The Villain Saint is my secondary account

With the help of the crow familiar in the sky, the player walked alone into the palm grove in the deserted area after leaving, seemingly to find a suitable place to build a grave for his deceased friend.

This made Ella scratch her cheek; there really are such people in this world.

With a slight sigh, Ella returned to the ship with her attendants.

As the sun completely sank below the horizon and darkness fell, the three-player adventure team crept stealthily to the dock.

"What should we do, Sister Xiaowei? They've all gone inside."

Among the squad, the shortest member, Iphie, muttered to herself.

"Sigh... It's too far ahead, there's no time to run over."

The only male player in the team, Duojian, sighed.

You mean it's my fault?

Xiao Wei grabbed Duo Jian by the collar, and the frail latter was squeezed up by the girl like a sack.

"How could this be...cough...I'm about to die..."

After a few feeble pleas for mercy, Duojian was finally released by Xiaowei. She turned her gaze to the two guards by the cabin door, "...cough cough...we need to think of a way to distract the guards."

"Can't you just use your wind manipulation technique to send us onto the deck?"

Xiao Wei frowned.

"The Wind Control Technique can't carry so many people at once..."

"Are you implying I'm heavy again!?"

"I didn't say that..."

Seeing that Xiao Wei had grabbed several people by the neck again, Yi Fei felt quite helpless. It seemed that the team still had to rely on her at this crucial moment.

She took out a small, cylindrical piece of bamboo from the pocket of her tight-fitting clothes under her cloak, and gently rubbed one end against the sole of her shoe, whereupon a flame lit up.

Then Iphie tossed the small cylinder into a pile of baskets not far away, and after a short while, a series of crackling sounds came from it.

The quick-ignition firecracker is a small tool that assassins can make using their crafting skills. Unlike ordinary firecrackers, this firecracker will attract the nearest unsuspecting person within seven meters to investigate.

A guard at the ship's hatch heard the sound of firecrackers. He didn't want to pay attention, but his brain seemed to be under some kind of magical influence, and an uncontrollable curiosity surged up. His feet moved uncontrollably toward the firecrackers.

The other guard wondered why his partner had left his post to check the strange noise, but didn't think too much about it.

He turned around, intending to go to the center of the cabin entrance to temporarily fill the gap left by his partner, but just then, Duojian, who had been observing this from not far away, raised his staff, and a spray of foamy water splashed onto the floor in the dim light.

The remaining guard at the entrance suddenly slipped and fell into the water before he could react.

"Hurry up!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the three players sneaked into the cabin.

However, the roads inside this enormous merchant ship, which is as grand as a skyscraper, are unexpectedly intricate and complex.

Once inside, the three of them were completely disoriented, like headless flies, and were forced to wander around aimlessly due to the constant patrols by guards.

"We need to find a direction..."

Duo Jian grabbed his two companions, saying, "I've observed these floors we've been wandering around. The rooms on the lower floors are a bit more crowded and simply decorated... I reckon the people living on the upper floors are of higher status. To find that girl, we need to go up."

"Makes sense."

Xiao Wei nodded, peeked out and glanced at the stairwell behind the corner of the wall, where five or six burly guards stood watch. "But I saw quite a few guards patrolling several of the steps leading upstairs."

"Hmm, it's a bit difficult to lure them all away."

Ifi also stretched out her little hand, with only three quick-burning firecrackers in her chubby palm.

"Hmm... I'm afraid we'll have to split up."

After thinking it over for a while, I said, "Neither Xiaowei nor I are good at infiltrating. We can only try to distract the guards, and then you, Yifei, can sneak up and find the girl in white."

"Or we could pretend to be passengers... and ask the guards if they could take us there?"

Xiao Wei suddenly had a whimsical idea.

"That's probably difficult... but we can try. If it doesn't work, we can use it as a way to distract them."

Duojian said, patting Yifei on the shoulder, "Get ready, whether we can bring back the koi depends on you, Yifei."

Huh? Why is it that suddenly I'm the only one left to rely on again?

Iphie's eyes widened, her Adam's apple bobbed slightly, but she finally nodded nervously.

A moment later, Duojian and Xiaowei walked out of the corner and headed towards the guards who were watching them.

"Hello, um... we're looking for a noble girl dressed in white with cat ears on her hood, accompanied by a group of tall, burly servants."

Xiao Wei spoke first.

"Hmm... She's our friend, she left something with us."

As he spoke, Duojian took out a small cloth bag from his priestly robe.

Are you passengers on the ship?

However, the guard just frowned and said...

"We... um..."

Xiao Wei tried her best to appear calm and composed, saying, "We live on the lower floor."

"How come I've never seen you before?"

The guard frowned. "Do you have boat tickets?"

As they spoke, the other guards had already placed their hands on the hilts of their swords.

So strict?

Xiaowei sensed the atmosphere becoming tense and, unsure how to respond, tugged at Duojian's sleeve.

"Yes, there are... there are..."

Duo Jian replied listlessly, "Please allow me to look for it, Mr. Guard... ah, it might have been accidentally put in this bag too, and sure enough, there it is, look."

As he spoke, Duo Jian opened the cloth bag in his hand and presented it to the nearest guard.

The guard frowned and leaned closer, only to see a fist-sized frog staring at him from inside the cloth bag.

"Cuck!"

A mouthful of water suddenly spurted from the frog's mouth, splashing like glue onto the guard's face.

"what!!"

The guard carrying the cloth bag fell to the ground, and the other guards immediately drew their swords and rushed forward, shouting, "What are you doing?!"

Duo Jian held his staff horizontally and uttered a spell, and azure fluorescent magic instantly unfolded beneath his feet.

Two guards near the room raised their swords to interrupt his spellcasting, but at the same time, Xiao Wei drew a short gun from her waist with her left hand and pulled the trigger. In the flash of fire, a lead bullet accurately knocked away one of the guards' swords.

Immediately afterwards, she drew her curved sword with her right hand and slashed horizontally, instantly blocking the blade of another guard, and with a flourish, she sent him flying.

A gust of wind carrying a misty fog surged out from the magic circle, causing the cloaks of many people to flutter loudly, while also enveloping the entire corridor.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Iphie, who was still hiding around the corner, instantly transformed into a shadow and rushed through the chaotic crowd into the stairwell.

Chapter Forty-Three: The Mysterious Coffin

As they traversed several flights of stairs, Effie was caught off guard and spotted a brand-new guard rushing down from the top floor, clearly coming to reinforce them in response to an alarm sent from the lower floors.

She swiftly slipped into a side corridor, but time was running out. Her movements seemed to have been caught by the newly arrived guards, and a series of hurried footsteps followed closely behind.

Iphie quickly turned around to look for a hiding place, but the neat rows of guest room doors on both sides were all tightly closed, leaving no place in the narrow corridor where she could conceal herself.

At the critical moment, a room door suddenly opened, revealing a dark interior.

Without a second thought, Ifi leaped forward, her body moving like a rabbit, and darted into the room before the guards could reach the corridor.

She closed the door immediately after entering the room, and sure enough, sparse footsteps and hesitant words from the guards came from outside the door.

"What about people?"

"That's strange, I definitely saw it just now?"

"You must have seen wrong. Hurry downstairs, they're waiting for our help over there."

As she listened to the footsteps fading away against the door, Yifei breathed a sigh of relief, her heart slowly calming down.

I hope Sister Xiaowei and Brother Duojian can escape.

She silently prayed for her two companions, then turned around, intending to thank the owner of the room, but found no one there.

In this dim and cramped space, there was only a large, dark, rectangular wooden cabinet, with a candlestick flickering with pale candlelight in each of the four corners, casting a faint light into this small space.

Iphie was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was actually a... coffin?

How could a coffin appear inside the passenger cabin of a merchant ship on a long voyage?

A chill suddenly rose from the soles of her feet, traveled up her spine and straight to her head, making her shudder.

If no one is in this room...

Who opened the door just now?

She hurriedly reached out to try and open the door, but the guard's voice immediately rang out from outside, "Ah? Oh, who are you?..."

The sound made her freeze instantly—no, if she went out now, she'd be caught red-handed by the guards.

In that case, all of Duojian and Xiaowei's efforts would have been in vain.

We can't let fear cause us to lose all our previous efforts.

While struggling with her dilemma, Iphie noticed that the doorknob suddenly started turning on its own.

Is someone outside trying to come in?

"Yes, I just saw someone enter your room..."

"Understood, I'll open it up for everyone to check."

Ifi's eyes widened. If the door opened, she would inevitably run into the people outside. In a panic, she turned around and looked around the small room to see if there was anywhere she could hide.

With her gaze sweeping over the room, and seeing that the door behind her was about to open, Ifi decided to go all in and hid under the empty bed next to the coffin.

The steel-framed beds on the ship are not too high off the ground. Even someone as petite as Iphie finds it difficult to move around in the confined space under the bed. Her chest and back are tightly compressed, making it hard to breathe.

Just be patient.

As Iphie was thinking this, she then heard the sound of footsteps echoing in the room, and a pair of short-heeled leather shoes immediately came into view.

Come in?

Ifi was a little confused. She didn't seem to see any light or shadow when the door was opened. Had the person outside already come in?

And the size of these leather shoes... looks surprisingly small, like a child's size.

Despite her confusion, Iphie dared not breathe, only watching those feet dangling back and forth in front of her.

After a moment, the small feet suddenly stopped, motionless like a machine that had finally finished winding, the toes of the shoes quietly pointing inwards from the bed, less than five centimeters away from Iphie's nose.

Iphie stared wide-eyed at the shoes, even swallowing her saliva with extreme caution in her confined space.

She had already sensed something was wrong, but being in this cramped space under the bed, there was nothing she could do but wait and pray.

One minute, two minutes... Iphie had never felt time could be so agonizing until she finally saw those feet slowly rising upwards.

Rising upwards?

Iphie thought she was seeing things, but when she looked again, the feet really did seem to be slowly rising into the darkness above, as if in a transparent elevator.

Iphie covered her mouth, because that strange way of moving was not like what a normal person should do.

She began to regret not having just opened the door and run out.

Now that she thinks about it, she clearly heard the guards' footsteps fading away, so why did she hear the guards' voices again as soon as she touched the doorknob?

The more she thought, the more her small body trembled uncontrollably.

Unable to endure the psychological torment of this darkness any longer, Iphie pressed herself against the floor, trying to move her body out from under the bed. All she wanted now was to escape this eerie room.

However, the next moment she vaguely felt the bed above her press down a little more, squeezing her body and making her unable to move.

what happened? ?