Chapter 1959: Balance of Life and Death

Thus, the affairs of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the Edwards family temporarily ended. Although there were still things like moving the graves for the four siblings of the fourth generation and letting Jarvis Edwards surrender, these were all handled by Megan and had little to do with Xia De.

Siris quickly handled those memories, but by the time the six living people were truly sent away, the time was already approaching noon that day.

In the mansion that had many people a few hours ago, now only Sloth Edwards and Drout Giles remained. Seeing Xia De and Megan return again, the second-generation lord of the Edwards family took the initiative to lead the two to the empty basement, taught Xia De the spell, and let Xia De try to use the spell to summon the trapdoor hidden on the ground.

That door was made of alloy, had no lock, the surface was the pattern of a giant tree, and there was a slit in the center where a card could be inserted. Without the card that Xia De had in his hand which was the key, no one could open this place.

"Father's secret collection and laboratory are all below. The space below is very large, and I haven't been down many times."

He introduced, but did not let Xia De explore now:

"Father had the idea of either succeeding or leaving everything to a suitable candidate this time, so the dangerous goods were all disposed of. For the small number of dangerous Relics that could not be disposed of and could only be contained, you can choose to keep them yourself, or send them to other organizations like the Church."

If the Witch Council was interested, Xia De planned to send the dangerous Relics to the Witch Council; otherwise, he would ask Miss Danister. Anyway, Xia De had no interest in keeping a pile of dangerous goods, even if some of them might have some slight utilization value.

"You can check the collection below when you have time. Father only left a rough list of items, which should be in the drawer on the left side of the door."

He looked up upstairs:

"Now, let's go deal with Sister Last's affairs."

He called the little girl "Sister," which was quite funny.

Xia De frowned slightly:

"I seem to have guessed your meaning, but how did you know?"

"The balance of life and death cannot be easily broken. This is not hard to guess."

Megan didn't understand what the two meant, while Xia De looked at the man in front of him with slight surprise:

"Have you thought it through? Weren't you willing to be transformed into a tentacle evil creature for longevity? Now that you have become a living person again and can continue to live for many years, are you really willing to give it up?"

Sloth Edwards nodded:

"Just treat this as me apologizing to my sister on behalf of my father... This is what she deserves. After this incident, I have also figured out a lot. Besides, having lived for more than two hundred years, in fact, most of the time, I was not very happy."

"What are you going to do?"

The witch asked curiously, and Xia De looked at her seriously:

"Bring the dead back to this world."

Xia De did not go to find Drout Giles, but threw the crystal shoe to go home, then went to Mount Cikar through the 【Space Maze】, then went to Midhillburg under the mountain, and borrowed the 【Magician's Escape Box】 from the auction house.

After laboriously transporting this Relic to the mountain and bringing it back to Green Lake Island, after coming out from under the lighthouse on the south side of the island, Megan had already found Sister Devlin, and was waiting for Xia De together with the sister and Sloth Edwards.

Letting the sister come along was to prevent other unexpected situations. Actually, finding Priest Augustus would also work, but the priest had not returned since entering the wilderness alone.

So Sister Devlin first arrived at St. Deran Square with the help of the 【Space Maze】, and Sloth Edwards also transferred to Tobesk through the 【Magician's Escape Box】.

Megan was very curious about what Xia De was going to do and wanted to follow along.

"But the 【Magician's Escape Box】, the same individual cannot be used continuously; this is a one-way 'ticket'."

"But can't I touch the Ancient God statue in your basement and then transfer back here?"

She pointed to the lighthouse on the side, so Xia De had no reason to object.

In short, after the three arrived at Xia De's home, Xia De laboriously moved the box, temporarily stored it downstairs, and then took out one of the three leather suitcases given by the Church from the basement, carrying it to the first floor to find the three.

Little Mia was quite unhappy that so many strangers suddenly appeared at home. When Xia De took the guests upstairs, she kept "meowing" on the high stairs.

It was not the first time Sister Devlin had come to Xia De's home, and Sloth Edwards didn't care about this place at all. Only Megan, after coming out of the basement with Xia De, sighed "So this is your home" while looking around.

When going upstairs, she evaluated the floor height, and when turning from the second floor to the third floor, she looked curiously at the room 1 on the second floor that was opened, which was the room where Xia De lived.

The four came to the third floor together. Xia De's Fate Ring appeared in a corner, and under the spiritual light of 【True Death】, that double-opening black iron fence door appeared in the middle of the corridor that was originally empty.

The complex ironwork outlined the holy emblem of the Ancient God 【Ancient Death God】 on the left and right fence doors together. Patterns of elderflower and datura flowers appeared alternately on both sides of the fence door. The hinges locked the two doors firmly together, but no lock could be seen.

And in the gap between the fence doors, white mist was slowly leaking out.

"This is..."

Megan opened her mouth slightly. Others might not recognize what this was, but the Great Witch of Wisdom and Knowledge had seen the description of this door in books:

"This wouldn't be the door to the 【Soul Cemetery】, would it? You actually put this kind of door in your own home?"

"This is not something I am willing to put here. Megan, are you sure you want to go in with us? Death is not a friendly place for the living."

"Since I'm here, of course I'm going in."

"That's good—may the eternal end protect me before the end."

With a clatter, Megan looked in awe at the chain locking the fence door, which loosened like a living thing, and then climbed and wrapped around the right fence iron rod.

Xia De pushed the door open. The cat immediately wanted to drill in, but was bent down and picked up by Xia De and placed on his shoulder. Subsequently, he turned around and held Sloth Edwards' hand, carrying the suitcase and walking into the white mist first. Sister Devlin held Megan's hand and followed behind.

【Outlander, you have entered the "Soul Cemetery."】

White mist filled the surroundings, and various standing tombstones could be seen everywhere in the mist. Xia De did not open the suitcase immediately, but squatted down in front of a square marble tombstone, pressed the blood-colored branch picked up from the island on the tombstone with one hand, and carved the name "Laplace Klein Howard" on it with the other.

Writing the complete name, cause of death, and life story could summon spirits, and if it was just a part of the body and the name, one could obtain death information. Of course, it must be someone who is already dead.

Xia De was originally worried that nothing would be displayed, but fortunately, the information appeared smoothly:

【Laplace Klein Howard (Sixth Era 1598-1854)】

【"Edwards"】

【The family will surely unite and escape the cage of the world.】

【Died of fatigue and soul collapse.】

Xia De thought for a while, and put his hand on the final cause of death again. A line of small characters appeared below:

【Place of death: Old Continent, Delarion Kingdom, Green Lake City, Green Island (Special Space), Northern Small Pier.】

"It can be confirmed that your ancestor is truly dead."

Xia De said to Megan and Sloth Edwards, and while relieved, he stood up and patted his hands. Megan was still looking at everything around in awe:

"So, can souls return permanently here?"

"Paying the price, this place can temporarily call souls back, but what I want to do is not this."

He opened the suitcase by his feet, took out the bottle containing the green scale heart from the ice, and lifted it upward.

The white mist swallowed the heart, and a huge stone door slowly emerged in the thick fog of the cemetery.

Xia De walked over, bent down to lower his center of gravity, pressed both hands on the two doors, lowered his head and tried his best to exert force. In a sound that was not harsh, the stone door was pushed open a gap.

He turned around and asked Sister Devlin and Megan:

"Sister, you come in with me. Megan, you wait here for us. You have reached here, which is enough. Behind this door is not a place you should go."

Even if she had a double soul and was an eleventh-tier Great Witch, she was not qualified to enter and exit "True Death" repeatedly. This time Megan did not object, but looked in awe at the faint moonlight seeping from the crack in the door:

"So cold, so calm."

She realized where it was behind the door.

Xia De and Sister Devlin, along with Sloth Edwards, passed through the crack in the door.

The cold breath seemed to freeze the soul in an instant, even Xia De shook violently before adapting. Sloth Edwards fell directly on the beach made of gravel and white sand, and it took a long time to climb up with difficulty.

In the distance was the black water area, and further away was the silver Underworld Moon half-sunk under the water surface. Silent, soundless, but beautiful. The Underworld Moon illuminated the souls moving forward with their backs to this beach on the water, and also illuminated Xia De's face.

He looked at the moon quietly, and waited until Sloth Edwards recovered a little, that is, when he was rapidly turning into a state of death, before saying:

"I opened this door, which means I can unconditionally take away a departed soul from here. Yes, unconditionally."

Sister Devlin stood in front of the pushed-open stone door looking at Xia De. Outside the door, Megan held her breath and looked at this scene with her whole body cold, looking at Xia De whose half body was illuminated by the Underworld Moon.

"But I can't do this, even if this is the power given by the Ancient God, I can't break the balance of life and death like this. Once there was a person named Joey Barton who wanted to do this, but he failed. Now although the situation is different from his, the balance of life and death still cannot be easily broken like this."

So at the beginning, Xia De told Drout Giles that he could let him and Last Edwards meet again, but Xia De did not promise to bring the girl's soul back. Even if he had this power after pushing the door with the "Heart of the Living Dead," he still didn't do it.

"So, Father lost to you."

Sloth Edwards said, his brown hair was already half white at this time:

"Life and death must be balanced, so, one leaves, and one can return."

"Yes, are you really going to do this?"

"This is atonement for my sister, and I should leave too."

He said this, staggering past Xia De toward the black tide slightly surging at the end of the beach.

Xia De looked at the old wooden boat stranded on the edge of the beach. The boat actually slid into the water silently and stopped in front of Sloth Edwards.

He turned around and bowed to Xia De:

"Thank you for everything you have done for the family, and for everything you have done for my descendants. God-Caller, I cannot repay your kindness, I only hope that your life will go smoothly in the future, and may the world and death protect you."

Sloth Edwards stepped on the black water and climbed onto the small wooden boat. After sitting firmly on the side of the boat, the small boat carried him, following the thousands of souls moving forward, and sailed toward that Underworld Moon. ===== CHAPTER 1960 =====