Chapter 1653: Past Grave Robbery

"Relationship..."

Drout Gilles showed a wry smile:

"Sir, believe it or not, I was entangled. Yes, Miss Edwards entangled me herself. I will explain when we get to the professor's, but I can guarantee that I absolutely did not, absolutely did not bind anyone's soul."

As he spoke, the little girl's soul circled around him, as if she had discovered something interesting.

To prevent this weak man from dying on the road, Xia De hired a carriage and returned to Cat Tail Alley where Professor Manning lived with him. The first thing he did when entering the door was to tell the professor that there was a soul he couldn't see who had entered the door with the two of them.

The professor was startled, but only startled. He traveled to various parts of the Old Continent to do archaeology when he was young and had seen everything. Compared to life-threatening things like relics, ghosts were just minor matters.

The three sat down in the professor's living room, and tea had been prepared by the servant. Professor Manning was more concerned about Drout Gilles' health. The latter claimed that he should be able to recover, but in Xia De's view, the curse was not as easy as he said.

"Before I start asking questions, we all need to clarify one thing—grave robbery is wrong."

This was Xia De's opening remark:

"In the Green Lake area, I met a lady whose surname is Edwards. She was very angry about your behavior of leading people to rob her ancestor's tomb. Although the group of grave robbers died, you are still alive. I respect the professor and won't do anything to you, but I don't guarantee what she will do."

The man's lips moved, and he sank into the sofa in despair:

"I know grave robbery is wrong. But isn't archaeology, excavation, and searching for new knowledge like this? And, I thought Edwards had no descendants."

"Archaeology will not dig open those tombs that are still being looked after... I know that the general public has similar prejudices against archaeology and grave robbery, but we are definitely not legal grave robbers with qualifications."

Talking about his profession, Professor Manning was quite serious:

"Young man, you took the wrong path, turn back now."

And the floating soul clapped her hands happily:

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't care that Gilles robbed my tomb. I don't like that dark place, I like Gilles!"

The spiritual body glowed slightly, representing high emotions. She looked like she really liked this man. And noticing Xia De's gaze, the spiritual body quickly floated behind the depressed man to hide, and then poked her head out and stuck her tongue out at Xia De.

"First question: How did you find that hidden cemetery of the Edwards family? I also found it under the guidance of Edwards' descendants."

Xia De inquired, and Drout Gilles sighed:

"I have friends in the City of Glass. In the autumn two years ago, he sent me some old items that were said to be from the lord family in the Green Lake area. Cities on both sides of Green Lake can find such old items, which are very valuable in the eyes of some collectors.

I originally regarded it as supporting material for a new paper, but I didn't expect to find a notebook among those old items. The blank part behind the notebook could show handwriting using a special revealing potion, and it recorded the cemetery. I was very surprised at the time, thinking it was an old cemetery of a fallen ring-sorcerer family, so I wanted to try my luck."

This shouldn't be a lie:

"What did you and those grave robbers encounter on the island? Your companions died, and only one is left, but he is also crazy and can't ask anything."

"They were not my companions, they were hired by me... We landed on the island under the cover of night. At first, it was just fog, endless fog that couldn't be cleared by any method. After we entered the cemetery according to the records in the notebook, everyone lost their sense of direction. Two people ran around in panic and got lost in the fog, and others waited for three hours before recovering. But those ordinary people, their mental state was already very wrong at that time."

He said while a look of horror appeared on his face. That adventure left a very deep impression on him. The girl's soul patted his back gently, wanting to comfort him, but she couldn't actually interfere with reality.

"I still hold the same view. Even as a grave robber, you made the wrong choice. You young people who have sat in offices and schools for too long really don't understand anything."

Professor Manning shook his head, not knowing what to say.

Xia De continued to ask:

"And then?"

"After the sense of direction recovered, we entered the ossuary according to the original plan, opened the coffin, and took away the funerary objects. As I thought, there were indeed ring-sorcerer knowledge in the tomb, and even a relic... It's just that when I picked up the funerary objects and accidentally touched the corpse, I said, 'It's a pity that you died so young,' and then she appeared."

He looked helplessly at the soul on the side. Last Edwards' soul was hugging his neck at this time, looking like she wanted to strangle him.

"She wasn't as... humanized as she is now at that time. I can only think of this adjective. She was expressionless at that time, not like a normal soul at all, but like some kind of automatic answering golem. I was worried about causing trouble, so I didn't pay attention to her. After all, this kind of undead cannot leave their bones too far, as long as you don't talk, it's fine. I looted the valuable funerary objects, and then wanted to gather those grave robbers to leave. This island was more strange than I thought. But those guys who were under great mental pressure and blinded by greed didn't want me, the 'guide', to leave alone. So we had a dispute and almost fought. Fortunately, as a ring-sorcerer, I could still suppress them."

Although his narrative was simple, Xia De and Professor Manning could imagine the thrilling confrontation in the fog that night.

"We were arguing, and something on the island was awakened by us. Some invisible monsters that didn't look like people attacked us. We lost a part of our manpower when we fled in a hurry. She left her cemetery to protect us, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible for so many people to leave."

He looked at the soul beside him again. Last Edwards clapped her hands happily, this time singing a folk song that no one could understand.

"We fled to the pier and boarded the ship to leave. Then we encountered water ghosts when we escaped the fog on the lake... Oh, this is probably the retribution I deserve. I have never seen so many undead in my life. They were densely lurking at the bottom of the water, stretching out their arms to try to pull everyone into the abyss. Hundreds? Thousands? No, I don't know. Even now, I still occasionally dream of that scene in my dreams... She protected us again, but three ships still only escaped two. My fountain pen was lost at that time. I didn't even have the courage to go down the lake to find it afterwards. After leaving the island and erasing the memories of the grave robbers, I almost fled the Green Lake area, not even caring what the grave robbers took."

He covered his face, because the fearful memory was mentioned again, and he twitched slightly subconsciously.

Xia De and Professor Manning looked at each other. The professor rubbed his temples and got up to add hot water to Drout Gilles' teacup, while Xia De looked at the air where no one was in the professor's eyes:

"He finished speaking, it's your turn. What's going on with you? Why can you leave that island? Why do you want to follow him?"

But Last Edwards' soul didn't pay attention to Xia De at all. She hid behind Drout Gilles again and made a sharp voice:

"Gilles, Gilles, he is so scary!"

The man made a protective gesture subconsciously. Seeing Xia De looking at him scrutinizingly, he said in despair:

"I'll answer. I've figured out some things in the past two years. She can leave that island of demons not only because she hates that place, but also because of me. My core spirit rune is very special, Enlightenment - 【Soul】, Enlightenment - 【Fusion】, Enlightenment - 【Guidance】. This greatly enhanced my own soul and also allowed me to protect other souls. I am probably a natural undead master, but I don't like corpses and souls... Oh, don't cry, I didn't say I don't like you... Last has followed me for two years, and gradually her humanity has recovered. She couldn't even speak before. I can see that she was originally controlled, and she got better after leaving the island.

She protected me back then, and I am willing to take her with me now. This can be considered my atonement. And... I was cursed on the island. Even if I threw away those wealth, knowledge, and that relic, this curse still entangled me. If she hadn't been by my side to help alleviate it, I would have died long ago."

"Is she very powerful?"

Xia De asked, and the professor looked at Xia De talking to a group of air with great awe.

"Yes, more powerful than any ring-sorcerer I know, otherwise it would be impossible to help us escape that island. Although she still doesn't know how to speak well, she is actually very smart."

The man pursed his lips and looked up at Xia De. This was the first time he looked at Xia De. Xia De could see his fragility, fear, and worry in his eyes:

"Sir, I can see that you are very interested in the Edwards family, but don't investigate anymore. I have touched Last's memory in a dream. The nightmare of her fear of the family and that island is terrible. Edwards and that island are definitely not that simple. Her father, the first lord of Edwards recorded in the data, was a man who could truly be called a demon."

He shivered again, and it took a long time to spit out words that shocked both Xia De and Professor Manning:

"Last Edwards, actually, is, is, was killed by her father. Yes, I saw that scene in a dream, from Last's perspective, strangled... by her father." ===== CHAPTER 1654 =====