Chapter 152: The Inner Ghost
It didn't take long for Cassia to return, and the two gods chatted casually for a while, especially about the reincarnation of souls.
Wells then decided to stay in the city of Evos, and since the dean was here, he still had a lot to ask about hell.
In addition to answering Wells's question, Cassia continued to sit in the shop, waiting for the Church of the God of Wisdom to move, and thinking about the auxiliary arts.
He suddenly had a good new idea about locking his soul into his body, but it was vague and needed a little time to think about it.
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the Church of the God of Wisdom not only dispatched its own personnel to search for the traces of those organs, but also joined other churches to conduct a big inventory of Avos City.
But such a big move even attracted inquiries from the Kingdom Ruling Palace, but as a result, none of the organs were found, but only some believers who believed in evil gods were caught.
In the evening, the sky darkened, and the Temple of Wisdom ended the day of worshippers.
Once again, the seven archbishops gathered, but everyone was a little depressed, and none of them spoke.
These days, they probably have some speculations, although they don't realize that the soul consciousness in the organs has been separated from the main consciousness, but it must be something wrong with the auxiliary divine art.
Maybe it's the influence of the magic stone, maybe it's that the soul shouldn't be locked into the body.
But fortunately, they had already listed the auxiliary magic as a forbidden art back then, and the last seven survivors died, and there would be no more murders.
But those organs have a consciousness of their own, like the kidneys in the back room, and although he admits that he is Babadus, he is not the same person he used to be.
What the archbishops fear most now is that these organs have escaped from Evos, and that will be a big problem.
"Ahem...... This is not the way to go, we need to pray to the gods and ask Him for forgiveness. ”
"I've prayed. Winston shook his head and said, "The gods didn't respond, I don't know if He didn't care, or if he blamed us. ”
The crowd remained silent, and in addition to praying to the gods, they had also joined hands to perceive the entire city of Evos for themselves.
But because those organs are detached from the body of the church personnel, their souls themselves believe in the god of wisdom and can be avoided by divine magic.
So only traces of their activities were found, but no hiding place was found.
Just when everyone was at a loss, there was a sudden knock on the door of the temple, and after getting permission, a knight ran in in a panic.
"Big ...... Archbishop, no, another clergyman's body has been found in the Eastern End!"
"What!"
"Impossible!"
The archbishops were shocked, the survivors of the year were all dead, and the auxiliary magic was no longer known.
"They did it?"
Not to rule it out, they may want to gather more of their companions. ”
"I'll go. ”
Winston, the oldest of the years, stood up with his scepter in his hand, intending to go and see it for himself.
Soon after, Winston was led by the knight to a street corner, and he stepped out of the carriage tremblingly, and the priest behind him hurried forward to hold an umbrella.
Winston's brow furrowed, the rainy season was at its peak, and there were few pedestrians on the street, but there were still many people in the shops on both sides of the street, looking at it with frightened expressions.
"Someone saw it?"
"Archbishop, this ...... According to residents passing by, it was here that the priest suddenly collapsed and then ...... Then the internal organs broke through the skin. ”
Sure enough, it was still seen, and Winston breathed helplessly, which was the last thing the church wanted to see, because they couldn't explain it to the people.
But that's it...... Winston crouched down and examined the body, he remembered that this priest was the prayer service he was presiding over today, and he didn't expect to ...... on the way home
Suddenly, Winston was stunned for a moment, gently unbuttoned it, and saw the abdomen of the corpse.
Unlike the seven survivors, the priest's organs got stuck as they burst through his skin, leaving only half of them exposed, completely lifeless.
"Did it fail?" muttered Winston.
Then he put his palm in without hesitation, and began to fumble, and after a while he stopped his movements and grasped a foreign object inside the corpse.
The surrounding knights surrounded the scene with their backs, and even the priests beside him did not see Winston secretly put away the foreign object.
The water washed the blood off his hands, and Winston got up to take the scepter and slowly walked back to the carriage.
"Take the body back, his family will be cared for by the church from today. ”
......
At night, the morgue
There was a sound of the door opening in the dark room, and a candlelight shone through the crack in the door, and Winston did not carry the scepter that symbolized the status of the archbishop, but really walked in like an old man, and closed the door.
The dim candle was placed on the table, and Winston sighed as he looked at the corpse of the priest who had died today, with his hands behind his back.
The magic stone that he hid in the evening was in his hand, and it was sealed by magic to seal the original strangeness.
The corpse's abdomen and chest cavity had been opened, and the traces of the stone's influence could be clearly seen.
Suddenly, the sound of his heel hitting the floor came from the darkness, and Winston clenched his palms and turned his head to see Dinah walking up to him from the corner with a calm face.
"This is not a natural trace of auxiliary divine magic. Dinah opened her mouth without thinking, "Those organs may have inherited the magic arts, but they can't get the magic stones. ”
"Do you still suspect a ghost?" Winston raised his eyelids.
"There is no other possibility. ”
Winston sighed, reached out his hand behind his back, and placed the magic stone on the table.
Dinah's eyes froze, and she looked at Winston incredulously.
Winston, however, smiled mildly, like an ordinary old man, and stared into Dinah's eyes, and was silent for a moment before he said:
"Dinah, stop it. ”
"What? What are you talking about, Winston?"
Seeing that Dinah belonged to the elven clan and was still young and beautiful, Winston stretched out his old wrinkled palm and gently stroked her face.
"After so many years, you haven't changed at all, mischievous and lying will always be the same, you have deceived others, have you deceived me? I have long been used to it. ”
"Winston ......"
"Dinah, what I'm afraid of is not death, it's the familiar faces around me that have disappeared one by one before me, Dunn, Della, and Kraken. ”
Dinah's composed face finally returned to its original form, and she also took the back of Winston's hand.
"It's not that you're afraid, it's that I'm afraid, why am I an elf, why do I have such a long life, I want to ...... with you."
"Dinah, according to the life span of human beings, I have lived long enough, and you know that if your words were heard by Ferrante back then, he would be angry to death. ”
"Winston ......"
"Promise me, stop it. ”
"Good!"
Dinah nodded, stepped forward and hugged Winston's aged body, then patted him on the back and whispered in her ear:
"I'm not going to give up, I want you to live with me, Winston!"
Winston was stunned for a moment, and with the strength of his arm, Dinah in his arms turned into a virtual shadow and disappeared into the morgue along with the magic stone on the table, leaving only a green leaf, which slowly fell to the ground.
"Dinah ......"
......
In the hot pot restaurant, Cassia, who had just had a clue, looked in the direction of the church, shook his head, and took a sip of tea.
Wells cast a puzzled look at him, and he explained:
"In the Elven concept, if you give up your life automatically, your soul will be absorbed by the Tree of Life and turned into roots, so Dinah can only choose to find a way to prolong Winston's life. ”
Wells nodded, a look of inexplicability in his eyes.
Cassia glanced at him, "You want to intervene?"
Wells smiled silently, took a sip of tea and went upstairs, he always felt that the current dean had changed a lot from the original Ira.
It's not like himself, who has experienced countless life times, but another kind of ...... that he can't tell Variation.
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