Chapter 277 Picked up a ghost, family members
After the Night Knights left, almost all of them were covered with a thin layer of frost, except for Aiwas, who was clean and had nothing on him.
This was because, as a priest, his abundant pool of light and fire mana easily dispelled the chill brought on by the dark negative energy. And after leaving the strange cold wave, the little vitality he had lost was replenished at a visible speed.
With a single push, Haena shattered the frost from her skin, her expression normal—even looking quite refreshed. It felt like playing with a stress-relieving toy.
After all, she has thick skin and strong vitality.
To Aiwas's surprise, Lily didn't react at all. She casually removed the thin layer of frost covering her body, and her face didn't even turn white or red from the cold.
You know, the resistance of the Adaptation Path is not strong. Both the Hunter and the Assassin are fragile and cannot withstand damage or control.
The resistance of the Path of Love is quite good...
Only little Sherlock was now pale and shivering from the cold. Aiwass couldn't help but feel lucky to have performed the initiation ceremony for Sherlock first... Although Sherlock hadn't officially become a Mithra worshipper yet, it had at least helped him regain some of his vitality.
Otherwise, he might have lost his patience and cried out.
"But it doesn't matter even if you scream..."
Aiwass sighed and placed a hand on little Sherlock's chest. A warm glow flooded his body, dispelling the chill. "The Wild Hunt isn't at work today. They won't kill, they'll just scare you for fun—of course, if you're frightened enough to attack them, they'll take you away."
Hearing such a precise statement, Haina was stunned for a moment: "Does Mr. Aiwass know about them too?"
She thought that people in the city didn’t understand these things!
"Of course, I'm a priest. The wandering ghost army, the Night Knights who signed a contract with Wei Zhe... the intersection of Wei Zhe and the power of amber."
Aiwass replied, "They march out with the sound of thunder, clearing out the wandering souls in an orderly manner."
In a sense, the Night Knights are actually beneficial to the world.
They are like vultures or hyenas, an important link in the food chain.
Those wandering dead souls - as long as they are not "saved" by a priest performing a funeral, anyone may be transformed into a ghost or undead on a night when the power of dusk is strong.
Various undead spirits often appear in mass graves, including some adventurers who died in the wild, or soldiers whose bodies have not been collected... For example, the earthbound spirit that Aiwas had seen before.
If these undead spirits wander around outside, they can easily hurt people.
The reason why we don’t see the undead in normal times is very simple.
If it is in a city, it is the result of the normal blessings and dispelling of the priests; if it is in the wilderness or in a village, it is the Wild Hunt in the nearby area that is harvesting.
On thunderstorm nights, the Wild Hunt King leads his followers on a night roaming, sweeping away all the wild undead they see. Skeletons fall apart, zombies fall to the ground, and their souls are taken away by the Wild Hunt King.
"Strictly speaking, they are part of the regular army. In a sense, they are also temporary apostles of the Pillar Gods...
"They are just ruthless. Sometimes they kill normal people who shouldn't be killed even if they see them."
It's like 360 is sweeping the market, Aiwass added in his mind.
If a living person attacks them, or runs around and makes a lot of noise on the Wild Hunt's march, they will easily be attacked, killed, and carried off.
"...Those who died but whose bodies remained were stripped of the Four Realms, those who died but whose souls remained were stripped of the Six Realms, and those who died but whose spirits no longer remained were stripped of the Eight Realms. These Night Riders who joined the Wild Hunt were mere ghosts, but they received the additional blessing of the Great Sage, freeing them from this bondage. Even without bones, they possessed wisdom and the ability to think in the afterlife.
"Similarly, they also accepted the Great Treaty. They could not attack or enter any room with a light on and a closed door, nor could they enter any area near a church where a bishop was stationed, nor could they attack the sick, pregnant women, or disabled people.
"These Wild Hunt legions almost exclusively pass through the wilderness on rainy nights. If there's no rain or thunder, and the Wild Hunt King isn't around, then they're simply out for some fun. After all, they only appear at night, and if they stop, they'll dissipate, so they can't stop.
"If you are attacked by the undead at night in the wild, it's best to pray that a Night Rider sees you and comes to rescue you... Even though the King of the Wild Hunt is not here, if he sees the undead while passing by, he will take them away."
Aiwass explained to Sherlock and Lily.
This is why children in the village are warned by their parents not to go out on thunderstorm nights.
However, Eagle Cape Village is obviously their spawn point, so you can run into them every night after dark...
“…To think such a thing existed.”
Sherlock frowned. "I've heard before that some people disappear silently when traveling on stormy nights. Then their bodies appear far away. So this is the basis of the legend..."
"This means that it was the end point of the Wild Hunt's march. Their souls must have been taken away by the King of the Wild Hunt when they met."
Aiwass shrugged. "Priests are usually responsible for dispersing the undead in the city, so Sherlock, you've definitely never seen this. The church in the city is basically all covered... Slightly larger cities will have multiple churches.
"There are too many villages, and the church doesn't have enough bishops to send out, but they can at least help with funerals and let the deceased rest in peace. As for the undead... we can only ask the nearby Wild Hunt to help clean up.
"The average villager might not encounter a Wild Hunt for years, even decades... After all, not many idiots would rush out of their homes on a stormy night.
"Anyway, there's a simple way to survive—when you see the Wild Hunt coming, just lie down right where you are, holding your head. You'll be fine. If you stand up, it's not good if you accidentally get scared and your legs go weak, and you bump into someone."
"Then how did you know that?"
Sherlock asked back, "You haven't left Glass Island either, have you?"
Aiwass smiled and said, “I am a pastor, my great detective.
"The scale of these Wild Hunts will eventually grow... When the scale of the Wild Hunt in a region becomes too high, bishops will be dispatched regularly to hold large-scale intercessory ceremonies during the day to bury the nearby souls and weaken the scale of the Wild Hunt. This is the true meaning of the so-called 'ritual'.
"After all, these night knights are essentially ghosts trapped in their own worlds. Only through purification can they be freed from their endless wandering and toil."
Of course, if the body can be found, even the lowest-ranking acolyte can perform the salvation.
But the problem is, who knows where these knights came from to join this legion!
Their bodies could be anywhere. They might even have been weathered or eaten by wild animals on the roadside.
If their bodies could not be found, the only option was to mobilize the masses and set up multiple blessing areas in the area - placing the objects blessed by the bishop in specific places, such as windows.
When the Wild Hunt passes by and touches these blessed items, a ball of white flame will ignite and be dispelled.
Because they are not evil spirits, they can be easily dispelled.
In the game, this means they have both Holy Vulnerability and Dispel Vulnerability, and being dispelled by a Priest can deal four times the damage of a regular dispel. And Law Mages and Overseers can also use Light-attribute skills to deal effective damage.
Moreover, these undead would not change their route for any reason - this meant that if one ran fast enough, they could immediately retreat to the side of the road after knocking down a few undead. Only those knights with long-range attack capabilities would launch symbolic attacks.
So Heleqin is here...
Aiwass was a little moved.
-If he remembered correctly, Sir Helechin was an elven knight and a renowned hero.
Back then, the island was still the domain of the giants, and Arthur's Knights of the Round Table had yet to be established. Arthur was still only a coroner, not yet descended to the human world...
At that time, Heleqin was the first leader to stand up and unite humans and elves to resist the giants. He was not a noble, not even a human. But because of his bravery, he was posthumously knighted by the Herasil Empire.
Of course, the end result was failure.
He and his men were left with no remains – those killed in battle were spared, their bodies cooked and eaten; those captured alive were subjected to inhuman torture. The execution site was left with the wailing of the wronged souls that has lasted for a century.
...Now it seems that Eagle Cape Village should be the unknown execution site from that year.
Although he failed, his actions as the first rebel were of special significance - that is why the Great Master chose him as the King of the Wild Hunt.
The war aura carried by Heleqin is a very powerful range gain.
The "Original Battle Song" with the same effect is an explosive spell that can only be mastered by the sixth level of the Path of Beauty.
Not to mention his own fighting ability.
As an undead blessed by amber, Heleqin has a strong earth attribute - it is a bit counterintuitive that the main attribute of the undead in this world is usually earth rather than dark.
Because the earth attribute includes solidification, stagnation, silence, and sealing, which are closely related to amber. And only evil spirits that hate the living or have killed living people have dark attributes.
It just so happened that Aiwas was still lacking an earth-attributed phantom demon.
If you miss Heleqin... you'll have to go to Iris and catch a Phantom-level Moonchild. And even a seventh-level Moonchild is definitely not as strong as Heleqin. He's not the strongest Wild Hunt King, but he's definitely the one with the best aura.
——I found a ghost, my family!
He wants to go home with me!
...The only problem is that Aiwass can't catch him now.
If Aiwass had forced himself to go over and take a look, it might have been the same development as Heleqin's "picked up a person, the family ghosts".
His real level is unknown, but in the level 60 version, all the upper-level phantom demons with overflowing levels were balanced to level 60, which means that he is at least higher than level 60.
Now his level has been balanced to level 50, which is the sixth level - the same level as the Eternal Pope.
Aiwass is unbeatable. Even if Ligeia is shaken over, he still can't be defeated.
If he could pull the Pope over, relying on restraint wouldn't be a problem. After all, Heleqin didn't have a strong desire to attack; he was just letting them go. The rewards he gave showed that Heleqin wasn't serious about it. He always had good intentions towards humans and elves.
But how could he possibly bring the honorable Pope to such a place...
Aiwass shook his head repeatedly to dispel this outrageous idea.
But even if I can't catch it, it's rare to find a fixed refresh point for a rare monster... At least I have to remember this place.
From another perspective.
Since this was the execution ground where the giants in the past executed criminals... then my grandfather probably didn't choose this place to retire randomly.
——I’m afraid there’s something else here.
Update completed!
Today happens to be Haina's birthday! Happy birthday to Haina!
(End of this chapter)
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