Chapter 477: The Necronomicon

When the news that "aliens might exist" spread through the castle, Gisitanabao was shrouded in an atmosphere of tension and fear.

Some even worried whether they would be driven by aliens just like Hesusu.

But fortunately, Aierlong checked round after round and did not find any suspicious points on any Knight or Servant.

Time passed in a hurry, and soon it was late at night.

Perhaps due to the thin air on the plateau, the stars and the full moon in the sky were even brighter and more brilliant.

Even without using Magic Energy lamps in the castle, one could see the environment under the night sky relying only on starlight and Yueguang.

"Alright, everyone disperse!"

Aierlong waved his hand with some exhaustion, dispersing the last batch of people waiting to be checked.

He still had no gains.

"Perhaps there are no aliens in the castle," he said.

Waerjisi frowned; he actually hoped to find one so that the family crisis could be thoroughly resolved.

Now that nothing had been found, where exactly was the source?

He suppressed the anxiety in his heart, "Mr. Aierlong, it is already late today, and your Magic Power and Mental Power have been consumed greatly; I think it would be better to stop here."

Aierlong sighed, "That is the only way."

After so many hours of checking, he was indeed a bit tired.

Accompanied by Waerjisi, the two passed through the front courtyard and walked toward the arranged living quarters.

But when they passed a flower bed, Aierlong's footsteps stopped abruptly.

He clearly sensed that there was a special energy fluctuation in the middle of the flower bed ahead.

This fluctuation was extremely subtle; if Aierlong's perception of alien energy were not very keen, he would not have discovered it at all.

"What's wrong?" Waerjisi asked in confusion.

Aierlong did not answer, but instead cast a Light of Detection, and a weird dark aura immediately emerged in his field of vision.

That aura seemed to sense danger, actually shrinking back abruptly, and everything returned to calm.

Aierlong's mouth curled up, "My lord, I think I have found the source of the so-called Curse!"

Waerjisi was invigorated, his astonishment mixed with surprise: "Really?"

Aierlong walked into the flower bed and pointed at the ground under his feet, saying: "That weird dark aura comes from the earth beneath our feet."

Waerjisi was somewhat confused, "This flower bed..."

Memories flashed through his mind; it seemed that it was indeed after this garden was renovated that his children and grandchildren began to have problems one after another.

The most critical thing was that they all liked to come here to play and take walks.

"Damn it!"

A look of anger flashed across Waerjisi, "Guard, have Youlan bring the Knights over and dig up this piece of land for me!"

Aierlong had originally wanted to rest, but now it seemed he would have to wait a while longer.

He was very curious why this energy did not target others but specifically targeted members of the Gisitanabao family.

From the spouse of the Valjisi Duchy down to his grandchildren, they were all core members.

Could it be that someone was deliberately targeting them?

Soon, Knight Youlan brought a team of people with tools like pickaxes and shovels, pulled out all the flowers in the flower bed, and then dug downward.

One meter, two meters, three meters...

It was not until they had dug a full six meters down that a weird, manic fluctuation came from below.

Waerjisi gave a light shout, and the aura on his body erupted.

The might of a Silver Moon Knight directly calmed the restlessness.

"Keep digging!"

The Knights continued to dig.

When they dug to ten meters, the weird object below seemed to know it could not hide this time, directly emitting an extremely sharp roar that made all the Knights present look dazed, forgetting to swing the pickaxes in their hands.

Even the Golden Knight Youlan, who was standing above directing, experienced a brief moment of distraction.

It was also at this moment that a huge, pale-white phantom spirit darted out from the soil, roaring as it rushed toward the outside of the garden.

How could Waerjisi let the opponent leave? He took a big stride and blocked its path.

"You almost caused my family to perish, and you still want to leave?"

He struck out with his palm, his Battle Qi turning into a palm print that crushed down upon the phantom spirit, beating it until it was torn to pieces.

The phantom spirit screamed, but it re-condensed, wanting to escape from another direction.

"This is a necromancy, a special creature composed of energy."

Aierlong cast a Purification Spell, the light enveloping the entire necromancy, immediately baking it into powder, and it disappeared between heaven and earth.

"Necromancy?"

Waerjisi was surprised: "Is it similar to the Witch Soul Clan?"

"That is not the case."

Aierlong explained: "When a dead soul does not completely dissipate and absorbs the dark power of heaven and earth, this kind of special creature will be formed."

As he spoke, he came to the bottom of the pit and used a pickaxe to turn the soil twice; soon, a skeleton appeared before everyone's eyes.

Even though it was a skeleton, everyone felt fear when looking directly at it.

Waerjisi was stunned: "What on earth is this thing!"

His castle had existed for decades; that this skeleton had not only not rotted but was also preserved so well was too inconceivable.

More importantly, this thing could actually disturb his mind.

Aierlong did not speak; he bent down and picked up the black book beside the skeleton, the skeleton pattern on the cover looking gloomy and terrifying.

"The Necronomicon!"

His memories began to surge.

"This is the corpse of Wangling Zhi Zhu Keli'en from over a thousand years ago!"

Aierlong exclaimed: "He was one of the Demon Kings under the Demon God, and his strength reached the Sage level!"

Waerjisi gasped, "How could he have died here? Shouldn't he have appeared on that New Moon Continent that Suofeiya spoke of?"

"The war a thousand years ago had long since affected both continents."

Aierlong used Magic to purify the dark aura on the Necronomicon.

This book did not record any written information, but rather six pages of summoning array diagrams; when activated with necromantic mana, they could summon Silver, Gold, Meteor, Silver Moon, Blazing Sun, and Legendary level skeleton warriors, respectively.

This summoning was equivalent to an extra ability and did not occupy the quota of a Necromancer.

"The Lord's grand wedding is coming up soon, and I haven't prepared any gifts yet; this Necronomicon would be perfect to give to the Lady of the Manor."

While thinking this, Aierlong explained to Waerjisi: "Back then, there was a Flame Expeditionary Army, and its founder, the Flame War God, came from the Orland Continent. I heard that the Flame War God slew Wangling Zhi Zhu Keli'en; perhaps this place is the battlefield from that war a thousand years ago!"

The Flame War God, that is, Ruidar's teacher.

The necromancy that had just possessed the Sage's remains had gained a certain level of intelligence, which is why it had set its sights on the master of the castle.

It was just that its ability to control people was too crude; it failed to control the Puppet well, and instead caused two people to die one after another.

As for why Duke Waerjisi was fine.

The answer was simple: this old man was a Silver Moon Knight, and his strength and willpower were too powerful.

Not only did the necromancy not dare to control him, but it likely wouldn't even dare to show itself in any place where Waerjisi appeared.

Waerjisi was stunned; his own castle was actually the battlefield of a divine war—who would believe that if he told them?

But looking at the white bones under his feet, it seemed that this was the only explanation, right?

"Your Excellency the Magician, in your opinion, can I still live here?"

Aierlong laughed: "I will continue to inspect the entire castle over the next two days, and when I leave, I will take these white bones back to Wubei Territory for research; there should be no major problem with continuing to use the castle."

The remains of a Sage—this was a treasure.

Although Aierlong's research was not deep, Suofeiya had a wealth of knowledge, and she should be able to make use of it.

A Necronomicon, plus the remains of a Sage-level being—Luoning had asked Aierlong to come to the Jistana Duchy to help, and this trip was certainly not in vain.

Oh right, a smile appeared on Aierlong's face.

Regarding the matter of discussing cooperation with Waerjisi that Luoning had entrusted to him, he figured there should be absolutely no problem.

Aierlong pondered, and thought again of a sentence Luoning had mentioned when they were talking.

If they could find a way to pull the Jistana Duchy into the Wubei Territory's camp, then they would have the power to deter the Feilunsi Gong Guo.

Thinking of this, Aierlong smiled: "Duke, regarding Young Master Jianuo, I have one more suggestion I would like to give you."

Concerning his grandson, Waerjisi did not dare to be negligent at all, "Please, go ahead!" (End of this chapter)