Witch Monastery

As he said this, he turned his head and looked at Yimik: "Are you sure it's here?"

When encountering such a small cave that is impossible to enter, adventurers will use poison if there is poison, or smoke if there is no poison. In short, they will force the enemies to come out and fight. This is the usual practice of adventurers.

After all, the holes dug by these small creatures are small and not suitable for someone like Hawthorne who is 1.7 meters tall to enter, but the total area inside is generally small, and small creatures have weak tolerance to toxins, so doing this will generally be effective.

Therefore, Hawthorne did not think that his method was wrong, but that the information provided by Imic was wrong.

Hearing this, the goblin immediately broke out in a sweat and knelt down quickly, shaking his head like a pounding garlic: "No, no! What I said is true, right here, right here!"

"How dare I lie, sir? If I dare to lie, I will lose my life!"

Hawthorne frowned, and felt that this was indeed the case. After seeing so many goblins being killed by him, how could he still have the guts to lie?

Hiss, it seems something did happen inside...

"Goblin, you go first," he said, "and lead us to the deepest part of this lair. Jutta, you follow behind him."

"This..." Yimik turned his head to look at Cuibisi over there, thinking that the cave was now full of poisonous gas, he hesitated, and then heard Huo Sang impatiently urged: "The poison won't kill you! It's almost diluted, go!"

The goblin shuddered, and without further delay, he stood up and rushed into the cave. Uta followed closely behind him, while the tallest ones, Hawthorne and Cuibis, bent down and walked at the back, entering together.

It was very dark inside the cave, so Hawthorne cast a light spell on Utta's hand to provide some light.

The ground was very dirty, and there should have been a faint stench in the air, but now it was completely suppressed by the pungent smell of the poison gas sprayed by Cuibis, so that it did not seem so unbearable.

However, after walking a little further, the stench of a rotting corpse could no longer be suppressed and rushed into the nostrils of the four people.

Hawthorne frowned, and had a bad feeling in his heart. After taking a few steps forward, he heard Yimik scream: "Ah——!"

After shouting this, he immediately stepped back, curled up into a ball, and trembled.

Immediately, Yuta took a defensive stance, her beautiful eyes widened in anger: "What are you arguing about?!"

She wanted to kill this guy right away. She was really worried that this shout was actually a signal and the goblins in ambush would rush over!

However, she was worried

It didn't happen. The cave was still quiet, as if there was no one inside.

Hawthorne frowned, cast a light spell again, took two quick steps forward, and then saw clearly what had scared Yimik so much.

It was the corpse of a goblin, now dry and wrinkled, as if something had drained all its vitality.

Looking closely at his face, I discovered that this guy had his eyes wide open, his expression twisted with fear, his mouth wide open, and his teeth had even fallen out of his mouth, scattered all over the ground beside his body. He looked like a skeleton, which was shocking!

Chapter 123 The Beginning of the Nightmare

The goblin's appearance was already ugly, and with such a distortion, it suddenly looked even more terrifying. Hawthorne was also frightened when he suddenly saw such a terrifying face in the dark environment. He couldn't help but take a half step back, his heart pounding: "Oh, you scared me!"

He put his right hand on his heart and took two deep breaths to calm himself. Then the stench of the corpse hit his nose again, making him feel sick.

Seeing this, Yuta hurried forward and when she saw the body clearly, she was immediately moved: "This... this is the work of necromancy. It's either a vengeful spirit or a powerful necromancer!"

As she said this, she looked up at the deeper darkness ahead: "If this is the case, this entire cave is probably doomed..."

Hawthorne forced himself to take another deep breath of the polluted air and said, "Be prepared for battle. The enemy may not have left yet!"

As he said that, he glared at Yimik beside him and said, "And your scream just now may have alarmed the other party!"

Yimik was already frightened to the point of having his face turned pale. When he heard what he said, his eyes rolled back, his body twitched, and he immediately lost consciousness.

I don’t know if he was scared to death or was still breathing his last breath.

Hawthorne shook his head slightly, ignored this guy, let Yuta walk in front, and continue to explore deeper into the cave.

Then, they quickly reached the end of this place. They did not encounter any enemies, but saw a scene that looked like hell!

Dozens of goblins, young and old, lay on the ground with their bodies dried up, obviously having died a long time ago. Each of the dead had a hideous and distorted expression, with their eyes wide open, as if they were frightened to death by something horrible, or as if they had seen something unbelievable before they died.

This horrific scene made Hawthorne look extremely ugly. Jutta stepped forward and pierced the bodies of the goblins with his long and sharp nails, feeling their stiffness. He then frowned slightly and said, "They died about the same time, about a day ago, which is... last night."

"It's most likely an evil necromancer who is feeding his own undead or creating new undead." Cuibisi calmly expressed her guess, "Or maybe it's the wild vengeful spirits in these mountains who are eating..."

Huo Sang's forehead was covered with cold sweat after hearing this. Then, he shook his head slightly: "Forget it, it has nothing to do with us. Let's not worry about the real murderer."

"Let's clean up their lair and pack up the things we got from before. Although the goblins probably don't have much treasure, at least something is better than nothing." He said this. He didn't want to stay at this horrific crime scene for long, but he still forced himself to adapt to this atmosphere. "After we clean up here, let's go to the adventurer camp first and see if we can get some clues from there."

The two witches nodded slightly, and then each began to clean the nest. As he said, the nest was not rich, with only some scattered gems, dozens of gold coins and hundreds of silver coins, as well as some cheap and somewhat damaged second-hand decorations. All added up, there might be only two or three hundred gold coins.

This is normal. After all, goblins are just a group of humanoid creatures whose physical strength is even weaker than those thugs in the slums. Their average height is less than 1.2 meters. 1.34 meters is considered tall. Teenagers who are a little stronger and often fight may be able to defeat them easily.

Their cruel nature and cunning tactics could not make up for their physical weakness, so they could only choose some rookie adventurers to attack, and the total amount of wealth accumulated was naturally very small.

"Oh, this ring looks nice!"

Suddenly, Cuibis' eyes lit up, and she took a silver ring inlaid with diamonds from the finger of a goblin who was obviously dressed better and carrying a sharp scimitar.

She carefully sensed it and found nothing unusual. The diamond was neatly shaped, with distinct corners, and it was even sparkling under the illumination of the light spell.

"Oh? This is a pleasant surprise." Huo Sang turned his head with a surprised look. He looked at it carefully and immediately felt that the ring was rich in color and crystal clear. It was obviously a top-quality product. "If I sell it, it will be worth a lot of money..."

Cuibisi came over quickly, her face suddenly serious, she knelt on one knee, lifted Hawthorne's left hand, and put the ring on his ring finger: "Ah, Master, please marry me and be the only one in my life!"

On the side, Yuta, who was still looking for spoils, heard this and suddenly turned back. Her beautiful eyes widened instantly, and her lips trembled in disbelief: "Cuibisi, you——"

She has always been introverted, so she would never be able to say such shameless words.

Hawthorne smiled, reached out his hand, and flicked her head: "Funny!"

But even so, he did not take off the ring he was wearing.

Instead, he took her hand, pulled her up, and said, "Let's go, the sun has already set. If we don't go to the campsite, we won't be able to book a room!"

Cuibisi nodded slightly, and then the three of them went out together. Without caring about Yimik's life or death, the three of them ran straight to the adventurer camp.

A light breeze blew through the woods, and Hawthorne couldn't help shivering. He thought that the evening in the mountains was actually colder than he had imagined.

He then wrapped his leather armor tightly and quickened his pace. No one noticed that under the reflection of the setting sun, the diamond ring on his ring finger was reflecting a strange red color.

……

Rockhound town.

This was once a dwarf camp, established by a mountain dwarf merchant named "Rockseeker". He discovered a mine in the mountains, and then used this place as a camp to develop its resources and then transport them to Libel Port for sale.

Many years have passed, the original mine has dried up, and the town has been abandoned. But during the mountain people's counterattack on Libel Port, the town was spared because of the dwarves.

Today, with all other outposts and camps set up by the Sayin Empire destroyed, the Rock Seekers Camp, which was not affected by the war, has become the preferred resting place for adventurers who come here to speculate.

When Hawthorne and the other two arrived here, it was already completely dark. Cold, tired, and hungry, he did not do anything else but found the only inn in town and ordered three bowls of vegetable soup and two pounds of cooked beef.

Jutta and Cuibisi didn't need to eat, so they just symbolically drank the vegetable soup, and the two pounds of beef almost went down his stomach. After wolfing it down with the store's garlic sauce, he hugged the two girls and opened a big bed room under the envious eyes of the other drinkers, and then rested.

Chapter 124 3D Zone Sadako

Hawthorne was wearing loose frog pajamas, barefoot in bear slippers, with messy hair, slumped in the sofa in the living room, eating potato chips. The Gree air conditioner in the corner of the living room was blowing cold air, as if it would not stop until it froze its owner to death.

On the coffee table in front of him was a half-drunk bottle of Pepsi. On the wall opposite the coffee table hung a huge LCD TV, which was playing "Tom and Jerry", a movie he had watched eight hundred times.

It was late at night, and there were no stars or moon outside the window, and no light at all. But he did not turn on the lights, and the only light was the TV in front of him, and he just quietly enjoyed the quiet of the night.

Ah, it’s summer vacation and my parents are not at home. How wonderful life is!

Feeling a little cold as he sighed, Hawthorne then pulled the blanket next to him and covered himself with it. He then frowned slightly, not understanding why he was watching this animation.

Change the channel!

Thinking of this, he fumbled around for a while before finally pulling the remote control out from the crack in the sofa and pointing it at the TV in front of him.

Ding--

The LCD screen flickered, but what was displayed was not the channel-changing picture, but a quaint courtyard with an ancient well in the center.

Then, a woman with long black hair and wearing a pale kimono slowly stretched out her green hand from the ancient well, pulled out half of her body, and then suddenly accelerated and crawled forward using all four limbs.

Hawthorne, who was sitting on the sofa, was startled.

what happened?

This is... Sadako? !

The Ring is on TV?!

I am Chao, the shadow of childhood!

No, I have to change the channel quickly!

Thinking of this, he pressed the remote control hard a few times, but he didn't know whether the battery was dead or what, the large LCD screen in front of him didn't move at all, and that "Sadako" was still accelerating, and in a blink of an eye, she climbed to the edge of the TV!

Then, one of her hands stretched out from the TV?!

Seeing this, Hawthorne was stunned.

This is real?

No, this is just a horror movie... Am I dazzled?

But I haven’t really rewarded myself lately…

He was still confused, and in front of him, the front half of "Sadako"'s body had crawled out of the TV and fell to the ground!

At this moment, he suddenly shuddered!

What the hell?!

No, this is the real world, how could there be ghosts?!

"Uh--"

"Sadako" let out a low roar like a wild beast, and finally a pair of white feet crawled out of the TV, without a trace of dirt on them.

Then, using her hands and feet, she suddenly accelerated and crawled on the ground, jumped over the coffee table, and rushed towards him!

I boil!

Suddenly, Hawthorne was almost scared out of his wits. He didn't even want the potato chips anymore and rolled to the side.

bang——

scoff-

In an instant, he fell to the ground, dizzy, and "Sadako" crashed into the sofa, her long nails like steel knives, instantly tearing the sofa in half!

Here, Hawthorne stood up in a panic. The marble floor he fell on caused him unbearable pain all over his body, and also made him more conscious!

Damn, it’s really a ghost!

No, you have to run away quickly!

With this thought in mind, he rushed straight towards the living room door without even bothering to put on his shoes.

bang——

However, the lock of the anti-theft iron door was stuck at this time, and no matter how hard he turned it, he couldn't open it even a little bit!

Zhuo! This female ghost must have done it!

He cursed inwardly, but now it seemed that there was no chance of escape. What was next?

Just get started!

Kill her!

When he thought of this, he became ruthless, turned his head, and saw "Sadako" crawling towards him again, so he raised his hand and wanted to use magic power to counterattack!

But when he raised his hand and chanted the spell, no magic circle appeared at all!

Suddenly, he was shocked.

Why can't I cast spells?!

why? !

He didn't understand, but at this time, Sadako pounced on him again, pressed his shoulders, and knocked him to the ground!

Boom-!

The back of his head hit the cold floor and he felt dizzy for a moment. Trying to resist the dizziness, he stretched out his hands and grabbed Sadako's wrists. His forehead was sweating, and he barely held on so that her sharp nails would not pierce his neck. At the same time, his brain was working rapidly!

No, why can't I cast the spell? I've already mastered this trick!

Could this female ghost also have an anti-magic force field? !

Oh, by the way, this is the real world. There is no magic here, let alone magic energy explosions and illusionist arm guards.

Those are just things in the game, they are all virtual...

Wait, that’s not right!