Chapter 3124

The power granted by Chloe was indeed effective; the continuous ice storm firmly suppressed the obsidian spider to the ground. The flames around its body were gradually being forced onto its surface, and the dark red appearing in the cracks of its body clearly looked like flowing magma.

It was a snowy winter night, and there was no better time for Xia De to use this thaumaturgy than now.

He did not approach the spider in the center of the ice storm, but instead gripped his right hand to the side, and an ice spear carved with fine runes was outlined and formed according to his will:

"Thunder Spear!"

Thunder attached to the long spear was thrown out by Xia De. After the lightning, carrying terrifying frost, pierced through the center of the ice storm, it firmly nailed the three-meter-tall giant burning spider to the ground, followed by—

"Passionate Ice!"

Boom! After a loud noise, the ice spear that had pierced the spider exploded on the spot, along with the spider's body, which was blown open to reveal a large hole. The raging flames tried to fill the gap in its body, but the Witch Empress's ice power, which could even freeze time, was not something these flames could contend with.

The flames on its surface had been suppressed to a degree almost invisible to the naked eye, and its thick spider legs were frozen on the snow. Now finally realizing that the situation was dire and wanting to escape, the ice attached to its body had already rendered it unable to move.

The spider's eight eyes looked diagonally upward; the figure with the young girl hugging his neck from behind had already jumped into the moonlight. When the silver longsword in his hand swung under the moon, it was like a dancing galaxy, and this scene was the last thing it saw before being split in two by the 【Night Watcher】.

Doctor Schneider quickly approached the giant spider's corpse, the flames ignited on his hands first burning its demonic essence, before he took out the special magic potion given by the Academy to dissolve the corpse.

When the three people on the periphery arrived, the spider's corpse had already turned into pure "Life Weaver" remains, and any demonic power had disappeared.

Xia De was certain that when the doctor performed that series of dazzling operations just now, he must have used the techniques of a Witcher. In that era when ancient evil spirits ran rampant, temporarily defeating a demon was not the end of the mission; only by eliminating the residual influence of the demon could one ensure that a human community would not suffer further harm in the short term.

"Priest, do you have any No. 2 Holy Water on you?"

The doctor was still uneasy in the end; after asking everyone's "Holy Water supplier" for the raw Holy Water, he instructed everyone to pour it into the designated area, and paid special attention to the location where the demon finally died.

In fact, everyone in the group knew that the doctor had some connection to demons, so no one asked any more questions, simply performing the purification according to the doctor's instructions.

The doctor was still not at ease, even asking Xia De to use "Earth Power - Healing Aura" to check whether the nearby land had been permanently polluted. Xia De's conclusion was "No, everything is normal." Only then did Doctor Schneider feel slightly relieved, but Xia De felt that the doctor would definitely return here to investigate again before the Year-End Festival.

With this, four of the five rounds of experiments were completed. After encountering three "Life Weavers" with a one-in-five probability, Luweiya even smiled and said as everyone returned to the carriage after quickly evacuating the riverbank:

"You see, it seems my luck is the best."

Priest Augustus, the doctor, and Dorothea could not refute her.

Next was the final stop. Once the last experiment was completed, everyone could go home, and they just needed to hand their respective reports to the doctor before Saturday, while the doctor would also be responsible for writing a general report.

Xia De wanted to climb into the carriage, but this time the doctor called him over:

"Detective, how about you drive the carriage in the front with me? I don't know what happened in the city just now; if we encounter an inspection in a while, you'll need to help out."

The doctor must have had something to say to Xia De, so Xia De replaced Priest Augustus and sat in the front, though the doctor still did the driving.

After confirming that the other three had all boarded, the doctor first handed the card in his hand to Xia De, and then shook the bell and shook the reins.

Having just received this fourth card, Xia De sensed the smell of sulfur through his sense of touch; he could not understand how touch could be connected to smell. Rubbing the card face with his fingertips, the texture on the card did not feel like the twisting souls Xia De had thought of before; it was clearly the mark of the twelve demons the doctor had once absorbed.

The card face was a blurred shadow, and within the shadow was a terrifying, indistinct face with scarlet eyes. But looking closely, the pattern of the "Witcher Seal" could clearly be seen in that mass of shadow.

The letters on this card, which also had a very good design, were pieced together from pieces of black, burning obsidian—

【Name】: Bill D. Schneider

【Race】: Human/Demon??

【Physical State】: Bloated/Vessel/Sealed

【Soul State】: Powerful/Sinful/Profane/Dark/Sublime

【Level】: Ring-Ringed Ringed Shushi - Tenth Tier/Witcher/Higher Evil?? Demon (Sealed State)

【Legendary Status】: Evil Spirit Bane (+12)/??? King

【Fortune】: ↓↓

【Destiny Proverb】: The path of responsibility is also the path of self-destruction.

A sigh, white smoke flowing from his nasal cavity into the night:

"Doctor, this card says you have a sublime soul."

Xia De said to the psychologist who was concentrating on driving. The doctor was focused on watching the road illuminated by the gas streetlights, so he had no time to turn his head to look at him:

"This shows that I haven't been polluted by it yet, so I'm slightly relieved. I just looked at the content above; at first, I was worried that I had already been corrupted, and I just hadn't discovered it myself.

I just didn't expect that this kind of card could even reveal ancient professions. As for the legendary status, 12 refers to the twelve evil demons we have completely eliminated, right? You should have looked at their three cards just now; were the secrets of the others also revealed so easily?"

"More or less, but none of them were displayed clearly."

The doctor continued to watch the road ahead, snowflakes rushing toward the two of them, but neither cared:

"So everyone should try to avoid this kind of investigative relic in the future. Although I think those low-level relics probably don't have the ability to reveal all the information, no one knows what kind of effect an unknown relic can exert."

He signaled Xia De to put the card he had finished reading into his outer coat pocket, and then said:

"Including fortune, the information displayed above is very much in line with my expectations, so you don't need to be scared by those adjectives describing 【Physical State】 and 【Soul State】 that look very scary."

"Scared is not quite the word, but what will your ending actually be?"

The psychologist didn't care at all:

"From the moment I chose this path many years ago, I was prepared to welcome any ending, as long as I can realize my wish before reaching the end."

"So, the wish you told me back then, about the five of us braving the wind and snow to cross the Great Ice Sheet of the Far North, and then entering St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy to become teachers—do you not want to realize it now?"

Xia De asked again, and Bill Schneider looked at the road ahead in silence for a long time:

"If possible, of course I also want to realize this wish, to take a look at that legendary St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy... Speaking of which, I have almost broken the seal on the book brought back from the woodland."

He was clearly forcing a change of subject. At this time, the carriage began to cross the bridge over the Oser River. Xia De noticed two glowing light sources on the other side of the bridge, and only when the carriage passed by did he see that they were the eyes of a stray cat:

"Can the content inside be parsed? Do you need me to translate it?"

The doctor shook his head:

"Not for the time being. That book can only be turned to the next page after reading and understanding the previous content. The chapters I can glimpse at the moment are all written in ancient demonic language.

It records some... quite evil rituals and powers; I'm sorry I can only describe it this way. Although your "Book of Malphas the Demon" also records demonic knowledge, at least that book obtained from the Stone Mirror Demon still has some content that can be read.

But any information in this "Soul Story Collection" now, as long as it is seen by an ordinary person, that person will immediately become a beacon for summoning ancient evil spirits. However, this requires sacrificing the souls of mortals, so I will not do that."

Xia De moved his fingers a few times, letting the light of the gas streetlight flickering not far ahead stabilize:

"Didn't you say that book is related to that existence? Is there nothing recorded about that demon?"

The doctor denied it again:

"Ring-sorcerers proficient in the elements of enlightenment gain power by reading those stories sung by civilization. The knowledge recorded in the book in my hand is carried on stories related to demons one by one. By obtaining profanity through stories, I can then master the terrible power I mentioned.

The stories in this story collection, the chapters I have seen so far, all point to the oldest batch of demons similar to the Stone Mirror Demon. I suspect that if I continue reading, it will contain some stories about the Great Demons themselves.

Or perhaps that demon appeared in the stories of other evil spirits in a way I didn't notice, and I just didn't realize it."

Because the doctor had obtained the sub-profession of "Witcher," he could currently wear the 【Witcher Seal】, but he was still afraid of the 【Night Watcher】, so Xia De could still use that sword to test whether he had lost control.

It was just that the Outlander was still worried:

"After you read that book, is there no problem?"

"I can't say there's no problem at all; I can only read very slowly, and I read very cautiously. Detective, I know what you are worried about; I will remain vigilant. But I must read on. Even if there is no clue about the Demon King in it, the stories about the oldest evil spirits themselves are very valuable information.

Perhaps, this time, without relying on you, I might be able to run into those evil demons myself."

(End of chapter)