Act XLV
Haunted?
It may seem incredible to say, but the current situation is indeed very similar to the scenes in the horror novels that Lawson read in his previous life, where the people who went on adventure disappeared one by one, and then an inexplicable apparition appeared, and finally the protagonist was tortured to death by a mysterious power. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
But in this world, let alone haunted, even the real undead exist, first of all, Rosen himself is a skeleton, and in the bloody end behind him, there is another vampire royal sister.
"What's the situation?"
Rosen asked, he didn't act rashly, who knows what kind of ancient mechanism or unknown monster this is, but judging from the fact that only the people around him are missing, at least this unknown existence doesn't seem to be able to directly cause any damage to himself.
"Interesting, boy. β
From the bloody end behind Rosen, Vivien's voice was heard.
"Why, do you know something?"
Hearing that there was no panic in the other party's tone, Rosen thought that the vampire must know something inside, so he asked.
"No, I don't understand it at all. β
However, the other party's answer was unexpected.
"But don't worry, since the other party chooses to isolate us, it means that they won't be able to break us for a while, so there's nothing to worry about. β
complained in his heart that this vampire royal sister's heart was really big, and Lawson had the same opinion.
If there really existed to be able to quietly remove a bronze-level dark wizard from another bronze-level without leaving a trace, then Rosen felt that the other party would not be able to make such a big effort, and it would be faster to do it directly.
The question now is, how did the other people disappear?
If it's a spatial teleportation mechanism, then where are the other people now, and if it's just a sensory illusion, then what can be done to break it?
Rosen extended his senses deep into the walls, and he could even sense the wriggling of the strange insects inside, but he couldn't find Karene and Langton at all.
Little by little, time passed.
At this moment, Rosen felt a slight warm sensation coming from the side.
"What is this?"
He turned his head and saw nothing, and just as he thought it was a harbinger of an enemy attack, the warm feeling suddenly disappeared.
Then, after a brief pause, it reappeared.
Rosen's perception told him that there was nothing there, that the heat source seemed to have been born out of nothing, and that he could not find the root cause, but his intuition told him that this might be the key to breaking the trap.
"Does this look more like some kind of mark?"
So, with the mentality of trying, he raised the palm of the bone and lit a small flame.
The flame wasn't anything dangerous, it only brought a little light and temperature, but it was enough.
Rosen ignited it for a while, extinguished it, and then ignited it again.
The effect of this seems to be quite obvious, and the inexplicable heat source also flickers at the same time, but this time the frequency is significantly faster.
Lawson also sped up the frequency of lighting the flames.
It seems that the other party does have the purpose of communication. β
That's easy, thinking so, and reaching out, Lawson groped for the location of the heat source.
Then, with an exclamation of "ah", Rosen felt that he had touched something soft.
The temperature is moderate, the softness is high, and the touch is quite soft, hmm...... Is this it?
Rosen shone the light of the crystal and saw that his bony hand was placed on an indescribable part of Karen's chest.
Although the dark wizard's robe wrapped the opponent's body heavily, it still couldn't hide his beautiful figure, and Lawson saw that Karen was stunned for a moment, then his cheeks flushed, and he hurriedly took a few steps back.
"Wait. β
Lawson grabbed Karen as she tried to escape, pulled her to his side, and covered her mouth before the other party could react.
"If it's too far away, it'll disappear again. β
Hearing Rosen's words, Karene immediately fell silent.
"Don't leave my sight, don't let go of my hands. β
Rosen said his instincts told him that the traps here seemed to have something to do with people's subjective feelings.
"You're smart, little girl from Amadeus. β
Vivien in the Scarlet End said.
In fact, after Rosen felt the heat source, he had a certain guess about the current situation.
They should be divided into different secondary planes, these secondary planes cannot exist apart from the main plane, they can only affect things in reality in a small area, it can cut off most of the perception, but it cannot prevent people in the secondary plane from attacking the outside world.
Perhaps this is where this trap lies, if Lawson is a little more reckless and directly draws his sword to test everywhere, then it is very likely that Karen will fight back, and the two will attack each other against the invisible enemy without knowing it, and finally both will lose.
But Karen's mind was quick, and she immediately thought of using flames that were not too dangerous to transmit temperature, and let others get information through rhythmic flashing, if she simply released flames, it was likely to be mistaken for a precursor to attack, and only by lighting up regularly in this way could she convey the message that she was not an enemy to people in other sub-spaces.
"It's just pure logical thinking. β
Karene said, her cheeks still reddening, but her eyes stayed on Rosen.
"Where's Langton?"
She asked, clutching Rosen's wrist tightly, the bones transmitting a cold touch, but for Karen now, it was more reassuring than anything else.
"If he's smart enough, he should be able to find some clues. β
As soon as Lawson finished speaking, he felt a hot current from the other side.
He didn't hesitate, he directly reached out and grabbed a person.
"I didn't think you're too stupid......"
Lawson said as he watched the other turn around.
But that man wasn't Langton.
He had a shriveled countenance, two soul fires flickering in his eyes, a tattered robe, and a long staff in his hand, as if he were a living corpse.
Moreover, although Lawson was not very good at distinguishing the appearance of these undead, he still recognized the identity of the other party immediately through the staff held in the hand of this living corpse.
"You're Gruul?"
This was the first summoner to die in the War for the Crown, the Lich GrΓΌll Franz, the owner of the Berserker.
The other party did not respond, but rushed directly towards Rosen and the others, and in his hand, the dark blue flame jumped up suddenly.