Academic Gathering with Lich Colleagues

Chapter 32

There was a rotten smell in the air of the swamp, which was more obvious under the scorching sun. Lyle wore his beak mask, William had a better way, and the swirling breeze wrapped around his side. While making the body more light, it also purifies the surrounding air.

The swamp is not a dead place, there are countless microorganisms under the black mud decomposing the decaying material, and the chirping of insects in the reeds also marks the popularity of this place for insects.

As it went deeper, the swamp was like a boiling soup pot, bubbling burst one by one, and the pungent smell inside sprayed into the surrounding air.

Just when the two were wondering if they had lost their way, a small clump of reeds in the distance attracted their attention.

A mist condensed but did not dissipate. This strange phenomenon was unusual. Lyle glanced at the sun above his head. As time passed, it had begun to slant westward, but the heat remained undiminished.

Clouds do not form at high temperatures because the heat evaporates the hazy water vapor.

Facing this abnormality, the two looked at each other and moved towards the mist-wound reeds.

Passing through the tall reeds, followed by a large swamp shrouded in fog, at the end of the visible range, there is a huge shadow in the fog, which cannot be seen clearly.

Lyle guessed that it was the shadow of the house, which was wider than the tree.

"Raphaelin is here." William's voice came from behind while Lyle was stunned.

How did he know it was Rafaelin?
Lyle turned his head, and his doubts were answered. Following the direction of William's finger, Lyle saw an object that he was familiar with but had never seen before.

A severed human arm.

The flesh on the palm was tattered, the knuckles of the thumb and index finger were missing, the rotten flesh attached to the bones attracted the surrounding mosquitoes and flies, and the other end of the arm was deep in the mud.

Surrounded by fallen reeds, they were crushed to form a huge area of ​​three square meters. The center was the severed hand, which was squeezed into the mud by pressure.

"Probably the farmer's broken hand." The only human settlement around is the small town of Lavren. If it happened a long time ago, even the bones must have been decomposed.

"Take it back?" Lyle suggested this, but he felt unrealistic. This severed hand hindered the movement. The chimera leather bag given by Mr. Dragon could not be exposed. If he wanted to bring back Mr. Mirren's body, Lyle only Can save the magical William classmate.

"No, our target is Rafaelin. Bringing this broken hand will only get in the way. Are you going to give that giant wolf a meal? Buy one get one free."

William unsurprisingly refused.

Lyle didn't mention it again.

Look carefully at the surrounding details.

"William, do you think this three-square-meter place looks like..."

"Like what?"

"I mean, footprints." Lyle gestured for the size in his heart, estimating how big Chai Chai's actual size would be.

"It's scary." William could see it too, and the speculation about the monster gave him a chill.

"Let's go straight to Lafayette?" William pointed to the shadow in the fog.

Lyle looked at the sky. Although it was covered by mist, the sun's light still produced a small spot on the fog screen. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. Considering that the days in summer are longer, there is still enough time before the arrival of dusk. time.

"William, your suggestion is to go straight to Lafayette?"

"Yes, Lyle, don't you think this fog is very unusual? All abnormalities have their reasons. I have read in books that the place where the fog is shrouded all day is either a cold place or a dead spirit. The realm. Lyle, Rafaelin may not be a simple abandoned site, it may be a ghost realm, that is, a place where only dead people stay."

"You mean, Ralph is in danger?"

"I'm not sure. Compared with the recorded ghost realm, the fog here is too thin. According to the rules, there should only be some frightening dirty things here. It should be harmless to a sheriff like Mr. Ralph, but... …”

"But what?"

"It stands to reason that such a shallow land of spiritual energy could not have produced such a large monster as the wolf of Raphaelin in the description. I doubt the reference of the books I read."

It turns out that, as the so-called, one side of the water and soil raises the other person, William was surprised by the generation of Chai Chai, he never imagined that Chai Chai is the product of necromancy, an artificial monster, so it makes sense.Raphaelin's only threat is Chai Chai, and it seems that Ralph will have no other surprises.

"This kind of environment may not produce monsters, but it will also spawn some plants with a corresponding breath of death, which would be good materials for casting spells," William's eyes flashed green, "Rafaelin must have precious treasures."

Of course, there is still the ghost moss I want in Chai Chai's cave. There are naturally many mysterious plants here. Lyle decided to be on the safe side.

"Let's move on the edge of the mist first, confirm the danger, look for the materials we need, and then slowly approach Rafaelin."

William agreed. He held back his desire for precious materials and chose to support Lyle's cautiousness. Stepping into mystery requires caution.

The two circled in a large circle around Rafaelin's huge shadow. At first, they were a little impatient, but as they went deeper, the strange plants they found constantly surprised them.

"It's a dream flower!"

"It's Frightening Daisy!"

"And undead roots!"

William transformed with excitement, he took out a small dagger and began to cut the grass, like a harvest farmer, obviously he was much happier, because these were not planted by him, and the fruit that was unearned was sweeter.

Lyle also started picking some plants.

"Lyle, do you want these too? But these are useless to you. Do you know them? If you use them indiscriminately, something will happen."

"Since it's so precious, I'll take some back to subsidize the family. It's fine. No matter how bad it is, I can buy it for you."

William thought about it, there is nothing wrong, two people are better than one person, and then they only need to give some Yule to get it back, so he can't be happy, William even taught Lyle how to pick it without losing the medicinal properties.

While studying, Lyle thought, stupid William, I don't know the goods, can Mr. Dragon still know the goods?sell to you?I don't know how much Oriou can be exchanged for Mr. Giant Dragon. It's a small amount of money.

"What is this? Mutated Nightshade? Don't care, I want it." Lyle heard William's words, and he turned his head, just in time to see William's knife facing a few coquettish flowers.

It's the five-petaled Grim Reaper!

Lyle's eyes filled with tears when he saw the only useful plant he knew.

"No, you don't want them, these are mine, I'll exchange them with you, that circle, that piece, all for you, these, I want them."

Lyle employs powerful persuasion.

"Yes, yes, Lyle, have you ever seen such a mutant nightshade?"

"I haven't seen them, but they're so pretty, I'm going to take them home and put them in a vase."

William felt speechless, but he let it go, as he said, plants that he didn't understand were of no use to him.

The two little gardeners continued their work.

They picked up a small depression.

The plants above are much denser than the surrounding ones, but there is a palm-sized hole in the middle that looks like a rabbit hole.

William immediately rushed to the plant, but Lyle stayed where he was because of his inner unease.

He looked at the dark hole as if he had forgotten something.

Before they knew it, they had already gone deep, but there was still a long way to go before the shadow of Rafaelin. What was the reason for this creepy intuition?This feeling of deja vu.

Yes, a feeling of being spied on.

As the temperature continued to drop, his body began to tremble, and Lyle finally remembered.

The fear of being stared at by Arianna's ghost, I was stared at by the ghost.

Lyle finally understood.

Why are exotic plants flourishing here.

Whoever stipulated that the wolves of Rafaelin had to live in the ruins of Rafaelin.

Whoever stipulated that the giant wolf had to live in a huge den.

Chai Chai is a ghost dog, the size of the hole is a decoration for him, he can pass through any material at will, just like now.

Two lightbulb-sized eyes flashed coldly, and a house-sized phantom squeezed out of the rabbit hole.

A cold wind blew.

William's hand with the small dagger began to tremble, and he staggered backwards.

It turned out that the two of them picked the grass from Chai Chai's nest.

(End of this chapter)