Chapter 325: Chapter 317 - At the Other Side of the Wall.
Cathedral's underground basement, Sheriff is carefully removing a brick from the wall they were planning to break down, yes, instead of brutally break it down, they decided to take down the wall in a more gentle way after several considerations. After that brick is removed, Sky peeped and was stunned by the sight.
"What did you see?" Sheriff asked.
"Maybe we really should break the wall after all." said Sky as he let the person in charge to peep in through the hole.
As soon as the person in charge peeped through the hole, she flinched and tumbled onto the floor out of shock and fear.
"Oh God! What is happening in there? Please, break the wall if you need to, I am calling for some reinforcements."
The person in charge exclaimed as she rushed up to the ground floor.
Then, Sky placed his palm on the wall as he focused his magic onto it, the wall slowly crumbled and turned into dust, forming a hole big enough for them to enter. They squished through the hole and greet by a disturbing sight. A near-skeletal man restlessly pound and clung to them while saying some blur and incomplete words. His hair had partially bald and his teeth had mostly fallen indicating a possible malnutrition. The whole area is filled with other people like him from all kinds of races and gender, either let loose, chained, or caged.
"Ah... What a familiar scene..." said Sky, rather unwavering by the awful sight.
"Familiar? What do you mean by that?" Sheriff asked, equally calm.
"Nothing serious, just that I had been witnessing these sorts of scenes for lots of times recently." said Sky as he casually put that man to sleep with sleeping magic.
Then, they stepped into the area and started examining it.
"Ah... No wonder Chris said that it would be better not to enter this area directly. Tsk... Why did I not noticed it earlier?" Sky exclaimed as he observed the structure of the building.
"Heh? Care to explain more?" Sheriff asked.
"Well, I can't really explain it in detail but the special geographical structure of this area is perfect for a self-destruction trap curse. If we actually forcibly get into here through the main entrance, a curse will be released and kill all the people in here. And I believe K realise about that as well, just that Chris cares about the details more than K does." said Sky.
Suddenly, they heard a weak cry of a woman, Sheriff felt the cry sounds familiar and so, they started looking for it. After they found the source of the sound, they once again startled...
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That night, Sky's hostel room.
"Ah... Seriously, I had overestimate those midgets, I actually thought they are naturally able to use curse magic. But I have to admit that it is indeed an effective way to forcibly generate and infuse curse magic force into a person. Hmm... I really wonder if these have anything to do with what happened in the Holy City? The formations are awfully similar." said Sky to Chris.
Chris nodded perfunctory with a magnifying glass in his hand, he is currently carefully observing a pair of thumb-sized butterfly wing pendants that are crafted from the purple jadeite.
"And I really don't know what the hell are they thinking using all those contestants as a power source for their curse magic force, wouldn't it be really bad if people found out about that? Seriously, out of eight people in the missing team mentioned by Sheriff, only the leader survived, moreover, she is in a really bad condition. And those gone missing in the deep forest of Ninth Divine Mountain... Uhm... Chris, are you even listening to me?" said Sky who finally realized that Chris is actually ignoring everything he just said.
"Ah... Of course, I listened to what you said just that I don't feel like responding to you at this moment. But what you said about the similarities between this and what happened in Holy City, I have a feeling that it has something to do with the hybrid thing, but still, we need to wait for Ben's research results in order to confirm that." said Chris, still observing the pendants.
"Mmm... I agree with you about that. Hey! Are you making that pair of pendants for your anniversary? That's actually quite romantic." said Sky, referring to the butterfly wing pendants.
"Mhmm... It's a matching pendant, I hope she will like it." said Chris.
"But for real? Is that everything you got from that ten thousand bucks stone?" Sky asked.
"Mhmm... Could be worse though." said Chris, in a casual tone.
"Ah... What a scam." said Sky.
"Well, that's the risk of buying from such a stone market, it's like a gamble, such a loss is quite common. Luckily I was not the one that paid for it, and this stone was never really my main concern. That free gift, however, really way passed my expectation, I never thought it would be this durable and dense, it was still half-molten when I left the forging room just now, probably needs another night." said Chris.
"Hahaha... That sounds awfully ironic." said Sky with a bitter laughter.
"Oh! By the way, since you are doing your quest in the deep forest tomorrow, please bring back some elastic materials for me, I need some to make the hilt of the sword. If I am not mistaken, there is a kind of carnivorous plant that has leather-like vines, you can get that for me in case you don't know what to get." said Chris.
"Chris, are you a demon?" Sky asked.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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