Under the flickering light, three black shadows could be seen on the stone-paved ground.
One was Yu Chi's shadow, the other two were from Gu Jun. One was normal while the other was slanted to the side.
Many thoughts crossed Gu Jun's mind. He asked darkly, "Captain Yu, can you see them?"
'What? ' Yu Chi followed Gu Jun's gaze with confusion. His expression shifted and his moustache tensed. "I can see them."
They did not carry any weapons but they carried their own backpacks that contained some archaeological tools and autopsy instruments.
"Captain Yu, use the Ancient Seal!" Gu Jun suddenly ordered.
Yu Chi fired out an Ancient Seal at Gu Jun's two reflections. The attack landed on the two reflections. The slanted reflections wavered like they were blown by the wind.
Suddenly, a female chuckle rang out, "Captain Yu, you won't be liked by girls if you don't understand gentleness."
When Gu Jun heard this voice, his heart chilled. "It's that witch." He had briefed Yu Chi about Tourette Syndrome and the witch. He suspected the witch was Keziah Mason from the Witch House at Arkham, Massachusetts.
"The witch?" Yu Chi's eyes reddened. The witch possessed the power of darkness, how could she be here?
"My dear brother, didn't I tell you that I've already found you …" The black shadow was still swaying gently.
Gu Jun's excitement had evaporated into thin air. His surroundings appeared to be shrouded in a ghostly fog. Moments ago, he was almost certain that he had come to the right place, that the mysterious signal was sent by the good guys, but now everything was uncertain again.
He had no idea whether it was the witch's intention for him to explore this place.
"Are you confused? Are you wondering if this is a trap or a treasure?" The shadow chuckled, "Or a treasure? I wish to know the answer to that as well. Little brother, this game is coming to an end but it looks like I will be the winner. "
Before the witch's voice died away, Gu Jun felt something shake on his body. The black shadow separated from him and rushed up the stone steps.
"Keziah Mason!" Gu Jun shouted, "It's you, the witch of Arkham!"
There was no echo. The stone steps were empty, and there was no shadow either. There was only a faint light, and the chill in the two's hearts was pervaded.
"Ah …" Yu Chi scratched his head, "What does she want? What's here? If we're keys, if she's using us … "
"Captain Yu, whether it is or not, we have to stop her from achieving her goal." Gu Jun was also a little agitated, but he knew that he needed to calm down. "If she's here to look for something, then we have to stop her. If we're here to look for something, then she has to stop us."
Therefore, it was possible that, as she said, this battle had reached a critical point.
Yu Chi shook his head to clear his head, but he still felt that it was not enough. He slapped himself a few times to expel the smell of alcohol from his body.
"Why did she show herself so quickly? Actively or passively? How did she manage to follow us here? "Yu Chi voiced out the questions in his mind.
The two climbed up the stone steps. They were on high alert. Gu Jun took out the Carlop scalpel while Yu Chi held an archaeologist's shovel.
This was the most powerful weapon they had at the moment.
Even though neither of them came from the Action Department, if they got into a fight with street thugs, these two weapons would be enough to take down many of them.
However, before the power of darkness, even if Yu Chi brought his shovel with him, it was not enough.
"I feel like she's similar to us." Gu Jun said, "She knew about the separation of worlds earlier than us but she worships darkness so she can wield more power. But she can't transmigrate physically. Before this, she wanted to consume me but now … I don't know. "
"Captain Gu, you said she has nothing but contempt for the Yith." Yu Chi asked, "Then what is it that she wants here? Our failure? "
If the Pnakotic Manuscripts was a technology that belonged to the Yith, then Pnakotic City was the Yith's city.
"I can't tell which part of the witch's words is true and which is false." Gu Jun picked up his pace. He walked up the long stone steps. "Let's take a look first."
Previously, from the illusion, they knew that this building was incomparably large.
If they walked from the ground to the front door, who knew how many steps there were. The two hurried down the stairs. They walked for about ten minutes, but their surroundings did not change at all. This reminded Gu Jun of the underground tunnel in the foreign world, but that was the underground tunnel in the city of Rikers, but that was the underground tunnel.
They were tired but they could not stop to rest. It was not only because they had to compete with the witch for time but also because they had to rely on their stamina.
They had been walking in the desert for a day and their bodies were a mess due to alcohol. If they had to climb this stone staircase again, it would not be a problem of mental power but physical stamina. Once this burst of energy was released, it would take them several times longer to climb back up.
By then, it would be too late.
But this place was different from Rikers City. When the two were out of breath and their knees were about to go numb from the pain, they finally saw the end.
When they crossed the last step, they collapsed on the wider ground. They gasped for air and their muscles were falling apart.
"Captain Gu, we …" Yu Chi said anxiously, "We can't even defeat a gorilla."
"If it's a silverback gorilla, we can't even defeat it normally …" Gu Jun panted, he understood what Captain Yu meant.
Before this, they could still clench their teeth but now that they relaxed, they could not even move. He thought, 'If … if the witch transforms into a group of children like she did at the oak forest, even if they are only 3 years old, they will be able to beat them to death.'
Thankfully, this was not the oak forest, the witch did not have that kind of power.
Gu Jun raised his eyes to look around. This was a wide stone corridor. There were stone pillars before them and further away was a majestic door. They could see the large book racks inside. The shape of the corridor showed that they were at the edge of an arched ceiling.
"We're here, Captain Yu …" He wanted to climb up but his muscles refused to listen to him. "I've been here before, twice."
It was at this moment that Gu Jun suddenly saw a group of bat-like flying creatures rushing towards him from the stone pillars like a flood.
Each of them had a menacing fangs.
"What took you so long? We've been waiting for you." The female voice said with a smile.
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