Chapter 73: The Ghost Castle in the Hidden Forest (Sanjiang PK Seeks to Read~)
The Isle of Shadows sits on the boundless waters of eternity.
It took several months of sailing east to reach the Far Eastern continent, where Kamavia was located.
The closest to the west, the Ishtar rainforest, the almost uninhabited Amaranh, is also hundreds of nautical miles.
When it was still Fuguang Island, this area was inaccessible due to the dense fog that would cause the direction of navigation to be lost, but there were still boats traveling on the island.
After that, Fuguang Island became a shadow island that devoured living beings, and the evil black fog swept across the country from time to time, expanding involuntarily every year.
Except for the desperate scavengers who are trying to get to the island to find treasures, no one will approach this dark sea at all.
Leaving without a boat to take is a big problem.
Due to the burden on the body caused by using Transcendental for too long, Josh was unable to support arcane flight over long distances.
According to Josh's original plan, he would take Gwen away from the Shadow Isle, at least away from the range of the black fog disturbing the spiritual realm.
He will then use the Warp Realm Leap to teleport with Gwen to the Python Islands of the Bajou Sect to inquire about the refugees on Fuguang Island.
According to estimates, they will probably need to go to the area between the Shadow Isle and the coast of Amaranhein, and they should be able to completely escape the effects of the black fog.
This is the conclusion of Josh's insight into the decreasing level of pollution in the spiritual realm.
Not only that, but this is about the limit distance of arcane teleportation with transcendent blessings.
They are now located in the Helia range, at the southern end of the Isle of Shadows, and will have to travel a dangerous distance to the north.
This distance of hundreds of miles, Josh can still bear it.
What's more, with the help of her own scissors, runes and special magic intertwined with spirits, Gwen also has a certain ability to fly.
However, despite the good plan, there are always accidents along the way.
Access to the northern island can be through the ancient forest area, which is the closest route that crosses two points in a straight line.
For now, though, it's more appropriate to refer to the Ancient Woods as "Twisted Jungle".
Morkai, whose appearance has been distorted by the curse of ruin, still inhabits it, and his stance towards humanity has shifted from absolute neutrality to hatred.
Before the curse of ruin, it was impossible for Mokai to treat Josh who had a dark spawn, and now he would not allow him to pass, and there was a high probability that he would even attack directly.
But to avoid the ancient forest area, the area that needs to be detoured is larger.
The eaux-de-vie have given birth to many magical species.
When the Great Destruction consumes everything, these equally affected magic species are distorted by the magic of the Filthy Curse, and even dare to attack Josh and Gwen under the coercion of the world's runes.
In the ruined woods, Gwen pulls the glowing magic threads and retracts dozens of larger sewing needles to their original forms.
A spirit with four heads, cheeks glued together, completely distorted, and unable to see its original appearance, completely dissipated under the baptism of the baptism of the lead with the breath of holy mist.
"Another one!" The corners of Gwen's lips went up, and she looked at Josh very excitedly, "I'm getting better and better!" ”
It's like being a child doing a good deed, showing off to their elders, hoping to be recognized.
"Well done." Josh didn't look in Gwen's direction, slightly perfunctory, "But we shouldn't waste our time here...... Come here. ”
"Oh."
Gwen's excitement was hit by Josh's attitude, and she quickly fell to the bottom, pouting a little sullen, but still trotting quickly to Josh's side.
Along the way, Gwen dealt with most of the evil spirits that came from the attack without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and only if she couldn't fight it, Josh would take action to destroy it.
Josh didn't explain for the time being, and Gwen didn't know that the reason why he didn't make a move was because Gwen's Holy Haze could completely kill the Mistwalker.
But sometimes, this little girl who has just been freed and thinks that it is her responsibility to eradicate evil spirits will always kill her eyes.
If it weren't for Josh's repeated reminders, she might have been led to some dangerous place by the undead.
How many days will it take to leave the island?
Time had returned to flowing, and it had been a long time since the last dinner, and Josh could faintly hear his stomach grumbling.
After a moment's thought, Josh beckoned Gwen to walk over to a stinking grey-green swamp that stretched across their path.
He pointed to the gurgling bubbles that churned up from the viscous liquid, and reminded:
"This used to be the source of a stream that irrigated the fields, and there were a lot of dilapidated mire toads down there, I don't know what they were capable of, but they were poisonous...... Are you going to get rid of them too? ”
Gwen covered her mouth and nose and couldn't help but take two steps back, her eyes shining with disgust and disbelief, "Josh! You ......"
"Just kidding."
[Haha, that's a funny joke.] Runicia said as if reading it.
"Hmm!" Gwen puffed up her little face and said angrily, "Please stop making such jokes on girls!" ”
"I'm sorry, Miss Gwen, but I just wanted to remind you that we've been here for hours."
Josh shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "According to my original plan, we should have arrived at the scheduled place and left here after such a long time. ”
Realizing that the problem came from herself, Gwen couldn't help but blush, and the slightest anger that had arisen was instantly dispelled, and she felt embarrassed.
"It's me who should apologize!" Gwen's little brain shook like a rattle, "I'm not going to make any more trouble!" ”
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Gwen complied with Josh's arrangement and stopped taking the initiative.
Arcane lifted the two of them over the swamp, and the rest of the journey went smoothly.
Arriving in a chaotic jungle, Josh and Gwen are haunted for a moment by a predator spirit wrapped in white robes and masks that can summon more cursed dead.
It wasn't until they reached the middle of the island that Gwen grabbed Josh's clothes again and suddenly stopped him, "Josh, can you wait?" ”
Josh gradually dispelled the arcane energy, steadily lowering them into a fairly wide clearing among the dead trees.
"What's wrong?"
Gwen wanted to speak and stopped, biting her lip and looking very entangled, "I ......"
"Am I that terrible?" Looking at her appearance, Josh couldn't help but smile dumbly, "Do you want to ask about that magic castle in the forest?" ”
Gwen looked up in surprise, and her strange eyes, which no mortal could reproduce, met Josh's gaze.
Before Gwen could speak, Josh guessed her thoughts, "You can feel the magic breath, don't you think I can't?" ”
"Yes."
But in the next second, Gwen's expression became tangled again, "Can we take a look?" I have a hunch...... If I don't go, I'll regret it. ”
"No problem."
Josh's eyes looked in the direction of the source of the mana, and he temporarily pulled out the World Rune Transcendence that had been integrated into his body, and put it back in the box of the cloth bag.
The aura of those ghosts is very similar to Gwen's, and it is also born from the combination of the magic of the Holy Haze and the Vasani tribe to "turn stillness into movement".
Even if Gwen doesn't mention it, Josh has to check on the situation.
But to exert the power of the world runes, it is bound to scare the ghosts who can't feel malice.
"Thank you so much!"
Gwen looked happy and ran to the front in high spirits.
The world runes have been put away, and the fogwalkers who have followed all around are ready to move again.
In order to avoid an accident with Gwen, Josh immediately followed.
The two of them did not travel long through the rugged woods and some of the ruins, and soon arrived at the door of a magnificent white palace made of white porcelain.
Each pair wore gold metal blindfolds and wore blue and white intertwined gowns and evening dresses, similar in style to Gwen's gothic dress.
[Doll castle, turn into ghost doll men and women...... After the ruining of this boring island, it is really getting more and more interesting. 】
When the main entrance of the palace slowly opened, each pair of ghost men and women entered the more luxurious and luxurious foyer in an orderly manner.
Soon, only Josh and Gwen were left standing side by side.
At this moment, a chubby man wearing a white mask, a loose blue gown, blue hair curled up in two pieces back and upward, tied with multiple blue bows, and a somewhat similar hairstyle to Gwen's, walked out.
He waved a lovely blue-pink bow tied in his right hand, like the baton of an arrow, and several crystalline butterflies composed of holy mist and Vasani magic flew out from the top, flapped their wings a few times and then dissipated into particles, reintegrating into the mana flow of the mansion.
The fat man squinted and smiled, saluted Josh and Gwen, his voice was hearty and honest, and he said in a skillful Kamavia:
"We cordially invite your two partners to the 'Midnight Extravaganza' for a party of a lifetime!"