Chapter 1557

"Mr. Watson, things are not that simple; you are coming to the island for the first time, so you don't understand."

The girl with short brown hair carrying a cloth bag stood up with difficulty, still refusing Xia De's help.

"I don't know how long it will take for this situation to end this time. Mr. Watson, we cannot stop here. I don't know if there are other people on the island besides those two from earlier; in the current situation, neither you nor I can fight."

She paused and asked:

"Do you have a rope on you?"

"I do."

Xia De took a coil of thick, heavy sail cable from the inside pocket of his coat; he certainly carried this kind of rope, which was very practical in various scenarios, with him.

"Now tie the rope to your waist, and then throw the other end to me."

Although he did not know what the other party wanted to do, Xia De still followed suit. Miss Pharmacist also tied the rope to her waist just like Xia De. At this moment, the distance between her and Xia De was only about 1.5 meters, which was about the limit of their vision in the fog.

"After I finish counting down, you walk forward with me; take three steps."

She said, calling out the command, and then stepped forward with Xia De. Miss Pharmacist had a tall figure, and her pace was similar to Xia De's. For the first two steps, Xia De was very clear that he was still walking on the small path in the woods, but when he took the third step, the small path under his feet disappeared, and a stone tombstone actually stood in front of his boots. Looking around again, in the hazy fog, there were tombstones standing everywhere and graves enclosed by low black fences. The entire scene transition process was quite smooth, as if the third step should have led here in the first place.

"In a situation where you lose your sense of direction, once you take the third step in the fog, you will inexplicably appear in other places. Flying, jumping, or even crawling has similar results. But if you just want to wander in place, you don't have to worry about the three-step limit."

Miss Pharmacist's voice appeared beside him:

"The rope is the simplest way to connect yourself and your companion; otherwise, even if we walk forward together, there is a high possibility of getting separated."

"So that's it; that's why even after more than a hundred years, the church still seals this place. But what should we do now?"

Xia De felt more and more that this lady's understanding of the island was too clear; the information obtained in exchange for that half-piece of mountain copper had exceeded his expectations so far.

The cemetery in the fog was exceptionally quiet; although they had arrived here by accident, there was no danger here.

"We can only wait. This is the Green Lake Town cemetery; the townspeople of Green Lake Town and most members of the Edwards family are buried here after death. We haven't walked too far; this cemetery was originally in the forest from earlier. But because it is far from the town and the road leading here is not very obvious, even if there are other people coming to the island, it is very difficult to discover this place. We cannot try to keep walking; the more we wander, the longer we will be lost."

"We can only wait? I have important things to do tonight."

Xia De sighed softly. Although the space here was confused, the flow of time had not gone wrong; it was now 4:30. Although he had said he might return late, he definitely had to show up before 6:30.

"I have no way either; even a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi whose core spiritual rune is 【Space】, using sorcery of the 【Space Perception】 type, cannot find a way to leave."

Miss Pharmacist said, looking at the cemetery in the vast fog with Xia De:

"Let's rest for a while first; we've already encountered enough accidents coming to the island this time; who knows what else will happen?" "We can only do this."

As he spoke, Xia De went to dig into his pocket again. He did not dare to light a fire here rashly, so he did not take out the tent and firewood, but just took out a tablecloth to spread on the ground, gave Miss Pharmacist a cushion, and invited her to sit down together.

"Thank you, that's really thoughtful."

The sorceress raised her eyebrows, thanked him softly, and her attitude toward Xia De improved a bit more. Xia De actually wanted to talk to Miss Pharmacist about this island again, but after the sorceress sat down, she took the lead and closed her eyes to meditate. "Is there a way to leave? For example, using 【Space Stability Halo】?"

【Space Stability Halo】

He then looked at the fog and asked in his heart. After waiting for a moment, "she" said softly:

【We can only wait. The spatial composition of this island is very peculiar; this can already be considered a natural phenomenon.】

Xia De sighed and looked at the tombstone standing to the side.

【Russell Enmir (1500-1563)】

【An excellent blacksmith and an excellent father.】

The content on the tombstone was very brief; because the era of life was too long ago, there was no photo on the tombstone. Xia De had originally just taken a casual look; he did not expect that when his line of sight moved away from this tombstone, a floating soul would actually appear above the tombstone.

That was an old man who looked to be in his sixties, leaning on a cane, with the form below the waist of the spiritual body being cloud-like. This was not an evil spirit; it had no malice toward Xia De at all, but it appeared so clearly.

"What's going on?"

He became alert at once.

"Do not do unnecessary things during the period when the fog is spreading and the sense of direction is lost. During this time, it is possible to encounter some strange things."

Miss Pharmacist, who had opened her eyes, warned, taking a look at that soul:

"Encountering wandering souls is the most common thing. If you are interested, you can talk to him for a few words; he might be willing to give you some gifts or information. Of course, you cannot guess the thoughts of a soul with the thinking of a normal person."

"How come I've never heard from other places that there are such things on the island?"

"Because this kind of thing is very rare; it can also be considered a feature of this island... Haven't you encountered enough rare things today?"

What she said made sense, so Xia De asked the soul on the blacksmith's tombstone with interest:

"Hello, do you need help?"

That soul did not pay attention to him at all, so Xia De said again:

"Hello, I want to buy a kitchen knife from you."

The soul still did not speak, and Miss Pharmacist at the side sighed:

"These souls that linger here for unknown reasons mostly have their own secrets. But wanting to know how to trigger their dialogue is quite difficult; spiritual-type sorcery and curses are mostly ineffective against them; they are protected by this island."

Although she said this, Xia De still tried with his sorcery "Guide to Death"; the sorcery that should have seen the soul's memory saw a blank space this time. But the void was not completely empty; before the effect of the sorcery ended, Xia De saw a key deep within the soul.

"I already said, sorcery that pries into souls is ineffective against it."

Miss Pharmacist's voice entered his ears, and Xia De looked at his hands in surprise.

"Speaking of which, this sorcery, Guide to Death..."

This sorcery itself was provided by Priest Augustus and was a quite ancient death-type sorcery. Xia De chose it at the time because 【Guide to Death】 coincided with the intention of the "Underworld Moon" represented by the Silver Moon, and subsequent events proved that this sorcery was very suitable for Xia De. Although it could not let him see through the secrets of souls directly like the Chosen of Death, Joy Barton, and the Blind Nun, it was practical enough.

And after the decisive battle with Joy Barton on the waters leading to the end, the effect of his death-type sorcery had been greatly enhanced. Coupled with the power of the "Angel of Death" contained in the "Witch Detection Badge" hanging on his chest at this time, the effect of the sorcery 【Guide to Death】 theoretically exceeded the scope of normal sorcery.

This was probably the reason why Xia De could actually see the soul's secret.

"But what does the key mean? Do I need a key to obtain secrets from him? Or is it that..." Xia De thought in surprise, signaling the sorceress to be quiet for a moment:

"I probably know what I should say."

"Are you sure?"

Miss Pharmacist asked suspiciously, and Xia De had already spoken:

"Blacksmith, I need to forge a key."

The lady with brown hair blinked, and then the blacksmith actually spoke:

"Please give me..."

Materials: bone without feet, lord's blood, flawless amethyst, flawless obsidian, skeletal teeth of the lord's wife, memories about a newborn.

Xia De listened quietly, and Miss Pharmacist stood up directly:

"Mr. Watson, can you see the secret of his soul?"

"I just saw the phantom of a key."

Xia De said, asking her in surprise:

"Why are you so excited?"

"Do you know that these souls lingering in the fog, since they are protected by this island, mean that they are closely related to this island. Knowing their secrets might lead to knowing the secrets hidden by the Edwards."

"I'm not interested in the secrets of the Edwards and the elixir of immortality; I just want to know how many people are left in the Edwards family."

Xia De emphasized again, regardless of Miss Pharmacist's excitement at this moment:

"But since we've encountered it, we can still consider it. Bone without feet, fish bone will do; lord's blood should refer to the blood of Edwards family members; flawless amethyst and obsidian are easy to understand, but this key is really expensive; finally, the skeletal teeth and memories of the lord's wife—this is difficult. For the former, I think this must be the teeth of a woman who was confirmed to have been the lord's wife; for the latter, does one have to extract the memory of a certain corpse? Or are there other meanings?"

He considered it for a while and said to Miss Pharmacist:

"If we want this key, we have to at least dig up the graveyard. So obviously, I'm afraid we can't get the key he forged this time. Even if we find the materials later, it's very difficult for us to try our luck again to return here during the fog, and then try our luck that the ghost will appear again. Unless we stay in the cemetery when the island is normal, and then look forward to encountering the current situation again and again, but this will take a considerable amount of time."

The sorceress also understood what Xia De said; the excited expression on her face disappeared, she nodded disappointedly, sat back down on the tablecloth, and watched Xia De try to communicate more with the blacksmith soul.