"You can do that, Stan!" Fern complimented the knight. "I didn't realize that I could see the flaws. ”

"That's because it's really on our side, and if it's on your side, you can find out. Stan laughs sheepishly.

"Don't be modest, Stan, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to get out of danger this time. Ness was almost crying with fear just now, and the knight was no less than a hero in her eyes.

"Humility is a knightly virtue, and at no time will I forget it. Stan said again, "Excessive pride can lead to an abyss from which we will never recover, and we must be careful to beware." ”

Fern and Ness raised their eyebrows at the same time and immediately shut their mouths. Rui couldn't help but laugh as he watched it, but immediately became serious again. "The entrance to the cave is right in front of us, and we don't know what danger awaits us next. ”

Stan looks at the dark cave with a serious expression. "No matter what kind of danger it is, I am ready and conquer it. ”

"Now that we've come all the way here, I've been mentally prepared for a long time. Fern wasn't nervous, but rather relieved.

Ness looked at her companions gratefully and choked up. "Thank you...... Thank you. ”

"Let's go, get on your feet!" Fern led the way into the cave, but had only taken a few steps before retreating. "Hell, it's so dark inside that you can't see anything. ”

"I'll cast the orb of light and walk ahead with you. Ness put away her wand and held her hands in front of her chest, and a bright ball of light emerged from her palm.

"Don't the orbs of light need elemental help?" Stan asked curiously, "I thought I needed to summon the fire elemental." ”

"No, the Light Sphere Technique is a very simple magic, and the mage only needs to spend some mental power to cast it. The ball of light lit up Ness's face. "In addition, there are some spells that do not require summoning elements, such as healing, but consume much more mental power. ”

"I seem to have realized something, but I can't explain it clearly. Stan scratches at his messy hair.

"Stan, I think you might really try to learn some simple magic, you're very good at comprehension. Ness smiled, and Stan was embarrassed again.

"No one has ever complimented me so much, and the people around me have always said that I am a dead brain, you must know that the Doyle people themselves are a representative of dead brains in the eyes of the Southerners, and I am the representative of the Doyle. With that, the knight himself burst out laughing.

Everyone laughed, the road ahead full of danger was nothing at all in front of companions who shared life and death.

The path in the cave is wide enough for four people to walk side by side, with Fern and Ness leading the way and Stan and Ray close behind. The walls on both sides are very neatly hewn, and it can be seen that a lot of work has been done.

The group had been walking for almost ten minutes, and Fern suddenly found that the ball of light in Ness's hand could no longer reach the walls on either side, and the light was shining into the endless darkness, and they were in a large hollow. Ness intensified her mana, and the orb of light became brighter, so that everyone could barely see the entire inner workings of the cave.

The cave was about ten yards high, almost the size of a small church, and at the end was a large desk and a high-backed wooden chair with velvet cushions. On the walls around the cave, there are torches every five yards. From the top of the cave hang two huge chandeliers, each with ten oil lamps. In addition, there were dozens of small metal boxes on the ground surrounding the cave, so many that Fern could not count at once.

Fern stepped in a little bit, motioning for Ness to shine the light on the desk, then glanced at the table. "I've had people here recently, and the tables aren't full of dust. ”

"Could it be Adeline?" said Ness, nervously, her voice shaking.

"Quite possibly, with such a good cushion, it is certainly not an ordinary person. Fern snorted disdainfully.

"This cave may have been dug by the Sara people who used to sleep in those tents. Rui looked around, guessing.

Fern looked up as well. "It's not a project of this size that 24 people can do, there must be more people, but I don't know where to go. With that, Fern realized he had said the wrong thing and glanced back at Rui.

The mage was frowning, anger in his eyes. "As you can guess from what happened to those people outside, no one will make it out alive, and all the Sara people here must have been killed. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several small metal boxes placed in the corners suddenly clicked open, and in the dark and quiet environment, this strange sound startled everyone. Everyone looked intently in the direction from which the sound came, only to see that in each open box, a purple green smoke slowly rose, and then the green smoke slowly transformed into the shape of a person, and the blurred face was a hideous expression, and hissed, and began to float towards everyone.

"What is this?!" Fern immediately drew his sword and stood in front of Niss.

"It should be the soul, the soul of the innocent who have been killed by evil magic!" Rui pulled out his wand, but couldn't bear to use it. "Their bodies have been desecrated, but their souls have been sealed in these metal boxes, never to be freed, and I can't use shadow magic against them. ”

"When is it and do you care about this?!" Fern shouted, looking at Rui anxiously.

"No, Fern, they are all Sarahs, brutally murdered by evil magic, you have just seen what their physical condition is, how can I bear to banish their souls to the Shadow Plane again?" Rui stubbornly stared into Fern's eyes, still reluctant to use dark magic.

"Then why don't you ask them, can you spare us for the sake of you being Sarah?" Fern took Ness's hand and stepped back together, all the way to Ray's side. "Wake up, Rui!"

At this moment, the rest of the metal boxes seemed to be summoned by their companions who were already floating in the air, and they all opened one by one, and all the souls began to float towards the four people in the corner, hissing and hitting the eardrums one after another. The purple hands were raised forward, and the fierce expression seemed to tear apart the four people in front of him.

Fern had already raised his sword, ready to slash at the soul floating in front, but Rui held down his right hand.

"Are you crazy?" Fern struggled to break free of Rui's hand and set himself up again.

Ness also clutched Fern's left hand. "No, Fern, their grievances are too heavy, evil magic has driven them to a dead end, and the decaying corpses are nothing to their current pain, and your actions will only provoke their anger even more. ”

"So what are we going to do, wait for them to come and strangle us to death?" Fern glanced at Niss helplessly, still not putting down his sword.

"Don't we have holy water? why don't we try it, though I'm not sure if holy water is useful to these poor souls. Stan takes the bottle from his belt and unscrews the lid.

Rui's eyes lit up. "Stan, you're a genius! Holy water is even more effective for souls than Dark Tide. The mage quickly unscrewed the lid of the bottle he was carrying. "I'll explain it later, and deal with these souls in front of me first. ”

Fern and Ness also opened the flask. "I'll try it first. With that, Fern poured a mouthful of holy water into his mouth and squirted hard at the two souls who had almost reached him. When the holy water sprayed on them, the souls seemed to suddenly give up all hatred, raised their hands high, and slowly rose into the air silently, and finally disappeared.

"It really works!" Fern saw hope, and his movements became faster, squirting several mouthfuls of holy water in succession, freeing several nearby souls from the shackles of evil magic.

"This will not work, our holy water is simply not enough to deal with so many souls. Stan looked at the dense crowd of souls behind him and said worriedly, "I really don't know how many people this evil mage has killed." ”

"I thought of a way! We could use the airflow. Ness suddenly cried out, "You pour out the holy water slowly in front of my wand, and I control the air flow to quickly blow the holy water away, so that the holy water can be sprinkled on these souls as much as possible." ”

"Good idea, ready, they're coming!" Fern held up the bottle, already ready, waiting for Ness's spell to cast.

Ness still maintained a bright ball of light in her left hand, raised her wand in her right hand, and quickly recited the incantation, the stagnant air in the cave flowed rapidly, and a wind formed in this closed cave. The mage swung his wand forward, and a strong gust of wind blew forward, and Fern immediately tilted the bottle and slowly poured out the holy water. The blue liquid flowed downward, and was immediately blown away the moment it entered the range of wind magic, and flew forward quickly, pouring on the souls directly in front of it, and several souls rose into the air.

"Great, that's it!" Rui excitedly looked at the holy water that was blown out and the rising soul. "I felt like I saw their expressions of gratitude before they disappeared. ”

Fern had finished pouring the holy water with him, and stood by watching Stan and Ness spray the holy water on the souls in the other direction. "Rui, about your irrational behavior, I need to talk to you when it's safe to do so. ”

But Rui ignored him, still looking up at the soul floating in the air. "Didn't you notice? They really appreciate us!"

Fern followed Rui's gaze noncommittally, and a fading soul looked at them, no longer with a hint of fierceness on his blurred face, replaced by a soft smile, and the mercenary suddenly understood something at this moment. "Yes, Ray, they're thanking us......"