Whispering Verse

As a relatively common undead race, ghouls have individual strengths ranging from Mia level to Shade level. Strictly speaking, the giant amputated undead evil creature that appeared at the end of the Battle of Fort Midhill can also Classified as a "ghoul".

The gardener in front of him was obviously different from a normal ghoul. Of course he had a normal rotting body, but at the same time he seemed to still have human sanity. After crawling out of the snow, he bowed slightly to Haela Oxenfurt. , then he held his hat and grabbed the shovel and looked at Shade.

The scattered black particles emerged from his skin and floated into the sky against the direction of the falling snow. Dark runes clung to the surface of his skin, but those twisted patterns failed to form words.

The power of blasphemy gave the originally dry skin a color, and even the originally ordinary shovel became terrifying after being stained by the black patterns spreading from his hands.

"When you ask someone to help you, you actually have to ask someone to fight first."

Shade muttered, but did not object. He frowned and observed the ghoul. As his eyes blinked, the thaumaturgy [Seeing Demon] was activated again. In the strange field of vision, the only abnormality around the ghoul was the originally twisted pattern on the surface of the body. It can be interpreted that its meanings are "demonization", "obedience" and "desire".

This does not indicate what the devil actually is.

"Speaking of which, can this be considered a summoned object?"

Shade thought in his mind that if it was a summoned object, his Yellow Moon magic "Confusion" would be just as effective.

【Probably not counted. 】

While "she" was giving Shade an answer in her heart, the demonized corpse had already rushed up.

Black particles were pulled out from the whole body at an extremely fast speed. Just when Shade wanted to parry, the corpse turned into particles in the snow and disappeared, but Shade could still see obvious distortions in the air in the snow:

"Invisible?"

[Yes, but it doesn't pose a threat to you. 】

As they spoke, the two were already close. The invisible corpse picked up a shovel and hit Shade on the head. However, with the sound of clanging and sparks flying, Shade completely blocked the pitch-black chain held by both hands. That shovel could almost split the earth.

He felt as if his spirit was slightly missing, and he could hardly feel it if he didn't concentrate.

[It can absorb spirits by attacking, but it poses little threat to you. 】

"Does the devil always like to smoke something?"

The power of the shovel disappeared in the next moment, and the twisted outline of the corpse in front of him burst into black light particles, and then the sound of wind came from behind Shade.

[Space movement. 】

Without enough time to turn around, he kicked backwards. As the corpse behind him changed shape, Shade sidestepped and kicked the revealed enemy into the snow.

[When it moves through space, it cannot remain invisible. 】

"What's in it for me?"

He did not summon any weapon that might reveal his identity, such as the Moonlight Sword, but only held the chain with four mortal sin runes in his hand. The right hand shook, causing the chain to rotate and make a whizzing sound in the air, and the corpse also climbed up in the snow, and the shovel glowed with a faint blue light. At first glance, the shovel looked like an ordinary object, but up close, I realized that even though it was not a relic, it was extremely special.

Haela Oxenfurt was under a tree nearby, silently watching the battle between the two. Watching the corpse disappear in the snow again, but this time as Shade stepped on the snow with his right foot, mud and snow splashed, and obvious impact ripples appeared on the snow:

"Space stabilizing halo!"

The chain in his hand was thrown out like a long snake. Amidst another splash of sparks and clanging sound, the invisible corpse wielded the shovel and slashed towards the top of the chain. However, the chain that was pressed against the snow was hit for the first time. Finally, he dexterously avoided the shovel, and then quickly wrapped around the corpse's legs.

[Chain of Sin] doesn't seem to have a very good effect on it, and the ghouls are still able to move. While Shade retrieved the chain and tried to pull him down, the ghoul gardener broke his leg with a shovel without hesitation, but no blood flowed from the wound.

It kept retreating, and its broken right leg quickly grew and recovered. When it retreated to a distance where Shade's [Space Stability Halo] could not affect it, it quickly relied on its own space power to move and avoid the following. chain.

This monster's combat intelligence is not low. After realizing that it will definitely be controlled by the chain when it gets close, it continues to wander on the edge of the [Space Stability Halo]. Under normal circumstances, Shade could easily rush up and solve it, but this time he didn't intend to expose it too much, so he planned to use some uncommon methods.

The sound of breaking through the air came, and the swinging shovel sent a crescent-shaped arc of blue light flying towards him. While Shade was dodging sideways, the corpse had already used space to shift and appeared in the distance behind him, and then another crescent-shaped arc of blue light was shattered by the swinging chain.

Clang!

The chains of sin swept around, and the two arcs of light on the left and right were shattered at the same time. Although the spiritual weapon transformed from the thaumaturgy of [Sin Chain] has no offensive power, its strength is not much different from [Moonlight Great Sword], and is even stronger than [Moonlight Great Sword].

"It's time to finish."

Dancing the chain with one hand, Shade reached out and pointed at the ghoul who was trying to dodge the chain in his hand. But he didn't want to use the moonlight series of thaumaturgy, but a spell:

"Calling Snowball!"

This spell was obtained when Silver Snow Mountain met the witch Miss Chloe. The snowball summoned by the spell is not only huge, but also difficult to destroy and has multiple effects such as mind paralysis and freezing. As Shade cast the spell, snowballs fell from the sky like meteorites, but they were dodged by the ghoul.

So Shade continued to use the spell, which cost very little anyway, and the corpse kept dodging under intermittent long-range attacks.

As there were more and more giant snowballs in the yard, the space for it to dodge became extremely narrow. When Shade felt that it was almost done, the chain in his hand flew out again, but this time it was not for attack, but to quickly pierce through each snowball until the snowballs were the apex, forming like a spider web in the snow-falling backyard. dense grid.

The chains themselves need to be in contact with the target to be effective, but such a dense blockade makes it more difficult for the wight to dodge unless he flees further away from the battlefield. However, this was a duel in itself, and neither party was allowed to escape, so the monster could only slash the shovel in his hand desperately among the snowballs, intending to cut off the chain. And Shade, who was standing in the center of the battlefield, had already caused the chains to shrink rapidly.

The snowballs that were not easily destroyed all gathered toward the center as the chains moved, until the corpses were submerged in the snow, forming an even larger snowdrift aggregate.

The chains of sin pierced through the snow, wrapped around the shovel and threw it far away. The stiff ghoul climbed out of the snow with difficulty. Due to the stiffness of his thinking, he was already like a normal ghoul, rushing towards Shade like a mad dog.

Shade could have killed the opponent directly at this time, but he took back the chain and stood there watching the terrifying monster rush towards him.

Frowning slightly, he clasped his hands and raised them to the right side of his face, closed his eyes and counted down three, two, and one in his mind. When he opened his eyes again, a terrifying scarlet sword glow bloomed in his hands. This was Hongyue's [Moonlight Great Sword]. Because it was related to the divinity of the vampire god, the bloody red color was particularly uncomfortable. .

Holding the sword in both hands, he slashed forward. The arc-shaped traces of light lingered in the air for a long time, and the corpse froze in front of Sha De, motionless.

The red moonlight blooming in the hand gradually converged, and the upper half of the corpse's body slid downwards along the tangent line, falling into the snow, and then the lower half of the body also collapsed.

"Is it okay?"

He asked the woman who came back, and Haila Oxenfurt nodded slightly:

"It's okay with the power of sin. I probably understand why he took a fancy to you."

"Don't talk nonsense, ma'am, where are the clues?"

"In his eyes, I couldn't tell you the truth directly, otherwise my husband would find out. But his eyes did see part of the truth before he died."

The woman pointed at the gardener, Shade frowned slightly, turned the corpse into a toy and put away the shovel that was broken into two pieces and completely "dead" due to the destruction of the red moon's power. Although it is a special item, it can be recycled if it consumes more souls.

Then, he called for flames to melt the snowballs and smooth out the traces of the small-scale battle.

Although Shade himself cannot extract memories from the eyeballs of dead people, this is not a rare ability. Dream masters like Dr. Schneider can do it.

"Not enough, I need further clues. You understand, your husband is not easy to deal with."

He continued to make his request, and Helena Oxenfurt nodded again, but then turned slightly and saw the maid carrying her painting tools and walking towards the pavilion against the wind and snow.

Then the mouth behind the veil said softly as if it hadn't moved at all:

"Go to Mr. Fernandez, the curator of the Randall Valley City Statue Hall."

It just so happened that the porcelain vase, one of the three auction items that Shade was looking for, was in that statue hall.

"I thought you were going to send me to some folklorist."

Shade put his hands in his pockets, stood side by side with the veiled lady, and looked at the deserted garden where the snow had fallen, as if he had been admiring the snow scene since just now. The maid was already very close, and Hela Oxenfurt could only say the last words:

"He really is a folklorist."

Shade is just wondering now whether Mr. Fernandez also knows his friend Professor Manning in Tobesk. When I think of Professor Manning, I naturally think of Mr. Lyman, whom I met in the last Time Key. The hobbies of the two are really similar.

[Isn’t it the same for you? 】

"She" suddenly said with a smile, and Shade immediately retorted in his heart:

"I like cats, not cat girls."

[I didn’t say cat, I said dragon maid. 】

"Her" smile became even brighter, while Shade looked at the snow scene with a sullen face.

He has not yet found time to search for Mr. Lyman's descendants locally. But thinking about it, the folklorist in the statue hall might be able to provide some help. Ancient family lines have always been the focus of folklorists' research, and he was extremely curious about the gifts that Sister Perry mentioned that Mr. Lyman left for him in the cemetery.