Transparent balloons are suspended in mid-air, constantly changing colors under the sunlight. It is held by a small hand, and the little rabbit demon is holding the balloon, looking around curiously.
This is a suburb located north of Freeport, with criss-cross lanes. Because of the open day, the walls are painted in colorful colors, which is very eye-catching. The little rabbit demon looked at the rose vines hanging down like a waterfall at the corner of the alley, and unconsciously quickened his pace and began to trot. Seeing that she was about to rush into the maze-like alley, the mother who followed her shouted her name loudly.
Even so, it couldn't stop the lively and cheerful footsteps of the little demon.
Click, click.
When she was almost running to the side of the flower vine, there was a strange noise from the other side of the corner. The little demon raised her furry rabbit ears and turned her head to look curiously.
A huge skeleton suddenly appeared in the field of vision, its shadow cast on the face of the little rabbit demon. The banshee's terrified scream came from not far away, and the last scene the little rabbit demon saw was the faint green light glowing from the skull's dark eye sockets.
The sun slanted down from the window, and the breeze blew the curtains. After playing around all night, the wolf demon rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and got up from the soft and comfortable big bed.
He went into the bathroom to wash up, and this movement woke up the banshee on the bed. When he came out after changing his clothes, the banshee sitting on the bedside smiled sweetly: "Would you like to stay a little longer?"
"I also want to stay with you for a while, but you know, there are things to deal with outside." The wolf demon crushed the teleportation spell bead, leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, "See you next time."
The banshee hugged his neck affectionately, and the two exchanged a lingering kiss, but the curse beads did not respond for a long time.
The wolf demon finally realized that something was wrong. He tried several times in succession to confirm that the spell beads had failed and he was unable to leave the free port. Finally, he couldn't help but wonder, "What's going on?"
The banshee was also surprised, remembering that the spell beads would fail from time to time in the past few days, she speculated: "Maybe something went wrong like before?"
"What are you doing..." Facing the gloomy gaze of the wolf demon, the banshee was rather happy, she half-jokingly said: "It seems that you will stay for a few more days."
The hanging garden on the top floor of the castle is in full bloom, and the water droplets splashed from the central fountain pool are shining in the sun.
Looking down from the highest point of Freeport, the whole city is full of brilliant colors. Xu Yinian looked at the magnificent clock tower on the Obsidian Square in the distance, the wide and clean streets, and the small boats passing by on the waterway... Just as he was fascinated, Yu Huai's voice brought him back from his thoughts.
"Where do you want to go today?"
Xu Yinian was extremely impressed by the fireworks blooming on the sea level last night. He turned his head and responded excitedly: "Where else is more fun?"
"Let me think about it. There is a market in the east that is only set up on open days, and you can buy a lot of weird things in it; the coast in the south is flooding recently. If you give enough money, you can visit the mermaid's lair..."
After Yu Huai talked about it, Xu Yinian's eyes became brighter and brighter. No matter which one sounds very interesting, he was about to drag Yu Huai out, when the crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground came from the door.
Nan Zhi's footsteps were rarely hurried. After greeting Yu Huai and Xu Yinian, she said quickly: "About half an hour ago, the transmission spell beads failed again, and it's still going on. Now Freeport can't get out or come in, a large number of monsters are blocking the gate to explain, and all communication methods have failed."
Recalling the failure of the spell beads that Nan Zhi mentioned the night before he arrived in Freeport, Xu Yinian asked, "Is there something wrong with the barrier?"
Nan Zhi shook her head, and Yu Huai also said at this time: "Since the day I returned to Freeport, the inspection of the enchantment has never stopped. The problem should not lie in the enchantment itself."
Xu Yinian took out his mobile phone and tried to contact Xia Ziheng, but as Nan Zhi said, the message could not be sent and the number could not be dialed. Xu Yinian turned off the phone screen: "I really can't get in touch with the outside world."
Nan Zhi looked at Yu Huai: "Can you still come in and out freely?"
As the owner of the free port, Yu Huai's way of entering and exiting the city is different from others, without the need to use the teleportation spell orb.
A dark purple arc of light flashed away from Yu Huai's fingertips, but the space did not shatter as usual, and the portal for teleportation did not appear for a long time. Yu Huai's unattractive complexion completely sank since Nan Zhi mentioned that the spell bead was out of order.
After a while, Yu Huai seemed to be sure of something: "My method can't be used either."
Nan Zhi was the first to change her face, and Xu Yinian also vaguely had a bad premonition. Under the anxious gaze of the two, Yu Huai frowned: "I can feel that the contract with Freeport is still there, but it seems that it is no longer under my control."
What is even more bizarre is that this control has disappeared without any warning, as if it has quietly disappeared into the shadows.
"How could it be...!" Nan Zhi suddenly became excited. As Xuan Tan's deputy, she was the one who led Yu Huai to sign the contract with Freeport.
Xu Yinian didn't know much about the origin of the ghost clan and the free port, but he also understood how abnormal the current situation was when he heard this. He suddenly remembered something, and took out a purple diamond brooch from his pocket: "What about this one?"
Yu Huai took the brooch from him, and said not long after, "It's also invalid."
The atmosphere in the garden seemed to freeze for a moment, no one spoke, and the sun above the head gradually sank into the thick clouds at this moment.
At first Xu Yinian thought it was just a simple change in the weather, but the sun was getting darker and darker, and it was still morning, but the surroundings seemed to be in darkness: "...what's going on?"
Nan Zhi looked at Yu Huai subconsciously, because of the contract with Freeport, the whole city is under Yu Huai's control, so each area in the city has different seasons and different time of day and night from the outside world. It seems that, as Yu Huai said, although the contract is in place, the right to control is already...
Not only above the castle, but the entire Freeport sank into darkness without warning. The Obsidian Square in the distance gradually turned on the lights, and many monsters seemed to understand the abnormal sky as a program on the open day. Hear commotion.
The decorative lights in the garden turned on automatically, and Xu Yinian asked hesitantly, "If you didn't do this, then what is controlling Freeport now?"
Suddenly a gust of night wind blew by, adding a sense of horror to this seemingly ordinary question for no reason.
Yu Huai narrowed his eyes, and glanced coldly at the bright lights of the streets and alleys: "I'm thinking, if there is such a person, what exactly does he want?"
The sky is a rich and thick black, not only is there no moon hanging high, even the stardust is gone. Nan Zhi withdrew her gaze: "There is one more thing. You sent a patrol yesterday to look for a monster that looks similar to you. A few hours ago, a patrol member seemed to have found it, and there was also a trace of using a communication talisman. Get in touch with him. The patrol was last seen in the northern outskirts."
The pair of purple eyes flashed past Xu Yinian's mind, and he asked, "Are you looking for that monster at the festival parade?"
Yu Huai nodded: "I think it's a bit strange, let them be more careful." Seeing Nan Zhi's serious face, Yu Huai knew that the next step was the key point, "Let's talk."
"It was also in the northern outskirts of the city, where a dark green skeleton appeared. The patrol team rushed over to confirm that it was not a skeleton soldier of the Wu clan... No one could even tell what it was." Nan Zhi said later, He couldn't help frowning, "Those skeletons don't say they hurt people, but they seem to be consciously moving in the same direction—the direction of the main city."
After the sudden nightfall, Freeport was brilliantly lit up like ever, and there seemed to be some holiday cheer in the air.
But under the seemingly relaxed and calm surface, something lurking in the dark is fermenting silently.
The northern outskirts are bordered by forests. Due to the undulating terrain, the streets here are mostly crisscrossed like a maze. Compared with the bustling and spacious main city, there are not many monsters living in this area.
The map elf quickly flapped its wings and flew all the way into the depths of the alley. The elf's transparent wings exuded a hazy pink halo in the dark night. Xu Yinian and Yu Huai hurried forward after them.
At the moment, it is impossible to figure out what happened to the contract of Freeport. Yu Huai asked Nan Zhi to appease the demon clan gathered outside the castle because the teleportation spell beads failed, and then rushed to the outskirts of the city with Xu Yinian.
The elf flies faster and faster. After rounding the corner, a square suddenly appeared in the field of vision, where seven or eight patrol members and several frightened tourists gathered, and many of them were injured. Around them, more than a dozen dark green skeletons were pressing closer, with an ominous aura lingering around them.
Xu Yinian was sure that he had never seen such a thing before, he subconsciously looked at Yu Huai, but found that the other party was also stunned, a look of extreme astonishment flashed in his eyes, but soon, Yu Huai summoned the spirit body , The flames soaring into the sky are like huge golden-red waves, engulfing all the skeletons in the blink of an eye!
Seeing Yu Huai, several patrol members who were holding on were relieved, and the one with the least injury stepped forward and said: "Boss, I don't know when these things appeared on the outskirts of the city. Their attacks became more and more serious after dark just now." Aggressive. We've tried everything to stop them, and the way they look…"
The patrol member looked hesitantly at the dark green skeleton. Bright flames illuminated the entire square, and the skeletons trapped in the flames were of different shapes. The tallest one had a broad skeleton and was nearly three meters tall, while the smallest one was no different in height from a child. What's even weirder is that they all have obvious characteristics of different races—whether it's the sharp canine teeth, the bony wings on the back, or the erect or drooping ear bones... It's almost like different monster races after death It turned into this eerie and strange appearance.
Green-striped skeletons struggled frantically in the sea of flames, making piercing noises as their bones twisted. The smallest skeleton rolled painfully on the ground, its body gradually reduced to ashes. As if sensing the danger, several skeletons rushed towards Yu Huai regardless of everything—
The sound of thunder resounded throughout the square, dazzling lightning burst out from Xu Yinian's hands, and the skeletons that rushed up were instantly annihilated into dust in the electric current. Several patrol members watched this scene, but they didn't show a relaxed look on their faces. They stared at the dark green ashes intently, as if they were facing an enemy.
Soon, Xu Yinian knew why they were ready for battle.
Clusters of dark green ashes suddenly began to spin, the palm-sized vortex exuded a gloomy and dead air, and the tooth-piercing sound of bone activity came from the center of the vortex—click, click!
A black and green bone hand suddenly protruded from the lifeless vortex! Then the skull, cervical spine, sternum... A green-striped skull slowly crawled out of the vortex. There was a sticky liquid on its body, as if it had been spit out by a boa constrictor. The dark green liquid dripped on the ground, and the square on the marble floor was corroded into potholes one after another.
Even having seen it several times, no one can get used to this weird scene well. The expressions of several patrol members became extremely ugly. Someone explained to Yu Huai in a low voice: "These skeletons are corrosive. Once in contact with them, the contact parts will melt quickly. Whether it is skin, muscles or hard weapons, they can corrode everything."
"And they..." The speaking patrol member stared at the skeletons crawling out one after another, with cold sweat dripping on his forehead, "They seem to be immortal."
After all the green-striped skeletons stood up unscathed. Finally, someone among the tourists couldn't restrain their emotions and shouted in a broken voice: "What kind of monsters are these?! How could there be such a thing in Freeport?!"
Someone even smashed the broken spell beads on the ground and shouted at the patrol team: "I paid a lot of money for this thing, now not only can't I get out, but I have to face these half-human, half-ghost monsters? !"
Due to the cancellation of the gates on the opening day, many tourists who flocked to Freeport have no ability to protect themselves and do not know much about the city. Several patrol members sneered, and even retorted directly with a hot temper: "Why are you in a hurry? With your strength, you might be thrown out by the enchantment as soon as twelve o'clock in the noon."
In previous years, Freeport would automatically expel demon clans that did not meet the standards on the second day of the opening day. Those who yelled the most were humiliated in public, and even blushed and yelled loudly.
The hard ice layer rose from the ground and spread out at an extremely fast speed. The entire square and the surrounding buildings were covered with a thick layer of ice. Even the waterfall-like rose vines were frozen, like crystal clear ice sculptures.
More than a dozen green-striped skeletons were all enclosed in a thick ice wall, and the surrounding temperature dropped sharply. Only the frozen street lamps exuded a cool brilliance.
"Stop making noise." Yu Huai's voice was cold, his volume was not loud, but no one dared to make any more noise. Yu Huai turned around and ordered the patrol team, "Take everyone in the vicinity to the main city, move fast, don't miss anyone."
The patrol members who had raised eyebrows before immediately received orders to evacuate the tourists quickly, and those who did not cooperate were forcibly taken away. After confirming that there are no remaining monsters nearby, Yu Huai was about to go to the direction they came from, but at this time the map elf flew in front of Yu Huai, and said anxiously: "I just received the news that there is also a monster on the Obsidian Square in the main city. This kind of skeleton appeared!"
Yu Huai weighed the importance and realized that it would be more difficult to control the chaos in the crowded square, so he immediately said to Xu Yinian: "Let's go, let's go back first."
Seeing that he didn't intend to deal with the frozen skeleton, Xu Yinian couldn't help asking: "Don't you want to try another method?"
"This is the undead." Yu Huai's voice was firm, but Xu Yinian could see that he was also surprised by the appearance of the undead, "Nothing can kill them except sunlight, and..."
Yu Huai looked at the ice layer slowly corroded by the undead, and his expression became more serious.