"Do you...do you feel that something is wrong here?"

It was useless for Xia De to say what he had heard in a reasonable way, and Professor Katya said it on his own initiative.

Rezia looked at Xia De, Xia De blinked and motioned her not to speak first:

"It's not right, it's so out of character. I actually have a bad feeling about the house itself."

As he spoke, he walked to the window, then looked down at the statue with the broken arm.

However, with Xia De's strength, he couldn't lift the statue up. And when he tried to turn the statue, blood dripped from the statue's mouth.

The statue itself is just an ordinary object, and it seems to use a very clever mechanism to allow it to spray liquid. This wicked ornament once again proves that there is absolutely something wrong with Mr. Jude.

Seeing the weirdness of the statue, the vigilant old professor came to the window vigilantly, looked outside, and then called Xia De to look at the door.

Xia De quietly walked to the door, leaned against the door to listen to the voices outside, and raised his finger to signal everyone not to speak. After confirming that no one was there, he carefully shook the doorknob and found that the door was locked from the outside.

"It's really weird!"

The professor of folklore, on high alert, asked his students to try to push the window, and the reporter and assistant explained:

"Those of us who study folklore often encounter all kinds of weird things, so we must be cautious. This Mr. Jude may be weird..."

"Teacher, the window cannot be opened."

Mr. Scott said anxiously.

"Don't worry, don't worry about anything!"

The old professor reprimanded, and then picked up the cane leaning against the chair. Holding the body of the cane with his left hand and the handle with his right hand, he pulled out suddenly, and unexpectedly pulled out a very thin stabbing sword. Even in the dim light at this moment, the stabbing sword seemed to be shining.

Seeing Xia De and Miss Reporter looking over curiously, the old professor explained:

"As folklore scholars, it is normal for us to carry weapons with us when we go out for investigation."

He also said to his students:

"Although your courses at school are excellent, you still have a lot to learn if you want to become an excellent folklore scholar."

Judging from that Mr. Scott's expression, he didn't know that there was such a thing in his teacher's cane.

"Oh well."

Xia De froze for a moment, reached out to touch the inside of the coat, then took out a black revolver, and explained:

"As a reporter's assistant and bodyguard, it's normal to go to such a dangerous neighborhood with such a weapon ... Don't worry, I have a legal license to carry a gun."

The explanation of the second half of the sentence reassured scholars a lot.

After everyone felt that something was wrong, Professor Katya tried to break the glass of the window to escape. But breaking the glass will definitely make a loud noise. Once the people outside the door rush in, it is impossible for the four people to leave through the broken window in an instant.

With his dangerous weapon in hand, the professor searched for a crack in the window to pry it open, muttering that there was no crowbar in the room. Xia De and Rezia looked at each other, and after confirming the plan, Xia De suggested:

"Now he's locking us here instead of rushing in with a group of people and kidnapping us, which means that he won't attack us in a short time. Why don't we search the study first to confirm what's wrong with this Mr. Jude, and then Make a plan."

Stopping in a dangerous location is one of the most dangerous plots in horror fiction, but for Shad and Rezia, the current situation is still under control. Even Xia De had no chance to get close to them to confirm the identity of Mr. Jude, and it was even more impossible for Mr. Jude to know that they were Ring Warlocks.

The professor accepted Shad's opinion, perhaps because he felt safe on his side because he saw the pistol.

The four searched the study room together. There were not many things on the desk, but it took a long time to rummage through the bookshelves on the three walls:

"Give me the bookshelf."

The professor said confidently:

"I have been in contact with books all year round, and I also know about these books on the bookshelf. I must be looking for them faster than you."

So Xia De searched the desk, Rezia searched for the coffee table over there, and the two scholars searched for the bookshelf.

The desk was very tidy, and Mr. Jude had a novel about adventure in the New World with a leaf in it as a bookmark, which was of no value. There are four drawers on the left side of the desk, and one drawer and an openable cabinet on the right side.

As expected, all the drawers and cabinets had locks, but Shad opened them automatically with a touch.

"There's a gun here."

Open the drawers on the left one by one. Inside the top drawer is a cardboard box, which contains a pistol and a few bullets of Shade's unknown model. The old professor knew how to use a pistol, so Shade gave him the gun. In the second drawer, there were some scattered bottles and cans, and Xia De immediately understood that they were spell-casting materials.

The third and fourth drawers on the left contained documents and letters in file bags. Shade flipped through them a little and found that they were all related to Mr. Jude's antique business.

So he stretched out his hand and opened the top drawer on the right side. There was no abnormality when the hand touched the drawer, but just after opening a gap, a shriveled severed hand stuck out from the gap and flew up to stab Xia De's throat. .

"Um?"

Since it was a search for the ring warlock's desk, Xia De had already been on guard. The severed hand had just appeared, and the woman's voice in his heart reminded him, Xia De raised his right hand upwards, and the moonlight flew out of his hand, precisely splitting the severed hand in two.

Because everyone else is checking other places, no one notices this scene. Until the severed hand fell to the floor with a thud, Rezia and the scholars noticed this side.

"Oh~"

Mr. Scott, who saw this scene directly, covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming. Professor Katya also had an ugly face. He didn't expect such a thing to appear. Rezia walked over worriedly:

"This Mr. Jude really has a lot of strange collections. Mr. Watson, are you okay?"

She was explaining the origin of the hand.

"I'm fine. I just took out something strange when I touched it. I didn't expect it to be this thing. I was frightened."

This severed hand is an alchemy item, probably as long as the drawer is opened, it will fly out and choke people's necks. This kind of thing is very dangerous to ordinary people without knowledge, but it is just a trivial matter to ring magicians.

"Keep looking, Mr. Jude may really have a big secret."

Xia De said, Professor Katya nodded and whispered something to his students, probably to comfort him not to be frightened by the severed hand. Rezia said softly:

"Before I came here, for safety's sake, I arranged for people nearby. I have a steam bomb on me. As long as the bomb explodes, the Coldwater Harbor garrison will surround the area within 20 minutes."

"Understood, but don't do this unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise you will not be able to explain why you are here."

The cooperation between the royal family and the Zarath Academy of Literature is not an official one, which means that the Orthodox Church does not know that Princess Rezia is a ring magician.

"No problem, aren't you curious that I carry a steam bomb with me?"

"Isn't that true of Dorothy?"

Shad said.

There is nothing else in the drawer containing the severed hand, and the top drawer on the right is purely an anti-theft measure. In the end, only the cabinet on the lower right was left. After opening it, there was an iron-gray safe inside.

This kind of safe can only be opened by rotating the password and the key at the same time. Xia De touched it with his hand, and even felt some elements, which means that there are other unknown ring magicians protecting this safe.

"The key to the door."

Carefully touching the surface of the safe with his fingers, he clearly felt a force resisting the effect of the spell.

Xia De narrowed his eyes, and controlled his spirit very carefully to maintain the operation of the spell. Now it feels as if he is pushing a stone against an invisible force. But fortunately, the power of the safe is limited after all, and the power of the spell comes from Shad, so a few minutes later, with the sound of gears running and chains rattling inside the safe, the keyhole and some rusty combination The discs rotate simultaneously.

After a click, the sound of the piston popping open was clearly heard, and then the door of the safe opened automatically.

"Is opening a safe also the skill of a reporter's assistant?"

Mr. Scott, who heard the sound of the safe opening nearby, asked in surprise. Those drawers may not be locked, but it is really abnormal for the safe to open like this:

"There was a note in the drawer with the password written on it, and I found the key under the cabinet. This taught us a lesson, don't write down the password."

Xia De explained vaguely, and then looked into the cabinet:

"oh!"

His surprised cry successfully diverted the young scholar's attention.

The first thing he took out was an oil painting. The oil painting itself was fine, but the problematic part was the content on it. This is not an abstract painting method, but rather a realistic painting method that is even close to line drawing. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com A reef stands abruptly on the rough red sea, and on the reef is a human body with a fish tail. scary stuff.

It clearly has the face of a human woman, but that face shows an ugly posture that Xia De has never seen before. The entire upper body seems to be covered by a layer of mucous membrane, but it also looks like a layer of transparent scales.

The expression of the murloc looking out of the picture seemed to be smiling cruelly, but it also seemed to be staring at the person looking at the painting. The red ocean, black reef, dim yellow sky, and pale murlocs, although the painting itself is an ordinary object, this sense of reality made Shade feel the creeps.

The upper body of the murloc on the screen is at least 80% similar to the appearance of the murloc after the transformation of the captain of the fishbone pirate ship. This is a member of the evil god.

"Oh! The mermaid in the painting is blinking!"

The young scholar who saw the painting at the same time as Xia De wanted to scream. Rezia immediately looked at the door, and Professor Katya hurried over and covered her student's mouth.

It took at least half a minute for Rezia, who was leaning against the door, to shake her head slightly, meaning it was safe for the time being. The professor let go of Mr. Scott's mouth. The latter's face was pale with horror, his eyes bulged out due to tension, and the blood in his eyeballs looked like he hadn't slept for three days.

And just a few minutes ago, this was a very healthy and spirited young man.

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