…..
"It's actually this thing …"
Before Ma Wen could finish muttering to himself, his whole body froze on the spot, unable to move!
The entire study was silent. Ma Wen maintained his position of opening the door, motionless!
After a full three minutes, Ma Wen suddenly woke up from a nightmare and slammed the secret door shut!
With a bang, he used all his strength.
In the next second, he leaned his back against the door and collapsed.
His whole body was covered in cold sweat.
"It's … It's actually this thing …"
Ma Wen's whole body was cold and he lay there weakly. After a full five minutes, he finally recovered a little.
When he got up from the ground in front of him, the ground was already wet. It was all Ma Wen's sweat!
He climbed onto the bed and lay there with his limbs spread out, slowly recovering the spirit that he had just exhausted.
His eyes were empty and the scene that he had just seen kept replaying in his mind.
…..
After opening the door, the first thing that Ma Wen saw was an empty secret room!
Opposite the secret room was a mural.
Ma Wen recognized this mural. He had once seen this mural when he was exploring an underground temple!
However, this mural was different from the one in the underground temple.
This was a floating mural!
At that moment, a horrifying scene immediately appeared in front of Ma Wen's eyes.
A mysterious force placed him in the darkness and the low chanting of a young girl came from afar.
That song was the one that he had heard in the secret passage.
And accompanying this faintly discernible song was a shocking scene.
There was a bonfire burning in the darkness. There were countless pairs of men and women around the bonfire. These men and women were all naked. The men wore black masks, while the women wore white masks.
They surrounded the bonfire and were crazily … (Clean net, delete, fill in the blanks on your own, cough cough)!
[Clean net, delete … … …]
[… … … …]
In the end, everyone aged one by one.
He was rapidly aging at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Their skin was dried into human skin, and their bones were blown away by the wind, turning into piles of white bones that were scattered on the ground where beautiful flowers grew.
They died one by one. The masks fell to the ground.
The bonfire was still burning, and the ballad was still being sung.
In the end, only a young girl was left. Her lower body was covered in blood.
She slowly took off her mask, revealing a delicate face.
When he saw this, Ma Wen almost suffocated!
What was even more terrifying was that the girl seemed to have seen Ma Wen and actually smiled at him.
In the next second, the girl's belly bulged.
It was as if a powerful life was being nurtured.
Ma Wen was trembling all over. He couldn't control his body at all.
The girl stared at him.
The smile at the beginning had turned into a kind of terrifying resentment!
In a trance, Ma Wen saw the girl's head turn into the head of the great demon!
The three eyes looked at him with a faint smile.
He felt that his life was slipping away bit by bit!
…
"Fortunately, I still have Valisa's gift …"
"Otherwise, I would have really gone too far this time!"
Ma Wen looked at the series of determined records on the data panel and let out a long sigh.
That mural was definitely not that simple.
Anyone who saw it would fall into an illusion. This illusion might have really happened before, and someone had used a secret technique to record it.
Ma Wen prided himself on his strong willpower, but he didn't expect to almost die!
If not for Valisa's gift which greatly increased his resistance to fear, Ma Wen might not have been able to break free from that illusion in a short time!
No wonder his father, Zeon, gave him the key before he died, but warned him not to open that door no matter what.
What kind of a character was her grandfather?
Ma Wen lay on the bed for a full hour before he recovered.
No matter what, the kind grandfather in his impression was hiding a secret that was beyond imagination.
This mural was at least related to the people of Anze and the great demon. Coupled with his Numan bloodline …
At the very least, Ma Wen would not deal with this thing for the time being.
According to his calculations, without a better way to increase his resistance to fear than Valisa's gift, he would not be able to take a single step inside that door.
"I should carefully plan what I need to do next."
As Ma Wen was thinking this, Anna walked over.
"Young Master, everything has been arranged."
"Huh? Why is your face so pale? "
Ma Wen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I need some mushroom soup. Ask the chef to add some more broccoli. "
Broccoli could recover one's spirit, and was one of the main ingredients for earthen spirit recovery potions.
Ma Wen urgently needed to recover his spirit, because he still had things to do at night.
…
In the evening, outside the city gate.
Lola carried a small bag and looked around anxiously.
The deserted city gate had long been closed, and only a small gate was left open. Two guards were in charge of guarding it.
Not far away, a slightly thin and small figure slowly walked over.
"Lord Ma Wen." Lola showed a respectful look.
"Don't pretend, I know what you are like."
Ma Wen smiled faintly, "Audacious female liar, how can you be so respectful to a country lord that the gnolls let you out of prison?"
Lola was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise, "You are …"
Without waiting for Ma Wen to speak, she rolled her eyes and cut off the second half of the sentence.
This was a very smart girl.
Lola lowered her voice, "So the rumours are true."
Ma Wen said calmly, "Is it important whether the rumours are true or not?"
Who knew that Lola would say in all seriousness, "Very important!"
"If you really are the Double Blade Mask, then you are my saviour."
"And, you are the first person to believe me again after being deceived by me."
Her expression was very sincere.
Marvin was slightly moved, but his face remained expressionless as he said, "Is that so?"
"Then let's go!"
"Eh? Lord Ma Wen, you haven't told me where we are going yet! "Lola shouted as she was pulled down the mountain by Ma Wen.
"Gem Bay."
Ma Wen replied.
"But Gem Bay is not in this direction!" Lola struggled and said, "Let me lead the way, you are mistaken."
"No, I am not mistaken."
The two went down the mountain, and Ma Wen firmly walked all the way north.
"We are taking the shortcut."
Lola was pulled by Ma Wen like a marionette, staring at the tall mountains in the distance. After a long time, she squeezed out a sentence with difficulty:
"You want to cross the Screaming Mountains!?"
"What else?" Ma Wen said casually, "There is no food in the territory, we have to come back within a week!"
"This is the only shortcut."
…
The Screaming Mountains, an almost forgotten mountain range.
It was located in the middle of the wilderness south of Gem Bay. A small place like the White River Valley wasn't even marked on the maps of the major cities in the south!
The people of Gem Bay rarely set foot in the south because of the Screaming Mountains.
But in fact, the White River Valley and Gem Bay were only separated by this mountain range.
As long as they could cross this mountain range, they would be able to open up a trade route between the White River Valley and Gem Bay.
But no one would do that.
Firstly, the White River Valley was a small place to begin with, they didn't have the ability to open up a trade route. Secondly, Gem Bay had no interest in doing business with a small village.
The Screaming Mountains were occupied by monsters of all kinds.
If it wasn't for a mysterious force preventing these monsters from leaving the mountains, Gem Bay would have to suffer the pain of being invaded by monsters every day.
Harpies, Wyverns, Slimes, and some even claimed to have seen a Green Dragon hiding in the Screaming Mountains!
No one knew how many monsters there were in the mountains.
It was just that they were suppressed by a mysterious force and didn't come out to cause trouble.
Only adventurers who weren't afraid of death would occasionally enter the Screaming Mountains to search for treasures, but this was only a small number of desperados.
Most adventurers still cherished their lives, and the Screaming Mountains were always a forbidden zone for life.
But the White River Valley, located south of the Screaming Mountains, was a rather peaceful place. Other than the Gnolls who invaded some time ago, there weren't any monster invasions here.
Starting from the castle, heading northwest was the direction of the northern mine and River Beach City, and heading northeast was the entrance to the Screaming Mountains.
Ma Wen wanted to cross the Screaming Mountains tonight!
Night fell, and the Screaming Mountains that were shrouded in fog had a different feeling.
The scenery was beautiful.
But Lola was going crazy!
"Excuse me, my lord, are you a legendary?" Lola asked loudly in the desolate wilderness.
"No." Ma Wen replied.
"Sir, do you have nothing to live for?" Lola was going crazy.
"But I didn't," Marvin replied.
"Sir, do you want to execute me in a different way?" Lola's face was ashen.
"Of course not."
Ma Wen held Lola's hand and didn't say much, occasionally answering a few questions, and just hurried on.
The girl who was originally talkative finally gave up after several fruitless attempts at asking questions.
The two of them walked all the way until the moon was high in the sky, and then they arrived at the place that Ma Wen wanted.
It was a desolate gravel field.
There was a steep hill in front of them.
However, Ma Wen continued to walk east, turned back several times in front of the hill, and finally stopped in front of a cave.
"What's in here?" Lola asked nervously.
"This is a tunnel that no one knows about."
Ma Wen finally said, "Through this tunnel, we can cross the Screaming Mountains and reach Gem Bay in one night."
"It's much safer to take this route than the top."
"So there's a secret passage!" Lola suddenly relaxed and showed a look of admiration, "I didn't expect you to know so much."
"Don't worry, relax."
Ma Wen pushed aside the weeds at the entrance of the cave and took a step inside, "It's not completely safe."
"This path has a name."
"It's called [Spider Crypt]."
"As the name implies, there are many things waiting for us inside."
"They're very hungry. Always have been. "
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