This second sister is different from the other two that Xievian read about before. She hates Sally.
As an orphan who was also sent back countless times to the orphanage, Xievian couldn't feel much empathy for what Lily was going through, but he saw how devastated those orphans were when they were sent back.
Hating her sister seemed morally questionable, but her feelings came from somewhere, and they didn't just appear out of nowhere, like one day she suddenly no longer liked her sister.
Now thinking about it, all the notes revolve around Sally. Maybe the gravekeeper was wrong? Maybe it wasn't a woman who was the source of all this, but a little girl?
Just as Xievian was contemplating while listening to the audience's suggestions, he felt a cold breeze behind him.
He looked behind him and saw the tall ghost.
This time, she didn't look as amicable as before. Well, it's not that she did before, but she looked really furious this time. Her hair filled the entire entrance, making sure that Xievian wouldn't have any place to escape.
Xievian stepped back and immediately struck the ghost with a talisman.
"Arrrrrghhhh!" The ghost screamed in pain, but she didn't escape. She lunged at Xievian.
Xievian managed to dodge her approaching hands, but her hair lashed at him directly.
He crossed his arms and curled up a bit to brace himself for the impact. But no matter how much preparation he did before, the strength and lethality of this ghost's hair were monstrous.
He was flung directly away. He hit the coffin before slamming straight into the wall. He could hear a crack. It seemed to be his bones and his back camera.
He slid down the wall but managed to stand, staggeringly. He could feel something poking inside him. It was either his ribcage or just his imagination, amplified by the hallucinations.
The ghost didn't waste any time. The moment she saw that he was incapacitated, she immediately took the opportunity to butcher Xievian.
In the few seconds left, Xievian's brain was working fast, like a computer CPU.
Xievian felt his brain overloading from pain, hunger, and the annoying voice that seemed to be starting to sound clearer. He thought of any possible solution. He didn't have any time to check if his Life Points increased, and he was too distracted by the hallucinations for the system's voice to be heard over the laughter. Should he gamble with his remaining Life Points?
Damn! This isn't fair. Ghosts can hit you, but you can't hit ghosts.
Just as he was about to gamble away his life, he noticed something.
When he hit the coffin, the corpse tumbled out. It seemed to be wearing a white dress very similar to the ghost.
Of course, it's absurd to think that because the corpse was wearing white, it could be the ghost. White is a very common color for the deceased to wear. But what Xievian noticed was the lily pattern on the sleeves of the corpse's dress was the same as that of the ghost.
Xievian thought of something. The ghost's sharp claws were just an inch away from him. He raised his axe and threw it at the corpse.
The moment he heard the ghost's miserable scream, he knew he succeeded.
Like a maniac, taking advantage of the ghost's distraction, he slipped away and slashed the corpse again and again.
He saw that every part he slashed, the same injury would appear on the ghost. He chopped the corpse's leg, then its hand. The monster was left lying there on the ground, looking very faint.
Xievian gulped. He felt that his hunger was increasing. He calmed himself down and walked toward the ghost. Of course, he didn't walk too close; he just stopped at an angle where the ghost could see him.
He tried to ask the ghost, "Why are you stopping me?"
Actually, he didn't have much expectation. But shockingly enough, the ghost answered.
It opened its dislocated mouth wide. Xievian absurdly felt a sense of horror coming from the monster. It yelled in a voice filled with terror, "SALLY WILL KILL ME! SHE WILL KILL ME! SALLY HATES ME! SALLY WILL KILL ME! SHE WILL KILL ME! SALLY HATES ME! SALLY WILL KILL ME! SHE WILL KILL ME! SALLY HATES ME!"
Xievian was almost knocked out by the shrill voice. It contributed to all the discomfort he was feeling now. He wanted to ask more, but the ghost just kept repeating, "SALLY WILL KILL ME! SHE WILL KILL ME! SALLY HATES ME!"
Xievian felt helpless. "Why would Sally kill you?"
What answered him was still the repeated scream.
He gave up. He picked up the note and the other shape outlines that fell out of the corpse. Yes, that's where the ghost had hidden them. Xievian walked outside the room. This time, he even calmly closed the door.
Still, the ghost's piercing scream still rang throughout the entire mausoleum.
Xievian looked down at the shapes he was holding. One was a triangle, which corresponded to the last door.
The other was a flower shape. Xievian had no idea where the door that this corresponded to was.
Is it downstairs? He had toured the entire second floor of the mausoleum but had never seen a single staircase. How was he supposed to go down? Burst the floor open? Maybe. If he was pushed to that point, then he'd probably do anything.
He walked toward the last triangle-marked door.
When he opened the door, what greeted him was an open casket. Inside the casket was a woman. The woman was wearing the same white floral dress as those other corpses.
She looked like she was just sleeping. Her eyes were closed, and she had a peaceful smile on her face. She seemed to have died content.
The only thing that destroyed the look of peace and tranquility was the woman's open torso.
Open, not in the sense that her clothes were open, but her body looked like a dissected frog. Flaps of her skin were nailed to the corner of the open casket. Her muscles, internal organs, and bones were exposed. In her heart was a piece of red stone.
Then he heard the damn, unusable appraisal skill suddenly activate, very loudly, so much so that it drowned out the now-clear voices.
[Ding! Stone Seal:
It is used for sealing rituals. The stone seal serves as the main heart of the sealing technique. Removing the stone could result in a 90% chance of unleashing what it was holding back.
Stone Seal worth: 300,000 Energy Points.]