Chapter 715: The Person Who Shouldn't Have Appeared

Both opened their mouths to speak at the same time, but stopped at the same time. Because from the deep black mist not dispersed by the red butterflies, messy footsteps came, and someone was coming.

The black-dressed girl's face became very ugly; for a moment, Xia De thought she would raze this village to the ground.

"Someone has come to disturb us."

Saying this, she was about to command those red butterflies that seemed to have no lethality to pounce, but Xia De pulled her hand in time to stop her:

"Let's see who it is first."

The black-dressed girl suppressed her anger and nodded with a forced smile:

"Okay, sir."

Her left hand lifted slightly, and the originally relatively scattered red butterflies all gathered around the two. Although they didn't land, they could be considered to have wrapped them up.

"I heard that under the encirclement of these red butterflies, others cannot see us, nor can they hear us speak."

The black-dressed girl didn't forget to explain.

Xia De actually really wanted to know, if he released the Mia he was carrying behind his back at this moment, would that cat pounce on the butterflies... speaking of which, he wasn't even sure if the kitten Little Mia had ever seen a butterfly.

Three people walked out of the black mist, but looking closely, there were four people, only that the middle-aged village woman who looked like she was forty or fifty seemed to have fainted and was carried on someone's back.

The three who were walking were all Ringed Shushi, all three were men. The middle-aged man with a small mustache who was leading the way was in his forties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a decent formal suit. If he wasn't holding a skull lamp and using the fire in the skull to drive away the black mist, he would look more like a senior scholar in a university.

Among the two following behind, Xia De was very familiar with the one holding a book and wearing a robe. This was the Ringed Shushi of the 【Truth Society】 that he and Yin Luna had joined forces to repel in the forest on the day of the Fire Festival banquet a week ago. Because the other party "snatched" the Moonlight Greatsword, forcing him to summon another sword using the 【Yellow Moon】 spirit rune, Xia De had a deep impression of him.

As for the man carrying the middle-aged woman, he looked the youngest, probably only a bit older than the outsider's body. His attire was neither a robe nor a formal suit, but an ordinary, even somewhat shabby yellow coat. Although all three were Ringed Shushi, the young man's status and level were probably the lowest.

"This is a member of the academic organization - Truth Society."

The black-dressed girl explained beside Xia De. The three who were walking toward the tower in the village really didn't notice the two at all.

"A standard field action team, a high-ring 'Professor,' a mid-ring 'Lecturer,' and a low-ring 'Apprentice.'"

Professor should refer to the man holding the skull chandelier, Lecturer was the man who had fought Xia De once, and Apprentice was the young man carrying the woman.

"What are they trying to do? Oh, they are coming over."

The high-ring Ringed Shushi wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked to the front of the tower first, glanced behind him, and let out a long breath:

"Truth be above, finally back."

This was Karsenrik language.

"Yes, Professor Johnson, getting the key was not easy."

The mid-ring Ringed Shushi took out a bronze-colored metal key that looked like it was stained with blood from his pocket:

"As expected of a Sage-level location-type relic, just finding the key almost wiped us out. This is completely incomparable to those low-level relics. The evil spirit of the village mayor was truly difficult to deal with, and there were those corpse babies that always appeared in the corners... After going back, I probably need psychological counseling."

He twitched the corner of his mouth, as if thinking of bad memories:

"What I can't understand most is, for what reason was this important key thrown into a paper box in the corner of the warehouse."

"Sorry, if I hadn't wanted to finish listening to the last words of the village mayor's servant before he collapsed, I wouldn't have provoked the village mayor's evil spirit to become even more terrifying after he collapsed and absorbed other evil spirits. That madman probably slaughtered half the village before he died."

The young man carrying the middle-aged woman apologized in a low voice.

"Alright, alright, we successfully got the key. As for the madman, don't we count as madmen?"

Mr. Johnson, who was the leader, joked humorously, and then took the blood-stained key:

"It was an accident to encounter this person who returned from death here; our main task is to make this mountain village out of control. If the Sage-level relic 【Gold Mine Village】 goes out of control, and we successfully bring back the nail that returned from death, then the credit this time is enough for each of us to exchange for a five-digit miracle."

"The nail that returned from death?"

Xia De looked at the woman being carried in surprise, and the black-dressed girl explained in Xia De's ear:

"The only exit from the village is in the gold mine under the tower. That place is buried with the corpses of miners from several generations in the village, but there is also a secret passage to leave the village. That is both a secret passage for selling gold mine products out of the village and a passage for sacrificing the children who were sacrificed."

Xia De nodded, then looked at "Professor Johnson" who was holding the key and wanting to insert it into the keyhole. But the key only pressed against the keyhole and pushed lightly, and the door actually opened.

After all, this door had already opened a crack just now, only because it was too dark around, the three people of the 【Truth Society】 didn't see it.

"This..."

Professor Johnson looked at the door in surprise. Just when Xia De thought he would guess that someone had opened the door in advance, this "Professor" looked at the key in his hand and suddenly realized:

"Oh, so that's how it is; the key is just a symbolic object. The key is not to use the key to open the door, but the act of 'finding the key.' Opening this door is a symbolic ritual, which is why finding the key was so difficult."

His way of saying this was naturally approved by his two companions. The three did not stay at the door anymore and walked directly inside.

"Let's follow them."

Xia De said to his companion, so they also entered the tower in the village.

That door outside was the best cover, so there was no need to hide inside. The floor of the first floor of the tower was a bronze-colored metal lifting platform that couldn't see the source of power, which would automatically descend when stepping on the central button.

The three of 【Truth Society】 had already gone down, and Xia De originally wanted to wait for the next trip, but didn't expect the black-dressed girl to smile and pull his hand and jump down directly.

Red butterflies surrounded them, making the falling process light as if they were hanging with parachutes. The two landed silently on the top cover of the lifting platform, and then jumped down from the top.

At this time, the front had already been illuminated by the spiritual light on three huge brass life rings, the high-ring was ten rings, the mid-ring was five rings, and the low-ring was four rings. And the opponents of the 【Truth Society】 Ringed Shushi were dense and ferocious evil spirits.

The souls in this strange mountain village were incomparably ferocious and terrifying because of the black mist. Superimposed with the "field effect" of the Xikar Mountain area after two earthquakes, every evil spirit had power exceeding that of a low-ring Ringed Shushi.

But even so, there was an insurmountable gap between low-ring and high-ring. Mr. Johnson stood at the very front, the three spirit runes 【Drive Spirit】, 【Erosion】, and 【Transformation】 on his life ring flashing with spiritual light, and unknown miracles made the gray light drifting around him look like it was eroding souls.

"This is a high-ring miracle for the undead - Death Praise; those gray lights can easily corrode any soul without physical protection... this is what I heard from my Ringed Shushi friend."

The black-dressed girl's voice was very soft.

And what surprised Xia De most was that there was actually a black-iron-colored whisper spirit rune 【Remains】 among the core spirit runes of this high-ring Ringed Shushi.

The doctor and Xia De said that although the number of core spirit runes for human Ringed Shushi is uncertain, they can only be brass-colored "Enlightenment," because the power of civilization is the most powerful power of the human race. But some irregular inauguration rituals might allow Ringed Shushi to obtain core spirit runes of other three types, but those methods undoubtedly have huge hidden dangers.

"Truth Society is worthy of being an organization that studies forbidden knowledge; the core spirit rune is adding whisper elements... madmen." ===== CHAPTER 716 =====