"Intruder!" The lich immediately became alert, turned to look in the direction of the team, and the flames in his eyes became scorching, "Kill them!" ”

The two nearest wraiths slid towards them—sheer invisibility alone could not stop their perception. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Yuffie put her left hand on her chest, and a pure white aura exploded outward with her as the center of the circle, hitting the chest of the two black shadows. They let out a miserable cry and tumbled into a cloud of black smoke.

It was Edda's light of life, the true power of the gods—the undead created by imitating Ada's divine magic, naturally suppressed from the root.

"Ada's Chosen One?!" There was a slight hint of disbelief in the lich's voice, "No way, who are you!" ”

He held out a finger to Yuffie, and the withered, blackened fingertips lit up with a gray glow. The light swept into rays, dispelling the spells that enveloped the entire team in one fell swoop, revealing everyone's figures.

More wraiths appeared in the air—or rather from the spirit realm, enveloping Yuffie and the others in every way of their retreat. Four undead guards riding drakes stepped across the street, axes and spears raised horizontally, approaching the corner where the team was. The Lich himself, on the other hand, keeps a cautious eye on Yuffie and Yudina, ready to crack their spells.

Yuffie spun her brain quickly. Why are there liches here? Could it be that Stark, the Lich, left behind two hundred years ago to help him return to this world - but what about the demons who are at war with the undead, Stark's enemies in the abyss?

No, it doesn't make sense. The polluted creatures of the outside world, and the creatures of purgatory, are more like the influence of the lower planes, that is, hell or abyss. This means that it is indeed the demons who want to escape from this lock. And the actions of this group of undead are more like trying to weaken the opponent's combat power in order to prevent this from happening.

She thought of a possibility, so she winked at Lin, and then opened her mouth—

With a flick of the lich's fingers, a bolt of lightning slashed straight at her face. However, the blonde girl reacted faster, and she stood in front of Yuffie for a moment, the golden wings behind her appeared out of thin air, closing in front of her into a tough wall.

Lightning slashed across the golden scales, bursting with dazzling sparks and piercing loud noises, leaving only a faint trace.

"It's a little hot." Lynn retracted her wings and said lightly.

"Dragons!?" The lich was really a little surprised this time, no matter what, the dragon clan is not something that ordinary people can afford to mess with, and it is not even so easy to meet each other. He wanted to do something, but the sound amplified by the magic reached his consciousness at the same time-

"Don't be in a hurry, Mr. Lich." Yuffie stared directly at the pair of jumping flames and made sure they were looking at her too, "It's rude for us to trespass here." If I'm not mistaken, you must be the exploration team sent by the Kingdom of Elders nearly two hundred years ago, right? ”

The air froze in an instant. The four undead guards stopped approaching, and the lich froze for a moment, then gestured to return the undead army to its place.

"What time is it?" He asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "Who are you?" ”

"It is now the 481st year of the San Leon calendar. Like you, we are an expedition party approved by Her Majesty and appointed by Lady Shilinfell to investigate the changes taking place in the forests outside. Yuffie replied calmly, taking out the 'key' from his bosom - the jagged oak leaves glowed softly green, still visible in the setting sun, "Can you tell us what you discovered during your time here, and how you came here to lead the undead in battle against demons?" ”

She glanced back at the others, who thoughtfully took out their own keys and displayed the eight blades in front of them.

"Sure enough...... After all this time, the kingdom still sent people here. The lich pondered for a moment before raising his hand and letting the spirits surrounding Yuffie and the others retreat, "I'll tell you what happened to us since we entered the lockdown. On the other hand, I also want to know what happened out there that would cause the kingdom to send the exploration team again...... Come here to die. ”

……

In a city that was abandoned hundreds of years ago, it is naturally impossible to leave any usable everyday devices. Lichs and the undead don't need rest, nor do humans have the desire for a comfortable life. Because of this, it is difficult to find a neat place in the ruins where everyone can sit and talk.

Thankfully, no one in the Exploration Team cared about that. The three witches on the team simply use a spell to clear a clearing, and the group sits on the ground, and the lich, who calls himself Moryls, tells the story of his past and that of the undead guards.

"We came here about 160 years ago -- 50 years after the end of the war." "If I'm not mistaken," said the lich, "we are also the fifth group of ten people from the royal capital, including six lily knights, two messengers of nature, and two wizards—one of whom is me. ”

Yuffie nodded.

"The environment inside the locks is much worse than it is now, but it's not enough to cause fatal damage to us who are well protected." The lich gestured to a protective spell, which Yuffie recognized as a protective spell belonging to the living line, some of whom some call it necromancy, effective against the incursions of the same kind of magic, "We collected some samples in the wilderness and in the city, and then we decided to investigate the location of the spell, which is near the Imperial Palace. ”

Bell opened his mouth and yawned, clearly not interested in the topic. But he didn't say much, and probably knew that what the lich said was an extremely important clue. Yuffie glanced at the Beron and motioned for Morris to continue.

"The door to the palace was locked by a complex magic, and we could feel the dangerous but alluring aura coming from behind that door." The lich put his wizened right hand on his forehead, "So we settled down there and began to study how to enter the palace - and the result of the research was that only by unlocking the magic on the door could we enter the palace normally, and anything else would only trigger the trap that was preset in the palace." ”

Yuffie frowned slightly—a narrative that was consistent with her mother's explanation of Shirinfell, and was therefore largely believable. But why, the mother's team was able to successfully leave while they ...... And the rest of the exploration team can't?

More importantly, which of them belong to?