Chapter 481

Chapter 368: Medium

“Yes, how long do you think it will take for Her Highness to wake up?”

“I’m afraid I don’t know that. My medical knowledge is still quite rudimentary, and I can’t determine the cause of Her Highness’s coma, so I naturally have no idea when she might wake up.”

Vania continued to respond, listening to her words, Dorothy controlled the zombie puppet to turn its head and look at the only survivor in front of Vania, then continued to let the zombie puppet search around Barret.

During the search, Dorothy found an extraordinary item shaped like a snuffbox, already broken and unknown in its purpose. After examining it, she returned it. Eventually, Dorothy had the zombie puppet pick up a bl**d-soaked piece of Barret’s clothing and a broken fountain pen, handing them to the zombie bird on her shoulder, which grabbed them and flew towards the exit.

“Vania, ordinary guards outside will be arriving soon. Remember, from now on, you are the first person to discover this scene. You rescued the critically endangered princess and saved her life. Do you understand?”

After releasing the zombie bird, Dorothy had the guard zombie puppet turn to face Vania and said, having confirmed that everyone except Isabel was dead, and that Isabel was truly unconscious due to the puppet mark, she could directly instruct Vania. Upon hearing Dorothy’s words, Vania paused slightly before nodding.

“I understand.”

Hearing Vania’s words, Dorothy silently made the guard zombie puppet walk to one side and then released control, letting it return to its d*ath state and fall down.

…

Outside the Bishop Square, in a small alley opposite Blue Weave Street, Kapak and Nephnis stood inside. Kapak looked around seriously, while Nephnis continued to wipe her mouth vigorously with a handkerchief. Next to Nephnis, the Wilderness Soul Whiskers floated leisurely.

In the dim alley, two “Silence” extraordinary beings seemed to be waiting for something. At this moment, footsteps were heard at the entrance of the alley. Both became alert. Although they saw a handsome young man dressed in ordinary clothes and wearing a low hat, revealing a scholarly aura, upon seeing this young man, Kapak asked cautiously:

“Excuse me, who are you…”

“Is it Mr. Brandon?”

Before Kapak could finish his question, Nephnis exclaimed in surprise at the young man. She recognized him as Dorothy’s zombie puppet, Brandon.

“It’s fine, he’s a subordinate of the Scholar, he’s one of us.” Nephnis reassured Kapak beside her. Kapak, looking thoughtfully at the handsome young man approaching, muttered:

“A subordinate of the Scholar?”

“Hello, Shaman Apprentice from the New World and Miss Thief, I am here on orders from the Scholar to find both of you. The Scholar has already explained my purpose to you. We need to perform a soul summoning ceremony. Shaman Apprentice, do you know how to conduct a soul summoning ritual?”

Dorothy controlled Brandon to look at Kapak and said, and Kapak nodded in response.

“Yes, a shaman is a being focused on communicating with spirits. After I ascended to the rank of medium, my teacher taught me how to perform a soul summoning ritual.”

“For any spirit that hasn’t fully returned to the Great Soul, if I have a sufficiently close medium, I can try to summon it.” Kapak responded to Brandon. A regular soul summoning ritual can be performed by an Apprentice-level “Silence” extraordinary being. Kapak, having a teacher who taught him personally, still knew the basics.

“This is the personal item of the soul I want to summon, along with a piece of clothing stained with his bl**d… Should these suffice as mediums? He just died recently, so his spirit shouldn’t have fully returned to the Great Soul yet, right?”

Brandon said, then took out a broken fountain pen and a bl**d-stained cloth fragment from his pocket and handed them to Kapak. When Dorothy had asked Kapak about the key points of soul summoning through the consultation channel, he mentioned needing a medium, so Dorothy found some things on Barret to give to Kapak.

Kapak took the medium, examined it closely, and then spoke.

“Fresh bl**d is a very good medium. If a person dies and the soul isn’t immediately subjected to a returning soul funeral, the soul will wander in confusion for a long time before reaching the Great Soul. If someone has just died, it should definitely be possible to summon their soul.”

Kapak said, listening to his words, Dorothy recalled the secret transmission received from the Underworld Coffin Cult, which described the state of a soul after d*ath.

‘In the Underworld Coffin Cult’s secret transmission, after a person dies, the soul leaves the body and enters what they call the “permeation” state, gradually seeping into the inner world, eventually completely detaching from the current plane and disappearing without a trace. In Shamanism’s theory of souls, this process seems to be equivalent to the soul’s return to the Great Soul. Once successfully returned, the soul also detaches from the current plane, making soul summoning impossible.’

Dorothy thought with interest, manipulating Brandon to continue speaking to Kapak.

“Now that we have the medium, you can begin the ritual.”

“Sir, we have the ‘object medium’, but we still lack the ‘information medium’.”

Unexpectedly, Kapak continued to say to Brandon. Hearing this, Dorothy was taken aback.

“Information medium? What is that?”

“It’s the basic information of the soul to be summoned before d*ath, such as name, date and time of birth, place of birth, names of parents and even children or close relatives. Generally, the more detailed, the better.”

“The role of the medium is to strengthen the connection between the spirit and the ritual. This requires not only objects but also information. Detailed information about the spirit’s life is an important part of the summoning medium.”

Kapak explained to Brandon. Hearing this, Dorothy couldn’t help but mutter in her heart.

‘Detailed information… name… birth time… names of relatives… d*mn it, isn’t this asking for the person’s birth chart? Does soul summoning in this world require all this?’

“But I don’t know all this information about Barret! Although Barret is a member of the royal family, these details should be public, but there’s no time to check now!”

Dorothy thought. Initially, when she asked Kapak what was needed for soul summoning, he only mentioned the medium. Dorothy assumed that only items were necessary, but now she realized how complex it was.

“Can I just provide the name?” Dorothy asked Vania, somewhat troubled. Kapak frowned upon hearing this.

“Just the name… hmm… this might be difficult… generally, just having a name might not be enough for a strong connection…”