Mystery: Death Singer

Sunday evening, in a cheap rental apartment in the East End.

Edric was opening packages one by one, which contained all sorts of materials that he had spent the entire day buying.

Although these materials were neither expensive nor scarce, their sheer quantity and variety made purchasing them all too cumbersome, giving Edric a major headache.

After successfully advancing to the seventh rank of "Spiritualist" yesterday, Edric compiled a list of essential oils and potions overnight, planning to buy the materials today and try them out to see which one best suits the tastes of spirit beings.

—The spirits that a psychic can communicate with can be found and communicated with on-site, or they can establish relationships with various spirits in the spirit world and the underworld in advance, so that they can be quickly summoned at critical moments.

In the real world, since Backlund is the second most important stronghold of the Church of the Goddess of Night, who knows how many Night Watchers of the "corpse collector" pathway exist in this city with at least five million inhabitants.

This led Edric to never intend to touch the spirits in the cemeteries near Backlund, and he would even pretend not to notice the natural spirits he encountered in his daily life.

Moreover, if he chooses a spirit body in the real world, he must also consider how to carry it, as the Solomon coins are already "full" and there is no extra space.

Simply carrying other spirits around is practically the same as actively seeking death.

Even without encountering the Night Watchers who follow the "corpse collector" route, any official Extraordinary who can open their spiritual vision can see that he is like a giant of light, surrounded by one after another incredibly conspicuous "light bulbs" that seem to be mocking everyone for being blind!

Therefore, Edric set his sights on the "spirit realm" and the "underworld." These two special dimensions not only conceal countless powerful spirits but also possess unparalleled mobility.

Once Edric successfully establishes a connection with the spirits hiding in the "spirit world" or the "underworld," he can summon one or even several powerful allies in a very short time, wherever he goes, as long as the location is not disconnected from the spirit world.

Edric had prepared a ritual to communicate with the spirit world, a simplified version of the ritual to summon the messenger, which was sufficient for his current needs.

After lighting the herbs and scattering the powder and essential oils, Edric raised his silver knife and sealed the entire room with a spiritual wall—an essential step for safety.

Then, he lit the candle that symbolized himself, took two steps back, and said in a deep voice in ancient Hermes:

"I!

"I summon in my own name:"

"Spirits that roam the upper realms, friendly beings that can communicate, unique beings willing to establish a connection with me."

Call ~

Inside the wall of spirituality, the wind suddenly intensified, and the bright yellow candlelight abruptly turned a sinister green, illuminating the entire room as if it were a haunted house.

The pale green candle flame flickered and gradually swelled to the size of a normal adult.

The next moment, a large snake, nearly two meters thick, slowly swam out, as if it wanted to come into the real world through Edric's ritual.

But soon, the large snake, whose scales were a dark green, stopped. It suddenly realized that Edric's house was too "small" to accommodate its entire body.

"..."

"..."

After staring at each other in silence for more than ten seconds, the snake rose slightly and slowly "floated" back into the candlelight, leaving only its huge snake head sticking out.

"Ahem~" Feeling inexplicably embarrassed, Edric cleared his throat and asked the large snake that had been staring intently at him in Ancient Hermes, "Would you be willing to establish a connection with me and answer the call to arms to assist me in battle at a crucial moment?"

The large snake, with its huge, dark green scales and a head stained with a light yellow oily substance, nodded slightly, indicating its willingness.

Edric glanced at the enormous serpent in the candlelight, which was clearly no ordinary creature, and quickly drafted a contract in ancient Hermes.

He originally only intended to establish contact with some spirit and underworld creatures, and had not prepared anything that was currently unnecessary for him at his level.

But there was no way around it; the giant snake looked so tempting that Edric was afraid he would never find it again once the ceremony was over. So he immediately tried to strengthen this weak connection that was only lip service and could be broken at any time if one of them gave up.

Since he only wanted to deepen the connection and had no other requirements, the contract drafted by Edric was very simple, with no requirements other than not endangering the contractor's life.

Simply put, Edric's goal was not the contract itself, but the inexplicable, invisible "connection" that arose after he signed the contract with the serpent.

Since Edric is an extraordinary being of the "Corpse Collector" pathway, the contract he is most familiar with is naturally the "Necromantic Contract," which is the domain corresponding to the "Grim Reaper."

Normally, this contract would need to be in the name of Death to guarantee its extraordinary effects, but since Death perished after unleashing the "Pale Catastrophe," a less desirable option was to use the "Underworld," which also represents "the dead," as the guarantee.

"The final destination of all death is the hell of the spirit world, the witness to the decay of all things, the kingdom that belongs only to the god of death."

After these four sentences were written, the ancient Hermes script on the brown parchment burst into a ghastly green flame, making the entire room look even more like a haunted house.

After finishing the main text, Edric pressed the Solomon's coin onto the parchment and signed his name at the end:

"Edric."

After he finished signing, the parchment floated up, carrying Solomon's gold coins to the front of the head of the dark green serpent.

The large, dark green snake slightly raised its head, its pale forked tongue flashing briefly, and a name quietly appeared at the end:

"Sannes".

The ghastly green flames quickly coalesced, engulfing Solomon's gold coins and the yellowish-brown parchment.

A few seconds later, the parchment turned to ashes and scattered on the ground, while Solomon's gold coin fell unharmed into the hands of the prepared Edric.

The large, dark green snake glanced at Edric as it slithered slightly, then slowly retreated back into the dark green candlelight and disappeared.

Only after the dim green candlelight could no longer sustain itself and quietly went out did Edric finally let down his guard and relax.

—After signing the contract, he immediately gained a clear understanding of Sannes' true nature; it was a powerful serpent spirit whose status and strength were no less than Sharon's.