086: Invisible Baby
"Sneaky, what?"
At this moment, the man's face spoke, and by the light of the fire, Roshi could see clearly that this was an old man, carrying a lantern in his hand at this time, and looking at his outfit, he should be the grave keeper here.
You should have spoken earlier, so I didn't have a wo to throw it over...
After complaining in his heart, Roshi then took out a small boxy sign from his coat pocket, on which there was a standing lion relief, which was given to Rohi by Arat at the previous banquet, because he heard that Rohi was going around the city.
Generally, this kind of thing is quite hanging, and this one is no exception, the old man who was originally fierce and evil saw the brand, and immediately squeezed out a flower on his face.
He hurriedly saluted Roshi: "My lord, what are you doing here in the cemetery this big night? β
"I have some personal matters to attend to. β
"Uh..."The grave keeper gave Roshi a strange look, as if he thought that the young man in front of him with the lord's order was full and panicked?
"Then if there's anything Lotke can do for you, just call Lotke. β
"Got it. β
was interrupted by the grave keeper, and the fear that Luo Xi had in his heart before also subsided, recalling the road he had walked in the morning, and after walking through the cemetery for more than ten minutes, Luo Xi successfully came to the stone sculpture in the morning.
"Knock knock!" Roshi knocked on the stone carving: "Hey, wake up?"
After shouting several times in succession, but there was no response at all, and Roshi couldn't help but think of the last thing the demon said in the morning, waiting for the moonlight to shine on the stone sculpture.
He then looked up.
At this time, the moon had risen very high, and today was a rare sunny day, and there were no clouds, and most of the cemetery was actually illuminated by the moonlight.
It's just that the location of this stone sculpture is a little special, and it looks like it is about three or four inches away from the moonlight, and Luo Xi roughly calculated, it seems that it will be just when the moon climbs directly above the stone sculpture.
After a brief thought, Luo Xi jumped to a clean cemetery, leaned against a tombstone, closed his eyes, and entered the spiritual sea to rummage through the relevant demons and some records of Mulas City.
In fact, he had already read these things before, after all, he heard the call of this demon in the morning, and then connected with the legend of Mulas City, Luo Xi easily doubted whether this would be the one that lived in the legend of Mulas City, and naturally needed to understand.
According to the records in some classics, the demon who once lived in Mulas City was named Asmons, and the type belonged to the inferior demon according to the records of the wizard of the Black Tower, and was characterized by a penchant for eating human flesh, especially a virgin who had just become an adult, with a lifespan of about eight hundred years, and his strength in adulthood was second only to that of a wizard, probably at the stage of senior apprenticeship.
Asmuns was already an adult demon when he lived here, and he used the city of Mulas as a stronghold to control all the surrounding towns, and ordered that the people here must send a young girl every day, or the entire town would be slaughtered.
Some townsfolk had organized to resist, but ordinary swords could not pierce Asmons's rock-like skin, and even if they left wounds, they would quickly heal as before, and after burying countless warriors, some of the townspeople chose to move in vain, while others had to accept it.
Until a young man named Ferral, who was unwilling to be sacrificed by his lover, decided to fight Asmuns to the death.
Legend has it that at this time, a sorcerer passed by the place, heard about it, told him that the demon's weakness was in its heart, and gave him a dagger that could be pierced.
On the night of the girl's death, Feral hid in a basket and walked with him, and when the demon came to feast on the girl, he took the opportunity to plunge his dagger into the demon's heart, thus destroying the demon, and the young man became the first king of Muras.
I don't know if it's true, but that's how the legend is written.
"I'm glad you came... Honorable Wizardβ" At this moment, the hoarse voice suddenly sounded in my ears again, and it was extremely clear in this silence.
Roch got up from the ground, and only then did he notice that the moonlight had climbed directly above, and the pale moonlight was completely sprinkled on the top of the stone carving, which looked a little seeping.
Roshi walked up to the stone sculpture and nodded, "When I was an apprentice, the first lesson my mentor taught me was to keep my promises and abide by the rules. β
The voice of the stone carving seemed to be stunned for a moment, and it sounded again after two seconds, this time with a surprise: "Rules... Are you from the Black Tower?"
"Aren't all wizards in this world supposed to come from the Black Tower?" Roshi didn't answer directly, but gave an ambiguous answer.
"Alright. Luo Xi didn't continue to dwell on this issue, but asked straight to the point: "Since you know wizards, then I think you should understand the rules of wizards, right?"
"Yes. The stone carving's attitude was very respectful, and in addition to that, there was a clear excitement mixed in, if it was another wizard, it might not be able to help him get out of trouble, but the Black Tower definitely could.
He hurriedly replied: "Equivalent exchange, if you want to get something, you must pay the same price." β
"In that case, then I want to hear your price first, in exchange for the price of freedom. Roshi continued
"Of course, of course!" After a pause, the demon replied, "As long as you help me free myself from my shackles, I am willing to sign a soul contract with you and let you be enslaved for thirty years." β
The soul contract is a kind of scroll made by the official wizard using magic oil paper, which carries a spiritual spell with special runes, and after the two parties release their soul power to sign, if they violate the terms written on it, they will be hit hard, and this heavy blow is directly to the soul, even the official wizard cannot resist.
"Thirty years of slavery?" Roshi frowned.
Sensing the dissatisfaction in Roxi's tone, the sculpture hurriedly added a bargaining chip: "Fifty years, in these fifty years, as long as there is anything that does not threaten your life, I am willing to serve you, gold, silver, jewelry, peerless beauty, everything you are not willing to spend time getting, I can send them to you." β
"Fifty years," Roshi mused
Maybe it was because he had been sleepy for too long, and the sculpture was a little anxious at this time: "Your Excellency, you know, as a demon, I don't have the habit of collecting treasures... Wait, I've got it, and I think you'll be satisfied. β
"What?" Roshi raised an eyebrow curiously
"A dagger, a wizard's forged dagger! It's so sharp that even the strongest steel is like a blank sheet of paper in front of it, and that's not its greatest strength, it's really great because of a special feature that comes with it. β
"Huh?" Roshi acknowledged that this had aroused his curiosity, and hesitated, waiting for the sculpture's answer.
"It's right in front of you, I guess you might as well feel the power for yourself!" the sculpture said
"Right in front of my eyes?" Roshi was surprised, he looked around left and right, and didn't see any daggers or anything resembling them.
And then the sculpture spoke: "Yes, right in front of your eyes, it's in my chest!"