8mi Chapter 1174 Tragic Comedy
Chapter 1174 Tragic Comedy
Chapter 1174 Tragic Comedy
With the broken arm of the spirit body, Xia De quietly left Mr. Franco's bedroom and returned home.Welcomed by the elated Mia, she came to the third floor of her house holding the "broken arm".Of course, during this period, the [Halo of Imprisonment] has been kept in the casting state, otherwise this arm will disappear.
The life ring appeared behind, and under the aura of [True Death], the black iron cemetery fence door locked by hinges appeared in the center of the corridor illuminated by gas lamps. The metal fence seemed to be able to absorb light, and quickly made the corridor become dim:
"May the end of eternity bless me before the end."
The hinge left along the edge of the fence like a black snake, Shade pushed open the fence door, and walked into the white mist with the poking cat.
There are countless tombstones standing vaguely in the mist, and there are cross tombstones inserted obliquely on the ground at the foot. All the tombstones have mottled marks, but there are no words.
[Soul Cemetery] has the power to repair broken souls, so Xia De brought the amputated arm, and then pressed it against the tall tombstone with a white jade pattern on the side.
The severed arm, imprisoned by the moonlight ring, integrated into the tombstone quite smoothly, and then a few lines of simple text "penetrated" from the tombstone to the surface of the tombstone.
[Outsider, since the main body of the soul still exists, you cannot rely on soul fragments to repair the damaged soul. 】
"It doesn't matter anymore."
Xia De looked at the words on the tombstone:
[Maria Fendi (Sixth Era 1828-1854)]
【Miss Norma】
[I love this land deeply, and I will eventually return to the land. 】
[Death of suffocation. 】
He put his hand on the last cause of death, and a line of small words appeared below:
[The place of death, Old Continent, Kingdom of Delarion, eastern suburb of Tobesk, abandoned manor. 】
A map appeared below, marking the specific location of the abandoned manor.Xia De recognized at a glance that it was the place where Miss Norma lived when she was a child, and it was the aristocratic manor where Miss Norma's mother used to work.
During the day, he had seen a close-up of the manor in the photos.
After writing down the information, Xia De picked up the cat at his feet and exited the cemetery.At this time, it was past midnight and it was Friday.He didn't intend to set off now, but he wanted to wait until the daytime before finishing the investigation.
[Can you guess what happened? 】
"I can probably guess it, but... I hope it's not the same as I thought."
Early on Friday morning, after breakfast, Xia De set off.
The eastern part of Tobesk is mountainous, so the city's public cemeteries are all in the eastern part of the city. After all, the rugged mountainous terrain makes it impossible for the city to expand eastward.
But in the early days of the city's development, some nobles who owned woodland in the eastern forest area established their own manors at the foot of the mountain, and Shade's destination today is the buildings of that time.
The carriage drove Xia De to the public cemetery first, where Xia De got off the car, and then walked into the mountains.The way he had to go was not far, but within 10 minutes, he saw the silhouette of the manor that had been abandoned for more than ten years along the country road.
The deserted manor still has a fence gate, but the fence gate has been opened, and the rusted iron chain is thrown into the snowdrift beside it.
Go through the fence gate and walk along the courtyard flagstone path covered in snow and mud.The courtyard is completely dilapidated, and it can be seen at a glance that there is no trace of use here.But when he turned his head to look at the stables, he saw several horses grazing with their heads down.
The manor house was not Shade's destination. He quickly left the stone road and walked to the left. On the side of the stone statue of the knight wielding a sword whose head had disappeared, he saw a simple camp built by three tents and a cluster of bonfires.
It was nine o'clock in the morning, and the green smoke was drifting towards the cotton candy-like clouds in the blue sky outside the city.There are pots on the campfire, and the camp owners are having breakfast.
Wearing a black coat and wearing warm boots, Shad did not hide his footsteps. The bottom of his boots and the snow layer made rustling noises, and the young people sitting around the campfire quickly spotted him.
There were three people in total, all of whom looked haggard due to their long "wild life".The coat and trousers were neat, but the beard had covered his chin.Although this made identification more difficult, Xia De still recognized the three missing persons related to Miss Norma, including Mr. Martin Jr.
[They are all ordinary people, and there are no traces of elements on their bodies. 】
"Sir, who are you? You have broken into private territory!"
Before Xia De could speak, the tall young man in charge said loudly, this is Mr. Martin Jr.
"Private territory?"
Xia De looked around:
"Isn't this a deserted manor?"
"Yes, but this place has been re-purchased by us! The transaction was carried out last week, and we have a complete ticket and deed certificate!"
These words did not seem to be a lie, and the two people behind Martin Jr. had already picked up the poker and shovel beside the campfire, apparently wanting to intimidate Xia De.
"Buy here? That's fine."
He stopped, and then looked around:
"Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a private investigator."
He didn't say that he came to find Mr. Martin Jr., but introduced:
"Mr. Johnson Franco, who was bedridden because of a serious illness, entrusted me to find the missing Miss Norma. I found out that this is the place where she lived when she was young, so I came here to try my luck. Have you ever seen a beautiful lady?" Has the lady been here recently?"
"no!"
Mr. Martin Jr. said with certainty, Xia De nodded:
"So, may I ask, what's under that piece of soil that seems to have been turned up recently next to your camp? Also, why do you carry a shovel with you when you camp?"
"Sir, you'd better not meddle in your own business!"
The young man frowned and looked at Xia De, who looked at the newly turned land without snow with some regret:
"It seems that Miss Norma has already encountered misfortune."
As soon as Xia De's words came out of his mouth, the faces of the three young people changed drastically.Little Mr. Martin reprimanded repeatedly:
"Sir, please leave here, this is private territory."
"What if I don't want to leave?"
"There are three of us!"
Mr. Martin Jr. also picked up the shovel standing on the side, and the three of them approached Shade together.Although one was a little shorter, the other two were almost as tall as Xia De, and this appearance was indeed very oppressive.
Shad took a step back, looked away from the ground, took out a pistol from his waist and held it forward:
"I'm sorry, I'm only one person, but I have a gun. Would you like to bet that I have bullets in my gun?"
The three of them were obviously taken aback, they didn't expect to see a pistol.So Xia De pressed the ram and raised the muzzle of the gun. After a bang, blue smoke floated from the muzzle to the blue sky.
He lowered his gun and aimed at the three of them again:
"So, do you want to bet on how many bullets are still in the wheel?"
The sound of the shot still seemed to echo in the open sky, and for a moment the two shovels, the poker, and the revolver confronted each other.
Afterwards, those "cold weapons" all fell to the ground.
Xia De smiled, and was about to put away the pistol and say something, but after the cold weapon fell to the ground, the three young men also fell sideways on the snow.
Under the only piece of land not covered by snow, a layer of disgusting black mud oozed out.In the black mud, the evil spirit that Xia De had seen twice yesterday reappeared.Its severed arm has been repaired, and its long hair hangs around its head. Shade is now very sure that it is the missing Miss Norma.
"Evil spirits that appear during the day?"
Looking up at the bright sun, Xia De was slightly surprised.But this time the evil spirit did not attack Xia De, the two stalemate for a moment, the rational human voice was actually uttered by the spirit body:
"They're fine, they wake up thinking they passed out from the cold last night."
Although there is still madness and trembling in the words, it is undoubtedly the voice of reason.
"Why bother?"
The pitch-black spirit body standing on the mud asked, the soul polluted by unknown forces still maintains part of itself.
"Someone entrusted me to find the missing Mr. Martin Jr. It's as simple as that. Ma'am, it would be great if you would tell me the truth. I can help you rest in peace and let your soul sleep forever."
He cautiously suggested, but evil spirits are evil spirits after all.The squirming long hair pierced Xia De's face like a wildly dancing chaotic snake, but with just a casual swing of the sword, Moonlight's great sword easily wiped out those weird hairs.
With a single-handed sword in hand, he stepped forward on the snow under the winter sun. The moonlight slash with his left hand smashed the black sphere projected by the evil spirit. Nail it directly to the ground.
The wriggling spirit body still wanted to resist, but as the [Blade of Disordered Time] took effect, three moonlight swords pierced out from the void, like beams of light, completely nailing the soul to the ground.The black mud under its feet is constantly wriggling, but after all, it is afraid of the holy moonlight, unable to help the evil spirit to resist.
The moonlight sword summoned by [Blade of Chaos Time] will not disappear because it is not held by Shade.So he just held a sword, and then touched the head of the soul with his left hand:
"Please tell me your secret—to guide death."
Direct contact with the soul, the secret of this sane and crazy soul, is thus fully unfolded to Shad.
The bright sunshine in the winter morning gradually disappeared before Xia De's eyes, and strange pictures unfolded in front of him one after another.Everything about Miss Norma, who was buried in the earth, was shared with the souls from a foreign land through this simple touch.
"I see."
The land of the manor has been calling Miss Norma since she was a child.Miss Norma, too, has been able to hear voices since she was very young.Years of contact made her understand some wonderful knowledge, and also made her firmly believe that she would eventually become one with this land.
At this moment, Miss Norma was already sleeping in the snowless soil.Her disappearance was not forced, she lingered among men, and it took many years to finally choose the three men who loved her the most, and coaxed them that she would be resurrected in the mud.Therefore, the three young men headed by Martin Jr. buried their "lover" with a gentle smile in this ice and snow field with their own hands this winter.
But they did not wait for the resurrected lover, but in the biting winter wind, they waited for the detective who investigated the matter.
This is not the tragedy of Miss Norma, nor the comedy of the three of Martin Jr., it is just that the earth is calling her.
However, Xia De didn't notice any abnormalities in this land.
PS: There will be a big recommendation on the 29th, and we will add more at that time. If there is no accident, we will still add 1W more.
(End of this chapter)