Chapter 425

Chapter 339: Medium

“More or less, after all, in our line of work, we deal with the dead every day. Holding this makes me feel like I’m under the protection of His Majesty the King of the Underworld, which makes me feel more at ease.”

After hearing Dorothy’s echoing voice in her mind, Nephnis calmed herself and responded to Larina. She then tried to reach for something on the table, but was stopped by Larina.

“Hold on, your goods have been inspected, but ours haven’t.”

Larina said this and gave a signal to her subordinates around. The subordinates began to move boxes, and some even summoned several skeletons from the forest to help.

Under the busy work of the skeleton puppets and Larina’s subordinates, the boxes on the two carriages were unloaded one by one and placed on the ground. Larina’s subordinates started inspecting each box.

After opening the boxes, Larina’s subordinates examined the sealed soul coffins inside, checking the ghost warnings and the condition of the essences within. They also used the Radiance Lamp to carefully inspect the boxes and coffins for any other extraordinary traces besides their own, to avoid being marked and tracked. The iron coffin containing the sealed Wood Hoof was given special attention.

Inspecting over forty boxes took quite some time. Nephnis and Larina watched the inspection process, their attention focused on the goods.

At this moment, behind a tree behind Nephnis, a figure was hiding. He occasionally peered out to look at the distant Nephnis; it was Kale.

Kale, one of Larina’s subordinates, had stealthily hidden himself in the dark during the inspection process. With a serious expression, he observed Nephnis from a distance while pulling out a small, finely sharpened bone blade about the size of his thumb from his body.

Holding the bone blade, Kale’s eyes fixed on Nephnis. He then activated the spirit attached to the bone blade, causing it to float in mid-air. In an instant, the tiny bone blade shot towards Nephnis at high speed. However, its target wasn’t Nephnis herself, but rather the cloak she was wearing.

The bone blade flew at a very low height, almost skimming the ground as it approached Nephnis. It didn’t directly attack Nephnis but cut a small corner off the bottom of her cloak, dropping a piece of fabric to the ground before quickly retracting. Nephnis only felt a slight flutter of her cloak, thinking it was just the wind and paid no further attention.

As time passed, the inspection of the forty-odd boxes was completed. All the boxes were immediately closed again after being checked, and the coffins were reloaded.

“Lady Larina, we have finished the inspection. There are forty-two boxes, each containing a soul coffin. Almost no issues were found. No additional extraordinary traces were detected, and the essences are all inside the coffins. Except for one that shows signs of having been opened, the rest are fine,” a subordinate reported to Larina. After listening to the report, Larina looked at Nephnis, who replied after a brief pause.

“We just tried to open one coffin without triggering your ghost warning. We failed. It was merely a challenge for a thief. Don’t worry about it.”

Nephnis said, referring to the coffin that showed signs of having been opened. It was the one Capack had attempted to open in the warehouse. This attempt led Dorothy to discover the ghost warnings on the coffins.

Listening to Nephnis, Larina did not respond immediately. She glanced at the wooden crates piled up beside her and then spoke.

“Leave the one that was opened. Move the rest onto our carriage.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

After receiving the order, the subordinate started to move the crates. Meanwhile, Nephnis continued to speak.

“How cautious you are, Lady. Since you’ve finished the inspection, can I take my items now?”

Looking at the items on the table, Nephnis said. Hearing her words, Larina nodded. Nephnis then politely smiled and replied.

“Business well done, everyone of the Necropolis.”

With that, Nephnis picked up the money, secret transmission, and badge on the table and put them in her prepared bag. Then she walked to where the flesh puppet props were placed earlier, picked them up, and put them back on. Several fallen coachmen stumbled to their feet.

“So… Farewell, everyone.”

Saying this, Nephnis, dressed in her long robe, got on the carriage. The zombie driver drove the three carriages away, slowly descending the hill along the gentle slope and disappearing into the woods.

Larina stood still, watching the departing carriages. At this moment, Kale slowly approached her side. In his hand, he held a small piece of black cloth.

“Lady, we have successfully obtained the item…”

Kale respectfully handed the black cloth to Larina. After taking it, Larina examined it briefly and then snorted coldly.

“Hmph… Using a piece of clothing as a medium, although it doesn’t have the power to curse to d*ath, it’s enough to temporarily dull her spiritual senses.”

Muttering, Larina squatted down, took out a jar from her cloak, and placed it on the ground. After opening the lid, she activated her spirituality. Yellowish weeds crawled out like snakes, wrapping around the piece of Nephnis’ clothing. Eventually, they formed a small straw doll.

This was a curse doll Larina created using a medium taken from the cursed person. By using this doll, she could curse the source of the medium. The strength of the curse largely depended on how closely related the medium was to the source.

Any object related to the cursed person could serve as a medium, and the stronger the connection, the stronger the curse. Although the power of a clothing fragment was far weaker than hair or bl**d, it could still apply some minor curses.

Larina planned to use Nephnis’ clothing fragment as a medium to cast a minor curse on her, causing her to fall ill immediately. This illness would damage Nephnis’ spiritual senses, significantly reducing her ability to perceive ghosts.

Then, Larina would send her ghost to follow Nephnis, possessing her and tracking her until she was far from the An Yin Bureau headquarters. Alternatively, she could track her all the way back to their base and retaliate against their entire organization.

Generally, this method of ghost reconnaissance was ineffective against “Silence” Extraordinary Beings. But for someone who was unknowingly cursed and lost their spiritual senses, the situation was different.

Thus, Larina stared intently at the curse doll, channeling her spirituality to enhance its curse. Using the clothing fragment as a medium, she focused entirely on cursing the recently departed Nephnis.

Meanwhile, in the distant East Tivyán, in the basement of the Boyle family, there was a faint glow emanating from the dark gold bird-shaped scepter embedded in the huge magical array.

When the light on the scepter shone, a golden giant eye suddenly appeared in Larina’s mind. This giant eye seemed to open from the sky, overlooking everything, its penetrating gaze piercing Larina’s soul, causing her extreme pain.

“Ahhh!!!”

With a scream, the curse doll in Larina’s hand shattered, and she fell backward in agony, shocking those around her.