Chapter 221
As Xiao Chen warned, as night fell, a gloomy energy began to flow inside the mansion.
‘It’s definitely not serious.’
Beyond the simple reason, the exhilarating yin that touches the skin is permeating everywhere.
Behind the party, who had put tension in their bodies, a strange sound resounded and filled the aisle.
hee hee.
hee hee hee.
It was like the laughter of a human, and it was also like the cry of an animal.
What appeared after a while were bizarre creatures that could only be described as bad taste.
“… Ugh, what is that?”
“It looks like it’s already been called a ghost.”
The fact that a part of the body is transparent and full of yin is that it follows the characteristics of a ghost, but it was difficult to open your eyes and look at its appearance.
In fact, it looks more like a monster than a ghost.
‘Besides, the feeling of power… … .’
All of them are equally horrendous.
Compared to them, ghosts commonly thought of would be just cute bad boys.
“First of all, it would be better not to fall. We will respond calmly and check the situation.”
When I checked the emotion function, I didn’t see any particularly lethal abilities, but they were so numerous and the basic specifications were high.
Without overdoing it, we divided our roles and dealt with them appropriately.
Nettle juice!
Whoa-!
Kihei-!
Spirit power and yin raged everywhere, and whenever the ceremony was completed, the screams of ghosts resounded.
However, after such a state lasted for about an hour, we all started to notice something strange.
“Numbers, as they are, are … … .”
“Brother, this is probably it.”
As everyone thought, the number of ghosts did not change much, even after killing so many.
Rather, it is at a level where I want it to be more dense than before.
‘I have confirmed that it is clearly disappearing, so does it mean that it is constantly being reproduced even at this moment?’
There must be a key part to seeing these powerful ghosts continue to be extracted, but even the knowledge I have is not inspiring.
‘Actually, a spell in the future more than I knew… … .’
As Blind Mountain is still an area where only rice cakes have grown in the work, the official release date must have come quite a bit later.
So, in a way, it was natural that my knowledge did not work.
‘It’s not as easy as I thought.’
But, of course, he expected such hardships to follow. When things go like this, it will only change its course of action accordingly.
“The attack is too strong to hold back until morning. Why don’t you just head to the place you pointed out right now?”
“Get over it, that’s not bad!”
Shin No-eul was the first to show his consent, and the rest of the members slowly nodded their heads.
He realized that nothing would change by maintaining the current situation anyway.
“Ji Yeon and Chen Xiao will be on the first floor, Seo-Ah and the manager will be on the second floor, and me and Sophia will be on the third floor.”
So, we immediately dispersed according to the signal and headed for our destination, piercing through the ghosts.
‘… The manager is a little weak.’
In fact, in terms of power alone, it would have been more appropriate to replace one of the porcelain porcelain or Chen Xiao with Seo Ah, but even though the porcelain porcelain does not know, Xiao Chen still does not know what it is.
It would be better to put the two of them who belonged to the same night school together in order to create a disturbing element.
slurp.
Fuhuaak-!
“Okay, I beg you.”
[…] Whoa.]
So, I sent Gsondae to the second floor, who was able to deal with S-rank monsters, and started to follow Shin No-eul while showing dissatisfaction.
I’m not sure, but maybe this is enough.
Seeing me running forward again, Sophia opened her mouth.
“You know? The energy I felt before coming here.”
“of course.”
Perhaps these ghosts are just appetizers. In order to get out of the current difficulties, there was a high possibility that he would have to fight a stronger enemy.
‘Of course, there aren’t many enemies, but… … .’
Perhaps there is such a strong enemy in one of these three layers.
Adding to that tension, me and Sophia finally reached the unopened door that Xiao Chen had mentioned.
rattle.
rattle rattle.
“Ugh. It’s definitely not open.”
Xiao Chen seems to have guessed that the door would open if we came instead of him who lost his qualifications, but looking at the situation, it seems that some more conditions were needed.
Sophia clicked on the door a few more times and stepped back with a tongue-in-cheek, and then started casting a spell to prevent the ghosts from coming again.
Whoops.
Whoa!
“What do we do?”
“I’ll check it out.”
It seemed that there was no other way for me too, but even so, I couldn’t just sit still.
‘I can’t see anything like a keyhole… … .’
With that thought in mind, I clicked on the doorknob, and suddenly the sound of something engaging was heard and the locked door began to move.
“… It was open.”
“Eh? Can’t it be?”
Sophia, panicked, hurriedly followed me and entered the door.
And when we closed the door as it is, the ghosts that strangely attacked us through walls and ceilings were forced to retreat to another place.
It seemed that we had come to the right place.
“Go, Yoon-ah Kang?”
“What’s up?”
As she turned her head to the voice that had hardened, she saw Sophia raising her finger and pointing at something with a bewildered expression.
And when I followed the end of it, I saw a white skeleton sitting on a chair placed among the small study rooms.
The skeleton was just placed there, but like Sophia, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.
And after confirming the emotional function just in case, I was able to realize the identity of such a sense of déjà vu.
【Robert de Normandy】
▶Level 71
‘… What the hell.’
It was because a clear form of status window was emerging from the white bone, who must have died long ago.
“… An eerie vibe, gradually.”
Just like that, a gloomy scam is swirling around the room at some point.
Before long, the eye area of the white bone, which had been sitting on the chair helplessly, began to glow, and the boy began to move slowly.
that play.
that play.
The eerie sound of bones collide and the body bend into a bizarre shape.
After some time, Baek-gol, who lifted a stylish dress from the table in front of him, got up from his seat and said to us, wearing it as it is.
“Nice to meet you. It was my first time welcoming guests.”
It was a very casual greeting, but standing in front of it, we felt the pressure of being unable to breathe.
That’s right, the number of level 71 is, to be honest, a level that even us of today cannot easily estimate.
Baek-gol, who had been watching us hardened, continued to speak at a leisurely pace, wiping the dust off the clothes as it was.
“My name is Robert. During his lifetime, he served as a librarian and aide to dear Verdi-sama.”
Despite the fact that he looked like a bald bone that could be seen as a funny thing, his actions somehow revealed a dignity that could not be hidden.
“Don’t be too nervous. After all, who I am now is just an empty shell prepared for the test. I just do what he tells me to do.”
After finishing his speech, Robert took the clockwork doll on the table and rewound it by hand, leaving only one word for us.
click.
Druck.
Druck.
“The deadline is until this doll stops.”
percussion!
The doll, which was placed on the table, began to spin and dance while fluttering its tiny body.
“Find the most deceitful thing in this space. The hint must permeate into the experiences you’ve had here so far. If you don’t know that, you don’t deserve to go to the next place.”
“What if you can’t find the answer?”
“You too will become like them and wander around here.”
The place Robert pointed with the tip of his finger bones was outside the room where the ghosts were walking.
‘… If you don’t pass, you’ll die.’
It’s better than simply fighting. However, even so, there is one thing that is difficult.
“Ugh, whoops. So what does that mean?”
Sophia rolled her eyes with a blank expression as if she could not understand English at all.
I know, but she’s weak in this area of knowledge. In the end, I had no choice but to do it myself.
‘I said the hint was in my experience here.’
Synthetic beasts of the invisible witch, and the town of serenity and rest.
There is one lesson we have learned from the circumstances we have been through so far. that what the eye sees is not everything.
‘… Inside the room, it’s not that spacious.’
The overall size and the objects placed in it are all visible at a glance.
To me it felt like a sort of indicator.
‘Whatever it is, the answer is probably in here.’
The first thing that catches your eye is the portraits of various figures displayed on the wall, and the old library occupying one of the rooms.
I took a peek and looked around, and there were quite familiar faces in the portraits of the characters.
‘Are you sure it was also in the Black Forest?’
These are the ancestors of the witch clan, especially those who have made a name and fame.
There were some faces I didn’t know, but I thought they might be of the same class as a result.
‘But there is no one who is most important.’
Verdi.
The last witch of her time who received the most love from the stars, and the person who created this maze.
It was hard to see that it was a coincidence that she was the only one who was like that.
Obviously, it has to do with the answer Robert mentioned.
“Look around the room and tell me if there’s anything stuck.”
Just in case, I asked Sophia for help, and I headed towards the library, the one remaining place, and began to examine the contents.
‘The clockwork doll doesn’t work for very long, so if you pinpoint the exact pulse of the correct answer, you’ll be the type of person who can come to a conclusion right away… … .’
Since I didn’t have much time, my impatience never calmed down.
There were many factors to consider, while my body and my head were one.
Either way, it is an unreasonable condition.
However, after thinking about it for a while, I immediately noticed a very subtle sense of incongruity.
Then, letting out a disappointing laugh, he put down the book he was holding, and walked straight to Robert.
“Did you find the answer?”
Yes. In the first place, this was not a problem that had to be solved with so many factors considered and complicated.
I turned away Sophia’s worried gaze, pointed at Robert like that, and muttered softly.
“Isn’t the most deceitful thing here, your very existence?”