Next door, Hanna was very happy because Duke apologized to her, making Hanna feel the respect of the word for the first time.

Duke didn't know that some things he took for granted were actually a rare quality in this world.

...

Since Duke mastered the Deep Blue Tide Meditation Technique, he hadn't slept but used meditation to replace sleep.

Until today, after advancing, both his body and spirit were overly fatigued, he finally got to sleep.

It was during this sleep that he encountered the events he just experienced.

Duke thought, "Should I sleep again?"

He thought about it and did not rush to implement this plan but went shopping first.

Duke bought a demonized item from the Alchemy Shop, which looked like a pendant, a small silver sword, resembling a cross.

This demonized item is called the Holy Silver Sword, enchanted with a spell targeting spiritual bodies, effectively harming spiritual entities and having miraculous effects on evil spirits.

Duke currently only had defensive means against evil spirits, lacking offensive methods.

He spent thirty Level 1 Magic Stones to buy the Holy Silver Sword.

Duke wore the Holy Silver Sword around his neck and confidently returned to his dormitory.

This time, he intended to ensure that the evil spirit would have no return.

Duke lay in bed, gradually lulling himself into a sleeping state.

Moments later, a few cawing sounds of crows came through.

Duke opened his eyes, and sure enough, his room was once again covered in dust.

He first checked the Evil Spirit Crown and the Holy Silver Sword on him; they were all there and could be activated.

Duke immediately felt some sense of security, he approached the window again, held his breath, and pulled the curtains, but the evil spirit did not appear.

He then opened the door directly and walked out.

As soon as he stepped on the wooden boards of the hallway, they creaked under the strain of years of disrepair.

Duke felt that if he walked with any heavier force, this corridor would collapse.

He carefully walked down the corridor and stopped outside Hanna's room.

After thinking for a moment, Duke opened Hanna's room, and there was no one inside.

He went in and checked around; like his own room, it was covered in dust, with a thick layer of dust piled up over unknown years.

Duke found quite a bit of clothing inside the room, as well as many stockings in the cabinet, which crumbled at the touch.

He felt that both Hanna's room and his own seemed modeled after the real world; whatever existed in reality existed here.

Duke found nothing of interest in Hanna's room and planned to leave when he suddenly felt a chill behind him, as if something like a tongue was licking his neck.

At the same time, the Evil Spirit Crown became hot again, a crown floated above Duke's head, projecting a few rays of golden light.

"Ah!" A shrill scream came from behind.

Duke hurriedly retreated, turning around to see none other than the evil spirit, identical in appearance to Hanna.

Only now did he see the full form of the evil spirit, with a human head and upper body, but the lower body was composed of countless tentacles.

The golden light from the Evil Spirit Crown pierced through several holes in the evil spirit's body, emitting black smoke from these voids constantly.

Duke realized that this black smoke likely consisted of evil thoughts, containing various negative energies.

The evil spirit itself was a conglomerate of a soul combined with various negative energies.

Instead of fleeing like last time, the enraged evil spirit charged, its mouth gaped wide to reveal an abyssal black hole and countless sharp teeth, as if ready to swallow Duke whole.

Immediately, Duke infused magic power into the Holy Silver Sword, which then glowed brilliantly, radiating dazzling white light.

Mere moments later, a silver-white longsword appeared ahead, its tip pointed at the evil spirit.

A flash of white light, the Holy Silver Sword came down, cleaving the evil spirit in two.

From the two halves of the evil spirit's body, it was evident that it lacked a tangible form, merely composed of countless black smoke, all dense negative energy.

After being split, this negative energy billowed upward like smoke, dissipating quickly; the evil spirit also gradually lost its form.

A lot of black smoke, upon encountering the airborne Holy Silver Sword, immediately emitted a sizzling sound.

After the black smoke completely dispersed, a surprising scene appeared before Duke.

A silver-white spiritual body appeared, looking identical to Hanna.

Unlike the evil spirit earlier, this spiritual body no longer had pitch black eyes but human-like emotions.

Hanna's eyes were filled with sorrow, she looked at Duke and said with a trembling voice, "Duke... I..."

"What's going on?" Duke had a head full of questions, unable to understand the situation.

It now seemed that this evil spirit was indeed Hanna.

But if that's the case, then who was the flesh-and-blood living Hanna living next door?

Hanna wiped at her eyes as if to clear away tears, though as a spirit, she had lost the function to cry.

"Here's what happened..."

Hanna recounted her experiences from beginning to end, and Duke finally understood the matter.

...

Hanna was originally just an ordinary wizard apprentice, fortunate enough to join Black Sail.

Lacking background and having little talent, she diligently studied and practiced until one day she met a man named Muse.

Muse was a first-class wizard apprentice who took care of Hanna, often providing guidance on various issues.

Hanna always felt grateful to Muse, but one night, a drunken Muse knocked on Hanna's room door.

Out of trust in Muse, Hanna eventually opened the door.

But intoxicated as he was and harboring a long-standing lust for Hanna, Muse immediately let his carnal desires lead, attempting to assault Hanna.

Naturally, Hanna was unwilling, fiercely resisting, but as a third-class wizard apprentice, she was no match for Muse.

In a mishap, Muse's stone spear pierced through Hanna's stomach, killing her on the spot.

Muse sobered up, panicking at the sight before him.

Just as he deliberated on what to do, a mutation occurred.

Hanna had always owned a special demonized item, a silver heart-shaped earring.

However, she never figured out how to use the earring and merely wore it.

After Hanna's death, her soul did not dissipate but was channeled through this earring to the Nightmare Plane and, influenced by the Nightmare Plane's power, transformed into a special evil spirit.

Muse was also influenced by the earring's power, brought to the Nightmare Plane, dying there, with his body never returning.

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