"What's wrong with his mouth?" one day, Marianne became interested in Mister, who had heard that Mister was always wearing a veiled mask, "or what's wrong with his face?"

He didn't dare to speak. Ian explained bluntly.

"Oh?" though invisible, Marianne turned to Mister suspiciously, "Why?"

"Some of the things that are said are safe, but some will come true. "And in the current situation, it's more likely that something bad will come true." ”

"That's good, like a curse, isn't it?" said Marianne approvingly, "may you curse the Emperor for me, that he will die on his bed tonight?"

Mister shook his head in embarrassment, a little overwhelmed. He was a little afraid of the blind lady in his heart.

Seeing that the other party did not react, "That...... Can you show it a little bit?" asked Marianne with interest.

Mister shook his head harder. He was more afraid of the bad consequences of his words than this lady.

“...... Maybe I'll be able to figure out a solution to this problem after seeing it with my own eyes. Marianne said with a smirk, "I'm a great scholar, ...... while I'm alive."

The obvious temptation made Mister hesitate.

Marianne's knowledge was genuine, and Mister really had the urge to pin his hopes on her.

"That's the spirit of words. Zandar interjected, "What the spirit says will come true, but he seems to have only the bad part." ”

"Ahh Marianne murmured, as if hearing a familiar name, "I see. I've heard that the people of the Bloodwrath tribe use the Seal of Reason to suppress their psychic powers, so why don't you use it on your own companions?"

When Mister heard this, he turned his head to look at Zandar, his eyes suspicious.

He had never heard from his two traveling companions that the Seal of Reason could help him solve his problems, though he knew that Zandar possessed some of the tribal mysteries.

"I ......," Zandar said, "I used the imprint of reason on other people, and I still maintain it." The Seal of Reason can only be used on one target at a time. ”

Although Ian prevented Zandar from enhancing the effect of the seal, he did not dare to let him remove the mark directly.

"Who needs you to keep his mark on him?" said Marianne, wary.

Zandar couldn't help but look at Ian, and although Marianne couldn't see it, she also seemed to feel something, and tilted her head slightly.

Ian sighed softly, as if to explain to Mister, "He must put the mark of reason on Snap's body." ”

Now Mister understood the real reason why the riot on Blackwater Lake had subsided.

"Slap?" asked Marianne, puzzled.

But before Ian could answer, everyone present heard the sound of "popping and clicking" footsteps.

Ian, Zandar, and Mister suddenly turned their heads together to look at the stone chamber where they slept.

"Call me?" Pa Ta walked out of the stone chamber.

Marianne suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice in her shelter and immediately became nervous. Her lips pursed

, did not move, and did not answer.

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and everyone watched.

"I told it that I couldn't be discovered, why did I come out by myself?" Ian's palms oozed sweat slightly, "Is it ......?"

He looked at Zandar, the lizardman had clearly tensed his nerves, and perhaps the slightest suspicious click would have him immediately enter the fight. Mister, who was a little further away, noticed that Zandar's left hand was behind his back, and his five fingers were pinched into a strange shape.

He looked at the silent people, and then turned his gaze to Marianne.

"Hello," Snap greeted Marianne, "friend." ”

It's self-cooked. Ian always felt that there was something different about the snap, but he couldn't tell.

At this point, he cleared his throat and said to the blind Marianne, "Sorry, Lady Marianne. In front of you is a ...... Non-human creatures, not known to mention. It speaks our language, but it can't use too complex sentences. It has the potential to happen...... It may depend on what it eats......"

"I can speak complex sentences. "But it's not too complicated." ”

It might mean: "can't be too complicated".

Ian stopped in front of Zandar.

He'd been so eager to know the state of the creature, wasn't it? Obviously speaking more fluently now than before, he hadn't turned into a vicious monster, which was completely different from what he had been in Swamp Dragon City.

"You brought danger to me. Marianne grimaced, "and has hidden many things from me." ”

"It's not dangerous. Pa Da interjected, "Pa Da does not hurt the same kind, it is not glorious." ”

I'm afraid that it was not Marianne who was most shocked at this time, but the remaining three, and they were all stunned.

Glorious, glorious, does this monster understand the meaning of these words? Impossible. Who are the same kind of people talking about?

"But Pata should not be hidden," it added, "and it is rude." Pata is advanced, but Pata will control. ”

"What do you think it eats?" asked Marianne suddenly.

"Human and subhuman desires. Ian whispered, "So something not so good happened in Swamp Dragon City. ”

"Oh......" Marianne thought for a moment when she suddenly felt a chill on the back of her hand, as if something wet and slippery had passed over the back of her hand. Ian, on the other hand, was so shocked that they almost rushed forward, but they didn't have time to stop Sapping and licking Marianne.

After licking the back of her hand unexpectedly, there was no more offensive move.

It smacked its mouth and commented, "Interesting companion, advanced, but not the same as snapping." ”

"Need water," it pointed at itself nonchalantly, "snapping thirsty." ”

“...... There's in the kitchen," Ian pointed to the kitchen behind him, Sherman hadn't come back from shopping for food and news, "I'll go with you." ”

Ian walked to the kitchen with a snap, and the sound of water was heard inside.

Marianne frowned and wiped her hand with the sleeve of her other hand

The place on the back that has been snapped and licked.

Her expression was more worried than disgust. Zandar and Mister didn't understand, but she knew best. When she licked it, she immediately had a feeling of being spied on. What kind of creature can probe the other's mental world and even the form of the psychic mind through physical contact? She was horrified to find that she could not find any matching record in her knowledge.

Marianne experimented with psychic liberation in a very different way than the Imperial researchers had done—albeit with the help of external magical energy. She knew that after completing the experiment, her psychic powers had changed in many ways from the original. The most obvious thing is that if she concentrates, she can feel the magic energy nearby.

It was this little skill that helped her successfully avoid most of the monsters along the way and escape into Skylark City safe and sound. But these days, she hasn't been able to find out about the existence of Pata.

In addition, to explore the magic energy, it is also based on spiritual power, and it is a collision of spirit and spirit. How can we complete the discovery by direct physical touch...... She couldn't figure it out.

The sound of "pop-clack" footsteps approached again, and Ian and Pak-ta were walking towards them.

Zandar looked back to find that Mister had taken off his mask at some point.

His face was a little red, and there was a light mark on his face where the mask had been strangulation. He was looking at Ian coldly.

"You lied to me. "You lied to me that there was a way to control this power," he said in a hoarse voice...... But your only solution didn't apply to me!"

Ian knew he was talking about Zandar's mark of reason. Anyone would be angry, but he didn't expect Mister to take off his mask and speak.

Ian reassured, "Have faith, Mister, we'll find a way." ”

"No, no, you already knew ......," Mister said slumpedly, then suddenly raised his eyes, "You damn mercenary! You dragged me out of the cave, but you left me to fend for myself on the journey!"

He spoke in a deeper and deeper voice: "No, you are not stupid, you are arrogant. You're going to pay for your arrogance, sheepshead...... Wood Rhinoceros ...... No, the Woodland Banshees will dance around you. Your sword can't hurt them, and you'll be teased by them!"

Both Ian and Zandar knew that this was Mister's desire to use the power of his words to get revenge on Ian. Zandar flew at Mister, and the two of them fell to the ground together.

But he's done.

With Mister's prayer-like words, Ian's eyes lit up, and Zach and Andrew were instantly manifested, protecting him on his left and right. The air was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water, but it was soon stirred up by a burst of ethereal laughter.

It was the banshee's laughter, as if it were in the ears, and it seemed to come from the air.

Ian, Zandar, and the two spirits form a circle, unaware of where the threat will come from.

The laughter is becoming more and more pronounced, more and more presumptuous. suddenly

Out of the corner of Ian's eye, he caught a glimpse of a piece of clothing, as if it were nothing, fluttering by. The dressed hostess, with her dark green hair, smiled openly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Banshees of the Woodland!" Not only did Ian and Zandar see with her own eyes, but the blind Marianne also discovered the existence of these ghosts through her senses. She was shocked that the ghosts appeared in the vault beneath Lark City, and she was even more amazed by Mister's abilities.

The woodland banshees flickered, but Andrew leaped up as one of them flew past Ian to take shape. His long dagger swept swiftly, but only the sound of piercing the air could be heard.

The woodland banshee chuckled again and vanished.

(End of chapter)