Chapter 370: Asking the Spirit
Nantivian, Episcopal Square.
On New Year's Eve of the riots, under the cover of darkness, in the alleys around the Bishop's Square, a simple soul-calling ceremony was being held, but it encountered a hint of unexpected factors.
"You are not the only one who is summoning this soul... Are there others who are also holding a summoning ceremony to call upon that spirit?"
Looking at Nefernis who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and supported by Uta's soul, Kapak asked, and Nefernis nodded slowly and murmured in a vicissitudes of life tone.
"Yes, I have found this new undead spirit named Barrett Despenser in the Nether River. However, when I found him, I discovered that he was being connected and pulled by another force. That force was trying to take him to a certain place in the world. This is a manifestation of being summoned."
Looking ahead with cloudy eyes, Nefernis, who was supported by Uta's soul, spoke slowly. Her words were heard by Dorothy's corpse Brandon beside her, and then Dorothy frowned slightly.
"Is Barrett's soul being summoned by someone else? Who is holding the ceremony to summon his soul? The royal family or the Security Bureau? No... it shouldn't be them. They just got the news of the royal assassination. They shouldn't have so much time to collect media and prepare extraordinary people. The summoning of Barrett's soul started before us. The other party may have started summoning Barrett's soul right after he died.
'So... this necromancer should be from Bajian. If their purpose of assassinating Barrett is because his research on the Mirror Moon Statue touches on their secrets, then killing him is not enough, the soul must also be destroyed. Otherwise, after the conversation, the Security Bureau will summon Barrett's soul and get some key information about the Mirror Moon Statue from him. The Security Bureau will definitely pay more attention to the research on the Mirror Moon Statue, and the effect of this assassination will be greatly reduced.
'So, before assassinating Barrett, the Eight-pointed Nest should have prepared a soul-calling ritual for Barrett somewhere. They only needed to wait for Barrett to die before calling his soul back. After the soul was called back, whether they sealed it in a soul-binding coffin or directly refined it, the Security Bureau would have no way to stop it. In this way, their plan to completely silence him would be complete.'
Crouching on the street with her knees hugged, Dorothy frowned and thought in her heart. As a large organization, the Eight Pointed Nest must have its own "silent" extraordinary people to provide soul-calling services. From the intelligence obtained from Capac before, it can be known that Saduo and his men were deceived by an indigenous people named Banu to come here to help the Eight Pointed with terrorist attacks. Banu was also identified as a member of the Order of the Underworld, so in this case, the possibility of cooperation between the Eight Pointed Nest and the Order of the Underworld is quite high. In this case, the Underworld Order may also provide soul-calling services for the Eight Pointed.
Based on the above analysis, Dorothy knew that this summoning of the spirits should be the follow-up of the Eight-pointed Nest's assassination plan against Duke Barrett. It was carefully prepared and carried out immediately after Barrett's death.
"Sir, may I ask what the current state of Barrett's soul is? If someone summons the soul before us, will they rush to summon it?"
Dorothy asked Brandon while leaning on Uta to speak to Nefernis, and Nefernis took a breath and answered slowly.
“No… When a soul is summoned, it will follow the side with stronger attraction, not whoever comes first. The strength of this attraction is mainly determined by two factors: the relevance and integrity of the medium, and the quality of the summoner himself.
"I can feel and analyze that the medium used in the other soul summoning ceremony is much more complete and powerful than the one I used. But the guy who presided over the ceremony is at most an ordinary shaman, far inferior to me. So currently the attraction we have for that spirit is in a very balanced state. He can't summon that spirit over, and I can't summon it either.
"If I were to perform the soul-calling ceremony as a master, he would not be able to defeat me as the great shaman even with this medium. But unfortunately, the one performing the ceremony right now is just a little girl possessed by my soul."
Uta leaned on Nefernis and held Brandon's hand and spoke slowly. Listening to his words, Dorothy felt relieved at first, and was glad that Barrett's soul was not beyond redemption because Bajian had summoned it first. Then she began to think about how to break the current deadlock.
"Sir, how can we defeat the enemy and summon Barrett's soul to our side?"
Dorothy continued to let Brandon ask questions, and Uta, leaning on Nefernis, answered quickly.
"This is easy. We just need to increase the traction. But it's better to do it quickly. Although my soul fragment is higher in status than the other party, it is only a soul fragment after all. I can't hold my own against him for too long."
Nefernis said so, and after listening to her words, Dorothy began to seriously think about how to increase the traction. According to what Uta said before, the traction on the soul in the necromancy ceremony is mainly determined by the medium and the ceremony host. According to the current situation, it may be difficult to improve the ceremony host, so she can only start from the medium.
Media are divided into physical media and information media. For physical media, Dorothy herself used Barrett's newly dead blood. According to Capac, this is already an excellent physical media. If you want to improve the quality, you must move Barrett's entire body here, but this is impossible. Now No. 1 Blue Street has been blocked, and a large number of official extraordinary people will arrive soon. It is too risky to move Barrett's body at this time.
Therefore, the best way to start is through media. Currently, Dorothy only knows Barrett's name and time of death from the media. If she could know more, she might be able to break the current balance.
But the question is...how can we get more information about Barrett?
Dorothy thought about this in her heart, and soon she had some ideas in her mind. Squatting on the street, she began to close her eyes and contact Vanya in the form of prayer.
…
In the messy hall of No. 1 Blue Street, Vanya was directing her men at the medical center and the remaining guards to clean up the scene and treat those who were seriously injured but not dead yet. Suddenly, she felt Dorothy's words in her heart again, and then she was slightly startled.
"Ms. Dorothea, do you want some new information about Duke Barrett? It seems that their work is not over yet..."
Vanya thought to herself as she stood there in a daze, but she soon recovered and began to act according to Dorothy's suggestions.
"Everyone, who among you is the guard of Her Royal Highness the Princess? Who among you is the guard of His Royal Highness the Duke? I need to ask you something."
Vanya spoke to the guards around and said that not all of the princess and the duke's guards were killed. Except for a few bodyguards who were close to the outbreak site of the gale, the rest of the guards who were farther away from the outbreak site and those who were not on the outbreak floor were mostly seriously injured. Now most of them were gathered together to receive treatment from Vanya.
As soon as Vanya finished speaking, the wounded soldiers who were lying on stretchers on the ground and had not yet fainted raised their hands and stated their affiliations. One of the guards, who was wrapped in bandages, spoke tremblingly.
"Sister...what do you want to ask us?"
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