Chapter 105: The Skeleton Cultists
As for the arrangement of the group, in fact, it was not so satisfactory from the beginning, the strength of their group was too weak, in case of a dangerous situation, no one was 100% guaranteed that they would be safe.
Lan Lingxiang, a money-greedy lady who will be out of breath once she runs a long distance, and then induce pneumothorax, Xue Shaoling, a cool boy with so-so swordsmanship and a famous sword in her hand but overkill, Lin Yaoxi, a ghost-afraid girl with superb stealing skills and very low secret resistance, and Youna, who has been playing soy sauce and saying amazing words at critical times.
Yuna was the only one who came to investigate the ghost attack in a daze, and she was supposed to stay in Leicester's inn, but Lester's words and actions were not so reassuring, so she had to act with everyone.
However, a Solo like Yuna, who doesn't know kung fu, is a burden wherever she goes, and before coming to Grancia Village, Rosewood taught her some basic methods of condensing spirits, and she tried to master them in the past, but what is puzzling is that there are no mistakes or omissions in the spells she casts, and her own spiritual power has never been able to gather.
After many failures, Yuna had no choice but to give up, and she continued to act cautiously in a neutral manner, basically laughing at the disagreements that arose in the group.
Lan Lingxiang and Lin Yaoxi had strongly protested against the private grouping between Ling Wenxuan and Song Zixi, but they were unanimously rejected: "Are you the captain (head of the regiment) or am I the captain (head of the regiment)?" completely vetoed, and there was no room for maneuver at all.
Ling Wenxuan and Song Zixi each chose the right-hand man who could help them the most, while Lan Lingxiang and Lin Yaoxi could only pick the remaining pit daddy teammates, the more difficult main quest had been selected, and the others could only act as errands and side lines.
However, their branch line did not go so smoothly, Lan Ling Xiang fought for the captain of the team for a long time, and after becoming the captain, he finally came to Aunt Lu's house, but he could only lean his back against a flower bed while panting and taking medicine; Xue Shaoling's situation was slightly better, but only a few moths hovering near the oil lamp could attract his attention concentrated in front of Aunt Lu's bedroom; the worst was Lin Yaoxi......
"Sister Lin, you stop for a while, my arm is numb for you, how do you let me monitor. Yu Na pulled out her right arm, which was held by Lin Yaoxi, "I'm a Salo, it stands to reason that the person I'm afraid of should be me, what are you shaking?"
"Childhood shadows, can't you?" replied Lin Yaoxi pouting, a cool breeze that made her body tremble even more.
Yuna shook her head helplessly, and continued to listen to the movement in the hallway with her ears sideways.
They have already visited five families, only Lu Da Niang's family is willing to assist them in investigating the ghost attack incident, her family has a total of three people, in addition to her husband has a son in his twenties, but more than ten years ago when her son was up the mountain to chop wood, accidentally fell off the cliff and died, so what appeared in front of them was just a Tianci sect disciple.
In the middle of the night, the four of them lurked outside Aunt Lu's bedroom for more than half an hour, but they still did not find the slightest movement, in order to alleviate Lin Yaoxi's fear, Yu Na tried to talk to her about some irrelevant issues.
"By the way, didn't you say I looked a lot like a friend of yours?"
"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" Lin Yaoxi looked Youna up and down suspiciously, and her body stopped trembling.
"Because I don't have memories of the past, I envy people who have memories, and your past must be very exciting. ”
Lin Yaoxi sighed and shook her head helplessly: "Except for my cousin, I haven't mentioned my past to anyone, you are the first, forget it...... It doesn't hurt to tell you. Saying that, Lin Yaoxi said to Youna.
Lin Yaoxi's ancestors were Junlong, more than ten years ago during the Second Civil War in Middle-earth, her father took her south to the Loberon Empire in order to escape the war, and then ran an adventure club in Panhu City to solve various commissions for the citizens.
"It turns out that your father is the president of the branch of the Langtian Adventure Group, and your cousin is also from the Langtian Adventure Group, so it seems that your relationship with this adventure group is not ordinarily deep!"
"Listen to me finish!" Lin Yaoxi was obviously very dissatisfied with Yu Na's interjection, "After that, another five years passed, and Shen Fangli appeared at that time. ”
When she heard Lin Yaoxi say this name, Yu Na's whole person was instantly stunned, and she remembered that the investigator on Glaze Island had also called her by this name.
"Hey, are you listening?" Lin Yaoxi's right hand shook in front of Youna's eyes.
"I'm fine, you continue. It took a long time for Yuna to come back to her senses.
Lin Yaoxi shrugged his shoulders and continued to tell what happened next. From her mouth, Youna learned that Lin Yaoxi, Shen Fangli, Mu Yunxi, and Liu Yuhan knew each other as early as five years ago, and the three of them came to the store opened by Lin Yaoxi's father that day to ask for help to solve the arson case of the Orphin orphanage, and later they finally found out that the matter was done by the mayor of Panhu City, and in the process of confronting the mayor, Lin Yaoxi's father was unfortunately killed, leaving the last words for Mu Yunxi and Liu Yuhan to take Lin Yaoxi back to the Junlong Federation to find relatives.
"Later, with the help of Brother Mu and Sister Liu, I found my cousin in Haojun City!" Lin Yaoxi smiled knowingly, "Thank you! Sister You, I know you are diverting my attention and making me less afraid." Seriously, you really look like that Sister Shen. ”
"It's just that I look alike, I'm Youna, don't treat me as Shen Fangli. Yuna finally decided not to tell the other party that she had seen Mu Yunxi and Liu Yuhan on Glaze Island, firstly, she was not Shen Fangli and had no obligation to pass on the word on her behalf, and secondly, she was afraid that she would lose her words and affect the plan of the priest.
"Did you find your mother later?"
Lin Yaoxi shook her head lonely: "Since I was born, I haven't seen my mother. ”
"I'm sorry, I asked what I shouldn't have asked...... "Before Youna finished speaking, she saw Lan Lingxiang under the flower bed opposite making a gesture of low voice, she pointed to the direction of Aunt Lu's bedroom, and the expression on her face was so serious that it seemed to be frozen.
A gray figure slowly approached Aunt Lu's room, it was not a human face at all, but a white skeleton.
The four of them gasped and watched as the gray-clad skeleton pushed open the heavy wooden door and walked in.
"Hey, don't be impulsive, I'll pour dozens of sounds, and you will rush in again. Lan Lingxiang grabbed Xue Shaoling, who wanted to draw his sword out of the sheath.
"What about you...... You...... Why don't you go up, we have the highest kung fu here!" Lin Yaoxi forced her trembling voice.
"I'm not fit to do strenuous exercise, and I'm not feeling well today. Lan Lingxiang pointed at Lin Yaoxi and Xue Shaoling, "You two go in to stop that 'ghost', I'll stay outside to block his way, and as for Youna, stay where you are." ”
"Why is it only Yuna who is the most relaxed......? Unfair ......"
Lan Lingxiang covered his mouth and sneered: "Lin Yaoxi, are you so good? You actually compare yourself with Miss Salo, you can't even subdue a ghost, and you are embarrassed to compete with me for captain." ”
"Don't underestimate others, I'm not afraid, I'll let you see my skills later. Lin Yaoxi curled up and stood up, and Xue Shaoling and Xue Shaoling walked lightly towards the door.
"Come on, I'm optimistic about you!" Lan Ling Xiang gave a thumbs up to the two.
Lin Yaoxi glanced at Lan Lingxiang in disgust, thinking to herself, aren't you also a sick and weak lady? Next year, you will be older than others, and you will shamelessly instruct the two juniors to take risks for you.
"Don't worry, little junior sister, with me here, I will protect you. When Xue Shaoling said this, his eyes kept staring at the Qinghong Sword in his hand, as if he was protecting the sword, not Lin Yaoxi himself.
Lin Yaoxi and Xue Shaoling pushed open the wooden door one by one, and then saw an extremely terrifying scene: the gray-clothed skeleton was suspended in mid-air, and the white gas overflowing from Aunt Lu and her husband lying on the bed was continuously entering the skeleton's nose bone. 、
Xue Shaoling shouted, and immediately swung his sword at the gray-clothed skeleton: "It's not good, he's sucking the essence of these two." But his sword really missed, cut off the bed beam, and woke up the Lu couple.
Seeing this, the gray-clothed skeleton roared and hurriedly rushed the door, Lin Yaoxi followed closely and threw out two flying blades from his waist, brushing the gray-clothed skeleton's waist, and blood immediately gushed out.
Seeing this scene, Lin Yaoxi was not as scared as she was just now, thinking to herself that person was not a ghost, otherwise how could he bleed?
At the moment when Lin Yaoxi hesitated, the gray-clothed skeleton had already rushed to the door, just in time to bump into Lan Lingxiang, who had already loaded the bullet, and the other party unceremoniously fired two shots at the gray-clothed skeleton's left and right knees, knocking him to the ground, and Xue Shaoling, who was behind, hurriedly rushed forward and tied his hands with ropes.
The bone-like hand was not as easy to bolt as a normal person, and Xue Shaoling added several restraint spells to completely subdue the gray-clothed skeleton.
"It looks like there's such a thing as a ghost attack, thank you so much. Aunt Lu's husband thanked him repeatedly.
Xue Shaoling waved his hand: "The two of you are polite, it seems that this skeleton lives by sucking human essence at night, and those villagers who were attacked by ghosts are not suffering from illness, but losing their essence so that their bodies are getting weaker and weaker, and finally they die." ”
"Then my wife and I should be fine. Hearing Xue Shaoling say this, Aunt Lu's husband couldn't help but be a little worried.
Xue Shaoling hurriedly comforted: "Fortunately, your condition is not serious, this 'ghost' has been caught by us, and those villagers who have lost their essence only need to recuperate for a period of time, and their bodies will recover." ”
"I don't think so! It's not as simple as you think. Lan Lingxiang tied the spear back to his back, looked at the gray-clothed skeleton for a while, and pulled up his remaining hair, exposing his forehead to everyone, "Youna, come and have a look." ”
Yuna cautiously approached the gray-clad skeleton roaring wildly, then covered her mouth in shock: "Heaven-sent trace!
The two-moon pattern on the gray-clad skull's forehead was exactly the same as the one Yuna had seen on Kalia's head that day.
"Wife, where are you going?" Seeing that Aunt Lu was about to leave, her husband hurriedly grabbed the corner of her clothes.
Aunt Lu hunched her waist, coughed twice and said, "I'll go to see if Lu Er is okay, we have encountered such a big situation, but I don't see any movement from him." ”
"Don't look for it, your son is here. Lan Lingxiang pointed to the gray-clothed skeleton, and the expression on his face became extremely solemn.
"You say this skeleton is my son? Don't use nonsense to slander me, how can my son become like this?" Aunt Lu covered her chest and was very angry.
Lin Yaoxi hurriedly stepped forward to help Aunt Lu straighten out her breath, Lan Lingxiang did not change her opinion at all, and continued: "Don't get excited, I have sufficient evidence to prove that this skeleton man is your son Luke." ”
Lan Lingxiang paced back and forth a few steps, pointing to the mark on the gray-clothed skull: "You told us that your son died in an accident more than ten years ago, and later Lopele resurrected him, which means that he is actually a Tianci Sect disciple, and all Tianci Sect members have God-given marks on their heads, doesn't this explain everything?"
"But after my son was resurrected, he has always been fine, why did he suddenly become like this?" Aunt Lu was still very puzzled.
"Your son has lost his sense of self and has been manipulated, and while I don't know how Lopelle did it, I'm sure he's experimenting with the Godsend, skeletons, also known as living corpses, who are indistinguishable from normal people during the day, and demonize into skeletons that suck human essence at night. ”
"Have we all been deceived by Lopelle?" said Aunt Lu sat on the ground weakly, unwilling to stand up despite her husband's support.
"Let's face it, there are no spells in this world that can bring the dead back to life, and your son died many years ago. When he said this, a sad look passed on Lan Lingxiang's face, and the loving face that leaned on the hospital bed to tell him a story had completely disappeared.
"What's the matter? you want to take my son?" Seeing Xue Shaoling pulling the rope on the hand of the gray-clothed skeleton, Aunt Lu couldn't help but wail.
"As I said earlier, your son is dead, he is just a living corpse that sucks human spirit. Lan Lingxiang said firmly, "For the sake of all the villagers of Grancia Village, we must expose Lopelle's conspiracy, and it is best to join up with Ling Scourge as soon as possible." ”
So the four of them took the living corpse and left Aunt Lu's house and went to the Leicester Inn, although Youna was also very sympathetic to the plight of Aunt Lu's family, but Lan Lingxiang's decision was undoubtedly correct.