Chapter 131 The detector in Shelly's hand suddenly jumped again.
Shelly: “…”
He stopped, supported his right hand on the table, and raised his left hand to observe again.
It is indeed zero.
The next second, he threw down the things on the table, tore off the robe hanging on the side and put it on himself, and instantly disappeared from the association.
......
Edith closed the coffin in silence.
The rotten fish and stew on the ground turned into fine powder. Except for those vomited by Duke Eddie, the rest disappeared due to the normal flow of time.
Edith glanced at Louisa again through the window in the coffin, stepped back, and bowed solemnly.
The conversation just now was short, and many things were not fully understood, but at least we know that Louisa knows about the soul-swapping issue.
She possesses powerful magic and creativity, and knows how to achieve immortality, but she doesn't care at all and chooses a path opposite to Hope Eddie.
......So, Duke Eddie keeps letting his soul enter other people's bodies because he is afraid of death?
Louisa said that she and Hope were of the same kind, but her reincarnation was passive, and it was estimated that it could only happen once. If Duke Eddie confirmed that he had lived from that time to the present, he must have changed more than one body.
He definitely has a method that can guarantee a success rate. The magic circle that allowed his soul to escape might have been created by him himself.
Duke Eddie had the intention to get close to Shelly a long time ago, so it is not impossible for him to sneak into the apartment and do something... Wait, if he specifically looked for Shelly——
Only then did Edith realize the problem.
——Doesn’t this prove that Duke Eddie’s original idea was to snatch Shelly’s body?
She was a little confused for a moment and stopped all movements to recall.
It's not necessarily Duke Eddie's doing. According to her current understanding, the Rodney family is also involved.
No, not only the Rodney family, but also the entire Magic Circle Association...
What roles did they play? If the process of body swapping was so difficult that it required so many people to participate, then why did she easily enter someone else's body?
There were so many questions that Edith took a deep breath and placed her hands on her chest to calm herself down.
There's no point in thinking so much now.
I still have to go out and talk to others.
She decided to leave here first.
Edith called out the magic power that belonged to Louisa and cast a stun spell on Duke Eddie and his butler respectively, while clearing up her own magic power that was dissipated in the space.
He walked out of the stone gate, moved quickly through the corridor, and began to clean up the traces left by his friend.
Got to erase everything.
After reaching the first aisle, she suddenly stopped.
Next time I come, I guess Duke Eddie will increase surveillance...Sneaking in might not be as easy as this time.
Edith's ankle turned slightly.
She cares a little.
Only a little bit of residual magic could be sensed in the other passages, and only in the middle passage, one could faintly sense the presence of wind.
Where does it lead?
......
“It’s so thrilling!”
Behind the college, Amy gasped for breath: "If I hadn't reacted quickly, the doctor would have caught up with me."
Bell and Lynch successfully obtained the medical records from the sleeping doctor, but when they were leaving, Mrs. Eddy happened to wake up - the doctor was instantly awakened by her wailing and discovered the intruder.
Several people quickly rushed to the church, and the doctor chased them relentlessly, and even caught Bell on the way. The two struggled for a long time, and finally the other party tore off half of the medical record. Bell successfully escaped and got into the activated magic circle.
There was still enough time, but Amy was too slow, and everyone had to wait until the doctor got close to their face before they were successfully teleported away.
Amy recalled the doctor's distorted face at the last moment. She whistled and wiped her hair, then turned around with her hands on her hips, but did not see any of her companions in her eye level.
He lowered his head silently.
The remaining few people were now lying on the ground in a mess.
Amy: “…” Damn it, even the activation of the magic circle is so unstable.
Bell rubbed his head that had fallen on the hard stone, climbed up and said unhappily: "Quick reaction?"
"The reason why time is so tight at the end is because you were too slow. If you had activated the magic circle two minutes earlier—"
"——Let's not talk about this for now. What about Edith?"
Tuttle and Hedda said almost in unison.
"The magic circle was originally carved by Edith. As long as she finds the place, she will be able to come out." Mu Lin looked into the distance, "Shouldn't we worry?"
"...can only hope Edith doesn't get into trouble."
Lin Qi touched the sword on his back, feeling a little unwilling.
It's of no use again...
Amy tried to comfort everyone: "Don't worry, we didn't run away on purpose... We were forced to do so by the situation."
That being said, the doctor was already on alert, so it would be inconvenient for Edith to come out the same way.
"Edith is stronger than all of us. Maybe it will be easier without her being a burden." Hedda comforted herself, "It will be fine."
As they chatted, they didn't notice the figure flashing rapidly from a distance. When Tuttle reacted, a beam of white light fell on everyone, causing everyone to squint their eyes.
Tuttle subconsciously opened his hands and stood in front of everyone in a protective posture. Half a second later, he finally saw the owner of the wand pointing at his heart, and asked in surprise: "...Professor Scott?"
The owner of the hand paused, shook his wrist, and a powerful magical force swept across Tattle's face, completely removing his disguise.
"Tuttle."
The man stepped out from the shadows and spoke calmly, his dark red eyes flashing like fire under the white light, "It's late."
A familiar voice sounded, but everyone did not feel any relief. Instead, they leaned together silently, their bodies tense.
They came out in violation of the curfew, and it would not be a good thing if they were discovered by the teacher.
"Edith is his assistant, right? She shouldn't be a problem?" Hedda said weakly.
Tuttle lowered his voice: "Do you think Edith is with us now?"
Hedda: “…”
Tuttle: "How should we tell him that Edith actually left the cave with us, but she got lost and entered the sealed cave alone?"
Hedda: "Okay, I know this back door can't be opened."
After struggling for a few seconds, they decided that at worst they could just bite the enemy to death and go on an outing, so they sent Tuttle out to fight.
"Let's celebrate outside--" He had just said half of his sentence when Shelly had already scanned everyone present--all the people who usually stayed with Edith were here.
There's just no her.
"Where is Edith?" He was restless and spoke directly, interrupting Tuttle. "Don't lie. I know you went to the ruins."
Everyone was shocked.
"Exposed?" Hedda opened his mouth dully.
"Edith and I have discussed this." Shelly's patience was almost exhausted. "No need to explain. Just tell me where she is."
"She's still in the ruins." Although he didn't know the details, Tuttle subconsciously chose to trust her. "We're not in any danger. We just had a different division of labor and got out a little early."
Shelly: "When exactly did we separate?"
"Four twenty-three." Bell answered immediately.
Then, for the first time, everyone saw an ugly look on the teacher's face.
"At 4:35, Edith's magic fluctuations completely disappeared." Shelly said coldly in the stunned expressions of everyone, "After you separated."
"Wait, doesn't that mean--" Mu Lin's expression suddenly turned into horror.
Although I don't know how the other party mastered Edith's magic fluctuations, there is only one possibility to make a person's magic disappear completely -
Before she finished her words, the professor in the black robe had disappeared from sight, followed by Tuttle who reacted quickly. Bell immediately called out to everyone: "Run!"
The teleportation array in the back mountain was a one-time operation, and could only receive incoming people, but could no longer perform the task of transporting people. Everyone could only rush into the night and run out of the cave.
......
Edith finally reached the end of the passage.
There was no door at the end. She felt the obvious wind above her head and squinted her eyes. Sure enough, she found a way upwards at the top of the passage.
She reached up, loosened the lid above her, and put a little force on it with her head.
"bass--"
Her eyes emerged from the ground.
Dirt was falling all around her. Edith quickly closed her eyes and adjusted her center of gravity again.
Am I... in a garden? Is that grass above my head?
"elder brother."
An inexplicably familiar voice sounded from not far away.
Edith shrank her neck and made sure that she was surrounded by bushes and was safe. Then she mustered up the courage to look out through the gaps in the leaves.
The rustling of leaves, footsteps, and the sudden stop of friction: "Ivan? Why did you wake up so early today?"
"Isn't it the same for my brother?"
Ivan and Zebulon? ! !
Edith couldn't help showing a look of surprise. She propped up the lid on her head with her hands and looked around carefully.
Not far away, the white castle still shone brightly in the darkness. Countless lights were burning, illuminating half the sky.
This is the imperial palace.
......
Edith didn't encounter any trouble on the way back. She dodged the patrolling doctor for a while and successfully returned to the back mountain from the teleportation array.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t meet anyone in the cave, and I didn’t meet anyone when I came out.
She was a little confused, so she wiped out the traces of the magic circle under her feet and waved her hand to test the surroundings.
——There are traces of Shelly’s magic.
"This concentration cannot be residual." She had been surprised too many times tonight and was a little tired. "Then it must have been left there on purpose."
Is this his intention to find her? Why would he find her? Didn't they agree that he would do the experiment well and come back if he encountered any problems with the magic fluctuations?
Damn it!
Louisa's magic!
Edith immediately realized the problem, quickly withdrew her hand, and mobilized her own magic power to work again.
Louisa was surprised at her adaptation at first, but now thinking about it, it is easy to explain: most people cannot adapt because they have been living with their own magic for more than ten years or even decades. Even if they originally only had a little magic, they will not be able to withstand new invasions due to habit.
But I had only been exposed to magic for a year, and it was difficult for me to develop an intuition about magic. Unexpectedly, it came in handy in another aspect.
She fumbled around for a while, and Louisa's portion of magic was easily locked up, while her own magic was replenished again.
The detector in Shelly's hand suddenly jumped again.
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