Chapter 356 Tribute
On a winter night in Tivian, the evening wind was bleak and the chill was biting. In this last dark night of the autumn season, the citizens of Tivian either gathered in front of the fireplace at home to celebrate the festival, or went to the streets to participate in the New Year activities held everywhere. The festive atmosphere spread from each household to the streets of the city, and everything was in a peaceful atmosphere.
On a street somewhere in East Tivian, decorations in New Year colors were hung on both sides of the street. Under the illumination of street lamps, a little snow was floating on the cold night street. At this point in time, the citizens of Tivian were either reuniting at home or attending New Year activities at activity sites outside, so there were almost no people on the street, and it looked cold and empty.
"Ha... It's so cold..."
At a crossroads somewhere, Nephnis, who was wearing a women's coat, looked at the deserted street, exhaled a puff of white steam, and then rubbed her hands. Looking at the deserted crossroads in front of her, she spoke with an expression of fatigue that could not be concealed.
"Haven't you found it yet? We've been looking for it for so long, and your cat spirit still hasn't responded?"
Turning around, Nephnis looked at Capac beside her and asked. After hearing what Capac said, he paused slightly and then spoke into the void.
"Lord Soulbeard, can you sense the vibrations of Sadoh around here?"
As soon as Capac finished speaking, a translucent mountain cat with strange patterns on its body gradually appeared beside him. It circled around Capac, shook its whiskers, then floated in the air and shook its head silently, indicating that it did not sense anything nearby.
The mountain cat soul whiskers are wilderness spirits bred by the environment of the New World. The shamans of the New World Shamanism have various contracts with the numerous wilderness spirits. The shamans can use their own abilities to summon wilderness spirits and then draw on their power.
Soulwhisker is a wilderness spirit that is very good at sensing the soul fluctuations of others. Capac's teacher Uta channeled Soulwhisker to him when Capac was dying, and told Soulwhisker the characteristics of Sadow's soul fluctuations that he had recorded. Then he asked Capac to bring Soulwhisker to Tivian to find Sadow. As long as Sadow appears within a certain range around Soulwhisker, it can sense its existence.
This afternoon, Capac arrived in Tivian by boat, and then he began to search for Sadou in this huge city with Soulbeard and Nephnis without stopping. They went to every street corner of the city, trying their luck to get close to the area where Sadou was, so that Soulbeard could sense Sadou's existence. However, so far, it seems that there has been no gain.
"Miss Thief, Lord Soulbeard said Sadow is not around here either."
After reading Hunshu's shaking head, Capac said to Nefernis. Hearing his words, Nefernis couldn't help but feel discouraged.
"Huh... Still nothing? We've already searched a lot of places, but still can't find any clues..."
Nephnis said this while leaning against the wall. Looking at the cold and quiet street in front of her in the cold night, she couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.
"This is the first time, right? You don't spend the holiday with your parents by the fireplace at home, or watch a show in the theater. Instead, you run around the streets looking for people. Is this how secret society members celebrate the holiday?"
Nephnis thought this in her heart. Since this afternoon, she has been running around with Capac in Tivian for several hours. Now she is cold and tired. At this moment, she misses the fire at home very much.
"There is no trace of Sador near this place now. I'm afraid we have to move to another place, Miss Thief. Time waits for no one. Let's hurry."
With a serious look, Capac spoke to Nephthys, who was leaning against the wall and gasping for breath. As a resident living in the wilderness of the New World and a former hunter in the tribe, Capac's strength and endurance were obviously much better than Nephthys, a rich girl from the city. He was not even breathing hard after all the hard work and was about to leave for the next destination. At this time, Nephthys, who was so tired that she was a little out of breath, stretched out her hand to stop him.
"Wait...wait a minute, it's not a good idea for us to search aimlessly like this. Tivian is so big that we may not be able to visit the entire city even if we spend a whole night...if we keep searching like this, we may not be able to find that Sadoh even after searching for several days."
Nephnis, who was leaning against the wall and breathing out white steam, said this to Capac. Capac was stunned after hearing this, and then spoke in embarrassment.
"So...if we don't look for it this way, what else can we do? Only when Master Soulxu gets close to Sadoh can he sense Sadoh's soul fluctuations. If we don't go around looking for it, there is no other way."
Capac spread his hands and said that ever since Sadow disappeared, their whereabouts had been protected by some kind of anti-divination body, and no trace of them could be found at all. Dorothy had tried to do divination but failed. She thought that this must be the mastermind who deceived Sadow and the others.
Therefore, for now, the only way for Kapak and his team to find Sadow is to rely on the soul whiskers to track Sadow's soul fluctuations, but judging from the current results, this method is not very efficient.
"I know... but, judging from the current situation, the range of soul perception of your Lord Soulwhisker is very limited." Looking at the mountain cat spirit beside Kapak, Nephnis said with a hint of suspicion in her eyes. Before, she had almost understood the detection range of Soulwhisker for soul fluctuations, which was only about two hundred meters, with a radius of two hundred meters. This detection range is too small for the entire Tivian.
"There is no other way. Lord Soulxu is a wilderness spirit from our place. A wilderness spirit is the product of the combination of a specific environment and a specific spirit body. After leaving its own environment, its ability will be greatly reduced. If Lord Soulxu is normal, his perception range should be much larger..."
Listening to Nefnis's words, Capac looked at Soulbeard beside him and scratched his head and said. Although Soulbeard could not understand the Priit language they were speaking, it was a little uncomfortable with Nefnis's slightly suspicious look in front of it. It floated beside Capac and looked at Nefnis with a little dissatisfaction.
"Didn't you make full use of... your abilities?"
After listening to Kapak's words, Neve murmured thoughtfully. After realizing that Soulxu's strength at this time was not as good as it should be, she suddenly had an idea in her mind.
In her associations, Nephnis thought of the Davis notes she had read not long ago. The extraordinary practice of practicing the body-reliant path mentioned there seemed to have the effect of allowing the spirit medium to exert greater power through its own body.
"Right... maybe it can be done this way!"
Nephnis clapped her hands and spoke as if she had realized something, and at the same time cast an eager look at the soul beard beside Kapak. The mountain cat spirit was frightened by Nephnis's eyes, jumped in the air and hid behind Kapak.
"Um... Miss Thief, what are you doing..."
"I've thought of a way to increase the efficiency of the search! Mr. Capac, can you let this Soulbeard cooperate with me, let it possess my body, and not resist my will and cooperate with me!"
Nefernis spoke to Capac with shining eyes. Capac looked puzzled after hearing what Nefernis said. He spoke in confusion.
"You said... you let Master Soulbeard possess your body and cooperate with your actions without resistance? Why?"
"I don't have much time to explain in detail right now. Just know that I have a ritual that requires the cooperation of this Lord Soulbeard. If you cooperate well, I may be able to make it more powerful, so that we can better find that Sadoh."
With a serious look, Nefernis spoke directly to Capac. Hearing Nefernis' words, although Capac's eyes were still confused, he still agreed and answered.
"Is there a ritual that can allow Master Soulbeard to unleash even greater powers? Well... if that's the case, then I'll ask for you."
After saying that, Kapak turned to the mountain cat spirit floating beside him, and asked in the spiritual language. Nephnis, who could not understand the spiritual language, watched the scene in anticipation, until she saw Soulxu suddenly shook his head after hearing Kapak's words, and her heart sank.
"Um... I'm sorry, Miss Thief, Soulbeard said he didn't want to listen to the requests of rude people... It seems that it just felt that its ability was doubted, and now it is a little dissatisfied."
After the conversation with the soul, Capac said to Nephnis somewhat awkwardly. Hearing Capac's words, Nephnis could not help but stand there in a daze.
"What...it, it's mad at me?"
Nephnis looked at Soulbeard in disbelief. She had not expected that this wilderness spirit was so sensitive. It had noticed the emotions in her eyes just now, and it was quite angry.
"Well... let's put it this way. According to my teacher, wilderness spirits are respected both in our tribal culture and in the extraordinary bodies of shamans, so many of them have strange tempers."
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