Chapter 207 Rainy Night
Seeing this, Qiaom casually lifted the protective barrier he had left behind, and the three of them left the ruins hall.
But just as they approached the cave entrance, a gust of cold wind mixed with icy raindrops suddenly hit the magical protection that naturally emanated from the bodies of the three people.
At this moment, the time in the real world has reached midnight.
Boom boom boom——
It was a rainy night with dark clouds all over. There were lightning and thunder in the sky and cold raindrops as big as beans were falling.
Without moonlight, in this wilderness with no light source at all, the environment was almost dark to the point where you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Only the occasional flash of lightning would illuminate the empty and desolate wilderness of the island for a moment.
"I never had time to ask you before, Avis, did you find what you were looking for?"
Looking at this dark and desolate scene, Evan's force field extended out like an umbrella, blocking the heavy rain falling from above.
"It has been found, Brother Evan."
Beside him, Avis nodded and also used magic to part the rain curtain above his head.
"Then next, Anvis, can you help me find my guards?"
Turning his head, Evan looked at Anvis with burning eyes.
"Okay, but before that, let's go back to Lavanlais temporarily to confirm the next time the black ship will enter the port."
Avis nodded.
"This place is too far from the mainland. In addition, this island is shrouded in death fog all year round. It is not realistic for us to cross the foggy sea directly. It would be best if we could follow the black ship back."
"The level of danger on the island is somewhat beyond our expectations. And, according to the news I received, it seems that some great danger is about to come. After we find your guards, we will leave the island immediately."
In fact, even though the seal had been absorbed by him, Avis was not sure whether the message recorded on the stone tablet and the time mentioned in the pagan's notes referred to the existence in the seal breaking out.
Therefore, he decided to leave the island as soon as possible.
"But one thing, are you sure your guard is still alive?"
At the end, Avis couldn't help but look at Evan with some suspicion.
"No, at the last moment when we were attacked, I heard those pagans say that they wanted to use my guards as sacrifices for some kind of ritual."
Evan shook his head, his tone somehow sounding a little relieved.
“…But isn’t that gone?”
Avis was slightly stunned, a little surprised by Evan's tone.
"No, Anvis. A ceremony that requires an eighth-level professional as a sacrifice will probably not be held so casually."
Evan shook his head.
"Besides, her life plate is still there and has not been broken. We can use this to find her."
As he spoke, Evan took out a nameplate made of ice crystal from the ring. It had a unique soul aura and the surface was intact.
Fortunately for Evan, among his previous personal belongings found on the black-robed priest who had usurped his identity was his guard's life plate.
"Is that so?"
Avis glanced at the nameplate and nodded in understanding.
“Okay——” . ….….Along the way, the three encountered many alienated monsters that were active at night.
A wolf with a strange tumor on its neck, a strangely deformed crow with densely packed dark yellow eyes, a wild boar with black tentacles dancing on its back, and some even stranger creatures whose original species were difficult to identify...
But tonight, they looked particularly restless.
When they got close to Lawanlais from a distance, Avis and others suddenly realized that the situation in the town seemed to have changed beyond their expectations.
As the Moon Shadow Seal disappeared, the curse power on the island began to weaken.
This led to more chain reactions. Without the suppression of the curse power, the strength of Lai's force field suddenly began to increase, and the range began to gradually extend outward.
As the three entered the range of Lavanlais, the rain had become heavier.
Along with the howling hurricane and roaring lightning, the pouring rain formed a series of fog walls, which violently attacked the three people, and then bounced off weakly on the surface of the invisible force field.
Hualalalal——
Heavy rain washed over the deserted streets, and the roads were also hidden in the pitch-black darkness. The doors and windows of the surrounding houses were tightly closed, and the interiors were pitch black, as if they had been empty and abandoned for a long time.
Relying on the illumination of candlelight, the three of them walked on the stormy streets of the port city, heading towards the island tavern [Sleeping Siren].
…? As he walked, at a certain moment, Avis suddenly felt a faint palpitation and a sense of disharmony in his heart.
The environment...something is wrong.
At the same time, in his peripheral vision, accompanied by a flash of lightning, a dark corner of the harbor city street suddenly twisted for a moment!
Avis suddenly stopped and turned his head to look, but when the lightning dimmed, there was nothing unusual there.
"What's wrong?"
Evan also looked at where Avis's gaze was, but found nothing, and asked with some confusion.
“Just now, was there a slight distortion there?”
Avis stared at the street corner and asked.
"Is there?"
Evan was stunned, and couldn't help but use his mental power to search the corner of the street, but still found nothing.
"I haven't found anything either, Lord Anvis."
Joem also shook his head. Even he couldn't find anything unusual.
"…Let's go faster."
Thinking of his momentary heart palpitations and the custom of island residents not to go out on the streets at night, Avis frowned and decided not to delve into it for the time being, but to go to the tavern as soon as possible.
Tavern, sleeping siren.
The tavern hall was empty late at night, all the candles were extinguished, and only the short and thin bartender stood quietly behind the counter, like a disgusting dead sculpture.
The door of the tavern was suddenly pushed open, and along with the soft white light of candlelight, a cold wind mixed with raindrops whistled in, and was then abruptly squeezed out by the tightly closed door.
"What's up with you guys?"
As if startled by the sudden light at the door, the thin bartender turned his head mechanically, his face was deathly pale, and he spoke in a slow and weird tone.
"I came to return the room key and to inquire about the departure time of the next ship to the mainland."
The atmosphere in the room was somewhat unsuitable, so Avis casually rubbed out a ball of magic flame and lit up several candles on the wall of the tavern.
When the warm yellow candlelight illuminated the room, the bartender's face seemed to suddenly become more lively.
"The next ship to the mainland?"
The bartender repeated Avis' words, but did not speak any more. He just stared at the three people with a strange look.
That look reminded Anvis of the missing homeless man.
Boom boom
A huge thunderclap suddenly sounded, and a bright flash of lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating the room for a moment.
"No."
In the pale light of lightning, the bartender spoke quietly.
"You are a stranger who came from nowhere. There have never been any ships from here to the mainland—"
(End of this chapter)
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