"They're not here anymore, they're gone. ”

Luo Xian's eyes looked at the ground, and this strange power came from below, enriching the witch doctor.

The soul of the ancestors?Luo Xian felt that it was not a single one or two dead souls, but an aggregation of souls, removing the dissipated parts, and the rest were attracted to each other by the power of a bloodline and condensed together.

Well, the Witch Doctor's people, I heard the Baron say that he seems to have killed his father.

Is it because of this that he can summon the power of the ancestral soul that belongs to the family in front of him?

This power is very weak, and only with the help of the body and ritual of the descendants of the same bloodline can speak, and the others seem to be unable to do it, and can only provide some information.

But in this era of the other world, it is already a great ability, no wonder the villagers respect and fear the witch doctor.

At this moment, the witch doctor's eyes became red and white because of the external soul entering the body, and there was no pupil in sight.

"Blood! I saw blood!" the witch doctor knelt on the ground, his head raised, and suddenly said something that startled Luo Xian.

"Whose blood?"

"It's not Anna, it's not Tamara, it's a child, it's not yet formed!" the witch doctor continued to hiss frantically, getting louder and louder.

The child who has not yet taken shape, the baby, Luo Xian still wanted to continue to ask, but at this moment, the black qi on the witch doctor's body suddenly drilled into the ground and disappeared without a trace, and the witch doctor himself stood up gasping.

So soon? I haven't finished asking yet. Luo Xian's eyes glanced at this and saw the pheasant carcass that had been thrown aside before. The feathers of the pheasant's whole body also lost their luster at this moment, giving off a gray and bleak charm. You can't eat this thing anymore, can you?

Luo Xian thought that this might have something to do with the use of pheasant blood in the ritual, and if more powerful animal blood was used, would the witch doctor be able to maintain the ritual longer?

However, looking at his old and frail body, it may be that the power brought by the stronger blood will be more powerful, and it may not be able to bear it.

The witch doctor himself was covered in sweat, his legs trembled, and he turned to face Luo Xian.

"What do you mean by an unformed child?" Luo Xian asked as he reached out and helped him sit down in a chair, passing over a glass of water.

The witch doctor took a sip of water and said thank you, "It's a child who didn't live and didn't die. ”

"Is there more, like where Anna has gone, or where are they now?"

The witch doctor shook his head, "Ancestral spirits are not omnipotent, and there are many places that he can't reach. You came here to ask about Anna, and the answer given by the ancestral spirit was that the children were gone, but the children were still there, and you had to look for them from the children. ”

"Okay, whose child are you talking about? Can you give me a clue?"

"It's Anna's. ”

"The baroness is pregnant, Tamara is eighteen years old~" Speaking of this, Luo Xian couldn't help but admire the baron, it was really powerful.

"Yes, but she had a miscarriage. ”

"The Baron didn't tell Geralt or me about it. ”

Maybe it was out of fear, shame, or maybe he forgot, maybe he didn't want to remember it at all. ”

"I remember you said that Anna asked you to make an amulet, and the amulet was used to protect Anna. Did Anna come to you after the incident? She told you?"

"No, no, no, it's not Anna, the wife of a nobleman usually doesn't talk about her family affairs to the average person. It's the ancestors, the ancestors told me, it's a kind of prophecy, when you can't be physically involved in something, you can only turn to the ancestors, and the ancestors tell you the prophecy, that's the deal. ”

It seems that this guy really has experience in being a god stick.

"Very well, then I believe it's true for the time being. ”

"The prophecy is certainly true, believe it or not, it's there and won't change. But you need the guidance of prophecy to find out the truth. ”

"May I ask, does the Baron have anything to do with Anna's miscarriage?" Rouse asked the last question he wanted to ask.

"He's bad-tempered, and everyone in this land knows that Willen, and he likes to drink. The witch doctor said disdainfully.

"A person with a bad temper drinks alcohol, which only makes his temper worse. Luo Xian sighed, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, "Did he abuse his family after drinking? Does he have a habit of this? Anna came to look for you, you must have found something." ”

"The witch doctor is old and blind, but fortunately, the princess came running and licked his hand. The witch doctor suddenly said something mindless.

"So what?"

"The princess is very wise, and only wants to be close to people who are full of pain, and I can see that she is very close to Anna. ”

"Anna is in pain, so the blood belongs to the child, but what about the child?"

"Thrown into a dark grave with neither a ceremony nor a funeral, and then it woke up. Now, it is wandering around its graveyard, bent on revenge. ”

"Anna came to you to make an amulet, just for this matter?"

"Yes, now, the child has become a corpse baby. Catch the corpse baby, who is connected to her mother by blood and can take you wherever she has been. ”

"What to do? Kill it? It's pitiful enough, and it's not something I want to be a corpse baby in the first place. ”

"This kind of thing Demon Hunter knows how to do, Corpse Baby is a curse, and Demon Hunter knows how to lift it. If it can't be lifted, then bring its blood, which can be used as ritual material to help find its loved ones. ”

"If you take the blood of a corpse baby, you can find Anna?"

"Blood, blood, blood from ancient times to the present, blood can connect the living and the dead, it is the connection between them. Sometimes, even after a hundred years, the brothers who were at odds at the beginning will not be reconciled. But after one of them dies, the other suddenly figured out that he wants to restore the friendship between brothers, so the remaining one will take his blood to the witch doctor. ”

"What can a witch doctor do?"

"Witch doctors would make offerings to their ancestors on the eve of their ancestors, mix milk, herbs, and hen's feet with their blood, and then make the living drink it so that the dead and the living can be reconciled. ”

It's really hardcore. Luo Xian thought of a word, blood is thicker than water.

"What kind of ritual is this ancestral spirit sacrifice on the eve of the Ancestral Spirit, can I ask? Luo Xian felt that there seemed to be more secrets between life and death, and they were very closely connected.

"This is Willen, where death hovers in every nearby swamp and pond, and people know they are going to die, and they usually leave with regret. Therefore, to help them get rid of their regrets, they must hold the Ancestral Spirits Eve Sacrifice, otherwise they will not be able to rest in peace. ”

"Later generations lit candles made of beast grease and walked through the darkness under the guidance of the witch doctor, calling their names before the spirits of their ancestors and soothing their regrets. Only then will they be able to leave with peace of mind and be reborn as human beings. ”

Luo Xian learned some more knowledge from the witch doctor and nodded, "Anyway, the key to finding Anna now is to find the corpse baby who died by accident and was transformed by resentment, right?" ”

"Yes, wait until midnight and look near the cemetery where the baby is buried, it is there. ”

"As long as you are right, the baron should know the location of the grave, and his wife can't hide it from him. ”

The witch doctor nodded, not saying anything superfluous.

Luo Xian continued to ask, "Is this the end?"

"The ritual is over, the ancestral spirit can only do this step, if you want to know more, then come back with the blood of the corpse baby, I am tired and need to rest. ”

Luo Xian thanked him again, took out a dozen gold coins from his body and put them on the table of the witch doctor, he couldn't let others do things in vain, he brought the news back and let the white wolf make a decision, in case there was still trouble with the witch doctor, it would be easy to talk when the time came, and it was important to maintain a good relationship.

Luo Xian left the witch doctor's cabin, stepped on the "clay pot", and embarked on the journey back to the crow's nest, at this moment it was already dark, calculate the time, the white wolf has not yet arrived at the witch, if everything goes well, the two will be able to meet tomorrow morning.

Unexpectedly, the crow's nest would be closed at night, Luo Xian casually asked the night watchman, and after getting the news that Geralt had not returned, he found a place to rest nearby outside the crow's nest, and if the white wolf came back early, he could also see it.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the vibration from the ground reminded Luo Xian that someone was coming.

The person who came was the white wolf.

Waving Geralt as he galloped, the white wolf also stopped his horse's hooves in the field.

The two looked at each other and smiled slightly, a feeling of sympathy for each other.

In front of the fire, sausages, fish and bread are skewered together, and the smell of them comes out, and the partners who have been separated for a long time are reunited.

"How's your situation there? Is there any news from Ciri? Why are you in a hurry to come back, you can rest for the night before leaving." Luo Xian took advantage of the night to greet him.

"One thing, the witch over there was an acquaintance of mine from a long time ago, and now she is dressed as a herbalist to treat the nearby villagers. She mentions that a strange elf has asked her about Ciri. She asked me to join her in visiting the address left by the elves, a hidden tomb, and I asked her to wait for me for a while while and wait for me to finish my affairs with the baron. What about you, did you get any questions from the witch doctor?"

Luo Xian nodded, and in the firelight, food and beer, he told Geralt the news he had gotten completely, and finally said, "It sounds like the sequelae of a domestic violence." The key to Anna's whereabouts lies with the corpse baby, the child who was doomed before he was born. White wolf, what is a corpse baby?"

Geralt smiled, becoming more and more like a person, not as cold as when they first met, "One of our Demon Hunter ancestors of the Wolf School once said: Saying that corpse babies are ugly is like saying that is unpalatable. I think what he said, although vulgar, is also a fact, but it is by no means the complete truth. ”

"What the hell is a corpse baby, is it worse than a ghoul?"

"Dead babies are mostly pitiful, they are transformed under certain conditions from dead babies who have been abandoned and not buried. Resembling a half-rotting fetus in appearance, this unformed flesh is distorted by the hatred, fear, and malice of its own consciousness. They want to get revenge on their parents who abandoned them. cursed and brought them bad luck and sickness. However, as they grow, they will suck the blood of nearby pregnant women, eat the fetus in their wombs, and cause more innocent people. ”

"The witch doctor says that the demon hunter has a way to lift the curse of the corpse baby, will you? If not, you can only kill it and take its blood to the witch doctor, who can also find Anna's location through rituals. ”

"I've traveled on this continent for decades, traveled to many places, met a lot of people and things, and there are still gentle solutions to the corpse babies, which require the parents who have abandoned them to re-accept them, resolve their grievances, and then they will change from cursed creatures like corpse babies to young souls who protect their homes and homes. ”

"How?"

"Bury their bodies in front of their homes and give them an official name in the presence of moonlight and thunder, a ritual called amroin, which dissolves their resentment, provided that it is not deep. ”

"It seems ironic that the key to finding Anna and Tamara is back to the Baron himself. ”

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard the eager sound of a bell coming from a crow's nest not far away.

The two looked up, and on the hill in the distance, the fire was so bright that the sky changed color, the bells were burning like raindrops, and the gate of the crow's nest was opened, and some people with packages on their backs poured out of the gate.

"The baron's castle is on fire. Geralt said.