"Selling these items belongs to a gray area, similar to jewelry that just makes you have better luck. As long as no one reports it, the local witch sheriff will not send people to search."
Ms. Bullock explained, and Mr. Nelson carefully continued:
"My wife is responsible for guarding the warehouse because she is trusted. Her job has become easier and she has more time at her disposal every day.
I don’t know what she did in those free hours at work, but three months after she was promoted, she came home one day and brought back a Ouija board, which she said she had picked up from the warehouse.
I found it here and bought it very cheaply with my own money."
Under the light of the bonfire, the expression of this strong man has become extremely haggard:
"This is not the first time she has done this kind of thing, and I didn't care about her. Another week later, she suddenly disappeared. I looked for her like crazy, but she came back two days later and told me."
Mr. Nelson took a deep breath facing the bonfire:
"The Ouija board allowed her to see the end of the world and let her know the inevitable ending of the world. She became crazy and I felt like she was frightened. She couldn't tell where she had been during those two days.
Everything became very strange.
I left her at home and wanted to find a doctor to treat her, but she ran out of the house, climbed to the clock tower of our city, rang the emergency bell, and loudly told everyone that the end was coming."
"Has she been arrested?"
"Yes, but before I went to rescue her, she ran back home. I wanted to take her away and live in a new city, but she cried and told me that she couldn't escape anywhere, even if she was
Even death cannot escape the end.”
"I'm curious about what she saw."
Ms. Bullock said, but Mr. Nelson couldn't tell clearly. After all, Mrs. Nelson was already unconscious at the time:
"So I temporarily hid her at my sister's house in the countryside, hoping to wait until the storm had passed before leaving with her. But she disappeared soon again, and this time she didn't come back on her own.
I had no choice but to go to the Seer Association for help. The witches were also very concerned about this matter, but they wanted to recover the missing Ouija Board and determine what happened.
I gave them the hidden Ouija board, and they performed a divination for my wife. They spent a lot of money to confirm that she was here. The witches said they could send me here, but they couldn't bring me here.
Picked up, but I came anyway."
"So what did the prophets say about the doomsday your wife saw?"
Shade asked again with great concern. Mr. Nelson recalled it carefully:
"They said everything was caused by the Ouija board, and they hoped that even if I found my wife, I wouldn't listen to anything she said. Those witches are a little strange. No, I don't want to slander or insult them.
!It’s just that when I gave them the Ouija board, they also acted a little scared.”
Miss McConaughey also asked:
"I don't understand, what does your wife want to do here? There is no one here who can let her spread the theory of doomsday, right?"
Mr. Nelson looked at the flames with somewhat empty eyes:
"The soothsayers don't know, but I probably guessed it. Although she wants to tell people about the end of the world, she is the one who is most afraid of it. I don't know what she knows, or maybe it's just an illusion.
But she was driven crazy, she was frightened.
She probably wants to completely forget these things and let her soul completely throw away those terrible things. She herself said that death cannot avoid the end, so starting her life over is the best way to escape those things."
"Then according to your statement, if your wife disappeared from reality first and then came here, why would you be here waiting for her?"
Shade asked again, but this question was explained by Ms. Bullock, who knew the rules here better than anyone else:
"Mr. Hamilton, your method of entering here is probably different from ours.
Have you seen the small town on the horizon in the distance? Those of us who come here voluntarily always appear in the small town over there first and wander alone for a long time before setting off towards this beach.
It seems that the more eager people are to leave, the more they will be trapped in the town, while those who are still hesitant to leave can quickly come to the dock."
Shade understood somewhat, but Miss McConaughey said softly:
"Is the five minutes up?"
The bottle was handed to Shade. After opening the bottle cap, he directly inserted his hand into the resin and took out the key:
“Very good, perfect!”
He pointed the transparent crystal key at the campfire and looked at it. The firelight allowed him to clearly see every detail on the key. Now all the cracks have disappeared, and the elements flow smoothly through the crystal. The key has been perfectly restored to its original state.
The resin has now been consumed by about half, so Shade can still do many things with it. However, seeing that little Mia did not lean over to smell it this time, Shade took the initiative to bring the resin closer to it, and smelled the irritating
The smelly cat immediately pushed his hand away with its paws.
“It’s really fixed!”
The young witch who got the key back had tears in her eyes. She put the key away properly, then stood up and gave Shade a hug:
"Thank you, really thank you."
"No need to thank me, thank Ms. Bullock. If she hadn't persuaded you to stay, I wouldn't have had the chance to help you."
In this way, Miss McConaughey's problem was solved, and all that was left was to wait for Mr. Nelson's wife to arrive, and then Shade could go to see Chloe, which he was looking forward to.
He didn't want to waste the fifty minutes at all. After confirming the affairs of Nelson and his wife, he looked up at the dark beach. After confirming that there were no figures in the mist for the time being, he suggested:
"I want to see what your wife did with the Ouija board back then. I'm going to ask about the boat tickets. If possible, Mr. Nelson, you can go with me. Ms. Bullock, Miss McConaughey
, please help me wait here for the lady."
After making arrangements, he carried the cat to the trestle. Although he was worried that he would not be able to get the ticket, he decided to ask first and give it a try:
"I want to go with that man over there to the time when his wife saw the so-called doomsday a year ago. How much does it cost? We still won't affect the time, we just watch."
The tall figure standing on the bow of the boat held out two fingers to Shade:
"A little warmth of the soul, a tear of despair."
Two blank cards then flew in front of Shade.
"No need for sin?"
Shade took the card and asked in surprise. He was worried about this just now. And the voice under the black robe made of black mist answered:
"No need, but when you return, you need to be the same as last time."
This refers to the punting trip back from Shard:
"Of course, that's no problem."
He immediately returned to the bonfire under the dock and told everyone the good news. Ms. Bullock had a way to get the temperature of the soul, and the tears of despair, Ms. McConaughey actually said she had:
"Many of the witch secrets my teacher taught me require tears as casting materials. In fact, we are witches who specialize in extreme emotions and soul state changes. The sword is born of bravery, and the curse is born of jealousy.
Blessings born of love, strength born of despair. After I woke up at the gathering place of the elves who saved me, I saw the key was broken, and I cried for a long time."
She carefully took out several small bottles as thick as her fingers from her robe. All the bottles had no labels, but she sniffed them carefully and handed one of the bottles to Shade:
"This is despair."
Shade then asked curiously:
"So do you also have the secret technique about [cowardice]?"
Because "cowardice" itself is not Shad's sin, after Shad obtained the spiritual rune, he was not in a hurry to learn the corresponding thaumaturgy to prevent it from affecting his character. But now that he happened to meet Miss McConaughey, he became curious.
asked.
The young witch nodded immediately:
"Of course there is. Cowardice is born out of fear. We have secret techniques that can absorb cowardice and turn it into fear potion. This special secret potion can have different effects depending on its quality. Among the secret potions that the teacher left for me, some of them can be used with just one drop.
It can make a pure-blooded dragon unable to move due to fear;
Also, the idea of escape due to cowardice can achieve a function similar to space jumping, but this requires some tears of fear as casting materials, and the teacher said that you cannot always escape, so it is not recommended that I use this secret technique often."
She pursed her lips, probably thinking that she came here because she wanted to escape:
"Well, one more thing, the teacher said that many secret arts can actually be transformed into each other. For example, controlling the power of light can produce darkness, so cowardice can also produce courage in extreme situations, although the teacher thinks that this kind of courage is usually very reckless.
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The Witch's Secret Technique - Body of Courage, at the cost of consuming one-third of the ether currently possessed, causes the body to grow larger and expand. Of course, the body's strength and resistance can also be enhanced, and the spellcasting ability will also be enhanced during the period of enlargement.
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Since it consumes a fixed third of the ether, the specific effect is determined based on the consumption. However, if you fight with high intensity, in addition to paying for the ether when casting this secret technique, maintaining the form will also consume a lot of spiritual energy.
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After becoming proficient, you can achieve local expansion with less ether consumption, but the upper limit of one-third of this secret technique cannot be broken. The teacher said that this secret technique will make the girls become too big, so that they look very big.
It's not decent, we are the most beautiful as we are, so she only occasionally uses this secret technique to enlarge her arms for some carrying work."