There was a yellow cross-shaped energy rune floating above the altar. The rune looked like a bead connected to four spikes. The rune looked like a yellow crystal.
According to Sigma, the altar was a special place in the wilderness. No freaks would take the initiative to approach the altar, nor would they destroy it. It seemed like the altar had different abilities.
"We need to leave this place as soon as possible," he added with a serious expression on his face. "Green, head to the right, now!"
'Angele Rio, Strength 15. Agility 13.4. Stamina 17. Mentality 55.3. Mana 54. Evil Will is increasing … '
Suddenly, the green line twisted and flashed several times before disappearing into the air.
Three men and two women walked down the stairs together, each of them carrying a brown leather suitcase.
"There's an altar over there! Let's go there! "Hikari pointed at the back of the team.
"Good witchcraft, much simpler than my Life Simulation," Hikari nodded.
Angele walked at the back of the team, paying attention to the surroundings. Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.
A weak green line slowly left Angele's index finger and flew to the cliff on the other side. It was not affected by the wind at all.
The gray altar began to decay rapidly.
The paper girls under the shade of the big tree were only looking at them curiously from afar. They didn't know if they were looking at them or if they had other intentions. Their faces had no facial features, so he could not tell if they were looking at them or not.
"Alright, let's head to the direction of the airship. We should be fine for now. "Angele stood up.
"Still, it's a terrifying number." Angele clenched his left fist, feeling satisfied. He was filled with energy and he felt comfortable.
"Let's leave this place as soon as possible." Angele made up his mind. "Let's leave the area of the paper girls first and see if there are any changes. If there are, it means that the paper girls brought them here."
"That's impossible! Although this place is dangerous, we won't be able to find any reference points if we leave the area of the paper girls. If we wander around here, we might accidentally enter another tribe's territory and get killed, "Stigma denied.
"I don't feel good." Reyline frowned. "There's a very uncomfortable aura surrounding this place. I think we'd better get out of here before it gets dark. "
Most importantly, at this rate, it wouldn't be long before he would be able to reach the Crystal Phase's requirement of 71. This journey had allowed him to increase his Mental Power by nearly ten points.
On the grayish-yellow plains, five white-robed figures moved forward slowly and steadily.
"Legend has it that where the paper girls live, a huge spring will appear on the trunk of the big tree. Once a living person appears nearby, a strange black shadow will twist the spring in the tree's shade. After these paper girls are wound, they will fly out of the tree's shade and hunt the surrounding creatures. Unless we get rid of the black shadow that twirls the clockwork, we won't be able to kill all of them. Also, the way they appear and disappear is very strange. " Sigma's expression was solemn. "Didn't you see that no other creature dares to step into this area?"
The face of a woman with long white hair slowly appeared in the middle of the dark pool. She opened her gray lips but did not make any sound.
"Let me try and see if there's anything wrong with it," Angele spoke in a low voice.
"How long do you need?" Reyline questioned.
Some would stop on a tree not far away from them, quietly watching them. Some of them would circle above the five of them and let out ear-piercing screeches.
'Checking … Angele Rio. Strength 6.2. Agility 6.7. Stamina 10.2. Mentality 53.4. Mana 50.1.'
"It seems like we were affected by the paper girls. They're very mysterious. We're lucky that we didn't get caught by them. Let's not talk about this anymore. We're almost at the Abyss Canyon, "Stigma said as he pointed ahead.
"This is a detection spell that I modified. It's good for detecting energy and it can simulate a living human being's life force. It's just a small spell, "he explained to the others in a light tone.
* WOO *
The absorption process of the storm elemental energy was a lot slower. He had asked the biochip more than ten times on the way, but it was still in progress. He was just asking the question out of habit.
The yellow soil was immediately blown to the right by the wind and turned into a yellow ribbon, scattering diagonally into the cliff.
They heard the sound of wings flapping. A paper girl slowly flew to them and stopped by the edge of the pool. She turned her head around and looked at the direction Angele and the others were heading to. No one spoke for a while.
Angele put his right hand into his waist and grabbed the handle of the cursed scimitar. Green energy waves were released from the scimitar and connected to his right wrist.
The other side of the canyon was at least 1000 meters away from them. From afar, the huge pine tree on the opposite cliff was just a dark green dot.
Several minutes later, the green energy waves reached the top of the canyon.
The five of them quickly walked to the rune altar.
'Check my condition,' Angele muttered. Angele chanted. He collected all the dust from the female leader's body after he killed her in the eye of the wind and consumed the dust several times in a row. He used the dust to absorb the energy of the cursed scimitar.
They looked at each other for a second and Reyline slowly lowered his bow.
Stigma kept glancing at the paper girl on the way, it seemed like he was being cautious.
* BAM *
Reyline held two scimitars in his hands and he was checking the surroundings. Angele stood at the edge of the room and the three of them surrounded the two ladies.
Angele was a bit surprised. He did not expect the storm elemental energy to bring him so many benefits.
"I can sense something different from the life energy here, but it's not the death energy," Morrisa spoke in a low voice.
He heard Hikari talking in a low voice.
Reyline raised his head and stared at the strange bird in the sky. He clasped his scimitar and turned it into a longbow. He was about to aim at the bird.
The five of them returned to their original formation and started walking to the black ship at full speed.
* CHI *
Angele noticed that as well.
Stigma sprinkled some green dust on his black dagger. He spoke to the others.
'Check my condition after removing the buff.'
As soon as he said that, the others also noticed this point.
"Nonan Hibis, Listen, Pain, Breeze, Dream …" Angele muttered and pointed at the air with his index finger.
Suddenly, Stigma put a hand on his giant bow and shook his head at Reyline.
Soon, the five figures gradually disappeared at the edge of a grayish-yellow plain.
'Did you finish the task?' he asked.
The yellow rune slowly disappeared. The base of the altar turned black and cracks appeared on it.
His Stamina was 17 points higher than before, so he did not need to heal his wounds. He only needed to wait for about ten minutes for the wounds to heal. The scabs would heal after a few days of rest. The attacks that could severely injure a normal wizard would not be able to do much damage to him.
The wind blew in the sky.
The five of them looked at the source of the noise. There was a gray altar in the middle of the yellow mud.
Suddenly, on the side of the black ship, a piece of plank dropped down, connecting the black ship to the ground at a slanted angle, causing a cloud of yellow dust to rise.
"What? Is that scary? Stigma, you're a Liquid stage wizard, right? "Angele noticed the paper dolls under the tree.
The five of them walked to the top of the hill, put down their suitcases, and looked down the cliff.
'Storm elemental energy absorbed. Data increased. Modification completed. Checking status again … '
'Scanning completed. The strange force field is interfering with the scan. Unable to obtain any accurate information. I suggest we leave the area as soon as possible. 'Zero's response made Angele's expression turn serious.
Angele sat on the white stone throne and sighed with relief.
"Let's leave now."
* CHI *
Angele crouched by the edge of the cliff and grabbed a handful of mud. He threw the mud into the cliff.
"From just now, I feel much better. The uncomfortable feeling has disappeared. I think it's because of the paper dolls. "
The power was terrifying, Angele felt like he was a giant beast in the shape of a human. With the buff, the terrifying power was filling up his body at all times.
A few figures in white robes walked down from the deck. The bright sunlight reflected off their bodies, forming a sheet of white light. It was a bit bright.
The other three nodded. Stigma had a serious expression on his face, but he nodded since the others agreed.
"Sure." Stigma moved to the side. The others moved to the side as well.
There was a tall hill in front of them and there was a steep cliff by the end of the hill. The howling wind kept blowing past.
"About 15 minutes."
A huge black abyss was constantly emitting a cold and deep aura. They could not see the bottom.
They watched the green strings slowly flying to the other side of the cliff quietly.
From time to time, strange black and red birds would fly out of the vast wilderness. These birds had blood-red eyes and red sarcomas on their heads.
"This place is so quiet that it's strange." A man with brown hair who was walking in the front spoke in a low voice. His eyes were golden and his skin was silver. He looked cold and hard.
Wisps of yellow mist lingered around the runes.
"It's the paper dolls …" One of the men with black hair changed his expression. He saw the gray paper dolls under the shade of a tree. The faces looked like they were covered by white cloth. They were looking at them without saying a word.
* CHI CHI *
"Everyone, prepare yourselves. Put the common casting materials in the most convenient places. From now on, we'll be in danger. I need to know where we are. I didn't expect to be in the paper dolls' territory. "
The five sighed with relief as they arrived at the altar. They sat down on the sides of the altar. They started resting and preparing their equipment.
Within a few seconds, the entire altar had turned into a small stone pool with black liquid rippling in it. It was ancient and old, emitting a thick rotting stench.
"What do we do now?" Hikari held Morrisa's hand and asked with her brow furrowed. "Morrisa has a strong ability to sense life energy. One of her major spells is Healing. She doesn't feel well. Me too. "
* HUA *
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