The two opened their mouths to speak at the same time, but stopped at the same time. Because in the depths of the black fog that had not been dispersed by the red butterfly, chaotic footsteps were heard, and someone was coming.
The black-dressed girl's expression suddenly turned ugly, and for a moment, Xia De thought she would raze the village to the ground.
"Someone is here to disturb us."
As she was about to command those red butterflies that seemed to have no killing power to pounce, but Xia De grabbed her hand in time to stop her:
"Let's see who it is first."
The girl in the black dress suppressed her anger, forced a smile and nodded:
"Yes, sir."
With a slight lift of his left hand, the originally scattered red butterflies all gathered around the two of them. Although they did not fall down, they were able to cover them.
"I heard that when surrounded by these red butterflies, other people can't see us or hear us."
The girl in the black dress did not forget to explain.
In fact, Xia De wanted to know if the cat would flutter at the butterflies if he let Mia out from his back at this moment... To be honest, he was not even sure if the kitten Mia had ever seen a butterfly.
There were three people walking out of the black fog, but upon closer inspection there were four. However, the village woman, who looked to be in her forties or fifties, seemed to have fainted and was being carried on someone's back.
The three walking around were all ring sorcerers, all three were men, the leader was a middle-aged man in his forties with a mustache, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a decent suit. If he didn't have the skull lamp in his hand, using the fire in the skull to dispel the black fog, he would be more like a senior scholar in the university.
Of the two people following behind him, the one holding a book and wearing a robe was very familiar to Shade. This was the ring warlock of the Truth Society that he and Iluna had fought together in the forest on the day of the Fire Festival dinner a week ago. Because the other party "robbed" the Moonlight Greatsword and forced him to use the Yellow Moon Spirit Rune to summon another sword, Shade had a deep impression of him.
As for the man carrying the middle-aged woman, he looked the youngest, probably only slightly older than the outsider's body. He was not wearing a robe or formal clothes, but an ordinary and even somewhat shabby yellow coat. Although the three were all ring sorcerers, the young man was probably of the lowest status and rank.
"This is a member of the academic organization - the Truth Society."
The girl in the black dress explained beside Shade, thinking about the three people walking towards the village tower, and indeed, she didn't notice the two people at all.
"A standard outing team, a high-level 'professor', a mid-level 'lecturer', and a low-level 'apprentice'."
The professor should refer to the man holding the skull chandelier, the lecturer is the man who fought with Shade once, and the apprentice is the young man carrying the woman on his back.
"What are they trying to do? Oh, they're coming."
The high-level warlock wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked to the front of the tower first, looked behind him, and let out a long sigh:
"Truth is above all, it is finally back."
This is Carsonrick.
"Yes, Professor Johnson, it is not easy to get the key."
The middle ring warlock took out a bronze metal key that looked like it was stained with blood from his pocket:
"As expected of a sage-level location-type relic, we were almost wiped out just looking for the key. It's totally incomparable to those low-level relics. The village chief's evil spirit is really hard to deal with, and there are those dead babies that always appear in the corner... I'll probably need psychological counseling when I get back."
The corner of his mouth twitched, as if he had thought of a bad memory:
"What I can't understand the most is why this important key was thrown into a cardboard box in the corner of the warehouse."
"I'm sorry. If I hadn't wanted to listen to the last words of the evil spirit transformed from the village chief's servant before he collapsed, I wouldn't have caused the village chief's evil spirit to absorb other evil spirits after collapse and become even more terrifying. That madman probably massacred half of the village before he died."
The young man carrying the middle-aged woman apologized quietly.
"Okay, okay, we got the key successfully. As for the madman, aren't we also madmen?"
Mr. Johnson, the leader, joked humorously, then took the bloody key:
"It was an accident that we met this resurrected person here. Our main task is to make this mountain village out of control. If the Sage-level Relic Gold Mine Village is out of control, and we successfully bring back the Resurrection Nail, then the credit this time will be enough for each of us to exchange for a five-digit magic."
"The nail that came back from the dead?"
Xia De looked at the woman being carried on his back in surprise, while the girl in the black dress explained in Xia De's ear:
"The only exit from the village is in the gold mine under the tower. The bodies of generations of miners in the village are buried there, but there is also a secret passage out of the village. It is a passage for secretly selling the gold output out of the village, and it is also a passage for sacrificing the children who were sacrificed."
Shade nodded, and then watched "Professor Johnson" take the key and try to insert it into the keyhole. But the key only pressed against the keyhole and the door opened.
After all, the door had already opened a crack just now, but because it was too dark around, the three people from the Truth Society did not see it.
"this... ... "
Professor Johnson looked at the door in front of him in astonishment. Just when Shade thought he would guess that someone had opened the door in advance, the "professor" looked at the key in his hand and suddenly realized:
"Oh, so that's how it is. The key is just a symbol. The key is not to open the door with the key, but to find the key. Opening this door is a symbolic ritual, so finding the key is so difficult."
His statement was naturally approved by his two companions. The three of them did not stay at the door any longer, but directly opened the door and walked in.
"Let's follow them."
Shade said to his companions, and they also entered the tower in the village.
The door outside was the best cover, so there was no need to hide the inside. The floor of the first floor of the tower was a bronze metal lift that could automatically descend by stepping on the central button, with no visible power source.
The three people from the Truth Society had already gone down. Xia De originally wanted to wait for the next one, but he didn't expect the girl in the black dress to smile and pull his hand and jump down directly.
Red butterflies surrounded them, making the descent as light as if they were wearing parachutes. The two landed on the top shield of the lift silently, and then jumped down from the top.
At this time, the front was illuminated by the auras on three huge brass life rings. The upper ring was ten rings, the middle ring was five rings, and the lower ring was four rings. The opponents of the Truth Ring Warlocks were densely packed with ferocious evil spirits.
The souls in this strange mountain village are extremely hideous and terrifying because of the black fog. Coupled with the "field effect" of the Xikar Mountain area after two earthquakes, each evil spirit has the power to surpass the low-level warlock.
But even so, there is an insurmountable gap between low-level and high-level rings. Mr. Johnson was at the forefront, and the three spirit runes on his life ring flashed with spiritual light. The unknown magic made the gray light around him seem to be corroding his soul.
"This is a high-level necromancy magic - Death Blessing. The gray light can easily corrode any soul without physical protection... I heard this from my ring sorcerer friend."
The girl in the black dress spoke softly.
What surprised Shade the most was that in the core spirit rune of this high-level warlock, there was actually a black iron-colored whispering spirit rune remains.
The doctor and Shade said that although the number of core spirit runes of human ring warlocks is uncertain, it can only be the brass-colored "enlightenment", because the power of civilization is the most powerful power of the human race. However, some irregular inauguration ceremonies may allow ring warlocks to obtain the other three types of core spirit runes, but those methods undoubtedly have huge hidden dangers.
"The Truth Society is indeed an organization that studies forbidden knowledge. The core spiritual rune is to add the whispering element... Madman."
Chapter 730: People Who Should Not Appear