"It's completely gone."
Leading the group back to the simple house, Adil ignored the gazes of the others as he walked forward and continuously searched the surroundings, as if he was looking for something.
He did not make a sound as he continued to search the surroundings. Even Coral could not help but ask, "What are you looking for?"
After witnessing Adil's power, only he and Tilly could speak to Adil like this.
After all, they were the relatives of this body. After living together day and night for more than ten years, the familiarity and closeness they felt could not be erased no matter what. Even if the current Adil looked a little unfamiliar, it was not enough to make them feel afraid.
"The statue."
Adil spoke in Silence, his expression somewhat gloomy, "The statue has disappeared."
"What statue?" Coral was stunned for a moment before he seemed to suddenly remember something, "Is it the statue I brought back that day?"
He looked somewhat puzzled, not understanding what was so special about that ordinary statue.
"That's not an ordinary statue." As if seeing through his thoughts, Adil continued, "The night you brought this statue back, something came."
As his voice fell, strands of spiritual force spread out, instantly forming an image in everyone's mind.
Simple and old streets, dusky darkness enveloping everything.
Outside a seemingly old house, a three-meter-tall humanoid monster stood in front of the door in Silence, a pair of scarlet eyes staring into the house. The malice in its eyes seemed to want to devour all life in the world.
On the balcony of the house, a thin boy stood in Silence, a pair of silver eyes staring into the monster's eyes.
Boom!
In the next moment, the image in everyone's mind shattered, and the spiritual force's rewind ended.
"Damn it!" At this moment, Coral and Tilly's expressions changed greatly, a sense of horror and lingering fear involuntarily rising in their hearts.
Just a short time ago, they had just experienced a hair-raising curse. They did not expect that in their own home, under circumstances where they did not know, another curse had broken out.
It could be imagined that on that night, if not for Adil's presence, their family would not have been able to escape unscathed.
"The statue! Where is the statue? "
Coral couldn't help but shiver at the thought of the scene from that night. He turned to Tilly and asked in a loud voice.
In this house, Coral was usually busy with all kinds of dangerous missions, and Ximu was still young, so the daily chores naturally fell on Tilly's shoulders.
If there was anyone who was most likely to know where the statue was, it was naturally her.
"No, I don't know." Facing Coral's question, Tilly's face paled and she seemed to be at a loss of what to do. She hurriedly waved her hand, "I didn't touch the statue."
"This morning, the statue was still on the table."
"Yes." At this moment, Coral appeared to be very decisive. He immediately pulled his daughter along and prepared to go upstairs to search.
"There's no need to keep looking," Adil's voice rang out beside him.
He walked out from the corner and looked at Coral with a gloomy expression. "The statue isn't in the house. Perhaps it was stolen."
This was also a possibility.
The slums were nearby, and there were a lot of thieves around.
When Adil and the others left, it was normal for a thief to steal the statue along the way if there was really a thief who came to visit.
"But tonight, we have to be more careful."
Adil muttered to himself as he raised his head and looked through the window at the gradually darkening sky.
It was already close to night, and the surrounding light gradually dissipated.
When the last bit of light disappeared, a blood-red moon began to appear in the sky.
"I can't be wrong, that statue … is the Nightmare Statue."
At night, Teresa and Tilly slept together on a large bed that could not be considered comfortable. At this moment, she was deep in thought.
She had also seen the scene that Adil had used his mental power to rewind the scene. The statue and the appearance of the monster had left a deep impression on her, and she associated it with a legend that she had heard before.
"Legend has it that the Nightmare Statue was brought out from Nightmare Dream Manor several hundred years ago. It is one of the three most terrifying and bizarre curses." Silence lay on the bed and thought of the legend regarding this item in her mind. She felt a chill run down her spine. "Anyone who has seen the Nightmare Statue will eventually fall into a nightmare and be devoured by evil spirits."
Thinking of this, she could not help but turn her body to look at the person beside her.
Beside her, Tilly was wearing loose pajamas, unable to hide her curvaceous figure. Currently, her eyes were closed and she seemed to be sleeping soundly, not at all aware that she was in a terrifying situation.
"What a lucky person."
Seeing Tilly sleeping peacefully, Teresa could not help but shake her head and smile bitterly. "With a top-notch Awakened as a younger brother, even if you were to fall into a curse, there would be someone to help you. There is no need for you to bear the pain and despair."
She thought of the painful experiences she had gone through in the past 10 years, and her heart became even more sorrowful.
"Father, you are still not sleeping?"
Silence stood on the balcony, looking at the figure of a man who had appeared behind him. Adil was somewhat surprised.
Standing on the balcony, Coral wore a grey uniform and held an old-fashioned pistol in his hand. His expression was extremely grim, showing no signs of sleeping. "That thing will come tonight, right?"
After a moment of silence, Adil silently nodded, choosing not to deny it.
Even though he did not say it out loud, he did not hide his earlier actions. He had asked everyone to go to sleep while he waited on the balcony. This was enough for others to notice something.
"Since it is coming, it makes no difference what I do." Coral waved his hand. "I know that this thing isn't something that ordinary people can deal with, but I can't just watch you fight it alone."
"I am right here. If you cannot stop that thing, you will die no matter what.
"Since that's the case, let me stay here and watch."
He moved a chair over and sat down. With a grim expression, he said a lot in one breath.
Adil was not surprised by Coral's attitude.
In Ximu's memories, Coral had always been such a person. He had a headstrong personality and would never back down due to fear.
Under such circumstances, it was unlikely for such a person to obediently lie down on the bed.
Just like that, the two of them sat on the balcony of the old house. As they sat, they would occasionally talk about the past.
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