After he steadied himself, Kieran scanned the surroundings before he quickly moved back and stuck his body to the wall.
Inside the courtyard was a courtyard with a small lake, with the small lake as the center and a bridge spanning over it.
The layout before him was very familiar to Kieran.
After some thought, Kieran thought of Great Swamp's mansion.
If the layout before him was magnified, it was exactly the same as the lake in Great Swamp's mansion!
"Great Swamp built his mansion according to the layout here?"
It was natural for Kieran to speculate.
However, Kieran wasn't in a hurry to verify his speculations. He adjusted his breathing and hid in the shadows of the wall.
A few minutes later, a noise came from the top of the wall.
A figure leaped over the wall.
Or rather …
The figure was thrown over.
Just like what happened to Kieran a moment ago.
However, the figure didn't have the chance to land on his feet like Kieran because Kieran jumped out from the shadows and kicked the immobilized figure in mid-air.
Bang!
After the kick landed on the figure's body, the figure fell into the small lake.
Then, the figure sank into the lake without a sound.
There wasn't any splashing sound.
The seemingly clear lake water was like a quagmire, devouring life.
Kieran looked at the intruder's body being devoured without any expression.
The figure outside the courtyard wouldn't have appeared for no reason.
Similar to how someone would create imposters of Kieran and Great Swamp for no reason.
That bastard had been eyeing the place.
From the very beginning, he never gave up.
Besides, he was very smart in setting up a diversion.
He almost fooled Kieran and Great Swamp.
No!
"Great Swamp should have noticed something.
But he shouldn't have confirmed it.
That's why he chose to lure the snake out of its hole.
But … "
"Great Swamp never thought he would lure out a giant python that he couldn't fight against, so he was forced to use his father's legacy to fight the snake."
It was obvious that Great Swamp couldn't fight the snake.
Otherwise, with Great Swamp's personality, he would have killed him a long time ago. Why would he allow him to cause trouble right under his nose?
From the two times they worked together, Kieran had already understood that under Great Swamp's seemingly calm personality, he was a man of his word.
However, this did not mean that Kieran would forgive the other party for keeping it a secret.
He hoped that the other party could give him a satisfactory explanation.
Otherwise …
Kieran's eyes turned cold.
However, very quickly, Kieran began to adjust himself. He knew what he should do at this moment.
After temporarily tossing the matter about Great Swamp out of his mind, Kieran carefully approached the only bridge over the lake.
The bridge was made of stone. Pro level [Mystical Knowledge] and Transcendence level [Tracking] allowed Kieran to spot it.
However, Kieran, who had just experienced the strange scene, was still cautious.
Kieran still had a lingering fear in his heart about the previous scene.
He was certain that it was not an illusion, nor was it a hallucination.
Instead, it was something even more terrifying, something he had never heard of before.
However, there was one thing he was sure of.
This place was indeed left behind by Great Swamp's father.
Because of that, Great Swamp was able to enter easily.
As for the others?
It all depended on luck.
Besides, Kieran was quite confident that there were some restrictions that he didn't know about. Otherwise, the mastermind behind everything wouldn't be so careful.
He could have entered this place in a more open and aboveboard way.
The stone bridge wasn't that long.
Based on Kieran's previous observation, it wouldn't be longer than 50 meters.
However, the moment he stepped on the stone bridge, mist appeared.
It turned from light to thick, and within a breath's time, he couldn't even see his own fingers.
Amidst the thick mist, Kieran's SSS + Intuition completely lost his sense of direction. He couldn't see or hear anything.
The only thing he could feel was the stone bridge beneath his feet seemed to be … moving?!
Out of instinct, Kieran thought of the enemy that was silently devoured by him.
Without further ado, Kieran took out [Flame City Bangle Replica] and activated [Guide].
Even though this equipment could be brought out of the dungeon world, other than this place, Kieran couldn't think of another place where he could use it.
Although Kieran was a stingy person by nature, he wouldn't hesitate when it came to using it.
Kieran knew it could be exchanged for greater rewards.
Wung!
The bangle buzzed and a pulling force appeared out of nowhere, pulling Kieran's hand and guiding Kieran the way.
With the guidance from the bangle, Kieran easily crossed the stone bridge.
When his boots left the stone bridge and touched the soil on the ground, the mist before his eyes vanished.
Even the stone bridge behind him was cleared of weapons.
However, it was only from Kieran's point of view.
From the point of view of the people on the stone bridge, it wasn't the case. It was still covered in mist.
Two intruders were running around the stone bridge like headless flies. The mist blocked their senses, making it hard for them to move forward.
Even though they were less than a meter away from each other, the intruders couldn't even sense each other's presence.
While Kieran was feeling the mystical nature of the mist, a grenade appeared in his hand.
KABOOM!
The grenade exploded on the bridge.
The stone bridge was unscathed.
The two intruders who faced the explosion directly didn't suffer any real damage either, but the shockwave caused them to fall into the lake.
Then, the devouring started again.
Compared to before, this time, Kieran had a clearer view of the situation.
The moment the intruders touched the lake water, they fell into a dull state, as if their souls were sucked out, allowing the lake water to devour their bodies.
"This is the third and fourth.
How many more pawns do you want to lose?
Or will you be the next one? "
Kieran thought in his heart as he strode away along the small path.
He didn't wait for the intruders.
It wasn't just because Kieran believed there would be more places for him to inflict heavy losses on the intruders, it was also because of the urgency in his heart.
The imposter Great Swamp told him to wait for an hour, Kieran didn't forget that.
He had reasons to believe Great Swamp wasn't just joking around.
Soon, Kieran reached the end of the small path.
A red building that looked like a decorated archway appeared in front of him.
It was similar to Great Swamp's building.
The building was also made up of two thick, straight pillars. The top was made up of green tiles and golden bricks, and the beams were carved with layers of complicated patterns.
The only difference was that there were no white sparrows between the beams and the pillars.
But there were some other things as well.
A gloomy and cold presence was emanating from the archway.
The moment Kieran got close to the [Flame City Bangle Replica], it shone in red again.
Under the red light, the gloomy and cold presence paused for a moment, showing signs of hesitation.
It seemed to be thinking about something.
Kieran, of course, wouldn't let go of such a chance.
He dashed over like an arrow.
When Kieran's figure completely crossed the archway, the gloomy and cold presence exploded.
Wuuu!
It felt like a category 12 typhoon was blowing in all directions with the archway as the epicenter.
Kieran, who had already dashed further away, was still swept away by the wind.
Instantly, a bone-chilling sensation seeped through his skin and into his body.
[Devourer Shadow Mail], which could devour a level 2 attack, didn't react at all.
Many other defensive skills, including [Secondary Elemental Damage Resistance] and [Secondary Armored Skin] were also useless.
He allowed the bone-chilling sensation to rush into Kieran's body.
Then, it was blocked by the tenacious Dawn Force, crushed and expelled by the berserk Devil Force.
Huuhaa, Huuhaa!
Kieran panted heavily.
Streams of cold air gushed out from his body, and after a few breaths, the ground before Kieran's eyes was covered in a layer of ice as thick as a finger.
Looking at the layer of ice before his eyes, Kieran turned to the archway with lingering fear in his heart.
At that moment, a white figure suddenly appeared under the red archway.
The figure had long hair covering its face and its fingers were greenish black.
Through the seams of the hair, Kieran faintly saw a scarlet, bloodshot eye.
The moment the eye met Kieran's gaze, it widened all of a sudden.
The figure looked like it had seen something unbelievable.
After letting out a sharp shriek, it disappeared on the spot.
"What happened?"
Kieran was stunned.
At the same time, in a certain part of Flame City, there was a similar roar.
It was an elderly man in a straw raincoat with wrinkles all over his face.
Rage made the elderly man's face red and his body trembled.
"What happened?
What the hell is going on? "
On the table, there were five upright, lifelike wooden dolls, and four of them had already been damaged.
The first one from left to right had a crack on its back.
The second one was at an uncomfortable angle on its lumbar spine.
The third and fourth had completely fallen apart, and their original appearances could not be seen at all.
Looking at his painstaking efforts being destroyed one after another, the elderly man stood up from his chair and shouted at the man beside him.
"Tell me, what's going on?
"Didn't you say your plan was in the bag?"
"Why would such an unforeseen event occur?"
Facing such a question, the man sitting there frowned and remained silent.
In fact, until now, he didn't know what caused the sudden changes.
According to his plan, whether it was Great Swamp or the Bird of Death who interfered, they should be kept in the dark, waiting for their deaths.
"I don't know yet.
"Can you summon your last puppet?"
I need to ask for more details. "
The man said.
"One last time!
I'll trust you for the last time! "
The hot-tempered elderly said and prepared to summon his last puppet back. However, just as he was about to cast his spell, a gloomy and cold aura appeared on the wooden doll.
Almost instantly, the wooden doll was frozen into a block of ice.
The elderly man was stunned when he saw the frozen wooden doll.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
However, at that moment, the old man realized that his body had also been frozen at some point in time.
Instinctively, the elderly man wanted to ask his comrade for help.
However, when he looked at the spot where the man was sitting, he realized his comrade had disappeared without him knowing.
"You …"
The elderly man shouted angrily.
However, before the last few words came out of his mouth, he stopped abruptly.
This was because a white figure had appeared in front of him.
Long hair covered the figure's face, fingers greenish black.
When the elderly man saw the red eyes through the seams of the hair, his body started to tremble.
"S-Spare …"
The trembling begging was like the angry roar from before, ending without a trace.
Mixed with the bone-chilling breath, it directly drowned the old man and the room.
Countless runes were branded on the walls and windows, flickering ceaselessly. However, the runes that could withstand a Higher God's attack were so weak and fragile at that moment, unable to withstand a single blow.
Like glass falling on the floor, the runes shattered one after another.
Then, they froze one after another.
In the end, all that was left was the white figure in the room.
At that moment.
In this room, she was the king.
But when she thought about that terrifying man …
She couldn't hold back her sobs.
She never thought she would see him again.
Why?
Why did he come back?
He shouldn't have come back!
Yes!
He shouldn't have come back!
But I just saw him!
The sobs got louder and louder. That nightmarish face made her panic.
She lost her sanity.
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