After the massive offensive launched by the Eastern Legion in 524 A.D., Mount Job, a branch of Mount Namoa, was nominally incorporated into the Confederation. That being said, however, no one would actually establish a civilian settlement in such a place. As a result, for a long time, Mount Job was under the direct management of the local garrison, and naturally, the qiē on the mountain, including the woods, mountain treasures, and even the mineral deposits, also fell into the private pockets of the army.

There is a small Mithril mine on Mount Job, the mine is not large, and it can provide less than a ton of Mithril ore per year. The amount is very small, but compared to the price ratio of Mithril to gold, which is almost ten to one, it is enough for tens of thousands of soldiers of the Eastern Legion to live a very comfortable life.

The man in charge of the mine was a captain named Fernardo, who had repeatedly belonged to the logistics department of the Eastern Legion, and was over fifty years old this year, and was a well-established civilian officer. Speaking of which, at this age, he is still a lieutenant, which also shows the mediocrity of this person. Fortunately, Fernardo is not the kind of person who has such a lofty ambition as "killing the enemy on the battlefield and making meritorious contributions", he has never had the idea of stepping on the corpse of the enemy or his own people to climb up. He just hopes to do a good job diligently and live a leisurely life until retirement age, and the military department may promote himself to a higher level because he has no merit and hard work. After that, you can enjoy your retirement as a school officer.

Fernardo had about a dozen miners under his command, and for the size of the mine, that number of men was actually sufficient. In addition, about half an hour's walk from the mines, you can reach a new outpost of the Legion, which is permanently manned by fifty soldiers, who can of course be quick if there is any problem.

The haunting happened on August 12th.

Fernando has always had a habit of patrolling in the dead of night, which may have something to do with his nearly twenty years as a storekeeper. So, that night, after all the miners had rested, Finardo entered the mine with a bronze cased alcohol lamp.

As usual, the pitch-black tunnels looked a little eerie in the dim glow of the alcohol lamps. Normally, it's a breeding ground for ghost stories and supernatural legends; However, Fernando has been looking at the mine here for several years, and even if he can't see his fingers in the tunnel, he can walk back and forth in it with his eyes closed, and naturally he is not afraid.

The captain took advantage of the dim light of the alcohol lamp to arrange the tools scattered in the tunnel, and then he was satisfied and ready to go back to sleep. At this moment, he suddenly felt a strange noise behind him.

Fernando turned his head just in time to see a dark figure disappear around the corner of the tunnel.

"Could it be that the beast has run in?"

At this time, he didn't think about things in the supernatural direction.

Fernardo followed, and then he realized that all the tools he had just put together were messed up. The old man shook his head helplessly, ready to repeat what he had just done, when he heard the strange sound of dirt and rock walls. The black humanoid figure swayed in the light of the alcohol lamp, constantly twisting into a variety of movements.

"Who!" The old captain shouted, drawing his saber.

Is it a mine thief? Fernardo used his common sense to suppress the ominous depression in his heart and made such a judgment.

"Hee-hee-hee-hee......-hee The August night was still a little hot, but the old captain was constantly shivering, and his skin was already covered with goosebumps.

The laughter grew clearer and closer, and Fernardo let out a cry of fear and strode towards the mine. …,

The unknown party did not chase after him, so the old captain quickly woke up all the miners and sent to the outpost to bring in armed soldiers.

Searched overnight and found no problems.

Many people believe that this is the hallucination of the old man Fernando who is asleep. Since then, however, strange things have happened one after another.

The tools that were placed in the mine broke inexplicably.

The ore that had just been dug was inexplicably gone.

At night, the birds and beasts in the vicinity screamed inexplicably.

Before the sun set, some miners kept saying that they saw a white shadow dancing in front of the sun.

Later, there were even miners scooping red water out of wells. It's red, like blood......

Once again, the army searched the mines, but of course, still in vain; But this time, several of the soldiers of the search team began to fall ill after they returned, constantly talking nonsense, and even shouting and crying and laughing from time to time, and it took several days to recover.

In this way, the garrison of Mount Job finally realized that they had a problem that they could not solve, and submitted a request to the headquarters for magical support.

The above is the so-called haunting of the Job's Mithril Mine.

This time, the headquarters actually sent three magicians at once, although they all looked young, but it also made the old captain very pleased. In addition, the magicians were accompanied by a group of more than twenty armed soldiers, all of whom were fully armed, and even brought some exorcism charms.

With so many people crowded into the mines, Fernardo's courage suddenly returned. He respectfully led the mages and the army to the mines.

"This is a haunted mine." Fernardo pointed to a tunnel that could only accommodate two or three people.

It was a small, ordinary-looking entrance to the mine, with a few thick logs holding the pit mouth into a standard door frame. The entrance was more than one person high, because it was daytime, Lu Xi could see the pit closer to the door through the sunlight, but inside, there was an unpleasant darkness.

"Don't you all light up your mines?" Lu Xi asked.

"Of course. However, in the past few weeks, whenever the lights are lit, they will be extinguished as soon as no one is looking after them. Now, the workers are afraid to go down to work. ”

Listening to the old mine manager's description of this incident, Lu Xi really didn't know what kind of expression to make in response. Judging by the development of things alone, it looks like a prank no matter how you look at it.

"Sounds like a nasty ghost." Lu Xi said helplessly, "Anyway, it doesn't seem to be dangerous, so it's better to go and see it first." ”

"Well, after you find it, you will definitely beat it up, even if it is a ghost, pranks in the barracks are absolutely not allowed." Carol Road.

"If it's really a ghost, you shouldn't be able to beat it."

"If it doesn't work, I'll throw an obsidian stone into it and turn this pit into a sea of fire. I don't believe it, just a ghost, is there really nothing I can do with it? Carol looked at the entrance to the mine in front of him and said viciously.

"Hey, if even the mine is destroyed, won't it be worth the loss?"

Compared with the heated discussion between the two, Sai Xiliu looked straight ahead with a very dull gaze, and did not say a word: "......"

Lu Xi looked at the girl's pale face and couldn't help grinning, and then pretended to be kind and said, "If it's too reluctant, you can stay behind." Carol and I went down with the henchmen. ”

Hearing Lu Xi's words, Sai Xiliu couldn't help but shudder. She gritted her teeth, then quickly shook her head: "No, I'm going down!" ”

"But ......"

"Nothing! Isn't it a ghost? I won't admit it! Watch me find out your true colors, and make sure you look good! Sehireu shouted loudly, constantly making heroic declarations to cheer himself up. However, I don't know why, Lu Xi always felt that this girl was a little hysterical after giving up on herself. …,

"Okay. Since you insist, ......" Lu Xi finally agreed. He said to Carol, "Then I will go down with Lim and Sehiruch first." You take Vile and everyone at the door. ”

"Just the three of you, okay?"

"It doesn't matter, three people plus the puppet of Sehireu is enough. Besides, the mine is so big, too many people will cause trouble. "It's just a D-class mission, so it should be fine, right? Probably?

“…… Okay, but be careful. If you haven't come out in two hours, I'll take someone down. ”

"Don't worry. You have to be careful, if the other party is kicked out by me, it will be up to you to intercept it. ”

"Wrap it up on me."

After assigning the task to Carol, Lu Xi picked up the staff, condensed a lighting magic on the shaped crystal at the end of the staff, and walked in first, and Primra followed without saying a word. Seyriliu hesitated for half a second, then closed his eyes and gritted his silver teeth to the rear.

As soon as she entered the tunnel, Sehireu unleashed the Constructed Golem, raising her staff to her chest and placing her left hand on the Magic Book, taking every step with caution, as if she were facing a great enemy.

"If you keep going like this, you'll scare yourself to death before the ghost comes out."

"Luo, wordy!"

"Hehe, I really didn't expect that a person as good and strict as Sai Xiliu would be afraid of ghosts."

"Cai, it's not that I'm afraid. It's just that...... Like them, floating around, without a sound at all...... Yes! Wordy! Everyone has something they are not good at coping! Don't you have one? Besides, it's not sure it's a ghost, and it could be someone else's prank! ”

"Hehe, that's just as well." Lu Xi shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "If it's really an ordinary person's prank, what are you going to do?" ”

"To find that guy, of course! For such a guy who plays with others for fun, I must stomp on him so hard that even his mother doesn't know him, and I don't dare to confirm his face even when I go to hell! I want him to know: even if it's a prank, there is an unbearable price to pay! ”

“……”

"What's wrong?" Seeing Lu Xi's shocked expression, the other party instantly recovered from his madness and turned into a serious student again.

"Nothing. I just think: in order not to cause an irreparable tragedy, it is better for the other party to be a ghost. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"By the way, Seyleu, do you usually feel that there is a double sound of footsteps when you walk, you always feel that someone is peeping when no one is around, and someone is talking to you when you are in a daze. Well, that is, the legendary double personality ......"

"What the hell do you mean?"

"Well, it's good if you don't. You just think I'm talking nonsense, ohhehehe...... Oops, it hurts...... Lim, why did you hit me again? ”

Primra put away the knife in her hand, and then pointed ahead with an expressionless face, Lu Xi looked in the direction of his finger, and was stunned for a moment.

“……”

"What are you doing? Why do you do this every time? Sehireu said with some dissatisfaction. As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a hint of ominous atmosphere, and when she turned her head, she saw a looming figure like a translucent mist. Under Lu Xi's illumination, the shadow was reflected on the wall, and with a strange laughter out of nowhere, the hazy shadow continued to twist and make all kinds of strange movements.

"You, you, you......" Sehireu's eyes widened, his mouth wide open and he made a mechanical sound.

"Hee-hee-hee." The ghost flickered, revealing a pale human face, and made a grimace to Sehirus. …,

"Hmm...... ......The girl rolled her eyes, collapsed to the ground, and fainted directly.

Thanks to her movements, Lucy and Primra had already recovered from the shock they had just seen the ghost. Lu Xi's eyes widened, and he quickly completed a spell in a low voice, and the red light of the concentrating crystal on the staff appeared.

Faster than Lu Xi, it was Lim who flipped her right hand, and a blade of flame flew out, shooting towards the hazy mist.

The ghost struck a pose that a human would never have been able to make, and deftly dodged the attack. However, Lim pulled his right hand again, and the blade, which had lost its target, flew back as if commanded, and the flame-colored blade slashed through the looming mist, and there was a burst of flames.

A closer look reveals that the end of the blade is connected by a long chain, and Primla's right hand grasps the middle of the chain to control the direction of the flying knife; At the other end of the chain was another identical long knife, held in Lim's left hand.

This set of male and female knives was Orucello's gift to Primla. In Orucello, which has a collection of countless treasures, it is also one of the few high-quality products.

These two long knives were tailor-made weapons for the drow elven hero Enohar during the Qiming War, named "Holy Flame Meteor". The male knife is 1.2 meters long and is as powerful as a fire when slashing, while the female knife is 0.6 meters long and flies like a meteor. In addition to its indestructible, destructive power of sharpening iron like clay, according to legend, Goldofak once forcined a piece of star iron in the large seam of the temple of rock for one hundred and eight days, so that the formed holy fire meteor was born with the magic of holy flame. It has extremely strong restraint against dark things such as the undead and demons.

With this holy relic, Limu's combat power also directly rose to the 5th level of silver, still pressing Lu Xi's head.

(Name: Flame Meteor.) Quality: Golden Relic. Attributes: Sharpness 63, Hardness 45, Durability 120, Strength +4, Constitution +2, Fire Attack 19, Holy Attack 14, Damage to Demons and Undead +15%. ）

Sure enough, the ghost let out a sharp scream, and the fog disappeared as if it was about to collapse.

At the same moment, Lu Xi's magic was also ready to be completed. The red light split into threes like sharp arrows, and instead of flying directly at the struggling ghost, they nailed to the ground around it. The red light kept changing, forming a burning cage of flames.

Seeing that the flames had trapped the ghost, Lu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and he turned his head to look at the fainted Sai Xiliu. At this moment, the ghost seemed to finally recover from the attack it had just made, and it shook its misty body, revealing a bloody mouth on its pale ghostly face.

The mouth opened wide, and he let out a fierce snort.

It is like the heart-rending cry of a hundred cats or two hundred crows being strangled at the same time, and it can naturally make people fall into an indescribable state of vertigo. The moment he saw the other party open his big mouth, Lu Xi hurriedly recited the incantation silently to protect his spirit from attack, but after all, it was still a step too late.

(System: The host is under psychic attack and falls into a "vertigo" state.) ）

Lu Xi only felt that his eyes were dark, and he quickly bit his tongue so that he would not faint. However, the flame cage that had lost its spiritual support also disappeared like a sandcastle on the beach.

"Banshee Scream?!" Lu Xi looked at each other, his face was cloudy. At this moment, the ghost shook its body and quickly disappeared around the corner of the tunnel, and the blade that Primra threw again only left a deep crack in its place.

"Damn, run fast!" Lu Xi pursed his lips, feeling a little nervous.

Since this ghost can use the banshees of the necromancers to scream, it means that its spiritual power and obsession with the human world have reached an extremely powerful point, making it possess extremely powerful dark magic. Whether or not it has anything to do with the land of the dead on the Heras Peninsula, it must not be left alone.

"Hmm, hmm......" Lu Xi muttered in a low voice behind him. He turned his head just in time to see Sesileu holding her head, struggling to get up, and Primra walked over and grabbed her, and she staggered to her feet.

Unexpectedly, the banshee scream just now woke up the fainting girl.

"How's it going, what's uncomfortable?" Lu Xi asked.

Sai Xiliu gasped twice, her face finally improved a little, she looked at Lu Xi, and reluctantly showed a smile: "My head is still a little swollen, but it doesn't matter, it shouldn't affect my combat effectiveness." Let's catch up. ”

"What, aren't you afraid?"

"It's a bit of a fear to say it's actually a little bit." The girl smiled wryly and said, "However, now I always feel a little too scared, and then I don't care about anything." ”

Ha? That's fine.

"I don't know why, all of a sudden I just want to find that damn ghost and beat it up!"