery belongs to us now."

"But..."

The old gentleman wanted to retort, but Xia De used a local slang, cursing with a profanity he would never normally say:

"Outsiders don't know the rules. Do you really think there are no Ringed Shushi in Landel Valley?"

This made it clear that their group was a local Ringed Shushi organization from Landel Valley.

The five outsiders all twitched their mouths, but they could see that the group already camped here was clearly confident in dealing with them. A Ringed Shushi's perception meant they basically wouldn't misjudge an opponent's general strength. Although they hadn't clashed head-on, the leading old gentleman already had thoughts of retreating, but the man behind him said:

"No, if we give this place to them, what about our cooperation terms?"

The man speaking actually had a Landel Valley accent; the 【Blood Spirit School】 had likely found local collaborators.

"The cooperation terms can be renegotiated; what was promised will not change."

The old man said in a low voice, looking at Xia De with some apprehension. Xia De saw that he wanted to leave but lacked a "step" to back down, so he said to the witch beside him:

"Hathaway, teach them a lesson, and afterwards... I will reward you."

He deliberately said the second half of the sentence in a disgusting tone; given his personality, he would never say such a thing.

Miss Benanisi lowered her head in cooperation:

"Yes."

Saying this, she stepped forward without manifesting her Ring of Fate, simply singing in a low female voice:

"do? ~"

Even though Xia De was not the target of the spell, at that moment, he still felt his body become incomparably heavy. As for the two Low-Ring Shushi among the five facing Miss Benanisi, they fell to the ground instantly, lying flat as if stuck to the earth.

The Mid-Ring Shushi groaned and bent over slightly, as if resisting the force, and although the High-Ring old gentleman didn't make any large movements, the change in his expression was obvious.

【Using song to manipulate the earth's gravity.】

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"She" whispered to remind Xia De of the truth behind the witch's miracle, and this strike finally made the 【Blood Spirit School】 group realize the reality, as in their view, the man standing beside the unicorn should be stronger than the woman singing now.

"Sorry to disturb you, we'll leave now!"

The two Mid-Ring Shushi struggled to pull up their fallen companions, and the High-Ring old gentleman slowly retreated, but Xia De called out to him:

"Leave your data and information about this place behind!"

This demand only confirmed the old gentleman's belief in his confidence, but this time he did not agree:

"Sir, sometimes being too greedy is not good."

As he spoke, all five people stopped moving. As the skin on their surfaces peeled away, the five actually turned into life-sized stone statues, and their power did not decline much because of it.

The stone men immediately charged toward the camp, but were quickly intercepted by the witch's followers.

Miss Benanisi did not intervene, letting her followers handle it. She turned to Xia De and said:

"They ran. It looks like some kind of evil god's miracle. I've never seen it before. Does the Blood Spirit School still have this kind of power?"

"I'm not sure if it's a Relic or some unknown miracle, or perhaps it's not the power of the Blood Spirit School."

The five stone statues were easily smashed, turning into ordinary stones. Neither Xia De nor Miss Benanisi thought of going deep into the woods to chase the group, but they still patrolled the surroundings a few times to ensure they had truly retreated and were not hiding nearby to launch another sneak attack.

"With this, it can almost be confirmed that the 'Saint-Pery Cemetery' is nearby."

When the two sat back by the campfire, Xia De said to Miss Benanisi, and the witch nodded:

"Let's wait in peace now. The fact that the 【Blood Spirit School】 people came at this time also indicates that the time point is indeed at night."

For a Mid-Ring Shushi like Xia De, staying up all night didn't have much impact on his body and spirit, but he rarely stayed up late in this world. Sitting by the campfire, chatting with the blonde witch beside him under the starry sky about stories of the surroundings, about legends of the city and the valley, time passed unknowingly until midnight, but nothing happened.

After midnight passed, Xia De missed Little Mia, who was spending the night at Dorothy's. Miss Benanisi happened to ask about the story of Xia De and that cute cat, so Xia De smiled and told the story of the four commissions left behind by "Uncle Sparrow Hamilton" before he died: "Finding a lost cat, investigating a lover, finding a doctor to treat an eye disease, and finding the runaway Miss Black."

Because it involved some secrets, Xia De could not describe the full picture of the stories, but these stories were still very long. And when it reached one o'clock in the morning, as Xia De was talking about his most recent correspondence with Miss Gao De, Miss Benanisi suddenly raised her hand to stop his voice, then looked around in confusion:

"Why is there fog?"

At some point, thick white fog had enveloped this campsite lit by firelight. Xia De and the witch had just been focused on telling stories, and the other ladies in the camp had actually fallen asleep at some point. The pure white beast was also asleep at this moment, but it was a natural sleep; when Xia De touched it, it woke up bleary-eyed, also looking blankly at the white fog on the perimeter.

The thick fog completely blocked their vision; sitting by the campfire, they couldn't even see the night five meters outside the camp. The witch stood up with a grave expression, realizing the severity of the problem they were facing.

Several black shadows prowled in the thick fog, and immediately after, souls floating with green phosphorus fire rushed into the camp, completely ignoring the surrounding defensive measures. The witch reached out to counterattack, but was held back by Xia De:

"I'm familiar with this kind of thing. This is a test; let me handle it."

Because he had prepared the spellcasting materials in advance, he stepped out and appeared directly behind the soul. Reaching out to touch the spirit body, the miracle effect took effect:

"Guide to Death."

Scene after scene appeared before his eyes. The soul before him was an adventurer who had died accidentally in the wild, living about a hundred years ago. After death, because of resentment, the soul could not leave, but because of the soothing of some strange power, it had not turned into an evil spirit. The soul's memory seemed to be covered by some power, making it impossible for Xia De to see everything, but Xia De could also guess that it was the power of the Saint-Pery Cemetery that helped. (This chapter is not finished!)

him:

"You can leave now."

Xia De let go, seeing that the little resentment on the soul had disappeared. So he casually drew a pitch-black crack, and while the witch retreated in some terror, the adventurer's soul bowed slightly to Xia De, then stepped into the mudflat illuminated by the Underworld Moon behind the crack.

"That was... true death?"

Miss Benanisi had broader knowledge than Miss Lathers, but Xia De did not answer her question immediately, instead signaling the witch to sit down:

"Something else is coming. It doesn't look like an enemy."

Xia De returned to the blonde witch's side, and together they looked at the entrance on the right side of the camp. A blurry figure kept approaching from the thick fog, and when the figure reached the edge of the camp, they saw that it was an old woman wearing a nun's habit.

"Another spirit body?"

【No, not a spirit body. A remnant of some High-Ring miracle combined with a divine ritual. It's hard to say exactly what it is; perhaps just a memory. The one you are waiting for should be her.】

The old woman wore a brown nun's habit and a cold-proof cloak with a hood; Xia De felt the face was very familiar. Under the gaze of Xia De and Miss Benanisi, the old nun crossed the defensive ritual outside the camp and just like that walked to the campfire.

"I just wanted to see what you would do. I didn't expect you to let him leave directly. This is really great... what a warm fire."

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