Chapter 665 - I’m a Demigod (1/2)

Chapter 665 I’m a Demigod

Densely packed translucent ghosts surrounded them.

Not to mention Stephanie, even Roland felt a little uneasy.

Because only a small number of these ghosts were fully in human form, while the rest were in the state when they had died.

Some had loose tongues, broken arms and legs, wobbling intestines, and so on.

All sorts of grotesque shapes and forms.

Roland took a glance and twisted his head to say, “Stephanie, I’d want to ask a question. Didn’t any of you use Dust of Appearance to check it out during your previous worships?” She shook her head repeatedly, clutching Roland’s arm even harder.

Roland carefully examined for a while longer and said, “These ghosts, it seems, are all members of the royal family.”

Hmm?

Although Stephanie was afraid, she had not been the First Princess for so many years for nothing, presiding over many great events and having a large number of imperial guards under her command.

She’d experienced great events and seen storms and blood… If tens of thousands of living people stood in front of her, her face wouldn’t even twitch.

But these were a bunch of terrifying ghosts.

She was scared, but not so scared that she didn’t dare to speak or move.

Hearing Roland’s words, she swept her eyes over and then found that the ghosts were all wearing royal clothing. There were even elderly ghosts wearing crowns.

Something suddenly occurred to Stephanie as her eyes began to search through these ghosts, and soon, her eyes were fixed on a middle-aged woman.

Gradually, the fear faded from her face, and there were even traces of tears in her eyes.

“Mother!”

Stephanie’s eyes were on a certain middle-aged woman among the ghosts. She let go of Roland’s hand and subconsciously took a few steps forward.

But the middle-aged female ghost smiled and shook her head. Stephanie stopped in her tracks. She just stared at the middle-aged woman for some time.

The ghosts just watched and they didn’t take another step forward.

Stephanie also just watched and didn’t want to go forward.

Soon, the ghosts all disappeared.

The time limit for the Dust of Appearance had passed.

Stephanie wiped her eyes and returned to Roland’s side.

There was much less fear on her face now.

Roland quirked his head and asked, “Do you need me to use the Dust of Appearance again?”

“No.” Stephanie shook her head. “I’m content to know that my mother is here.”

“Shall we continue?”

Stephanie walked ahead of her own accord and said lightly, “I’ll lead the way.”

Compared to before she entered the royal tomb, the current Stephanie gave off a more steady feeling.

It seemed to be as if she had a sense of security.

But this seemed normal. These so-called ghosts were almost all members of the royal family, probably royals from hundreds, even thousands of years ago. However, Roland thought it strange that the Nether God didn’t collect these souls with so many of them crammed into one place.

Stephanie’s footsteps grew faster and faster.

After crossing several high bridges and climbing several stone steps, Roland felt like he was going to get lost when the two finally climbed up to a platform.

The platform was large, and only by standing here did Roland realize that it seemed to be the center of the entire royal tomb.

The densely packed stone bridges around it, forming a network, had just covered it up. From the direction they came, this place couldn’t be seen at all.

In the center of the platform, there was a functioning magic array.

Although the magic glow was there, it was a cold light and didn’t travel far. More importantly, the center where this magic array was located was a bit lower and more concave than the surrounding area.

“Payne’s legendary necklace, it’s right in the center of the magic array.” Stephanie stood between the magic array and said, “It’s where we usually worship, but the vast majority of us are not sure what this magic array does. I guess Father knows, but he hasn’t told me about it.”

Roland walked over to the magic array and examined it carefully.

The magic array was a very common circular shape, and the magic pattern would slowly brighten and lighten again as if it were breathing

And in the center of the magic array, there was indeed a necklace made purely of white crystal. There were clouds of magic power faintly surging in each crystal fragment as big as a thumb.

He looked at it for a while and finally found the entry point of the magic array.

At this point, Stephanie came over and stood next to him. She asked, “Can you tell anything?”

“A rough idea, but it will take time to confirm.” Roland looked around. “Do you still see the glowing female spirit now?”.

Stephanie shook her head repeatedly. “I guess she’s probably also part of the royal family.”

“That’s hard to say.”

Stephanie became vigilant and looked at Roland questioningly.

Roland crouched down and gently touched the magic array with the tip of his finger. A tiny bolt of lightning wrapped around Roland’s finger before quickly disappearing again. He stood up again and said, “There is a vague unholy aura here, exactly like the infested area in your soul, and also very similar to the one in Peter, yet not the same individual.”

“What does that mean?”

Stephanie didn’t know much about magic, so she always followed the rule of asking questions if she didn’t understand.

“I don’t know exactly what the woman you saw looked like, but I do know that she more than likely came from the same place as the devil Peter provoked.

Stephanie looked annoyed. “In other words, these devils are coming for the capital?”

“Most likely!”

Roland walked around the magic array and then said, “Now I know, in general, what this magic array is for.” “Oh?”

“It’s used to protect the soul while isolating it from outside detection.” Roland clicked his tongue. “So that’s why this royal tomb is filled with ghosts.”

Stephanie thought about it and said, “But what is the purpose of this, another kind of immortality?”

“I guess so.” Roland thought for a short while and asked, “What was the name of the king who cast the bronze gate and threw iron blocks into the water?”

“Payne?”

“Hmph, as expected.” Roland laughed. “Actually, the royal family’s trump card is not that exaggerated bronze door, nor those massive iron blocks that were thrown into the water, but the ghosts of the royal family members in this royal tomb.”

“Ghosts?”