Hot steam mixed with black smoke rises slowly and is blown away by the cold winter wind. Small changes cannot affect anything. The city is still the same, like mechanical gears, running along its own path.
Only the warm sun shines down on the earth, bringing a layer of golden brilliance.
The ancient bells ring in the city, and the distant sound spreads to every corner of the streets and alleys. Strangers come and go, and trains come into the station one after another. Looking at the expressions on people's faces, you can probably guess The experience of this trip.
They carry heavy luggage, and the wind and snow will erode their bodies and minds. Looking at the registration records, there are no travelers arriving from Ronark City.
Jiang Chenchuan carried his luggage to the platform and looked down at his watch. It was still some time before the train arrived.
"Evel, you came earlier. Where are the others?"
Ethan's voice rang from my ears,
…
The replacement will be completed around two o'clock.
The darkness in front of him faded away, gradually revealing Ethan's worried expression. He slowed down his breathing and realized that he had returned to the real world.
"How are you?"
An unexpected voice sounded, and Jiang Chenchuan turned his head and saw Ballas' figure appearing in front of the mansion. Thousands of things to do
He bent down and picked up the kitten on the ground, and touched the black cat's head. He probably said his cordial greeting just because he cared about the cat.
"How did you come?"
"It's nothing. It feels too uncomfortable to be numbed by this."
Barras shook the chain on his hand and explained to Jiang Chenchuan that the fact that he could come here also meant that the people from the museum were also there.
Sure enough, when he turned around, he saw Andre and Yas walking towards them. It was not a fight. He helped Jiang Chenchuan staggering.
The diviner who was half-kneeling on the ground let out a cry of pain, like a crying baby. After a while, some special lines appeared on her face.
"Help...help me...please...help me."
The fortune teller struggled and cried. She hugged her face, but the curse was slowly devouring her body. Time seemed to be accelerating on her body. Her originally young body was aging rapidly, and her skin became shriveled, like A withered corpse.
It was as if her life force had been drained by some mysterious force. No one here knew how to break this curse. They could only watch her die while struggling and begging for mercy.
Slowly, she fell.
"I do not want……"
A hoarse, dry voice was squeezed out of her throat, blood seeped from the corners of her mouth, and she stopped moving.
"They..."
Before Yas could be surprised, he saw Andre stop him.
"Is it over? Captain."
Andre turned his head and looked at Jiang Chenchuan. When he saw Jiang Chenchuan nodded weakly, he organized Yas to take action.
The long illusion finally ended, and he seemed to have returned to reality. The witch did not wake up, but slept in the illusion forever.
Perhaps this was a relief for her.
But……
Although the person died, the coming disaster was not resolved. Suddenly there was an inexplicable tingling sensation in his head, as if something was about to break out of the cocoon.
It seemed that the relic had an influence on him, sensing his existence and invading his consciousness through a strange way.
"Evel, are you okay?"
The body was being disposed of, and Barras was playing with the black cat in his arms. Only Ethan noticed something was wrong with Jiang Chenchuan.
Jiang Chenchuan wanted to say something, but the words came to his lips but he couldn't. It was a strange feeling, as if he could hear the sound of waves hitting the rocks, echoing in the empty world.
"Hey! Can you still hear me...Evel!"
Ethan asked anxiously. It could be seen that Jiang Chenchuan's face was terribly pale, as if he was about to fall to the ground, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
It was like riding a high-speed roller coaster. The scene in front of me kept changing. Finally, it slowly stopped. It was a familiar scene.
The sky was as dark as ever, with only a dim light shining in the distance, swaying in the wind, as if it might go out at any time.
"Evel's condition is very bad, Andre, come and help me and get him to the car."
Ethan led Jiang Chenchuan towards the carriage. As soon as he helped people get into the carriage, he heard a strange noise and the carriage suddenly started to move without warning.
The stagnant blood seemed to be flowing again, and something was snatching consciousness from the chaos. Cold currents spread throughout the body along the limbs, and Jiang Chenchuan gradually woke up.
Soon, he felt the bumps of the carriage and Ethan's angry roar in the icy night wind. All the chaos quickly left his body, and then he sat up from the carriage.
"Are you awake? Are you okay?"
It was hard for Jiang Chenchuan not to wake up from that slightly teasing yet familiar concern.
"Early winter?"
There is some temptation in the affirmation.
"I didn't expect that you really succeeded."
It could be heard that there was some joy in Chudong's tone, but also some disbelief.
"What?"
"Witch, I don't know what you have been through, but you really killed the witch and you are simply the savior of Ronark City."
Hearing Chudong say this, I felt a sense of rejection from the bottom of my heart for a moment, and even wanted to say a few words in rebuttal, but this
^0^ It’s really not Jiang Chenchuan’s style.
"No one is born a bad person."
After the strong wind passed and Ethan was left behind, Chudong gradually slowed down the carriage.
"Evel, are you speaking for the witch?"
In a short period of time, there were different changes, which surprised Chudong.
"You can take it as you please."
Jiang Chenchuan's eyes looked into the darkness in the distance, and there was no light in the dark pupils. This feeling of calm suffocation was despairing, as if he had become a different person after not seeing him for a few days.
"What's wrong with you? Ivel."
Chudong stopped the carriage, turned his head and asked curiously.
"..."
"Are you...sympathizing with the witch?"
Chudong asked in silence.
She saw Jiang Chenchuan's expression clearly, as if she saw his pity, but they were obviously hostile and did not know each other. It was strange to have such emotions.
"your eyes……"
Before Jiang Chenchuan could finish asking, Chudong quickly covered her eyes with her hands. She came in such a hurry that she didn't even have time to put on the blindfold.
The number of silver moons in her eyes increased again. Only then did Jiang Chenchuan notice that there were some scars and bruises on Chu Dong's face, even some inconspicuous places, and the open wounds were still there. Blood oozes from the residence.
"It's nothing. I violated the rules of the sect. It's good that I wasn't killed. It was just some punishment from the witch. Fortunately, a member helped me, and the witch has not been here these days, so I can do this. Escaped successfully."
Chudong explained to Jiang Chenchuan.
Thanks to Chudong, Yulia was rescued. Thinking of this, Jiang Chenchuan shook his head as if relieved and said:
"If I said I knew how to lift the curse from your eyes, would you be willing to try?"
There was shock in Chudong's eyes.
Before she could reply anything, she saw Ethan's figure approaching from a distance.
"They're catching up, we gotta go."
Chu Dong wanted to move even more, but Jiang Chenchuan held him down.
"Okay, don't run away, we are all our own people."
"..." Early winter.
With the death of the witch, the curse and the murder case were finally settled. Since the conjurer was dead, the mark of Tole Cress did not form the final real curse.
Toler Kress rested at home for a few days and went to the hospital several times to change medicines before the injury on his neck healed.
Due to the death of someone next door, the rent of that house was falling like crazy, which gave Toler Claes a big advantage.
I heard that within a few days, the young and enthusiastic police officer was back to work full of energy.
It seems that everything is coming to an end, but only Jiang Chenchuan knows that this is just the calm before the disaster, and the real storm has not yet come.
The investigation of the fishing boat accident revealed no traces of relics, and it was just a simple shipwreck.
But that day, Bellito said that if he saw people in the sea, there should be something. From the witch's memories, it seemed that the source of the disaster came from the sea.
Xinlan waters.
Jiang Chenchuan has also seen people at night. No one knows what kind of terrible truth is hidden under the calm sea.
The days seemed to go by day by day, and it felt like nothing happened and time passed quickly.
Rarely have I had time to observe the early morning so carefully, the anticipation of waiting for the sun to rise, and the freshest air. No one wants to make the atmosphere too depressing.
Jiang Chenchuan submitted an application to the museum and heard that the relics prepared for him this time were full of surprises.
He didn't want any so-called surprises, he just wanted it to be useful in the process of recovering the relics. The witch's body was refrigerated in the morgue of the medical department. The doctor who heard the autopsy said that even if she died, the residual power was still found in her body.
Including the curse based on her life, existence like a fortune teller, many people in the witch sect died due to the curse on the same day.
But the only good news is that the attempt in the fantasy world was successful.
The moon in the eyes of early winter disappeared, and like an ordinary person in summer, the gray-white pupils gradually turned into black.
I don’t know how Yulia learned that Jiang Chenchuan was going to Ronark City, and she actually took the initiative to apply to go together.
After careful calculation, there were quite a few people setting off together this time.
Baras who can mimic, Bellito who has some special golden eyes, Ethan who is proficient in alchemy, Yulia Decavo, a doctor who can support, and Chudong, a former member of the Witch Cult.
Meow
By the way, there is also a black cat.
Hearing the movement in the bedroom, Ballas couldn't put it down for the black cat, which made Jiang Chenchuan feel a headache.
As soon as he walked into the bedroom, he saw the black cat scurrying around on the curtains. He grabbed the black cat by the back of the neck and lifted it down.
"Give you half an hour to tidy up my bedroom."
Jiang Chenchuan had a cold face and spoke calmly. Normally, Baras would be in danger at this time. If he didn't move, he might really be torn into pieces.
"Hey hey hey..."
Bellito stood by the door and snickered sickly.
"Berito, are you done?"
"Do it now! Do it now!"
^0^Jiang Chenchuan turned his head and looked at him, so frightened that Bellito ran away quickly. Anyway, he would not let go of anyone who came to join in the fun.
Since Barras came home with him, and the addition of Berito, the already small Black River Detective Agency has become even worse. There is basically not much room for them, and even their daily diet may have problems.
Fortunately, Locken learned about this situation and will come over to help him solve his food problem in the past few days.
Occasionally, after falling asleep, he would dream about some of Dorothea's experiences. He knew very well that the corrosiveness of that relic was not weak, and he might even have to use the power of original sin to resist the erosion.
He lit the kerosene lamp on the table and sat down in front of the table. Probably because he saw that Jiang Chenchuan was not in a good mood, no one came to disturb his work.
Only the black cat slowly jumped up on the table, swung around in front of him, poked its head, and looked at Jiang Chenchuan's writing movements with doubts. The kitten was surprisingly sensible and didn't make trouble. Instead, he silently found a place to lie down on the pile of books nearby.
Barras, not far away, looked hesitant as to whether he should come over and pick up the kitten.
After finishing writing something, Jiang Chenchuan skillfully folded the paper and stuffed it into the envelope. He looked at the kitten lying next to him, stretched out his hand and touched its head.
He wanted to wait for a report about the witch's body, and as soon as the report came out, he set off for Ronark City.
A new journey is about to begin again, but I can't be happy at all. The sky outside the window is gloomy, and I don't know if there will be snow. The city is shrouded in a thin gray fog, and I can't tell whether it is haze or dark clouds that are about to rain.
After dinner, Bellito didn't dare to bother Jiang Chenchuan, so he had no choice but to trouble Barras. The two of them refused to let the other go. Except for Ethan, no one could really cure Bellito.
However, it was only after he learned that Jiang Chenchuan avenged his tribe that he could see his smile.
There is so much hatred intertwined that it is difficult to judge this matter no matter whose position it is.
There was a knock on the door, and the activities in the room suddenly stopped. The golden color of Bellito's eyes flashed, and when he saw Jiang Chenchuan getting up, he didn't say anything more.
He opened the door and found a stranger standing outside. After asking, he found out that he seemed to be a staff member of the museum. In order to prevent impersonation, Jiang Chenchuan specifically asked him to show his museum work permit.
I specially sent Jiang Chenchuan the autopsy report on the witch, and it happened to be the opening of the house in early winter, so I ran into this scene.
"It's you."
Chu Dong's eyes instantly became alert, but when the other party saw Chu Dong, his face was full of surprise.
"Your curse seal..."
Chudong subconsciously wanted to cover her eyes, but because the curse was lifted, she hadn't worn an eyepatch for several days.
"Tell me! How it was lifted!"
The man jumped forward. Jiang Chenchuan could probably guess that he was a member of the Witch Sect, but the museum's work permit could not be faked.
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
