Chapter 9: The Woman's Scream
After a brief discussion, everyone left.
Leo quickly returned to the room that had been arranged for him at the inn, and the Valkyrie had been instructed to wait here in advance.
The room was not big, but it was very clean, which made Leo very satisfied.
There's nothing more joyful than having a soft bed after a long journey.
Lying comfortably on the bed, Leo pondered what had just happened.
It can be seen that those people are very familiar with the "multitude water pavilion", and can be sure that there must be precious things and dangers in it that they yearn for very much.
"But I don't know anything, it's the biggest weakness and it's very likely to be exploited by them. Luckily, I didn't show any flaws just now, they don't know what I'm doing, so I have to do my best to maintain the situation. Leo muttered secretly, "Next, we still have to continue to talk less and listen more, and strive to understand the situation inside as soon as possible." ”
Leo was wary of those people, especially the eloquent Glenn and the mysterious black robe. As for the grumpy old man and the female shooter who doesn't talk much, it is even more reassuring, and the old man who is willing to expose his emotions and the woman who is weaker than himself is obviously easier to deal with.
And in this kind of improvised adventurous team, if you don't know how to protect yourself, you probably don't even know how you died. When something big happens, fires, murders, and so on are certainly quite common.
Leo is not a rookie, and certainly won't do nothing.
Quietly unleashing his mental power, after a little probing, and making sure that no one was peeping at him, he recited the incantation in a low voice.
A ball of light flickered in the palm of his hand, floating out of the wooden door in a state of invisibility, and wandering through the hallway.
The "sound-sounding orb" is a less commonly used prophecy spell, as it has a detection range of less than thirty meters and can only transmit a few sounds. As for the image, it requires a higher level of detection magic assistance.
However, it is just right to use it in the small hotel at the moment, and since there is also a level 6 mage here, Leo does not dare to make any noise.
After a few minutes, the sound-sounding orb returned, and Leo checked it carefully, but unfortunately found that there was no special sound, as if everyone had rested.
Those who dare to enter the Living Water Pavilion. How could he be so careless?" Leo smiled and shook his head, quickly putting aside his unrealistic thoughts and plunging into his usual meditation training. Only this time, for safety reasons, he did shallow meditation.
The next day, before dawn, there was a slight knock on the door.
Leo immediately broke away from meditation, suddenly opened his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Who?"
"It's me, Glenn. Prepare for your go. A voice came from outside the room.
Leo took a deep breath to calm his heartbeat, which had accelerated slightly from waking up, before responding, "Okay." I'm coming. ”
"Meet in front of the hotel. Glenn spoke, and the footsteps quickly walked away, as if he had gone to call the others.
Leo got dressed as fast as he could, and looked at the Valkyrie standing in the corner. In the end, it was decided not to take it with me.
Only Glenn saw the Valkyrie yesterday, the others didn't. If you carry it rashly, you will inevitably attract too much attention from them, which will not do you any good. At the same time, because this time it was a companion with someone else, and it was not a solo adventure, if you took the Valkyrie with you, it was likely that you would drag yourself down when you escaped.
I glanced at the hourglass I was carrying, and it was only about half past three in the night, and there were still two hours before dawn.
Leo pushed the door open and went out, arriving at the door of the hotel a moment later. Except for the old man, everyone else was already waiting there.
The town was silent in the dark, and there was no fire, and it looked eerie.
"Why is it so quiet, not even a single bug?" said the only woman uneasily.
"I've imposed a silent barrier here so that no one overhears us. The black robe said in a flat tone.
"So that's ......" Leo suddenly realized, no wonder the sound-sounding orb had no effect, it turned out to be disturbed by the silent enchantment.
It's just that I don't know if the black robe has found himself casting spells in secret.
"I see......," said the woman, glancing at the black robe with some fear, and hurriedly closed her mouth.
After waiting for a while, the old man arrived, and none of the five in the group said anything, just kept silent and began to blonde. Glenn didn't ask Leo about Valkyrie, as if he didn't know at all.
After almost two hours of walking from the town to the west, the team finally entered the swamp.
The rich water vapor, accompanied by the rotten smell of withered plants, is very unpleasant. At this moment, it was already about half past five, but the sky was still gray, and it seemed more and more depressing.
There was still no one talking, which frustrated Leo's desire to get some information.
At this time, a stone monument appeared on the muddy road.
"It's here, everyone, let's speed up and don't fall behind!" Glenn, who was at the front of the line, immediately shouted a loud reminder.
The rest of the people followed one by one, and when Leo passed by the stone monument, he unconsciously looked up.
Except for a few symbols, there is nothing special on the stele.
Leo immediately recognized that it was a Cria script, and the content on it was: "Prosperous Water Pavilion, no entry permits."
"How can there be a stone tablet in the half-plane of the mage...... Don't ...... enter," Leo shuddered for no reason.
The next moment, the stele was gone.
"What's the situation?" Leo blinked, and the strange feeling in his heart grew stronger, but now was not the time to explore this, and no one would explain it to him, so he hurried up and followed the people in front of him.
The five of them continued along the path in the swamp.
Still no one spoke, just the sound of breathing and footsteps.
A few minutes later, Leo suddenly noticed that the originally gloomy sky was finally starting to brighten, but it was not blue, but blood red!
"Prepare yourself, the entrance to the waterside is about to open, beware of other teams! We must get a head start!" Glenn said suddenly.
Hearing him say this, the faces of the rest of the people began to become more and more solemn.
Leo's hand slowly touched his arcane sword. In the soul, the commonly used magic model was quickly constructed, and the vigilance was concentrated, but the pace did not slow down.
Minutes and seconds passed.
The five of them did not stop at all, and kept moving at a uniform pace, the path ahead was flat and straight, without the slightest bend, but the soil on the ground became dry.
The blood red in the sky became more and more intense, as if the entire sky had completely turned into a pool of blood, and the intense red light dyed everything around him with the same blood color, and the air was full of blood.
Extremely depressing!
Leo snorted. I smelled a stronger smell of decay than before, but I couldn't tell what was rotting.
"It's here. Glenn said, pausing at the same time.
"Luckily, there shouldn't be any other team this time. The black-robed man said, looking like he had already used some kind of detection magic that no one else could know.
Leo followed their gaze and looked ahead, only to notice that there was nothing ahead, except for five manhole covers on the ground.
"One for each person. Hurry up and stand up, maybe someone will come back when they come. Glenn said eagerly, and took the lead towards the "manhole cover".
"No wonder there are five people, but what the hell is that?"
The moment you stand on the manhole cover. Without giving Leo any chance to observe, he had already been moved to another place.
"Sure enough, it's a half-plane, and it's indeed transferred using magical power!" Leo confirmed his guess in his heart. The curiosity and wariness of the half-plane also increased.
The path is still the same path, but it's no longer empty ahead.
The entrance to a garden comes into view, surrounded by rusty fences. The entrance door is ajar. Tall trees and flowers could be seen from outside, and the sky was finally back to normal.
Glenn walked to the garden door and gently reached forward.
"Whew!"
The flames burned instantly, and he was obviously an elemental warlock who specialized in the fire element.
In the void, a circle of flames suddenly opened, and red lines of fire instantly appeared in the air lit by Glenn's fingers, frozen in mid-air, slowly spreading outward, like an open void door.
Then, Glenn whispered a few words that were difficult to understand.
However, Leo felt that this was a very strange behavior for warlocks, as they often didn't need to cast spells.
As Glenn's voice grew louder, the original flame burned more violently, and billowed black smoke came out.
But the black smoke seemed to be blocked by some invisible barrier, and it was impossible to enter the garden in the slightest.
"It's your turn! help me! open the barrier!" Green shouted.
The old man snorted, stepped forward suddenly, and punched out.
He looked very old, but the power of this punch was quite terrifying. The old fist even had a faint yellow glow, and I don't know what kind of bloodline it is.
"Bang!"
The fist hit the center of the flames directly, and the flames burst into flames.
"Whoa!"
There was a cracking sound, and then the flames died down, leaving only the normal garden gate.
"It's okay, now that the ban has been opened, it should be able to stay in for about two hours, let's go in now. Glenn whispered a little tiredly.
The black robe nodded, did not speak, and was the first to walk in, looking a little impatient.
The old man looked back at the woman and Leo, and the second walked in.
Leo became more and more alert, but his face remained unmoved, and he followed them into the garden.
............
Since it is called the Prosperous Water Pavilion, it is indeed full of water.
On both sides of the narrow road, there are deep ponds that are difficult to see, and the water is still flowing, and there is a sound of "banging".
At first, Leo didn't think anything of it, but after a long time, he felt that the environment here was really annoying.
However, Leo soon had no time to pay attention to this, because the further he walked into the garden, the more he noticed that the plants here were very strange.
Blue leaves, black flowers, white stems, transparent fruits......
These color combinations, in normal nature, are not seen at all.
Leo carefully distinguished, but did not feel any magic fluctuations, and judging from the appearance of these plants, it did not seem to be a rare magic plant.
Soon, Leo determined that these plants were ordinary plants, no different from the outside world, but for some reason, the colors had a strange variation.
"Could it be that there was once a powerful mana radiation here that caused this to happen?, but why is there no magic left at all now?" he didn't know how many times the question had arisen in his mind.
............
The five of them continued to walk along the stone path in the garden.
The garden is not large or small due to its dense vegetation, but in the deepest part you can see a tall tower.
Leo judged that it was definitely a magic tower, and maybe something good would exist in it!
For example, the magic notes left by the legendary mage, such as the legendary magic equipment left behind by the legendary mage, such as the precious potions and materials left by the legendary mage......
"But why did they say they were going to the plantation?"
Leo was full of doubts, but now he couldn't ask anyone, now that he was in, he was probably no longer needed by them, and if he showed his cowardice at this time, the situation would only go bad.
As I walked, some pale pink and pale yellow flower bones appeared on both sides of the path, which looked very cute.
The woman at the back pursed her lips and subconsciously reached out to pluck one, and the next moment, she suddenly let out a piercing scream.
"What's going on?"
The first few people quickly turned around, and in the current environment, they were all a little nervous.
Leo noticed that the woman's face was pale, obviously severely frightened. And a flower bone is lying on the ground.
"I ...... I ......" The woman stammered, completely speechless.
Glenn glanced at the flower bones, already knowing what was happening, looked at the woman, and asked in a deep voice, "You won't be coming in for the first time, will you?"
"Yes...... Yes......" replied the woman apprehensively, and then hastened to explain, "but I have received a lot of information from Master! Please do not leave me!
The old man glared angrily and roared, "Why didn't you say it earlier, you idiot, do you want to kill us all here?"
Seeing that he was about to get angry, Glenn rolled his eyes, and hurriedly said: "It's useless to say this now, keep going, if you want to get out alive, remember! Don't touch anything here!"
As he spoke, he stretched out a foot and kicked the flower bones on the ground into the pond.
And at this moment, Leo finally understood why the woman screamed. (To be continued......)