Chapter 682: Ghost in the House

Although it wasn't the first time she had danced with Xia De, Yiluna still felt a bit nervous when the two made contact. Her colleagues from the church were also at the Fire-Worshipping Festival banquet, so she could only find an area on the outskirts of the bonfire to dance with him.

Like Xia De, who wasn't particularly skilled at dancing, Yiluna's dancing level wasn't high either. But they had danced many times before, so at this moment, under the moonlight and in front of the forest at the edge of the bonfire, they were actually happier than the people in the bright light of the bonfire.

"Luweiya asked me to say hello to you."

Xia De said in a low voice, and while dancing, he spoke about how he had confirmed that what was sealing the mountain peak passage was a crazed phoenix.

In fact, the church had already investigated this point; even before Yiluna arrived in Midhillburg, they had already sent three teams of Ringed Shushi into the Interstice and found the approximate location of the mountain peak passage.

"The summit of Mount Sikar in the material world is a beautiful mountain lake, but the summit in the Interstice is a terrifying, gaping rift. The church hasn't yet determined where that terrifying rift at the summit of the Interstice leads, but the further down one goes, the stronger the power of death becomes. There is reason to believe that the phoenix and the passage are at the bottom of that rift."

Yiluna also spoke of the information she had mastered, and then accidentally stepped on Xia De's foot.

"It's okay. So, what about the Chosen One? I can only confirm now that the candidates for the Death Chosen One are Priest Priest Ao Gu Si, Sister Feilian, and the strange boy from the Raven Club. Luweiya obtained intelligence confirming that the 【Spirit Cult】 is a branch of the ancient Church of Death, so Sister Feilian is currently the prime suspect."

He said again.

Yiluna carefully controlled her pace, moving her steps to the music coming from afar:

"This time, the church's progress is faster than yours and Luweiya's. When I arrived in Midhillburg, there were at least four candidates for the Death Chosen One in this city."

"So many?"

Even if the three candidates Xia De provided were correct, there was still one person of unknown identity.

"The church confirmed the number, but not the candidates. I saw fragments of the poem locally; it was a handkerchief used by a Witch Empress. The characteristics described in it are that the true Chosen One will save this city. Moreover, one of the Chosen One's talents, besides the special eyes you discovered, is that they can almost die and be reborn. This is the talent of the first candidate; it is uncertain whether the subsequent candidates have similar abilities."

"I see. Then doesn't Priest Priest Ao Gu Si fit that very well? Oh, then the suspicion on Priest Priest Ao Gu Si and Sister Feilian is almost equally high now."

The wind blew through the treetops, making a rustling sound, which reminded people that they had already stepped into late autumn.

"But we still cannot rule out others."

Yiluna held Xia De and said in a low voice, then added:

"The professors from Zalas, Schluch Lake, and Saint Byrons have also arrived, and they also possess fragments of the poem. Although there isn't as much about death as the Five Gods Church, there might be clues. I'll tell you when I've contacted that part of the poem."

"Okay, that's a good idea. Yiluna, when will you have time to go into the mountains with me to contact the statue under the ruined tower? Since we've finally come to Midhillburg, we must establish a waypoint."

Only a Ringed Shushi with the "Space" Spirit Rune or any official Chosen One could use the 【Space Labyrinth】. But except for Xia De, no matter who it was, they could only establish a waypoint by contacting statues at different locations, unlike Xia De, who could just sacrifice a White Stone Crystal.

"When I have time; I'm a bit busy just having arrived here."

Hesitating for a moment, Yiluna looked up at Xia De. She had the average height of a normal human woman of this era, and the action of looking up slightly at this moment allowed her to see the three moons above Xia De's head just right:

"This time, can we and the church solve the problem too? Just like the Night of God's Descent in Tobesk and the Darkness Descending event."

She was a little worried; after all, she was only seventeen.

"No problem, it will definitely be no problem."

Xia De also gazed at the girl dancing with him, and even though he wasn't sure, he still nodded firmly:

"May the Sun and Balance be with you, Yiluna."

"May the Moon also be with you, Xia De."

Nothing new happened in Midhillburg that night, and Xia De and Yiluna danced three dances before parting. And after dancing with the girls, Xia De finally had time to play Luo De Pai.

Captain Lades welcomed Xia De very much. Although there were no stakes, Xia De also saw the city's players and interesting special cards here. It wasn't until the fireworks began to go off and the time was nearly eleven o'clock that Xia De left the Fire-Worshipping Festival banquet and went home.

Compared to the lively Midhillburg tonight, the royal capital Tobesk was much calmer; for the residents here tonight, this was just an ordinary night.

When he returned home, it was already twelve o'clock. Because Luweiya had an appointment to meet someone at the black market tonight to inquire about special coins, she had already left early, so only Little Mia greeted Xia De.

He placed the scabbard given by Grandma Cassandra together with 【Night Watcher】 and hung it in his bedroom. After washing up, he went to bed to rest, planning to go to the 【Sin Mansion】 on Wednesday. If it went smoothly, maybe Luweiya could lock onto the first-ranked Chosen One this week.

The autumn night in Tobesk was so quiet, and in the dim second-floor bedroom, Xia De and the cat were both sleeping soundly.

The curtains were tightly closed, but a gap was left, allowing the faint moonlight to shine in from outside the window. This moonlight was not strong, but it was so reassuring and so serene.

In the quiet night, at some unknown time, the orange cat curled up beside the pillow suddenly shook, then opened those large amber eyes and looked suspiciously at the top of its head. In the dark environment, the cat's eyes seemed to be glowing, and its expression at this moment was like it had encountered a problem it couldn't understand at all, just like it didn't understand why Xia De always had to go out.

The small cat stood up from the side of the pillow, but before it could make any move, a new light source suddenly appeared in the room. It was the 【Night Watcher】 that Xia De hung on the wall as a decoration. The sword was vibrating slightly, simultaneously emitting a silver light.

And at this moment, Xia De, who was looking up at the moon in his dream, suddenly heard a voice in his ear:

【Perhaps you should wake up.】

"Hmm?"

Xia De opened his eyes in the darkness. It seemed that because he had just been observing the large silver moon above the fields and ridges in the wilderness, he mistakenly thought he had seen through the floor upstairs and the higher ceiling, seeing the real night sky all at once.

But with just a blink, this hallucination disappeared. He sat up from the bed, looking in surprise at the sword glowing and humming on the cabinet beside the bed, and saw Mia making a "fierce" expression of intimidation toward the bedroom door; the cat was even a bit bristled.

"What's wrong?"

Because he was the only one in the whole house, Xia De didn't have the habit of closing the door when sleeping. After the events in the dark domain ended, he possessed the ability to barely see in the dark. At this moment, looking at the living room outside the door, he could only see a thin layer of white fog gradually dispersing, and the edge of the rolling white fog had even reached the bedroom door.

"What is this again?"

He gently stroked Mia's back to reassure her, then left the bed while trying not to make any sound, and obtained the long sword. For the sake of convenience, he didn't put on slippers but stepped on the floor barefoot. Noticing that Mia also wanted to follow, he pointed to the bed, signaling the cat not to move around.

This very smart cat understood Xia De's meaning, so it really lay down on the bed, looking at him pitifully.

Xia De held the long sword in his right hand; the blade was still emitting a faint silver light, while the bright yellow light of the runes on the blade was even more conspicuous:

"What on earth is going on?"

The white fog stopped at the bedroom door and didn't come in, but the fog outside the door became thicker and thicker, even more severe than the fog during the worst pollution in Tobesk in summer.

With the sound of bells and whistles, Xia De's Fate Ring appeared completely behind him. He took a deep breath at the door and inhaled the white fog outside the door into his lungs:

"What is this?"

【Fog.】

He nodded, held the long sword, passed through the door, and entered the living room. The sword in his hand no longer vibrated, but the string of bright yellow runes on the blade became brighter and brighter.

Xia De squinted his eyes and looked at his living room that seemed not quite right, then heard wet footsteps coming from the doorway connecting the living room and the stairs. This sound was very similar to the mermaids he had encountered in Coldwater Harbor, but upon closer inspection, it was different.

Holding the long sword facing the living room door, as floating green flames appeared in the white fog, a cold and damp wind that seemed capable of freezing bone marrow blew along the ground. That pale green light became stronger and stronger, to the point that it reflected the entire area of fog in front of him into a creepy green.

At the same time, the sound of palms slapping the wall appeared from above. Xia De looked up and saw a string of red footprints forming on the ceiling above his head.

"This had better be a special effect that appears when an evil spirit manifests because the spiritual power affects space; if it really dares to pollute my ceiling..."

"Meow!"

【There is something behind you.】

At the same time that Mia's warning and "her" voice came from behind, Xia De also felt a bone-chilling wind blowing toward his neck. Before his body could react, the long sword in his hand automatically carried his right hand to turn around and stab back. The silver light of the blade completely converged, while the bright yellow runes became exceptionally bright at this moment, leaving a trail of light in the air.

The spirit with seven orifices bleeding, which seemed to have used space power to move behind Xia De, was stabbed in the head by the sword in Xia De's hand just like that. Xia De didn't even need to attack again; the evil spirit collapsed directly just like that. ===== CHAPTER 683 =====