"Mr. Azik!"

Angel greeted with some surprise.

The bronzed, middle-aged man bowed his head slightly, stretched out his hand like a gentleman, let Angel hold it, and then pulled her through the spirit realm quickly.

The clouds and blue sky around the two of them were rich in color and rapidly retreated, and the medium-range island below disappeared in an instant, turning into an endless sea, and from time to time ships with sails or smoke flashed by, disappearing at the end of the sea level.

This kind of spiritual shuttle is completely different from Angel's imagination, she thought that flying fast would stir up a strong wind, as if walking quickly in the sky, but she didn't expect it to be picturesque, they didn't even fly in one direction, but changed direction and altitude from time to time, as if walking in an invisible labyrinth.

"In about an hour, we'll be in Baiam."

Mr. Azik seemed to be talking to himself, as if he were explaining to Angel.

"So, it was Klein who called you for help?"

"Yes, he blew the brass whistle and summoned my messenger to ask me for help, saying that you might be in danger," Azk winkled his eyes, then his face turned serious and looked ahead, "Be careful, it's going to be a little bumpy." ”

Angel followed his gaze, and a visible wind swept towards them, quickly crossing the indiscernible distance in the spirit world, grazing Angel's side, her dress hunting, her face twitching involuntarily, and she could only hold on tightly to Azk beside her to avoid being blown away by the wind.

As she squinted her eyes to resist the incoming wind, she was surprised to find that it was a familiar figure who was rolling up the gust of wind.

It was the thumb-sized spirit bird she had encountered two weeks ago when she tried to summon the messenger!

At this time, the bird had swelled to be taller than a man, and a pair of wings fluttered at will, blowing the originally silent, painting-like scene constantly shaking, showing off like a circle around Angel, before changing directions and leaving.

It seems to have some resentment......

Angel watched the bird go away with a look of disappointment or rejoicing.

"It's actually an adult mourning bird, the wind of vanity that blows from its wings can directly blow away the spirits of the low-level extraordinary, if I remembered these memories when you summoned the messenger last time, I might persuade you to make a pact with it."

Mr. Azik, who was on the side, said with some regret, pulling Angel and continuing to fly forward.

"The current lady Wenza is very good, and besides, such a powerful spirit creature should not easily become my messenger......

Angel was more glad that it wasn't necessarily a good thing for the messenger to be too powerful.

"It wanders near the Raging Sea, perhaps interested in the aura of death here, as it travels through the spirit realm, chasing death and destruction, and its qualities may have attracted it."

Death, destruction?

Angel suddenly remembered Pierce Turner, who had died under the curse of Calamity, and what he had said before his remaining consciousness in his dreams drifted away.

After briefly telling Azik what happened on the island of Pará, Angel asked:

"Are the runes found on Bansey Island, and the power of the 'Calamity' charm, the unique power contained in the Berserk Sea?"

"No, they're not the same," Azik replied decisively, "I haven't figured out where the power of the 'Scourge' comes from, but it's completely different from the power of the 'Reaper' in the Furious Sea, and I recently conducted relevant investigations in the Rorsted Islands and the outer periphery of the Tempest Sea, and recovered some memories, including the fall of the 'Reaper' at the end of the Quaternary Age......"

"The Berserk Sea, the burial place of the 'Grim Reaper'?"

Angel was a little dumbfounded, she didn't expect that there was such a secret in Azik's memory.

Immediately, she felt sorry for the High Deacon Pierce who chose to be promoted on the island of Para near the Furious Sea, who was the corpse collector, that is, sequence 5 of the "Death" path, although he tried to jump to the "Sleepless", but he was still influenced by the fallen Grim Reaper, and performed the inevitable failure ritual in the storm of the Raging Sea, which suddenly became more violent, causing everything that happened on the island of Pala in the past six months.

He also mentions Ince Zangwill, who had failed to be promoted before this, and that the defected archbishop was also a "janitor", who also failed in promotion, which led directly to the later theft of "0-08" and his defection.

Is there any similarity between the failures of the two?

"This is not only the influence of the Berserk Sea, even in the Northern Continent far away from here, the recent failure rate of the Death Path's promotion to demigod is also very high, maybe it is the 'pollution' from the high-level sequence, or maybe it is some kind of recent change."

Azik's words confirmed Angel's suspicions.

However, pollution ......

Holding up his right hand, which had a little white fluff and could not be removed even if it was burned with black flames, and showed it to Azk beside him, Angel continued to ask:

"Mr. Azik, are you talking about such pollution? Is there a way to remove it? ”

If it weren't for the fact that they no longer grew after I sacrificed the mutated Dark Emblem, perhaps I would have gone to the church of the Storm Church for help, and it would have been better to be locked up than completely contaminated...... She thought with some trepidation.

"This pollution ......"

Underneath the brim of the silk top hat, Azk's brown eyes darkened, and his gaze focused on the back of Angel's hand as if in deep thought.

The illusory, colorful environment around them no longer changed, and the two of them stopped somewhere in the spirit world.

"Heh, it's a lot like the Grim Reaper, but it's not exactly the same, it's weird......" he muttered, his eyes returning to normal with a soft look, "I remember something, do you mind if we take a slight detour?" ”

Seeing Angel shake his head slightly, Azkela took her hand and continued to set off, without seeing him change direction, the strange scenery of the surrounding spirit world also moved irregularly, and a moment later, their figures appeared in a valley.

There is a clear stream flowing in the valley, and in the distance there are fertile farmland and rune-style estates.

Angel was in the cemetery on the other side of the stream, where there were many tombstones, some of which seemed to have just been erected, with clear stone crevices and no weeds, while others were buried by weeds, revealing only the ruins.

Azik looked around, and his eyes quickly locked on a tombstone in the weeds, which had broken off from the middle, and only half of it was left, and it had been worn away by the wind and rain for a long time, like a half-stubborn tree root, standing in the dark cemetery.

Slowly pacing forward, Azk crouched down, reached out and pressed his hand on the half-section of the tombstone, and lowered his head. Standing beside him, Angel could see the face of the "undead" immersed in memories full of sadness and confusion.

"After feeling that power, I remembered a lot of things. Here, I have a daughter left behind in one of my lifetimes, who has the same black hair and brown eyes as me, who likes to be coquettish to me, and who loves the swings I made myself. She...... She's been dead for nine hundred and twenty-six years......"

Mr. Azik's voice trembled a little as he caressed the somewhat smooth tombstone, which had completely disappeared with the handwriting, as if he was about to press his palm into it.

"But in another life, having lost my memory, I once led soldiers and almost bulldozed this remote town, and that way, there, and all of that was caused by me...... I was too young to remember who I was, and I didn't even know if there were any of her descendants among those who resisted bravely......"

He stood up and pointed to the other side of the cemetery, where neat but dense rows of tombstones were similar in style and decrement.

Angel took two steps closer with some concern.

"That's why I'm so anxious to find my old self," Azik said as he took off his top hat in one hand and scratched his delicately groomed black hair in the other, clutching them into a mess. ”

"In this life, you and us, Klein and I will do our best to help."

Taking the initiative to reach out and grab Azk's somewhat trembling palm, Angel whispered comfortingly.

Although she knew that "persuading" a high-level extraordinary person was like a dream, she still used her verbal ability.

Fortunately, this effort seemed to have paid off, and Mr. Azik's bronzed cheeks quickly recovered from confusion, and his eyes looked at Angel in a daze.

“…… Yes, this time I was able to recall my previous experience so quickly, thanks to Klein and your help. ”

He shook his head, as if to shake these memories of hundreds of years ago out of his mind.

"I'm sorry, I was a little too emotional just now, but the purpose of my departure from the spirit world is to exorcise the pollution from the 'Grim Reaper' for you."

As he spoke, Mr. Azik raised his right hand and grabbed the fluffy void on the back of Angel's hand, and all the fluff that looked like miniature feathers left her body, curled up in a ball, and fell into Azik's palm.

"I'm not quite right, it's not the power of the 'Grim Reaper', it's some kind of inferior imitation, they ...... What exactly do you want to do? ”

The palms were closed, and the fluff disappeared in an instant, Azk muttered.

"Inferior imitation?" Angel repeated, his eyes lit up, "If the extraordinary properties or seals are contaminated by this power, can they be solved in the same way?" ”

She thought of the Night Emblem that was so polluted that she didn't even dare to take it with her, so she could only sacrifice it to Mr. Fool, and if she could solve the pollution problem, she would be able to return it directly to the Night Church, and before that, she could even make limited use of the extraordinary characteristics of this high-sequence piece!

"The extraordinary properties of the tainted can be directly crafted into magical items with large negative effects, or seals, to achieve the purpose of using their power, if it is for the purpose of concocting potions, then the tainted characteristics can be shattered, so that they can be combined on their own, and the scattered pollution will not return to the inside of the characteristics. That would require at least an angel-level full blow, and unfortunately, with my current strength, I can't do this for the time being. ”

Angel's Attack...... Mr. Azik just couldn't do it "temporarily", and sure enough, he used to be a strong man in Sequence 2...... Angel was first emotional, then disappointed.

"However, if it comes from the same source of pollution as the back of your hand, I may be able to strip it away, at least most of it, so that the rest of the pollution does not pose a threat, and of course, if it is equipped with potions, it is still not 'clean' enough."

Azik's next words made Angel's eyes widen.

It's a pity that the tainted emblem is currently in the hands of Mr. Fool, otherwise it would be possible to give it a try now...... No, Angel, you're trying to claim Pierce's extraordinary properties for yourself? This is to be returned to the church, this is his last wish!

Forcibly resisting the temptation of the extraordinary properties of the high sequence, she forced out a smile and replied:

"Thank you, Mr. Azik, I see."

"Then I'll send you back to Baiam first."

One last glance at the weathered tombstone, Azik reached out and let Angel gently climb onto it, and then the two entered the spirit realm again, roaming in the unreal, brilliant colors, and soon appeared between the crimson of the carpet and the beige of the walls.

The fantastical color faded, and Angel appeared in front of him the familiar living room of the luxurious suite of the hotel, sitting on the sofa, Klein, who was dancing a coin back and forth in his fingers, jumped up suddenly, and a smile appeared on the indifferent face of Gelman Sparrow.

"Welcome back!"

(End of chapter)