Chapter 19 Black Magic

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The priest they waited for was a middle-aged man. He was wearing a brown robe made of coarse cloth with a rising sunrise pattern embroidered on his chest. A senior priest, Leo saw his rank, and two were indeed greater than one. He has short hair and his beard is clean, like a hairless eunuch. He had an Andal scripture under his arm and followed Lu Yuewu without squinting.

"I am good at treating difficult and miscellaneous diseases, so the bishop specially sent me here." His tone was neither humble nor arrogant, but it was just right to make Leo feel natural. Sir, where is the patient? If it is urgent and serious, it can't be delayed at all.

He is calm and speaks clearly. This man is very knowledgeable. That's good. An experienced old priest is better than a young man. He thought so and turned to lead the way. "Please follow me, my lord."

The priest carefully examined the black widow lying on the stage and then raised his head. Sir, this lady's breath is weak and her body has become different from ordinary people. I'm afraid it will be time to provoke evil things. Even the healing spells can't heal her. At most..." The priest hesitated, "I can only try my best to save her lost life and make her live longer."

"We all know." Li Ou said, "I'm an alchemist, and she is a mage. We all know something about it. But treatment is not our strength. Please come, I just want you to help find out the cause, so that she can suffer less for the rest of her life and relieve her pain.

The priest nodded. He opened the scriptures in his hand and recited the prayer to cast spells.

His voice is loud and pious, and his face is solemn and quiet. A wisp of white and warm light fell from the air and fell on the black widow, flowing through her whole body like running water, wrapping her in the wings of a holy light.

It's just that the holy light doesn't seem to soothe the fear of the person who casts the spell. The middle-aged priest's face was pale, his lips kept shaking, and his hand holding the scriptures could hardly grasp the thick scriptures. Black magic, black magic again. He whispered. After a while, he slowly came to his senses and looked at them without panic and fear, "You already know."

Li Ou nodded, "We just checked before you came, but we didn't dare to jump to a conclusion. After all, black magic has not appeared for hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years? Hundreds of years." The middle-aged priest took out a hand towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead. "It has always existed and never died." Are they like rats under the ground? And you are white cats? Leo didn't answer. The priest recited the prayer praising the gods and was comforted between the lines. His faith quickly restored his previous peace, although his eyes were still panicked.

"Black magic can't be cured." The priest said helplessly, "Please forgive me for nothing I can do."

"Is there any way to make her feel better?" Lu Yuewu asked.

"There are some methods...but...but I don't know if it works." The priest hesitated, "I... I haven't met anyone who has been under black magic and is still alive these days... I have no experience with it. Healing spells may kill her.

"These days?" Leo was extremely surprised, "Are there any other people who have suffered this disaster these days?"

The priest knew that he had made a mistake and smiled bitterly, "Is there a chair for me to sit down?" Leo led him to the living room and poured him a glass of water. He took a sip, "Since you know the cause of the disease, you must also know how serious the situation is. I won't hide it from you - in fact, I can't hide it for a long time. The priest sighed for a long time.

"Who are some people?" Rosie has never been impatient, "Old vegetable saleswoman and dead fishmonger?"

"You guessed right, Miss Mage." The priest's face was full of self-reproach and guilt, and the doctor's nature made him miserable. There are also drunks and cheaters who don't return home in the middle of the night. They are all dead, and no one is still alive. He looked up at the attic, "But why is she still alive? It's so strange. It's so strange."

"It's nothing strange. Something is protecting her." Rosie suddenly stopped talking, and she looked back at Leo fiercely, "Why are you looking at me like this? I'm a mage, not an alchemist who knows little about magic! She has a talisman on her body, which is hidden close to her body.

So it is. Leo decided to study it later. At this time, he thought of what the old woman said, "Your Excellency, do those dead people die at night?"

The priest moved uneasily on the chair and looked back at the darkening sky. Yes, it is now. But in the future... who can guess correctly? Maybe after tonight, he will fall to the ground and die for no reason in broad daylight.

"From your perspective, will Black Dawn be the originator?"

"Maybe, maybe not." The priest thought for a moment, "As far as I am concerned, I prefer something else." White and transparent, like fog and yarn. That's what citizens describe."

After sending away the priest who hurried back to the temple, Leo and the two girls returned to the attic. He carefully pulled the amulet out of her clothes and held it in the palm of his hand to look carefully. This is a crescent-shaped amulet mixed with black steel, carved with the legendary goddess of beauty and wisdom. She has an olive branch on her head, but holds a sword in her hand. He stared at the amulet, and his familiar technique set off a storm in his heart-

This was done by my father! I have to wake her up." Li Ou said firmly that he couldn't wait to prepare the medicine he was about to use, and suddenly turned around, "Don't take it off!" He reminded Rosie harshly.

"What's crazy! You don't need to remind me."

"She will suffer severe pain when she wakes up. Are you sure you want to do this?

"I can only delay her death, which can only make her less painful. But I still have to wake her up."

"Why?"

"I have to do this. Because she is related to my father. She is Selena... Auntie."

When the brown potion slowly dripped into the mouth of the black widow, Li Ou involuntarily clenched his fist and held his breath. The medicine slowly worked, and Leo felt that her breathing was getting stronger, and her eyes began to turn under her eyelids. It seemed that after a long time, the black widow finally opened her eyes. She looked at Leo, opened her mouth, and shouted hoarsely and unbelievablely, "Li Ou?"

"I'm here." He squatted down by the bed and grabbed her hand tightly. "Aunt Selena, are you all right?"

"Do you remember me?" She said weakly, "After all these years, you have looked exactly like your father."

"Liou, do you need us to avoid it?" Lu Yuewu asked.

"No, I can't hide it from you forever. You are right here."

"I don't even know them." The scar on her face is twisted, but her smile is so beautiful. At that time, I shouldn't have been angry and left. As a result, I didn't even see your father for the last time and didn't take good care of you and your mother.

"Let the past pass." Li Ou said, "You need to have a good rest now."

"Well, that's fine. The ocean makes me ache all over. Maybe I'll just sleep. Her words trembled endlessly, holding Leo's hand tightly, and her nails were deeply embedded in his palm. She is enduring great pain. Can you call Barrod when I'm asleep?" She forced herself to let go of her hand and said with her eyes narrowed.

Barrod rushed into the room in a hurry, climbed the stairs with his short legs, and kicked the door open. Where is Selena? He asked loudly.

Li Ou covered his mouth, "Aunt Selena is asleep. Don't wake her up." He dragged the dwarf and sat down at the other end of the room. "You turned into such a big circle and let me go to sea with Sinsak's boat just to make me meet Aunt Selena?"

"Hmm." The dwarf answered in a muffled voice.

"Then why don't you say it directly?"

"So that's what she asked. She has always blamed herself for leaving you before. She said that she just wanted to see you and see what you are now. She didn't dare to ask for anything else. And..."

"And what?" Balode's face was embarrassed, and Leo suddenly lost his patience. "When did the dwarf go straight and become like a human who hesitates and looks forward and back?"

Barrod looked at Selena who fell asleep and sighed with a heavy expression, "She said that she had become the head of pirates, and her throne was unstable. She doesn't want to cause you trouble."

"Now is the biggest trouble!" Li Ou roared in a low voice, "I would rather face the hundreds of fully armed Leo Islanders and the haunted ghost ship than see Aunt Selena like this now."

"What's wrong with her? Miss Dongfang said something to me, but I didn't listen to a word.

Li Ou said dryly, "Black magic."

"Black magic." The dwarf's face was pale, and he curled up in a chair, trembling like a baby. It's black magic again. He said bitterly. The face is both mocking and sad.

His words are exactly the same as those of the priest. Do you also know about black magic?

"What do you know? I'm not talking about those human beings who died at night. But..." Balrod hesitated again, "Before... more than ten years ago..." About my father? He sighed, "Anyway, I have to tell you sooner or later. But..." His eyes suddenly became fierce, staring at Lu Yuewu and Luo Xi like the enemy. Two ladies, forget everything I said after listening to it, and control your mouth from now on. Otherwise, even if Leo defends you, I will kill you.

Rosie was angry and wanted to leave, but Lu Yuewu grabbed her. Leo seemed to hear her say, "This is trust, not a threat." However, after so many things, Li Ou has long trusted them like his family. He is willing to share secrets with them. What the hell is going on? He urged.

Barrod was silent for a long time and slowly opened his mouth, "Your father also died of black magic." As soon as the words are spoken, it is a shocking secret. Li Ou opened his mouth wide, but found that he couldn't make a sound. Everything was because of that expedition... But do you know what we explored at that time?

"What are you looking for?" Rosie asked instead of him.

The dwarf's turbid eyes looked directly at Li Ou and said in a calm and terrible tone:

"A panacea. The stone of the wise."