Night has fallen.

Karun sat at his desk in the bedroom, with a blank sheet of paper and a new set of paints on the table.

After much hesitation, Karun finally decided not to use the new set of paints and instead picked up a pencil he had borrowed from Lunte earlier to start sketching on the paper.

He drew the eyes first, then the other facial features, and finally the neck and shoulders of a person.

Soon, a "person" that even Karun himself did not recognize appeared on the paper, with even the distinction between male and female being somewhat blurred.

Karun did not bother to admire his work and instead flipped the paper over, face down.

If another psychologist were here, they could analyze Karun's current psychological state through this drawing. However, Karun was not interested in doing a self-analysis.

"Brother, do you need me to pour you a glass of water?" Lunte, who was lying on the bed playing cards, asked.

"Sure."

Lunte got up and walked out of the bedroom. In no time, he came back with a glass of ice water and placed it on Karun's desk.

"Brother, are you feeling down?"

"No." Karun shook his head. "Maybe I just feel a bit stuffy."

"Then this card is for you, brother."

Lunte placed a beautifully printed card in front of Karun. It depicted a round moon and read: "Moonlight purification, can dispel all negative magical effects."

Lunte had a stack of similar cards in his possession. They were one of the most popular toys among male students his age in recent years, and Lunte spent more than half of his pocket money each month collecting them.

Karun could understand this, as in his past life, he had also bought many packs of instant noodles to collect these types of cards when he was a child.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, brother."

Lunte got back into bed.

Karun took a few sips of the ice water, leaned back in his chair, and stretched lazily with his hands supporting him.

"I'm going out for some fresh air. Do you want to come with me?" Karun asked.

Lunte curiously asked, "Will Grandpa come with us?"

"We can ask him to come with us."

Lunte stuck out his tongue. "I don't want to take that risk, brother."

The family's reverence for Grandpa was engraved in their bones.

"Here, brother, take another one." Lunte pulled out another card and handed it to Karun.

Karun took the card, which depicted a person with a black shadow trailing behind them.

[Shadow Guardian-summons a black figure to accompany you.]

"You've already given me two cards. Are you sure you want to give me another one?" Karun asked.

Lunte smiled. "Some cards are easy to obtain and collect. I have many of the same ones."

"Okay, then."

Karun walked out of the bedroom and saw Uncle Mason's figure in Grandpa's study. He was standing on a ladder, changing the light bulbs.

Karun walked in and helped him hold the ladder.Uncle Mason changed the light bulbs and said, "Mr. Longmar, an old church believer, is on his deathbed. Mrs. Longmar called to ask your grandfather to pray for him. Young Mr. Longmar personally came to pick him up."

"Grandpa is really working hard," Karun said.

"Who says he isn't? Half of our stable business at home is earned by your grandfather's reputation. Alright, it's done."

Uncle Mason came down from the ladder and walked to the switch to turn on the light.

"By the way, Karun, do you want a late night snack? Your aunt just bought a box of canned sardines for us this afternoon."

"That's great, but I'm not hungry now. Eating canned sardines when I'm not hungry is a crime against it. So, I plan to go for a walk."

"Oh, then you're really missing out." Uncle Mason said regretfully. "You know, the time allowed for us to open canned sardines at home is actually very short, especially after winter when we can't open all the windows for ventilation. They often think we've detonated a gas bomb. Alas, poor people can never comprehend the true essence of food, can they?"

"Yes, let's mourn for the sardines who lost their soulmate."

Karun pretended to be very sorry and walked out of the study and downstairs.

Aunt Winnie and Aunt Mary were quietly arguing over a certain item on the bill at the dining table on the second floor. They didn't notice Karun when he went downstairs.

He came to the living room on the first floor, which was very quiet. Only the light at the staircase was on, so the corners of the living room were dark, which could easily evoke many thoughts for outsiders.

Karun looked at the living room door and didn't rush out. Instead, he walked into the basement and came to the door of Aunt's workshop.

The two welfare corpses lying inside had been preliminarily processed by Aunt. The magician was wearing a cheap suit, while Mandira had been changed into a red dress by Aunt.

Karun looked at Mandira, and after a while, Mandira seemed to be sensitive to something and sat up from the steel bed.

"Don't you feel bored staying here? Let's go out for a walk together?"

Tomorrow morning, these two bodies will be placed on the first floor one after another, and after completing the procedures and taking photos, they will be sent to Paul's crematorium for cremation.

Karun walked to the living room on the first floor, confirmed that no one else was coming down, and Mandira, who was following him, also went out. She wore a long dress and had makeup on, giving people a gentle and quiet feeling.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, Karun saw a figure in a red suit walking towards him. It was Alfred.

Alfred saw Karun and also saw Mandira standing behind him. He immediately sighed in his heart:

Oh my god, is this the fetish that only great beings have? Going out for a walk with a deceased person late at night?

"Young master."

Alfred saluted Karun.

Karun didn't expect Alfred to come so late. If he had come out a little earlier, he wouldn't have had to "call" Mandira to accompany him.

"Why are you here?""That's it, sir. I've found some clues about the circus and came to report to you. They haven't actually left the Roja city area, but are hiding in a farm, keeping an eye on the wind direction. I will continue to find connections to spy on them for more information."

"Okay, send a copy of the information to Dis."

"Yes, I understand. Should I go report to Mr. Dis now?"

Alfred felt like he shouldn't be the third wheel, even though the lady Karun brought out for a walk tonight...was a corpse.

"Grandfather is not here. He went to Mr. Longmar's house to pray."

"Mr. Longmar?" Alfred chewed on the name.

"He should be just an ordinary believer." Karun said.

"Okay, I understand, sir."

Dis had told him that there were still seven days left, and it was almost midnight, leaving only six days.

In this precious countdown, Dis deliberately went to an ordinary believer's house at night to do what an ordinary priest should do.

Is it hard to understand? No, it's easy to understand, because this is Dis's way of doing things.

"Alfred, have you been to Wien?" Karun asked as he walked forward.

"I have, Wien is a very exciting country." Alfred answered as he followed.

He answered simply because he knew that even if Karun had not been to Wien, he could definitely gain an understanding of Wien in various ways.

The intent of the question was to suggest: why don't you come for a walk with me too, not so awkwardly.

One person, two people, three people on a stroll.

Karun walked in the middle, Alfred followed half a body length behind, and Mandira followed steadily behind Karun's pace.

For the next stretch of road, Karun did not speak actively, Alfred also kept silent, and Mandira could not suddenly say:

Oh, the moonlight tonight is really good.

They walked into a small park on Mingke Street, which was actually a slightly larger open space with a few potted plants and a few benches.

Karun sat down on a bench, and Alfred sat down next to him.

Originally in his mind, Karun also gestured for Mandira to sit down, and Mandira accepted the gesture, walked to Karun's front, turned around and sat directly on Karun's lap.

If Karun were to embrace her at this point, it would be one of the typical ambiguous sitting positions between lovers.

Alfred's eyelids twitched slightly, but he immediately looked away and looked at the dim street lamp opposite. What a beautiful lamp scene, this street lamp is really a miraculous manifestation of the Creator.

Actually, Karun didn't expect Mandira to choose to sit like this. Auntie couldn't wear her too thick clothes, and whether the corpse was afraid of the cold or not was another matter. Under normal circumstances, they could not complain about Auntie.

So, Mandira, who was only wearing a skirt, gave Karun a very cold touch, and her muscles had long since stiffened, making it uncomfortable, like being leaned against by someone with muscular arms.

"Mandira, go sit over there."

Karun said in his heart.Mandira stood up and walked to the bench opposite, sitting down facing Karun and Alfred.

"Alfred," Karun called out.

"Yes, young master?" Alfred, still immersed in the artistic beauty of the streetlights, almost didn't respond.

"Can Mandira maintain this state indefinitely?" Karun asked.

"No, because the spiritual energy stored in a person's body is limited."

Alfred's eyes began to turn red as he pointed to Mandira and continued to explain to Karun:

"I can clearly see the 'saliva' left by the bewitching demon on Miss Mandira, as Puerh mentioned, in the form of a formation. The purpose of this formation is to better preserve the spiritual energy in Miss Mandira's body and to make it easier to manipulate.

In general, Miss Mandira's spiritual energy will still be in a state of continuous decline, but this process will be slowed down due to the presence of the formation on her body.

In detail, the formation on Miss Mandira's body actually wears and tears faster and needs to be re-enhanced every once in a while, like putting on makeup.

I have already seen signs of the formation peeling off on Miss Mandira's body. Perhaps you can still call Miss Mandira to go for a walk with you tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but tomorrow she may limp while walking, and the day after tomorrow her walking posture may be strange. The day after that, Miss Mandira may only be able to crawl behind you.

Furthermore, with the complete dissipation of the formation on her body, she will probably be like those ordinary people you have 'revived' in the past, awakening for a period of time and then returning to silence."

"So, this state cannot be sustained indefinitely?"

"Yes, because it is a consumable item. I guess Miss Mandira should belong to the category of people with abundant spiritual energy. This type of person is actually very suitable for entering the religious circle for purification. The bewitching demon from the circus probably also chose her as his sacrificial object because he saw her as a good material in his eyes."

"What about Lady Molly? Is she the one you 'resurrected'?"

"No, no, no. It's not me who resurrected Lady Molly, but Lady Molly, due to her family background, already had some special genetic traits in her bloodline, although very weak, and even that family has long been extinct, but..."

"Reversion?" Karun said.

"This description is very appropriate. Probably. In addition, Lady Molly had come into contact with a pollution source by chance, which actually contaminated her early on. Even if there was no car accident, she was destined to gradually become a demon after being deeply polluted.

I just did some simple nurturing for her remaining limbs after the car accident, and more importantly, I took care of her thinking consciousness so that she wouldn't become a lunatic after successfully becoming a demon."Fortunately, Lady Molly has always been very emotional. Although she can scare some thieves to death without weighing her actions, she generally has a set of logical thinking abilities like a normal person. The only flaw is that she can be emotionally unbalanced at times.

But people who are prone to impulsiveness and emotional instability are common in normal society, aren't they?"

"In this sense, Lady Molly and Miss Mandira are completely different."

"Yes, Miss Mandira is a true corpse that has changed after death, while Lady Molly was already a half-demon and half-human before the car accident.

In addition, that bewitching demon only controlled Miss Mandira's body through a simple formation, which allowed her to perform with some mechanical nature on stage. His methods and your 'awakening' are two different concepts, because in my opinion, your ability is more like that of an executor of the law in the religious world of the Order of the Gods. You reignite the residual spirituality preserved in the body, which is a natural 'awakening' method, while bewitching demons are more like hypnosis."

"Spirituality, can it only be consumed continuously?" Karun asked. "Is this consumption irreversible?"

Alfred fell into deep thought and after a long while, he cautiously replied:

"In fact, for this kind of question, it's better for you to ask the black cat in your family. I swear, the black cat in your family is the most knowledgeable cat in the world."

"Some things, I think it's more appropriate to ask you, because I believe that Alfred will always stand by my side."

"!!!" Alfred.

"Yes, Master, I will always be your most loyal servant." Alfred took out a cigarette and handed it to Karun.

Karun waved it off and said, "You can smoke it yourself."

"Okay, Master."

Excited Alfred lit a cigarette for himself. At the same time, a new mural idea emerged in his mind.

When the great being wants to smoke, his loyal servant Alfred will light the lighter for him;

God said, let there be light, and then Alfred helped God light it up.

Alfred was almost too excited to contain himself. He was a very rational, thoughtful, and wise person, but often, such people, when they hit their high point, can stimulate strong reactions that ordinary people find difficult to understand.

"Master, what you just asked, I don't think it's absolute. Perhaps I need to correct the previous description, which is that some people who were relatively powerful before they died, if their bodies are well-preserved after death, their spiritual power will be very abundant.

In addition, the Order of the Gods' 'awakening' technique is to awaken the body, and this awakened body actually inherits some of its memories from when it was alive, meaning it thinks of itself as the person it was before."Here, there is also a limiting condition, that is, after a strong enough corpse is "awakened" from its death, one is that it has accumulated enough power during its lifetime, and secondly, with the recovery of a certain degree of self-awareness from its lifetime, it can even learn to continue practicing and supplementing itself like it did before...

However, the latter's practice will definitely have some specific changes, which also involves some adaptation issues, but theoretically, it is possible.

But the problem is that the strong corpse during its lifetime is the raw material that all major churches will proactively recover. After the core members of the orthodox church die, their corpses cannot be disposed of at will. There will be people from the management department to recover and place them.

Moreover,

The most important thing is,

Subordinates have heard... um, this is also easy to understand;

That is, the stronger the person during their lifetime, and the better the preservation of the corpse, the more difficult it is to "awaken" them.

Because this requires the caster to pay a geometrically increased cost to maintain, which is no less than... another form of the god descent ceremony.

Take Grandpa Dis as an example..."

After a pause, Alfred immediately shook his head and said:

"You can't use Grandpa Dis as an example. Grandpa Dis is a special extreme example that destroys the sense of substitution.

Take an ordinary judge of the Order of the Gods as an example. It is not difficult for him to "awaken" the corpse of an ordinary person.

If he awakens a corpse with a heavier spiritual sense during its lifetime, the difficulty will increase a bit;

If he awakens the corpse of a demon or other race during its lifetime, or a clergyman with a belief system, the cost will increase suddenly;

And if he awakens the corpse of a powerful existence during its lifetime... he is likely to fail and be drained himself.

Just like the god descent ceremony, many times the result of failure is that the performer of the ceremony will also become a failed sacrifice.

Therefore, young master..."

At this point,

Alfred suddenly got stuck, then he looked back at his young master with some difficulty, and then showed a crazy joy!

"No, young master, you haven't experienced purification yet, haven't entered the church system, and haven't operated your own belief system. To a certain extent, you are just an ordinary person.

But you can "awaken" the corpse at this time, which means that you will bear much less burden than other judges in this matter.

To make an inappropriate comparison,

It's like someone with a monthly salary of 3,000 Lu coins buying a radio for 800 Lu coins.

And the young master has a monthly allowance of only 300 Lu coins, and can buy the same radio for only 80 Lu coins.

So, although the young master's income is low in essence, the purchasing power he can obtain is the same.

This means that when the young master goes to work and gets a normal person's monthly salary, he can spend 10 times more than his peers!

As for why the store owner is willing to sell a radio to the young master for 80 Lu coins?

This is difficult to explain, but also easy to explain;

Because the essence of human beings is to "deify" everything that cannot be explained in front of them,

It can only be said that the young master can rely on his identity as a demon god to brush his face and get the lowest discount.Even a bold hypothesis that is exaggerated and irresponsible... Actually, when the young master went to buy the handprint, the shopkeeper didn't even take the money for the radio. The 80 Lu coins were not for the shopkeeper, but only for the taxi fare when the young master went to and from the shop.

"So, is this why you wanted to take a walk tonight, young master?" Alfred faced Karun, his butt had already left the bench, almost in a half-squatting position.

"I've been thinking about this question." Karun said, "If I really have a natural affinity with corpses, as Puerh said, I have a characteristic that can make the question write the answer for me.

So does that mean I can find some well-preserved and powerful corpses to help them revive?

In this way, can I have a very powerful bodyguard?

Of course, not only will I gain immediate combat power, but also experience, wisdom, and performance in certain special abilities."

Dis promised himself that he wouldn't die in six days;

But how can he ensure absolute safety after he goes to Vienna?

After all, he is used to the absolute guarantee from Dis. Once lost, he will definitely be uncomfortable.

Naturally, he thought of his own special ability.

It is difficult to find such corpses, one is due to the degree of preservation, and the other is the religious recycling system. Even the corpses of demons and other races are materials that each group fights for.

But there is always a chance to find them. Death is unpredictable, who knows where they will die for no reason?

"Young master, your idea is really wonderful and great." Alfred was extremely excited, "After going to Vienna, I will immediately look for suitable targets, and we will conduct experiments.

For example, some ancient tombs in Vienna, the tombs of decaying religions, and even the museums of the Vienna royal family all have several well-preserved mummies that we can try."

Karun nodded, this was his idea.

"It's very late, let's go home." Karun said. The conversation was over. The specific execution after going to Vienna will depend on Alfred. Even before he went to Vienna, obedient and sensible Alfred should start planning and layout in advance.

The three of them returned home together. Fortunately, no one was on the first floor, so Miss Mandalay could walk in normally.

Puerh has been living at home for so many years, except for talking to Dis, she is not allowed to talk to other family members;

Karun is the same. He cannot take the corpse of Mandalay to show his uncle and aunt, which would violate Dis's prohibition.

Karun didn't rush to go to the basement, but pointed to the coffin that would be used tomorrow on the embalming table, indicating that Mandalay should lie down.

After Mandalay lay down,

Karun stood by the coffin and asked her in his heart:

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"Do you want to be buried?"

"It's cold outside... It's warm here...""Okay."

Karun nodded and turned to Alfred. "Before you leave, leave a stack of money and a letter at my living room door, saying it's for the burial of Mandira."

"Okay, young master, I understand."

Karun gently knocked on the coffin and said, "Okay, you can go back and rest now. Tomorrow, you will be buried, and I will come to say goodbye to you and mourn for you personally."

Mandira walked out of the coffin and walked straight to the stairs leading to the basement. But halfway through, she suddenly turned around and walked towards Karun. When she got close, she lightly kissed him on the face before turning around and walking back into the basement.

Karun stood still, his fingers rubbing the spot where he had just been kissed.

Alfred immediately praised, "Young master, your charm is really unstoppable, even in life and death!"

Karun turned to Alfred and said seriously, "She was sitting across from us in the park and heard our entire conversation. For example, earlier I gave her the order to go back to the basement, but she was able to voluntarily turn around and kiss me. This means that we have excitedly 'revived' a powerful corpse, and the first thing that corpse might do after coming back to life is to kill us both. She is reminding me."