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Chapter 165: Silver City adds a demigod-level seal

Chapter 165: Silver City adds a demigod-level seal

After hearing what Earl Brandon said, Odysseus was very interested: "Oh? Please tell me in detail."

"The Brandon family obtained the title during the Twenty Years' War and became earls during the White Rose War." Earl Brandon said,

"When they obtained the title, the Brandon family once obtained a piece of land in the northern suburbs of Backlund. However, more than half a month ago, the grape vines on that land suddenly died in large areas. No matter how much water was poured, the land was still dry and no grass grew.

"I've had many people look at it and tried many methods, but it didn't work at all."

Odysseus pinched the long beard stuck to his face and asked, "Has your family been sick or injured recently?"

"No."

"Have you been unlucky recently, or have you suffered financial loss?"

Lord Brandon shook his head and said, "Neither."

He was somewhat disappointed because some people who had come before had also asked similar questions.

Odysseus smiled and said, "It is the land that is cursed, not your family."

As he spoke, he put away his research notes.

Earl Brandon did not continue the previous topic, but smiled and asked: "Is that some of your research?"

Odysseus hummed and said, "There is no end to the study of witchcraft."

Brandon was slightly stunned, perhaps because he didn't expect that witchcraft still needed to be studied: "Excuse me, the knowledge possessed by some extraordinary people seems to be naturally acquired after taking the potion."

Odysseus shook his head and said, "It's like the relationship between talent and hard work. Having talent is certainly something to be happy about, but if you don't work hard, the talent will disappear."

Brandon smiled and said, "That's an interesting theory."

Then he suddenly said seriously: "For a noble, if the ancestral land is cursed and there is no way to solve it, it is the beginning of the family's decline.

"Although I am not as wise as my ancestors, I don't want to see this happen.

"So, the curse must be lifted."

Odysseus thought: This must be one of the elite among the nobles.

Although the other party was not an extraordinary person, his way of talking was very skillful and oppressive.

Although he thought so, Odysseus asked, "What is your belief?"

Lord Brandon replied: "The Lord of the Storm."

"Have you asked someone from the church to check it out?"

"Yes, the church people made the land rain for a whole day, but the land was still very dry." Brandon pinched his temples and said, "Where did all the rain go?"

"Let me guess." Odysseus smiled and said, "Did the church ask you to wait for the curse to disappear on its own?"

As if he saw hope again, Earl Brandon nodded and said, "Yes."

"Let me guess again." Odysseus asked, "Did you secretly ask for help from the Earth Mother Church at the suggestion of some Beyonders?"

Brandon suddenly sat up straight and said in surprise, "Yes."

"How is the effect?"

"The vines are alive, but the land is still very dry."

Brad, who was standing by, saw the Earl's confusion and asked with a smile, "Mr. Wizard, did you know these things through divination?"

"This is just a reasonable guess." Odysseus smiled and said, "Although each church has a rich reserve of knowledge, their styles of doing things are still different.

"The Mandated Punisher is better at frontal combat, and not so good at removing curses.

"Of course, they definitely use some items and work hard to cultivate some extraordinary people to make up for this shortcoming, but they are not good at it. Even if they water the land for a whole day, they can't analyze the inner workings of this curse.

"In addition, when it comes to land issues, people will first think of the Church of Mother Earth.

"No matter what problems arise with the land or crops, they can generally solve them.

"There are only a few problems they cannot solve, and what Earl Brandon encountered is one of those 'few problems'.

"It's not their fault because they are not good at solving these kinds of difficult problems."

"It requires erudition, wisdom, and constant study of nature," he said, pointing to his notes.

Earl Brandon asked with a smile: "You seem to know how to solve the problem?"

"I do have some ideas," Odysseus said, "but I still need to go to the vineyard and find evidence to support my ideas."

Brad clapped his hands: "That's great!"

He asked: "Can we leave now?"

Odysseus nodded and said, "You guys go wait in the carriage first, I'll make some preparations."

…

"The Land Forsaken by God", the swamp in the north of Silver City.

The exploration team continued to move forward, but the members could sense spiritually that they were getting closer and closer to real danger.

Chief Colin, who was walking in the front, suddenly raised his hand, and the team members immediately formed a defensive formation.

They looked ahead quietly and found that in the deep darkness ahead, there seemed to be some spots of light moving.

At this time, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky. At the moment when the lightning illuminated the earth, they saw a strange scene in the distance.

It was on a small island in the middle of a lake, with a few tall plants, grass, and some small, faintly glowing flying insects.

They found it strange because they had never seen such plants and insects.

At first they thought they were some monsters in the shape of plants, but later they thought the plants were beautiful and the scenery of the island seemed very nice.

They stared blankly for a while before Chief Colin suddenly said, "That's a normal plant."

Several team members were surprised at first, and then their eyes filled with tears. They had never seen what normal plants looked like. The only normal plant was black-faced grass, but this plant did not grow in the soil and seemed a little abnormal.

Suddenly seeing a normal plant, they didn't recognize it!

Colin said again: "This should be a sealed object that we are relatively unfamiliar with."

Everyone immediately became alert and followed the chief forward step by step.

After walking a few steps forward, Derrick suddenly felt his left hand itchy. He looked down and saw that there was another thumb growing next to his thumb!

He hadn't reported to the chief yet. The "psychologist" next to him said, "I, I seem to have grown an extra eye."

Everyone looked at her, and they saw that this female "psychologist" really had a third eye growing on her forehead.

Then the "Guardian" found that he had grown a nose on the back of his head. The most unlucky one was the "Undead Mentor", who felt as if he had grown an extra heart.

Colin watched all this quietly, and suddenly he drew out his sword again and smeared some pure white grease on it.

Then he held the sword in both hands and slashed at everyone fiercely. Derrick and others felt spiritually that it seemed as if the connection between their bodies and some external factors had been severed.

Then their mutations disappeared one after another and they returned to normal.

Colin glanced at the island and said, "That seal seems to have the ability to eliminate mutations and produce mutations."

He put away his sword and clenched his hands. Suddenly, bright morning light appeared around him: "Keep going!"

The Demon Hunter's "Dawn Light" can eliminate the surrounding abnormalities and evil, as well as most extraordinary attacks that affect status.

After walking forward for a distance, a few roars suddenly sounded from the front.

Colin said in a deep voice: "Derrick!"

Derrick immediately stepped forward and prayed devoutly. A ray of sunlight broke through the darkness and shone forward.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Members of the exploration team saw huge human figures crawling out of the swamp in the distance.

Some of them were made of rocks, and some were made of surrounding green plants. What was the same was that their faces were ugly and ferocious, and they were roaring at Derrick and his men!

Derrick and his men held their weapons tightly. They were not afraid of this kind of real battle.

After a brief observation, Colin drew his sword and led the members to charge, and those "stone golems" and "wood golems" also charged towards the intruders.

Their charge began, but when they got closer, the "Stone Golem" suddenly pounded the ground with its two thick arms, and strange rocks immediately emerged from the ground, making the road in front of Colin and others very rugged.

The "Wooden Golem" also pounded the ground with its thick arms, and vines emerged from the swamp and swept towards Derrick and others.

Angel, the deputy captain of the "Council Guard", rushed to the front, clenched his hands and made a sudden downward chopping motion, and a giant sword shining with dusk light appeared in the air!

The somewhat illusory giant sword suddenly exploded, forming fragments of morning light. These fragments were densely packed, like a hurricane of light blowing towards the enemy.

Bang, bang, bang~

The fragments of light hit the rocks that emerged and hit the "stone golem". These hard rocks made dull explosion sounds as if they were hit by dense bombs with armor-piercing functions.

At the same time, these fragments of light also hit the vines and the "Wood Golem", blasting the vines into sawdust and blasting holes in the "Wood Golem".

Derrick and his men took the opportunity to rush forward and quickly dealt with these "golems".

Finally, the exploration team arrived at the shore of the lake in the swamp.

At this time, monsters crawled out of the lake one after another. They were covered with moss and had extremely ugly appearances and postures, as if they had undergone tremendous mutations.

The battle started again, and Derrick and his companions soon discovered that these monsters were basically impossible to kill. No matter how serious the injuries were, the wounds could heal quickly and continue fighting.

Colin suddenly said, "Head for the island!"

He drank a bottle of potion, then raised his hand, and a road with morning light appeared on the lake, and the water seemed to condense.

Derrick followed everyone and jumped onto the condensed water. His feet suddenly felt soft, as if he had stepped on something soft.

It's a pity that he has never eaten jelly, otherwise he would definitely use jelly to describe the feeling under his feet.

But this did not stop them from running. They soon reached the island in the middle of the lake. Derrick looked at the lush grass and the glowing insects, and suddenly he heard his own heartbeat.

He felt a surge of vitality throughout his body, and he seemed to be growing taller.

Everyone's hair, beards and nails grew longer rapidly, and even the leather clothes they wore grew a layer of animal hair.

At this time, they saw a branch emitting a faint green light in the center of the island. They knew that was the seal they were looking for.

Colin's pupils flashed with illusory light again, and his eyes became very deep.

Suddenly, the weeds around began to grow, and in the blink of an eye, they had grown from knee-high to chest-high.

The number of insects in the grass suddenly increased and their sizes grew larger. They were originally no bigger than a little fingernail, but now they were the size of a palm.

The big trees also began to grow wildly, and their crowns became larger and larger, blocking their vision and preventing them from seeing the seal in the center of the island.

The group of monsters behind them had also rushed to the island and were attacking them.

Soon, the weeds were above their heads, and before they lost sight of the distance, they leaned together, ready to meet the attack of the monsters.

Colin, who had been observing the surroundings, suddenly said, "Stop those monsters!"

As he spoke, he smeared a layer of iron-black grease on his sword and thrust it forward. The grass in front of him immediately stopped growing and turned withered and yellow.

Colin rushed into the withered grass and quickly disappeared into the bushes.

At this time, the monster also rushed over. Derrick and others fought hard and finally stopped the monster.

But the surrounding plants were still growing wildly. The trees and weeds had grown to the point where they blocked out the sun. Derrick seemed to have an illusion that he was about to be buried on this island by the weeds.

The battle was fierce only at the beginning, but soon the surrounding grass seriously hindered the fighting between both sides.

These weeds grew thicker and thicker, constantly squeezing their space, and finally it became difficult for them to even wield their weapons.

The space around me became smaller and smaller. Even if I tried hard to cut down the "weeds" around me, the feeling of being buried alive became more and more obvious.

Suddenly, after a certain moment, the "weeds" stopped growing and quickly became smaller and shorter.

Soon the surrounding vegetation returned to its original appearance. Derrick and the others saw that in the center of the island, Chief Colin, who was entangled in thorny vines, was holding high in his hand a branch that was glowing green.

The branch quickly changed its appearance and became a green wooden cane.

Immediately, the vines on Colin's body faded away, and everything around him returned to normal!

Chief Colin has mastered this seal!

At this time, the monsters rushed towards Colin like crazy, and the battle became fierce again, but this time the monsters could be killed, and the wounds on their bodies were no longer so easy to recover.

Soon, Decree and others discovered that these monsters could actually produce extraordinary characteristics.

After a little thought, Derrick realized that because of the "Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Aggregation", these monsters with extraordinary characteristics were attracted by the seal.

It's just that the spirits and souls of these monsters had undergone significant mutations before they came, so they were unable to control the seal.

…

In the northern suburbs of Backlund, Odysseus rode in Earl Brandon's carriage and arrived at the nobleman's vineyard.

(End of this chapterChapter 166 The Curse of the Side Door

Chapter 166 The Curse of the Side Door

After entering the vineyard, Odysseus got off the carriage, squatted down on the ground, grabbed a handful of soil and looked at it.

The soil in the vineyard is very dry, even like sand. You can't hold it with your hands and it will leak out through your fingers.

Odysseus, who was squatting on the ground, said, "Get a bucket of water."

Without any order from Earl Brandon, his personal valet immediately went to order the steward of the vineyard to send someone to fetch water.

Soon, two farmers brought a large bucket of water.

Odysseus scooped a bucket of water and poured it on the ground. The water quickly seeped in and soon disappeared without a trace.

When Odysseus squatted down to grab the soil again, the soil had become very dry and slipped through his fingers like sand.

According to Earl Brandon's description, it wasn't just this spoonful of water. The Mandated Punisher had rained here for a whole day before, but the land here didn't retain even a drop of water.

Odysseus clapped his hands, stood up, took the staff from Lord Rick, and said to Earl Brandon: "The curse here started more than half a month ago, right?"

Lord Brandon nodded: "Yes."

Odysseus hummed and said, "Then more than half a month ago, a magical and strange thing must have grown in this vineyard.

"Mr. Count, please send someone to look for it. If you can find that thing, I will be able to solve the soil problem here."

"What exactly does that thing look like?" asked Lord Brandon.

"I don't know either." Odysseus said, "It has no fixed shape, but it must emit a soft, pure white light."

Lord Brandon nodded and immediately ordered the butler to look for it.

But more than half an hour later, the housekeeper replied that the thing the wizard was looking for was not found in the vineyard. He had asked the farmers here, and they had never found such a thing.

Brandon was a nobleman who understood human nature very well. He thought for a moment and said, "Whoever finds that item will be rewarded with 200 pounds!"

200 pounds was a huge sum of money for a farmer working in a vineyard, so someone soon brought what Odysseus was looking for.

It was a emerald green grape leaf, but now it was winter and all the grape leaves had already fallen. In this era without greenhouses, the color of this grape leaf was very abnormal.

At the same time, this grape leaf also emits a pure white light, making it look very sacred.

Earl Brandon breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he found something like this, it would prove that the wizard's judgment was correct.

Odysseus took the leaf and asked, "Who found this?"

The vineyard's manager nudged a man in his forties who was dressed like a fruit farmer.

The fruit farmer stroked his clothes a little nervously: "It's me, sir."

Odysseus continued: "Tell me about the process of your discovery."

"That night, I went out to pee and saw it." The farmer said, "It was very conspicuous in the vineyard. I didn't know what it was, but I thought it was a good thing, so I picked it from the vine and took it home.

"Well, there wasn't a leaf on the vine until it got dark."

Odysseus smiled and said, "He is indeed a good guy. He earned you a bonus of 200 pounds."

The Earl of Brandon said, "I will give you 300 pounds, but at the same time I fire you because you did not bring it out immediately when I first ordered it to be found."

The fruit farmer suddenly didn't know whether to be happy or depressed.

Although £300 is a huge sum of money, in recent years, this money is far less secure than a stable job.

Odysseus thought to himself: This count is quite capable.

Then Brandon waved his hand, signaling everyone to step aside: "Mr. Wizard, have you found the problem?"

"Found it." Odysseus said, "Please ask someone to find a basket of wood ash and dozens of basil leaves.

"There may be no fresh basil now. You can go to the nearest herbal medicine store and buy some dried basil."

Lord Brandon immediately asked his valet and the vineyard's steward to prepare these things, and then the earl looked at the wizard Gandalf.

Lord Brad Rick also looked at Mr. Wizard with curiosity.

Odysseus smiled and explained, "There are many kinds of curses, and the devil's curse is the most vicious and insidious. Of course, the devil's curse is also relatively rare.

"As far as I know, those curses include but are not limited to turning food and grain in front of the cursed area or individual into stone, or turning clean water into sand, so that the cursed person will never be able to eat a bite of food or drink a sip of water.

"Also, it makes the land dry."

He paused and said, "These curses are rare. I have only read about them in books, and even fewer people know how to resolve them."

Earl Brandon frowned and asked, "Why did the devil target me?"

"I'm not targeting you." Odysseus raised the grape leaves in his hand: "It's about its relationship."

Lord Rick on the side asked: "Mr. Wizard, what is this?"

"This is what demons hate the most." Odysseus explained: "Where there is evil in this world, there is purity; where there are demons, there are things that can restrain them.

"This leaf is such a thing. I don't know the mechanism of its growth. I only know that there is a very small probability that such a pure thing will grow naturally.

"Every demon hates it, but is unwilling to get close to it.

"So demons usually curse the land where these things grow, causing the land to dry up within a few years without any grass growing."

The devil represents the most evil part of this world, and the "abyss" is an entity of evil and corruption.

The leaves in Odysseus's hand are another extreme thing. When the world is dark and dirty, such things are likely to grow.

Earl Brandon sighed: "The extraordinary world is always so magical."

Lord Rick smiled and said: "Fortunately, we found the knowledgeable wizard Gandalf, otherwise we would still be looking for a solution to the problem."

But Earl Brandon said: "I would like to thank you for your recommendation."

Lord Rick quickly said: "It is my honor to help you."

Odysseus ignored the courtesy of the two nobles and looked carefully at the surrounding grape vines. Just as Earl Brandon said, they were still alive in such a dry land!

It seems that the people from the Church of Mother Earth did put in a lot of effort, but they failed to solve the problem fundamentally.

While no one was paying attention, he put a handful of dry soil into his pocket and picked up a small branch and put it into his pocket.

At this time, wood ash and basil arrived one after another. Odysseus poured one-third of the wood ash into the big bucket of water, and crushed a dozen dry basil leaves and sprinkled them into the water.

He stirred it evenly with a ladle and waited for a minute or two. Then, Odysseus scooped water into the ladle and sprinkled it evenly on the ground in front.

A magical scene happened. The water in the bucket did not leak out like before, but remained on the soil and slowly seeped into it.

That small piece of land became moist and turned into normal land.

Odysseus sprinkled it out ladle by ladle, and soon a large area of land returned to normal.

Count Brandon was very happy to see this scene. The problem was finally solved!

After Odysseus poured out the bucket of water, he said to Count Brandon: "This method is effective. It allows fruit farmers to evenly sprinkle the water with wood ash and basil leaves on the ground.

"I have just demonstrated the approximate proportions. You can use a little more wood ash and basil leaves, but not less. You can sprinkle more or sprinkle repeatedly, but don't leave any."

"Okay, okay." Earl Brandon smiled and said, "Mr. Wizard, how can I thank you?"

"Give me this leaf. It's useless for you to keep it. I may be able to use it to fight demons in the future." Odysseus raised the grape leaf in his hand again and said, "Also, I need Earl Brandon's help."

"What favor?" Earl Brandon really didn't need the leaf, and in order to avoid being targeted by the devil again, he was happy to hand the leaf over to the wizard Gandalf.

Odysseus then smiled and said, "I will write to the Count around the New Year.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"If I haven't written to you, it means I don't need your help, and you don't have to pay any other compensation."

"No problem." Earl Brandon agreed readily, "As long as it's within my ability."

Odysseus smiled, put away the grape leaves that were emitting soft light, and said goodbye.

Earl Brandon immediately sent a carriage to take Odysseus back.

After returning to No. 66 Rose Street, Odysseus first placed the leaf into the "Wild Knowledge", then wrote a letter to explain the devil's curse, found a rented carriage, and delivered the letter to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute to report to the "Mechanical Heart".

It would be best if they could get clues and find the demon.

After finishing all this, Odysseus made himself a cup of coffee, but when he drank it, he felt something hard and solid on his lips.

He was a little surprised, so he held the cup in front of his eyes and shook it. It was liquid and it moved.

Odysseus tried to drink again, but still couldn't drink a drop.

He seemed to understand something, unscrewed the water vent and took a look at the gurgling water.

Odysseus reached out to touch the tap water, but the water that had just been flowing suddenly solidified, and not even a drop of water got on his hand.

This did not come as much of a surprise to Odysseus, for he had broken the curse of the devils, and had obtained the leaf which the devils hated, and so the curse was transferred to him, and he could no longer touch the water.

Even if you jump into a river or even into the sea, you can hardly escape the fate of dying of thirst.

Odysseus was not panicked. When he agreed to help Earl Brandon, he knew that he might be cursed by the devil.

It was not difficult for him to lift the curse. Odysseus had studied the devil's curse before. At the same time, on Tuesday, the "Hidden Sage" also "instilled" some knowledge about the devil's curse into him.

Of course, this is not difficult only for Odysseus. For others, the devil's curse is very difficult to deal with, and there is even only one way to lift the curse, which is to kill the devil.

But Odysseus knew more than one way to lift the devil's curse. He came to the shelf where the herbs were kept and mixed several kinds of herbal powder together in a certain proportion.

Then Odysseus locked the door from the inside, took off all his clothes, went to the center of the living room, and scattered the powder.

Whoosh~

The powder ignited into black flames, which surrounded Odysseus as if they had life.

Odysseus was roasted so hard that his teeth grimaced. At the same time, he saw a black mist coming out of his skin as if it was roasted.

The flame burned for four or five seconds, and the black mist baked out from Odysseus's body formed a symbol with goat horns in mid-air, representing the devil.

Then the symbol quickly dissipated, and the black flames around Odysseus also disappeared.

Without having time to get dressed, Odysseus went to the kitchen, picked up the coffee cup and gulped down half a cup of coffee.

He put the cup down and smiled: "Knowledge is power."

Then he went to the bathroom, wiped his blackened body, and put on his clothes.

Back in the living room, Odysseus drank coffee and thought: As long as the "devil" who cursed the vineyard is still alive, similar curses may find me again. I can't just sit there and wait for death.

Odysseus's original idea was to report the matter to the "Mechanical Heart" to attract its attention and let them solve the problem.

But the "Mechanical Heart" may not be able to find the trace of the demon in a short time, so Odysseus decided to help the "Mechanical Heart" again and help them find that person.

Because Odysseus is now familiar with detective Sherlock, who is "good at finding people", he can ask him for help.

The key is to use the "Source Castle" for divination without alerting the demon.

As for how the "Mechanical Heart" can avoid the devil's "malicious perception" and kill the opponent, that is the business of the "Mechanical Heart".

So Odysseus wrote another letter to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute, explaining that he was cursed by the "devil" and that he must find and eliminate the devil as soon as possible.

At the same time, he told the "Mechanical Heart" that he knew a very powerful "fortune teller" and would ask that "fortune teller" to find the devil.

The implication is, please be prepared and attack immediately as soon as you can get any trace of that "devil".

After sending the letter, Odysseus used the "teleportation array" in the basement to return to No. 77 Hailin Avenue and turned back into the owner of the herbal medicine shop. Then he went to the Gal Herbal Medicine Shop, changed into Mr. Gal's clothes, and went to the "Nanmu Ballroom" through the "teleportation array".

Odysseus asked Mandy to prepare the carriage, and by the time he rode to Minsk Street in the carriage, it was already dark.

…

"The Land Forsaken by God", Silver City.

The exploration team returned to the City of Silver. Today's exploration yielded a demigod-level sealed artifact, many Beyonder characteristics, and several Sequence 8 to Sequence 6 sealed artifacts, which brought some smiles to the faces of every team member.

Back at the round tower, Chief Colin announced the rewards for this exploration and then disbanded the exploration team.

"Derrick." Colin suddenly called Derrick: "Come here for a moment."

After that, he took Derrick to the upper floors of the round tower, as if he had something to discuss with Derrick alone.

Arriving at the top floor of the round tower, Colin took out a Sequence 6 level seal that he had seized today and said solemnly, "This is another reward for you. You must keep it well!"

Derrick was stunned. Wasn't he rewarded for his merit? And the chief's tone seemed a little strange.

(End of this chapter