Chapter 1186 - A Cursed Land (2/2)

Pierre had no clue what Hao Ren and Vivian were talking about. When he first heard of Hesperides’ name, he seemed to be excited. Pierre stared at the legendary nymph of the evening; his expression looked as if he had seen a living fossil. “A descendant of the Olympians? Oh my god! Getting trapped here is so worth it!”

“All right, please stop talking about the past. I’m said enough already.” Hesperides waved. “I would prefer if you could talk about the curse you have just mentioned. Are you trapped here?”

Pierre first calmed himself down. He then first asked about the mental state of Hao Ren and his teammates. “Do you have any strange feelings now? Do you still want to leave this place? Can you remember how you get here?”

“Don’t be worried; we have strong immunity. At the very least, this magic effect would not work on us. Are you talking about the food we have eaten? No, it didn’t affect us.”

“Not just the food,” Pierre said, face serious. “From the moment you stepped into this place, this cursed land has started to stop you from leaving—that’s the curse. You must quickly find a way to get out of here and remove the curse from the outside. The effect of the curse would only get stronger over time, by then, I’m afraid you all would be affected.”

While saying, Pierre suddenly hesitated to continue as he realized that those before him were supernatural beings belonging to ‘that world.’ A half-baked spirit detective like him would not be able to guess the real strength of these mysterious creatures. He started to feel his words were a little arrogant.

Hao Ren did not mind about what Pierre said, of course. Instead, he was grateful to Pierre for giving them the heads-up. “No worry. We know we can handle it. We have been to more dangerous places.”

Hao Ren had wanted to say that he had bombed more dangerous places but immediately realized that the dragon queen had swayed his mind. So he choked.

“It would be good then. This cursed place has devoured countless people. I wouldn’t be able to keep going if you all didn’t turn up.”

“How long have you been trapped here?” Hao Ren looked at the clothes Pierre wore. “Look at you. I think it must have been quite a while.”

“The other three persons; are they with you? Do you know their condition?” Vivian asked.

“Here, the deterioration of materials is not a yardstick of time,” Pierre said, looking down at his clothes. “Some things may last longer, and some things will rot faster than those in the outside world—there is no law here. I have been here for two months, but the two Chinese with surname Wang seems to have arrived a year ago. As for Catherine…”

Pierre paused and frowned. “I have talked to her once, but this land has completely captivated her and distorted her thinking. Sometimes, she even thought that she was born and raised in this village. I have only heard her mentioned about the outside world, where she still thought that the junior Bush was the current U.S. president.”

Hao Ren and Vivian exchanged a lot. Hesperides said casually, “That was many years ago.”

“Being trapped here will distort one’s sense of time. Catherine thinks that she has just arrived here for a few days.” Pierre shrugged. “If not I keep taking the potion, I would have long lost myself.”

“Why are you here?” Hao Ren asked curiously.

“If not for finding the secrets of the ancient times, what else?” Pierre forced a smile. “Spirit detective is a scavenger who follows the fragments of history. I read about this place in some ancient book fragments. The descendants of some ancient families call this place the Cursed Land. So here I am. I wanted to see if there were any relics here but got myself into this shit. I was seriously injured by an evil spirit while looking for a tower of some dark realm last year and just recovered from it a couple of months ago. Little did I expect to get into trouble again.”

Vivian looked at Pierre for a while and suddenly patted him on the shoulder. “Young man, listen. This job is not for you-you are too easily drawn into troubles.”

Pierre was struck dumb.