Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 191 Life and Death, the Endless Cycle
Bang!

Two silver knights rushed into the bloody door one after the other with shields raised, but this time there was no black knight hiding at the door to launch a surprise attack.

Except for the bloody door that made people feel terrified and gave off a strange aura, everything in the room was normal and there was no danger.

The light of the sunworm illuminated the entire room, bringing everything inside into Ember's sight.

There are three chairs in the room, three high-backed chairs facing three different directions and in completely different colors.

One of them is dark black in color, another has dark red patterns in its patterns, as if iron and blood were intertwined, and the last high-back chair is mainly dark red with pure black patterns.

They are very similar in style, but in completely different colors and appear at certain angles and distances.

Obviously, they were placed here deliberately.

This is similar to the abnormal aesthetic popular in the Fourth Epoch, but Ember feels that it may hide a deeper meaning.

For example, for a particular ritual.

"A deification ceremony?"

Yu Jin murmured softly, and the guesses in his mind gradually became concrete.

Three chairs, three people, three copies of Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics, they all match perfectly.

The only question is, who are sitting in these three chairs?

According to the evil spirit, to break the seal, one needs to find the direct descendants of Soran, Einhorn and the Medici family, obtain 10 ml of blood from each of them, mix them with holy water, and sprinkle them into the room.

With the last glimpse of his eyes, Yu Jian glanced at the ground and saw a dried dark red stain not far away.

The area covered by the stain was not large, and although it had dried, it was a distinct dark red color, which was a clot of blood.

The stains are very fresh, probably just happened in the past few days.

Yu Jin looked around and had a clearer understanding in his mind:

"The blood was brought by the Black Knight, who helped the 'evil spirit' break the seal. But the evil spirit left here, and the Black Knight chose to stay."

There were no signs of fighting at the scene, which shows that their process was quite harmonious. The two parties should know each other, or the evil spirit and the person who ordered the black knight to unlock the seal knew each other. The black knight let the evil spirit go, and they might have had a friendly exchange with each other..."

"The people sitting on the three chairs should be the ancestors of the Soran, Einhorn, and Medici families, or even the Sequence 1 of these three families. Otherwise, there would be no need to specifically require the blood of these three families. It is not uncommon to use the blood of descendants to lift the seal."

"For example, the Abraham family was cursed because of their own bloodline, and the truth behind this curse came from the madness of their ancestor."

"But why does one evil spirit want the blood of three families? Is there more than one evil spirit?"

"Why does the Black Knight stay here? What is he waiting for?"

"The Blasphemy Card dropped by the Black Knight was originally in the hands of the evil spirit, but now it appears on the Black Knight. This is undoubtedly what the evil spirit left for him. The corpses in the room were all left by Beyonders. After their death, they all have Beyonder characteristics left. But now these Beyonder characteristics have been taken away, leaving only the most valuable Blasphemy Card. This is obviously intentional."

"Only those who have the power to kill the Black Knight are qualified to obtain the Blasphemous Card. Otherwise, the Black Knight will stay here in place of the evil spirit and kill all explorers who enter the ruins..."

His thoughts gradually dispersed, but Yu Jin didn't find anything valuable here after all, and the specific number of evil spirits didn't mean anything to Yu Jin, so he didn't care. But the appearance of the Black Knight made Yu Jin vaguely grasp the context of the matter -

The Black Knight stayed here to wait for him, this is a signal!
After a long time, Yu Jin slowly withdrew his thoughts, and the ring in his hand emitted a light blue and illusory light.

The next moment, wrapped in the light, his figure disappeared quietly.

And this ancient relic, which had been located underground for thousands of years, has once again returned to silence.
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At 7:15, Klein and Danitz came out of the first-class dining room and found that the strong wind that had been shaking the ship had calmed down a lot.

After thinking for two seconds, Klein walked all the way to the cabin entrance and asked the crew member guarding there:
"Who else hasn't come back?"

The crew member had seen the passenger and the captain enjoying delicious fish meat together, and did not hide it:
“Except for the Blanche family and the Dimodo family who went to the Green Lemon Restaurant, all other passengers returned before the wind started. Haha, it’s quite far away and the dining time is quite long.

"Yes, the captain and the first mate have been to the telegraph office and haven't come back yet."

Green Lemon Restaurant is a very famous restaurant on Bansi Island, and the lard is particularly delicious.

Captain Ireland was going to the telegraph office to send a telegram to tell them about the pirates they encountered on the road.

I was delayed by something on the way, so I haven't come back until now. This is actually very normal.

Klein nodded imperceptibly and returned to Room 312 and the bathroom in silence.

He skillfully closed the door, drew out a paper man, disguised himself, and came above the gray fog, ready to do another divination.

"The port of Bansi is in danger."

Klein held the pendulum and muttered something.

After repeating this over and over again, he opened his eyes and saw the citrine pendant rotating clockwise, not with a large amplitude and not at a fast speed.

There is danger, but not great... Just like the previous revelation, Klein rested his elbows on the edge of the bronze table and fell into thought.

The divination results told him that the danger was not great, but his intuition told him that the island was very dangerous.

Klein didn't know why he had such a contradictory intuition. This was something he had never experienced before.

Divination in reality might be disturbed, but divination above the gray fog had never gone wrong, and Klein had never doubted the results of his divination.

Klein was silent for a long time. He wanted to wait for Yu Jin to finish exploring the underground ruins and see what the specific situation was. As for Bansy Harbor, it was originally a transit station. It was okay to go there or not. His original intention was not to go there and try to avoid trouble.

but now……

Klein took a deep breath, returned to the real world, left the bathroom, and found a chair in the living room to sit down. This made Danitz feel inexplicably uneasy.

Is there really any danger on Bansi Island?

Although he was the one who told Klein the legend, he himself actually doubted the authenticity of the legend.

After all, legends are just legends, and their captain personally explored the island and found nothing unusual. Otherwise, Danitz wouldn't have made it so easy to tell the legend, he just used it as a way to show off.

But German Sparrow's attitude made him nervous.

Because the only impression the other party left on him was "madness".

But now this crazy adventurer has started to think, which means there is likely hidden danger on the island!
It was precisely because of this uneasiness that Danitz gave up his original idea of ​​going to the Green Lemon Restaurant for dinner and stayed on the boat obediently.

"You stay on the boat."

"Ah?" Danitz felt that this was unreal.

He suddenly understood what the other party wanted to do, and blurted out in surprise:
“You’re going to save that captain and those ordinary people?

"You, you said it was dangerous outside?" Klein put on a half-high silk hat, picked up a black hardwood cane, and turned the doorknob while responding calmly:

"There is a danger, but it is not great. Besides,

“They worked with me.

“They kept it a secret for me.

“He treated me to fish and human flesh.

"He helped me pay for the damage to the white shark."

Danitz didn't react for a moment, and asked subconsciously:

"How much compensation was paid?"

“A few soli.” Klein opened the door and walked out.
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In a hidden church filled with light, there are rows of black chairs with backrests.

The only person praying in the church sat in the middle of the first row of seats. He was wearing a white robe and had a light blond beard that covered the lower half of his face.
The only person praying in the church In a hidden church filled with light, a cross hundreds of meters high stood in front of it. In front of the cross, a huge, vague figure stood there, carrying everything on his back, looking at the souls with compassion.

Inside, there were rows of black seats with backrests, but there was only one person praying.

He sat in the middle of the first row, wearing a rather simple white robe and a light blond beard that covered the lower half of his face. His hands were clasped in front of a silver cross pendant on his chest, and his expression was warm and calm.

tread!tread!
A tall figure with sparks burning all over his body appeared at the door of the church at some point. He stepped in step by step and came in front of the person praying.

He said coldly:

"My ashes have lost touch."

The person praying did not raise his head, but whispered:
"I gave it to Medici, he needed a body to move in."

He said nothing, turned around and left silently, which was considered as accepting the words of the person praying.

In this world, most evil spirits are the product of the death of high-sequence strongmen.

Because when high-sequence warriors take potions to gain divinity, their spiritual bodies have actually undergone fundamental changes. This means that even if they are dead and their power is gone, some of their spiritual bodies will remain.

There are also a small number of evil spirits which are resentful souls that take advantage of various opportunities to break through their own limitations, but there is actually no essential difference between the two.

Normally, evil spirits will weaken little by little over time until they disappear completely, but they can assimilate the area where they were born, allowing the spiritual world and even the underworld to blend with it, drawing strength from it and maintaining their existence.

Therefore, many evil spirits have their own territories and spheres of activity. It is not that they do not want to leave, but that they cannot, unless they accumulate enough power to make a fundamental change in their form of existence.

Of course, evil spirits can also leave this territory by possessing a person.

But ordinary people and most extraordinary people cannot withstand the exploitation of evil spirits, especially evil spirits with angelic status formed by the fusion of the residual souls of three Sequence 1s after their death. Anyone possessed will quickly lose their spirituality and body temperature and cannot hold on for too long.

The Black Knight was just a pile of ash, and most of the time could be seen as an empty shell that could move. Such an empty shell was undoubtedly the most suitable target for evil spirits to possess, nothing else!

Especially since the Black Knight's status is equal to that of a demigod, he can completely withstand the parasitism and exploitation of an evil spirit.

Of course, this only refers to the Black Knight's 'body'. His soul cannot withstand such exploitation and will be devoured by the evil spirit.

This is exactly why he lost contact with the Black Knight, so he came to him to ask for an explanation. After all, to him, a Black Knight is nothing, and the power he can mobilize is far more than just a Black Knight.

Exchanging a drained shell for a powerful assistant and the smooth implementation of the plan is not a loss-making deal for Him.

Crunch!

Snapped!
As the tall figure left, the church door slowly closed.

The worshipper still sat quietly in the middle of the first row of benches, without moving at all, nor looking at the figure leaving.

He suddenly murmured in a low voice:
"Didn't you notice?"

The Black Knight was killed, but He didn't notice anything.

I just thought that it was really possessed by an 'evil spirit', causing this empty shell to lose contact with Him.

In other words, He didn't know who killed the Black Knight, nor did He know what he had done.

In other words, the connection between him and the ember was not as close as he imagined - the ember did not know his existence, but he could not sense the ember's state. They were fighting for the ownership of the fire, so they had to isolate themselves from each other's influence.

That is why He is so eager to let the embers pass on the fire. Only in this way can He reconnect with that body.

Their status is similar to mine, but they are more distant than mine.

The praying man slowly raised his head and looked at the huge, shining cross standing in front of him, which was hundreds of meters high. In front of the cross, a huge, vague figure stood there, carrying everything on his back, looking at the souls with compassion.

That is him and that is Him.

But no matter what, they are the same person after all.

The disagreement between them is simply the struggle between divinity and humanity for dominance.

No matter how the situation develops, this struggle is only between the two of them, and no outsiders will be allowed to interfere.

But the relationship between Embers and Him is more like that of mortal enemies.

He knew everything about the Embers, but he had also severed all ties with them. Perhaps this was the price he paid to escape.

Ember is unaware of His existence, but has absolute initiative in the matter of 'passing on the fire', which is also Ember's advantage.

This enabled the two sides to maintain a fragile balance for a long time.

"So, what is He?"

The prayers are whispered, but no one will give him the answer.

Because in this church filled with light, He is the only one.

Of course, He has plenty of time to figure all this out and there is no rush.

The other party's identity is not important, and their cooperation is not important.

The important thing is that everything is going according to plan. With the black knight's obstruction, I believe Yu Jin should be able to realize something -

The one-sided advantage was not what He expected. He needed the two sides to maintain a certain degree of balance, but He also needed to break this balance.

Only in this way can He intervene.

(End of this chapter)