Hawkers,The old lady of the fan is finally getting a little better.,So I'll do my best without working overtime.、Work hard to code the word~~ Everyone stay tuned~~

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Merlin was actually not very satisfied with the fact that his guide was the one who had a conversation on the fourth floor of the tower, probably a "brain-sick" dressed witch, at the beginning of the journey, [Can't he be a normal person? However, after considering that the several shrine maidens he met along the way up the tower were almost all virtuous, he felt that this disguised witch lady seemed to be quite reliable, because she was at least able to communicate normally, and not after a few words with him like the other shrine maidens, he was left to chant the scriptures in a whispering voice.

And when the costumed witch lady used the style of a tour guide to introduce Merlin to the different styles of towers, cemeteries, and the stories behind the burial chambers along the way, as well as the history of the entire Aster and Aster regions, Merlin felt that he had earned it.

“…… Aster has been a place of bones for Warcraft, creatures now called Pokémon, since ancient times - or more accurately before we humans used it even longer - This is the legendary Tomb of Warcraft, the Graveyard of Warcraft, and the dying Warcraft will try their last strength to set foot on this land and complete the last journey of their lives......"

Miss Miko's clear and delicate voice is really nice to use to tell the story, although the story is not very positive and positive, but it is good to listen to it with the color of the voice, at least that's what Merlin thinks. So he tried his best to keep his mind focused on listening to the story, only occasionally glancing uncontrollably at the buildings around him with different styles, and at the same time trying to ignore or not pay attention to the ghostly Pokémon that also lingered in the smoky tomb buildings.

“…… Most of the time this is the graveyard of Warcraft, and it almost never changes......" Miss Shrine Maiden paused as she said this, and glanced at Merlin meaningfully, now that he was concentrating on himself and changing the words that he had originally wanted to say, "...... We think of this as the legendary 'Land of Rebirth'...... The place of reincarnation of life and death, the place of transformation......"

Merlin's brow furrowed. It was not surprising to hear a Shinto shrine maiden tell such a legend with strong religious connotations, but to put it mildly, Merlin, who is a historical researcher, can only use legends and myths to complete the broken history in many cases. But these things made Merlin feel uncomfortable for no reason, a tremor from the soul level, a despair about the meaning of existence...... Clenching his fists fiercely, he slowly but surely stabbed his nails into the delicate palms and soaked them in the flesh, and the clear pain that was clearly transmitted from the palms of his hands immediately dispelled the scenes in Merlin's mind, and he continued to listen to the mythical tales of Miss Miko as if nothing had happened.

"Worst of all, this is also a resting place, a place for souls to return......" Miss Shrine Maiden seemed to notice that she had said something unpleasant, and hurriedly ended the story about it, and instead introduced Merlin to the tomb buildings by the roadside. For example, the stone tombs built by the Nanban people who first ascended the 6 Seki Castle, the tall burial chambers built by the Semu people who later served as colonists over the Seki people, and the cemeteries that were repaired during the brief military occupation of the two victorious powers......

“…… It's amazing to say, we didn't have much in common with these heterochromatic-eyed hairy people in the past, to be more precise: in the Age of Sail, before the Industrial Revolution, we weren't even sure if we really existed with each other, but when we looked at each other, we were surprisingly consistent in many ways, such as burying the monsters, and even dealing with them. This strange consistency is sometimes so thought-provoking and daunting to think about......"

Merlin suddenly appeared that the costumed witch seemed to have a similar problem to herself—her mind was too scattered, and both of them seemed to be easily caught up in boundless thoughts. Perhaps it was something in common that Merlin couldn't help but begin to scrutinize the woman with an inquiring gaze.

The fair-skinned and delicate skin that has been carefully maintained has not been blown by any wind and rain, and the years have not left any traces on this still immature **, but she has been modified more and more moving, she is in the age of flowers, and she is a little less innocent of ordinary girls, but it shows a trace of strange style and charm. The bright and watery eyes revealed many thoughts that outsiders could not decipher, and perhaps it was these inexplicable thoughts that pulled the girl's brows, making the girl frown from time to time and look into the depths of the smoky valley, melancholy her own thoughts......

Merlin looked at the shrine maiden, and there was only simple look and simple appreciation in her unbridled, undisguised gaze. Merlin, who had prematurely stopped in his heart and left a shadow, didn't seem to have any special feelings for other members of the opposite sex.

Merlin's unrestrained gaze was inevitably too direct for the girl, and even a little hot and rude, so Miss Witch immediately showed displeasure after feeling Merlin's gaze, turned her head and glared back at him fiercely, and then naturally stopped acting as a guide for Merlin and continued to tell the story. With her mouth tightly closed, her chin tilted, she quickly led Merlin through the ancient land, between the tombs and tombs, only occasionally a snort or two wafted from her nostrils.

As Merlin's own actions annoyed Miss Shrine Maiden, the girl with her chin on her back took advantage of her familiarity with geography and walked quickly among the tombs, making Merlin who followed her very wolf-like, and sometimes he had to trot for a while to barely catch up with her.

The deeper he went into this smoky valley, the more clearly Merlin could feel the difficulty and discomfort of using his abilities, and even in a certain way, this difficulty also affected the maintenance of the electrocardiogram between him and his companions, making the communication channel between them narrow and unsmooth, so Merlin could only find a way to keep the communication channel open as much as possible, and the way to maintain it was to keep talking nonsense to keep the channel in working condition. But this nonsense is talking about it, and it gets to the point.

【…… Speaking of which......] Wizil's connection with Merlin is the strongest, but in this environment its words have become vague and intermittent...... It's kind of weird......]

[How?] The fitness at Mr. Zang's place is still a little effective, at least now Merlin is still relatively relaxed to follow the more and more eager steps of Miss Witch, but his breathing is a little short and heavy, [What's strange?] As he asked, Merlin subconsciously glanced back and forth around him, and in the smoke, he could only dimly see the shadows of several old towers in the distance constantly changing.

【…… Along...... We seem to ...... It's not lonely......] Its tone is still a little frivolous.

Merlin frowned fiercely. Deeply shunned and fearful of supernatural things, he immediately thought of something bad.

【…… Not a ghost......] Wizir let out a small burst of laughter, [...... Is it a living person...... The woman ......] it paused for a moment, [...... Along the way...... 66 Continued ...... There are quite a few women...... Follow us...... They've always been ...... Follow from afar...... Stop-and-go...... But the purpose is clear...... It's just following you...... ...... with that shrine maiden]

Hearing this, Merlin immediately stopped and turned his head to stare at the thick smoke behind him, as if he wanted to use his gaze to penetrate the thick smoke to find the figures of those who were following him, but before he could find anything, he suddenly received a slap on the shoulder.

The sudden attack surprised Merlin, who was already highly nervous, and in a hurry, he temporarily lost control of his body, and after a few exaggerated convulsions on the spot, he sat on the ground that was constantly oozing coolness. Merlin, who was covered in a cold sweat, looked up hesitantly, only to realize that the initiator of the attack was actually a witch lady who was angrily pinching her waist.

"We're not there yet!" She frowned and glared at Merlin condescendingly, "There's still a long way to go...... Hurry. With that, he folded his arms and stared at Merlin, who was still sitting on the ground.

Merlin is a man after all, and it would be embarrassing to be stared at by a girl so bluntly, but fortunately Merlin didn't care, and after taking a few breaths and waiting for his strength to return to his limbs, he Shi Shiran stood up from the ground, and tried his best to pretend to be okay and slap the dirt on his hands and buttocks.

The shrine maiden continued to stare at Merlin until a flush of embarrassment finally appeared on Merlin's pale face, and she withdrew her gaze contentedly, and continued to lead the way in stride. And Merlin had to follow behind with his head down, and he still felt a little embarrassed.

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Because of Merlin's offense and going out to the sea, Miss Witch chose to ignore him completely during the rest of the journey, basically not to look at him squarely, and to snort twice if she wanted to greet him, even if Merlin cheekily accosted Miss Witch several times according to the instructions of Wizir and Reiko, she completely ignored it. Merlin, who has no experience with normal women at all, is helpless about this, and repeated encounters against the wall make him disheartened and resist, "If you ignore me, I won't ignore you" Merlin, who maintained this idea, simply closed his mouth and followed behind the witch with a straight face.

The two young girls who were very tacit and kept silent walked quickly between the ancient graveyards with no paths, and the leading witch was still in a state of anger, so she still held her chin and didn't even look at the road very much, but she was obviously familiar with this slightly messy ancient cemetery, and she always went straight to the destination without stagnation and hesitation along the way. Merlin, who was following behind, was no longer angry after a while, for he had to focus more on conscious thoughts, so that he would not fall into the self-thoughts, the utter fears of his own making, which would make him creepy and creepy.

But it is clear that Merlin's self-control over the direction of his thoughts is still not very solid, and often he will fall back into topics that he does not want to fall into, and whenever this time he can only use the roughest and most effective way to exchange his violent thoughts, that is, to inflict pain.

Merlin, who had bitten his tongue once again and exchanged his thoughts, calmed his mind, but began to think about it again [There doesn't seem to be a ghost here......] He quickly turned his eyes to look around, and a strange uneasiness and unspeakable fear rose in his heart.

The place where they were now seemed to be very empty, and there were no twisted towers and strangely shaped tombs around them, but a haphazard vegetation growing on the ground, and these plants, which did not seem to sustain life by sunlight, water, and fresh air, had a distorted appearance and a more distorted nature, releasing madness and uneasiness outward. The ground under the feet is no longer the cold, moist mud before, but replaced by barren, dead wasteland and **, vicious mud swamp, although under the leadership of Miss Witch, the two can always avoid those large muddy mires, but walking on those barren places that have lost their vitality can still occasionally step on a small pool of weird mud, those slimy and greasy things seem to have a strange life.

The smoke here is not as thick as before, but these thin smoke are full of unpleasant smells, which smell like some rotten, spoiled, and fermented things, mixed with some stench that cannot be distinguished from the source, and the breath will strongly irritate the respiratory tract. This forced Merlin to pull out the respirator from his fanny pack and fasten it over his nose and mouth, while he kept the visor of the outer shield as an extra layer of protection.

There seemed to be something unusual about this place other than the smell in the air, there was no ghostly energy in this space as in the rest of the valley, and there was no ghostly presence that had been sneaking and looming in the valley - even the ghosts seemed to hate it here.

Merlin, whose mind was churning again, was desperately trying to restrain his mind, not noticing that he had been led by Miss Shrine Maiden to a dilapidated shrine that seemed to collapse at any moment, and stood under a rusty, corroded and rotten bronze and iron torii, until Miss Shrine whispered to the other two middle-aged shrine maidens standing quietly in front of the main entrance of the shrine, Merlin realized that they had arrived at their destination.

【Shrine?】 Merlin has too many surprises and questions about the dilapidated shrine that appeared in front of him in front of him, "Here, why is there a shrine in the middle of the graveyard of the monster!? He felt an inexplicable fear, "Who is enshrined here!?" His gaze wandered quickly in front of the shrine door, and soon fixed on the root of the decaying exterior wall next to the door, where it was obvious the remains of a plaque, for unknown reasons, the pure wooden plaque had rotted and was unrecognizable, and he only barely saw the incomplete traces of the word "conjuring" in it.

"Goo-dong" Merlin swallowed hard, the simple word "conjuring" reminded him of something that should be classified as taboo.

[Impossible, impossible......] He tried to comfort himself, [The taking army of the victorious country and the government that had almost collapsed during the occupation after the second defeat had already joined forces to dismantle it, and by the time the alliance rose, it was already in ruins, and it was impossible for the ...... to still exist]

But the merciless truth would not deceive Merlin, and it simply slapped him and stunned him. Although the shrine in front of me seems to have undergone many disasters and destruction, it may collapse and return to the dust of history at any time, but it still exists, and most of the main buildings are still standing, although dilapidated, although crumbling, they are still standing, just like those that should have passed away......

"I will always lead you on the rest of the journey......" Miss Shrine Maiden's clear voice interrupted Merlin's contemplation, and she no longer raised her chin, no longer puffed out her cheeks, and no longer leaned at Merlin, but walked plainly, looked at him plainly, and spoke plainly: "...... Come on, it's the end, it's the last......"

A crystal clear white little hand stretched out from the long sleeves of the white clothes and stretched out to Merlin, for some reason Merlin actually stretched out his hand to hold this little hand, soft as boneless, no temperature, trembling slightly, this is the feeling from the palm, this is the palm of Miss Witch.

Like a marionette, Merlin was dragged by Miss Shrine through the first gate, the Divine Gate, into this ancient abandoned place that should no longer have existed. Behind them, two middle-aged shrine maidens guarding the door were chanting sutras to see them off, and in the thin smoke outside the shrine, dozens of expressionless young shrine maidens were chanting in a low voice and marching towards the shrine with firm steps.

"Whew~~"

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind rolled up from nowhere, and the wind that blew the ground swept up the dust and debris that covered the ground and revealed a small piece of buried wooden plaque, which seemed to be an incomplete "Li" character, very small, more like a part of another word. Soon, another gust of wind blew and brought new dust with it, and the small wooden sign was buried again.

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Well,It's a bit of a contradiction.,After all, this thing is more taboo.,So it's good to be able to see the prototype of this shrine.,If you can't see it, forget it......

Then, the next section is to bury the human form alive~~

The evil spirits retreat, and the evil spirits retreat......

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