Whispering Poems

Chapter 1172 Integrate into the earth
"I thought that after the battle of Mount Xikar, there would never be any evil spirits attacking me again."

[Evil spirits just won’t attack you on their own initiative. 】

The icy feeling spread from the ankles to the whole body, at the same time a huge force came, trying to directly push Shadela into the floor.

He stood still, the moonlight erupting in his palm was like the sun exploding in the bedroom.

After the brilliance of the silver moon faded, the surfaces of all objects in the room seemed to be covered with a layer of light marks.But in this case, the evil spirits under the floor actually rose up, as if they were not affected at all.

"This undead is not right."

The spirit body is in the form of a woman with loose hair, but the specific appearance is not clear.The spirit body is close to the traditional evil spirit, but the outside seems to be covered with a layer of black soil.Xia De has seen countless undead in Fort Midhill, and even seen undead who can fight high-ring warlocks under the blessing of a level 0 relic out of control.The evil spirit in front of him is obviously not that powerful, but it is also very different from those undead.

It can even be said that there is an essential difference between the soul in front of him and the "undead".Relying on his own knowledge of mysticism, Xia De was unable to explain exactly what it was for a while, and could only approximate it as resentment born in a certain land.Die normally, die in a normal place, there will never be such a thing.

"Could this be Miss Norma?"

Thinking in his heart, he pulled out the [Moonlight Great Sword] from the air.He was about to stab forward with his sword, but the evil spirit seemed to sense danger, and disappeared immediately after a muffled bang.

"What the hell is this?"

After confirming again and again that the surroundings had returned to normal, Xia Decai looked at the hidden space on the wall behind the original picture frame.Although there is a lock, it can't stop Xia De.The space inside was not large, and there was a small silver knife inserted in the scabbard, and a small enamel bowl, both of which had quite fresh and perennial bloodstains.

".【Echo of the past】."

Knowing the truth of time allowed the scope of this thaumaturgy to extend to the past three days.Xia De put down the silver knife, frowned while walking in the room to check, while listening to the voice in his ear.

The first sound was a knock on the door. It seemed that the neighbor downstairs brought the letter and stuffed it into the room.

The second part was the noise from the street downstairs. If Xia De heard correctly, it was two women cursing each other for taking away their husbands.

The third sound was finally the sound in this room.And considering that no one cares about the letters from three days ago, this should be Miss Norma's last voice before leaving home——

"It's time, let's go."

It was the voice of a strange man.

"Okay, I will meet that moment, may the earth be with me."

This should be Miss Norma's voice, with a very brisk tone.

"It seems that this investigation has really encountered trouble."

Xia De muttered, then searched briefly in the bedroom desk, and tried his best not to mess with other people's personal items.There are a lot of letters here. Judging from the reading order and marks, Miss Norma had frequent correspondence with at least five men at the same time, including Mr. Martin Jr., whom Xia De wanted to find.

"There are really means."

He sighed softly, and then realized in the chuckle of "her" that he seemed to be a bit more than this Miss Norma.

It's just a pity that Miss Norma doesn't have the "good habit" of keeping a diary.Apart from those letters, there are no other personal documents and materials.

On the contrary, after Xia De opened the closet, under those simple colorful and bold clothes, he found a notebook that seemed to be accidentally left behind.The time and place were recorded on it. Xia De realized after seeing the "Good Mister Club" that it recorded Miss Norma's work arrangements and the time of meeting with acquaintances.

But unfortunately, the record only lasted until three days ago, and there was no new content.And on the title page of the notebook, there is also a sentence——

[I will eventually become one with the earth. 】

"Mia, take a sniff and see if there are other clues."

He patted the sleepy cat, hoping the cat would do something.But no matter how smart the cat is, it can't help Xia De at this time.

Judging from the clues in his hand, Miss Norma, who also disappeared, has a serious problem.Although she didn't have a diary, Shad had the addresses of the gentlemen with whom she had been in regular contact—clearly written on the envelope, as well as a list and time of day of her frequented "workplaces."

He didn't take these materials with him, but wrote them all down, and then planned to go to the "Mr. Good Club" to inquire about more detailed content.

The time at this time was only 10:30 in the morning, and the heating in winter made the air in the city even worse, and the visibility in the city shrouded in gray fog was extremely poor.And when Shad walked across the block and returned to the door of the club again, he met a somewhat unexpected person.

At that moment the carriage happened to pass by him and stopped at the door of the club.And the gentleman who got out of the carriage with a cane looked back, and happened to meet Xia De's eyes:
"Oh, Mr. Hamilton!"

"Oh, it's Lord Lavender!"

This person in a decent black formal suit is none other than Shad's good friend Baron Lavender.Shad knew that Baron Lavender was in the antique and perfume business, so his appearance at the club should not be purely for fun like that little Mr. Martin.

At the end of the year, Shad sent a holiday card to Baron Lavender, and the baron also sent Shad a small bottle of perfume as a holiday gift.They met here unexpectedly at this time, and they were very happy. The baron even wanted to invite Xia De to the club for a drink, but Xia De refused:
"I am looking for a missing boy, Herbert Martin. Do you know him, Baron?"

Xia De briefly told the baron about his investigation target, but the baron thought for a while, but couldn't find this person from his memory.He also suggested that Xia De investigate that Miss Norma, but Xia De expressed regret that Miss Norma was also missing:

"Half an hour ago, I knocked on the door of her house for a long time, but no one showed up. I asked the neighbors, and Miss Norma didn't come back for several days."

Shad shrugged:

"However, I have investigated several other gentlemen who are familiar with Miss Norma. Baron Lavender, do you know any of them?"

Shade reported the names of the gentlemen he saw at Miss Norma's house, and Baron Lavender did know one of them:
"Little Franco is my friend. Before the end of the year, we drank together at the club. But I heard that he had a serious illness a few days ago. I originally planned to visit him tomorrow."

Baron Lavender is happy to help Shad, but it's a pity that he still has business to discuss at the club today.However, Shad was very interested in Mr. Franco who was seriously ill, and he lived in the southern district of Tobesk, so he planned to visit that gentleman.

The Baron wrote Shad a note proving that Shad was his friend so that his visit would go more smoothly.

The Franco family is not an aristocrat, but they run two large canning factories in the local area and belong to the emerging wealthy businessmen.Mr. Franco Jr., the only son of the 51-year-old Mr. Franco Sr., is destined to take over the family business.

And when Xia De saw Mr. Franco Jr. in the bedroom on the second floor of Franco's house, the man who was sick and bedridden seemed to be dying soon.

He was skinny, with a sallow complexion, and he didn't even have the strength to sit up alone.When the worried old Mr. Franco led Shad through the door and entered the bedroom with his servants, the eyes of the little Mr. Franco who turned his head to look at Shad inexplicably made Shad think of Spike before his death. Detective Lowe.

"How could it be so serious?"

Because he was worried about disturbing the patient, Xia De just glanced at the side of the hospital bed, and retreated to the corridor with old Mr. Franco.

The worried old man clutched his hat with both hands and sighed softly:
"Earlier last week everything was fine, then two days ago he had a sudden nightmare, and then it was like this. I went to the best doctor in town, but the doctor couldn't see what it was. What's wrong."

Sudden death from a serious illness is very common in this day and age.

"Nightmare?"

Xia De raised his eyebrows:
"Do you know the specific content of the dream?"

The old man nodded:
"He told me that he dreamed of a woman crawling out of the ground, grabbing his feet and trying to drag him into the ground. Actually, he's been having this dream since that night, but I can't Linking this nightmare to his illness. But I've already seen a psychiatrist in town, and I hope that will help."

The voice was very deep, and the appearance of the only son was a huge blow to the old man in front of him.

With the old Mr. Franco's consent, Shade searched the bedroom of the little Mr. Franco, who was resting in bed and almost speechless.If his guess is correct, then there must be some special item that makes Mr. Franco continue to have nightmares and become what he is now.

Xia De's search ability is very strong, and finding items with elements among ordinary items is what he is best at.And just as he guessed, the strange item carried traces of elements.

It was a potted plant placed on the window sill. The small flowers planted in the soil were not important. It was the soil in the pot that had traces of the elements.Those black soils are unusually cold to the touch, and seem to have the ability to attract attention, and the more one looks at the soil, the more one can feel an illusion that the soul is being swallowed by the soil.

This soil has exactly the same feeling as the undead who attacked Xia De.

(End of this chapter)