our family is gone

After the team walked out of the temporary shelter, they were immediately teleported into a strange space. Under the strange light was a chaotic scene. As far as the eye could see, there were all kinds of things floating in the air, and further away was chaos. There was only a small space under their feet that could provide support.

What’s even more troublesome is that everyone under the light has been affected. It’s hard to tell whether it’s negative or positive, but they all feel the pressure.

Lance had just discerned some information about the Deep Diver Bay from the remaining wreckage, when the space here suddenly became turbulent, revealing the enemy.

The familiar features of the Deep Diver appeared: the ferocious fish head, the slimy scales, and the webbed hands and feet.

There are deep-sea warriors carrying whale hunting guns and holding rusty knives, deep-sea guards holding squid shields and fist blades, and of course deep-sea shamans holding sea urchin staffs.

"Damn it, it's the Deep One!"

"Why are they here?"

Amanda and Alhazred had both seen the Deep Ones, or at least participated in the battle when they attacked the port.

So it is even more confusing why the monster that should be in the sea would appear here.

"I don't care!" Boudica raised her axe and shouted, "Shark, shark, shark!"

Indeed, now is not the time to talk about this, because the deep-sea shaman has already taken action, waving the sea urchin staff at Alhazred.

Suffocating waves!

That was the hostility of a fellow spellcaster. A strange power from the deep sea fell upon the scholar. It was as if he could really hear the sound of the waves sweeping him into the sea. He was surrounded by sea water with nowhere to gain support, and was enveloped by a suffocating feeling that made it difficult to breathe.

"Woo~~!"

Suddenly, a heavy horn sounded, dispelling the scholar's strangeness, as if the waves surrounding him disappeared in an instant. He took a deep breath again, and when he reacted, he found that it was the lord who took action.

Lance held the Siren Conch and blew it, directly breaking the curse created by the power of the deep sea, but it also seemed to stimulate the shaman, and it pointed at Lance and said something anxiously.

Although I couldn't understand what was said, I could roughly understand that they wanted to take back the conch, because the deep-sea warriors around them immediately rushed up.

The rhythm of war!

Lance blew the conch shell loudly. The shocking and majestic sound instantly aroused their fighting enthusiasm and swept away the complex emotions that had fallen into chaos.

Even new strength is sprouting in the body, sweeping away fatigue and improving the condition in all aspects.

You have been strengthened, come on!
Boudica was naturally not afraid. She rushed back to fight. The axe blade landed on the scales covered with mucus and had no place to slide away. In the end, only a white mark was left. Instead, the deep-sea warrior swung the blade in his hand and chopped at her.

Deep sea slash!

God knows whether they were suppressed or the enemy was strengthened. The strength of these deep divers was not weak at all. Boudica did not dare to reveal her flaws and could only fight back.

The throwing knife that Amanda threw was also slid away by the mucus and fish scales and could not penetrate the armor. Then the deep-sea warrior took out the weapon on his back and threw it out.

Whale hunting spear hook!

Amanda cursed inwardly, swung out her whip and pulled the harpoon down from thin air, causing it to miss its target and pierce the ground. If there had been no armor, it would have been pierced through immediately.

It is somewhat troublesome because their methods do not have any armor-piercing damage, but here, both the Shrunken Shell Monster and the current Deep Diver have armor.

However, with the hard power here, Boudica soon noticed that the fish scales at the chin of the Deep Diver were weak, so she directly poked up, and the tip of the gun broke through the scales and penetrated into the brain, instantly crushing its vitality.

Amanda threw the flying knife with her backhand and stabbed it directly into the eye socket of another warrior. Every living creature has weaknesses, and I have seen through them!

On the other side, Alhazred was not easy to bully either. After being hit, he cast a spell directly at the deep-sea shaman and fought against it.

At the same time, after Boudica killed the warrior who blocked her way, the first thing she wanted to do was rush forward and kill the shaman. It is the law to give priority to killing the spellcaster in battle.

However, the deep-sea guard next to the shaman rushed forward with a large squid shield.

Coral barrier!

Under the protection of the ritual constructed by the power of the deep sea, the curse was transferred to the guard. Of course, the shaman could not just stand by and watch, so he waved his staff and cast a spell.

The deep sea calls!

The call from the deep sea strengthened the strength of the guards. Even though they had not escaped the curse, they were not afraid of Boudica who was coming up and swung out the fist blade in their hand fiercely.

Giant Squid Fist Blade!

The fist blade collided with the axe spear, and Boudica was knocked back several steps before she could stabilize herself.

However, an even more terrifying situation occurred. The bodies of the two deep-sea warriors killed before underwent crystal deformation, and crystal clusters grew out of them.

Isn't this something that only the shrunken monster has? Why would the corpse of the Deep Diver become like this?

Amanda reacted quickly, took out an axe and rushed forward to chop off the crystal to prevent further changes.

At this time, new monsters emerged from that space. The deep-sea warriors seemed to have accidentally entered here. They were confused for a moment, but were soon attracted to join the battle.

Lance watched them fighting in a group, and even vaguely saw signs of being dragged down. He realized that he couldn't drag on in this strange place any longer...

And he finally took action himself. He raised his hand and the amazingly long two-handed sword [Bloody Blade] transformed from the devil's resentment fell into his hand. He just walked forward and made a simple flat stab.

There were no fancy fighting skills, nor exaggerated sharpness, just sheer power and a blade that could withstand his strength.

The tip of the sword easily pierced through the fish scale armor and penetrated inside. Then as Lance raised his hand, the pierced deep-sea warrior was lifted up completely. Only then did the guy react and tried to struggle but was pierced through by the sword tip instead. His body slid towards Lance, and he was so scared that he subconsciously tried to grab the sword blade with that hand.

At this moment, Lance paused for a moment because he realized that the power of the blade had been activated.

The runes carved in blood on the sword body seemed to be activated, emitting a faint fluorescent light that was very evil. It also seemed to be drawing the blood of the deep diver and gathering it in the blood grooves.

"So you guys can bleed too..."

It doesn’t matter whether the deep sea warrior can understand or not, because while speaking, Lance waved his hand, and the guy was thrown out, and at the same time the wound was instantly cut open. When the sword blade left his body, half of the deep sea warrior’s body was cut from the inside.

He killed a deep-sea warrior with just a casual sword strike. Lance's strength remained strong even if he was affected.

At the same time, this sword also indicates that Lance joins the battle!
It was a sword skill that was simple to the extreme. The deep diver was cut in half before he could even react. The few who had just shown their heads were directly killed by Lance, and he walked to the guard who was still entangled with Boudica.

Lance kicked out fiercely, and the terrifying burst of power made the guard unable to hold on to the shield. Even the tentacle's lower body could not withstand it, and he directly knocked the guy back.

He broke the shield with one kick, then slashed with the sword. The next second, the guard's ugly blobfish-like head was split open and he died instantly.

Then the deep sea shaman wanted to do something, but the deep sea magic was useless on Lance, and he was cut in half by a casual sword. Just now the team was still struggling to fight, but Lance's move ended in a moment, this is the difference in strength.

Lance was just about to sacrifice the bodies of those deep divers for testing, but after killing the deep-sea shaman, no more monsters appeared in the illusory space. Instead, a fluorescent green egg popped out.

Beyond time and space!

It was that move again, it suddenly appeared and was launched directly, and the power it exploded carried everyone across time and space again.

When they came to their senses, they found themselves back in the familiar, dilapidated warehouse. What was even more terrifying was that the place where they were supposed to have rummaged through everything was actually the same as when they first saw it.

This thing is so scary...

"I'm back again. How did you do that?"

"Are we in some kind of trouble?"

"We are lost in time and space!"

Returning to this place again brings enormous pressure to everyone, because it means they have not left here.

This reminded Lance of some horror games, which like this approach, breaking the victim's psychology through repeated scenes.

But this was not enough to drive Lance into despair, because there was still something different.

"Look what this is."

Following Lance's words, everyone soon found a basket of fruits and vegetables in the warehouse. A basket of fresh fruits and vegetables, what does it mean here?
“There was no such thing before.”

“It looks like it was freshly picked.”

"How could that be under the erosion of the crystal?"

Although she said this, even the most reckless Boudica didn't dare to touch this thing, because who knows what would happen.

Lance observed, and suddenly reached out and picked up a fruit. He could easily feel the breath of life contained in it, just like those crystals.

"It has been eroded by the power of the crystal, but we have to try to determine what effect it has."

Lance said this, but he didn't even try. Instead, he took the basket of fruits and vegetables away and then looked around.

"Change is life. As long as we can find the rules, we won't be trapped here. I have some guesses, but more research is needed."

The calm words and confident attitude comforted everyone, and the team took a short rest and soon walked out of the temporary shelter again.

But this time there was no dazzling light, but they returned to the farm, and their position also changed, apparently closer to the mill in the middle.

"I'm back again. The space is overlapping. No wonder..."

Lance was muttering to himself, and the shriveled monster in the farm had already moved because of their appearance.

But this time, after collecting enough information, Lance no longer hid behind the scenes like before, but walked forward with a sword in hand.

The so-called petrified body was no match for brute force. No matter whether it was the farm worker or the foreman, they could not withstand the sword he slashed at the crystal, and they didn't even have a chance to be deformed.

He chopped the invisible scarecrow in half with ease, cut off the head of the plow horse that was trampling towards him, and the broken crystals actually flowed out a fluid that was as sticky as blood and emitted fluorescent light.

The interesting thing is that the thing contains strong vitality, and it can heal injuries when humans come into contact with it. This discovery made Lance collect some of it, but he did not stop.

The graceful posture of swinging the sword as if strolling in the garden deeply shocked the others. Their original fear of this place quickly subsided, and they quickly followed the lord's pace and attacked the shrunken monsters.

Soon, after advancing for a distance and killing a number of shrunken monsters, a green crystal monster appeared on the field.

This time, after being prepared, Lance finally caught a glimpse of a suspicious aura.

But they lost the target the next second, and by the time they reacted they were back in the familiar warehouse again.

But this time, what was inside was not crystal, nor vegetables or fruits, but a shriveled monster.

This made Boudica subconsciously raise the axe and was about to chop it down.

"Don't move yet." Lans raised his sword to block the attack and also stopped the restless crowd.

It was a petrified body like those shrunken monsters, but it was also broken into large pieces. One could only vaguely make out that it was a woman. However, the fluorescent light emitted from the cracks was a dark purple color, and it was also appearing to be restrained. This was something that had never been encountered before.

It can be seen from the preserved face that it seemed to have suffered extreme pain when it was alive, but it did not seem to be hostile towards Lance and others who broke in, and did not attack like other shrunken monsters.

This is also the reason why Lance stopped them, which is most likely related to breaking the deadlock.

After looking around twice, I couldn't sense anything unusual, I could only sense the strong emotions she was emitting.

“This woman is in pain…”

Lance reached out and touched the statue-like shrunken monster, causing it to burst into a dazzling light. It was not crystal that grew out, but rather it contracted and disintegrated from the inside as if it was liberated.

This scene happened so quickly that by the time they reacted, the petrified shell had already shattered and turned into dust and disappeared.

Only Lance, who had just touched that thing, understood that at that moment he seemed to hear an obsession of "save him".

An unsettling exchange...

"Ah! What is this?"

Just as Lance frowned slightly and recalled the feeling at that moment, he was awakened by the discovery of his companions.

Following Amanda's instructions, Lance picked up the necklace that had fallen on the ground. It had a very delicate shape. When he opened the flip cover, he could see a photo of a bearded man wearing a tall hat.

And there is a name engraved on the flip cover - Miller.

And there is a name on the back of the necklace - Mildred.

Who is Miller? Lance had read the old man's diary and knew that the miller was called Miller, so there was no doubt that Mildred should be Miller's wife.

There was no doubt that the situation was very clear. Mildred was suffering from the erosion of the crystal. Her body might have been destroyed, but her soul remained conscious, so she suffered this endless pain.

It was the power of love that allowed her to resist the control of the crystal, so she did not attack them. However, her last remaining obsession was to pray for the visitor to save her husband. (End of this chapter)