A hundred years ago, there was an earth-shattering battle in the northern land, where a conflict broke out between the angels who manipulated the light and the demons who drove the darkness, and almost completely destroyed the northern land. However, just when the battle between angels and demons was about to destroy everything, the legendary guardian beast of this world stopped them in time.

In order to prevent their respective races from perishing because of this battle, the angels and demons heeded the advice of the guardian beast and returned to their rightful place. Since then, no one has seen angels and demons.

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This is a legend that has been spread in the southern continent of Ostia, and no one can remember exactly when it spread, and no one knows who was the first person to tell this story.

However, almost every household in the southern continent knows that such an incident has happened on the other side of the sea, on the far northern continent. Some people may believe or some do not. There were people who wanted to go to the northern land in person to learn about that story, but they couldn't find a way to get to the northern continent.

The entire northern continent seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall, and no one could enter it. Even those merchants of the Southern Continent who used to have dealings with people from the Northern Continent have said that flights to the Northern Continent have been closed a hundred years ago.

Whether this legend is true or not, not many people care anymore, and perhaps there are still people who are investigating the truth of this story, but they are doomed to nothing.

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"I really didn't expect that when I came to the Southern Continent, I told the humans here what I saw and heard, and they would make them take this real thing as a story, and spread it for a hundred years. Humans, that's fun......

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In a remote mountain on the western side of the Southern Continent, every small mountain village has the same custom. When someone in the family dies for some reason, in order to prevent the soul of the deceased from continuing to remember the world, and even disturb the living, the relatives of the deceased carry a relic to the depths of the mountain to find the person who is called the soul keeper, and use this relic to ask for the token of the soul keeper, so that the soul of the deceased can transcend and enter the reincarnation of the world tower.

If the deceased is unwilling before death, and this strong belief allows his soul to continue to wander in the world, and even the token of the soul keeper cannot surpass it, then the family of the deceased will invite the soul keeper out and personally deal with the soul of the deceased who cannot enter the reincarnation of the World Tower.

This custom has been passed down for hundreds of years and has never been questioned. But when human society continues to develop, some people already think that this is just a means for the so-called soul keepers to cheat money. However, no one dared to dig deeper.

On this day, the sky was not very good, and a funeral was being held in a mountain village.

This is the fourth funeral that the family has held for their elderly father, the first three of which have been interrupted by various accidents beyond ordinary comprehension.

Even if the heirs of this family invited the token of the soul keeper, it would be useless, and they thought that it was the ghost of the old father.

And this time, they invited the real Soul Keeper over.

"Mr. Gerst, this is the cost of your trip, please laugh. And, of course, use your powers to let your father rest in peace. If it goes on like this, the funeral will not be completed, and those of us who are sons will not be able to do it."

The eldest son of the family, as he spoke, stuffed a bag of money into the soul keeper they called Gust.

Gerst took the money, looked at the middle-aged man with a sad face in front of him, nodded expressionlessly, and said, "I'll do my best."

With that, Gerst walked over to the coffin containing the corpse of the family's old father, and gently placed his right hand on the lid of the coffin.

"Old man, are you unwilling?" Gerst tried to use his mind to communicate with the old man's ghost.

However, Gerst received no response, as if the ghost was no longer here. But after a moment, Gust could clearly hear the plaintive sigh.

At the sound of this sigh, Gust understood everything, and he slowly turned to look at the eldest son.

When he saw the ghost of the old man lying on the back of the middle-aged man with a resentful face, Gerst was very calm. He silently took out a pendant made of unknown material from his pocket and handed it to the man, "Sir, take this, and there will be no more accidents when this funeral is completed."

With that, Gust showed a subtle look that no one could notice, and left without looking back.

As he left the house, he could hear the voices of the people talking about him behind his back.

"It's that easy to get rid of the wraith? Is this Soul Keeper real?'

"I think he's here to cheat money, what kind of soul keeper......

"I heard that his ancestors were driven into the depths of the mountains, and in order to take revenge, they made a fool of themselves and dressed themselves as some kind of soul keepers."

"Alas, don't talk about it, this is the custom of the ancestors, just finish this funeral."

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Hearing these words, Gerst did not look back to refute it, he was no longer surprised by this kind of thing. He just sneered and left.

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By the time Gust returned to the old house of his ancestors deep in the mountains, it was already night.

Gist's home is in the deepest part of the mountain, and there is no second building within a two-kilometer radius, and the place where Gist lives can be described as isolated.

The house had been renovated by Gerst himself with the money he had earned, and it looked less dilapidated. However, the sight around the house can make everyone who comes here feel creepy.

The house was surrounded by graves, not even a single lamp for illumination, and it looked particularly eerie at night. Even from time to time, you can hear strange voices coming from nowhere.

Gerst lived in one of those places, but he was used to it and didn't care.

After returning to his home, Gerst put the things he had brought back to his place, then took two pieces of bread and a ** wine on the table, picked up a lamp, and walked out of the house.

Gerst carried the lamp, found a tombstone at random, sat on the ground, drank wine and ate bread. He didn't care that it was a tomb, and he didn't pay any attention to the eerie-looking environment.

When he had finished his bread, Gerst poured a little wine into his palm, and then slammed it out, and said, "Old man, I have already punished your murderer, and what are you not willing to do?"

In the darkness, Gerst didn't get a response, but he knew that the old man's ghost must be here, so he waited quietly.

A moment later, an old voice came from behind Gerst, "I never imagined that the child I had worked so hard to raise would poison my food in order to take my possessions, and then fake it as an accident. Alas......

A white phantasm appeared behind Gust, the soul of the deceased old man in the house where Gust had gone during the day.

In order to inherit his father's inheritance as soon as possible, the old man's son poisoned and killed the old man. The old man's ghost tried to interfere with the funeral to let the living who came to the funeral know about the sins committed by his heirs, but to no avail.

His son invited Gust in order to calm his soul and stop him from "doing evil".

In desperation, the old man's ghost was wrapped around his eldest son, trying to make Gerst understand everything.

Fortunately, Gerst was not stupid, and he could tell at a glance that the old man had been killed, and that the murderers were these children. Therefore, the ornament that Gust gave to the eldest son was actually a murderous thing that could take people's lives.

The so-called soul keeper is actually a person who transmits the voice of the dead and does things for the dead. The Soul Keeper will not refuse reasonable requests from the Soul Keeper, as long as the Soul Keeper can do it, and Gerst will do it.

Of course, each of the souls who want Gerst to do something for them needs to be rewarded accordingly, which is to give themselves to Gerst for a period of time so that Gerst can use their powers. And Gerst can also let go of these souls at any time, allowing them to enter the reincarnation of the World Tower with peace of mind.

Gerst knew that the old man's ghost had come to pay for it, but he could still feel the resentment emanating from the ghost.

"If you have only come to complain to me, then you can leave, I will not keep you. All the graves here are for the souls of the dead who have no concern to help me, but it's clear that you're not. So, you go.'" Gerst didn't look back, his tone seemed very cold, even ruthless.

Hearing this, the old man's soul sighed helplessly, and turned into a wisp of green smoke and left.

After confirming that the old man's soul had completely returned to the reincarnation of the World Tower, Gerst silently took another sip of wine, as if to say to the old man, "May you find a better home in the next life......

At this moment, several ghosts suddenly drilled out in front of Gust.

"Boy, you just let him go? You can take advantage of the strength of the resentment in him."

"That's right, Mr. Gerst, it's a shame not to take advantage of such a strong grudge."

"What do you all know, Brother Gust must have his own plans."

"Hmph, Gust, it seems that you still prefer to use the power of the concubine body......

The four revenants talked to Gerst word by word, but Gerst was just drinking silently and ignored it. The ghosts weren't bored, and when they saw Gerst ignore them, they started talking.

After some time, Gerst had finished drinking, he stood up, said hello to the souls in front of him, and went home to sleep without a word, leaving only a few souls looking at each other.

"I can sense an ominous aura about to descend upon Mr. Gust." I don't know which of the revenants suddenly spoke.

"Oh? However, this is not something that those of us who are dead can take care of, and Gust must have his own way of dealing with it.'" I don't know which revenant responded.

After that, the souls stopped chatting and returned to their graves, waiting for the next night.

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Early the next morning, Gust woke up from his sleep.

As usual, he washed and dressed and prepared for the day.

However, just as he walked out of the house, he suddenly frowned.

(End of chapter)

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