Chapter 642

Carrying that body and the black suitcase that had triggered more than one murder case, Xia De did not stay long in the city but went directly out of the city into the mountains. For safety, he did not choose to go directly to the abandoned tower where the basement connected to the hidden space, but after deviating from the main road into the mountains, he found a small clearing in the mountain forest.

Determining that there was no one around, he put the moonstone ring on his hand, activated 【Quiet Moonlight】 to prevent accidents, and only then restored the body:

"Soul Echo."

With the use of the spell, the cold wind blew in the mountain forest in the evening, and the sun, which had already begun to fall behind Sikar Mountain in the distance, became even more dim and yellow. It seemed that a pack of wolves was howling at a higher place on the mountain, but listening carefully, it was like the wind blowing through the treetops.

In the quiet forest under the setting sun, Xia De stood beside the body with a frown, watching the soul fragments channeled out appear above the body. Strictly speaking, the channeling ability of 【Soul Echo】 is not to retrieve a complete soul, but merely fragments similar to residual echoes.

Therefore, the soul that appeared at this time was more fragile than a normal soul, but because of this, they would lose part of their memories.

"Guide to Death."

Cold gray light appeared on his fingertips, and Xia De's hand touched the surface of the soul fragments. He closed his eyes, and scenes flashed before his eyes.

Although still incomplete, that string of scenes basically corroborated Xia De's conjecture. The deceased who was shot to death on the fourth floor of the hotel a week ago, the merchant with two pistols, and the professor himself were all members of the Gray Glove. Although they were not "Gray Hawks," their levels were still very high. The purpose of the three being sent here was also just to get that suitcase.

But what was in the suitcase, they also had no idea at all.

In the broken memory, there was also a part of the style and passwords commonly used by the "Gray Gloves." Of course, these were changed at any time, so they were of little significance. And the most critical final delivery location was actually the Gray Glove headquarters in the capital of Carsonrick, Wilundale City, that small gray house located on the side of the royal palace.

This means that obtaining this "cargo," which was obtained from the Principality of Sette, passed on information through the "Gray Hawk," and was obtained with the assistance of three top agents, was an order issued directly by the leader of the Carsonrick espionage organization "Gray Glove," or even the royal family.

"What exactly is in the alley?"

Xia De looked at the suitcase he had thrown beside the body. The box was not heavy, not even as heavy as the four all-metal banknote printing plates in his basement.

"Could it be the scandalous photos of King Larrus III, the Fire-Leaper?"

He thought while standing in the mottled tree shadows, but this kind of gossip didn't seem that important:

"Or evidence of treason by Lei Lei Qianya's other brothers and sisters?"

But the descendants of the Cavendish family shouldn't have so many who want to commit treason:

"Or blueprints for new weapons?"

This is very likely.

"Why did you have an internal strife?"

Because of the effect of 【Guide to Death】, the soul in the ignorant state was dissipating after "waking up." Taking advantage of the fact that Professor Higgins' soul had not completely disappeared, Xia De asked again. This was not seen in the scenes just now.

"Because of betrayal."

Professor Higgins' voice was very dull and sounded like it came from far away:

"Shameful betrayal; one wanted to hand this suitcase directly to the superior, and one wanted to hand it to Prince Samuel Anjou."

Samuel Anjou is the eldest prince of the contemporary Carsonrick United Kingdom. Xia De knows this person, not because he cares much about foreign news, but because Carsonrick only has three princes and two princesses, unlike Delarion, which has two-digit direct descendants.

"Is this the reason for the internal strife?"

Xia De felt a bit funny:

"Then what about you? Who did you want to hand this suitcase to?"

"Princess Margaret Anjou."

This one is the second princess of Carsonrick, and she is planning to visit Tobesk City in autumn or winter as a return visit to Lei Lei Qianya Cavendish's visit to the United Kingdom on behalf of the Cavendish royal family in the summer.

"Haha~"

Xia De gave a dry laugh, really unable to understand how the upper echelons of the Gray Gloves gathered these three people and let them team up to complete the task.

"Are you mocking Princess Margaret?"

Professor Higgins' soul asked, seemingly misunderstanding the reason for Xia De's dry laugh.

"Of course not... wait? How did you take the initiative to speak?"

He looked at the soul in surprise, but saw that the soul, which was turning into white light spots and disappearing, was actually becoming solid as if time had reversed. Unexplained white fog poured down from the top of the head of the corpse lying on the ground, bestowing the soul with power representing "whisper" elements while causing miserable green light to appear in the soul.

"Damn, the soul is about to transform into an evil spirit; it's the influence of the 0-level relic 【Land of Death】! If I had known, I should have brought it back to Tobesk before channeling."

But this was not something Xia De could have foreseen. Iluna only said that after the earthquake, the local evil spirits would become more powerful and terrifying; she didn't say that it was easier for evil spirits to appear locally.

"I didn't mock that beautiful, kind, innocent, and honest Princess Margaret Anjou!"

Xia De hurriedly said loudly, hoping that this could stop the evil spirit transformation process of the soul fragments, but he didn't expect this remark to make Professor Higgins' soul even more violent:

"Ah!"

The piercing scream seemed to pierce the eardrums. If Xia De hadn't used 【Quiet Moonlight】 in advance, he was afraid it would have startled a large flock of birds in the forest:

"If you don't listen to advice, then I'll make you listen!"

Stepping back to open the distance, his right hand drew lightly in the air, and an arc of light struck forward. But after hitting Professor Higgins' spirit body, it actually only left a terrifying wound, instead of cutting the spirit body into two halves directly as usual:

"So the strengthening of evil spirits is just stronger defense."

Xia De thought in his heart, put the extract on the tip of his tongue, took a step back, and disappeared directly in place, then held the sword with both hands and stabbed from behind the spirit body that had completed the transformation.

Clang!

Silver light spots splashed everywhere. The Moonlight Greatsword actually slashed onto a translucent, miserable green light shield behind the evil spirit. That light shield wrapped the evil spirit's back like half an eggshell. Even though it was stabbed by the Moonlight Greatsword, it only showed cracks like a spider web. Before the second sword summoned by 【Blade of Chaotic Time】 stabbed over, it had already been completely repaired:

"Is this kind of strengthening a bit too exaggerated?"

He truly realized how terrifying the disaster about to happen in Mid-Hillburg was.

The evil spirit roared towards the sky. Under the action of the white fog from the Land of Death, the whisper elements almost corroded it into a non-human shape. Its limbs were completely reversed, and black hands stabbed out directly from inside the spirit body. Even Xia De couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle when he saw this scene.

What he feared was not this strengthened soul, but the power belonging to the Land of Death, the power between life and death that should not have appeared:

"This level of evil spirit is almost equivalent to a human sorcerer below the fourth tier."

With that roaring soul as the center, the grass in the forest withered completely, and even the trees were shaken back.

The white fog blurred his vision, and in the white fog, carrying large shadows and miserable green air currents, the soul reached out its hands towards Xia De. And that layer of translucent light shield also deformed tightly against the spirit body, giving Xia De no chance to break through the defense at all.

"The Chain of Sin should be able to drill through the protection composed of soul power, but I don't want to make this soul even crazier."

So the left fist wearing the Mind Crystal Ring struck out with force, but hit that layer of light shield again, but this was not completely without effect.

The combined effect of the three spells 【Soul Echo】, 【Mind Blast】, and 【Guide to Death】 made this strike almost produce a sonic boom effect in the air.

Although the attack power was blocked by that layer of shield, the violent evil spirit was also like a cannonball, drifting towards the forest behind along with the white fog, green smoke, and black faces entwined around it.