614 Familiarity (2/2)

After they approached the Temple of Spirits, the six of them landed and walked among the undead creatures in the stink.

In this area, the wandering undead creatures had senior-rank leaders. Some were intelligent, and some were merely acting with instinct.

Suddenly, a cerberus looked at them, as if it had smelled the disgusting scent of life.

It opened its mouth and was about to roar a soundless roar.

At this moment, Vicente glared at it, the crimson fire in his eyes bouncing. Then, the cerberus suddenly crouched and wagged its tail that was made of white bones, obviously terrified.

Around the cerberus, the other undead creatures stopped their movement, too, and made all kinds of weird gestures, as if they were welcoming the return of their master.

”This is truly as expected of 'Lord of the Undead'.” Lucien truly understood the meaning of the legendary class.

Thanks to the invisible deterrence and the cover of the illusion, it did not take them long before they saw the infinite wall that was shimmering in coldness.

”Six kilometers to the left after the entrance.” Douglas calculated according to Adol's memories. This group of palaces seemed highly immune to reconnaissance spells.

Therefore, the six of them changed their direction and moved along the city wall. Then, they found a swarm of mummies on their way. Some of them were humans, and some were sphinxes. Their grey cloths had stinky stains.

The two parties approached each other. Because of the illusion spell, those mummies did not sense anything but kept wandering ignorantly.

They were about to pass by each other, when a sphinx in the mummies suddenly halted. With weird and cold brilliance beaming out of its eyes, it suddenly expanded to almost three times its peers. A gold crown that was full of Sun Stones and Moonlight Stones appeared on its head, too, making it look terrifying.

”The Primordial Mummy?”

There were many primordial mummies, but only one of them was intelligent. This sphinx was clearly not it, because its eyes soon became brutal and bloodthirsty in a demonic haze. However, it was still a legendary creature!

The mummy widened its mouth and was about to send the signal of alarm.

Suddenly, a low voice echoed: ”Advanced Time Stop.”

There was nothing but greyness before Lucien's eyes, as if the whole world was frozen. By the time it became normal, he saw quite a few beams of light bouncing on the ancient mummy, before it was destroyed by a brilliant meteor.

Hualala. The sphinx turned to countless pieces. From the broken body, black beetles crawled out.

”Is this the ability of a top legendary? A legendary undead creature has been eliminated instantly, even though it's only level one.” Lucien thought with mixed feelings, but then he sensed that the mummy was familiar. ”Huh. Did I see it from somewhere before?”

”Move on.” Said Douglas peacefully.

Lucien was about to step forward, when he suddenly recalled a few pictures, so he spoke through the telepathic bond. ”Mr. President, wait a moment.”

”Is there a problem?” Asked Fernando.

Lucien pointed at the broken body on the ground. ”I think I saw it before. I would like to observe it for a while longer.”

No legendary sorcerers would let go of the tiniest clues. So, they waited for Lucien.

After a moment, when Lucien almost remembered the pictures, the black beetles crawled back into the decayed corpse, and the pieces of the corpse began to wriggle and gather towards the center!

”It's not dead?” Erica was well aware of the destructiveness of the president's 'Fateful Meteor'. That was a legendary spell which could destroy someone together with their phylactery!

What was exceptional about the mummy?

Douglas also frowned, wondering why 'Fateful Meteor' lost effect. If Lucien hadn't asked them to stay and observe, he would've probably been deceived by the creature in the World of Souls.

Lucien was briefly stunned. Then, he transformed into a legendary knight and drew the silver longsword, slashing the decayed body that had been regathered.

”Ahhhhhhhh!”

Miserable cries were transmitted into Lucien's soul along the sword, which made Lucien see a peculiar illusion: Inside a monochrome, gloomy mausoleum, countess red and brown 'spider threads' were tying a grey coffin. Above the coffin was a rusty ball of light that was stained with blood. After he slashed his sword, the spider threads were cut apart, and the light ball broke into half after violent trembles, vanishing into thin air. The cover of the coffin was knocked open, and a sphinx mummy sat up, howling in pain. Then, it fell apart, disintegrated into a pool of stinky, yellow mucus.

Was it Finks, the King of Sphinxes?