…………

"It's actually this thing......

Marven's muttering was not over yet, and his whole body froze in place and couldn't move!

The whole study was silent. Marven just kept the action of opening the door, motionless!

After three minutes, Marven suddenly woke up from a nightmare and slammed the secret door shut!

With a bang, he used all his strength.

In the next second, he leaned his back against the door and went straight limp.

He was covered in cold sweat.

"Actually...... It's actually this thing......"

Marven lay there cold, weak, and it took five minutes for him to regain a little relief.

And when he got up from the ground in front of him, the ground was already wet, and it was all Marven's sweat!

He climbed onto the bed and lay there on all fours, slowly recovering from the spirit he had just consumed.

His eyes were empty, and the scenes he had just seen kept emerging.

……

After opening the door, the first thing Marven saw was an empty secret room!

On the opposite side of the chamber is a mural.

This mural Marven recognized. He had seen this mural when he was exploring an underground temple!

But this fresco is different from the one in the underground temple.

It's a mural that floats!

At that moment, a terrifying picture immediately appeared in front of Marven's eyes:

A mysterious force placed him in the darkness, and the low chant of a girl could be heard in the distance.

That song was the one he had heard in the secret passage.

And along with this non-existent ballad, there is a surprising scene.

There was a bonfire in the darkness, blazing. Around the campfire were countless pairs of men and women, all naked, the men wearing black masks and the women wearing white masks.

They are mating like crazy around the campfire!

That's right, Marven couldn't even describe this crazy scene in terms of making love, all the men and women, their naked flesh twisted together, gasps and moans coming and going in the lonely wilderness.

Eventually, all of them grew old one by one.

Aging like crazy at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Their skin dried into human skin, and their bones were blown down by the wind, turning into piles of white bones scattered across the land where bewitching flowers grew.

They died one by one. Masks were scattered all over the place.

And the bonfires are still burning, and the songs are still being sung.

In the end, only a young girl remained, her thighs closed, and blood was pouring from her inner thighs.

She slowly removed her mask, revealing a delicate countenance.

When he saw this, Marven was almost suffocating!

What's even more terrifying is that the girl seemed to see Marven and actually smiled at him.

In the next second, the girl's belly kept bulging.

It seems that a powerful life is being born.

Marven trembled, he couldn't control his body at all.

The girl stared at him.

What started as a smile turned into a frightening resentment!

In a trance, Marven saw that the girl's head had become the head of the big devil!

Three eyes, smiling rather than smiling, looked at themselves.

He felt like his life was passing by little by little!

……

"Thankfully, there's Valissa's gift......"

"Otherwise, this time it's really a mess!"

Marven looked at the series of determined records on the counting panel and let out a long breath.

That mural is definitely not that simple.

Anyone who sees it will fall into a kind of illusion, which may have happened in real time, and was recorded by someone using a secret method.

Marven prides himself on being determined, but he didn't expect to be almost planted!

If it weren't for Valissa's gift to increase the large fear resistance bonus, Marven would probably have been able to break free from that illusion for a while!

No wonder his father, Jean, gave him the key when he was dying, but told him not to open the door.

What kind of character is his grandfather!

Marven lay in bed for a full hour before he regained his strength.

In any case, the secret hidden by the kind grandfather in my impression must be beyond imagination.

This mural is at least related to the people of Anzedi and the great devil. Plus his own Numan blood......

At least Marven won't be dealing with this thing for the time being.

According to his calculations, without a better way to increase his fear resistance than Valissa's gift, he didn't even want to go inside that door.

"Let's plan carefully."

When Marven thought this, Anna happened to come over.

"Young master, everything has been arranged."

"Huh? Why is your face so pale? ”

Marven smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I need a little mushroom soup." Ask the chef to add more kale grass to it. ”

Kale grass can restore the spirit and is one of the main materials for the earthen spirit recovery elixir.

Marven urgently needs to regain his spirits now, because he still has something to do in the evening.

……

In the evening, outside the city gates.

Lola was carrying a small package on her back and looked around with some apprehension.

The deserted city gates had long since been closed, and only a small gate was open, guarded by two members of the garrison.

Not far away, a slightly thin figure slowly walked over.

"Lord Marven." Lola looked respectful.

"No need to pretend, I know what you look like."

Marven smiled faintly: "A bold female liar, a cowardly gnolloll who can bluff you out of your cell, how can she be so respectful to a country lord?" ”

Lola was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise: "You are ......"

didn't need Marven to speak, she rolled her eyes, and cut off the second half of the sentence.

This is a very smart girl.

Lola lowered her voice: "It turns out that the rumors are true. ”

Marven remained quiet: "Does it matter whether the rumors are true or not?" ”

Who knew that Lola said seriously: "Very important! ”

"If you're really a double blade mask, then you're my savior."

"Moreover, you are also the first person to believe in me again after being deceived by me."

Her expression was sincere.

Marven was slightly moved in his heart, but he said expressionlessly, "Really? ”

"Then let's go!"

"Huh? Marven, you haven't told me where I'm going! Lola was pulled down the mountain by Marven and suddenly shouted.

"Jewel Bay."

Marven replied.

"But that's not the direction of Jewel Bay!" Lola struggled and said, "Let me lead the way, you're mistaken." ”

"No, that's not wrong."

The two went down the mountain, and Marven walked resolutely all the way north.

"We're taking a shortcut."

Lola was pulled by Marven like a marionette, looking at the tall mountains in the distance in a daze, and it took a long time before she struggled to squeeze out a sentence:

"You're going to cross the Screaming Mountains!?"

"Or else?" Marven said casually: "There is no food in the territory, and within a week, we have to come back!" ”

"It's the only shortcut."

……

Screaming Mountains, a mountain that has been almost forgotten.

It lies in the wilderness to the south of Gem Bay, a small place like the White River Valley, which is actually not drawn on the maps of many large city-states in the south!

The people of Gem Bay rarely set foot in the south, just because of the Screaming Mountains.

In fact, the White River Valley and Jewel Bay are separated by just this mountain range.

Crossing this mountain range opens up trade routes between the White River Valley and Gem Bay.

But no one would do that.

First, the White River Valley was originally a small place, and it didn't have the ability to open up this road. Second, the Jewel Bay side is even less interested in doing business with a small rural village.

Monsters are infested in the Screaming Mountains, and all kinds of creatures emerge one after another.

If it weren't for a mysterious force that prevented these monsters from leaving the mountains, I'm afraid that Gem Bay would have to suffer from monster attacks every day.

Harpy witches, bipedal wyverns, blood sludges, and some even claim to have seen a lurking green dragon in the Screaming Mountains!

No one knows how many monsters there are in this mountain.

It's just that they were suppressed by a mysterious force, and they didn't come out to blame.

Only adventurers who are not afraid of death will occasionally enter the Screaming Mountains to hunt for treasure, but this is only a small number of outlaws.

Most adventurers still have a lot of regret for their lives, and the Screaming Mountains are always a forbidden area for life.

And the White River Valley, just south of the Screaming Mountains, is a fairly peaceful place. Aside from the group of gnolls that invaded some time ago, there were no monster invasions here.

From the castle, head northwest in the direction of the mines and riverbank town, and to the northeast is the entrance to the Screaming Mountains.

Marven is going to cross the Screaming Mountains tonight!

Night falls, giving a different layer of feeling to the screaming mountains shrouded in mist.

The view is beautiful.

But Lola is going crazy!

"Excuse me, sir, are you a legend?" In the lonely wilderness, Lola asked loudly.

"It's not." Marven replied.

"Excuse me, my lord, do you have no nostalgia for life anymore?" Lola said frantically.

"But it didn't." Marven responded.

"Excuse me, sir, do you want to execute me in a different way?" The ramen noodles are dead.

"Of course not."

Marven pulled Lola and didn't say much, occasionally answering a few words, just hurrying.

The girl who had been talking a lot finally gave up asking after several fruitless questions.

The two walked all the way until the middle of the moon before they arrived at the location that Marven had in mind.

It was a desolate gravel field.

There is a steep hill ahead.

Marven, however, continued to walk east, turning back several times in front of the hillside before finally stopping in front of a cave.

"What's in there?" Lola asked, a little nervous.

"It's a tunnel that no one knows about."

Marven finally spoke: "Through this tunnel, we can cross the Screaming Mountains overnight to reach Jewel Bay. ”

"It's much safer to walk this road than above."

"So there's a secret passage!" Lola suddenly relaxed, revealing a look of adoration: "I didn't expect you to know so much. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to relax."

Marven pushed away the weeds at the mouth of the cave and took a step inside: "It's not all without danger here. ”

"This road has a name."

"It's called the Spider Crypt."

"As the name suggests, there's a lot of stuff waiting for us inside."

"They're hungry. It always has been. ”

………… R1152