The unnamed town, which was imprisoned by witchcraft in a spatial crevice, was much larger than they had imagined. After climbing a wooden tower in the town, Hao Ren saw a series of buildings in the distance. Layers of old roofs stretched out along the terrain, like the disgusting folds of a dirty monster. Everything in sight was gray and black, and there was no bright color that could make people feel a little relaxed. At the end of the town, far away from the river bank, there was a large building, which might be the residence of the nobles.
It was most likely the place where the wizard lived.
Hao Ren came down from the watchtower and told everyone what he saw. "There is a big house at the end of the town. Let's go there first."
"Well, don't just rush. Pay attention to the surroundings." Vivian nodded. "There will always be a lot of traps set up by the wizard, especially on such a large scale. The guy who could set up such a mysterious realm was probably not an ordinary person in the Mythological Era."
They carefully explored the quiet and strange lost town. Lily curiously looked around at the old houses and simple street facilities along the way. She asked the most knowledgeable person, "Battie, what era do you think this town is from?"
"Between the millennium AD and 400 years ago, the architectural style and level of civilization in this area have not changed much during that time. The time flow in this town is obviously not synchronized with the outside world, so we can't be sure what era it is from." Vivian frowned. "But one thing is for sure, the mysterious realm is definitely not formed naturally. This place should be an ordinary town by the river, and the power of magic pulled it from the real world."
"About the wizard you found," Hao Ren looked up at Hessiana. "Do you have more specific information?"
Hessiana was not willing to talk to Hao Ren, but at this time, she still said lazily, "Wizards are a bunch of mysterious guys. There is never much information that can be found. We only have a little bit of information about this wizard. The earliest record of his activities is around 1346 AD. He seemed to be French, and his first name was Baptiste. He stayed in France for a hundred years, during which he did not do anything particularly outstanding. He was still a very honest guy at that time. However, for some unknown reason, the wizard suddenly left France and traveled to many European countries, leaving behind a large number of records of black magic and evil rituals. Around 1500 AD, he was active in Finland and Russia. The situation in this town should have been caused by him at that time. "
"And then?"
"Then the information is sporadic. He has hardly been active in the outside world for the next two centuries, and there is very little information left." Hessiana shook her head. "This Baptiste is a freak. He has never contacted his fellow wizards. It is reasonable to say that he is more powerful than many wizards in history, but he is not even as famous as some black magic apprentices. I have used almost all the information in my family to find this information. In the end, I couldn't even find the source of the wizard's power and his faction. Tsk, tsk, a low-key hermit, a loner. "
Vivian looked up at the smoke-shrouded sky and asked casually, "Is the wizard dead?"
"There is no clear death certificate." Hessiana spread out her hands with a wry smile. "It is recorded that he was involved in a scuffle between the demon hunters and the descendants of Anubis two centuries ago. He disappeared in the aftermath of the battle and has not been seen for two centuries. So he is probably dead. Who knows? Anyway, we are just here for his manuscripts and relics. It is better for such a troublesome guy to be dead. "
"I hope he is still alive," Hao Ren shrugged. "Then we can ask him what the ritual to summon the evil spirit Vivian means."
The group of people approached the center of the town as they talked. The road in front of them was slightly wider. Although the distribution of buildings was still messy, the surrounding houses were slightly better in terms of size and quality. It seemed that this was the place where the "upper class" of the town lived. A small empty space appeared in front of everyone. This could not be called a square, but a relatively empty space. The ground here was very neat, and the road around the empty space was paved with cobblestones of moderate size. In the center of the empty space, there was a rotten wooden platform that had collapsed. This seemed to be the place where the townsfolk gathered and listened to the lord's orders.
Around the open space were old wooden and stone houses. Like a haunted house, the old mansions formed a circle around the open space, staring at the outsiders who trespassed into the town with their dark, empty faces. Their doors were closed, and the narrow windows were hung with tattered cloth or wooden planks. The gaps between the doors and windows revealed the empty darkness inside. There seemed to be pairs of eyes hidden in the darkness — the eyes of the townspeople who had mysteriously disappeared.
Wuyue seemed to be a little scared by the atmosphere around her. She summoned a mist to envelop herself and then transformed into her siren form. After throwing her clothes ball to Hao Ren, the water serpent girl stretched her back. "Phew … I feel much better now."
Hao Ren kept Wuyue's clothes into his Dimensional Pocket and kindly asked, "Aren't you cold?"
Wuyue's water serpent body spread out on the ground. The ground of this small town in the Arctic Circle was as cold as ice. Hao Ren looked at her tail wiggling on the ground and felt cold for her.
Wuyue raised the tip of her tail and shook it. "It's okay. Water elementals are not afraid of cold. As long as you don't freeze, it's okay."
At this time, Lily was interested in the wooden platform in the middle of the open space. She curiously walked around the platform and suddenly raised her Flamejoy. "Why do I feel cold around this platform?"
"There are a lot of spirits here." Nangong Sanba held two bottles of exorcism oil in his hand with a serious face. "Don't poke around with a fire stick. If you disturb the more powerful evil spirits, it'll be fun."
Lily was furious when she heard that. She raised her Flamejoy and waved it at Nangong Sanba. "You say this is a fire stick again. Can't you see the three forks on it?"
"By the way, are the spirits in this place ghosts?" Hao Ren had long been interested in this question. "If they are ghosts, can they communicate?"
Such a gloomy and strange lost town, with countless invisible spirits wandering between the dilapidated streets and houses, this place was enough to make ordinary people wet their pants. But Hao Ren had just defeated an entire planet of vengeful spirits. Now that his nerves were strong, the first thing that came to his mind when ghosts were mentioned was to ask about them.
"Unfortunately, they are all very weak spirits." Nangong Sanba shook his head regretfully. "They are everywhere in the air, but they are all mixed together. There is almost no boundary. This kind of spirit can't even maintain itself, so there is no way to communicate. They have long lost their memory and thinking."
"Oh," Hao Ren said thoughtfully. "Are they the indigenous people of this town?"
"Most likely so," Vivian agreed. "The residents of this town should be ordinary humans. And according to the state of the houses, when the town was dragged into this space and time, the residents had no time to react. Ordinary people can't live long in this space."
"Did he drag the whole town in? What was the wizard trying to do?" Hao Ren's brows were knitted together, and his face was a little pale. "If he wanted to live in seclusion, it's unnecessary to go through so much trouble."
While they were discussing the fate of the town's residents, Lily had already walked around the wooden platform many times. She was inexplicably attracted to the platform. Her golden eyes glowed faintly. In her vision, many floating shadows slowly appeared in the open space. The shadows had a vague human silhouette, and seemed to be wearing clothes from hundreds of years ago. They stood there expressionlessly, looking up at the direction of the wooden platform, as if they were numbly listening to a non-existent person talking on the platform.
Lily's ears slowly perked up, and some fragmented words floated into her ears.
"… The child was really stolen by the devil. We should expel the witch sooner …"
"… It seems like we haven't seen the Thane for a long time?"
"… The scholar said he would help the child exorcise the evil, but I don't really believe in magic …"
"Shh, do you want to be cursed by the witch? They will throw you out of the town. The witch is still wandering outside … "
"Why not the Church?"
"… The Thane didn't show up …"
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