The wind was strong on the terrace more than 100 meters above the ground, but the mountains that surrounded the basin were taller than every wizard's tower.

Seeing that the beautiful girl was handing over to the guards of the wizard tower, Raymond, who slowly walked to the edge of the terrace, found that the location of the wizard tower that he could see seemed to have some kind of pattern.

But before Raymond could take a closer look, the handsome girl had already run over with a straight face and handed over something that looked like a badge. "Lord Raymond, this is the pass pass in the Wizard's Tower, please come with me when you hang it, Lord Octavir is already waiting for you!"

After speaking, she turned around and walked to the beautiful girl inside the wizard tower, and she didn't give any more explanations along the way, and she didn't know if she was intentional, so she avoided the central spiral staircase where she could see the inside of the wizard tower, and took Raymond up the fire-proof stairwell.

It was the first time he had been treated like this, and Raymond, who was following this beautiful girl, was speechless, until he was led into a spacious and bright room, and he realized that he had arrived at the place.

The fan-shaped room is more than thirty meters in diameter, and the candlelight on a dozen crystal lamps makes everything in the room appear clear, and the thick fuchsia carpet is stepped on, and the huge floor-to-ceiling windows next to it allow people to see the view outside the wizard's tower.

Facing the door was a huge semi-circular table, on which were piled up like a mountain, and a woman who was reading a document in her hand with her back to Raymond's direction, as if she had not noticed Raymond's entry, her fingertips shone with the luster of magic, and she clicked a few times on the document in her hand from time to time.

The strands of hair that fell over her shoulders covered her neck, but the fingers holding the papers were slender and slender, and the pale blue wizard's robe also set off the woman's figure even more delicate. But the word "weakness" that appeared in Raymond's heart made him very depressed.

The door behind him was tightened by the handsome girl, but the sound of the door closing made the woman sitting behind the desk wake up from the papers.

Casually put the document on the table, and the slender woman who stood up and turned around bowed her head slightly to greet Raymond. "I'm Octavir, welcome to the House of Shadows!"

A few steps forward, Raymond, who was stroking his chest with one hand, saw her face, an extremely ordinary appearance, but the wise eyes under the eyebrow-length bangs were impressive.

"Thank you for your reception, this time I am here for the incident of my disciple suffering from the inexplicable biological erosion in the Book of Redemption, I hope to be helped!"

"Lawrence has already told me the cause of the incident. With a faint smile on her face, Octavier, who stepped out from behind the desk, pointed to a long table in the corner. "Put your disciple on the table over there and let me check it out to see what kind of creatures are being eroded. ”

As she spoke, Octavir, who wore her long hair loose over her shoulders and tied it into a ponytail, looked more and more capable. She walked to the closet behind her and picked up her tools inside.

Raymond, carrying a large suitcase, took a few quick steps to the long table like an inspection table. He put the suitcase that he had never left on it. Then he opened the locks of the suitcase one by one, and then moved out of it from the porcelain girl Anita, who was curled up and placed inside.

In the solid ice wrapped in the isolation force, only the vague figure of the porcelain girl Anita could be seen, and Octavier, who walked over, used a round club-like magic weapon to get close to the ice and began to check.

A pillar of light emerging from the tip of the palm-sized stick. It didn't break the ice that Raymond had applied to the porcelain girl Anita, but it made her blurry body clear.

Under the reflection of this pillar of light, the examination of the head of the porcelain girl Anita began, causing a faint black filament to appear inside Anita's body in the ice, and these black filamentous substances could still be seen after the pillar of light was removed.

The part of the brain has less distribution of this black filament. But the porcelain girl Anita's torso is very dense.

Octavier, who leaned down to examine it closely, sighed for a moment, closed the spell in his hand and raised his head. "Lord Raymond, the situation is not very good. ”

His heart sank, and Raymond, who frowned, immediately asked. "Is there a way out?"

"This is a creature condensed by extremely rare resentment, but the Shadow House does not have the materials needed to expel it," Octavel shook his head as he looked at Raymond's expression, his face helpless. "You need to collect the materials yourself. ”

With an apologetic smile, Octavir turned around and walked back to the semi-circular table, which made Raymond's mood a little heavy, and after hesitating, Raymond put the porcelain girl Anita back into his suitcase, picked it up, and came to Octavier, pulled over a chair and sat down.

"It's not complicated to get rid of this resentful creature in your body, but one of the most important materials doesn't exist in the Fairy World," Octavir began to explain, thoughtful. "The only thing the House of Shadows has to offer is Brown Cloud Sand and Burning Beast Bone Meal, and you'll need to collect the essence of the Ashes and use it within one hourglass!"

"The essence of the Ash People, where can I get it?"

"The resentful creatures born from the Nightmare Realm, but the Ash People who can possess the essence generally exist in the northern part of the Nightmare Realm," Octavir, whose face became solemn, tapped his finger on the table a few times, and a three-dimensional projection appeared in front of the two. "This is the Ash People, this creature with lower intelligence is very difficult, and it is not easy to collect the essence of the Ash People. ”

The three-dimensional projection displayed in front of Raymond is a humanoid creature, covered in gray robes, and only a vague outline can be seen.

Octavir, whose slender fingers moved across the projection, pointed to the location of the Ashes People's chest, and whispered. "The Ash Folk don't actually have entities, just creatures made up of grudges, but the Ash Folk with the essence are not many in this population, and they control a large number of inferior kinders to protect themselves, and are very sensitive to energy breath. ”

"Nightmare World Realm, there is a higher plane than the Fairy World Realm," staring at the three-dimensional projection in front of him, Raymond's face was very ugly. "It seems that the northern part of the Nightmare World realm is the territory of the Scourge Lords, and they belong to the ...... of the chaotic evil camp"

"The Scourge Lord is so disgusted by the act of invading his territory that it won't give anyone a chance to explain," Oktawil shook his head with a wry smile as he canceled the projection in front of him. "Although the House of Shadows can contact many planes, it can only stay away from the higher planes such as the Nightmare World Realm, because it is not wise to send people into the scope of the Scourgelord. ”

The large suitcase resting on his lap was gently stroked by Raymond, as if he was caressing the hair of the porcelain girl Anita, but Raymond, who was in deep thought, was extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

"Is there only one way to get rid of it?"

"The method of making the Book of Redemption was originally passed down from a higher plane like the Nightmare World, so if you want to exorcise this resentful creature, you must use some materials from the corresponding plane," Octavir said with an apologetic smile. "Although the House of Shadows is an interdimensional organization, it still can't help anything like a conflict with the Nightmare World realm. ”

A reasonable explanation prevents Raymond from blaming the House of Shadows. "So if I go to the Nightmare World to collect the corresponding materials, can you help?"

Oktawil smiled with a flash of approval in his eyes. "Because the essence of the Ashes must be used as soon as possible, I can teach you the method of expulsion, and even help you on your way to the Nightmare World......"

Octavier's words were only half spoken, but Raymond, who already understood the attitude of the House of Shadows, thought for a moment and asked directly. "So what price does the House of Shadows cost me......" (To be continued......