It was only after all the rats in the vicinity had scattered that Silf finally sighed in relief, rubbing her arms vigorously, unable to smooth out the bumps on her skin.
The air still seed to be filled with the residual stench of the rats.
Glancing at Asina, who had just put away her flute, Silf felt a chill, as if she was seeing Asina for the first ti again.
No matter what, Silf couldn’t have imagined that Asina mastered such weird magic.
"Where did you learn such a disgusting trick?" Silf couldn’t help but complain, "It’s just too disgusting, isn’t it?"
Heaven knows what it felt like when that dense mass of rats appeared before her eyes, feeling even more disgusting than seeing a swarm of demons.
Seeing Silf’s reaction, Asina simply smiled slightly, but this actually wasn’t magic, to be precise, it should be considered a precursor to a certain ability.
For so unknown reason, but Qin Chu could decipher those mysterious characters.
And from that stone plate, he deciphered two abilities.
Curse of Misfortune and Black Death.
The Curse of Misfortune simply brought bad luck, whereas the Black Death was a very terrifying contagious disease with an extrely fast spread and high mortality rate.
And the spread of the Black Death was primarily through rats.
To extend the spread of this plague on a large scale, the first thing to learn is how to manipulate the lives of rats.
Every running rat was a source of infection.
In forests or cities, the omnipresence of creatures like rats could only lead one to imagine, if Asina used this ability in a city, the effect it would have—probably not much ti would pass before the entire city would be teeming with the virus, and with no way to trace where the disease ca from, the survivors would only vent their anger on those who were infected.
They might kill those people, burn them, but they could not stop the spread of the plague.
Perhaps they would consider it a curse from the gods and die in despair.
The power of the Evil God was truly terrifying; it wouldn’t let living beings die outright but rather let them sample the extre tornt of both body and spirit, eting death bit by bit amid fear and despair.
Shaking her head, Asina suppressed these ssy thoughts and glanced at Silf: "If you want to go looking in every place by yourself, then be my guest."
Silf was bewildered for a mont, looking around the densely forested area, a frown ford on her forehead—better not.
In such a vast area, who knows how long it would take to find what she was looking for—maybe even years wouldn’t be enough to search it all; she wasn’t foolish.
"What do we do next?" Silf asked.
"Wait? Just like that?"
"Yes."
Silf was still skeptical, could those rats really find the target they desired?
She didn’t think those rodents had that kind of superior intelligence.
Waiting was sowhat boring, and as a magician, Asina had better patience than Silf, yet this ti it was Asina who broke the silence first: "Silf, how much do you still rember about Jie Luo?"
Silf’s eyes showed a slight impatience.
But, after a mont of thought, she said, "Actually, not much. I spent the majority of my ti with Jie Luo in training and fighting demons; I don’t rember anything else particularly striking."
Silf added in her heart, except when I confessed to Jie Luo and then got rejected.
"What about you?"
Asina stretched lazily, "Other than Jie Luo saving , there doesn’t seem to be anything else worth recalling. It seems he preferred the company of male teammates like Ronald, Benson, Karsas, and Muse compared to us won."
"So, so people suspect Jie Luo doesn’t like won," recalling past events brought a rare, pure smile to Silf’s face, free of any ulterior motives, without any deceit or manipulation.
At least that ti was very happy, although not long.
Mimicking Asina’s posture, she stretched out her arms and lay down on the soft fallen leaves.
This isn’t the Imperial City, where one has to mind countless etiquette rules.
Gazing at the sunlight piercing through the leaves, she stretched out her hand as if trying to grasp sothing, but caught nothing.
"What would you do if, one day, Jie Luo suddenly appeared before us?" Silf suddenly thought of this question and asked Asina.
Perhaps, it wasn’t a sudden thought.
She had pondered it many tis.
Their bodies, forwards and backwards, above and below, had already been entrusted to Qin Chu... to put it bluntly, they had long been Qin Chu’s people.
Even if she had once deeply loved Jie Luo, could she still stay by his side now?
Moreover, her opinion of Qin Chu seed to be constantly changing, from the absolute disdain at the beginning, gradually realizing it might not be so bad after all, Silf counted on her fingers, Qin Chu had cleared the Evil God’s threads from her body, and saved her from being pursued by Luo ng.
When she split from the Hero Team, she had also taken herself in.
Suddenly, she felt that this person was actually quite decent.
Her eyes began to mist slightly, a sensation she hadn’t felt so intensely before, but now she was starting to think that Qin Chu seed more and more competent.
When exactly did it start, did she think of Qin Chu more often than even Jie Luo?
Seeing Silf’s expression, Asina could guess her thoughts, but Silf, you don’t know, if what Qin Chu said was true, that Jie Luo was just a demon occupying that body, perhaps she wouldn’t have hesitated so much.
At that mont, Asina didn’t know how to respond.
Just then, a rustling sound ca.
The first rat had co back, and it seed to have found sothing that t the criteria Asina had ntioned.
Asina imdiately sat up from the ground, and when she saw what the rat was carrying in its mouth, her forehead crinkled in dismay—it was an acorn...
Round, smooth, bright, transparent... Although she had given many keywords, it seed the rat had only rembered so of them.
This was just a beginning, more and more rats started to return.
One by one, they dropped things in front of Asina.
Before long, there was even a mountain of items in front of Asina.
However, most of the items were worthless, and those that were slightly closer to the description were rely so smooth stones.
This made Asina feel sowhat helpless. Could it really be impossible with these rodents?
Silf laughed sniggeringly beside her, a laugh that made Asina feel particularly embarrassed.
Just when Asina was about to give up, she suddenly, along with Silf next to her, seed to sense sothing and sharply turned their gaze forward only to see a rat rushing towards them with sothing the size of a nail clipping in its mouth.
Transparent like glass, the Crystal Stone.
Both exchanged glances, recognizing the surprise in each other’s eyes. They had both touched Jie Luo’s Soul Fragnt before and could see at a glance that this was what they were looking for.
As the rat swiftly approached Asina, it placed what was in its mouth into Asina’s palm, and finally, Asina released her control over the rats.
The multitude of rats montarily paused on the spot, motionless, and a few seconds later, sward back into the woods and disappeared from sight in an instant.
Glancing at the Soul Fragnt in her palm, Silf felt a stir within her, but surprisingly, it wasn’t very strong; after all, she would have to hand it over to Rose Vesper once they returned.
Covering her mouth with a dainty hand, Silf yawned. This trip had been long and she was already feeling sowhat tired, "Since we have the item, let’s head back now."
"Wait a mont, Silf, can I ask you for a favor?" but Asina stood still, showing no intention of returning.
"What is it?" Silf was a bit curious.
"Watch over , I want to check this Soul Fragnt first."
"Well, that’s fine."
Silf didn’t give it much thought; she just nodded, leapt up, and landed delicately on a thin branch, keeping a vigilant watch on their surroundings.
anwhile, Asina focused all her attention on the Soul Fragnt in her hands.
She wanted to decipher the contents within the fragnt.
She couldn’t do it as effortlessly as the Daughter of Death Ireta. For Asina, this process was a significant drain. Her spiritual power would nearly dry up.
In such a state, Asina’s perceptibility and fight capability would substantially decrease.
But, even so, Asina wanted to know the truth.
Her delicate cheeks tense, Asina took a deep breath, all her attention concentrated on the small crystal.
Gradually, a black thread erged from the center of Asina’s forehead and, under her guidance, slowly wrapped around the Soul Fragnt, eventually engulfing it.
Soon, another thread appeared.
After Qin Chu had shattered a Divine Statue in the Soul World, the shackles on Asina seed to lessen a bit, and both her spiritual power and soul had significantly improved.
The two threads doubled the efficiency of her exploration compared to before.
Asina carefully sensed every corner within the Soul Fragnt, not missing any minute crevice.
Information branded within the Soul Fragnt popped into Asina’s mind.
Gradually... Asina’s eyes turned a murky color.
Void and lifeless.
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