No matter how long-lived the tree is, it will wither one day, and no matter how long the journey is, it will eventually come to an end. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Aluka and Dalton finally came to the stairs leading to the last floor of the haunted house, and there was only one child left who had not been found, and if nothing else, Aluka would be able to return to the original place after passing through here.

Before walking up the steps, Dalton asked without looking back, "Uncle...... Can we really get out of here?"

"I'm sure I'll leave...... "But you're ...... It may depend on luck. I have something to ask you, what is the name of the person we haven't found yet?"

"If the villain I just met was Natalie, the only thing left was Hart. I don't think he's going to die here, he's the most mature, bravest, and smartest of our friends...... Well, he gives me the same feeling as you. ”

Aruka snorted disdainfully, "That's impossible. Even if he can be as smart as me, he won't have the same limit as me. In this regard, I am confident that I will not lose to anyone!"

"What are you proud of there!"

"Don't talk nonsense, put me down, and I'll take care of the rest. ”

Dalton was stunned for a moment, then silently put Aluka on the ground and said bitterly, "You can't let me go, can you...... I don't blame you, uncle. Maybe this is my fate, I hope you can help me get revenge......"

"It's too early to give up, I promised you I wouldn't leave you. I'm a person with no principles and no lower limits, but as long as I make a promise, I'll keep it, no matter what the cost......" Aruka said, unleashing a storage spell. In the past, he had only opened a spatial rift that only allowed his arm to pass through, but this time he directly tore the space out of a rift that was more than a person high, and a dazzling white light overflowed from it.

After using up the storage, a cold sweat broke out on Aluca's head, and he found that the consumption of magic energy by this magic depended on the size of the opening spatial rift, and at this time there was no magic energy left in his mind. If he encounters the enemy again, he will only have one arm left, and he will have to use the flash and the iron sword to maneuver. Here he made a serious mistake...... Forgot to take out the Scepter of Fire, but he didn't realize it.

But...... It doesn't matter.

In Aluca's mind, there was never such a thing as "cost" or "risk". If he wants to do something, he will do it no matter what, and no one can stop him, including himself.

"I'm just a participant, so I'll be teleported out according to the rules when I finish the game. But you're already part of the game, and you can't leave it by the usual means. And I think there's a good chance that we'll trigger some events as soon as we go up to the third floor, and even if I want to do something to take you away, there's no time left, so now is your only chance to escape from here. The way to do it is ...... Step into this spatial rift. ”

Dalton trusts Arouca very much, but is still a little timid: "You have to tell me what this is, right?"

"It's a space that theoretically belongs to me...... At least for the time being, there is no danger inside, and it is difficult to say in the future. "Aluka is still distrustful of the End, and his personal space is a part of the End, and who knows if the gods will do anything in it, but that's the only way he can think of it. "I've only put soulless and lifeless things in there, and I haven't tested whether living things can enter...... Strictly speaking, you should be some kind of life between life and death, and you don't have a physical body, so I think the chances of safe entry are still relatively high. Of course, I'm never going to force people, you can choose not to go in, stay in the haunted house, and maybe have another chance to get out later. ”

"No, I'll go in. I think it's better to trust you than to let fate dictate it. Dalton muttered as he walked towards the spatial rift, "But what do I think you just want to experiment......

Aluka smiled weirdly, "Hmph...... It's not entirely without this idea. But I can assure you that the chances of you getting in safely are good. ”

Dalton's curiosity about Aluka had long been over, and after staring at the haunted house that had bound him for an unknown amount of time, he jumped into Aluca's personal space without hesitation. The moment he entered his personal space, Dalton's body appeared to float and stopped moving, as if it were an ordinary suit of armor.

Aluka shouted twice in front of the rift, but Dalton didn't respond.

"Did the space not allow creatures to enter, so it wiped out his soul?, or did it just go into a dormant state and wake up again after leaving the space...... Forget it, let's look into it later. Tick-tock, time is ticking. Aluka shook his head, he had been feeling the cold getting colder and colder in the haunted house since just now, which was obviously not a good sign, maybe he stayed too long, violated the rules of the game, and caused some bad changes. And Dalton couldn't feel the temperature change, he just had touch, hearing and some basic senses, and Aluca didn't tell Dalton about it, lest Dalton's blood boil and he had to stay and help him.

"Even if I only have one arm left, I don't need anyone's help......" Aruka sneered as he walked up the stairs to the third floor, selectively ignoring that Dalton had been busy all this time, and that he had been sitting on the floor resting except for his brain......

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Walk up to the third floor and you'll be greeted by a small door. Aluka had observed the structure of the building when she was outside the haunted house, the first and second floors were about the same size, containing multiple rooms, and the third floor was just an attic. Generally speaking, the thriller scenes in horror movies mostly take place in places like the attic. The light is dark, there are many clutter, the space is cramped, and there is silence...... With so many elements to scare people, it's not surprising that anything happens inside. You may see a stove grinning at you, a toy wooden horse rocking on its own, an oil lamp flickering on and off, and the shadow of a child darting past you, only to be seen missing when you look closely......

As a person who has read all kinds of classic horror movies in ancient and modern times, Aruka naturally took a few deep breaths before opening the door, and was mentally prepared to be startled, before reaching out to push the small door in front of him.

I didn't expect ......

When he pushed the door, and when the tips of his fingers touched the small door, the door disappeared. Not only that, but the entire haunted house is gone. Aluca finds himself standing on a hill, as if he'd never been to a haunted house and had been standing here all along.

Looking back, there was a black fog under the hill, which clearly prohibited traffic. He could only make his way up the hill, where there was a cliff, and a small dark shadow could be faintly seen.

"Could it be that all I just experienced was a hallucination? I want to open up my personal space and have a look......" Aruka muttered, without hesitation. He wanted to see if Dalton in his personal space was still there, if he wasn't, then he had experienced a hallucination, and he had actually been standing on this hill all along, so everything he had experienced before would not be accurate. If Dalton is still there, it means that he was teleported here the moment he opened the door, and this possibility is relatively high.

However, he didn't release the magic needed for the storage technique again......

Arriving at the edge of the cliff, Aluka realizes that the shadow she sees is the last child. He knelt on the ground facing the cliff, which is why he looked very short. This child is not human, judging by his pointed ears, standard melon seed face, light blue skin, and much above-average height, he should belong to the elven race that is common in the magical world.

"This sucks...... I would have made such a low-level mistake. Before Dalton left, I should have asked him what the world was like...... If there are elves, will there be orcs?" Aruka's thoughts began to drift from the topic again, "What's this elf's name? Oh, yes, Hart." ”

Aluca patted Hart on the shoulder and asked, "Are you still alive?"

If Hart's little friend can answer Aluca, that's the real horror. His body was unharmed, but his head was miserable. His eyes, nostrils, mouth, and ears were covered with sulfur, and his eyeballs had been charred as if someone had set a fire in his skull. From the inside out, burn it to ashes.

"I think I've seen this way of death somewhere......" Aruka carefully studied the corpse of Hart's child, and determined that the fatal wound was the inside of the head burned out, "By the way, isn't this the method used by angels in the world of the Winchester brothers? Could it be that there are angels in this world with similar settings, or that the pen fairy they summoned was originally an angel?"

In Aluca's memory, there were no angels in the theological system of the Saint-Ainos continent, let alone heaven. Each of the main gods has their own kingdom, and after death, devout believers ascend to the kingdom of God and become a servant of God, that is, the lowest dweller of the divine realm. However, whether this statement is true or not has not been confirmed.

"So, just let me see how the Smurfs died?" Aluka asked aloud, "Hey, is there anyone? Can you give me a hint?

Perhaps someone really heard him, and after he asked the heavens, it rained as black as ink. The rain was unusually cold, like a deep sea pouring down. When it falls on a person, it becomes a transparent color and does not contaminate anything it touches.

The pipe-smoking sun descended from above the cliff and looked at Aluca with a playful look and a smoke ring......

"It's called ...... Where the sun sets, the black rain is pouring down. Aluka cautiously drew her sword, "This is terrible, I used up all my magic energy to pretend to be X, and I can't even take out the Scepter of Fire." If there is another fight......"

But...... No enemy appeared, except for a piece of paper that fell in the black rain and floated in front of Aluca. Aluca reached for it and found that this time there was no graffiti on it, but a text written on it:

Seeing his companions die one after another, the last survivor's heart burns with the flames of revenge. He is braver, smarter, and more clever than his friends, so he uses the rules of the game to make a wish that it is possible to defeat the devil...... However, he ultimately failed. The kind boy disappeared and turned upside down...... The gods are still waiting for the rest of the victims......

If you want to find hope in life, you must first have the courage to face death. ”

Upside down...... The god was clearly the name of the devil, but the middle part was covered in a stain of blood.

Aluka stood motionless on the edge of the cliff, staring at the piece of paper for a long time, and suddenly laughed maniacally: "Hmph...... Hahaha...... It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous...... So that's it...... It's simply the funniest joke I've ever heard......"

After laughing, he took a few deep breaths and jumped off the cliff to the bottom of the black mist.