Not long after, a red light lit up. First, it looked like a lit torch. The not-so-bright light dimmed before it lasted for too long, as if someone blew a breath to extinguish it. Just as the light disappeared, countless similar red lights lit up. The light they emitted at the same time was so dazzling that the three adventurers who wanted to see clearly what was going on had to close their eyes.

"Bang!"

A deafening sound followed by a shaking shaking like a mountain.

"What happened?" Hawke finally couldn't help but speak.

"This...what the hell is this?"

Reina's voice came from behind, with unprecedented surprise. Hawke hurriedly opened his eyes, and the deep and bottomless black that reflected his eyes was no longer reflected in his eyes. A huge fireball burned to the right side of his body. Judging from the size of his body, it seemed to be the strange golem of the shape just now.

"You're so slow." Dunan forcedly twisted Hawk's head, which was still looking at the fireball: "Look at the surroundings."

Looking in the direction guided by his companion, Hawke was so surprised that he forgot to speak.

The crooked stairs floated in the air, like fragments of ships floating in the sea. It is hard to believe that they had been walking for a long time on the stairs that seemed to be unable to bear the weight of an adult.

There are all kinds of things floating in the black space, including decaying wooden tables and chairs, books of different cover colors, and even a few shriveled human corpses. However, these are not the main reasons that make people stunned. All objects are in an inverted form, which is the most confusing of the three adventurers, and completely subverts the common sense they have.

"Why are the things here upside down?" Hawke couldn't understand. Since it had been upside down, why wouldn't it fall to the ground?

"We are also upside down, Hawke." Dunan corrected his companion's words and pointed at his feet. Of course, even the most experienced ranger among the three could not explain why they could hang down without falling.

"This is the magical realm created by the mage. As long as you are still on the stairs where spells have been cast, you can walk on the flat ground." Victor's voice came from below: "This area connects to the void. Don't move if you don't want to fall into a strange place."

"Strange place?" Reina didn't quite understand why the priest used such an adjective.

"There are two exits here, one leads to the deeper tower, and the other connects to the Desolate Sea located in the lower space. In other words, it is the base camp of demons and undead." The burning fire of the golem gradually faded, and Victor had no time to explain to them one by one: "Don't waste time here, we haven't even completed half of the journey."

"Let's go, don't ask anything in such a strange place if you want to ask." Dunan stopped Hawk, who looked puzzled, shut up his mouth with tactfulness and continued to move forward.

Perhaps because of the argument that "will fall into a strange place" just now, the three of them all slowed down.

When they saw Victor again, the careful ranger soon discovered that something seemed different from the evil priest. He was still in the black robe and the cold face, but... there was always something that was indescribable.

Aware of the Ranger's gaze, Victor turned his head slightly, and his light blue eyes gathered in a focus: "Curiosity will kill the cat."

With strong warning words, Du Nan immediately withdrew his gaze and held the longbow in his hand tightly sweaty.

Yes, curiosity will bring about death. No matter what the purpose of this person is, even if his current identity is a "companion", it will not change a fact - he is an evil person.

Silence came, and the adventure team continued to advance under Victor's leadership, and the ladder came to an end without realizing it.

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An ordinary door stands at the end of the steps, made of wooden and looks a bit old.

Victor stretched out his hand and just put it on the rusty copper handle, the gray ghost immediately emerged from the crack of the door and made various ferocious expressions. Hawke was startled. After he took a few steps back, he realized that the ghost had not made any further moves, but just repeated those expressions.

"It's just an hallucination, don't take it to heart." Twist the handle, pulled it suddenly, and the door opened. The scene in the eyes of the three people was no longer a ferocious ghost with a hideous expression, but a long brick passage, which was so ordinary that it was completely inconsistent with the strange space outside.

"I'll leave first this time." Reina volunteered. Victor did not object, turned sideways and signaled her to step forward. Hawk retreated to the end and changed positions with Reina.

The light footsteps tentatively stepped onto the stone brick closest to the wooden door, very stable, unlike a trap. Reina continued to move forward, and after about ten steps away from her, Victor moved and walked along the place where Reina walked. Because he had to pay attention to his feet, Dunan noticed the differences between the priest and Reina. The thief was like an agile leopard. Although the landing point was very light, each step was steady and cautious. The priest's feet were hidden under the long black robe, unable to see the steps clearly, but gave people a strange feeling. He was light and as if he was not walking with his feet.

“There is a bloody smell!”

Reina stopped moving forward, and before she could turn her head and ask what to do next, Victor had already walked over her and walked forward.

"Be careful..." He didn't dare to speed up rashly, so Reina had to move step by step.

The speed gap quickly left the adventurers far behind. The slightly bent passage suddenly turned and ended. Another door was another, but this time it was a rusty iron gate.

A figure familiar to Victor near the gate was curled up, and his blood-stained face did not affect the Lich's memory of his identity. He had seen the leader of a five-man mercenary team named Kemer during the Adventurer exam.

How could he appear here?

"Huh? Someone was in front of us..." Hawke's loud voice echoed in the passage.

"I'm still alive... Save him!" Reina saw from her still rising and falling chest that the man lodged beside the iron gate had signs of life.

Three pairs of eyes were fixed on Victor, but it was not moving for a long time.

"Cough..." Hearing the voice, Kemer opened his blurry gaze, and what caught his eye were four humans in different outfits.

It's a person...fortunately...not that guy...

Realizing that he couldn't hold on for too long, he tried to flip his body.

"Don't move!" Du Nan rushed forward and took out the healing potion from his backpack. Just as he was about to open the bottle stopper, Kemer shook his head and lifted the cloak wrapped around his body. His legs were cut off from below his knees, and the large-scale ulcerated wound was the source of the bloody smell.

"No...don't waste potions, I won't live long."

"Don't talk." Reina squatted beside Kemer and whispered: "At least don't increase your pain."

Kemer shook his head. There was not much time, so if he didn't say it, he would probably have no chance. Suddenly, his gaze was attracted by the person standing at the end. Although his gaze was so blurred that he could only barely distinguish the general outline, Kemer still saw Victor's face. His turbid eyes suddenly emitted water, and his expression changed from weakness to irresistible excitement.

"Your Excellency... I didn't expect to see you here..."

Your Mightiness?

This word once again attracted Reina and the other two to look at each other.

Call an evil priest your priest?

"Lu..." The name had just been pronounced with a sound and heard that he was referring to Lucien, Victor bent down and pressed his cold fingers against his chapped lips.

"Don't talk, you're weak now."

"No! I can't live, please be sure... cough cough!" The cough interrupted Kemer's words. Dunan put away the healing potion and put half of the remaining kettle to Kemer's mouth.

Kemer, who moistened his throat a little, took a long breath. He grabbed Victor's warm arm: "Your Excellency, my three companions are still inside. They, in order to get me and the mage out of the way, are trapped in the trap. Please go and save them, I know you can do it. And..." At this time, Kemer's voice suddenly lowered, becoming as weak as a mosquito.

Victor lowered his head, and Kemer said in a voice that only he could hear: "We found something amazing inside. Dalid said that as long as he gave that to the Holy See, he would get a big reward. Unexpectedly, he left us alone and ran away with the teleportation scroll. Saran, Evan and Polyan were still inside... If you promise me to save them, I will tell you where Dalid was and where we rested last..."

"I promise you that in the name of the God I believe in, I will take good care of your companions." As he said that, Victor raised his hand and swore that Kemer, who was guaranteed, raised a peaceful smile.

"Our last resting point was at the Oak Hotel in Bere Village. The bastard ran away with his eggs... We can give up the glory and reward of discovering it, but we must ask you to help my companions who are as close as brothers... I... I..." After relaxing mentally, Kemer, who had been struggling to this day, turned his head and died.

"What did he say?" Hawk, who couldn't hear the words, stretched his neck and happened to see the scene of Kemer's death.

"It has nothing to do with you."

He slashed his forehead with his thumb stained with Kemer's blood, and Victor's actions made Dunan frown slightly.

It was indeed an evil priest, and the word "Your Excellency" was probably wrongly recognized by him.

This action is a ritual that only priests of the Death Sect use. It means that after death, you can open the third spiritual eye and see the city of the dead where the soul gathers.

"You have also heard that there are very powerful mechanisms inside. Next, are you going to go in and drag my back together? Or wait for me to clean up here?" After completing the simple ceremony, Victor stood up straight and placed his hand on the iron handle.

The "egg" mentioned by Kemer seems to be something very important. Although the mage in this team is not at a high level, judging from his insistence on sending the eggs to the Holy See, it must be a dark item. It may be related to the Book of the Dead, and relevant information must not be allowed to flow out.

At this point, the lich had aspirations to kill. The three of them, who were completely unaware of it, were still arguing about whether to go in together.

From a selfish perspective, Victor hopes that this group of adventurers will choose the latter so that they can give themselves plenty of time to search for the rose heart that deals with Kelin. If they insist on going in together, it will have to silence the three of them here.

"It's better to decide based on the old rules."

The argument was fruitless, Reina insisted on going in, Hawke wanted to stay outside, while Dunan did not express his opinion, and in the end he had to decide by throwing the coins.

What's strange is that this time, all three silver coins are the opposite.

When they saw the result, the lich's exploratory eyes looked at the three ordinary adventurers one after another. They obviously did not sense any magical aura or had firm beliefs, and they had such good luck every time.

"Oh yeah ~ Stay outside, haha~" Hawke laughed. He hadn't lived enough yet.

"Be careful, let's do a support outside." Reina nodded to Victor.

Du Nan breathed a sigh of relief when he watched the figure of the lich disappear into the iron gate.

He began to regret that the priest's light blue eyes were like two crystal crystals without any emotion. Such people were usually cruel and ruthless, and might leave the three of them in the ruins and wait for death after completing their tasks, or... silence them yourself.

"I think it's better to leave."

"Why? The pastor's goal is obviously different from us, and he should not be detrimental to us." Dunan's concerns Reina had also considered it, but she always believed that her team and Victor had no conflict in interests and would not be in a fight.

"Don't be deceived by his appearance, Reina." The Ranger shook his head when he noticed Reina's favor for the evil priest.

This kind of favor comes from the wonderful mentality of human beings that cannot resist beauty. Although Reina is older than daydreaming, it is undeniable that the man named Victor does have a face that easily attracts the opposite sex.

Suddenly, a tiny sound of footsteps came from the other end of the brick road, and the three adventurers immediately became alert.

"Sure enough..." The priestess named Dora frowned slightly, walked out of the bend of the passage, and looked at the three people who were facing a great enemy with concern.

"Have you entered? That lich."

Lich?
Chapter completed!