I want to be a faded person for life

Not only that, Xiangzi also discovered that the soldiers killed by Pumpkin Head would also provide him with Rune - this phenomenon may have existed before, but it was difficult for Kulala and Wolf Spirit to get the final blow in the battle.

Turning the sword fighter into ashes is the right decision. If more warriors can be turned into ashes, such as Eric who has become a zombie... No, that's not right. I can't think like that!

Xiangzi was almost nauseated by his own thoughts.

Besides, there is no point in doing so. With her magic power, summoning the three existing ashes is already the limit. With her current strength, she is simply unable to awaken more powerful warriors.

She buried this dark and terrible thought deep down.

But, nothing...

Even the girl herself didn't notice that her left eye, which had become a little glassy, ​​flickered for a moment and then became dimmer.

All the soldiers outside the inner wall gate had been cleared out, and Xiangzi came to the bottom of the tall city gate.

The city gate here is more than ten meters high, taller than the checkpoints along the way. The heavy iron gate is simply not something that can be shaken by human power.

Just as Xiangzi was thinking about how to enter the city, he heard noises coming from a small door beside the city gate.

"The one over there... could you please come over here."

Xiangzi turned his head and looked at the small door, which was supposed to be a room for the guards to rest and register the confidence of people entering the city.

A skinny head popped out from behind the door.

Xiangzi subconsciously tightened her grip on the dagger. The other party's appearance made it difficult for her to leave a good impression. She always felt... as if she had seen a similar scene somewhere.

Xiangzi suddenly recalled the human face that appeared behind the statue in the courtyard when he first came into this world.

Is he a limb-transplanted noble?!

If you look closely, this man's face is indeed somewhat similar to that of the limb-transplanted noble, and his hair color is also a rare grayish-white.

Add to that the bloodless skin, which looked like a dead person's—it was definitely a monster made of corpses.

Greg certainly captured a large number of living people not just to reattach his own limbs. His people probably all look like the spider monsters we have seen before.

Although Xiangzi had long expected to meet the limb-transplanting noble again in Stonewell City, he did not expect it to come so early.

Planning to lure me into the room and kill me? That really fits the look—just like a spider hiding deep in its web.

It was indeed impossible to deal with such a multi-armed and multi-legged monster in a small room. The girl slowly raised her staff, ready to blow off the opponent's head with a blast of pyroxene magic gravel.

The man with his head exposed seemed a little anxious and continued to urge.

"Come here, you're supposed to be the fader, right?"

More of his body was exposed outside the door, and Xiangzi subconsciously fired a blue-green crystal without thinking, hitting the opponent's shoulder heavily.

"Ah ...

The man in the room screamed and immediately retreated behind the door.

Xiangzi immediately put away his wand, picked up his dagger and rushed into the room, but found that the situation inside was completely different from what he expected.

A very tall and thin man was lying on the ground, holding his shoulder and wailing in pain.

He was wearing a greasy and dirty robe made of fine material, with a heavy copper yoke hanging around his neck. Although he looked very strange, he was obviously a living person.

-

"I'm so sorry, I mistook you for a limb-removing noble... Are you okay?"

Xiangzi bowed sincerely to apologize, glancing at the other person's shoulder embarrassedly.

"Hiss...it's okay. There's nothing I can do about it even if I admit my mistake."

The man covered his injured shoulder, but the injury was not serious - the pyroxene magic gravel that could penetrate the chain mail of the exiled soldiers could not penetrate his seemingly thin robe and shoulders.

"I used to be the registrar here."

"If you want to enter the city, I advise you not to go through the main gate. There are over twenty crossbows over there... and a group of highly skilled soldiers blocking the way."

The soldiers were fine, but the number of crossbows... before, even just one in the outer city was difficult enough to deal with. Even gladiators couldn't withstand that kind of powerful city defense equipment.

As if he could see the girl's distress, a strange smile appeared on Gotok's pale face, and he lowered his voice.

"But don't worry. Just go in through the cave over there... The soldiers don't know about that path. There should be a way to invade the city directly without being discovered."

"But your shoulders..."

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury. If it's just a misunderstanding, don't worry about it. The entrance is right there."

Gotok waved his hand and pointed to the wall beside him. His voice even sounded a little anxious, as if he was worried that Xiangzi would not believe what he said.

There was a huge hole in the wall in the direction he pointed, and that direction seemed to lead to the side of the inner wall of Stonewell City.

Chapter 26 Melina's Reminder

Xiangzi looked at the strange guard again.

"Don't worry, hurry up and leave. What if we're discovered by the soldiers if we're any slower?"

The man urged again.

"Don't you still believe me?"

His emotions became excited.

"Okay, okay—it's normal to have doubts. I respect your choice. If you want to go in through the main door, I will yell at them to open the door... But think about it carefully. Is this really a good idea?"

Xiangzi withdrew his gaze and walked towards the hole in the wall.

"Excellent, wise choice... I have a soft spot for faders like you, I wish you good luck."

The man laughed strangely.

Xiangzi escaped from the other person's sight by passing through the big hole in the wall. She recalled the Stonewell map that she had seen countless times.

My current location is on the west side of the city gate. There should be a plank road leading to the tower on the city wall in this direction. The registrar did not lie about this.

But why was he so eager to take this path?

Judging from the city defense map provided by Eric, the gates of Stonewell's inner city are indeed heavily guarded.

To be honest, Xiangzi had no intention of breaking through the city gate from the beginning. Even if he had not encountered the guards, the plank road in this direction was one of the routes he planned to try.

After comparing and verifying from multiple aspects, most of the information given by the registrar is true - except for his identity.

Xiangzi still believed in his initial judgment that this person was definitely not an ordinary registrar. This could be judged from the fact that the pyroxene magic gravel could not penetrate his shoulder.

And that face... Even if the man wasn't a limb-transplanting noble, he should have some connection with that kind of thing.

But...what exactly is the other party's purpose?

If she just wanted to kill herself, it would be easier and more reasonable to trick her into entering through the main gate.

The registrar wouldn't simply want to kill himself... At least, he probably doesn't want to die at the hands of the exiled soldiers.

Is he using himself to achieve some other purpose?

Although the details are still unknown, Xiangzi has now obtained an important clue - not all people in Stonewell are loyal to the city lord Greg, at least the registrar is most likely not on Greg's side.

Xiangzi shook the summoning bell to cancel the summons to the sword fighter.

Enduring the tingling sensation in her head, Xiangzi shook the bell again, and her remaining magic power silently decreased again.

Walking down the broken wall, Xiangzi found a blessing on the ground.

Just as everyone she met said, the blessing does indeed guide the faded—

Standing at this position, you can see the Stonewell city wall not far away. It seems not difficult to jump from the broken wall to the wooden plank road and then enter the tower.

only--

"What are those?"

Something that was not in the information Eric provided appeared.

Several irregular, circular holes appeared on the thick, ancient walls. They did not look like they were man-made, nor did they look like they were caused by siege equipment.

It's like... a charred hole in white paper caused by flames, or a honeycomb-like hole formed when hot water melts ice and snow.

Thick thorns were wrapped around every hole in the wall.

"thorns..."

Xiangzi remembered the horrible story about the huge face that appeared at the bottom of Stonewell City and the death of the knight soldier - his body was squeezed from the inside out by thorns, and his facial features and skin were exposed.

If you think of these holes as traces left by those faces...

A feeling of uneasiness arose in Xiangzi's heart. This strange city was like a huge monster lurking in the darkness, ready to devour anyone who entered at any time.

Xiangzi jumped onto the plank road and entered the passage of the tower. Standing in front of it was a soldier holding a horn. This time, Xiangzi did not use magic to save energy.

She accumulated power in the blind spot of the opponent's vision, and before the opponent could notice anything was wrong, she used the storm-extended blade and the horn to cut off the soldier's neck.

"Huh... Take care of one first."

Xiangzi changed into a set of soldier armor that fit her fairly well. She had managed to put together a set that was similar to her body size in the previous battle.

The armor of the exiled soldiers adopted a design of armor plates and partial chain mail spliced ​​and sewn together, using more iron plates and armor leaves than ordinary chain mail shirts.

It is heavier than the chain mail shirt Xiangzi wore before, but it has good defensive performance and does not affect his movements after his physical abilities have been improved several times.

Xiangzi put on a crimson hood to cover up his overly conspicuous face and blue hair.

Putting the dagger back into the leather sheath on his thigh, Xiangzi picked up the soldier's oval leather shield and straight sword, and then kicked the latter's body off the plank road on the city wall.

At this time, two other zombie soldiers who were attracted by the sound came from a distance.

When passing by the other party, Xiangzi suddenly raised his hand and cut the neck of one of them, and used his shield to knock the last one off the city wall.

After Rune skillfully killed three soldiers, Xiangzi used the now empty tower room as his temporary base.

"Melina, help me convert all the runes into magic."

The one-eyed girl appeared silently in the room to fulfill the contract she signed with Xiangzi.

Feeling the magical power overflowing again and a little more than before, Xiangzi finally relaxed a little.

"I don't recommend you explore the secrets of Stonewell's bottom layer right now. As for those faces and thorns, it's best not to touch them."

Melina suddenly gave a rare reminder.

"Those things...are likely even more terrifying than Fargarik. Even with the power of blessing, it would be very dangerous to come into contact with them rashly."

Apart from conveying Kale's message that time, Melina rarely gave any advice on combat and exploration, as if she was not good at this kind of thing.

"Melina, do you know something?"

Surprised, Xiangzi couldn't help but ask.

Melina didn't deny it.

"Perhaps it's the curse of someone who didn't die properly, suffering from defilement."

"...What does that mean?"

Xiangzi was completely confused and felt that Melina's speaking level was no less than that of someone else.

But the one-eyed girl didn't seem to intend to explain in detail. She took a few steps back and her body became transparent again.

"Mark my words, don't try to touch those things."

Xiangzi sighed. It was really tiring to communicate with the Riddle Man.

Xiangzi felt that she could understand Nagasaki Suyo's feelings a little bit, but she didn't continue to ask Melina about her plans. Since the other party had reminded her to this extent, she would try to avoid contact for the time being.

She hadn't come to Stonewell to investigate the face and thorns. As long as she could rescue Deng, it didn't matter what happened to these things.

[Master, the registrar is following you]

Kulala's voice was heard. Xiangzi secretly summoned Kulala when he canceled the summoning of the gladiator. The soul jellyfish with a transparent body and the ability to fly is very suitable for hiding in the dark for reconnaissance.

[The eagles here are terrifying, Master, I'm about to be discovered... Let me go back!]

Chapter 27 Tower Raiders

"eagle?"

Xiangzi remembered the group of eagles he had seen on the second floor of the chapel. He said that he had never seen them again since that day.

That day, she found a peculiarly shaped urn on the altar on the second floor of the chapel.

Ever since the witch Reina gave Xiangzi the soul-summoning bell, she has tried to summon the soul in the urn of ashes several times, but to no avail.

Even though he had used runes to strengthen his magic twice and his magic reserves were more than double what they were before, his most recent attempt only resulted in a splitting headache and ultimately failed.