Shade judged that the deceased had most likely been struck directly by a force of Wither, then walked toward death within that decay.
"That power is terrifying."
Wei Ge commented on it. Though she did not fear death, she was very afraid of growing old like that and then dying.
During the examination, Shade keenly sensed an extremely faint Whisper Element on the body. After the other young ladies confirmed it, that Whisper Element seemed to be the main cause of the woman's death.
A Whisper Element meant a relic, though it could not rule out the possibility that the Demon had used one. Since the suspected Demon itself wielded the power of "Wither," using a relic with similar properties should have allowed it to unleash even greater power.
"Set up a ritual to avoid disturbing the peace of the other corpses. I'll try Spirit Communication."
Shade gave another order. The young ladies immediately got to work. Corpses killed by relics should have been very difficult to communicate with, but this was no longer a major problem for Shade, who had come into contact with True Death.
Because he had obtained the power of [Ashes Spirit Summoning] from Sister Devlin, the unstable female soul that was summoned temporarily acquired a body of ashes.
She stood blankly beside her own corpse and described how, after getting off work at the factory early yesterday morning, she had been preparing to go home when she was attacked while taking a shortcut through an alley.
"I didn't see what attacked me. I only saw blazing flames appear in the depths of the alley, then a ray of light like sunlight at Twilight shot toward me. It hurt terribly. I could feel myself withering away, feel death opening its gates to me.
That fireball came