222 ENCHANTER (1/2)

If only the sandmen before them were just ordinary creature that was capable of speaking, it will be a lot easier for them to acquire information.

They could just simply use some Elixir of Truth and Lies and the other party will spill the truth without any delay.

But unfortunately, that is not their case. The two sandmen before them are not capable of speaking at all.

All they could utter are incoherent mutterings such as 'roar'. So rather than trying to get the information they need out from their mouth, the group of warlocks opted to use another method instead

They will be using the Servant Spell.

This spell works in messing up the psyche and will of its victim. Contorting facts and lies. Putting its victim into a servant mentality.

Once put under this spell, one will have no choice but to follow whatever demand or order that was given to them by the warlock or sorceress that conjure the spell.

Their group had slain three of them so far, and after their spirit disintegrated, they had immediately dissolved back into ordinary sand.

So the group reckoned that they cannot use forceful methods to deal with these sandmen because they were way too fainthearted and their spirit seemed to be so weak.

Waving his wand, Yun Xue cast the Servant Spell over the two sandmen lying on the ground before him.

”YPIRETIS”

After the two sandmen were put out under the Servant Spell, the group waited for any reaction but the two sandmen were still trashing relentlessly under their restriction.

While Yun Xue and the others were deep in their thought as to why the spell seemed not to work, the flicker of life in the two sandmen appears to get extinguished for some reason as they stop moving.

Then with a crack, the bodies swiftly crumbled back into a pile of yellow sand.

Fan Lei stepped forward to take a closer look at the heap of remaining sand. They were indeed only ordinary sand. There was nothing else mixed within it.

Following which, he scanned his surroundings and narrowed his eyes.

Another hypothesis came up to his mind after witnessing what happened. This time, there was a high chance that it was exactly the reason why all of this was happening in the first place.

It could be that those sandmen were not actually a creature or a native race in this desert.

The reason why the Servant Spell fails to work on them is probably that they don't have spirits or wills, to begin with.

Rather than calling them creatures, it could be more accurate to call them artifact or a tool and someone was controlling them in the background!

In other words, there was someone within this desert that could enchant ordinary sand and bestow it with life and strength capable of rivaling a group of warlocks.

That was an extremely scary notion in itself!

Just imagine how vast the sand desert that they were currently at. If the other party is truly capable of enchanting the sand into becoming sandman, just how many of these sandmen he or she could create?!

But regardless of whether that warlock or sorceress is really frightening as they thought it to be, they still need to proactively locate its whereabouts and force him or her out from its hiding.

Rather than waiting passively and just stay on a defensive stance.

If these sandmen were products of enchantment, it was likely that the enchanter who was controlling them knows this desert land more than anyone else.

Maybe, he or she even know where the desert and swamp meet in this place!

Be it the Rhapsody Swap or the oasis they were calling, only the warlock or the sorceress behind this sandmen can give them the answer they were looking for!

In other words, the key to finding the Rhapsody Swamp lay in whether they were able to find the enchanter or not.

Just that… how were they supposed to find that darn enchanter??!

Mu Lingxi and the others fell into deep contemplation. A moment later, Yun Xue abruptly straightened his back and turned to his friends as realization dawned upon him.

He looked at his friends but his eyes purposely avoided looking at Mu Lingx's direction.

”If I recall correctly… the two sandmen seemed to have emerged from that direction. It's likely that the enchanter is in that direction too!”

To enchant an item, the enchanter has to use some means like inscribing magical inscriptions and other enchanting methods.

But all of these enchanting methods require the enchanter to be in direct contact with the item they will going to enchant.

This means that the direction that the sandmen had appeared from likely held a clue of some kind.

”Everyone, follow me!”

Without any hesitation, Yun Xue bellowed to his friends and led them in the direction that the two sandmen had appeared from.

Mu Lingxi and the rest of the two groups also come to the same conclusion. Thus they have no qualms following Yu Xue's plan.

As they made their way, Mu Lingxi and her friends got to know the names of the other group of warlocks from the Plufwarts School of Spell.

The one who offered a handshake with them is called, Jia Chang. He seemed to be the most friendly among the rest of his groupmates.