Chapter 273
On the edge of the Abyss Canyon, there was a small forest with yellow trees. Tiny grey bushes filled up the gaps between the gaps between those trees.
The wizards followed after Stigma as they went across the forest, then they finally saw the town.
White Mist Town was surrounded by some yellow trees and there were more than 100 old houses in the town. The view of the place was blurred by the white mist
in the air.
Most of the houses in the town had red roofs and grey walls. The roofs were decaying naturally due to the weather and their color was fading.
The walls were covered with black marks and cracks. It almost looked like the houses got burnt.
White sand covered the dark mud on the ground and there were green mosses everywhere.
It was getting dark.
The sky was blocked thick dark clouds and it was about to rain.
Black rusty iron fences lined up around the town and they were connected by large grey piers. It looked like a long black string with grey dots on it.
The entrance of the town was an arched white gate.
The town was empty. There was no one around and it was deadly silent.
The five wizards entered the town through the stone gate. They stepped on the white sands and made some soft noise.
Stigma was walking in the front of the team.
"The place has probably been abandoned a long time ago." He glanced around.
He peeked through one of the broken wooden windows on a house but the only thing he saw was darkness.
"It’s late, why don’t we spend the night here? What do you think?" Hikari advised. "I need to find a place to take a good shower. The water energy particles are making skin dry."
"Let’s go to the biggest house then. You can probably find a nice bathroom there." Reyline knitted his eyebrows. "I need to take a good shower with some real water too."
Angele and Stigma had long noticed that Reyline was an introvert during the trip.
Reyline would only talk when it was absolutely necessary. He liked to keep the things to himself and he would not ask for help even when he was in need. That was the reason why people in Nola thought that Reyline was a short-tempered person.
Usually, people’s conversation with Reyline would end awkwardly as he did not like chatting too much. Some people thought that Reyline got mad at them. They then spread the rumor saying that Reyline had a strange personality and he was hard to deal with.
The situation with Morrisa was different. She was the weakest wizard in the group and she relied on others’ protection. Although she wanted to join the conversation, she knew that it was better to let the other wizards make the decision.
Stigma, Hikari, and Angele were the most talkative people in the team.
The five walked to the tallest building in the town quickly.
The building looked like a church and it had three levels. There were two stone staircases built by the entrance. They could enter the building from either the right or the left side.
The building was protected by some rusty fences but most of them were broken.
*Creak*
Hikari pushed the door open.
*BAM*
The wooden door fell to the ground and blew the dust on the floor to the air.
Angele covered his nose and coughed several times.
"Let’s do some cleanings first." Angele shook his head.
They started checking the building’s structure right away.
Angele stood in the living room and observed the surroundings while talking to Stigma.
"I need to do some preparation and see if I can get in touch with my family." Stigma lowered his voice. "We’re very close to the other side of the creva.s.se. I think my communication rune can reach the guard post."
"You’re returning to your family?" Angele asked.
"I need to visit them no matter what." Stigma nodded. "My sister, my mother, and my best friend…I’m sure they’re waiting for me…"
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Morrisa’s scream echoed in the building.
"What’s going on?!" Angele and Stigma’s expressions changed. They rushed to the direction where the scream was coming from and saw Morrisa ran out of a room with a pale face.
Her eyes were wide open, and her body was trembling. Morrisa jumped to the two male wizards quickly like a rabbit.
"What happened? Morrisa?" Angele patted Morrisa’s shoulders and asked her.
*Ka-ta Ka-ta*
Hikari ran down the stairs from the second floor quickly after hearing the scream.
"Are you alright? Morrisa? What did you find?"
Reyline entered the building from outside, looking confused.
They gathered in the living room and waited for Morrisa’s answer.
Morrisa pointed at the bedroom she entered and started explaining in a shaky tone.
"Right in that room! I saw a woman on a bed. Her neck was stabbed by many thick metal needles. There was blood everywhere!"
"How is that even possible? I didn’t…" Angele was surprised. "Let’s go check the bedroom. Stay alert!"
They entered the bedroom right away.
The room was relatively small. On the bed, the yellow blanket was moved to the side and some dark marks were left on the surface of the sheet.
Hikari walked to the bed and checked the black marks.
"It's blood." She nodded.
"A specter?" Reyline looked at Angele and Stigma.
"What do you think?" Stigma asked. It seemed that he did not know how to deal with the situation.
Angele pursed his lips. "I have a matrix that is said to be useful against ghosts. I checked the rune system in the matrix. I think it can at least tell us if the place is haunted. I’ll give it a try, but I need someone to help me."
"Let me help you." Hikari stepped forward. "Ghosts are hard to deal with. We need to check the area immediately. I’ve encountered a similar situation in the Dark Red Highland, so I have an experience fighting against specters."
"Huh?" Angele looked at Hikari curiously. It was the first he was seeing another wizard that had survived the curse of the ghosts.
The ghosts in this world were mysterious and strong. An average wizard could easily be killed by a strong curse. Only the souls of strong or special individuals could stay in the world.