249 An Ancient Rite (1/2)

Chapter 249: An Ancient Rite

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

”What's your name?” asked Sandra, who was trying to put on a nice smile on her face and soften her voice. However, the boy still got very scared. Screaming and shaking his head, the teenager boy used his hands and feet to drag himself toward the corner farther inside the chamber.

Lucien did not rush them to get to the summoning room, because the fact that the demon just disappeared like that was too weird. Now they found a survivor here, and they should get more information from him.

Exchanging a look with Sandra, Lucien slightly lifted his chin toward Susan, ”Use a magic potion to calm her down. Let Susan talk to him.”

Sandra nodded. Experienced as she was, Sandra always carried some magic potions with her around. Although she preferred to directly cast hypnosis on the boy to ask him questions, which was more of her style, she was also concerned that casting any spells on him right now might lead to some unwanted consequences, so Sandra took out a light blue tube and made Susan drink it using Mage Hand.

Lucien adjusted his monocle and activated the spell enchanted on it, Fernando's Electromagnetic Message. Although three of them had enough power to kill a level five demon, he had no idea whether this battle was just a start or not.

Lucien did not hide it from Charlie and Sandra. When the surface of the monocle was covered with magic ripples, Lucien directly called Gaston's name.

”Mr. Gaston, this is Evans.”

Currently, this fifth-circle spell could only turn sound vibration into electromagnetic wave.

There was no response from the other side. Lucien raised his voice, ”Mr. Gaston? Hello?!”

Still nothing came back.

Lucien started to get a bit concerned. He looked at the wall on the other side of the bookshelf, where there was a window. Outside the window, he could see light fog coming in. Everything looked mysterious, as if they were in a nightmarish maze.

”This is similar to Mind Mist, but not exactly the same. The mist can block and absorb electromagnetic wave… I've never seen something like this…” Lucien really wished that he could have read more books in the libraries!

Watching Lucien calling Gaston's name a bit anxiously, Charlie put on a bitter smile, ”We're probably in trouble now. The simple task is actually not simple.”

When Lucien first received the task, he indeed felt quite suspicious, and he was actually not very surprised with the fact that things were getting complicated. If someone really wanted to give him a hard time, he had no idea how the person managed to fool both Ms. Florencia and Mr. Gaston.

Although lots of thoughts had flashed through Lucien's mind, he stopped himself from sinking into the thoughts. It was not the right time! And dangers might come to them at any moment!

”We need to figure out what is going on here first, then we decide whether we should move on or go back.” Lucien looked at Charlie and said.

At this time, Susan started to calm down a bit because of the magic potion she took a minute before.

Adjusting his black battle sorcerer hat, Charlie nodded calmly, ”I also checked this place before we came in, and I saw only three kinds of low-rank demons, just as what you have told us, Mr. Evans. So the question is… Where did the demon hide itself, and how?”

”You guys don't know what the demon was?” Lucien asked.

Both Sandra and Charlie shook their heads seriously.

That was not good news. If neither Sandra nor Charlie had any idea what the demon was, it meant that this kind of demon was not registered in either the Encyclopedia of Demons or Handbook of Monsters. Without enough intelligence, it was hard for them to make right decisions. For example, the reason why they did not use Invisibility here was because demons and dragons could easily see through it!

”Maybe in most cases only senior-rank sorcerers would deal with it…” Sandra murmured in low voice. Seeing that Susan was almost ready, she pointed at the teenager boy in the chamber and asked Susan, ”Do you know him?”

Susan was first a bit confused. When she turned around, she exclaimed, ”Oh my! Bill, you're still alive?!”

Hearing her voice, the teenager boy slowly lifted his head, ”S… Susan?”

”It's me, Susan. We've come back for you, Bill.” Susan put on a comforting smile, ”Bill, calm down… Don't be afraid.”

”Who is he?” asked Sandra in a low voice beside Susan.

Trying to get closer to Bill, Susan said to them, ”He's the youngest student of Mr. Bertren. His spiritual power was very abundant, but he was not doing that great in arcana, so some other apprentices often made fun of him. Scott and me often tutored him, and we were relatively close to each other.”