The shadow of the soul only has the upper body, and the lower body seems to have been cut off. The shadow is extremely transparent, swaying in the cold wind in the room, and Shade is not used to this scene:
"How many more statues do you have? Where are those mermaid statues now?"
Shade asked in a low voice.
He wanted to confirm what the statue was. He didn't intend to hold it or touch it, so it was not dangerous. As for asking after killing someone, that was to prevent the other party from using those dangerous statues to play tricks on him.
, and the soul shadow summoned by [Soul Echo] cannot lie.
"It's useless to throw away those statues. In order to find a way to lift the curse, I kept three of them. They are in the basement."
He spoke in a tone that had no fluctuation at all, and the voice seemed to come from a far away place, hollow and feeble.
"How to enter the basement? Is there any danger? What else is there in the basement?"
he asked again.
"The basement can be entered through the door next to the broom cupboard on the stairs. Do not step on the first floor after entering the basement, otherwise the door will be locked. There are those statues in the basement, and there are amulets I bought to expel the curse. I asked
I got the exorcism materials needed for exorcism, as well as some things I think are useful for protecting myself."
The shadow answered again.
"So where do you keep your money?"
The last time I didn't take the money from the dead Ponton family, it was because I promised Miss Bayas not to take any extra things. And strictly speaking, it's not a very good behavior to plunder money from a massacre like that.
But this time it was different. The other party was simply seeking death. Shade had no psychological barriers to taking money from such people. Of course, if the amount was huge, he would donate part of the ill-gotten gains to the Dawn Church.
"I only have some change at home. Most of it is stored in a private bank in Coldwater Port, and a small amount is with my wife who is visiting relatives in her hometown."
It seems that Dawn Church will not be able to get the money. The private bank will not recognize the person but not the documents. Shade has no time or idea to embarrass a woman who does not know where she is.
"Okay then, let's go."
After asking some more details of the story, and making sure that the other party was not lying, he waved his hand, and the shadow of the soul automatically dissipated. Then he rummaged through the body again, and then realized that it was stupid to search for the wallet of a homebody.
Behavior.
So they went to the basement first. The basement of Jason Dral's house was smaller than that of Shade's house. Standing on the stone steps going down, he found the gas lamp knob on one side of the wall. Under the faint light,
At a glance, Shade saw the three statues placed on the box facing the stairs and covered with red cloth. The outlines under the red cloth indeed resembled mermaids.
He was very careful not to get close, and then quickly looked away:
"Feel something?"
[The element of blasphemy is a relic. It is very cursed, but not as good as the activated blood money.]
"It is indeed a relic."
Out of caution, Shade just stood on the steps and did not intend to enter the basement. Looking around, he saw that the things piled up in the basement were messy and varied. Behind the statue covered with red cloth, there were actually five sacred statues of the righteous gods hanging at the same time.
emblem.
Stacks of religious classics are piled up in the corner. Various metal, wooden and even crystal amulets that look like travel souvenirs are hung on the wall on the left. The floor of the basement is sprinkled with snow-white salt, and on the right
On the shelves in front of the wall were stones, metals, herbs and other incomprehensible things.
Under the box with three mermaid statues, there were five or six oil paintings standing. The oil paintings were facing the statues covered by red cloth. Because of the angle, it took Shade some effort to see the contents of the oil paintings. There were actually all the oil paintings on them.
Drawing a cat.
"Aiming an oil painting of a cat at a mermaid...he already has this idea, but he is not willing to go to the Zhengshen Church for help. It's really...wait a minute."
Shade's eyes looked at the shelf in front of the right wall again, staring at the bundle of blue grass tied up on the second floor on the left. His brows furrowed slightly:
"Why does this look so familiar..."
After a moment of recalling, he got the answer, and his eyes suddenly widened:
“Weather vane bluegrass!”
The reward from the Lakeview Manor incident was combined with the angel-level [Time Key] reward, allowing Shade to obtain two [time and space] thaumaturgy. However, [Laleg's Jump] can achieve 10 feet (approximately 3.04 meters) space movement.
However, due to the lack of main materials, I have to wait until next month to master it.
After that, Shade read the description and sketch of this plant from the first-year magician's textbook, so he could recognize the things on the shelf at a glance.
"Is this the point of coming to Coldwater Port City?"
Subconsciously, I wanted to get it, but I immediately stopped. After carefully avoiding the traps on the floor, I came to the locker and took the bundle of plants tied with cloth strips in my hands.
After a little inspection, it was confirmed that this is indeed the main learning material needed for the thaumaturgy [Ralleg's Jump].
Weathervane bluegrass is extremely rare even in the New World. The ones here were probably brought back by Jason Dellal when he was investigating banned smuggled goods.
In addition to this, there are many other ores and herbs on the shelf. Unfortunately, Shade doesn't know many of them. But now that he is here, there is no need to leave empty-handed. He just took some ores and put them in his pocket. It was too troublesome to pick up the herbs.
I took a few bottles of liquid with labels.
Because of the existence of the statue covered with red cloth, Shade did not dare to continue searching for good things here. After scanning around and letting the voice in his head confirm that there were no relics other than the statue, he left the basement and prepared to leave.
Naturally, he had to climb out of the window to leave, but as soon as he got close to the window, he discovered that there was someone in the muddy alley.
"what happened?"
Feeling alert, I leaned against the wall by the window and looked outside. There were five people within sight of me in the alley. These people were obviously not passing by, but waiting for something there.
"Oops."
Then I went to the window on the side of the main entrance and looked out. I saw someone walking by with an umbrella in Mermaid Lane outside. Their eyes were secretly looking in the direction of the house, which showed that the front door was not safe either.
"Who has Mr. Delal provoked? Wait...can't it be the Orthodox Church?"
If you think about it carefully, the middle-aged man who was killed by Shade just now bought banned books, killed homeless people for blood, and even made so many strange things in the basement, so it is not impossible that he would be targeted by the church.
"No matter who he offended, I can't tell if I stay here."
After thinking about it, I quickly went to the second floor of the house, found the trap door leading to the attic, and climbed up the ladder.
There were some debris piled up in the attic. Shade didn't pay attention to it, but opened the only window in the attic.
I looked outside and saw that the rain was still heavy, and from the current angle, it seemed that the house on the other side of the alley was not far away.
"Should be able to jump over."
I touched the frog legs in my pocket, and reluctantly gave up some of the stones in my pocket that were too heavy. I chanted a mantra, threw the twisting frog legs into my pocket, found the right moment, pushed open the window, and jumped.
Shade didn't know if the people watching the house below had seen him, so he jumped into the air, and after confirming that he could land on the opposite roof, he was ready to jump again.
The roof was strong enough, and Shade did not break a big hole in the roof due to the vibration of landing. He lowered his body, trotted forward two steps on other people's roofs, found the direction, and then jumped into the air again.
.
Under the rainy sky, he was as inconspicuous as a small black dot. But this time he did not run again after landing. Instead, he lay on the roof wearing a robe and observed his surroundings. He did not see anyone chasing him from the alley below.
people.
So he jumped again, this time choosing the shorter house diagonally in front of him. This house was located at the intersection of a street and an alley. After Shade got down, he made sure that no one was around, so he immediately jumped from the roof to the ground, and then took off his clothes.
Mask and gown below.
Instead of leaving them here, they rolled them up and put them under my coat.
He rearranged his wet clothes, covered his head with his hands like a man taking shelter from the rain, and rushed out of the alley.
Regardless of what happened behind him, Shade made up his mind that he had nothing to do with it. He leaned against the low wall at his feet, bent over and ran forward, disappearing into the distance of the street in the rainy and hazy afternoon of this seaport city.
Shade walked away without noticing that not far from him running out of the alley, there was a carriage parked across the street.
And a few seconds after he ran past, the carriage window with a crack opened was pushed open, revealing a delicate face and long fiery red hair.
The girl wearing a silver tiara looked out the window doubtfully, but Shade, who wanted to go home, had already run away.
A group of policemen followed a middle-aged man wearing a black coat and a tough face and ran towards the carriage from a distance. The coachman jumped out of the carriage and checked the middle-aged man's ID before allowing him to approach:
"Your Highness."
The man put away his umbrella and trotted to the carriage window in the rain. He lowered his head respectfully and said, not daring to look at the face of the person in the window:
"We have surrounded the target's house. When the operation starts later, we will bring out some sensitive things. The mermaid statue you want will definitely be fine."
"Don't be careless. The church also knows what's going on here. I don't want the Zhengshen Church to know what I took with me. You know how I do things."
The red-haired girl sitting in the carriage said, her tone was not harsh, but it still made the man in the rain couldn't help but shiver. The middle-aged man put his right foot on the ground and opened his shoulders:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, nothing will go wrong."
To be continued...