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 in the category of "ghouls".
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 retain 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.
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 [Visual Demon] was activated again. In the strange field of vision, the only thing that appeared around the ghoul was
The abnormality is that the originally twisted patterns on the body surface can be interpreted, and their meanings are "demonization", "obedience" and "desire".
This does not indicate what the devil is.
"Speaking of which, can this be considered a summoned object?"
Shade thought in his mind that if it was a summoned object, his Huang Yue 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 traces of distortion in the air in the snow:
"Invisible?"
【Yes, but it does not pose a threat to you.】
As they spoke, the two of them 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 was able to completely resist the pitch-black chain held by both hands.
That shovel can 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. While the corpse behind him was deforming, 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 a chain with four mortal sin runes in his hand. He shook his right hand, causing the chain to rotate and make a whizzing sound, while the corpse was also crawling in the snow.
When he picked it up, the shovel glowed with a faint blue light. At first glance, the shovel looked like an ordinary item, but when you really felt it up close, it was extremely special even though it was not a relic.
Haila Oxenfurt was under a tree nearby, silently watching the battle between the two. She watched the corpse disappear into the snow again, but this time as Shade stepped on the snow with his right foot.
, while the mud and snow splashed, obvious impact ripples appeared on the snow surface:
"Space stabilizing halo!"
The chain in his hand was thrown out like a long snake. In another burst of sparks and clanging sound, the invisible corpse wielded the shovel and slashed towards the top of the chain, but 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.
The [Sin Chain] didn't seem to have a very good effect on it, and the ghoul was still able to move. While Shade retrieved the chain and tried to pull it down, the ghoul gardener broke his own leg with a shovel without hesitation, but there was nothing
Blood flows 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 discovering that it will definitely be controlled by the chain after getting close, it continues to wander on the edge of the [Space Stability Halo]. Under normal circumstances, Shade can easily rush up to solve it, but
This time he didn't plan to expose too much, so he planned to use some uncommon methods.
The sound of breaking through the air struck, and the swung 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, followed by another crescent moon.
The arc of faint blue light was shattered by the swinging chain.
Clang!
The Chain 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 formed by the thaumaturgy [Chain of Sin] has no attack power, its strength is not much different from the [Moonlight Great Sword], and is even bigger than [Moonlight]
The sword should be stronger.
"It's time to end."
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 use the moonlight series of thaumaturgy, but a spell:
"Call the big 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 casts the spell
, the snowball fell from the sky like a meteorite, but was avoided 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 them to dodge became extremely narrow. When Shade felt that it was about the same, the chain in his hand flew out again, but this time it was not to attack, but to quickly pierce through it.
Each snowball, with those snowballs as the vertices, forms a dense grid like a spider web in the snowy backyard.
The chain itself needs to contact the target to be effective, but such a dense blockade makes it more difficult for the ghoul to dodge unless he escapes further away from the battlefield. However, this is a duel in itself, and neither party is allowed to escape, so the monster can only
He was slashing the shovel in his hand desperately among the snowballs, intending to cut off the chain. But Shade, who was standing in the center of the battlefield, had already made the chain shrink quickly.
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 were interspersed in the snow, entangled the shovel and threw it into the distance. The stiff corpse crawled out of the snow with difficulty. Due to the stiffness of his thinking, he was now the same as a normal corpse.
, rushed 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. He closed his eyes and counted down three, two and one in his mind. When he opened his eyes again, a terrifying scarlet sword light bloomed in his hands. This was the red moon's [Moonlight Big Light].
Sword], because it is related to the divinity of the vampire god, so the bloody red color is 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 Shade, 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 and fell 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:
"Under 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 can't tell you the truth directly, otherwise my husband will 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 it away, and then put away the shovel. Although it was a special
Items, but they can be recycled by consuming 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 kind of folklorist."
Shade put his hands in his pockets, stood side by side with the veiled lady, and looked at the deserted garden with falling snow, as if he had been admiring the snowy scenery since just now. The maid was already very close, Helena Ocean
Ford could only say the last words:
"He is indeed a folklorist."
Shade is just wondering now whether Mr. Fernandez also knows his friend Professor Manning in Tobesk. When thinking of Professor Manning, he naturally thinks of Mr. Lyman, whom he 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 Xia De 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 taken the time to search for Mr. Lyman's descendants locally. But he thinks that the folklorist in the statue hall may be able to provide some help. Ancient family lines have always been the focus of folklorists' research, and Pei Pei
Sister Li mentioned the gift that Mr. Lyman left for him in the cemetery. He was really curious.