Mystery: Death Singer

As night deepened, Edric arrived in the suburbs carrying Iverson, who was frozen solid.

This was an effect he achieved by having Frost Spirit envelop Iverson in low-temperature mist for a while to prevent any accidental blood drips during the journey.

After glancing around, Edric avoided the main road and slipped into the forest, quickly finding a secluded spot.

He put down Iverson and carefully examined the spoils of this operation.

First, there was the revolver that Frost Spirit retrieved from the sewers, loaded with six bullets. If Frost Spirit hadn't succeeded in her first shot, Edric would have simply turned and run.

Next, Edric found a small leather pouch on Iverson containing more than ten pistol bullets. However, since Frost Spirit had been affecting Iverson with low-temperature mist all the way, these bullets were likely damp.

Then there was Iverson's wallet. Edric didn't know what this guy's profession was, but his small wallet contained 120 pounds sterling, which was like a windfall.

—Sullivan and pennies were classified by Edric as ordinary living expenses and not recorded as savings.

Then there's tonight's absolute heavyweight item: a dark heart with flowing icy blue blood. It's an extraordinary property extracted from Iverson, corresponding to Sequence Eight "Cold-Blooded One" of the "Demon" pathway!

This extraordinary quality alone is enough to fetch at least five hundred gold pounds.

Of course, considering that extraordinary individuals with the "Demon" pathway are not very active in Rune, it will probably take a long time for Edric to sell this extraordinary trait at market price.

Unfortunately, Edric didn't find the potion recipe on Iverson. He only found a notebook that recorded some curse spells. It contained a lot of Iverson's experimental records and insights. He also found a way to help Erwin break the curse from it.

After taking stock, Edric carefully inventoried his assets and discovered that he now possessed two Sequence 8 Extraordinary Attributes, which, if sold, would fetch at least a thousand gold pounds.

And that Solomon's coin, which houses three nature spirits, is so powerful that it could be said that Edric currently wields the vast majority of his strength in this small coin.

In addition, he now had a full 125 gold pounds in cash, taking a solid step towards the "Psychic" potion.

Another regrettable point is that although Edric clearly possesses the Sequence 9 to Sequence 7 recipes for the "Corpse Collector" pathway, he cannot sell them because the trading market in Tingen City is too low-end, and he can only admire them silently by himself.

After storing the "cold-blooded" trait in a container and sealing it with spiritual energy, Edric quickly dug a makeshift grave with stones and sticks and threw Iverson, who had nothing left but his clothes, into it.

When filling the grave, Edric was surprised to find that the "Gravedigger" potion actually gave him a digestion response, which made him realize that his previous conclusions were somewhat arbitrary.

It's not that "digging a pit in advance doesn't count as grave robbing," but rather that as long as the target of the burial is an extraordinary being, the process of digging the grave can also allow potions to provide good feedback.

After compacting the last clod of earth, Edric immediately felt a significant improvement in the "Gravedigger" potion, even stronger than the feedback he received when digging up the old baron's grave.

If we consider the entire "Gravedigger" potion as a whole, then the feedback Edric received from these two grave diggings accounts for at least a quarter of the entire potion.

Edric pondered for a moment, realizing that once he dug Iverson out of the grave, the "Gravedigger" potion would have been digested by at least a third of its original volume, so he needed to speed up the collection of the next potion.

Looking at the inconspicuous little mound in front of him, Edric did not choose to bury it on the spot. He was not sure if this behavior could fool the magic potion in his body, and as everyone knows, wild extraordinary beings are relatively rare in Tingen City.

If the potion thinks that "burying and digging out" counts as the same act, it would be a huge waste of tonight's gains. So he decided to let Mr. Cold-Blooded lie in there for a while and then dig him out a few days or a week later.

To prevent wild animals from digging up the corpse, Edric used the little beetle to hire two ordinary spirits from the nearby boss, not expecting them to hinder humans, but just to slightly drive away the wild animals.

After doing all this, Edric quickly returned to the West End under the cover of night, went back to his residence without disturbing anyone, quickly washed up, and fell asleep.

…………

When Edric woke up in the morning, he first checked the wounds on his throat and left arm. After confirming that they were not very noticeable, he gave up the idea of ​​taking a day off and got up to wash.

It was still early, not time for work yet, so Edric didn't just sit idly. He took out the notebook he had acquired the night before and carefully looked through it.

"Poppies, daffodils, twin flowers, drowned plants..."

"These things mixed together are really meant to break the curse?!"

Edric read through the entire notebook twice, but ultimately gave up on the idea of ​​helping Elwin remove the curse on his own.

After all, the contents of this notebook were too bizarre, and it seemed to be another trap set by that cold-blooded person. He was worried that if he really followed the instructions in the notebook to save him, it might make Alvin's condition worse. In that case, "helping others" would turn into "aiding and abetting evil," which would be a huge embarrassment.

Edric thought about it carefully and realized that today was Saturday. According to the usual pattern, a night watchman should be patrolling the cemetery. He could figure out a way to arrange a chance encounter with Alvin.

Even if it attracts the attention of the night watchmen afterward, with Alvin's unvarnished explanation, barring any unforeseen circumstances, they will definitely be able to draw attention to the already deceased Jerry.

Jerry had already died at Iverson's hands, and Iverson had died at his own hands. There wasn't even a spirit left at the scene, and the traces were so scarce that they were difficult to divine. The difficulty of the entire investigation can be imagined.

Furthermore, since the Elwin family are all followers of the Lord of Storms, this matter will most likely be assigned to the Chapel of Rivers and Seas for punishment.

If the investigators were a fortune teller like Klein with superhuman abilities, Edric would still be somewhat afraid of him. And if Klein were lucky, he might actually have a chance to find him. But if the people investigating this matter were those scapegoats, those old pigeons who might pull out a flask and take a couple of sips at any time...

Then I can only wish these old pigeons all the best~