Freud was interested in the abilities of special undead creatures because of Torras.
Back in Foundation City, Freud didn't like how Torras was a troublemaker. But after spending more time with Torras, Freud began to get to know Torras better. Torras was a simple-minded boy with a pure heart. If Freud was still alive, he would have mocked Torras as an idiot. But after becoming a soul, Freud began to prefer people with pure hearts.
Earlier, Angor mentioned that he would ask Torras to learn soul tricks as well.
Since then, Freud had been keeping an eye on Torras.
There were two main ways to learn soul tricks. First, Alda and Sunny learned them through death aura, which was the safest method. However, it was also quite mediocre.
The second way was to kill and absorb the special energy of undead creatures to aid in the learning of soul tricks.
Although this method had the risk of depravity, if the other party's special ability was relatively good, then they could learn it instantly, and the power of the formation would be greater.
After all, Freud had absorbed Madam Shila's special undead spider form and learned the soul trick.
The first method could be used at any time, so Freud decided not to think about it for now. As for the second method, if he could find a special undead creature with the same ability as Torras, it would be better than the first one.
For this reason, Freud wanted to know if the farmer's ghost was a special undead creature, and if so, what kind of special abilities would he have.
"Special undead creatures are hard to come by. I hope you're one."
After discussing the current situation with Drew and making some arrangements, Drew left in a hurry.
Meanwhile, Freud took out his log-in device and logged into the dream wasteland.
He was going to report what happened in the dream wasteland to Angor.
However, it had been three or four days since Freud left a message in the group chat, and he didn't receive a reply.
Next, Torras went to the new city with Ness. Freud couldn't ask Torras to help him send messages.
Over the past few days, Drew had continuously sent news that the ghost attacks at the foot of the mountain had become more frequent. Even though there were royal wizards patrolling nearby, the number of people who were killed in the forest factory still exceeded 30. A large number of people had also witnessed the ghost attacks.
Ever since Freud became a soul, he had been reading a lot of books related to souls.
One of the books, the Book of the Dead, mentioned many details about the Undead. It clearly stated that the Undead were naturally filled with killing intent towards humans, but the premise was that humans had to enter the Undead's territory. In other words, the undead's killing of humans was basically a passive counterattack.
The Forest Factory's operation was already somewhat different from the description in the Book of the Dead.
He had already begun to actively search for humans to kill, and had also begun to intentionally avoid being tracked.
This was obviously not normal.
If he really was the spirit of the farm owner, why didn't he immediately go up the mountain? Instead, he went to slaughter the humans and avoid being tracked … that sounded very strange.
Freud had a feeling that the man was plotting something.
Freud had no choice but to leave the city in Dreamy's hands and assign several Sin Hunters to protect her. Then, he boarded an airship and headed to the new city alone to find Torras.
On his way to the new city, Freud didn't stay idle. He began to organize the information he received from Drew.
Through this information, he tried to decipher the farmer's spirit's ability and its intentions.
[Case 1: Forest Factory's Woodworkers Team No. 3. They were logging at East Slope No.509. When returning home in the evening, they were attacked by a Undead. Death toll: 4. Escape toll: 0. ]
[Case 2: Forest Factory's Woodworkers Team No. 2. They were doing some rough work outside the factory when they were attacked by a Undead in the afternoon. 11 dead. 1 escaped. ]
[Case 3: Forest Factory's Main Team. They were having a meeting inside the factory when they were attacked by a Undead. Death toll: 5 (including 2 knights); escape toll: 6. ]
[Case 4: …]
He read more than ten cases in one go, but he didn't find any useful clues from the cases themselves. He only knew that the Undead didn't care about time or sunlight, and the location of the cases covered a large area.
However, when he read the oral records of the escapees, Freud narrowed his eyes.
The name of the escapee from the second case was David. He was an apprentice carpenter, and his daily job was to work with his colleagues on the rough processing of wood.
On the day of the case, David was doing the same job. Although he learned that there were a few accidents recently, he thought that it was the work of wild animals because the higher-ups kept it a secret. The place where they were at was an open space next to the factory, which was blocked by a large number of iron fences. Wild animals couldn't get in, so David wasn't worried about his safety.
However, the development of the case was beyond David's imagination.
That day, the sky was very dark and covered by thick black clouds. It looked like it was going to rain, but it didn't.
It was afternoon, but the leader of Woodworkers Team No. 2 lit a torch and told the others to put the rough wood into the warehouse as soon as possible so that it wouldn't get wet when the rain fell.
Since the wood in David's hands was made of oilwood, it wouldn't get wet even if it got wet, and if it was put in the warehouse, it might spontaneously combust because of the dryness.
He decided to put the oil wood in a pile outside the storeroom after he finished the last bit of survival.
David processed the wood for about a quarter of an hour. At first, David could hear the rustling of the crowd, but the further he went, the fewer the sounds. When David put down his handiwork, the surroundings were quiet.
"Leaving so fast? What's wrong with John? Didn't he say that he would wait for me to eat together? "David complained and didn't care much. He carried the handiwork to the warehouse.
The door of the warehouse was open, and it was dark inside. He couldn't see anything, and there was a faint stench coming from inside.
David didn't think much at that time, because there were often rats in the warehouse, so he let a few cats in to catch them. Cats liked to catch rats, but they didn't eat them, so there were often dead rats piled up in the warehouse, and the stench of rotting was often there.
In addition, the rain was about to fall, and the stuffy atmosphere would make the stench worse.
David put the processed oilwood products outside the warehouse.
After doing all this, David suddenly felt that his bladder was a little bloated.
There was a toilet in the warehouse, and the door of the warehouse was not closed, so David's first thought was to go to the toilet in the warehouse to relieve the flood. But when David came to the door of the warehouse, he subconsciously stopped.
It was too dark inside, and there was no light at all, which was a bit abnormal.
When the carpenter brought the rough woodwork to the warehouse, he would usually carry a glass oil lamp. No matter what, it shouldn't be so dark.
"Maybe they left quickly?" When David thought about it, he felt that something was wrong. If they left so quickly, why wasn't the door of the warehouse closed?
After pausing at the door for two or three seconds, David retreated.
He always felt that the open door of the warehouse was like a dark mouth, ready to swallow him at any time. That was the analogy David used when he gave his confession to the Royal Wizard. Maybe it was some kind of omen, or maybe it was a hindsight after learning the truth.
In short, David didn't enter the warehouse. But he couldn't hold it in, and according to the factory's rules, he couldn't do it casually. In the end, he decided to go to the toilet in the second warehouse on the other side.
Because he saw that the light in the second warehouse was on.
The second warehouse was very clean, and there was no smell. David hurried into the toilet, and after excreting, he saw a big mirror in front of the toilet door.
David spat on the palm of his hand and was ready to wipe his hair to set the shape.
However, just as David was enjoying himself, he suddenly realized that the "David" in the mirror suddenly grinned. That smile was very strange, and the curve was something that David had never achieved before. It was like a clown in a circus.
The eyes of the "David" in the mirror also lowered, as if flashing with a faint green light.
David was so scared that he directly sat on the ground.
The "David" in the mirror smiled more and more strangely, and even leaned forward, as if trying to grab David outside the mirror.
David also felt as if a pair of hands had reached out of the mirror and grabbed his ankles.
Perhaps it was the outbreak of a crisis, at this critical moment, David picked up a small piece of wood next to him and slammed it on the mirror.
The mirror shattered into spider web patterns, and the feeling of his ankle being grabbed began to dissipate.
David hurriedly got up, and shouted for help as he ran out.
On the way, David vaguely heard a shrill cry behind him, and a cold wind attacked from behind.
David did not dare to look back, and only ran forward, wanting to escape from the second warehouse. However, he found that the door of the second warehouse was not far away, and he could not run to it no matter how hard he ran.
Just when David thought he was going to die this time, he heard a huge bell ring.
The moment the bell rang, the surrounding cold wind disappeared, and David felt that the fear in his heart had lessened, and his heart was at peace.
David did not know what happened, but his survival instinct made him immediately get up and run out of the door.
This time, the door of the warehouse was not "far away", and David successfully ran out.
Not long after, David saw a magus in robes, flying over on a broom.
The magus looked at David and told him not to move, and rushed into the warehouse. David did not find anything useful in the second warehouse, while the magus brought out 11 horrifying corpses from the first warehouse, which David did not enter.
The 11 corpses belonged to all the members of Carpenter Team 2 except for David.
Seeing this, David realized that it was not because his colleagues did not want to talk, but because they had all stepped into eternal darkness.
…
There was a note written in red ink at the end of the diary.
It explained why David heard the bell ringing.
It was a member of the Silver Heron Royal Wizard Regiment who was patrolling nearby at that time. After hearing David's shout, he noticed that something was wrong and immediately rang the "copper bell". The bell was an alchemy item Angor gave to Neya as a gift. It could reduce the negative effects of undead creatures to a certain extent.
It was also because of the bronze bell that David was able to break free from his trapping state at that moment.
The effect of the bell only lasted for a short time, and David was lucky enough to escape from the warehouse before the effect wore off, where he met a wizard who came to rescue him.
Freud's heart skipped a beat after reading the account of the escapee.
He did not analyze it right away. Instead, he read several other diary entries. After reading all of them, Freud fell into deep thought.
David's experience matched everyone's impression of ghosts — unexplainable and terrifying.
But that was only from the perspective of ordinary people.
From Freud's point of view, he did not care about the horrible atmosphere created by other people because he could do it himself. What he cared about was the attack on David's body.
The "David" in the mirror changed its shape in a strange way.
The "David" in the mirror went through the mirror and attacked David in the real world.
The "David" was trapped in a certain way and could not escape.
These three attacks must have contained the undead's special ability. The third trap was very similar to Freud's "Dead Souls Shroud".
Freud was also able to create a strange space where people could see the exit, but they would never be able to reach it.
It was what Jon called "Ghost Wall".
However, Freud's "Dead Souls Shroud" could trap even top apprentices. Even Neya would not be able to escape from it.
However, the "Dead Souls Shroud" that trapped David was dispelled by the bell's chime. Clearly, the "Dead Souls Shroud" was too weak to be worthy of its name.
But if the "Dead Souls Shroud" was not the "Dead Souls Shroud" ability, then what could it be?
Freud looked at David's first two methods. Both methods involved a medium: a mirror.
This reminded him of a special type of undead mentioned in the Book of the Dead — the Mirror's Grudge.
The Mirror's Grudge was a type of undead that used mirrors as a medium. This type of undead could move quickly through mirrors and use the mirror's power to pull a person's soul into the mirror world and seal it. It was almost impossible to defend against it. Wizards who fought with it would often be defeated by it. Once the "Dead Souls Shroud" was trapped, it would be very difficult to escape.
This method was a specialization of soul tricks.
The name of this soul trick was —
Meddling.
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