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"What's going on?"

Natya Vida asked with a frown.

"I think I've heard someone saw a ghost." A member of the team next to him replied.

"Let's go over and take a look."

Natyavida used her staff to accumulate a fire spell and led the two team members in the direction of the crowd.

"Bullet Three"

Lizzie Al gestured to his teammates, and several of the Firearms cadets silently replaced them with a pure white magic bullet.

Her gesture represents the use of Light Bullets, a type of bullet designed to deal with Spirits and Wraiths.

"It's a very powerful floater, I don't feel malicious in it, I'd better not provoke it."

Agnes was also pushed to Natsu's side, and said as she looked at a blurry white shadow next to the rock wall.

This white shadow looks like an unstable mass of energy, vaguely forming a human figure, judging from the bumpy figure, it seems to be a woman.

The ghost didn't seem to see the people around it, originally it only showed its upper body in the rock wall, and then slowly walked out of the rock wall, until it walked in front of a thousand bell flowers, and stood there quietly.

After standing for a moment, its hand slowly lifted and shook there, as if beckoning something into the distance.

As he shook his hand, the position of the ghost's mouth changed slightly, as if he was speaking words and singing in a low voice.

"What's that sound?"

The players began to stir.

"It seems to be...... The sound of wind chimes. ”

"It sounds like that, and I always think it sounds good."

Most of the people began to listen intently to the melodious wind chimes coming from nowhere, and for a while the cave was quiet.

"Agnes, is this voice a mental attack?"

Natsu asked Agnes next to her.

Agnes closed her eyes and pointed a finger to her ear, and after a while she lowered her hand and opened her eyes: "No, this is just a fragment of a memory, because this ghost's thoughts are too strong, and the spiritual power is reflected in this cave. ”

"Xia, although this ghost has no malicious intent, the spiritual power fluctuation on its body is too strong, and if you get closer, it will be affected, and I am not sure if it will attack people who are close, which will interfere with our investigation." Natya Vida walked over and said with a frown.

"Don't panic, everyone."

Xia said to the people around him:

"Let's wait a minute, maybe after a while it will leave on its own."

This time, the captain of the team was Natsu, and she ordered a few people who were familiar with her to be the backbone of the team, plus Wendy deliberately selected those people she had saved before to add to the team, and under her prestige, she stopped everyone's uneasiness with just one sentence.

"Sister, this ghost's Lambard fluctuation is more than thirteen thousand, and it will be very dangerous if it goes berserk."

Lizzy El also came over and pointed the sight on the top of the rifle at the ghost, which displayed the number 13257, and kept changing as the ghost moved. This is an auxiliary system that detects enemies in actual combat, and can be activated with mana.

"Hey, that's interesting."

Xia leaned over to the scope and looked at it, and the system reminded her of the combat effectiveness tester in a certain work.

It's a pity that she can't release her magic power at the moment, otherwise she really wants to take it in her hands and try it for herself, as long as she speaks, Al will definitely not refuse.

"It's too close!"

Agnes said unhappily as she parted the two men who were almost about to touch their heads together.

Al stuck his tongue out at her and grimaced, but this time the two were not in a row.

At this time, in the eyes of everyone, the ghost suddenly stopped beckoning.

Its face stopped changing, and it stood still for a moment, slowly walking towards the other side of the rock wall.

"The volatility value has decreased, and its sentiment seems to have stabilized." The number on the sight became 6501, Al reported.

"Natia Vida, Abner, Agnes, the four of us follow it and let the others stay put."

Natia Vida and Egnes nodded, the former giving instructions to the mages and magicians, and Al made a gesture, and the gunsmiths she led understood what she meant, and stayed where they were.

Although Al is also an excellent student, her strength is still a little worse than those people, and Xia doesn't plan to let her follow.

"I said, don't let me take the lead, my attacks won't work against ghosts."

Abner said with a pale face.

"You ran to the front by yourself, and you blame someone else?"

Agnes unceremoniously debunked him.

"Alright, Master Mage, I'll follow behind to protect you." Albernar slipped away to the end, holding his shield and looking nervously at the white shadow. Probably subtly influenced by rumors, he classified Xia as a magician.

The ghost didn't walk very fast, and the cavern was so large that it took several minutes to reach the other side.

Then it paused in front of the rock face, stepped into the rock, and vanished.

"Gone?"

Albernar immediately jumped out from behind in high spirits: "It must have been my might that scared the ghost away, long live the warrior!" ”

"Coward."

Agnes muttered.

"Natia Vida, thank you for your hard work."

Natsu turned her head and looked at Natya Vida behind her.

Natyavida nodded, and with her short staff, she unleashed a cyan fire spell that smashed into the rock wall.

I don't know what this cyan flame is made of, but it didn't burst when it came into contact with the rock wall, but turned into scattered sparks and burned on the rock.

"There are traces of a magic circle on this rock."

This time, even a magical idiot like Xia saw the white lines on the rock, which gradually appeared under the scorching flames.

"This rock is very thick, plus these magic arrays, I'm afraid it will take A-grade magic to blow it up, do you want to do it?"

After the flames were extinguished, Natyavida asked as she touched the hot rock with her hand.

"Don't waste your mana."

Natsu stepped forward and stretched out a hand that was attached to the white magic threads.

As soon as her hand applied the white lines, the horizontal and vertical magic threads immediately dimmed, as if they had been drained of power.

Then, starting from the area where her palm touched, the phenomenon quickly spread like a spider's web, and in just a few moments, all the magic threads on the rock lost their original light.

"Magic Link...... All disconnected? ”

Agnes and Natia Vida, both masters of magic, were speechless in shock.

This strange thing in front of them is far beyond their cognition.

"Natsu, how did you do that?"

Natya Vida couldn't help but ask.

She knew that her friend had some secrets, but in all her magical knowledge and knowledge, she had never been in such a strange situation.

You must know that the principle of the magic array is different from physical defense, there are traps and trigger points everywhere, not to mention violent destruction, even it takes a certain amount of time for a master of magic to crack it, otherwise there will be unpredictable consequences.

It could just be a reflex of magic, hurting the person trying to crack it; It could also be an explosion, a collapse; There are even defensive magic arrays that violently invade and completely lock the entrance, triggering other terrifying traps to permanently seal the hidden secrets.

"Sister Xia is much more powerful than you think."

Agnes said triumphantly, as if she had done what had just happened.

She has now reached the point of blind worship of Xia, even if someone says that Xia can blow up the royal capital at once, I'm afraid she won't doubt it.

After losing the maintenance of the magic array, the rock in front of it quickly fell downward, revealing a swarthy entrance.

"The air is normal, there is no miasma or poison, there should be vents inside."

In order to prevent danger in the hole, Agnes first sat in a wheelchair and felt it, and then turned to the three of them after confirming that it was safe.

"I'll be in front."

Albert took out a new broadsword, the one he had disposed of last time because of his poor attack power, and this time he found a sharper one.

He was just about to be the first to go in, but was stopped by Natsu.

"No, let me do it."

After she finished speaking, she put the long black knife across her chest and walked in slowly.

Natsu's eyesight is very good, not only can she see ghosts and resentful spirits directly, but her vision in the dark is much wider than normal, which is why she stopped Abner.

A pure warrior like him, who doesn't know how to fight and has nothing to do with magic, is a tragedy when he explores, and all it takes is a sharper magic trap that can kill him.

"It's quite wide inside, and I haven't found any traps for the time being, so let's come along with you."

After a while, Natsu walked out of the passage and said to the three people who were waiting outside.

"Sister Xia can see in the dark?"

Agnes had a new reason to admire Natsu in her heart, and she followed behind the two fighters in her wheelchair, while Natia Vida gave the command to "follow all of them" to the team members behind.

"It's so cold in here."

Abner sighed, and a white mist appeared.

"Idiot, don't talk!"

Agnes scolded him in a low voice as she pulled a staff from her wheelchair, the first time she had taken out her own in battle.

Probably because of her body, she used the same short staff as Natia Vida, instead of the long staff like Darrow and Edith, which would accumulate relatively less magic power, but as long as the material was improved, it would not be much worse than the long staff.

"There's a fork in the road?"

Natsu's footsteps stopped.

In front of her were two passages, one that seemed to be sloping downwards and the other that was slightly higher, and did not seem to lead to one place.

"Damn, this kind of detail is not mentioned in the manual at all, how to choose?"

She couldn't make up her mind.

"Sister Xia, hug me."

Agnes asked Natsu to pick herself up, then circled around the ground and sprinkled some black powder.

"Ghosttown Requiem."

Once she sat back in her wheelchair, she placed the cane on her lap and drew a few symbols with both hands.

There was a faint flash of magical power in the air, dissipating to the surroundings, and it seemed to contain a few pleasant notes, which made people feel refreshed when they listened to it.

"Squeak-"

After a while, a tiny white head emerged from the ground, looking around nervously.

"Come here."

Agnes beckoned to it.

As if sensing the breath on her body, the little white thing flashed and soon appeared in her hand.

It looks like a small mouse, but its form is a bit illusory, not a physical one.

"Chesta, Farr's ...... Roin"

Agnes whispered something to the little white mouse.

"This little white mouse is a ghost?"

Natsu watched with some curiosity as it jumped from Agnes' palm and ran towards one of the passages.

"Only this kid has been found around, and it will take us to follow the ghost's footsteps."

Agnes watched it disappear into the hallway, a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

Except for Xia, she basically has a trace of hostility towards the people around her, but she is very close to this kind of small thing, even if the other party is a fragile spirit that can be broken at the touch of a button.

"Little Agnes is so good, let's follow."

Natsu touched Agnes's head and said happily.

"Hey, hey."

Agnes' eyes narrowed.

Natya Vida next to her quietly hid a leaf in her hand, her expression a little gloomy.

She would do a similar tracking technique, but because of the hesitation in her heart, she was a step later than Agnes.

At this moment, Xia suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong? Sister Xia. ”

Agnes asked in the back, puzzled.

“…… Nothing, you guys go first. ”

Xia was silent for a moment and said to the team members behind him.

Although everyone didn't understand what the captain was trying to do, he continued to walk forward, and Agnes had people push herself, constantly drawing symbols on her hands, tracking the location of the little white mouse, and leading the way for everyone at the front.

Xia slowly raised his head and looked at the instruction manual that suddenly appeared above his head.

There were three more transparent options in front of her eyes:

1。 At the second fork in the road, with Abner and Litchie Al, take the path down.

2。 At the second fork in the road, together with Agnes and Natia Vida, choose the way up.

3。 （？ ）