Chapter 054: The Drawbridge Effect
In the dark and narrow passage, there was only a few seconds of silence, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps that were much more impatient than before. The sound echoed through the winding and twisting passages, swirling and intertwining, spreading far and wide.
Despite the dim light, Aurelia's pale face was clear.
In the dead darkness, only the sound of his own hurried footsteps remained, and as he unconsciously accelerated his pace, Aurelia's heartbeat slowly became faster, so fast that in such a silent environment, it was like thunder.
Suddenly, the ranger stopped, turned his head in a daze, and after looking at the dark passage with no end in sight for a while, he whispered, "Lanros?"
Click!
The maddening silence was thankfully short, and Aurelia clearly captured the movement this time.
It's just the sound of dripping water.
Showing obvious frustration, Aurelia turned away, but before she could lift her feet forward, she suddenly fell backwards.
"Ahh
On the wall in front of him, a pale translucent face emerged from the wall like a drowning man on the surface. Soon, a complete but very vague white figure silently walked past Aurelia who was slumped in front of her.
As for the latter, he was covering his mouth and leaning against the wall tremblingly. Staring at the frightened eyes, Aurelia watched in panic as the ghost slowly walked away, unable to recover for a long time.
Even though the hard wall behind her was damp and cold, Aurelia was eager to stuff herself into the crack after the scene just now. The darkness in the passage, the dark wind that hovers around you all the time, and the dead silence that drives people slowly mad, are not as safe as such a wall.
Wait, the wall......
Aurelia finally eased up a bit, but as her mind calmed down, she suddenly held her breath and froze in place.
Cold beads of sweat slid against her cheeks and under her chin, and the sweat-stained surface reflected a denser and more miserable whiteness.
Her pale face was further and more frightened by the strange light, and Aurelia swallowed hard, silently grabbing Sastora in her hand. As she trembled and turned her neck, the scene in her sight made her hair stand upside down.
On the moss-covered wall, distorted pale faces slowly emerged, and those blank dull eyes were firmly on her body.
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At this moment, Lanloth frowned and looked at the mark on the wall. However, Aurelia, who was supposed to stay here, disappeared.
Although he didn't expect the raven man to flee suddenly, he didn't tell Aurelia to stay where he was when he left. But it's not that he left the Lower Warrior alone, he just believes that the latter won't mess around in this strange way.
However, he overlooked that not everyone knew enough about the Shadows as much as he did.
The fear of the unknown can always make people lose their cool.
Either way, the first thing now is to find the orc before she stumbles upon her. Lanlos sank his mind, trying to grasp the faint arcane energy in this dark magic-filled space, when an extremely faint but visibly fearless scream interrupted his thoughts.
With his eyes fixed, Lanlos didn't bother casting spells to search for traces, and pulled his legs and ran in the direction where the sound came from.
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"Uh......" fell off the ramp, and Aurelia's vision suddenly widened, but before she could take a closer look at the hall, instinctive fear drove her to the corner with her pain, her nervous gaze constantly scanning back and forth in the empty hall.
The many collapsed halls were in disarray, clusters of cyan flames floating in the air shaking from the air she had intruded into.
However, Aurelia had no time to scrutinize the place, her bloodshot eyes were going back and forth in all corners, and she looked cautious and trembling, as if she were hiding from something terrible.
In fact, it is.
From the ruined walls, a miserable white phantom slowly emerged from it, floating aimlessly in the air. Not just one, followed by a group of ghosts of all shapes and sizes. Some of them don't have a lower body, some have only half of their body left, and some even have only one head. Without weight, they floated slowly in the air like the cyan flames that floated in the air.
In the corner, Aurelia, whose face was flushed with breath, silently lifted Sadora. However, as she took out the arrows, the seemingly subtle grinding sound of the arrows ignited something in the revenants in an instant.
More than a dozen pairs of miserable white and terrifying eyes looked at her one after another.
Trembling, but the bowstring was open, Aurelia had no intention of stopping, and almost instinctively shot the arrow.
Dangdang!
The arrow passed through the ghost's body as if through air, and nothing happened. The arrow slammed into the stone pillar in the distance, falling weakly, and the crisp sound sounded so harsh to Aurelia at this moment.
Looking at the ghosts that were densely approaching him, although there was no sound, the invisible sense of oppression made a feeling of despair quickly rise in Aurelia's heart.
Airplanes!
Just as the pale arm was about to touch her, a golden light, like the dawn of dawn, illuminated the dark clouds that almost crushed her in Aurelia's heart.
Whewββ!
The terrible wails were mixed with boundless pain, and the terrifying ghosts, like snowflakes in the sun, quickly dissolved. Despite the unsettling screams in her ears, Aurelia let out a long breath of cloudy air, and she was on the verge of collapse.
A blue glimmer suddenly flashed around her, and Aurelia only felt a pair of powerful arms wrapping around her waist, and the rudimentary metal armor gave her a strong sense of security at this moment.
"It's okay, it's okay. Seeing the other party like this, Lanlos could think of the reason even with his ass. As soon as he flashed, he grabbed the other party's cold little hand, took it into his arms, and immediately comforted the other party with soft words.
Although Aurelia didn't say a word, the tightened arms and the rapid gasping sound in his ears had imprinted the wavering emotions in the other party's eyes in Lanlos's eyes.
Even for someone like Aurelia, it's hard to calm down when faced with these ghosts alone. Not only because of the lingering horror impression left by the latter, but also because of the martial arts that Aurelia is good at, and it does not have any effect on ghosts.
At the same time, the ghost's way of acting in defiance of the terrain easily defeated Aurelia's vaunted agility. In this powerless situation, fear and despair quickly overwhelmed her.
Moreover, the reason why these unconscious ghosts chase after her is to absorb the life energy of the living. With the invisible touch again and again, the feeling of coldness and suffocation has spread all over her body.
The double blow of physical and mental damage made her almost collapse.
Lanloth gently patted the ranger's back, and as the holy light energy slowly poured into the opponent's body, the latter's body temperature gradually returned to normal.
However, Aurelia, who calmed down, did not turn her face and deny people as usual, she silently raised her head, looking at the eyes full of anxiety and nervousness, and a similar scene inexplicably appeared in her mind.
What a rivalry......
Aurelia didn't notice that her face, which had always been unsmiling, was slowly softening. As her gaze unconsciously slid to the other party's lips and heart, the beating speed inexplicably accelerated.
Unfortunately, Lanlos didn't seem to notice the cardiac arrest. After easing the Ranger's physical condition, he turned his gaze to the surroundings. Although the Divine Nova surpassed the wandering spirits just now, because of the appearance of the Holy Light Energy, more and more ghosts were attracted to this hall.
Seeing the dense white ghosts slowly floating towards them, Lanloth's hands once again gathered a dazzling golden light.
Wooββ!
Suddenly, a familiar murmur came from far and near. With this strange and empty sound, the ghosts screamed and fled as if they had seen a natural predator. In just a moment, the hall returned to its former dead silence and darkness.
"That voice, we heard it when we were on the ground. Aurelia frowned.
"That's right. After making sure it was safe, Lanlos gently picked up the still limp ranger and looked at the only passage in the hall with a deep gaze, "Perhaps, I know what it is." β
The Redemption of Azeroth
The Redemption of Azeroth