book of old days

Chapter 155 The lingering ghost
Sean eventually bought the castle.

Not expensive, 'only' only eight thousand pounds, including the castle and all the land in the valley.

The site is not small, but this piece of broken land is really worthless, and the eight thousand pounds will be given on the basis that the castle is relatively intact.

The next thing Sean has to do is to buy alchemy equipment.

Smelting furnace, cooling pipe, guide pipe, exhaust pipe...

Sean made a list directly according to the design in memory, and asked Palmer to help purchase it. This set of equipment did not cost much, and the set cost less than two hundred gold pounds.

The most expensive one is the smelting furnace, made of cast iron, with a diameter of more than two meters, which needs to be cast separately.

However, it took a lot of effort to transport these things into the castle. Since the road was too difficult to walk, and the dimensional pockets couldn't hold such big things, they had to hire six workers and two carriages to carry them.

This set of equipment was assembled in the dungeon, but the preparations were only the beginning.

Next, Sean has to purchase a large number of things, such as oil lamps for lighting, daily necessities, food, fuel, special materials for summoning magic circles, and rare items for alchemy. For several days, Sean was busy. very.

However, even being busy couldn't dispel the uneasiness in his heart. The strange reflection he saw in the lake outside the castle that day made Xiao En's vigilance more and more intense. Alhaz really didn't get rid of it so easily. He originally thought that What I saw in the mirror that night was just an occasional hallucination, but now it seems that things are not that simple, this guy is entangled like a dog skin plaster, and he still hasn't figured out what is going on?

He woke up from sleep more and more frequently, feeling more and more as if someone was observing him secretly, peeping at him from an invisible dark corner.

He knew that it was probably just an illusion, but he still couldn't help becoming a little suspicious.

This feeling was very bad, and he would rather Alhaz jump out and fight him directly, even if this guy turned into a terrifying monster, it would be better to live this kind of restless life.

However, in the next few days, Alhaz never showed up, so that gradually, Xiao En felt that he might be superstitious again.

Time gradually faded the fear in my heart, coupled with the busyness of every day, I relaxed my mood again.

That night, he was walking on the street, preparing to go to the black market to receive a batch of mithril utensils.

He bought the mithril mainly to make the summoning circle. To summon the magic wonder in the chaotic sea, he had to cooperate with the summoning circle. Both mithril and fine gold are metals that have a strong affinity with magic. It is also the best material for making summoning circles.

In order to buy this batch of mithril utensils, he spent a lot of money, a full [-] gold pounds. Tossing magic is indeed extremely expensive. Fortunately, there are no relevant records in Breton, and mithril is only used as A rare metal exists only.

A small amount of Mithril is used to make jewelry and luxury accessories, and this is what Sean wants to buy.

Just as he was hurrying into a dark alley, he suddenly seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye. When he turned his head, he saw Alhaz walking side by side following his steps on the window glass beside him. OK.

He stopped abruptly, and Alhaz on the glass also stopped, looking at him with a half-smile.

Did it finally appear again? Xiao En thought, looked around and saw no one around, and asked in a low voice, "What the hell are you?"

He didn't expect to get any response, but he didn't expect the other party to actually speak.

"Oh, you're hurting my feelings by calling my old friend that way." Alhaz actually spoke, the voice was so close, it seemed to be ringing in his ears, like a real person, separated from him by a glass Same as chatting.

But Sean knew it wasn't real.

He rushed towards the glass suddenly, and in the next second he had already rushed into the world in the mirror.

He immediately looked around, and there was a dark and deep mirror world around him, only the never-dissipating clouds and the huge long stone bridge, there was no Alhaz, and there was no living thing, not even the ghost in the mirror. one.

When he turned around, he found that Alhaz was standing on the other side of the mirror, as if he had lost his position.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to learn this trick, hehe, how does it feel?"

Xiao En thought that this was really strange. He originally thought that the other party was hiding in the mirror world, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.

Unwillingly, he rushed to the mirror again, and when he returned to the real world, Alhaz was still looking at him in the mirror.

Sun rays!The dazzling light beams ray the glass, but only two hot spots of light are left on it.

"Is this the power you got from the Book of the Old? I have to say, it's really disappointing."

Xiao En was not reconciled, and released the beam again, but the other party still had no response.

"It's useless, I'm a phantom that never fades away, I'm a ghost with evil spirits, I'm your lingering demon, you can't get rid of me." Alhaz's voice was a bit smug and arrogant laughed out loud.

Seeing this guy so arrogant and proud, Xiao En suddenly calmed down.

He took a deep breath, and thought quickly, at this moment Alhaz was already invincible, if he really wanted to fight, he had nothing to do with him, so why didn't he take the initiative to attack himself?
The only explanation is that this guy has no way to attack, no way to shoot, he can only be used as a video to scare himself, or say a few nasty words.

Otherwise, based on their previous enmity and Alhaz's personality of retribution for flaws, they definitely wouldn't just let it go.

After thinking this through, he suddenly laughed.

Now it was Alhaz's turn to be puzzled, "Why are you laughing?"

"I laughed at your acting skills. It's a bit scary to be elusive, but it's a pity that you exposed part of your background."

As Sean said, he took out an apple from his pocket and gnawed on it.

Alhaz looked at him in confusion, "Oh, then tell me, what did I reveal?"

Sean ignored him and continued to nibble on the apple.

"Hey, I'm talking to you."

Sean didn't care about his threats, "I'm eating, can't you see?"

"Hehe, you are really interested, you are not afraid of me—"

"What are you afraid of? Hehe, if I'm right, you can't do anything now. Although I don't know what you are and why you are like this, obviously you can only hide behind the mirror, and you may not even There are entities."

"You look like Alhaz, you can talk to me, you have self-awareness, but you can't affect reality, right? That means you can't do anything, facing me, the enemy who killed you But you can't do anything, and I guess you're the more eager one of the two of us."

"As for me, why should I be nervous, I can eat, I can drink beer, I can enjoy the tenderness of women and everything in the world, but you can't do anything but just watch, it's really pitiful. "

Sean shook his head and sighed.

Alhaz's face became more and more gloomy, and he suddenly sneered, "Tsk tsk tsk, Xiao En, Xiao En, you are still annoying and smart as always, but this time I'm afraid you are wrong, I can't do anything -"

After finishing speaking, the image of Alhaz disappeared immediately, and Sean was overjoyed. Sure enough, it was exactly what he thought. This guy was quite stubborn, but this made Sean's guess even more certain, and his mood also changed. Get better.

If your enemy is in a hurry, it means you have the advantage.

This good mood lasted until the evening. Sean got the goods and was going to have a good meal before leaving Sword Castle. He chose the most expensive restaurant and ordered a big meal.

Just as he finished his steak and began to enjoy clam chowder, Alhaz's face appeared in the soup bowl without warning, and at the same time, there was a loud roar—"Crack bang!"

Sean almost choked in fright.

"Cough, cough, cough." He coughed and threw away the spoon, picked up the napkin and wiped the soup on his face, and looked at the soup bowl speechlessly.As soon as he lowered his head, he saw Alhaz's face appearing in the soup bowl, and looked at him with a sneer: "As I said, it's not like I can't do anything—"

"You——!" Sean was so angry that he almost scolded his mother, but at the same time he was a little funny. He looked around nervously, but fortunately, no one seemed to have noticed what happened on his side.

But Sean lost his appetite this time.

He glared at Alhaz in the soup bowl, got up, paid the bill and left. In order to avoid being regarded as crazy, he did not argue with Alhaz.

However, this time, Alhaz didn't just disappear. When Xiao En walked through the street, Alhaz's figure flashed in the window.

When Sean walked by the river, Alhaz's figure was reflected in the water.

When Sean walked into a tavern and found a place by the window to have a drink, Alhaz's figure also appeared on the window.

Sean drank his wine and looked at the figure of Alhaz emerging from the window.

"So you plan to follow me like this?"

"That's right, you are the one who killed me. Haven't you heard of those classic ghost stories? The ghost who was murdered will always linger around the murderer, waiting for the moment when justice comes." Alhaz said rushing. He grimaced, and Sean resisted the urge to reach for the mirror.

"Don't be so innocent, I read your diary, and you also have the idea of ​​attacking me."

"But after all, I didn't do anything, but you stabbed me with your own hands. From this point of view, you are the worse. And since we are all of the same kind, like attracts like, why don't we stay together."

Sean looked at Alhaz in the mirror and didn't speak for a long time.

He stretched himself, lay down on the chair, and said quietly: "It seems that I can't get rid of you, right?"

"That's right." Alhaz in the mirror stretched comfortably, and imitated Sean's posture and sat down on the non-existent chair.

Xiao En looked at the other party's complacent expression, but he thought to himself, don't be too complacent, Alhaz, I have the Book of the Old in my hand, and soon I will be able to master the power of magic, no matter what kind of you you are Exist, I can kill you again.

He raised his wine glass and raised his glass to Alhaz, "Then we'll just wait and see."

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