Whispering Verse

"relation......"

Durut Giles showed a wry smile:

"Sir, believe it or not, I was entangled. Yes, Miss Edwards, she entangled me by herself. I will explain it to the professor when I get there, but I can guarantee that I did not, absolutely did not bind anyone. The human soul.”

While he was talking, the little girl's soul was spinning around him, as if she had discovered something interesting.

In order to prevent the frail man from dying on the road, Shade hired a carriage and returned with him to Cat Tail Lane where Professor Manning lived. The first thing he did when he entered the door was to tell the professor that there was a soul that he could not see entering the door with the two of them.

The professor was startled, but only by surprise. When he was young, he went to various places in the Old World for archeology and saw everything. Compared to deadly things like relics, ghosts are just a trivial matter.

The three of them sat down in the living room of the professor's house, and the tea had been prepared by the servant. Professor Manning was more concerned about the body of Durut Giles. The latter claimed that he should be able to recover, but in Shade's view, the curse was not as easy as he said.

"Before I start asking questions, we all need to make one thing clear - grave robbing is wrong."

This is Shade’s opening remarks:

"I met a lady named Edwards in the Green Lake area. She was very angry at you for leading people to steal the tombs of her ancestors. Although all the tomb robbers died, you are still alive. I respect Professor, I won’t do anything to you, but I don’t guarantee what she will do.”

The man's lips twitched and he sank on the sofa dejectedly:

"I know robbing graves is wrong. But isn't that what archeology, excavation and finding new knowledge are all about? Besides, I thought Edwards had no descendants."

"Archaeology will not dig up tombs that are still being guarded... I know that the general public has similar prejudices against archeology and tomb robbing, but we are definitely not qualified and legal tomb robbers."

When it comes to his career, Professor Manning is quite serious:

"Young man, you took the wrong path, turn back now."

The floating soul clapped its hands happily:

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't care if Giles stole my tomb. I don't like that dark place, I like Giles!"

The spirit body glowed slightly, indicating high emotions. She seemed to really like this man. Noticing the way Shade looked at her, the spirit body quickly floated behind the depressed man and hid, then revealed its head and stuck out its tongue at Shade.

"First question: How did you discover the hidden cemetery of the Edwards family? I also found it under the guidance of the Edwards descendants."

Shade asked, and Durut Giles sighed:

"I have a friend in the City of Glass. In the fall of two years ago, he sent me some items that were said to be old belongings of the former lord family in the Green Lake area. Such old items can be found in cities on both sides of Green Lake. Some collectors Very valuable in my eyes.

I originally just used it as supporting evidence for a new thesis, but unexpectedly I found a notebook among those old things. Using a special revealing potion on the back of the notebook, writing can appear on the unwritten part, which records the events of the cemetery. . I was surprised at the time, thinking it was the old cemetery of the declining Ring Warlock family, so I wanted to try my luck there. "

This shouldn't be a lie:

"What on earth did you and those tomb robbers encounter on the island? Only one of your companions is still alive, but he is also crazy and can't ask anything."

"That was not my companion, he was hired by me... We landed on the island at night. At first it was just heavy fog, endless fog that could not be cleared away by any means. When we followed the instructions in the notebook It is recorded that after entering the cemetery, everyone lost their sense of direction. Two people ran around in panic and got lost in the fog. The others waited for three hours before returning to normal. But those ordinary people, their mental state at that time had already Something is very wrong.”

As he spoke, a look of horror appeared on his face. That adventure left a deep impression on him. The girl's soul gently patted his back in an attempt to comfort him, but she couldn't actually interfere with reality.

"I still hold that view. Even as a tomb robber, you made the wrong choice. You young people who have been sitting in offices and schools for a long time really don't understand anything."

Professor Manning shook his head, not knowing what to say.

Shade continued to ask:

"Then what?"

"After our sense of direction was restored, we entered the ossuary as planned, opened the coffin and took away the burial objects. Just as I thought, the tomb did contain the knowledge of the Ring Warlock, and there was even a relic... It's just that When I was picking up the grave goods and accidentally touched the body, I said, 'It's so pitiful that he died at such a young age,' and then she appeared."

He looked helplessly at the soul beside him. Rusty Edwards had his hands around his neck, looking like he wanted to strangle him.

"She was not as...human as she is now. I can only think of this adjective. She was expressionless at that time, not like a normal soul at all, but like some kind of automatic answering golem. I Worried about getting into trouble, I didn't pay attention to her. After all, such undead souls can't leave their bones too far away. As long as they don't speak, they'll be fine. I looted the valuable burial objects, and then thought about gathering the tomb robbers to leave this place quickly. The island was weirder than I thought. But those guys who were under great mental pressure and blinded by greed wanted to find more things on the island, and they didn't even want to let me, the 'guide', leave alone. So we There was an argument and almost a fight, but fortunately, as a ring warlock, I was able to suppress them."

Although his narrative was simple, both Shade and Professor Manning could imagine the thrilling confrontation in the fog that night.

"We were noisy, and something on the island was awakened by us. Some invisible monsters that did not look like humans attacked us, and we lost some of our men when we fled in a hurry. It was she who left her cemetery It protected us, otherwise it would have been impossible for so many people to leave.”

He looked at the soul next to him again. Rusty Edwards smiled and clapped his hands, this time singing a ballad that no one could understand.

"We escaped to the pier, boarded the boat and wanted to leave. Then when we escaped from the heavy fog, we encountered a water ghost on the lake... Oh, this is probably the retribution I deserve in my life. I have never seen so many undead. They are densely lurking under the water, spreading their arms and trying to pull everyone into the abyss. Hundreds? Thousands? No, I don’t know. Even now, I still occasionally see them. I dreamed of that scene in my dream...She protected us, but only two of the three boats escaped. My pen was also lost at that time. I didn't even have the courage to go into the lake to retrieve it afterwards. After leaving the island and erasing the memories of the tomb robbers, I left the Green Lake area almost as if I was running for my life, and I didn’t even care about what the tomb robbers took.”

He covered his face, subconsciously twitching slightly as the frightening memory was brought up again.

Shade and Professor Manning looked at each other. The professor rubbed his temples and stood up to add hot water to Durut Giles' tea cup. Shade looked at the empty air in the professor's eyes:

"He's finished talking, it's your turn. What happened to you? Why can you leave that island? Why do you follow him?"

But the soul of Rust Edwards paid no attention to Shad. She hid behind Durut Giles again and made a high-pitched voice:

"Giles, Giles, he is terrible!"

The man subconsciously made a protective movement. Seeing Shade looking at him carefully, he said dejectedly:

"Let me answer. I have also understood some things in the past two years. She was able to leave that Devil's Island not only because she hated it there, but also because of me. My core spiritual rune is very special, Enlightenment - [Soul], Enlightenment - [Fusion], Enlightenment - [Guidance]. This greatly strengthens my own soul, and also allows me to protect other souls. I am probably a born master of the undead, but unfortunately I don't like corpses and souls... .Oh, don’t cry, I didn’t say I didn’t like you... Rust has been following me for the past two years and has gradually regained her sanity. She couldn’t even speak before. I can tell that she was originally Those who were controlled felt better after leaving the island.

She protected me back then, and I am willing to take her with me now. This can be regarded as my atonement. And... I was tainted with a curse on the island, and even though I lost the wealth, the knowledge, and the relic, the curse still haunts me. If she hadn't been by my side to help relieve my pain, I would have died long ago. "

"Is she great?"

Shade asked, and the professor looked at Shade in awe as he spoke to a ball of air.

"Yes, she is more powerful than any ring warlock I know. Otherwise, she would not have been able to help us escape from the island. Although she is not very good at talking, she is actually very smart."

The man pursed his lips and looked up at Shade. This was the first time he and Shade looked at each other. Shade could see his vulnerability, fear and worry in his eyes:

"Sir, I can see that you are very interested in the Edwards family, but please don't explore any further. I once came into contact with Rust's memory in a dream, which was a dream made of her fear of the family and the island. Demons are scary. Edwards and the island are definitely not that simple. Her father, the first lord of Edwards in the records, is a man who can truly be called a demon."

He trembled again, and it took him a long time to utter the words that shocked both Shade and Professor Manning:

"Rust Edwards was, in fact, killed by her father. Yes, I saw that scene in my dream. From Rust's perspective, she was killed by her father... .Strangled to death.”