834 The Silent College (1/2)

The streets of Heidler City were not messy, filthy, or filled with rotten pieces of bodies everywhere, which was what Donnie expected to see. Instead, they were rather clean and broad, with a lot of passersby on them.

However, the crowded streets, which were supposed to be lively and obstreperous, were awfully quiet. Nobody talked loudly at all. They communicated with each other in the voice of mosquitoes. There seemed to be a strange force that forbade noises in this place.

With a closer look, Donnie finally realized that most of the passersby were actually undead creatures. Some were corpse dogs with weird redness beaming out of their eyes, some were skinned men whose flesh was exposed to the air, and some were the commonly seen ghosts, zombies, and skeletons.

Naturally, necromancers in black magic robes were among the undead creatures too. Most of them were not as grim and rigid as Donnie imagined. They talked and laughed with their friends, except that their voices were kept down.

”It's a pity that there aren't any liches…” Donnie remarked in a low voice.

Sammy seemed to be in great spirits after he came to Heidler City. Although he still seemed drowsy, at the very least, he was not yawning frequently. Rubbing his hair that was as messy as a bird nest, he smiled and said, ”I don't think liches are fond of walking on the street…”

I don't think they are fond of anything… Donnie leaned aside to give the way to a three-headed hell hound. It was tall and strong, with burning fire drooling from its mouth, but it had a ring on its neck and was pulled by a petite female sorcerer, running ahead of her slowly.

”This hell hound is the size of a bull…” After the female sorcerer left, Donnie couldn't help but observe. The difference in their sizes was too glaring.

Sammy chuckled. ”I saw a lich walking his bone dragon in the sky yesterday. It's about the size of a hundred hellhounds.”

He arrived in Heidler City yesterday and lived at 152, Ghoul Street. He was waiting for the students who were to come the next day so that they could go to the college together.

”That's great.” Donnie looked at the sky in admiration. At this moment, they already reached Ghoul Street. The high-rising magic tower made it impossible for them to lose their way.

Suddenly, a pale skull drifted out, with two needle-like red lights in the eye sockets. The teeth of the skull clattered and let out a harsh voice as it said, ”All freshmen will gather and go to the college. Those who come later will be shuttled the day after tomorrow.”

The voice was so unpleasant, as if somebody were rubbing a bone with rusty iron. Donnie shivered and walked into the hall with Sammy.

”Give me your notice of enrollment and your identification mark inside.” An expressionless man approached them before Donnie got steady. The stranger had an emaciated face, with the same needle-like redness in his eyes.

Donnie hurried to take out his notice of enrollment and a black beetle. ”Yes, sir.”

”Call me Mr. Robert.” The man's voice was strangely gentle and comforting. When he looked at the black beetle, the bug seemed to be illuminated by the redness too. ”Well, Donnie, there is no need to apply for accommodation. You will come to the college with us.”

Then, he returned the notice of enrollment and the beetle back to Donnie. Pausing for a moment, he said, ”As it happens, I am an instructor in the field of body structure and genetics. I hope that you can keep up your current performance.”

After a moment, Sammy looked at Robert, who had walked to the other side of the hall, and said in a low voice, ”It is said that Mr. Robert is very close to the senior rank now. His body has been modified by him for so many times that nobody knows what special abilities it has.”

”Well, Mr. Robert gave me a lot of pressure…” Donnie had cold sweat while walking in the gloomy environment of Heidler City. He looked at Robert, only to discover that the man stopped before the stream screen in the hall and watched the amusing program on it, with what could almost be called a smile on his face.

”I didn't know that a dead-looking man like Mr. Robert would like to watch TV…” Donnie said in shock.

Sammy looked at him confusedly. ”Why can't a dead man watch TV?”

”Well…” Donnie was rendered speechless by Sammy. He hurried to change the subject. ”We're about to go to the college. I'm told that it's not in the city but in a mysterious place, isn't it?”

Sammy nodded solemnly. ”I'm told that it's a great place for necromancy.”

Both of them were rather curious about that, and they tried to guess where their destination was. Could it be in an enormous tomb?

After a while, the pale lich flew back and continued with the nasty voice, ”Follow me closely and don't get lost. Once you are lost, I will assume that you are already dead, and I will not bother searching for you.”

Donnie's heart was palpitating. Even a drowsy and inert man like Sammy suddenly widened his eyes too. The whole team became extremely silent.

Following the lich, Donnie and his fellows passed the Ghoul Street, the Soul Avenue, and the Square of Brains before reaching a building that seemed no different from any other magic towers.

”Is this our college?” Donnie looked at the magic tower before him in disappointment.

The lich stopped and floated before the gate of the magic tower while chanting coarse, intricate, and gruesome spells.

A shadow emerged from the rocks on the ground. Spreading and growing, it soon covered the gate, making it shiver softly in the darkness.

”Follow me,” the lich said coldly, and instead of opening the gate, the lich disappeared into the shadow.

Donnie and Sammy held their breath again because of the weirdness. They slowly moved forward with the apprentices before them, wondering where the shadow would lead.