Preparations

On the desk in the library, there were three books.

The oil in the translucent crystal lamp was only half left.

The book Raymond was reading was written by an itinerant poet hundreds of years ago. In his narrative, he mentioned many strange things.

According to folklore, ghosts were actually condensed by the strong resentment left by the dead before their death. A weird creature with obsession, extreme paranoia and madness, but it could keep ghosts away by carrying dried mugwort for more than 15 years, dew from fragrant flowers and dried silt from the dried-up pond.

For wizards, the itinerant poet also gave his explanation.

Wizards could condense special bodies and possess great and strange powers, but to become a formal wizard was very difficult, so wizards were rare.

And before becoming a formal wizard, there were differences between level 1, 2 and 3 apprentices. At the same time, those with the blood of wizards had a much longer lifespan than ordinary people.

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The Tolly family library had more than 200 books, most of which were about planting, breeding, and even strange things. There were more than 30 books on family history and biographies of family members.

Much of the content was repetitive and meaningless. The strange poetic works were the idle complaints of bored nobles, which was annoying.

Because of the chip, Raymond didn't care about the quality and stored everything in the chip first. The only useful things for Raymond were the records about Hayley and the explanations and speculations about wizards.

Raymond closed the last handwritten book detailing the romance of the harem with a calm face. The joy of the boudoir in this world was also diverse and extremely novel.

Finally, Raymond put all the books back in place and left the library. He found that the young steward sitting outside had fallen asleep in his chair.

Raymond then realized that he had stayed in the library for more than ten hours. It was already dawn the next day.

The young steward, awakened by the sound of Raymond pushing the door open, hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth and stood up in a panic to apologize. Seeing that Raymond did not tend to get angry, he felt relieved.

But when Raymond wanted to leave the Lord's Manor, Hayden Vincent's shy brother seemed to have been waiting for him. He ran out of the castle in a hurry, shyly proposing that he wanted to visit Raymond in the old castle in two days.

Raymond had some good feelings for the shy Seth. So he agreed readily.

But after leaving the Lord's Manor, Raymond did not return to the old castle immediately. Instead, he went to the commercial district of Port Kaidon with the guard Maikohl.

Raymond could basically confirm that the humanoid shadow that appeared in the basement that night was Hayley from the Tolly family, the 37-year-old blonde beauty who disappeared. It seemed that an accident occurred during her attack on the level 3 wizard apprentice and she turned into a ghost trapped in the basement of the old castle.

Raymond first went to the pet market in the commercial district and bought more than ten yellow-toothed rats the size of fists. Then Raymond dismissed the guard Maikohl and the coachman and went to the herbal shop alone.

Mugwort was an ordinary spice. The dew of fragrant flowers was rare but essential for nobles to make cordials. Only the silt from the dried-up pond was very ordinary but not sold in herbal shops.

But because of the level 3 wizard apprentice badge on Raymond's chest, the owner of the herbal shop came out in person to welcome Raymond in fear. After agreeing to help Raymond find the material, the owner of the herbal shop eagerly came up to Raymond and secretly told him something.

Because the powder made from these things only had the effect of exorcism, the owner told Raymond that such folk remedies had limited effectiveness in exorcism and expelling ghosts. If the purpose was really to be achieved, it was still necessary to find an exorcist in Port Kaidon to help.

With the purpose revealed, Raymond frowned. But thinking of the weird humanoid shadow that night, Raymond asked for the address and went to the slums of Port Kaidon to find the exorcist said to be the most effective on the west coast.

In the prosperous southeast corner of Port Kaidon, there was a large area belonging to the life of the poor. It was a place for thieves, robbers and homeless people to stay.

Countless low huts were connected here, accompanied by the strange stench in the air, which would make people feel nauseous without entering.

The sewage flowing under Raymond's feet made his face bitter, but thinking of the weird humanoid shadow, he still braced himself and went in. Fortunately, his white robe would make ordinary people fearful, and his personal safety was not a problem.

No one dared to offend a person in a white robe, even if he was just a teenager. The power of wizards was deeply rooted in the minds of ordinary people.

Raymond found the exorcist in a gray-black house with the help of someone he met randomly.

The exorcist was an emaciated old woman with almost no teeth left in her mouth. She was said to be the most effective exorcist on the west coast.

Seeing the badge on Raymond's chest, the old woman's expression immediately changed to extreme fear. She immediately knelt down and begged for forgiveness. Her hoarse voice and appearance made Raymond frown at the door.

After Raymond quickly stated his purpose, the old woman with a tearful face calmed down slowly. After taking out all the exorcism items she could provide, Raymond was greatly disappointed.

The things the old woman took out included straw puppets woven with wild grass, bracelets strung with various animal teeth, and dried dirty virgin blood, but these strange things were extremely ordinary. After probing by the chip, none of them had the existence of radiant power.

The trembling old woman was always very frightened. Finally, under Raymond's interrogation, she honestly confessed that she was just a dying liar.

These strangely scented things had no exorcism effect. Her reputation was only due to curing a few frightened women and children.

But the old woman's knowledge was still somewhat useful. According to her, ghosts were very strange and powerful, but generally required specific conditions to appear.

And in general, such existence required an object to inhabit in order to stay in a place for a long time. And if the object the ghost depended on was destroyed, this strange thing would disappear quickly.

After listening to the old woman's account, Raymond frowned. It seemed that he had been cheated by the records in those books.