"This is?!" Sean was quite surprised.
"I have just been vaguely feeling that there is some spiritual power left in this skull!
"I didn't expect that the symbol in my soul would capture that spiritual power... making the Witch Moon become a part of the symbol!
"what does that mean?"
At this moment, the candlestick-shaped symbol is emitting blue-white light, and the extra witch moon is still scarlet.
The blue and white light wants to penetrate in, but Witch Moon is temporarily unmoved...
"Although I have obtained this spiritual power, it has not been assimilated yet..." Sean felt.
He suddenly had a special feeling and put his soul into the symbol.
Just like before, his spiritual tentacles spread out.
Sean controlled the tentacles and tried to feel what kind of changes there were, until he noticed a solid feeling at the end of the ectoplasm, gently sweeping it on the ground...
The dust was swept away with a trace - as if a finger had brushed against it.
Sean was a little excited. After obtaining the Witch's Moon, the candlestick symbol's spiritual quality was improved. The originally ethereal tentacles could affect entities after being condensed.
"What will be the effect if Witch Moon is assimilated?" Sean couldn't help but wonder.
The doorbell interrupted Sean's thinking, and he stood up and opened the door. A group of correctional officers wearing black uniforms and black boots stood at the door.
Their expressions are solemn and their bodies are strong. At first glance, they are different from the correctional officers who are responsible for daily security.
The leader's hair was shaved very short, and the stubble and stubble looked as hard as steel needles. He showed his ID: "The Paranormal Security Incident Team of the Discipline Center, also known as the 'Sheepdog'. I am Captain Kai. Gal Lucius.”
"Sean, Sean Dickinson."
The five-person "Sheepdog" team entered the room, and someone began to examine the remains. Kegel was responsible for questioning Sean.
"Captain, the resentment level is around seven. This is a violent corpse." A team member reported after the inspection.
During the inquiry, Sean could feel that Kegel was doubtful about his ability to deal with the violent corpses: "You know, this is a situation that will also cause problems for Jack-level explorers..."
Sean showed Kegel the Pathfinder study materials and added some luck into his description of the conflict. Of course, Naya's presence was completely obscured.
The Shepherd team members found a broken holy water bottle and a sacred dagger at the scene. They found no other suspicious traces and no other witnesses. Therefore, they could only attribute this almost impossible exorcism to the violent death of the corpse. It's down to the unexplained nerf, and Sean is really lucky.
After the questioning, Kegel looked at Sean with gray eyes: "Mr. Sean, I believe this attack was not an accident. Have you offended anyone or any organization recently?"
Sean had no reason to hide it from the "Sheepdog" team, so he told Kegel about his sister's disappearance, her murder as soon as she arrived in New York, and the fake corpse. Although the latter listened very attentively, he did not show any surprise. It seemed that this kind of supernatural revenge incident was not that rare.
Kegel just reminded Sean to pay attention to safety and had no intention of conducting an in-depth investigation into what happened to him. After collecting the bones, he gathered the team and left.
"They have limited resources and time, so it's impossible to rely on the discipline center to solve my crisis." Sean had expected it, so he didn't feel disappointed.
Daisy hurried over and was visibly relieved to see that Sean was safe. For safety reasons, she arranged for Sean to move to the first floor, a room closer to the front desk and security guard: "The environment here is not as good as above, but it is safer."
Although the room is smaller, it feels safer. Sean feels quite at ease: "There's nothing to complain about. It's great here."
After Daisy left, Sean closed the door and thought about what had just happened: "This is another trap for me: only I will go to the fake address of the Poetry Society and find the witch's body. When I found the body, I It was already marked, and then the corpse was activated and came directly from the autopsy office to deal with me...
Sean thought of the corpse of the witch with its mouth open and all its teeth exposed: "It's still the same ruthless method as before... Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise I would definitely die this time."
He thought of the old man with shaggy white beard and hair. The holy water he sent played a key role in delaying the corpse.
"His function may be related to premonition." Sean sighed. "First I got Catherine's sacred dagger, then I got the holy water bottle from the old man, and Naya helped me. I'm very lucky..."
The attack of the corpses tightened the clockwork for Sean again - "I have to become stronger quickly and know more. Sooner or later, my luck will run out!"
After the "Book of Souls" and "The Explorer's Manual", he took out the third book - "Theology and Divine Magic" and read it intently.
To test his memory, after reading about forty pages of the first chapter, Sean closed the book and closed his eyes.
In his mind, he tried to recall what he had just read...
It's like the book is open in your own mind, and the pages are so clear!
Sean, who has read "The Book of Souls", has a general understanding of this phenomenon: "Memory is an important function of the brain, and the brain is the container of the soul.
“After the symbol was activated, it strengthened my soul, and this strengthening was also reflected in the memory function.
Sean thought with some excitement: "This will not only allow me to quickly accumulate mysterious knowledge, but also quickly write down a lot of materials and information."
He made a cup of coffee and began to read a book with full concentration.
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Monday is the training day scheduled with Catherine.
Sean got up early, took the tram to Wall Street along with the people going to work, and arrived at the Explorer Center.
Sean waited in the company for more than ten minutes. Catherine, wearing a mask, walked into the company with long legs: "Yes, I came very early."
She still remembered Sean's dumbfounded expression when he got a pile of books after trying to pass the Explorer test in two months. When leading Sean to the training room upstairs, she deliberately said sarcastically: "How is the progress of reading the books?" So, have you memorized several books already?"
Sean nodded: "Yes, I have almost finished memorizing the third book, and the progress is good."
Catherine glanced sideways at Sean and chuckled.
In the training room located in the Explorer Center building, a pair of trainers wearing masks and protective gear were fencing. Both of them were very involved, like two fighting cocks waiting for an opportunity. Two burly men were wrestling in a sand pit. They were panting and their skin was red. There are also a few people holding barbells or dumbbells and exercising their muscles...
Sean had never seen such a scene before, and it was quite novel. There was a young man next to him who was sweating all over from training. He said disdainfully to his companions: "Do explorers have to train like this? What I mean is that we are not strong men in the circus. We face those strange creatures whose strength far exceeds that of human beings." As for things, isn’t it enough to have a pistol and magic?”
Sean said smoothly: "You take it for granted. When we run out of ammunition or spiritual power, the body is the last weapon. Even if it is not used as a weapon, when we run away together, the one who is devoured will definitely be the one who is exhausted.
"Moreover, the body blessed by mysterious power is much stronger than ordinary people. Explorers have different styles when performing tasks. Everyone has different talents. Some people have strong spirits and can give full play to their magical skills and knowledge. ; Some people have amazing physiques, and with the strengthening of functional strength, they can also exert amazing power. In this way, when acting in a small team, they can learn from each other's strengths and offset their weaknesses. In any case, physical fitness is the foundation, and the importance of physical exercise cannot be ignored.
“In the face of the mysteries of this world, it’s not a bad thing to be pious.”
The young man was stunned for a long time after what he said. Looking at Sean's back, he thought he had met a powerful senior explorer, so he quickly started practicing hard with a slightly red face.
Sean recounted the original words of the author in "The Explorer's Manual", partly to refute the young man and partly to remind himself.
Catherine, who was walking next to him, looked at him sideways in surprise: A person who is new to the industry actually pretends to be a king-level boss. This guy has something!
The two walked to the boxing ring surrounded by several thick ropes. Sean was a little confused: "Who will teach me boxing?" He looked at Catherine's slender waist and arms, "It's definitely not you. As far as I'm concerned, Observation, you should be a technical explorer. Maybe your shooting skills are excellent, maybe you can use magic well, but you can never be..."
Catherine put on a cloth mask and tied up her hair: "Don't forget my function - I am an actor.
“In my library of characters, I have a female boxer named Maggie.
"She has never lost a fight with a boy since she was a child. When she was fourteen years old, she was spotted by a coach and started practicing boxing..." Catherine wrapped a cloth band around her fist, her eyes seemed to have changed. She bit the cloth band with her teeth, and the muscles of her jaw bulged. Since then, he has become a bit more masculine. “I started playing professionally at the age of nineteen. Due to his life-threatening boxing style, he was called ‘crazy cousin’ by his opponents.
Sean knew that explorers with the "actor" function could play other roles in depth, and that skilled actors could even master the rudimentary abilities of other functionaries... But he didn't expect that this kind of acting would be so shocking!
Catherine's skin color seems to have become darker, the muscles of her arms are obviously lines, and there are some scars on her face caused by the boxing match...
"When she was 22 years old, she won the Indian women's boxing championship. In the first national competition, due to fraud by her opponent and the competition team, she missed the gold belt."
Katherine put on the gloves, no, not Katherine, Sean didn't recognize her anymore. In front of him was the fierce female boxer, Maggie.
"After two years of hard training, she planned to fight for the championship again. During this period, she met a man named Sean. He seemed to want to learn boxing, but he had doubts about his own level.
"She wanted him to see a woman's fist."
Sean said seriously: "No, Kai...Miss Maggie, although I am two weight classes heavier than you, I don't doubt that you can knock me out in the ring with one punch!
"Let's start training, you are definitely a qualified boxing coach!
