Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

The words carved on the stone slab end here.

"Come on, let's keep going inside."

Soon Elvina finished reading, and the three of them continued to walk into the house.

Unlike the carved room just now, the innermost part was a spacious hall. At the deepest part was a statue of a goddess that was larger than the previous one.

A skeleton fell at the feet of the statue.

Kurt walked over first, observed for a while, and shook his head:

"Not the Undead."

"All the residents in the city have turned into undead, why is he an exception?"

"Because he died before he was infected by the power of the Styx. He committed suicide."

Luna walked closer and saw the last posture the skeleton was in. He was kneeling under the statue, his skeletal fingers holding an old and rotten carving knife, and the end of the knife was inserted into his neck.

It turned out to be suicide.

There were no marks on the statue, but the ground and walls around it were intermittently carved with frantic handwriting that exuded an air of unease.

Even though Luna couldn't quite understand it, she could tell the strong negative emotions contained in the handwriting.

Elvina came to the words, read them again, and said aloud:

"Why is there no response? Why is there no response? Are we believers still not devout enough?!"

"Great goddess! Please guide us. If we have made a mistake, please give us a chance to make amends..."

"The gods are dead? How is that possible! The great goddess has existed since time immemorial - how could she have fallen!"

"Your Highness the Princess is a blasphemer? The royal family is the source of the disaster? I absolutely do not believe it!!"

"...disaster has struck."

The handwriting at the beginning became increasingly crazy, and Elvina had difficulty reading it, but the last line of words was very clear, and the engraving seemed to have regained sanity.

"Rather than struggling in the world as a monster, I would rather dedicate my life to the goddess."

Elvina looked at the corpse under the goddess statue not far away with a complicated expression. She gently stroked the stone slab in her hand:

"This devout believer of the Silver Moon Goddess in ancient times, I'm afraid, can only face despair in the end... May his soul rest in peace."

She pretended to pray and muttered something to herself.

Luna was a little surprised. Elvina seemed to have a good impression of the Silver Moon Goddess, and even seemed to be a shallow believer. Was it because she had been collecting relevant information for a long time and was also inspired by the deeds of the Silver Moon Goddess?

To be honest, Luna's ability was obviously related to the Silver Moon Goddess, and she had never believed in the goddess so actively, so she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed at this moment.

She also hurriedly stood aside and made a gesture of silence.

Although there was no tangible gain, we were lucky enough to get some information and a glimpse into the history of this ancient country and its eventual demise.

They then found several house ruins that looked well-preserved, but there seemed to be nothing inside.

Until one of the rooms, on one of the walls of which there was a rough map of the city carved, they were somewhat delighted.

After the three of them wrote down the map, they returned to the street, and Elvina pointed to a place in the city:

"If this city was one of the twenty-seven cities that held the festival, then the most central and most likely place to find something must be this temple in the center of the city."

Luna was stunned. She compared the map in her mind while looking in the direction where the attraction was faintly coming from.

Not in one place?

The location of the moonlight essence is not in the central temple, but in the city lord's mansion.

She fell into deep thought.

......

And at this moment, the lord's mansion of this ancient ruins city.

It's somewhat different from the desolation and oldness of other places.

The huge city lord's mansion is an ancient castle. Although it looks very ancient, there are no signs of damage and corruption over the long years. It is even quite intact.

There are skeleton soldiers in full armor guarding the door.

Inside the mansion. In the main seat of the hall, a skinny undead with a dark and powerful aura sat. It was wearing a wizard's robe and holding a staff. It was a lich.

It suddenly raised its head slightly, and in its drowsy eyes, the dark fire of its soul flickered. It seemed to have awakened from a long sleep, and spoke in a hoarse voice:

"How many years have passed? There are invaders again."

"They dared to step into this ominous city. Then let's treat them as sacrifices to the Lord. Go and call the three generals..."

The undead servants hurriedly listened to the orders. After a while, three armored undead with different shapes and exuding extraordinary aura came to the hall, knelt down and waited for orders.

They exude a powerful aura, their eyes are full of soul fire, and they seem to be very agile in their movements, which is obviously different from other low-level undead who only follow their instincts.

"My capable subordinates, please fight for me once again and bring the invaders to me!"

"Yes! Lord City Lord!"

The three armored skeleton generals immediately left the City Lord's Mansion and headed towards a certain direction in the city.

The Lich City Lord sat quietly in his seat, and suddenly spoke:

"You actually came to this remote little place, just because of those invaders?"

A figure in a robe walked towards the door, and the surrounding undead guards seemed not to notice.

189. Pursuers

"The closer we are to the central temple, the more likely it is to attract powerful undead. Luna, is everything okay on your end?"

Elvina asked, and Luna shook her head and answered vaguely:

"I've done some work on it. It shouldn't be so easy to attract the undead."

"That's good. If you can avoid fighting, try not to..."

Before she finished her words, there was a sudden and violent sound of breaking air in the distance. The three of them looked up at the same time.

In the thick black fog, nothing can be seen clearly at a distance, and mental power and other perception abilities are also very limited. For wizards, it is as uncomfortable as being a "blind person".

But the sound of breaking through the air was so arrogant that it was completely unconcealed, telling them directly that the enemy was on their way!

Swish!

Lines of mental power emerged in front of Kurt and rushed towards the direction where the noise came from. As an advanced wizard with materialized mental power, his detection range was the farthest.

The advanced wizard suddenly turned pale and shouted loudly:

"Let's go! Escape directly out of the city!"

Luna was horrified. An advanced wizard didn't even have the thought of fighting. The opponent must be at least a second-level undead!

She immediately activated the alchemical items on her body. A strong scent of wind element came from her boots. The strong airflow wrapped around her whole body, driving her to turn around and run.

It's more like flying at low altitude than running.

"Run!"

Elvina did not stop either. She used some unknown means, but she also rushed towards the city gate at a very fast speed.

Of course, the advanced wizard Kurt also fled with them. The three of them reacted quickly and began to retreat almost as soon as they heard the noise.

Rumble, rumble!

A huge elemental force erupted in front of them. The original city gate was emitting a dazzling light and was covered by a huge, towering invisible wall, completely blocking all exits in this direction.

"Third level wizard formation!"

The moment he saw the huge invisible wall, Kurt's face turned pale and he blurted out.

That was a high-level magic array. A group of unintelligent undead could never set up a trap of this level! This also meant that there was probably a powerful spellcaster watching them in the city.

"They are high-level undead. There is a high-level lich among these undead!"

There was an irrepressible desperation in Kurt's voice.

Even advanced wizards would not be able to escape death when facing a high-level lich. The difference in rank made them completely powerless to fight back.

"Calm down!"

It was Elvina who spoke.

The witch formation sealed off the outer perimeter of the city ruins, so they had no way of breaking out. They could only stop near the city's gate.

Elvina said in a somewhat urgent voice:

"That high-level undead shouldn't be chasing us... I have a secret treasure that can break the formation. Help me hold back the pursuers for a while."

She raised the ring in her hand, and a scroll appeared in one hand, which she threw directly to Luna and Kurt, one each.

"You must wait until the critical moment to use it! I don't have much!"

Then, a lot of things appeared in her hands.

It looks like a lot of treasures have been prepared for this exploration.

......

Such a sudden change caught Luna off guard. She was confident that her strength was definitely not bad, but it also depended on who she was compared with. If it was really a high-level undead, it would be difficult for her to even escape.

Fortunately, the most terrifying existence has not caught up yet.

Elvina stayed alone near the city gate, trying to find a way to break the formation. She and Kurt turned back to buy some time.

The advanced wizard was only briefly stunned, but soon regained his composure and pointed forward to Luna and said:

"Ms. Luna, please come and help me! At least help me share one of the enemies."

Luna had no other choice but to nod:

"Okay. I'll try my best."

Not long after, the pursuers that had made Kurt's face turn pale had arrived here. They were three skeletons wearing armor. The pattern of the armor and the aura they exuded were obviously completely different from the undead he had seen before.

"Three second-level undead..."

Luna felt her scalp tingling when she saw it. She could find a way to deal with a group of first-level undead even if they came at once, but this was equivalent to the existence of an advanced wizard!

Swish!

Two pitch-black energy balls swept towards the two skeleton generals, followed by intensive mental attacks.

After Kurt released the magic, he flew in a certain direction without looking back.

boom! boom!

The two skeleton generals who were attacked used their spears and machetes to smash the witchcraft. The dark energy ball exploded, and the dark storm enveloped the surrounding area, and gradually dissipated after a few seconds.

The two skeleton generals were bathing in the core area of ​​witchcraft. Except for some scars on their armor, their whole bodies appeared to be completely unharmed.

The subsequent mental attacks had no effect on them at all.

They seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then quickly chased in the direction Kurt left.

Leaving behind Luna and another skeleton general.

"He was kind enough to lead two away..."

Luna looked bitterly at the remaining skeleton general in front of her, who clearly exuded an aura beyond the first level.

"The problem is, I can't beat even this one!"

"Invaders...give up resistance..."

The skeleton general actually spoke, and it was obvious that his intelligence was far beyond that of the first-level undead who only relied on instinct.

"Can't you just let us go? We've only been wandering around the periphery and haven't done anything yet?"