Chapter 785 Nightfall

Hao Ren didn't know what had happened in this town, but there was only one thing he was sure of: it was definitely not a good thing.

The ghosts lingering in this town are enough to prove the final fate of the residents of the town. They have obviously died long ago, at least hundreds of years ago. However, these large numbers of ghosts are just an accumulation of "memories", these empty memories. No trace of souls could be found in the echoes - where had these souls gone?

At this time, Nangong Sanba became the only master of necromancy in the team. Although his combat effectiveness was not good, in his century-long career as a demon hunter, he dealt most with various ghosts: "Human souls dissipate very quickly. , it is generally impossible to preserve it for hundreds of years. However, the structure of the spiritual body in this space is more stable than the outside world, so it is possible to preserve the soul for a long time. There are only two explanations for the surrounding 'echoes', either the souls of the townspeople are still imprisoned in Somewhere in the town, the leaked soul energy produced various phantoms. Either these people suffered great torture before death or were controlled by necromancy after death, so their memories were forcibly extracted and transformed into... It has become a phantom in this land that remains to this day.”

A chill passed through his heart, and Hao Ren looked up at the house closest to him. This decaying old house stands quietly in the narrow street. Its dark doors and windows are like empty evil eyes staring at the shadows of other buildings. The dark, smoke-filled sky hangs down behind the roof. It came down and enveloped everything as if it was suffocating the whole world. Surrounded by such buildings, these empty, lifeless houses themselves seem to have become some kind of curse, imprisoning the people who once lived on this land.

Nangong Sanba tightened the windbreaker he was wearing and whispered: "This place is full of evil, and very dark things have happened."

Lily was attracted by an old house. She came to this dark old house and gently pushed its heavily rotted wooden door. Accompanied by an unpleasant creaking sound, the old door opened. Lily coughed repeatedly due to the soot that fell from the door beam. She waved her hand to separate the dust in front of her eyes, raised the "torch" to illuminate the surroundings, and cautiously Stepping into this building with an atmosphere like a haunted house.

Hao Ren followed him out of curiosity and concern.

The room was dark, and everything was covered with an ominous gray-black color. This gray-black color seemed to be able to absorb light. No matter how close the flaming claw Lily held up, it could not illuminate the surface of the furniture. Hao Ren followed Lily into the house. He heard the groaning sound of old wooden boards being trampled and deformed under his feet. With the weak illumination brought by the fire, he could clearly see the simple layout and furnishings inside.

This is obviously a commoner's house. Although it is slightly better than the houses on the river bank, its owner is still not a wealthy family. There were only a few rough wooden furniture in the dark room. On a thick pillar in the center of the room, there were some utensils whose original shape and purpose were hung on iron hooks. One of the utensils seemed to be an oil lamp, but the lamp oil inside had long dried up. . Walking in this room, a strange smell like something burning floated into people's nostrils from all directions. Lily had a keen sense of smell, and she frowned at the strange smell: "Ahem...what kind of smell is this?" .”

Hesiana followed in, her eyes glowing slightly red in the darkness: "What did you find?"

"It's the same as the previous houses. It's gloomy and weird. There's dust everywhere, and there's a smell in the air. But you can't tell what the owner of this house was doing before it was abandoned." Hao Ren pointed to the things hanging in the center. The utensils on the pillars and "things used for working were left in the house, including sickles and axes that could be used for self-defense. They were not touched. There were no traces of fighting elsewhere. It seemed that all the houses were in the house." Abandoned under very peaceful circumstances.”

"Really," Hesiana muttered, wiping her hands on the low table by the wall, "Ashes...more ashes, I don't like this atmosphere."

Vivian's voice came from the door: "In that era, flames were a symbol of purifying evil, and ashes also had a similar meaning."

"Like a witch trial or something?" Hao Ren said casually, and just as he finished speaking, a fire suddenly lit up in the room!

It wasn't the fire of the claw blade in Lily's hand, but a bright light that illuminated the surroundings. It was the oil lamp hanging on the central pillar that suddenly lit up. Its small light actually illuminated the room that Lily had been unable to illuminate before, making the surroundings suddenly clear.

But the sudden light did not bring any sense of warmth and security to people. Everyone was startled. Lily immediately raised the double blades of ice and fire in a defensive posture, and Hesiana also instantly pulled out of her arms. His own vampire whip, but no enemy appeared. Except for the oil lamp that suddenly came on, the situation here did not change at all.

Hao Ren stepped forward to check the status of the oil lamp, and found that there was still no lamp oil inside: the firelight was floating directly above the lamp, as if the room "remembered" the time when the lamp should be turned on, and then abruptly switched states after that time. of.

At this time, Cassandra, who was on guard outside the house, suddenly called into the house: "Mistress! There is something moving!"

Everyone hurriedly ran out, only to see an incredible scene as the entire town was gradually illuminated by lights.

Lights gradually lit up in the uninhabited haunted houses, just like every house turned on lights when night fell. The flickering light came out from behind the gaps in the dark windows. As these lights appeared, the hanging lights on the streets of the town The big oil lamps on the wooden piles also lit up one after another.

Soon the light filled the entire town, a phenomenon that baffled everyone.

"It seems like this is not just a secret realm... Something like an illusion covers this space. Everything is between reality and illusion." Vivian looked at the end of the road thoughtfully, "Then Every house lights up."

What she was looking at was the target everyone was heading towards: the gorgeous mansion at the end of the town. If it was correct, it should be where the lord lived.

Hao Ren immediately led the people towards the big house, and Lily quickly followed. When she left the old house where the lights were on for the first time, intermittent conversations rang in her ears:

"...Someone is sick again. This time it's not just the children, but also the adults."

"...The witch...has been burned to death...The lord should think of a way. The curse...left by that witch has not been lifted yet."

"The lord has not appeared for two months. I heard that he locked himself in a room. Only scholars can see him occasionally..."

"Since the lord's wife...it's getting harder and harder..."

"Shh, don't discuss the lord's wife casually, the guards will hear you."

Lily blinked and jumped up and down to keep up with Hao Ren, who was walking in front: "Landlord, landlord! I heard something again just now!"

During Lily's rambling narration, the group arrived in front of the mansion located at the end of the town.

This is an obviously much more gorgeous house: although limited by its age and the affluence of this territory, its regulations are far from being called a mansion, but it must have been a commanding house in this small town hundreds of years ago. A nice house that everyone envies. It has an imposing rectangular main house, and at the main entrance is a tall, weird structure that looks like a bell tower. Beside the main entrance, which seemed a bit too high, Hao Ren found an old sign that had fallen to the ground, with most of it on it. The handwriting has been worn away, and only one word is still vaguely legible: Heimerwin.

This seems to be the name of the owner of the mansion.

"How much glory is ultimately just a handful of dust."

Vivian shook her head and did not take another look at the once gorgeous oak door sign. Instead, she stepped forward and pushed open the main door of the mansion.

As everyone expected, the mansion was lit up like the rest of the town, and the owner of the mansion had sufficient financial resources to light more fuel, so the main house seemed brightly lit.

Hao Ren took the lead and walked at the front, while Lily guarded him almost every step of the way: when she wasn't timid, she was a competent bodyguard. Others followed Hao Ren and filed into the main room.

There is a large burning fire pit in the center of the main house. Although there is no firewood in it, the bright flame is still burning brightly. Hao Ren stepped forward and put his hand above the flame, but did not feel any heat.

He took back his hand: "As expected, they are all fake."

"We've come here," Nangong Sanba looked at Hesiana, "Where are the things left by the wizard?"

Hesiana curled her lips: "Look for it slowly, who made this place so big? Wizards are all talkative guys. God knows what evil intentions the guys who lived here had to create such a scary ghost town... …Um?"

She stopped suddenly mid-sentence and glanced doubtfully in the direction of the stairs of the main house.

Nangong Sanba also looked over: "What's wrong?"

"Maybe it's an illusion - I actually felt the breath of a living person just now."