Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1081 Nightmare
After enjoying the thick-cut medium-rare steak and chicken and mushroom soup, Elaine's surging desire to devour flesh and blood was finally satisfied.

She no longer hesitated and took off the "Rose Necklace" with a huge ruby ​​on her neck. She sealed it in the accompanying jewelry box according to the method taught by Miss Angelica. The rustling voices that kept coming to her ears disappeared.

Looking at William and Tia who were looking at her worriedly, Elaine smiled slightly and said:

"It's just the negative effect of this seal. After eating, the corresponding desire has been alleviated. Don't worry about me crawling onto your bed in the middle of the night to eat your flesh and blood."

As she spoke, her eyes rested on the plain-looking jewelry box with only brass edging, and she repeated in her mind the information that Miss Angelica had just introduced about this item:
"The Rose Necklace is a fusion of the Secret Prayer's 'Shepherd' and 'Black Knight' characteristics. It has the powerful ability of 'Blade of Flesh and Soul' that can kill both the physical body and the spiritual body at the same time, and can quickly restore the wearer's physical damage. Last but not least, it can herd a total of 6 souls from different paths and use their abilities for its own benefit. The souls of the saints will take up two places.

"Currently, these 'quotas' are full, with a Sequence 4 'Law Mage', a Sequence 5 'Crimson Scholar', 'Ocean Singer', 'Chaos Mentor', and 'Apostle of Desire'. Each soul has three to four abilities that they mastered during their lifetime, and can switch between them at any time and use them proficiently.

"When wearing the necklace, the user will experience a gradually increasing desire for flesh and blood. At first, it is the desire to eat meat, and then the desire to contain and absorb the flesh of the same kind. Eventually, they may lose control and become a monster that only pursues flesh and blood. In addition, the wearer will constantly hear the mumbling of the 'True Creator'. Normally, they can barely tolerate it, but the effect will be enhanced when using the soul of grazing, making the user want to pray to this evil god and surrender."

Elaine, who had just received the necklace in the "Bestowing" ceremony, merely put it on to switch the corresponding soul and understand the attached abilities, but she was already dizzy and her spirit was unstable because of the noise made by the evil god, and she was full of desire for flesh and blood.

This made her feel impressed by the power of the "Rose Necklace", but also made her realize the negative effects of this seal. She understood that it was difficult for a Sequence 5 Mid-Sequence Beyonder like herself to control a demigod-level seal. She could only use it with caution and seal it up at other times.

“No wonder many people at sea say that the ‘Shepherds’ are the most difficult Beyonders to deal with below the Demigod level. The former ‘Vice Admiral Hurricane’ Qi Lingos, who was a Sequence 6, was able to join the ranks of pirate generals with a similar item. As long as the souls they shepherd are properly matched, they are not much worse than Beyonders with dual paths and integrated abilities. They even have more diverse methods…”

After roughly telling William and Tia about the ability of the necklace, Elaine exclaimed.

Hearing that the necklace in the small box combined the characteristics of five extraordinary people and was itself a magical item equivalent to a "level 1" seal, the "Disaster Priest" William and the "Joy" Witch Tia were a little excited, but they were also filled with doubts.

William's eyes kept moving between his increasingly charming captain and the priceless "Rose Necklace", his brows furrowed, and he asked in a deep voice:
"Captain, Miss Angelica gave you this item. Does it mean that He thinks the situation in Morola has become more tense?"

Elaine forked the last bit of steak into her mouth, then drank the lemonade beside her and nodded.
"That's exactly what I want to tell you. Gu Xin from the Iron Cross invited me to join them. They are planning to start a city-wide riot in the near future to test the bottom line of the Church of Knowledge and learn about the underground mausoleum and the sealed objects. Lisa from the Witch Cult followed me and escaped with injuries after I fought back. But her purpose is obviously to learn about the progress of our investigation and steal some secrets... This city may soon face the biggest turmoil. This is a danger, but also an opportunity for us.

"Miss Angelica gave me the 'Rose Necklace' because she wanted to enhance my strength and give me an absolute advantage in the battle against them. This just shows that He believes that Gu Xin and Lisa have hidden powers. The former is a 'reaper' like me. He has been developing in Morola for many years and has continuously gained new forces. He should have many extraordinary people under his command. Lisa also used a certain seal in today's battle. This is just the performance when she was hastily engaged in the battle. Maybe she has brought more other items..."

"So how should we respond? Take the initiative or wait and see?"

Upon hearing that her former boss had not only been promoted to the Witch of Pain, but also possessed a powerful seal, Tia couldn't help but ask.

"The riot that Gu Xin is about to plan is a good opportunity. William, you should contact him in the next few days and convey my intention. Tell him that I am willing to let our men cooperate with his actions. Anyway, they are all extremely vicious exiles. We can let them attract the attention of law enforcement officers and let Gu Xin think that we want to deal with the clergy of the Church of Knowledge just like him. Tia, while Lisa has not recovered from her injuries in the next few days, go to the vicinity of the church, especially next to the cemetery, to place some mirrors marked by us, so that we can use the 'Ice Mirror' spell to transfer them at any time..."

After casually sentencing the forces that the few people had recruited over the past two months to death, Elaine said:
"And I will seize the time to summarize the knowledge I have learned from reading during this period. Both Bishop Heraberg and Miss Angelica have said that this knowledge is the key to entering the underground mausoleum. My intuition is the same... This is the key point that neither Guxin nor Lisa has grasped, because Heraberg said that no one had thought of borrowing books before..."

As she spoke, she took out a bunch of thick books from her backpack under the table and placed them in front of the two of them:
"The Principle of Sealing", "The Making and Maintenance of Dolls", "Examples of Building Underground Mausoleums", "Rules for Morola Residents", "Gods and Divine Power"...

William recently accompanied me to read a small part of it, and he felt it was okay. However, Tia jumped up from her chair the moment she saw these large books, and said hurriedly:
"I'll go to the cemetery now... No, I'll buy some dressing mirrors first and mark them..."

Before anyone could say anything, she rushed out of the room and disappeared.

Look at the stupid witch you taught—Elaine said to William with her mouth, and then snorted lightly and said in a normal tone:
"I will sort out some floor plans in the 'Examples of Underground Mausoleum Construction' tomorrow, and you will be responsible for piecing them together into a complete map of the underground mausoleum, accurately marking the proportions and angles." She read this book over and over again, and was absolutely sure that the various "examples" in it were actually the underground mausoleums that sealed the "Blood Flag of Salinger" under the church cemetery. They were just broken down into different parts, and she needed to use her brain to put them together.

And it is most appropriate to leave this matter to a "monster" with extraordinary computing power.

After assigning the tasks, Elaine moved all the books back to the bedroom, lit the oil lamps and candles, and made a ball of burning bright flame as supplementary lighting to replace the non-existent gas wall lamps in the city, and began to "review" in front of the brightly lit table.

After being reminded by Heraberg and Angelica, she already knew that this knowledge was the greatest guarantee for reaching the underground mausoleum, and she dared not relax at all.

Flipping through the illustrations of various iron soldiers in "The Production and Maintenance of Dolls", the means of balancing different forces and pollution in "The Principle of Sealing", and the densely packed map fragments in "Examples of Underground Tomb Construction", Elaine gradually entered a state of total immersion in it.

"...According to the information provided by Miss Angelica, the experimenter who replaces the puppet that seals the 'Blood Flag of Salinger' must be blindfolded and hold a lantern. If the lantern goes out and the surroundings fall into darkness, he will immediately disappear, and everyone who knows him will forget him...If he is not blindfolded, the one who leaves the mausoleum will be a monster like him...

“William and I thought we had only sent out five waves of exiles to explore the underground mausoleum, but in Miss Angelica’s memory, we actually sent out a full ten groups of people, half of whom went deep into the mausoleum, but because of various accidents, the lanterns were extinguished and we forgot about them!
"According to the description in 'Gods and Powers', the former is likely related to the secrets and disasters of the Goddess of Night. There is also a similar power in the underground tombs of Trier... and the latter is not controlled by the true gods. It is suspected that the 'man in the mirror' has replaced the original body. Of course, they will later join the ranks of law enforcers and 'experimenters', so it is difficult for the outside world to discover...

"The seal itself will also release a fog that makes people's spirituality dull and difficult to perceive the outside world. This will make it even more difficult for blindfolded intruders to discern the environment, and they will need an accurate map to guide the way...

"According to the description of The Principle of Sealing, the sealed object will try to escape, and even look for a suitable person to transform into a puppet or 'agent' to help it leave... Bishop Heraberg said that time is running out. Is he worried that such a person will appear soon?"

Thoughts flashed through her mind, and the book in front of Elaine became increasingly blurry. She lowered and raised her head like a chicken pecking at rice. Finally, she could not resist the sleepiness and fell directly on the page of "Gods and Divine Power" with the dark holy emblem on the deep black background and a red moon in the center dotted with stars.

In a daze, she came back to the scene that had recently appeared repeatedly in her dreams.

She strolled in the dark tunnel, with old, mottled stone slabs under her feet and large stone walls on both sides. Rusty iron wall lamps were embedded at regular intervals, but there was no light at all.

As always, Elaine's body moved uncontrollably in the dark passage, passing through a team of law enforcers wearing black robes, holding lanterns, and with their eyes covered by black cloth. She repeatedly circled in the winding passage and finally came to a huge underground square.

There, there is a towering mountain made up of countless corpses.

At the top of the mountain is...

As soon as Elaine's eyes moved upwards, her head buzzed and her whole body seemed to be set on fire by burning flames. The pain made her scream, but no sound came out.

bang——

There was a loud noise, and she felt her body rise into the air and then fall to the ground.

She opened her eyes and saw the flat ceiling of the bedroom, the dim light of oil lamps and candles, and the faint morning light outside the window.

(End of this chapter)