Part 4 The Undead Chapter Two Hundred and One: The Common Ground of Evil Spirits
After a while, Leonard cleared his throat, unconsciously brought on a smile and lowered his voice:
”Old man, Klein this, this proposal seems, not bad, very, very feasible, the effect should also be okay, should we consider it?
”Didn’t you say that you would try to help me in this matter of revenge?
”Haha, I thought that the ‘Worm of Time’ could only be used purely as a diversion to do some auxiliary things ……”
He subconsciously pulled a bunch of punches, while Palles Zoroaster remained silent for a long time before letting out a soft sigh:
”The most I can give you right now is two ‘Worms of Time’.”
Without waiting for Leonard to speak, he added two more:
”To take revenge on a demigod who holds a ‘0’ level seal, the most important thing is still your own level and strength, otherwise even if you have a high-level talisman, you won’t have the chance to use it.”
Leonard gathered his smile and nodded solemnly:
”I’ve been trying to digest it.
”If I haven’t saved enough contributions by the time the digestion is complete, I’ll collect the extraordinary materials needed for the ‘Spirit Witch’ myself.”
He wasn’t disappointed that he only got two of the “Worm of Time”, in his opinion, this was an extra harvest in itself, and it would be considered a bonus if he could get one, but two would be split equally between him and Klein, with one of the “Luck Stealer” spells for each of them.
After showing his attitude, he asked curiously:
”Old man, do you think Kraven has already made that ‘Worm of Time’ into a charm?”
He remembered very clearly, at that time, in order to find out who Emlyn White was serving, the old man had parasitized a “Worm of Time” in the “Fire Seed” glove, but the subsequent contact was lost, and there was no effect at all, nowadays when he re-examined this matter, he could see that only from the perspective of Emlyn White and Sherlock Morse, he was able to make a charm. White’s close relationship with Sherlock Moriarty, he could easily come up with the truth, and understand that the “Time Bug” was removed by the top management of the secret organization, or even the “Fool” themselves, and there was a high probability that the “Time Bug” was given to Kraven, otherwise it was unlikely that this former colleague would have been able to do so. Otherwise, it is unlikely that this former colleague would have known about the existence of the Worm of Time.
Palles Zoroaster let out a “heh”:
”If he hadn’t already used it and witnessed the effects, why would he take the initiative to mention this matter, hoping to get more?
”Alright, I’m going to start separating the ‘Worm of Time’, which will put me to sleep for at least two weeks, so if you have any questions, find the answers yourself.”
After saying that, not giving Leonard the chance to ask questions right now, he dispersed his spirituality, creating a light mass that “hung high” inside Leonard’s mind, assuming a posture of not wanting to talk.
Leonard gave a reflexive dry laugh and returned his attention to the letter from Klein Moretti, reading it over and over again:
”Evil Spirit Possession …… The Origin and Main Purpose of Evil Spirits ……
”I lack enough knowledge about evil spirits to have any ideas at all ……”
After a few minutes of thought, Leonard took out a box of matches, burned the letter paper, and then left the lounge temporarily assigned to him by the local “night watchman” and went diagonally across the street, where he flexed his fingers and knocked on the door.
It wasn’t long before Daley Simone, who hadn’t yet removed her blue eyeshadow and blush counterpart, opened the door and raised an eyebrow:
”Since when did the ‘Sleepless One’ have the guts to knock on a lady’s door at a time reminiscent of a bed?”
”Ahem, I have some questions for you.” Leonard, who dared to take Daley’s words, made his purpose clear straight away.
Daley looked him up and down and laughed:
”I’m not in charge of guiding mentally underage people to grow up.”
As she spoke, she stepped aside to allow Leonard to enter the room.
Not daring to look around and casually pulling up a round stool and sitting down, Leonard went straight to the point:
”Ma’am, I’d like to know more about evil spirits.
”You are Sequence 5 of the ‘Reaper’ pathway, and your authority is higher than mine, so you should know quite a bit.”
”What are you asking for?” Daley said as she propped her hands back against the edge of the table.
Not waiting for Leonard to answer, she said to herself:
”Most evil spirits are the products of the deaths of high sequence powerhouses, but there are also a small number of resentful souls that have broken through their own limitations with the help of various opportunities.
”The first situation is more common, after high sequence powerhouses take magic pills to obtain divinity, their spiritual bodies have actually undergone mutations, fundamental mutations, which leads to the fact that even if they have died and their power disperses, their spiritual bodies will still have some residue, possessing quite a lot of divinity, which is quite terrifying, and the essence of the second situation is no different from this.
”Normally, Evil Spirits would weaken a little bit over time until they completely fade away, but they can assimilate the area where they were born, allowing the Spirit Realm or even the Underworld to intermingle with it, drawing power from it to maintain their existence.
”So, many evil spirits have their own ‘territories’ and spheres of activity, it’s not that they don’t want to leave, but they can’t unless they accumulate enough power to make an essential change in the form of existence.”
Leonard habitually rested his right foot on his left leg, and pursued the question thoughtfully:
”Is it possible for an evil spirit to leave its ‘territory’ by possessing a person?”
”It can, but ordinary people and most extraordinary people simply can’t withstand the draining of an evil spirit, and will lose their spirituality and body heat too quickly to last long.” Daley said, raising her hand and pointing down at herself, “The best way to do that is with the help of an extraordinary in the ‘Reaper’ pathway, of course, at least Sequence 5, because starting with the ‘Caretaker’ we’ll have an undead inside us that’s all our own Prison, which can also be called a mini Underworld, which provides a good environment for evil spirits to exist. When you become a ‘Spirit Witch’, you will also have a similar ability, only this is closer to a sealing and resting place rather than a self-underworld, huh, those nature spirits and grievous souls are really troublesome to come in and out of.”
Ince Zangwill’s Sequence 5 is the “Gatekeeper”…… No wonder that evil spirit possessed him for a long time, or, is this the result of his failed attempt to enslave the evil spirit? Leonard’s mind was suddenly enlightened, and he felt that things were connected at once.
He deliberated for a few seconds and asked again:
”What pursuit would an evil spirit have?”
”Pursuits? Singing? Dancing? Writing poetry? Men? Women? The stars and the sea?” Daley asked rhetorically in amusement.
Leonard then realized he had a bit of a problem with the wording and rubbed his hair awkwardly:
”I mean, what kind of things would an evil spirit desire to do?”
”It mostly depends on what they aspired to do in life, usually the residual spirit inherits the original paranoia and has no rationality to balance it out, if it was you, maybe that evil spirit would have been trying to write poetry, imprisoning a group of people on the sidelines for approval, or doing things in a very high profile way, like the main character of a play.” Daley casually joked before saying, “However, no matter what it was like in life, if it becomes an evil spirit, it will desire two things equally.”
”Which two things?” Leonard’s spirit lifted.
Daley glanced at him and said:
”One is to feed on the souls of living creatures, which gives them a sense of pleasure, pleasure that stems from the instinct to maintain their own existence, and a large number of souls allows them limited freedom from the limitations of their ‘territories’ and ranges of activity, providing power in lieu of the spirit world or the underworld.
”The second is to seek the extraordinary materials of the pathways of the pre-life, as another cornerstone of their own existence, which to a certain extent, the evil spirits will no longer need to draw on the power of the Spirit World or the Underworld, and will no longer be subject to the limitations of the ‘territory’ and the range of activities, in a sense, they are equivalent to transforming into special Spirit World creatures.”
Leonard vaguely grasped something and thought for a moment:
”That is to say, Evil Spirits can take Sequence Magic Pills?”
”No, Sequence Magic Potion was created for humans, it can effectively reduce the risk of losing control, for many transcendent creatures, it’s not really necessary, they can directly eat the material raw, especially Evil Spirits, paranoid, cruel, vicious, soul-loving, themselves are equivalent to half-crazy, and don’t need the others to be tempered with, moreover they belong to the Spirit Body, and the way to take it is to directly tolerate it, a little bit of ‘digested’.” Daly corrected Leonard.
This …… to the evil spirit that possesses Ince Zangwill, it will manipulate the body to collect the extraordinary materials of the pathway of life every time it has an advantage! Leonard was first stunned, then inspired and spoke with slight surprise:
”I see, thank you for the answer.”
After saying that, he hesitated for a few seconds and said with deliberation:
”Ma’am, I think that not only do we need to track down the purpose of Ince Zangwill’s meeting with the Spirit Order demigods, but we also need to reverse the process of finding out his whereabouts all the way from Berkland to East Byron, and figure out what exactly he did on the way, and what items he did collect, which might lead to effective clues.”
Daley fell silent in a haughty silence, and after a long moment raised an eyebrow and said:
”Good point.
”But what’s the connection to the Evil Spirit?”
”…… There’s no connection, it’s just that I was thinking that since I’m going to track down the Spirit Order, I might run into evil spirits, so I asked ahead of time in order to make some preparations, and the latter is a suggestion I made after the break I was planning to take, and I wanted to share it with you ahead of time.” Leonard’s thoughts electrified, his speech slowed down, and he made up an explanation on the spot.
Daley listened quietly and gave a chuckle:
”If you could make up stories as hard as you do when you’re dealing with other girls, with your looks, you wouldn’t be single already.
”Unfortunately, I’m not a teenage girl who doesn’t know anything; well, no need to explain, get out.”
Leonard stood up sardonically, not emphasizing anything more deliberately, and made his way towards the door.
Just as he had explored the handle, Daly’s slightly drifting voice suddenly sounded behind him:
”It doesn’t matter that I don’t know what secrets you harbor, or what you hold.
”But in the matter of Ince Zangwill, if there is anything you need help and cooperation with, you can call on me.”
Leonard paused for two seconds, his mouth opening and closing a few times before he jerked open the door to the room and walked out.
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Silver City.
Derek Berg received an order to join an exploratory team led by Chief Colin Iliad, destined for the city of Nos, the remnants of the northern city-state where horrific monsters such as the Shapeshifters live!