Chapter 758: Teardrops, Correspondence, and Owls

Signaling the nun not to take action, Xia De handed the water treated by 【Gluttonous Feast】 to that hand. The cyan hand grabbed the rice bowl and then retreated from the door. Xia De immediately closed the door again, leaving only a crack.

His left hand grabbed the inner door handle, and his right hand held the 【Night Watcher】. But Xia De didn't wait for a chance to take action. He and the nun heard the sound of gulping water from outside. That rice bowl was very large, so the evil spirit outside was the one that had drunk the most 【Gluttonous Feast】 so far.

It drank it in one breath, then let out a loud burp. Xia De held the sword and narrowed his eyes, and Sister Michelle also pinched a bright stone, preparing to cast a spell. But the evil spirit didn't rush in. They heard the sound of the bowl being placed on the steps at the door, followed by a sigh of relief.

This time the voice was still old, but not hoarse at all:

"If I had met you when I was alive..."

The voice disappeared, and the 【Night Watcher】 in his hand returned to normal, the light on the clear yellow runes on the sword surface gradually fading.

"It... disappeared?"

Xia De asked hesitantly.

"It left, continued on its way. Spirits lingering in the Rift cannot enter true death from the Rift, but returning to the real world, they have fulfilled their wishes and can still continue on."

Sister Michelle explained.

This was also the reason why the Witch Emperor Violet gave the method requiring the spirits lingering in the Rift for several eras to be guided to the real world, and then from the stable space crack connected to true death opened in the real world, to guide them to continue on.

The evil spirit just now should have been very powerful, otherwise the Night Watcher's reaction wouldn't have been so great. Since it could leave without taking action, it was naturally a good thing.

Of course, Xia De didn't forget to open the door and retrieve the rice bowl at the door. But he unexpectedly discovered that there was a small white stone in the empty bowl. The shape was irregular, but it felt very smooth.

Mia seemed to like this very much, stretching out her claws to touch it, but was refused by Xia De.

"What is this?"

Sister Michelle couldn't see directly without eyes like Sister Daelin, so Xia De described it, and she gave the answer:

"This is a very rare thing, a Soul Teardrop. It is a special substance that is extremely rare and can only be produced after the lingering spirits satisfy their wishes. Not only does it require the wish to be satisfied, but the spirit itself must also be very powerful. Even if these conditions are met, the probability of this substance appearing is still there. I have only heard of it in the cult's records; this is the first time I have truly seen it."

Hearing the name of this substance, Xia De searched through the knowledge from the two witch echoes and indeed found the relevant description. Just as Sister Michelle said, this was an extremely precious semi-solid substance. As a potion material, it could be used to formulate potions that directly treated the soul; as an alchemical material, the alchemical items produced could obtain various effects influencing the soul; and even, if absorbed directly through special means, it could enhance a ring-mage's soul strength without side effects.

Sister Michelle even believed that, except for the legendary Sage-level relic 【Philosopher's Stone】, Soul Teardrops could be considered one of the most versatile basic materials.

Since the evil spirit just now was solved by Xia De, this Soul Teardrop naturally belonged to Xia De. He could also be considered to have had a very good harvest before the final battle broke out.

There were no knowing how many terrible guys were on the street. Not long after the evil spirit knocking on the door left, there was another knock on the door outside. This time the knocking was much more urgent, and before Xia De could ask who was outside, the person outside actively called for help:

"Sister Michelle, open the door quickly. I am Gray Hamster, our friend Sharp-Headed Deer is injured!"

This time the 【Night Watcher】 gave no warning, and Xia De looked out from the peephole. He saw a young man in his twenties carrying a middle-aged man who had fainted, followed by a lady with short hair who looked anxious.

The one who called herself "Gray Hamster" was this lady who looked to be in her thirties.

Sister Michelle was still on the first floor. Hearing the voice, she walked over again. After hearing Xia De's description, she knew who had come:

"They are correspondence Ring Mages from the local Sexes Medical Academy. They also live in the nearby neighborhood and are friends of the Blind House. We have a very good friendship."

Of course, she didn't open the door immediately, but after asking some questions, she let Xia De go to the room inside on the first floor to avoid it, and then opened the door to let the three people in the thick fog enter. They started a conversation in the foyer, and Xia De also learned that the three major thaumaturgy academies and the church had anticipated what would happen today in advance, so they notified the local correspondence Ring Mages yesterday not to go out casually.

These three from the Sexes Medical Academy were originally gathered together, planning to spend this boring day that they couldn't go out together, but an evil spirit invaded their house from the attic that they forgot to block. About half an hour ago, they had a chaotic battle with that powerful evil spirit. Although they won in the end, one of their companions unfortunately fell into a coma due to the "Soul Scream" before the evil spirit collapsed.

Because they didn't know whether a long-term coma would affect life, they risked passing through the white fog to ask for help, and Sister Michelle was not stingy in extending a helping hand.

Xia De didn't appear because of his identity, but he heard the description of this thick fog by the correspondence Ring Mages of Sexes outside the room prepared for the three.

Although it was still daytime, it was terribly gloomy outside, and coupled with the influence of the thick fog, basically the distance an arm could reach was the maximum distance the vision could touch. Because of the horn sound just now, weak souls were all expelled by divine power, so there were not many evil spirits on the street now. But once encountered, it was definitely not something ordinary people or even ordinary low-ring Ring Mages could deal with.

Compared to the Night of God's Descent in Tobesk and the Great Flood in Coldwater Port, the disaster encountered by Midhillburg seemed even more tricky. Because this was not a man-made disaster at all, and it was impossible to end all this by defeating a specific target.

The Ring Mages of Sexes didn't plan to leave today. They came here with the intention of joining the Blind House. No one knew what would happen next, so more people gathered together, at least if something happened, they could solve it together.

It is late autumn now, and the sunset time in Midhillburg, which is the time when the ritual begins, is about 6:42 PM. And the anxious Xia De waited until 5:00 PM that afternoon before finally receiving the reply that the "opening" ritual was ready.

A folded paper crane flew from the fog to the window of Sister Michelle's office on the second floor of the Blind House, and it was noticed after knocking on the glass a few times.

On it was a message from Ms. Ronaer, a high-ring nun of the 【Spirit Cult】. They had found a suitable location to open the door, but because of the current strange weather, they couldn't send a carriage to pick up Xia De, so they hoped Xia De could go to the ritual site by himself as soon as possible.

"Where is it?"

Xia De, who had been waiting for a long time, asked.

"At the Midhillburg Academy of Mechanics."

"Okay."

Turning Little Mia back into a toy and putting it away, Xia De looked at the white fog outside the window:

"It's finally about to begin."

Carrying the fishing rod, picking up the sword, carrying the kerosene lamp, putting on his coat, and bidding a solemn farewell to Sister Michelle in the foyer on the first floor, Xia De stepped into the thick fog outside.

The damp and cold fog almost made Xia De think he had already arrived at the Death Rift, and the silent city seemed to have died in this thick fog.

He had to enter the Rift before the church's ritual began. After all, Joey Barton couldn't have made a move only after the ritual. Therefore, Xia De couldn't waste too much time on the road. Fortunately, compared to the Rift, the number of evil spirits in reality was not too many, and the kerosene lamp burning with Primordial Fire in his hand could illuminate a larger range for him.

Besides evil spirits, he also had to avoid the church Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squads looking for evil spirits in the fog, as well as strange Ring Mages of unknown origin. After the manpower sent by the 【Truth Society】 to Midhillburg was almost wiped out, not all foreign forces had withdrawn from this city.

And on a day like today, conspirators became active again.

Of course, these had nothing to do with Xia De; he just wanted to reach the Midhillburg Academy of Mechanics as soon as possible. Naturally, no carriage could be found on the street, and it was even difficult to find a horse.

He could only rely on his own legs to go from the Blind House in the center of the city to the academy in the southernmost part of the city. Along the way, he avoided all battles and even helped two ordinary patrolmen who were attacked by headless evil spirits.

And leaving the Blind House, Xia De also understood more and more clearly what happened in Midhillburg and on the Sicard Mountains. Standing on someone else's roof in the open outdoors and looking into the distance, he could see five golden pillars of light rushing into the sky in that creepy thick fog. From the direction, it was the direction of the churches of the five Orthodox Churches in the Midhillburg diocese.

At the same time, a large number of birds of unknown origin were circling in the sky, as if they were monitoring the city.

Xia De took the risk of sticking a piece of Youth-Preserving Leaf on the fishhook and hid in an alley. Sure enough, he lured an owl that fell from the sky. After capturing that silly guy, he used the 【Fish Training Ring】 to give it the ability to speak, and then learned that they were sent by the "good people" of the Nature Church, responsible for monitoring the city and searching for evil spirits in the city.

The owl, which looked even sillier than Little Mia, actually used Carsonian language with a heavy accent. It spoke in a dialect, describing that it and its companions came from a warm region in the "far south," and complained that this thick fog was really annoying for birds, but the light of the kerosene lamp in Xia De's hand made the birds feel comfortable.

"Far south" was probably the Holy See of the Nature Church.

Even though it was caught by Xia De, it was not panicked, and even begged Xia De for some food after Xia De finished asking questions. The church required these birds to monitor the city and transmit information from this morning, but only fed them some food at noon.

The owl spoke some not-so-unpleasant dirty words and finally obtained some of Little Mia's cat food from Xia De's hand. ===== CHAPTER 759 =====