Chapter Thirty-Two: The Curse of Dusk

  MacGyver was covered with a thick blanket, occasionally emitting a faint snore, looking as if he slept exceptionally soundly.

  But his complexion was abnormally pale, as if there wasn't a hint of blood color, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken. His entire face was thin to the point of being unrecognizable. If he hadn't heard Ina's words beforehand, Lin Li really wouldn't have been able to connect him with the Maguire he knew.

  With McGregory's physical quality, he actually weakened to this extent. To know that McGregory was a warrior above level 6, his physical quality was more than ten times stronger than ordinary people.

  Lin Li furrowed his brow and released a detection spell.

  But the result was very disappointing, there was no residual magic fluctuation on McGregory's body, that is to say, his sleep had nothing to do with the magical attack.

  Lin Li looked at the haggard Maguire, somewhat at a loss for what to do.

  "Have you seen a doctor?"

  "A few days ago, I already looked for them, but they all said that Father's body is very healthy." Ina's eyes shone with tears, but she desperately held back from letting them flow.

  "Don't worry, Mr. McGregory will be fine." Lin Li comforted Ina with two sentences, and his gaze shifted back to McGregory again.

  "Huh!" This time Lin Li suddenly discovered something different.

  It was a faint, almost imperceptible black line on McGregory's right hand, looking like a thin thread that seemed to appear and disappear.

  As soon as Lin Li saw this black thread, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

  He didn't even have time to explain to Ina, and suddenly grabbed McGregory's sleeve, only to hear a "ripping" sound, the entire sleeve was torn off by him. Another look at that arm, and indeed there was a thin black line extending towards the chest...

  "It's actually this thing!" Lin Li's speculation was confirmed, and he suddenly felt a severe headache.

  He never could have imagined that what plunged McGregory into a deep sleep was actually the Curse of Dusk.

  Lin Li remembered the name of this curse because of a herb called Heart of Death.

  The Heart of Death usually only grows in places with a strong aura of death, and the stronger the aura of death is, the easier it is to give birth to the Heart of Death. Where the Heart of Death grows, there are often higher-level undead creatures lurking about. After being born, the Heart of Death also needs to rely on the power of curses to grow, and the Twilight Curse just happens to be one of the few curses that can possibly give rise to the Heart of Death.

  When Lin Li was studying herbal knowledge at first, he also took a look at some cursing materials, including the Dusk Curse.

  Those who can master the Twilight Curse are at least level 20 or above powerful beings, they use their own blood and power as a guide, before dying, cursing all living things that enter the domain range to fall into eternal sleep.

  Lin Li thought about it and realized that the black castle was probably not as simple as what was said in the mission...

  Found the reason for McGregory's sleep, Lin Li also breathed a sigh of relief. The dusk curse was formidable, but it wasn't completely unsolvable. At least he knew two ways to solve it.

  Of course, strictly speaking, one of them is relatively boring, using flames to purify the cursed person's skeleton, in order to break the source of the curse's power.

  This is indeed quite boring, cursed with dusk before dying, and after death almost 100% will become an undead creature. Think about it, a level 20 or higher strongman becoming an undead creature, if he was a magician in his lifetime, then congratulations, you are very likely to encounter a lich, purify his bones? It's not as straightforward as suicide...

  And another method is undoubtedly more realistic, a bottle of disinfectant can completely solve this trouble.

  "It's okay, Ina, I've thought of a way."

  "Really?" Ina's eyes were filled with tears, and her pretty face was full of a surprised smile.

  Since McGregory fell asleep, Ina was in a panic and thought of almost everything she could think of to find Lin Li, just holding on to the hope that this young magician had always been so reliable. She saved herself from under the claws of the Double Foot Flying Dragon and once again from the hands of Leviathan Monkey, maybe this time he can save her father too.

  She went to the Magic Guild, and in fact, when she went there, even she herself knew that the hope was slim. After thinking of so many ways, her father was still asleep. Mr. Ferre might be a very powerful magician, but could he really wake up her father?

  "No problem." Lin Liqiang checked the herbs in his pocket and nodded affirmatively.

  Just then, there came a knock at the door downstairs.

  "It must be Dr. Rolland, Mr. Ferre, please wait a moment, I'll go and open the door for her." Ina wiped away the tears in her eyes with some embarrassment, then quickly ran downstairs.

  As Ina regained her vitality, Lin Li's mood also improved. He touched his pocket and took out several herbs, placing them on the table. The materials needed for the Purification Potion were four in total: Silver Whisker Grass, Sunlight Grass, Dream Flower, and Taro Fruit. Among these, the Silver Whisker Grass and Sunlight Grass had similar medicinal effects, both possessing a strong sacred purification effect. Using either one alone could create a potion that amplified sacred power, while using them together could almost purify all negative effects.

  But also because this purification power is too strong, so it must be assisted by Dream Flower and Tiro Fruit. The Dream Flower is used to calm the mind, and the Tiro Fruit is used to protect the body, in order to avoid the overly powerful sacred power from harming the drinker.

  Four herbs complement and restrain each other, generally, a pharmacist of average level is not dare to configure detoxification medicine, because the dosage of herbs must be accurately grasped, once there is a slight mistake, it may harm the drinker.

  Of course, this is not a big problem for Lin Li, and the preparation process is also very simple, just some simple extraction and mixing, even auxiliary tools are hard to use.

  Thinking that he didn't need any auxiliary tools anyway, Lin Li simply decided not to go back to the Magic Guild again. He only took out four glass bottles from his pocket and placed them on the table.

  Just as they were about to start extracting the juice, another set of footsteps was heard coming from the stairs.

  Lin Li turned her head and saw a fiery red long hair.

  Underneath the long hair lies an absolutely beautiful face.

  A fleeting glance, but the feeling it gave Lin Li could only be described as stunning...

  It was a beauty that was almost fatal, proud and cold, making people involuntarily produce the desire to conquer, with a standing heart and soul cultivation, in the moment of turning back, it was also impossible to resist the instant loss of spirit.