Mother Tree

"The Evil Spirit can reassemble?" the young man with the Sun Sacred Emblem pinned to his chest asked, quite astonished.

Based on his knowledge of Mysticism and experience gained from reviewing case files, unless the Evil Spirit itself possesses unique abilities, being purified means complete annihilation.

These Soul Creature are either the product of the death of powerful Beyonder, or the vengeful spirits that have broken through limitations through various opportunities. The most powerful of them may even possess a certain degree of Divinity, but Resurrection and Rebirth are never their characteristics.

The Blond Hair man in the double-breasted brown coat straightened up, watching the gradually dissipating Distortion Vines, and said thoughtfully, "Evil Spirit Evil Spirit are not all the same. Under certain special circumstances, when Evil Spirit is born, it will rely on something, and that thing is often located at the core of its ' Territory '."

"As long as this thing is not destroyed, even if the Evil Spirit is completely purified, it will slowly re-emerge in the corresponding area."

Evil Spirit assimilate the place of their birth, Fusion it with the Spirit World and the Underworld, thereby gaining the power to sustain their existence; otherwise, they will gradually weaken until they completely disappear.

In other words, Evil Spirit have a fixed range of activity and cannot stray too far from their place of birth; this is called their "Territory."

The young man, wearing the Sun Sacred Emblem and a white robe embroidered with gold thread, seemed to understand why. He frowned and said, "But we've been searching for days and haven't found the birthplace of this Evil Spirit, Suzanne Matisse."

Normally, Suzanne Matisse wouldn't be able to operate far from its "Territory." If the Official Beyonder carefully search the Messy Street and surrounding areas, they will surely be able to find the birthplace of that Evil Spirit and destroy what it relies on.

But this is Trier, which has not only a surface area but also Underground World, with another Messy Street and another Honest Market District, where there are many little-known alleys and Cavern.

More importantly, deeper Underground lies Fourth Epoch the Trier, a place shrouded in danger and largely unknown even to Official Beyonder.

As Deacon Tribunal in the Honest Market District, Angoulême de François could never understand why Trier was rebuilt on its original site, on top of the Trier that had sunk Underground, Late Fourth Epoch.

Although the geographical conditions here were indeed the best, that decision also brought a lot of trouble to the following thousand years.

Some Paranormal Event are not that the "Purifier" do not want to completely resolve them, but that they cannot. The root of those problems lies hidden in Trier in the Fourth Epoch Trier, hidden in the Underground Ruins.

It is said that even Half-God and mortals have Underground Area they dare not or are unwilling to risk entering.

Angoulême sheathed the Golden Longsword, which was both a physical entity and seemingly a condensation of light, and plunged it into the head of a Steam- powered, Gray-White Humanoid Machine construct, embedding it into its corresponding "Spine."

It appeared to be filled with some kind of dark liquid.

At that moment, a man dressed in a white suit, Yellow Waistcoat, and light-colored shirt, also wearing the "Sun Sacred Emblem," walked out of the "Golden Rooster Inn."

His light yellow hair was neatly combed, a skin-colored bandage was pasted on the middle of his nose, his lips were thick, and his skin was slightly brown, suggesting he had the ancestry of some indigenous people from the Southern Continent.

"Deacon, I have inquired with Charlie Collent," he said to Angoulême de François.

Angoulême touched the Golden Button on his brown coat and asked, "Is he alright?"

The slightly brown-skinned man shook his head and said, "We arrived just in time; he wasn't seriously injured."

According to him, after dreaming of Suzanne Matisse again, he was warned by her but still chose to go out for help. As a result, he was blocked by Suzanne Matisse on the second floor of the hotel and almost became one with her forever. Well, the second half of the sentence is Suzanne Matisse's statement.

"Afterwards, Charlie collapsed at the bottom of the stairs, nearly Past consciousness. At that moment, he saw a light like the rising Sun."

This was a normal and reasonable development, perfectly matching all the details of the actions taken by the elite "Purifier" squad led by Angoulême. Therefore, neither Angoulême nor the other two Purifier had any doubts.

In their understanding, Charlie's going out to seek help must have been in accordance with their previous instructions, going to the nearest "Eternal Blazing Sun" Church.

Angoulême glanced around the unusually quiet, Messy Street and nodded slightly. "Let's put Charlie Collent on hold for now, but if we haven't found Suzanne Matisse's birthplace within two weeks, we'll consider giving him an Clerical Work and telling him the truth."

This is a common practice among Official Beyonder, in order to protect Ordinary Person who have not yet completely escaped the influence of Paranormal Event to the greatest extent possible.

Of course, many times, even when they have clearly solved the problem and told the affected people that they can live in peace, That One Ordinary Person and the Library die mysteriously weeks, months, or years later.

Angoulême continued, "We have two main focuses now: first, to investigate this area, including underground, to find the birthplace of Suzanne Matisse; and second, to find the person who wrote the letter to warn us, who seems to have a deep understanding of Suzanne Matisse."

Before Charlie was released, Angoulême and his team had already quietly searched the "Golden Rooster Inn" but found no special area suspected to be the birthplace of Evil Spirit.

In addition, they used extraordinary methods to review Charlie's experiences and statements, confirming that the people the victim came into contact with from the time he began pleading with Suzanne Matisse until his arrest by the Police were all normal enough.

That's why Angoulême said we don't need to worry about Charlie's situation for now.

As for That One sender, their methods were sophisticated, and they had extensive Anti-Divination and Anti-Tracking Experience. They even chose to use Spirit World Creature to write and send the letter.

It's important to understand that even if the same Beyonder uses the same Descriptive Incantation to summon Spirit World Creature, the creature that appears each time will most likely be different.

Because it only relies on Three-Part Description, the number of Spirit World Creature that meet the criteria is in the hundreds of thousands, millions, or even more, and what can be summoned each time depends entirely on luck.

Unless there is a corresponding medium and a description pointing to the unique characteristics of the other party, it is almost impossible to lock onto a suspect spirit by restoring the Incantation. Moreover, most Spirit World Creature do not have anything that can be called unique.

Angoulême had previously tried to get help from a colleague who was skilled in this area, to use the letter as a medium to summon the corresponding Spirit World Creature and see if he could get any clues from it. However, neither the "Writer," "Author," nor the "Sender" of the letter summoned anything.

This could be due to an Error in the Descriptive Phrase, or it could be that the Spirit World Creature sensed something amiss and chose to refuse the summons.

Even if the entire Summoning Ritual goes smoothly, it may ultimately fail because the Spirit World Creature that match the description are unwilling to respond to the summoning. Only those skilled in Sequence can greatly increase the probability, or even force it. Of course, most of the time, Beyonder will not encounter this situation, as their Three-Part Description point to too many Spirit World Creature, and there are always a few willing to take a trip to the real world and take away some of their spirituality.

Lumian pretended to be asleep, ready to escape at any moment.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the nearby Church rang, marking Six in the Morning.

The battle between the Official Beyonder and Suzanne Matisse appears to be over, and I didn't realize that I had faced off against Suzanne Matisse for even a short time... Lumian rolled out of bed and rubbed his face.

He didn't know if Suzanne Mattis had been completely dealt with by the Official Beyonder, nor was he sure if the matter was over.

Remembering the intense resentment Suzanne Matisse had shown him, Lumian felt he couldn't afford to wait with any illusions.

He planned to write Lady "The Magician" right now to report that he had made contact with Mr. K, and also to ask what kind of creature Suzanne Matisse was and whether she had any weaknesses.

Just to be on the safe side, Lumian also planned to ask Hella, the Vice President of the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society, since the "Magician" Lady was not omniscient.

After writing two letters and cleaning the room, Lumian summoned the two Messenger every ten minutes to make sure they each took the correct letter.

When he finished washing up and returned to 207 from the Washroom, two reply letters were already lying quietly on the Wooden Table.

"Uh... Lady ' Magician ' is so fast too? Did the two Messenger bump into each other? If they did, what did they talk about?" Lumian muttered to himself as he picked up one of the replies.

The letter came from Hella:

Similar things happen in both the Southern and Northern Continent, with some men and women frequently dreaming of the opposite sex, engaging in intimate relations with them, and ultimately dying from exhaustion.

"If the victims have Consort or Lover, these innocent people will be killed one after another by creatures similar to Suzanne Matisse, seemingly because these creatures consider themselves the wives or husbands of the Wet Dreamer."

"It is said that these creatures possess powerful abilities, no less than those of Mid-Sequence Beyonder."

"Some details suggest that Suzanne may have died and become a vengeful spirit or Evil Spirit..."

Indeed very strong... Lumian recalled his experience last night and realized that if it weren't for the deterrent effect of "Fallen Mercury," the "hostage" of Charlie, and the fact that Suzanne considered herself Charlie's wife, he would likely have been dealt with within a minute.

After rubbing his spiritual energy, igniting Flames, and burning Hella's reply, Lumian unfolded the letter from the "Magician" Lady:

"I don't know whether to congratulate you or pity you. Your chances of encountering Evil God’s Favored seem to be much higher than those of ordinary Beyonder. This may be due to the Corruption sealed within your body."

"This is difficult to explain using the Convergence Law of Beyonder Characteristics; it's more like forces that are rejected by this world, attracting each other because of their rejection."

"The above is my guess, and I cannot guarantee its accuracy. If I am wrong, please let me know and tell me the correct answer."

"Based on your description, I suspect that Suzanne was originally a follower of an Evil God and received His Gift, possessing power equivalent to Sequence 5."

"That One Evil God is known in this world as the ' Mother Tree of Desire.' Do not try to understand Him, and do not try to guess His full and true Honorific Name."

"Suzanne should be a ' Fallen Dryad,' also known as a ' Spirit of Lust,' or in some places as a ' Little God of Love.' They can be male or female, and they enjoy having dream intercourse with people, absorbing the energy of their victims. Over time, they will consider themselves the wife or husband of their victims based on possessiveness, and kill their partners, including Lover, out of intense jealousy."

"However, Suzanne also exhibited characteristics of Soul Creature. She may have died due to an accident or being unable to bear the Gift, transforming into Evil Spirit, more paranoid and more driven by instinct."