While Sennefer was meditating, the others could only wait in silence.
No one spoke a word. The only sound that could be heard was the crackling of the bonfire.
Angor looked back at everyone in the cave. Everyone, including the wizards, was wearing a serious expression. They might be at the top of the pyramid in the southern wizarding region, but they were only at the bottom of the Abyss Plane. There were plenty of creatures stronger than them in the Abyss Plane.
Angor finally realized how terrifying the Abyss Plane really was.
The silence lasted for a long time. They didn't want to disturb Sennefer's meditation. However, one of the apprentices suddenly screamed out of nowhere. "What's going on?!"
"Ahhhh! Shut up! Get out of my way! "
It was a skinny young apprentice wearing an old, purple robe. His face was twisted as he covered his ears with his hands, shaking his head and yelling hysterically.
His shout was too ear-piercing, attracting the attention of everyone present.
Maher stepped forward angrily and grabbed his collar, lifting him into the air. The terrifying man looked at him threateningly. "Shut up!"
The acolyte didn't seem to be in a clear state of mind until Maher lifted him up and suffocated him with his collar. Only then did he snap out of it. When he saw the scene in front of him, he was given a fright. Moreover, facing Maher's pressure, he began to tremble.
"Put him down, Maher." A cold voice came from behind.
Maher turned around and saw Sennefer standing behind him without him noticing.
"Did he wake you up, Miss Sennefer?" Maher tossed the apprentice aside and asked in a concerned tone.
"I'm fine. I'm almost healed when he woke me up. We'll be on our way. "Sennefer glanced at the apprentice Maher had tossed to the ground.
At this moment, the apprentice was still trembling with fear. However, his hands were still covering his ears as he repeatedly muttered, "Don't say anymore …"
"What's wrong?" Sennefer raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"
The young apprentice trembled, unable to utter a single word.
Maher frowned and looked at the other apprentices. "Do any of you know what happened to him?"
The apprentices looked at each other. After a while, a middle-aged man who was wearing the same wizard robe as the young apprentice raised his hand and said, "Sir, it seems like Gusia is suffering from hysteria because of the stress."
"Hysteria? What do you mean? "Sennefer looked at him.
The middle-aged man stuttered and told Sennefer about what he saw.
The apprentice named Gucia came from the Nocturnal Forest. He was forced to join a frontline mission because someone set him up. He had always been a coward. He would keep everything he encountered to the bottom of his heart. After coming to the Abyss, he had been through so many battles. Perhaps it was because he had accumulated too much pressure that he was hallucinating.
"He asked me if I heard anything before. I didn't hear anything, so I asked him what was going on. He didn't say anything at first, but after a while, he stammered that someone had been whispering in his ear, calling him to a place … Later, he even said that he saw the person who called him, waiting for him there. "
Sennefer gave Maher a thoughtful look. She exchanged a look with Maher.
"I see." Sennefer nodded and looked at the middle-aged man. "You … keep an eye on him. Don't let him out of your sight."
Sennefer's tone was so casual that the middle-aged man didn't catch the underlying meaning. He thought that Sennefer was worried that Gucia would yell again. "I'll keep an eye on him."
Sennefer didn't say anything. Instead, she sighed and looked at the others. "We're not far from the Gray Lamination Zone. Let's get there in ten hours."
After Sennefer finished speaking, the team followed the Moonfrost Guards out of the cavern one by one.
Angor was the last one to leave. He kept looking at Gucia curiously.
Most people thought that Gucia was talking nonsense. Angor also thought that Gucia was under too much pressure and lost control of himself.
"Sennefer and Maher were looking at him strangely. I think there's something wrong with Gucia," Madelyne said.
Apart from Madelyne, Angor also noticed that some wizards were also looking at Gucia curiously. Clearly, they also noticed something strange.
Angor followed Madelyne's gaze and looked at Gucia curiously.
Gucia didn't seem to be in a bad mood. Together with the other apprentices, he extinguished the bonfire and walked towards the tunnel. Beside him was the middle-aged man from before, who was talking to him about something.
However, it didn't last long.
Angor kept looking at Gucia as they walked out of the cave, but Gucia was gone in the blink of an eye.
Angor narrowed his eyes and looked again. Indeed, Gucia was nowhere to be seen. The middle-aged man next to him didn't notice anything strange and was still talking.
Angor looked at Madelyne and the other wizards and saw that they were all looking at Gucia in confusion. Obviously, this apprentice called Gucia had suddenly disappeared, and even they did not notice any clues.
"That's why Sennefer told his friends to keep an eye on him," Lucien said. She already knew this was going to happen, "Madelyne said." Maybe this is the danger of the Frozen Ruins? "
Madelyne also told him that she had been keeping an eye on Guciya. Guciya's disappearance came without any warning. There were no spatial ripples or energy ripples. Guciya simply vanished into thin air.
Madelyne even went to the place where Gucia disappeared and didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
When everyone came out of the dark tunnel, the middle-aged man shouted in surprise, "Lady Sennefer, Gucia is gone!"
Sennefer only nodded and didn't say anything.
"Should I go back and look for him?" The middle-aged man stuttered.
"Don't bother. You won't find him." Sennefer shook her head and gave him a cold look.
Angor didn't know where Gucia went. Sennefer gave an ambiguous answer. "Maybe it's just as he said. Someone called him away."
Sennefer's words sent chills down everyone's spines. A living person had disappeared right in front of them, and the reason was unknown. How could they not be terrified?
"Is this the real danger of the Frigid Ruins?" Angor wondered.
"That's not all." A smooth male voice came from the side.
He turned around and saw Brofen standing beside him with a big smile.
"You mean there's something else?" Madelyne looked at Brofen.
Brofen nodded.
"What is it?" Madelyne asked.
Brofen decided to keep them in suspense. "I can share this secret with you, but … do you mind giving me a ride?"
…
A moment later, Angor's Gondola was joined by Brofen, who was as fat as a ball.
Angor was still wary of Brofen. He was planning to stay away from him, but Brofen didn't seem to be a threat. "Don't worry. Brofen won't do anything to you as long as I'm here," Madelyne whispered to Angor.
Since Madelyne asked, Angor couldn't refuse.
As soon as Brofen boarded the Gondola, he immediately began to study it. He muttered to himself as if he wanted to study it thoroughly.
"This Astral Veil … Huh? That's the special effect of the Wavy Shell, isn't it? Lucky me."
Brofen's eyes lit up when he saw the Gondola in the Forest of Giant Rocks. However, he didn't have the chance because of Madelyne's presence.
Now that he finally had the chance, Brofen had to study it thoroughly.
Alchemy enchantment wasn't the same as Brofen's. He couldn't replicate a Gondola at best. In the end, he could only shake his head in disappointment.
"Now that we're done, let's talk about the main topic," Madelyne said. Madelyne was now sitting on the same side as Angor, while Brofen sat across from them.
The main reason was that Brofen was too big, and he took up two seats by himself.
"You want to know about the Frigid Ruins, right? Actually, the sudden disappearance of that little acolyte named Gucia is one of the dangers. "
Brofen frowned. "A hundred years ago, when the Moonfrost Union decided to build a base here, they noticed something was wrong. Some people have mysteriously disappeared here, and the reason is just like what Gucia said. They felt that someone was calling out to them. "
"Since only a few people went missing, no one was alerted at first. Until the Walker of Sin City disappeared as well. "
Madelyne was shocked. "Walker of Sin City? You mean Pusio?! "
Brofen nodded, a trace of nostalgia flashing in his eyes. "Yes, Pusio also disappeared here."
"That genius truth-finder wizard from a hundred years ago …" Madelyne muttered, "No wonder Pusio never showed up in the last hundred years …"
"Pusio's disappearance made the people of the Union pay more attention to this place. They checked the records and found that thousands of people had disappeared in the past thousand years. Among them, there were even two official Magi who were suspected to have disappeared in this place! From then on, the voices of building strongholds in the Ancient Cold Ruins slowly died down. "
"Losing a truth-finder wizard for no reason is a big deal for the Union. Someone came to investigate, but they found nothing. Later on, even Sir Monchi came to explore this place … "
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