Chapter 41: Undead

What Other Shore World? Lu Mian was startled in his heart and hurriedly turned his head to look out the window.

He should have seen mountain ridges, grasslands, and trees, but what entered his eyes was a wilderness, and the clouds in the high sky were pale, piled up in layers, blocking all the sunlight, making everything seem to be placed in a huge shadow.

At this time, on the dark brown wilderness, one figure after another was walking and wandering. Most of them were wearing white linen clothes, their faces pale with a hint of blue, their eyes incomparably hollow, and their mouths slightly open.

This didn't look like normal people at all.

Among the countless figures, some were running crazily toward the end of the wilderness, or coming from the end of the wilderness, as if they could never stop this behavior and obtain the long-awaited rest.

At the end of the wilderness, in a place suspected to be a cliff, one could vaguely see some pitch-black monsters with sheep horns and human-like bodies, who would grab a figure wearing white linen from time to time and throw them down.

The screams came from there, vaguely entering the ears of Lu Mian and Aurora.

Da da da, among those countless figures, a tall human was wearing deep black full-body armor, riding a white horse that was so thin it seemed to only have skin and bones, walking slowly at times and galloping back and forth at others, as if herding sheep.

Lu Mian had outstanding vision, and taking advantage of the other party turning his body, he saw "his" appearance clearly from a very long distance.

"He" had two deep red lights flickering like flames inside his helmet that glowed with metallic luster, and there was a hideous wound at his neck that extended all the way to his navel, almost splitting "him" in half, causing his pale intestines to drag out for a long distance.

Without needing any other evidence, a thought flashed directly through Lu Mian's mind:

Death Knight!

This is the Death Knight that frequently appears in many folk legends of Intis!

Just at this moment, the carriage Lu Mian and Aurora were riding in stopped.

Naroka didn't say a word, opened the carriage door, and walked down.

Except for the clothes, her pale blue face, hollow eyes, and numb expression were becoming more and more like those figures wearing white linen.

Aurora withdrew her gaze from looking out the window and said in a deep voice:

"These are all undead.

"You absolutely must not leave my side later."

While she was speaking, she took out a brooch cast from gold and wore it on her chest.

At the same time, her other hand took out a handful of gray-black powdery substance from the hidden pocket of her clothes.

Lu Mian crawled to the front position and looked at where the coachman was, finding that Séverin had also become like Naroka, his face pale blue, his eyes hollow, and he was walking slowly toward the depths of the wilderness, as if he had been dead for a long time.

He hurriedly said to Aurora:

"Sister, I'm already a Beyonder. You deal with these undead; I'll drive the carriage and rush out of here as quickly as possible!"

Considering that he didn't have the ability to deal with undead ghost-like creatures, he had to temporarily be a coachman.

Of course, if that Death Knight rushed over, he would also try his best to help block it.

Aurora was startled and couldn't care about asking more, reminding him:

"Check the state of the horses!"

Lu Mian then woke up and observed the horses in front.

They seemed to have been drained of flesh and blood, their fur withered, wrapping their bones, and they were motionless.

"Those two horses seem to be dead." Lu Mian reported the situation.

Before Aurora could speak, the undead wandering around them seemed to have smelled the breath of the living, changed their directions one after another, surged to the side of the carriage, and tried to get in.

"xxx." Aurora chanted a word in a language Lu Mian didn't understand.

Accompanied by this word, the gold brooch on her chest glowed slightly, and the gray-black powder held in her left hand instantly burned, emitting intense but non-irritating golden light.

This light was like water, flowing toward the surroundings. Those undead screamed instinctively as soon as they touched it, and "smoke" rose from their "bodies."

They wanted to retreat, but more undead were surging forward, and a large number of figures had to crowd around the carriage, with "people" evaporating and disappearing one after another.

Lu Mian watched with both envy and heaviness.

He was annoyed that he couldn't provide much help and became increasingly eager to raise his Sequence and obtain more abilities.

Seeing that the powder in Aurora's hand was about to burn out, while the undead in the distance were still surging toward this side, completely ignoring the fact that the figures in front had already been melted by the light, Lu Mian hurriedly reminded her:

"We can't stay here forever.

"Let's rush out!"

Even if my sister had prepared enough materials, she couldn't deal with so many undead!

Moreover, the Death Knight and the creatures suspected to be devils at the end of the wilderness hadn't come toward this side yet.

The best way at present was to rely on the materials not being exhausted yet and forcibly escape this wilderness known as the "Other Shore World."

Aurora nodded and said simply:

"Follow me."

As soon as her voice fell, the gray-black powder in her hand burned out, and the empty wilderness around them was filled with surging undead again.

Aurora hurriedly took out another handful of materials and, with the help of the gold brooch on her chest, made them burn naturally, creating brilliant golden light.

The undead that had just approached the carriage let out screams and melted into the light one after another.

Aurora jumped off the carriage immediately and ran toward the nearest edge of the wilderness, with Lu Mian following closely behind.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from the golden light and grabbed Lu Mian's arm.

Lu Mian had outstanding intuition and excellent senses, sensed the danger in advance, turned his forearm, and slammed it toward that hand.

Slap!

He felt as if he had hit a piece of hard ice, and intense coldness surged into his body, making him briefly frozen.

Clatter clatter clatter, amidst his teeth colliding, Lu Mian saw the owner of that hand.

It was also an undead wearing white linen, but it was wearing a mask made of white paper, and its figure was evaporating very slowly in the golden light.

Seeing Lu Mian pause, this strange undead suddenly became virtual and was about to overlap with him.

At this time, a pure and sacred light shone over, falling onto the undead wearing the mask.

It froze there at once, its body burning violently and turning into strands of black gas that dissipated.

"Don't stop!" Aurora withdrew her right hand pressing on the gold brooch and continued to run wildly.

Lu Mian shook off the cold and followed his sister with big strides.

Relying on those handfuls of gray-black powder and the witch's spells, the two of them forcibly traversed the wilderness one after another, and countless undead wearing white linen evaporated in the golden light because of this.

It was a pity that Aurora couldn't prepare only one kind of material and stuff every bag with the same thing. As a witch, she had to consider various situations and various scenes.

Not long after, the hidden pocket where she kept the sunflower powder had become empty.

And at this time, they were still several hundred meters away from the edge of the wilderness, while the undead around them seemed endless.

What made the siblings even more fearful was that the Death Knight seemed to have sensed the movement here and turned his horse toward the two of them.

In the golden light, Aurora's expression changed several times, she slowed her pace, gritted her teeth, and said:

"Stupid brother, wait until you hear me shout 'three,' then run wildly toward the edge of the wilderness, and don't look back!"

Lu Mian was about to object, but Aurora added:

"Don't worry, I'll follow behind you. You staying here will only interfere with me using a powerful spell and drag me down from escaping."

While speaking, she took off the gold brooch from her chest, handed it to Lu Mian, who had also slowed down, and gave instructions:

"Concentrate your spirituality and extend it to this brooch. Wait until you're running wildly, then repeat this word, 'xxx'!"

Lu Mian didn't understand that word, but he forcibly memorized the pronunciation.

As soon as he got the gold brooch, he felt warm light shining on his body, and many dark thoughts disappeared, to the point that his thoughts became a little sluggish.

Instinctively wearing the brooch well, Lu Mian concentrated his spirit according to his sister's instructions and extended his spirituality.

Seeing that the gray-black powder in her hand was becoming less and less, Aurora took out other materials and shouted loudly:

"One, two, three!"

In order not to drag his sister down, Lu Mian ran wildly.

Almost at the same time, he shouted that word with all his might:

"xxx!"

The brooch cast from gold lit up, overflowing with strands of pale golden sunlight.

At this moment, Lu Mian was like wearing a small sun on his chest, and the undead around him instinctively avoided him.

Stomp stomp stomp!

While running wildly with big strides, he still couldn't rest easy about his sister, couldn't help but turn his body halfway, turned his head, and looked at where Aurora was.

Aurora stayed in place, surrounded by strands of lingering black gas.

This black gas seemed to have a strong attraction to the undead, making them abandon Lu Mian and surge toward Aurora.

Lu Mian wasn't a fool. Seeing this scene, he understood at the same time that the "will follow behind" his sister said was a lie.

"Aurora!"

He shouted, braked directly, and turned his body along the momentum.

He was afraid that people who died in the loop would truly die when the loop ended.

Aurora looked back at the sound, saw him stop, and hurriedly shouted:

"Are you stupid? Run!"

Lu Mian didn't speak, ran toward Aurora, and the undead in front gave way one after another under the illumination of the gold brooch.

Seeing this, Aurora lowered her head slightly and cursed in a low voice:

"What a stupid guy..."

She then took out another kind of material and sprinkled it toward Lu Mian.

Lu Mian was instantly pressed by an invisible giant palm and forcibly pushed toward the edge of the wilderness.

He struggled violently but couldn't find a point to exert force.

The next second, he saw Aurora, with her golden hair coiled up, reveal a slightly sad smile.

Aurora shouted softly:

"Stupid brother, live well..."

Before the words fell, the black gas around her had been completely swallowed by the undead.

She was directly exposed to the countless figures and that Death Knight.

"Aurora!"

Lu Mian opened his eyes to the limit, his eye sockets seemed to be about to crack because of this, and a large amount of red blood appeared in his pupils and on the surface of his skin.

But he was still pushed toward the edge of the wilderness uncontrollably.

Just at this moment, all the undead stopped their actions.

Something seemed to be happening in the distance.

Aurora sensed it, looked over in astonishment, and saw an open-top carriage driving by.

That carriage was like a conch or a cradle, dark red in its entirety. It wasn't horses pulling it, but two pitch-black creatures with sheep horns suspected to be devils.

Sitting in the carriage was a woman, wearing a flower crown, dressed in a green dress, her appearance very much like Madame Pualis.

But unlike Madame Pualis, her temperament was very majestic.

The Death Knight turned his horse and followed this lady.

All the undead on the wilderness also made the same choice. They crowded behind the carriage and went toward the blurry mountain ridge on the other side of the wilderness.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====