After learning the other party's identity and strength, Liu Zhi didn't force her to come out. He simply spoke toward the attic above.
"I'm only here to ask about something. Once I've asked, I'll leave."
"What do you want to ask? Then hurry up and ask. Once you're done, leave."
"I know there's a god nearby who wants to come back to life. I want to know who it is. It'd be even better if I could get a specific address."
"There are no gods around here!"
The woman in the attic shouted.
The aura that burst from her made it clear to Liu Zhi that many people had died at her hands.
It was a very pure aura, the sort of yin energy formed from the resentment of a woman with powerful spiritual energy who had been murdered for some reason.
In an ordinary place, this aura might have pushed her strength above level 5, perhaps close to level 10.
But in the Island Country, even a minor incident could become a major one.
Objects that were no longer used could become Tsukumogami. As stories about this woman turned into a ghost spread from person to person, they gradually took root. Guided by people's beliefs, her strength had unwittingly been pushed to around level 13 or 14.
If she hadn't stayed inside her house all this time, going out to slaughter people, perhaps she would have suddenly reached level 15 back then and become a mythic-level expert.
Later, when the Island Country underwent a great upheaval, she was affected too, gaining the name and power of the Earl.
It was precisely this power that should have pushed her past level 15, making her a true god.
But she was extremely reclusive and had never left her house. On top