A moment later, Nausica was still as calm as ever. Her expression didn't change at all, and her thoughts were still as clear as ever.
Around her, more than a dozen illusion nodes had been activated, but they still couldn't affect her emotions.
Angor sighed in relief and nodded to everyone with a smile. "Alright."
"This method of fighting poison with poison actually works!" Shan murmured.
"Even if that's the case, Angor's poison should be much more powerful than the old ones," Nausica pointed out.
Angor turned to the others and said, "Staying calm still has its drawbacks, but it's better than letting your negative emotions control you."
"If you don't mind, I'll do it now," Angor said.
They all wanted to leave, so they all nodded in agreement.
Soon, everyone except Luna, including Gank, changed their expressions. If an outsider were here, they would think that everyone except Angor was as cold and unfeeling as an iceberg.
"It's a strange state indeed." The one who spoke was Shan. Because she looked like a child, and her two ponytails were facing the sky, she usually spoke in a coquettish manner. But now, her temperament had completely changed, from innocent to cold and arrogant. It was as if she had become a different person from head to toe.
"My mind is much calmer than usual," Keely spoke up. She was always cold and detached, but she didn't look any different this time. She considered for a moment. "I can't sense or express other emotions. My current state of mind is based on my own self-interest. Angor, you have to be careful. If you're in danger, I might choose to abandon you for my own benefit. Don't trust me too much. "
Keely paused. "But we're betting our lives on you. You're the key to getting out of here. Barring any accidents, you're the most important person in our minds. We won't give you up so easily. "
This was the downside of using Absolute Calm. It suppressed a lot of emotions, many of which were related to one's personality and personality. Keely pointed it out and told him not to trust them too much, which showed the weakness of Absolute Calm.
"But it's not all bad. Under this kind of external calmness, it could forcefully clear one's troubled thoughts and help beginners enter a meditative state. Even after becoming an apprentice, they could use this method to increase their concentration and their learning efficiency would increase by a lot. Who knows, maybe you'll get rich in the future! "Shan tried to make fun of Angor in a casual tone. However, her tone was too flat. Angor found it strange that she was trying to make fun of him.
"Angor already made a lot of money from alchemy. If he uses this method, he'll be poor for the rest of his life," said Nausica.
"Let's not talk about anything else. Since everyone's thinking ability is fine, let's prepare to start looking for the exit." Angor considered for a moment. "The calmness effect will last for about an hour. It'll fade away after that."
"Actually, if we can't find the exit in twenty minutes, it's useless no matter how calm we are." "Come with me. I can sense the sword's energy." Nausica walked toward a certain direction. "Meraid's Sword."
With that, Nausica turned around and led the way.
The others didn't mind why Nausica, the weakest among them, was leading the way. She was right. With the heart scale in her hand, she could sense the direction of the woman who stole the Meraid's Sword. Currently, their consensus was to find the woman from before.
Nausica led the way while the others followed behind her.
Keely summoned a bunch of fireballs to illuminate the surroundings.
There were many twists and turns in the cave. Most of the time, after just two steps into the cave, there would be a turn back, and more forks would appear.
"Is this an underwater maze?" Keely wondered.
Shan reached out her hand and touched the wall of the cave, shaking off the sand. "Maybe it's some kind of building built by the Duons, but why are there illusion nodes? Are Duons that strong? "
"Don't forget what we saw. That wizard-level Duon." Nausica reached out a hand to touch the wall. "Maybe it's the work of a powerful being."
"Wait, Shan. Didn't you feel something when you touched the wall?" Nausica frowned. "Something's moving inside."
"No." Shan shook her head.
"I can feel a very rhythmic beat." At first, Nausica used her mechanical arm to touch the wall. But after some consideration, she switched to her left hand, and the rhythmic feeling disappeared again.
Nausica told them about her strange story.
Everyone tried one after another, but none of them felt the so-called pulsation.
"It's a tactile barrier." Angor frowned. "When you touched the wall, I sensed many illusion nodes around it. But when I moved my hand away, the nodes went back to normal. Nausica's hand is a mechanical one. She didn't activate the illusion nodes. That's why her senses are real. "
"Then why is there a rhythmic sound here?" Everyone thought for a moment and came up with the same idea.
"We won't be swallowed by some giant creature, right?"
…
Five minutes later, they followed Nausica's lead and arrived at a flat square.
Based on the light emitted by Keely, they could see that the sky above the square was still covered in fog.
"Over there!" Shan pointed at a corner in the darkness.
As expected, they saw a dark figure. Even with the light from the fire, they couldn't see the figure's face clearly.
Angor dashed toward the intruder as fast as he could.
The figure leaped into the air and dodged Angor's attack. "Angor?!" The shadow froze on the spot.
It was a clear and alluring female voice.
"Who are you? Do you know me? "Angor asked.
The figure didn't answer. Instead, she began to laugh. Her laughter slowly grew louder and louder until it became completely insane.
"Hahaha! It's you! I wanted to stay here and see Nausica's despair. But you're even better! All of you will die here! All of you will die here! "
Her voice was filled with intense hatred.
"Who are you?" Nausica stepped forward.
"Does it matter who I am? Hahahaha! You're all going to die soon! You're all going to be blood sacrifices! " She waved her hand, and countless black shadows came out. "Go, kill everyone here!"
There were flying fish, humans, and Duons. Angor noticed that these shadows were similar to the shark monster he encountered outside. They didn't have a physical body, but some kind of energy.
Their eyes were completely white, and they didn't look like living creatures at all.
Souls?!
No, they're undead!
A thought flashed across his mind. Could this woman be …
But he didn't have time to confirm it. He had to kill these undead first.
If the black shadow had released a soul like the shark outside, they might have suffered a setback or even been delayed for some time, but it just had to be an undead creature!
Angor looked back. "Back off. Leave them to me!"
He took out a silver revolver covered in strange patterns from his bracelet. It was called Prelude to Rebirth.
Ever since he crafted it in Dark Castle, he barely used it. He didn't expect to use it here for the first time after leaving Dark Castle.
"Be careful, Angor. If we don't know how to deal with them, we won't be able to kill them. Maybe we should retreat — "Before Shan could finish, an invisible energy wave was released from Angor's gun.
180 degrees ahead, the ten most powerful undead that were charging the fastest suddenly had their internal energy become chaotic without any warning. In the end, they disappeared without a trace!
Not only them, but the rest of the undead creatures behind them also turned into pure energy and returned to the world.
In the blink of an eye, half of the undead creatures were gone.
"I didn't think Angor would have such a powerful item to deal with undead creatures." Shan sighed. Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, she saw a black shadow quietly walking in a certain direction.
Was that the crazy woman from before? What's she doing?
Shan looked in the direction the woman was moving and her eyes suddenly lit up. She shouted, "Look, there's a Gui there!"
Following Shan's voice, everyone looked over. Sure enough, under the wall, there was a Gui that was struggling at death's door trying to move.
"It's still alive. We can get the information to leave from it!" Everyone immediately reacted.
"Damn! We're busted!" At this moment, the black shadow suddenly rushed over, took out a knife, and slashed down at the Gui.
"Oh no, she's going to kill it." Everyone moved in unison, wanting to stop her, but the black shadow had already reached the side of the Gui.
Before the Duon was about to die, a figure suddenly appeared in front of it.
Whoosh!
The knife in the black shadow's hand was kicked away. Next, they saw a flash of red light penetrating the Duon's body.
Only then did they realize that the figure was Keely, who had transformed into the Red Claw Tea Luo.
Keely didn't give the Duon any chance to turn around. She picked up the Duon on the ground and reappeared behind the group in a puff of smoke.
That black shadow slowly dissipated, and finally disappeared completely …
"Is she dead?" Shan asked.
"I think so," Shiliew replied.
"No," Nausica said. "She escaped. I can feel the Meraid's Sword getting further and further away from us. That shadow is probably just a trick." Nausica suddenly spoke.
"You're right. Otherwise, she wouldn't have sneaked up on the Duon while Angor was busy dealing with the undead creatures. She just used a cantrip to finish it off." Shan sighed in relief. "Good thing the Duon is still alive. If she can escape, so can we!"
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