625 A Weird Monster (1/2)

”…An unimaginable ghost…”

Compared to the previous notes, the two lines were written very heavily and hastily. The fear and panic between the lines could be easily felt.

”What monster could've possibly terrified a legendary sorcerer to such an extent? Also, why didn't he leave when he still had time? They should've already grasped the pattern of coordinate changes in this place…” Lucien showed no expression on his face, but he analyzed the anomalies in his heart.

Since the guy's notebook hadn't decayed at all after so many years without being looked after by anyone, and since the guy established a unique chamber inside the grey hall as his laboratory, Lucien was pretty sure that the writer was a legendary sorcerer. Those people wouldn't have been terrified even if they had run into a demigod. They might be devastated and defeated, but they shouldn't have been as scared as a little kid.

What kind of ghost was that?

Somehow, Lucien felt that the creepy feeling caused by the note was familiar, but he didn't find a corresponding experience in his memories.

With the arm of the puppet in his hands, Rhine observed, as if he were appraising jewelry. ”This puppet was made in a unique way. As far as I know, McLeod was the only person capable of that. This should be his last belonging.”

He stressed 'last belonging'.

”McLeod, the King of Alchemy in the ancient Magic Empire, a level-three legendary sorcerer?” Lucien confirmed with him.

According to Viken and Adol's files, McLeod was one of the ten or so legendary sorcerers who explored the World of Souls with Maskelyne. It seemed that they indeed 'went missing' in this place.

Lucien did not know the specific number of the teammates because Viken did not record any of them and Adol only knew the famous ones among them. He could only infer the rest of them. Obviously, the legendary sorcerers who 'went missing' in the ancient Magic Empire did not all disappear in the World of Souls.

”Based on the files I know, it's probably him.” Rhine rubbed the bright green arm of the puppet that was painted with weird patterns.

Lucien smiled, ”You are the Observer. Your conclusion is definitely more accurate than mine.”

Rhine smiled and tapped the puppet as if he were playing the piano. ”This puppet is a rarely-seen one-time legendary item, and it seems that it was not destroyed but dismantled by McLeod purposefully into multiple parts. If we find the parts, we may be able to reassemble it.”

”Dismantled purposefully? Perhaps, we can get the important information that McLeod left behind after it is restored.” Said Lucien, deep in thought. It was a way in the school of astrology to avoid prophecies.

”There's no telling how many gates and grey halls there are in this place. Since we do not know the specific coordinates of the locations where McLeod stored the parts of his puppet, we may not be able to collect all of them in thousands of years.” Rhine passed the puppet over. ”This is not of much use to me. You can keep it to yourself.”

Lucien had been very interested in the way to craft the puppet in the first place. Also, it was now an incomplete and unusable item. Therefore, he took it over straightforwardly.

He placed his right hand on the puppet and exerted his strength, but it did not move at all. Rhine was obviously clutching the puppet.

Lucien raised his head and looked at Rhine. Didn't he say that he would give it to him?

Looking at Rhine's confusion, Rhine smiled and said humorously, ”Are you going to take it without a thank you?”

In the meantime, Lucien saw that his silver, bright eyes became blurry, like the cold dreamy moon in a deep night that could captivate everybody's soul.

Lucien suddenly felt such a strong fatigue that he only wanted to go to sleep.

Not good!

The vampire's talented enchantment!

Why did Mr. Rhine suddenly attack him?

The sound of the Mental Barrier being broken echoed inside Lucien's soul and slightly refreshed him, but Rhine's eyes were like a night sky where a silver moon was shining. He couldn't shift his attention at all.

The vague light of 'Short-Distance Teleportation' illuminated, and 'Spell Trigger' was automatically activated since his soul was under attack.

Right then, Rhine moved his right hand, spreading bright black waves toward Lucien's hand through the puppet, which offset the magic waves and stopped Lucien from blinking away.

'Magic Order' and 'Spell Sequencer' were activated one after the other, but they were both negated by Rhine in weird ways. He extended his sharp teeth and bit Lucien as graceful as a gentleman: ”It's very impolite to not say thank you.”