So, the dilapidated wooden door was pushed away from the outside and let out a crisp "scream" from the door frame and fell to the ground, splashing a cloud of foggy dust, proving that this place had indeed been unvisited for a long time.

The dimly lit hallway in front of the door, the rotten floor creaked under the weight of the soles of the shoes.

Walking into the abandoned empty house one after another, although Urs looked as if he had just entered an ordinary inn, Thea who followed him was so anxious that she wanted to cry, carefully watching any suspicious corners around her, and at the same time began to complain about the young man's behavior in her heart since half a minute ago.

After all, in her eyes, or to any normal person with a modicum of common sense, should such a simple and rude act of breaking through the main entrance into a haunted mansion be called brave or reckless?

You must know that the free adventurers and mercenaries who have been here have disappeared one after another, why can't such a terrifying and terrifying rumor arouse his vigilance?

Gaztex is above, O God of Justice...... Where did he get his confidence?

And - I know that he seems to be messing around again, but why can't I think of a way to stop him?

And stupidly came in with him?

He... I... This......

Ahhhh......h

"Thea, what's wrong with you? Is there anything uncomfortable? ”

"Nothing! Stupid Urs! ”

"Huh?"

"Uh, no, that-" Coming back from the chaos of a black line in her head, the girl covered her mouth in a panic, her voice deflated as if it were leaking, "Don't, don't worry, Urs, I'm fine...... Just wanted to remind you to be careful...... That's it. ”

As the words fell, she glanced to the side shyly.

Urs turned his head to look at the girl, thinking that she was a little nervous, and then he comforted her as he had before entering the house, and then continued to walk in front and enter the living room of the cottage with her, and the first thing he saw was a colored oil painting with a frame hanging in the center of the wall facing the door, as if someone had deliberately studied it, so that the visitors could discover its existence at the first sight of the room.

Rumors of the curse make it clear that fifteen years ago, the elven ranger disappeared from her hut the next day after accepting the oil painting of the so-called Rewarder.

The oil painting with a ring of metal squares depicts a complex labyrinth of numerous high gray walls from a bird's-eye view and in dark tones.

Urs and Thea stepped in front of the wall where the painting was hung.

As the official priest of the Sogo Church, the instinct of the priest told the girl that this place was very dangerous, but she did not find any trace of the monster in the vicinity for a while, and it seemed that all the strange sources pointed to the oil painting in front of her.

The uneasiness was so strong that she was about to open her mouth to Urs and propose to leave the place, before some unknown horror happened.

However, at this moment, a cold aura suddenly emerged from behind the two of them.

The vigilant nerves suddenly straightened.

Xia gritted her teeth and took a cold breath, and hurriedly turned back at the same time as Urs, and reflexively lifted the Holy Emblem bracelet wrapped around her left wrist to prepare to perform her magic spell.

Urs's reaction was calmer than Thea's. But of course, the moment he turned around, he also skillfully untied the black giant sword called the Cursed Blade from behind his back and held it in his hand, and the thumb of his left hand clasped the impact ring that limited to one charge per day, and then found that what appeared in front of him and the girl at this moment was a gray ghost.

The ghostly undead appeared to have been an elven female with long hair and pointed hair.

Her appearance unexpectedly aroused Xia's precautions, but instead of immediately showing the hatred and aggression that an undead monster should have towards the living, she was so frightened that she screamed and begged for mercy after seeing the priest's emblem with the sun and balance pattern in the hands of the wolf-eared girl: "Don't! Please don't use magic on me! I am not your enemy! ”

The female ghost raised her arms in horror and turned her face to the side, her translucent body without feet suspended in the air less than half a meter above the ground, dodging and drifting back about two steps away from ordinary people.

The other party's appearance seems a little strange.

Xia blinked, and she was a little overwhelmed on the surface, but she still raised her hand and asked in a voice that could pray for spells at any time, "Who are you?" Why is it here? ”

"I... I'm Merella Morning Dew...... of the revenant. When I was a ranger, I was the owner of this house. The female ghost found that Thea did not attack her immediately, and then, as if relieved, lowered the arm she had just raised from the front of her and said to the young man and the girl, "You... Dear friends, are you adventurers? Or freelance mercenaries hired to do investigative work? ”

Merella Morningdew is the name of the Elven Ranger fifteen years ago, and is the first victim of the rumored relationship with the Abandoned Empty House.

After listening to the female ghost's rough and concise self-introduction, the priest girl who raised the emblem with her left hand forward looked at the young man beside her hesitantly.

The corner of Urs's eyes read Thea's hesitation, and then took over the topic for her and replied aloud: "We are adventurers. ”

"Are you adventurers? That's great! Receiving the young man's answer, the female ghost's voice became agitated.

Although it is due to the relationship of becoming an undead, the voice still sounds a little crazy.

After a while, she interlocked her fingers in a begging gesture and continued: "Dear adventurer friend, I need your help, please help but this poor revenant soul has one last wish?" Please! ”

Urs looked at her pitiful look, and instead of immediately acceding to her request, he told her, "Don't worry, tell us about your difficulties first, so that we can know how to help you." ”

"Then allow me to occupy a moment between the two of you." The female ghost nodded, "Here's the thing......"

Next, she told Urs and Thea as much detail as possible about what had happened to her past and everything she had known over the years.

Through her narration, the young man and girl who broke into this room soon learned that the "repayer" who gave her the oil painting fifteen years ago was actually a cult believer with ill intentions, and entered her ranger's hut under the pretext of repaying her kindness and hung the oil painting on the wall of the room as a "thank you", but she did not know that the surface of the oil painting was connected to a terrible subdimensional space. An abyssal demon that lives in the depths of space brutally and brutally kills her and many other freelance adventurers and mercenaries who later come to investigate, and brings the bodies and souls of all the victims into the world for torture and amusement.

Far from satisfied, the abyssal demon hiding in the world of oil paintings deliberately stripped Merella's soul from the corpse and imprisoned it within the confines of the hut to attract more curious and ignorant unlucky people to gather.

Merella knew that her ghost had been reduced to a tool to be used by demons, but she was not willing to live forever as a ghost.

She prayed for relief, day after day for the hero's figure to appear beside her, to help her and the other victims imprisoned in the world of oil paintings defeat the abyssal demon that had made her the ugly image she is today.

"In short, if everything you say is true." After listening to the other party's explanation, Urs cautiously confirmed one more thing to her, "Then if we want to try to save your soul by killing that demon, we must also temporarily travel into the world in the painting, right?" ”

"That's right." The female ghost nodded in acknowledgement.

Then, she fell silent for a moment, quietly waiting for the young man and the young girl to reply to her.

Thea's eyes showed sympathy and pity as she looked at the ghostly monster who was the ghost of a female ranger, and she wanted to help her who had suffered a tragic misfortune fifteen years ago, but she was also worried about the abyssal demon mentioned by Merella for her own safety and that of Urs.

A local church priest in Northland Armor taught her that there is no justice without power.

The kind-hearted priest girl was entangled for a while.

However, compared to Thea's inner scruples, Urs's main concern at the moment is not the abyssal demon that appeared in Merella's words.

Because as long as there is no mistake in the memory of the previous life, he actually knows in his heart that although the rumors of the abandoned empty house sound terrible, in fact it is only the entrance part of the level 15 squad dungeon "Oil Painting Labyrinth", and the biggest difficulty for players to attack this dungeon area in the past is neither the demonic creature that is the boss at the bottom of the level, nor the intricate maze map like a spider's web.

It's when confronted with Merella's ghost—

Whether you're a good guy in the good camp or a bad guy in the evil camp, don't die saying no to her request!

Yes, ten million—

Don't die and choose to refuse!

Castaño's strength rating is simple and straightforward, with a total level of 1~10 unranked, 11~20 black iron, 21~30 silver, 31~40 gold, 41~45 to enter the transcendent realm, and level 46~50 to enter the legendary realm.

Poor Miss Ranger had no idea that the cultist who had given her the painting fifteen years earlier had actually concealed from her the magical powers she possessed as a transcendent spellcaster.

Her soul has long been desecrated and reformed.

If you dare to refuse, the slightest negativity in Merella's soul will be amplified by your cold-sounding words, and a terrible "Banshee Howl" will burst out of her ghostly body and paste into your face, turning the world in your eyes to gray in an instant.

Then you can wait for the game system to notify you of the death penalty and the running corpse will be resurrected.

Death in the game is only a short break, but the world is no longer a game today.

Urs is not a madman, and although his camp tends to be chaotic, he has never thought of making fun of his and Thea's lives, not to mention that since he dares to come here with the memories and experiences of his previous life, he has no intention of backing down.

The answer was predestined from the moment you stepped into this room.

With no other way out, he took a deep breath and prepared for battle, then told the floating female ghost, "We grant your request, Merella. ”