Annan was the most suitable person - in addition to the character that Skeletron praised, he was both weak and strong.

At midnight, Skeletron asked Annan to follow him out.

Armed with a charred blanket, Annan followed Skeletron into the dark forest, where a levitation technique was applied to his body, pulling him up to the canopy.

Then Annan saw from afar, and the night in the distance suddenly erupted into a dreamy and brilliant spot of light, merging into the stars in the sky.

"This shows that the princess is still in control of Persona."

The blurry halo lasted for dozens of seconds, gradually fading. Skeletron's eyes cast a gaze into a dark wood, "Let's go back......"

Falling back into the tomb, the stone door closed, and Annan sat in front of the campfire looking at Skeletron casting spells on the gate.

"What should I pay attention to when I go?"

"The night belongs to them, don't stay too long at night and in places where there is no light. Everything else, as before, stay away from things that don't make sense, but add a clause to stay away from things that don't make sense. ”

"Why?"

"In the ruins of the ruins of the nezumi-infested ruins, will there be a little girl with a doll standing in the street?"

"You're ...... right"

"Also, it's best that you don't stay in Persona for more than three days, and if you haven't found the princess and the truth, you'll come back......"

"Why?" Annan's problems are a bit too much.

"The weird aura will continue to affect you."

"I see."

Before meditating, Annan asked, "Can I bring lemons?" ”

"Magical creatures are naturally strange shells."

"Forget it."

The lemon is not an ordinary water element, it is his eternal summoning.

The night was spent in Skeletron's quiet experiments, Annan's meditation. Occasionally, disturbing shadows linger outside the cemetery, also blocked out by high-level spells.

The next day, Skeletron opened the stone door and let the morning dew wash over the turbid air in the tomb.

Annan ended his meditation. To save time, he just ate some bread and followed Skeletron into the skeleton carriage and into the dead forest.

Two hours later, a vast lake blocked their path.

In the middle of the lake, Annan saw a city in the middle of a lake.

A magnificent mountain castle standing on top of a mountain is surrounded by three walls, which is not like it was built by man. The three white walls resemble the aura of the gods, shining in the sun.

Countless towers stand in the city of the lake, made of crystal, obsidian, or stone bricks, which are the embodiment of the belief in the gods and the power of Hearsa.

If there were seagulls hovering in the distance, and countless ships drifting on the lake, Annan really thought that he had come to Wilhelm.

But now, the pearl-like city of the lake in the distance is lifeless, with no living creatures hovering above it, and the deep waters of the lake are bottomless, and the agrounded, aborted and unowned ships are abandoned around the lakeshore.

"You didn't tell me that Persona City is surrounded by lakes...... Annan said, looking at the lake with no end in sight.

"You're afraid of water?"

"I'm scared of what's in the water."

Even outside, the ocean is dangerous. During the period of Xingyue Bay, their ships never dared to leave the coastline too far.

The Sea Clan, and the gods and beasts like Dagon, inhabit the deep sea. Who knows if there will be some behemoth lurking in the weirdly polluted lake?

"Then there's another way."

Skeletron continues to drive the skeleton carriage around the lakeside.

During this time, they avoided some of the camps in which Annan saw the sight of people and soldiers, and it seemed that the southern countries had finally made a move.

This is good news, Annan shouldn't be too lonely after entering Persona City-

Towards noon, the skeleton carriage, which had circled the lake for half a circle, stopped at a road in the middle of the lake that stretched straight to the city of the lake.

"It's just that the sea can't support the prosperity of Persona." Skeletron said.

The path in the lake, which is only about ten meters wide, looks like a wave will break down...... But it's better than facing the lake.

"Here's this."

Skeletron handed Annan a magic bag and taught him how to pour out the bone meal and release and release it.

Annan recited the incantation, and the bone powder that was sprinkled was like being picked up by a gust of wind, turning into a skeleton horse with soul fire burning in its eye sockets.

"It's going to take you to Persona. Remember, when night falls, hide yourself in a safe place. ”

Annan pocketed the charred blanket and climbed onto the back of the skeleton horse, heading off the lake-to-lake road to Persona.

Skeletron watched as Annan and the path in the lake turned into black dots and black lines, returned to the withered forest by the lakeside, sprinkled a patch of bone meal, and the skeletons began to dig a new graveyard in the woodland......

……

The closer he got to the city in the lake, the more Awe Annan was in awe of the city built by the gods themselves.

In front of the tall but desolate city gates, Annan climbed down the skeleton horse, gathered away the bone meal, and entered Hearsa City.

Walking among the empty streets, Annan looked left and right. It's much more complete than the old royal city of the kingdom of Rikanal...... Weird and not nezu-people, they have no interest in destruction and destruction.

At least for inanimate buildings.

The houses on the street look normal, but Skeletron says that normal means abnormal......

Suddenly, between the row of houses stood an upside-down house, the foundation of which had become a roof and dirt...... This is certainly not normal.

Annan bypassed the upside-down hut and headed for the second wall.

At some point, an old man suddenly ran out of a shop on the side of the road: "Please help me......"

Annan stared at the old man, took out the charred blanket in his pocket as he stepped back, and asked in a low voice, "Is he your kind?" ”

The charred silhouette crawled out of Annan's shadow and stared at the old man, who thought he was saved, retreated in fear, tripped over a stone, and screamed as he crawled: "Get out, get out!" O holy dragon god, send down the splendor of the world and help your humble servant......"

The charred silhouette shook his head slowly, it seemed that he was a living man.

"If you shout again, you'll call all the weirdos around...... She is my companion, I am going to the royal city to find the princess, who are you? ”

The old man closed his mouth first, and confirmed for a while before saying that he was the patriarch of the Fischer family, and that he had returned to Hearsites to find something.

"I was stolen something important......"

The old patriarch stayed in Hearsay City for two days, and he was wandering around the periphery, not daring to go deeper. He looked a little delirious and said incoherently, "Do you accept the commission?" I would like to entrust you with a trip to Fischer Manor to find the stolen items......"

Fischer Manor was in the inner city, but Annan rejected him: it was not easy to find something in Persona City now......"

"That's right, you have no reason to accept the commission, I don't have anything but money......"

The old patriarch clung to his head in pain.

"How much?"

(End of chapter)