312.Chapter 306 – Ivars’ Death Card

Chapter 306 – Ivars’ Death Card

“A haunted inn?”

The priest held the bread in both hands and fell into deep thought, “I seem to have some impression, let me think about it ……”

Aiwas, who asked the question, sat quietly on the side drinking tea.

As the only priest in Eagle Point Village, the priest’s family was also still relatively wealthy. At least the quality of the tea he took out to entertain the guests was quite good. Although it wasn’t as good as the tea that Aywas drank in Glass Island, it could still be called a good product.

The breakfast that the old priest served to Ivars was also very good – pork with a bit of fat was stewed with tomatoes, sugar, beer and butter, and then crushed into a meat sauce. And then such a pâté was sandwiched in the bread …… although it was yesterday’s overnight bread that had been re-toasted and warmed. The flour used to make the bread is not as fine and fluffy, but the warmed-up pumpernickel toast smells of wheat.

Rounding up, perhaps it could also be considered a kind of aubergine meat loaf.

The eating method is sort of buffet style. Prepare the bread and gravy, then spread it on yourself.

Perhaps because the food was still quite hot, the flavor was actually unexpectedly good, at least better than the sandwiches sold on the streets of Glass Island. Even Sherlock ate a few more slices.

Now that both Ivas and Sherlock were full, Lily had a light meal. Now waiting for Hajna to finish eating.

And Hajna quickly ignored the anomaly that had startled her earlier, and again was happy to introduce it to Aiwass, “This was my favorite food when I was a kid!

“I don’t know if there’s this dish out there or what it’s called, but us kids just like to call it ‘Bishop’s Bread’. Because some people say it’s what those bishops ate. They eat it with a layer of butter, and on creamy white bread ……”

She said and couldn’t help but let out an awkward laugh, “Of course, it’s all a wild guess by the kids.”

For she suddenly reacted in the middle of her sentence that three out of the four people in the room regularly ate breakfast at the bishop’s house.

“…… Is that what you guys call it?”

The old priest also couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “It’s something my father taught me. It’s also true that I learned the craft from the Glass Island, but it has nothing to do with the bishop – it’s a kind of pâté that my father once had from the inn where he stayed when he went to the Glass Island to get his ecclesiastical crown. He thought that kind of pâté tasted good, and my father asked for the recipe, but that cook didn’t tell us.

“So father went home and tried it himself many times as he remembered. Although he still hadn’t tried the recipe for that pâté, he inadvertently created a new pâté. Then the practice was fixed.

“To say the least, it should also be called ‘Eagle Point Pâté’.”

It seemed that chatting about the past would awaken memories. When the old priest said this, he suddenly clapped his hands and remembered something: “That haunted inn you mentioned, I might remember …… but that seems like a long, long time ago. It should have been when I was a child.”

Ivars nodded, “It would have been around sixty years ago or so. Since it was ‘haunted’, I thought you might know.”

It was because Aiwas had seen the familiar sapphire-like lake before from the first level of the dream in the Advancement Ceremony. That was the well-known Sapphire Lake in Bagpipe Town.

That haunted inn seemed to be halfway up the mountain. The circular village at the foot of the mountain could still be faintly seen from the window.

It was then that Ivars made a mistake.

At the time, one of the reasons he thought that layer was still a dream was because the forest had not suffered any damage at the time, after the storm had ended.

After a normal storm, there would have been branches, broken wood, garbage, and dead animals everywhere. He thought it was because Daia lacked the life experience to visualize the storm.

But now it seems …… that at that time, although Aiwas was right about the result, he was wrong about the process.

–The reason the forests were unharmed after the storm was because they did manage to stay intact from the storm.

The village of Eagle Point is called Eagle Point because it is sandwiched squarely between a short mountain and a high mountain, and the town of Bagpipes is at the foot of one of those mountains. To get from Eagle Point Village to the town of Bagpipes, one would have to go into the mountains first and then back down – without having to go over the highest point, of course; the maximum height in the dense forest where they’d entered the village was only about a third as high as the top of the mountain.

The entire village of Eagle Point was in the middle of a basin, connected to two lakes and a swamp. This was the piece connected between the two mountains. It was logical that such a terrain would be easily flooded by heavy rains.

So at that time, when Ivars saw the village at the foot of the mountain unharmed, he immediately judged it to be false.

…… But now it seems that Daiya is right instead.

Ivars laughed at her for not understanding the storm, and she laughed at Ivars for not understanding the village of Eagle Point. She had more than likely actually seen a storm from here to be quite impressed with that scene.

And since the Haunted Inn side of the house had a clear view of both Sapphire Lake and Eagle Point Village, but not the other side of the lake, that meant it must be on the side of one of those two mountains. And it was facing the direction of the other mountain.

In other words, it must be very close to Eagle Point Village.

As luck would have it, the old preacher quickly remembered. “That’s the inn in Alder Town to the south. To go there directly you have to pass through the swamp, so usually we don’t go that way.”

He smiled bitterly, “As for dispelling the undead …… we can’t do that kind of thing. The undead there are earth-bound spirits, not to mention me and my father, even if a bishop really came, he wouldn’t be able to solve it.”

“Then just leave it alone?”

Sherlock took full advantage of his appearance and spoke bluntly.

“It was more or less managed,” the priest affirmed, “The Priest of Alderwood sealed off that inn.

“For to tear down the inn outright might have driven the earth-bound spirit mad; but if it had been left alone it would have tempted those who passed by. So that priest sealed the inn, blocked the road, and put warning signs in a faraway place – a place where the earth-bound spirit’s visions couldn’t affect it. The front is guarded, and there’s a barricade in the middle …… Not many people will pass by that way.”

“…… That’s really a simple and rough way to deal with it.”

Hajna sweated a little, “Is it okay to just put it there?”

The old priest, however, didn’t care and laughed, “You’re still too young, little Hajna. Transcendent skill is not everything, nor is it necessary. Problems that can be solved with simple methods don’t have to be solved with Transcendent Techniques either.

“The Earthbound Spirit must eat people to maintain its existence, but it can’t leave its abode. Then we don’t even need to sacrifice multiple priests to crush each other head-on – in a sense the Earthbound Spirit is harmless. We just need to isolate it to a place where it can’t come into contact with living people, and it will slowly dissipate on its own.

“And to do such a thing, there is no need for any spells, divine arts, or rituals at all. Merely a sign and a few barricades are all that’s needed. As far as I know, other than some wanted criminals occasionally panicking and escaping in there, I haven’t really heard of many people disappearing in that neighborhood. That means it’s still effective.”

The old priest took a self-satisfied bite of bread and laughed, “That’s the wisdom of an adult.”

After having breakfast, Aiwas asked the old priest’s side for directions to the inn and also planned to leave.

Hajna seemed to be very concerned about where the dagger had been lost …… However, Aiwas thought it was possible that it was still on Hajna’s person, or else it had fallen into Vivian’s hands. Either way, it wasn’t something that could be retrieved overnight, so let’s just pretend it didn’t exist.

And Hajna and Lily went off to prepare the materials for the ceremony that several people would be using tonight.

Ivars and Sherlock, on the other hand, were going to check out the inn.

Originally, Aiwas was planning to go check it out by himself, but Sherlock also asked to tag along. Then Aiwas naturally came along.

He also didn’t want to hide his card making ability – or rather when Aiwas took out more and more cards, then sooner or later it was going to be exposed. As long as the people who knew the truth were okay with it.

And Sherlock was clearly on the trustworthy side.

The Earthbound Spirit was an Illusionist with the dual attributes of earth and darkness. On the one hand, she was an undead without skeletons, which was considered the second stage of the undead; on the other hand, her ability was similar to that of a dream demon.

There were two cards that could be used to seal the Earthbound Spirit, [Reaper] and [Tower].

Ivars here was planning to use the Reaper card.

This was because the Reaper card belonged to Amber’s domain, yet it could be crafted and summoned without using earth-attribute mana – instead, it used dark-attribute mana.

So Aiwas took out his book of tarot cards again, and found the Death card from it.

Brushing a layer of benzoin resin over it, and burying it in grave soil after it was done. Then keep this state sealed into a small box …… This is considered ready to be completed.

The materials for sealing the Earth Binding Spirit he also had all prepared – much cheaper than what the Shadow Demon needed. Its core materials were the shovelful of grave soil, some benzoin resin, and a piece of amber. For the remaining materials, you could use shrouds, pieces of coffins, or any other items with dusk phases to make up enough phases. Just be careful that you don’t sacrifice a living creature or one of its kind.

On Glass Island, maybe he’d have to get some coffin boards and burn them to ashes to make it work.

But this requirement was just too good to reach in Eagle Point Village.

Ivars went straight to the swamp and filtered some muddy water from it. After testing it with the ritual, it was found that it really worked and was extremely pure …… So Aiwas simply took several more bottles, preserved them, and stored them in Lily s backpack.

After that, Aiwas took Sherlock and flew to the southern town of Alder on his Griffon Lizzie.

Update completed!
Suddenly realized that Amu is already a million! (Shocking sound)
When this book started the plan was to be about the same as the player, 3.5 million or so in three volumes, this is almost a third of that ……

(End of chapter)