Bam! Bam! Bam!
Behind the bronze door, the sounds of slamming rang out incessantly, echoing in the vast underground as though it came from an abnormally distant ancient era.
Fors's body tensed up as she couldn't help but tremble. She couldn't help but lower her voice.
"What's behind the door?"
"I don't know." Xio shook her head honestly as she subconsciously gulped.
Her right hand, which had just picked up the trident, protruded her joints as her blood vessels surfaced. Clearly, she had used a lot of strength.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
The sounds of the door being slammed came one after another. It didn't speed up or slow down as it maintained the same rhythm. Every sound seemed to strike Fors and Xio's hearts, causing their hair to stand on end and their scalps to tingle.
"It probably won't come out … If it's that easy to come out, it wouldn't have waited until now." Fors consoled herself, feeling a little parched.
Xio nodded vigorously.
"Once the material takes form, we'll immediately leave."
In such an environment and atmosphere, her curiosity was completely unable to overcome her instinctive fear.
"Alright!" As Fors cast her gaze at the spot where the two ancient wraiths had been purified, she grumbled inwardly about the lack of detail provided by The Moon. It didn't even mention that there was such a strange door beneath the ancient castle.
At that moment, specks of dark, glowing dust constantly fell to the ground like shattered gems. They split into two piles and gathered together.
Around them, the nearly invisible remnant spirituality condensed into a seemingly illusory crystal.
Accompanying the "crystals" and dust were two different items. One was ring-shaped and completely transparent, as though it was an eroded ring. The other looked like an eye carved from crystal, with a faint black gas flowing inside.
Upon seeing this scene, Fors suddenly came to a realization.
Ancient wraiths were ghost-like creatures with Beyonder characteristics. Among them, the cursed item was related to a certain part of their body when they were alive. This, combined with the characteristic, became the foundation of their existence. And because of this, the corresponding cursed item of different ancient wraiths would have different manifestations, but the essence was the same. As for the dust, it was another characteristic. It was the source of most of their powers. As for the remnant spirituality, it was equivalent to materials like the blood of monsters.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
The person behind the bronze door was very persistent. He didn't stop, constantly testing Fors and Xio's nerves.
They were so scared and cautious that their bodies trembled slightly. In a trance, they actually had the illusion that the door had slightly swayed. Their hearts were still hanging high and beating wildly.
Fors finally waited for the Ancient Vengeful Spirit's dust and cursed item to take form as she was about to jump down the stairs at any moment.
As she gestured for Xio to be on guard, she squatted down and took out the three square metal boxes she had prepared.
After some hesitation, Fors looked up at Xio.
"These two ancient wraiths have been waiting for each other for too long. I think, I want to separate a part of what they left behind and bury them together … Erm, in this case, I'll take a cursed item, you take a pile of dust, and we'll split the remaining spirituality equally. Is that okay?"
Xio didn't hesitate as she nodded slightly.
"Alright!"
Fors silently heaved a sigh of relief. Pursing her lips, she flipped through Leymano's Travels and slid her finger across one of the pages.
The five fingernails on her right hand immediately grew longer. They were sharp and covered in black patterns and symbols.
This was the Claw of Corrosion that originated from the Sanguine.
Upon seeing the changes in her palm, Fors grabbed at the ground and easily dug a hole, leaving behind traces of corrosion.
Right on the heels of that, she placed the crystal eyeball-like cursed item and a pile of dust into the hole. She then filled it with the bricks and soil she had just grabbed.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! She scratched with her fingernails and wrote an epitaph on the ground:
"Returning for you, protecting you, never to be apart."
After doing all of this, Fors was just about to sigh when she heard the slamming behind the bronze door suddenly turn louder.
Bang!
She nearly jumped in fright as she hurriedly placed the remaining dust, the ring-shaped cursed item, and the remnant spirituality into different square metal boxes.
Then, she packed the boxes and straightened her body. Together with Xio, she slowly walked towards the spiraling and narrow staircase.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The slamming behind the bronze door became more intense. Fors and Xio subconsciously gritted their teeth as they quickly went up the staircase.
They became faster and faster, and in the end, they were already running. They didn't care if they would fall on the staircase and tumble down like a wheel.
Finally, sunlight appeared in front of Fors and Xio.
It shone in from the outside world, scattering onto the staircase in front of them. It was bright, pure, and warm.
At this moment, the faint slamming sounds that came from underground came to an abrupt halt. There was no follow-up.
Fors and Xio exchanged looks, slowed down, and with a few leaps, they returned to the upper level of the abandoned castle.
The two of them didn't speak as they left the area and returned to the edge of the forest.
After walking for a while, Fors calmed down and pursed her lips.
"It was really terrifying just now. Although the thing behind the bronze door didn't cause us any harm and didn't even reveal itself, I still believe that it's more terrifying than an ancient wraith. It's more terrifying than anything I've experienced before. Uh, it's more terrifying than anything I've experienced before. In those few minutes, I couldn't help but imagine several tragic deaths. Each one was more terrifying than the last, but none of them were as terrifying as the slamming sounds."
Xio turned her head and nodded in agreement.
"Yes, I felt like I was walking on the edge of a cliff."
Fors was just about to say something when she suddenly saw two streams of bright red blood flowing down from Xio's nose.
"Xio, Xio, you're having a nosebleed!" Fors hurriedly reminded her friend.
Xio was taken aback as her pupils dilated slightly.
"You're having a nosebleed too!"
"Ah?" Fors reached out her hand in a daze and wiped the tip of her nose. She felt that it was warm and the liquid was slightly thick.
She was stunned as she hurriedly brought her right hand to her eyes. She saw that it was dyed red, bright and eye-catching.
"Was it because I was too nervous?" Fors muttered to herself in puzzlement.
At this moment, she realized that a faint black spot was growing on her wrist at a discernible speed under the sunlight that penetrated the forest's shade.
The black spot rapidly spread, covering her forearm and the back of her hand.
"Ah!" Fors subconsciously cried out as she hurriedly looked up at Xio.
Her eyes immediately reflected the black spots on Xio's cheeks and neck!
"Th-this isn't normal!" Fors blurted out.
Xio also noticed the abnormality between her and her friend.
She thought for a moment and said, "Do you still remember what that female wraith said?
"She said that the guards from before had been corroded by the power that seeped out from behind the bronze door!
"Could we have been corroded as well?"
Fors was taken aback for a second before she nodded solemnly.
"It's possible!"
She hurriedly took out the medicine she had prepared and gave a portion to Xio. Then, she twisted the lid and gulped down two bottles.
However, the two of them didn't get any better. The black spots grew in number, causing their vision to turn blurry.
Badump! Badump! Before long, Fors, who couldn't even save herself, heard her heartbeat. She felt her body begin to lose its strength.
Unable to think of a solution, her lips quivered a few times. Gritting her teeth, she suddenly turned around and took a few steps to the side to open up a distance.
Following that, she lowered her head and recited Mr. Fool's honorific name.
In less than ten seconds, the crimson light surged before her eyes and drowned her like a tide.
Some roars and murmurs flashed by, and Fors saw the familiar long mottled table and the ten high-back chairs across from it.
She immediately discovered that the dizziness in her head and the blur in her vision had completely disappeared. There were no strange black spots on her Spirit Body.
"Thank you for your help," Fors quickly stood up and bowed to the figure shrouded in thick fog at the end of the long bronze table.
Then, she heard Mr. Fool say calmly, "That's right.
"Your soul has been corrupted by some kind of power.
"There's no problem now."
It has already been purified by Mr. Fool? Fors's heart stirred. Just as she was about to ask if there was a way to save Xio, the scene in front of her suddenly turned red as light soared.
After a short interval, she found herself back in the real World. She had returned to Delaire Forest. The black spots on the back of her hand and wrist were rapidly fading and receding. The blood that kept flowing from her nose had already stopped.
Turning around, she saw Xio weakly holding onto a tree beside her. Her face was covered in black spots, making her look extremely terrifying. The muscles on both sides of Fors's neck tightened as her thoughts raced.
A few seconds later, she quickly approached and pressed down on Xio's shoulder.
She said quickly, "I have a way to save you, but you need to do as I say!
"Use ancient Hermes to say, 'The Fool that doesn't belong to this era' …"
Xio rolled her swollen eyelids with great difficulty and looked at Fors for two seconds before chanting in a deep voice:
"The Fool that doesn't belong to this era;
"The mysterious ruler above the gray fog;
"The King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck …"
Before she could finish her sentence, Xio was surprised to see a dark red starlight surge out of the void and engulf her.
The indescribable roar lasted for a second before vanishing from Xio's ears. She then saw that she was in an ancient and majestic palace, sitting beside a mottled green table. Beneath her feet was an endless grayish-white fog, and in front of her was a figure that looked down at her, giving off a lofty feeling.
This scene was both unfamiliar and familiar to her. She had seen it once in a "dream," but she hadn't recalled it after the exorcism ritual.
That purification actually didn't work … Xio suddenly had this thought as she stood up after some deliberation and bowed to the figure shrouded in gray fog.
"Are you the great King of Yellow and Black?"
She didn't appear too surprised or alarmed, as though she had expected it.
"You can directly address me as Mr. Fool. Have a seat," the figure with a mountainous aura replied calmly.
Xio bowed again and sat down, confirming that she had escaped from her undesirable state.
She looked around, thought for a moment, and said, "Yes.
"Honorable Mr. Fool, does Fors Wall have a seat here?"
The Fool, who was shrouded in gray fog, nodded gently.
"Yes."
Xio fell silent for a second before saying, "Can I join like her?"
"Can I join like her?"
"This is a gathering organized by them, convened by me.
"There are still seats available at the moment. You can join.
"Draw a card. They use one of the main tarot cards as their code names."
"Let's draw a card. They all use one of the main tarot cards here as their code name."
She immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Fool."
"Yes, Mr. Fool."
On the long bronze table in front of her, a deck of tarot cards immediately appeared.
Xio reached out her right hand and solemnly cut the cards. She drew one and flipped it open.
Her card depicted an angel with a horn and the departed waiting for salvation.
The Judgment card!
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