Chapter 3176

In the situation where there were only the nun and Theresa, they still needed to worry about the return journey, whether the safe point was safe, and logistics, but after Xia De and Miss Liyade arrived, many things did not need to be considered, so ordinary burials indeed did not pose much threat to the four people today.

Xia De continued:

"If there were no rules that the more funerary items you have, the easier it is to encounter danger, and the longer you stay outside, the easier it is to be watched, gathering funerary items would only be a matter of time and luck. But now it seems that we cannot continue to dig ordinary graves. Moreover, we will face such 'large tombs' sooner or later, so we might as well try it next time."

The four people planned the next things while holding teacups. Although there was still a lot of time left, Xia De did not plan to go out again for the time being. Miss Liyade shared more of her understanding of the 【God of Graves】, and Theresa talked about more of her guesses about this world.

Although Sister Belen did not propose again to let Xia De obtain power from her, she still shared more experience in sensing and using the First Fire with Xia De. Outside the house, it was silent. Xia De thought he would end this adventure in the conversation, until—

Knock knock knock~

Everyone stopped talking and turned to look at the locked door together. Although the house was made of stone, the door was only made of wood. At this time, an extremely slight knocking sound appeared. After three consecutive knocks, it paused for a few seconds, and then there was continuous knocking again.

Miss Liyade thought of what Xia De said about "God" just now, and her face turned pale. Xia De looked at Theresa, wanting to confirm whether she had encountered a similar situation before, and the girl seemed to read Xia De's question just by her eyes, and she shook her head gently.

The situation outside the gravekeeper's hut could not be perceived by the four people's senses, which was one of the reasons why this house could ensure safety—the inside and outside were completely isolated.

They did not speak, but waited for things to change further. Of course, it would be better if the thing knocking on the door outside left directly. But there was no speaking sound outside the door, and the knocking sound was intermittent and never disappeared.

Although Xia De could leave at any time, he could not leave this kind of danger behind. Therefore, after waiting for a while, he stood up and wanted to go see what the situation was alone. But he didn't expect that when he stood up, Miss Liyade also stood up.

The girl endured the fear and wrote with her fingers in the air—

【I'll go, no matter what problem arises, you can have time to react.】

She was not deliberately being polite to Xia De. After writing, she immediately walked quickly to the door, but unfortunately, she was pressed down by Xia De:

"You stay, stand behind me."

After speaking, he prepared to release the Xidun Seal. The nun and Theresa also stood up at this moment. The nun followed behind him, and Theresa prepared to cast spells to attack outside the door. Miss Liyade followed behind Theresa, pursing her lips and not knowing what she was thinking.

His hand pressed gently on the door, but he could not feel any signs. After frowning slightly, Xia De opened the locked wooden door, but unexpectedly, there was nothing outside:

"Hmm? A plot of a traditional horror story?"

But it was not that there was nothing. Before "she" reminded him, Xia De looked down at his feet again. A black short-tailed hound wanted to continue hitting the door with its head, and then accidentally hit Xia De's leg.

"No, it's a spiritual body!"

The hound also realized that the door was opened. It quickly ran away from the door, but stopped in the open space. It looked back at Xia De, and the meaning was very clear: it wanted Xia De to follow it.

"What's the situation outside?"

Seeing that Xia De was holding the door for a long time without moving, Theresa asked in a low voice. Sister Belen also walked to Xia De's side at this time and "saw" the scene outside. She described the situation outside to the two people in the house. Theresa and Miss Liyade's views were surprisingly consistent:

"Don't follow it. Although compassion is good, this is not a place to abuse compassion."

Xia De certainly understood this truth, but this time, because of the extra double time, he really wanted to follow it and see. If he really encountered a situation he couldn't handle, he could just leave directly. After all, the next appearance would not be at the location of leaving.

But it was probably because they delayed for too long. The black hound saw that Xia De did not follow, so it turned and ran into the tombstone thicket.

It was just that not long after, even when Xia De didn't have time to close the door because he wanted to observe the situation outside, the spiritual black hound ran back again.

This time it had something in its mouth. Seeing that Xia De did not object to it running over, it came directly to Xia De's feet, then spat the two gold earrings in its mouth at the door, and then ran to the side of the gravekeeper's hut's open space again, waiting for Xia De to follow.

Although the hound could touch physical substances, it was still a spiritual body itself, so there was no saliva or anything like that left on the two gold earrings. After Xia De picked them up, he almost immediately confirmed that these were two funerary items.

He was just hesitating just now, but now that he received the "deposit," he decided to go out with the hound. So he turned and handed the two earrings to Sister Belen, and then reached out and took a shovel from behind the door:

"I'll follow it out and see."

Theresa immediately walked over, without even asking why Xia De suddenly changed his mind:

"Last time it was Sister Belen, this time it's my turn to go out with you."

Miss Liyade on the side felt like she was ignored.

"No, no, I'm going out alone this time, and it's highly likely that this shovel will be wasted."

Xia De shook his head and said to them very seriously:

"Calculating the time, I should leave too. It just so happens to take this opportunity to walk out. No matter what happens, I can leave."

Theresa and the nun did not speak because they already knew he could leave, but Miss Liyade heard this for the first time:

"So he can return to the world of the living? He can call someone to save... oh, he is from the future, right?"

"After I go out this time, I will likely leave the 'Tombstone Wilderness' directly when I encounter danger. There is a small probability that I will come back, but there won't be much time left. It's best if you don't explore outside while I'm away. Unless a major accident occurs, everything will wait until I come back.

Besides, is there anything you need? I can bring it when I come back, but it can only be ordinary items."

Theresa tugged at Xia De's sleeve and accepted this reality with difficulty. The hound outside was still waiting. The three ladies discussed and listed a list for Xia De using 【Thought Writing】, among which Sister Belen seemed to need many ritual items.

He returned the 【One-Shot Kill Pistol】 and the iron whistle to the witches, then hugged Theresa to say goodbye. The young girl worriedly told him to be careful in a while.

Miss Liyade didn't say anything, and Sister Belen seemed to have something to say but didn't speak in the end. The three stood at the door of the hut together, watching Xia De and the black hound disappear into the fog in the darkness.

The door was closed again. Although the hearth fire was still strong, Theresa still felt that after Xia De left, the time here seemed to become viscous. The feeling that time was close to the normal flow rate changed back to the complete disorder and chaos of time.

Miss Liyade and Sister Belen sat on the edge of the bed and on the chair, and neither spoke. Schultz Theresa's witch talent was not the best, but her wonderful intuition gave her a feeling that it seemed that where Xia De was, the order of the world was closer to normal.

The chaos of time and space and the sudden numbness of the spirit made her also want to sit down and have a good rest. Perhaps staring at the fireplace fire was the thing she should do most while waiting for Xia De to return. But she still remembered that she had more important things to do. She bit the inside of her lip to make herself energetic, and then said:

"Sister, Miss Liyade, can you help me do something?"

While speaking, she untied the very thick belt like a corset tied around her waist, and there was a skirt belt tied inside the belt, so there was no need to worry about the skirt having problems.

The silk belt was placed on the table. The front was decorated with gold thread and gems, but the back was clearly dense black tadpole letters.

"When I introduced myself, I said who my teacher was."

She raised her voice slightly. The young grave robber was very respectful, while the nun was expressionless:

"Yes, you said your teacher couldn't help you either."

"But the situation is different now."

Theresa bit her finger and pressed the blood fingerprint on the inside of the belt. Just a drop of blood dyed all the "tadpoles" red. The densely arranged letters trembled and rearranged, and in the process of moving, they vaguely wanted to form the shape of a ritual base array:

"Since that incident three years ago, Her Majesty Violet has instructed me that if Xia De appears again, no matter where I am, I must call her to my side. This belt was given to me by Her Majesty. Please help me hold a ritual to contact her. I am not sure if this method is still useful in this world, so we probably need to spend a long time.

Before Xia De comes back, let's not go out, and focus on doing this."

"But why don't you hold the ritual while he is still here? Is it because you don't want him to know?"

Miss Liyade asked in a low voice. The girl with braids wearing glasses was very wise:

"I know very well that Xia De will not allow me to do this. He does not want to involve others here, even if that person is an aunt at the demigod level. But I'm sorry Xia De—this is the wish of all of us."

The young girl actually had selfish motives. If her aunt was not there, the time she spent with Xia De would be longer. But now the danger was approaching, and Schultz Theresa could no longer be so "selfish."

(End of chapter)