The fox simply stood on top of the ruins. Its fluffy tail looked like a bright red flame, dancing in the air.
The fox's fur was beautiful, but the most peculiar thing about it was its clothes and behavior.
It was wearing a dark dress that emitted a deep purple light, and it was holding a harp that was almost as tall as it was.
Huh? A harp?
Greya's eyes suddenly focused. The red fox kept plucking the harp in its hand. The strange sound that had been lingering in his ears all this time was coming from the harp!
Suddenly, Greya's pupils shrank.
She sensed something familiar from the harp. Back when Angor was doing alchemy under Dark Castle, he accidentally came across a Mystery domain. She was the one who sensed the powerful aura of Mystery spirit from the harp.
Now, the harp's aura was exactly the same as that of the Mystery power!
It was definitely a Mystery item!
Greya was feeling uneasy at first, but when she saw the harp, her eyes lit up with greed. She felt lucky. "Good thing I chose to come back. Otherwise, I would've missed the chance to get my hands on it!"
In her eyes, the Mystery harp already belonged to her! It was just a wild fox. What was there to be afraid of?
Greya's greedy gaze did not escape the fox's eyes. It slowly raised its head and looked at Greya with those charming eyes.
"The night is beautiful. Why are you so grumpy?"
The red fox flicked its fingers, and several white threads appeared out of nowhere. They all aimed at Greya like arrows.
A battle was about to break out!
At the same time, in a guild hall dozens of miles away from here, there was a rustling sound.
There was an emblem that looked like a giant tree at the entrance of the hall. As long as one was a member of the wizarding world, there was almost no one who didn't recognize the emblem.
The giant tree represented the Tree of Eternity, which was the emblem of Brute Cavern's bases.
Several figures showed up outside Brute Cavern's station. The leader of the group was none other than Douglas, whose body was glowing.
He rushed into the dark area without caring about anything else. The first thing he did was to reach the bases of the major organizations and summon the wizards there so that he could leave together with them.
Brute Cavern's resident wizard was the last one to be called.
Brute Cavern's resident wizard was a level-1 Elementalist named Filo. When Douglas arrived, there was a thin layer of water around him, which was trying its best to resist the invasion of the evil desires in the music.
As soon as Douglas arrived, his domain of light immediately surrounded Filo.
Filo, who had been having a hard time resisting his evil desires, suddenly felt much more relaxed within the light domain.
"Filo, get over here! We need to gather everyone's strength and force a planar passageway out of here!" Douglas yelled.
Filo immediately stepped forward upon hearing this. "Sir Douglas, what is going on here?"
"Don't worry about it!" Douglas couldn't be bothered to explain further when he saw Filo's confused expression. He cursed angrily, "I don't f * cking know either. Let's get out of here first!"
"That's right, Filo. Don't ask. The entire outer city was sealed off by darkness, and no one knew what was going on. If it weren't for Sir Douglas, we would've all been eaten away by the evil desires. "It was Filo's friend from Nocturnal Forest, a mid-sized wizard organization.
"That evil desire is too strong. We can't stop it."
"It must be the followers of Ominous Play. Those demon worshippers can do whatever they want. How dare they attack Sleepless City? How dare they!"
While they were guessing what had happened in the outer city, Douglas' forehead began to ooze murky sweat.
"Quick! Stop talking. Let's gather our strength and create a tunnel. "
Although he was a rank 2 Magus, he did not know where these evil desires came from. Even the force field of the Light of Purification was slowly being eroded. If he continued to waste time, the force field of the Light of Purification would soon be destroyed.
Once he couldn't maintain the Light of Purification, all the wizards would be exposed to the evil desires.
Douglas explained his situation to his friends. They were not united at first, but when they heard that they might be exposed to the music, they quickly nodded in agreement.
"I'll maintain the Light of Purification. You guys create a tunnel!" With that, everyone gathered their strength and prepared to force open a tunnel.
Just as everyone was working together to pry open the solid space, a graceful woman wearing a bamboo hat appeared outside the force field of the purifying light.
She radiated a strong evil aura, but it seemed like she had some kind of protective spell. Occasionally, a clear aura would flash across her body.
"Master Filo, I … I can't hold on any longer. Can you take me with you?" She spoke in a soft, feminine voice.
Filo was taken aback. He looked up at her, then hesitantly looked at Douglas.
Douglas looked up and saw that this woman was exuding a seductive aura. Coupled with the music of the Evil Desire, even though he couldn't see her face, he could still feel her charm.
However, no matter how charming she was, she was just an ordinary apprentice.
"She's the apprentice of 'Necromancer' Ness. She's very talented —"
Before Filo could finish speaking, Douglas cut him off. "Don't say anything else. You've already reached your limit by entering the Light of Purification. You can't take anyone else with you, or else the force field will collapse!"
Filo immediately shut his mouth when he heard this. She was Ness' apprentice. No matter how talented she was, he didn't want to risk his life for a mere apprentice.
When the bamboo hat woman heard that there was no hope, her eyes began to churn with evil thoughts.
She had also heard that the Light of Purification would collapse if there was one more person. His originally tactful attitude actually swelled under the influence of the evil thoughts in his heart. He wanted to force his way into the Light of Purification forcefield.
"Let me in, or none of you will leave this place!"
Everyone was busy activating the planar passageway, so no one could stop the bamboo hat woman.
Just as she was about to enter the Light of Purification, a crazed voice came from afar. "Water Transformation! Die! "
A woman with curly green hair suddenly appeared outside the Light of Purification. Water vapor rose from her body as she attacked the bamboo hat woman.
The bamboo hat woman had no choice but to deal with the newcomers. She jumped a few times and landed on the roof of another building.
"Dripping Stream, you crazy woman!" As she spoke, she turned her head to look at her surroundings. If Shiliew was here, then the other two women would be here as well.
Sure enough, he vaguely saw a huge figure in the darkness. It seemed to be the demon servant named Shan.
"They are opening a planar passageway. Let's stop fighting for now. Once we enter the planar passageway, we can fight however we want!" The bamboo hat woman yelled.
However, Shiliew had already lost her mind. She didn't care about what the woman said.
She gritted her teeth and cursed, "Damn it!"
At this moment, the music that had caused everyone in the outer city to lose their minds suddenly stopped.
As the music stopped, so did the evil. Shiliew, who was still in her crazed state, calmed down.
On the other hand, Douglas relaxed a little. He no longer had to maintain the pressure of the Light of Purification. He looked at the bamboo hat woman with a cold light in his eyes.
"How dare you threaten us! Even if your teacher Ness is here, I will tear you to pieces!" Douglas raised his hand, and a ball of light began to gather.
Filo wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
The bamboo hat woman was about to die in the ball of light. Suddenly, a strange aura came from above them.
Douglas was taken aback. The other wizards were also attracted by this aura. They all looked up.
At the core of the Eternal Brilliance of Daybreak, a vortex had appeared. This vortex was the reason why the outer city was in darkness. Now, the vortex was changing again.
Waves of aura that caused all the adepts to lose their composure spread out.
"This is …" Douglas's eyes flashed with greed. "The aura of Mystery! There's no doubt about it. This is the power of Mystery! "
Could it be that this sudden darkness wasn't an attack, but the birth of a mysterious item?!
Douglas wasn't the only one who thought so. Everyone else had the same thought.
Almost all of the wizards here had read Wizard Fein Werder's book, Strange World. There was a record of the birth of a Mystery item in a certain plane.
The item was born when Fein Werder was observing a strange silver fish in an ocean plane.
It was born out of nowhere. There was no pattern to it.
It was this pattern that was similar to what they were experiencing right now.
The aura of Mystery was getting stronger and stronger. Everyone began to feel greedy and greedy. If they could get their hands on a Mystery item, they would become much stronger. If they were lucky enough to find a Mystery item that was compatible with them, they would have a bright future ahead of them.
While everyone was lost in their thoughts, a strange voice suddenly echoed throughout the city.
"Croak! Praise the Queen! Praise Shava! Praise … croak? Why are you here? "
The strange voice was followed by the sound of the zither again.
Evil desires arose once again!
Douglas quickly activated his Light of Purification. "No matter what's going on, let's get out of here first!"
Soon, the plane passageway was opened. All the wizards began to rush into it. However, before they entered, most of them looked back at the city covered in darkness with greedy eyes.
The passage was closed, and no one could escape.
After they left, only the bamboo hat woman and Shiliew were left in Brute Cavern's headquarters.
The bamboo hat woman managed to escape Douglas's punishment, but Shiliew was once again losing her mind in the sound of zither.
She also heard heavy footsteps coming from the other side of the street. Under the dim light from the brazier at the entrance of the building, she could see a giant figure.
On the shoulder of the figure was a red-eyed girl named Shan. She was also glaring at Shiliew with hatred.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
She sensed a strong wind coming from behind.
The bamboo hat woman's spirit sense was very sensitive, so she immediately dodged.
When the wind stopped, a woman wearing a soft armor with one of her hands shining with a metallic luster appeared in front of her.
"Nausica …" The woman gnashed her teeth and uttered the name with hatred.
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