Chapter 38 - SILENT MARSH (2/2)
Could there be other reason why this place was so quiet?
Before thinking more about that problem, he decided to complete his search first. After meticulously going through the west area, he found nothing out of the ordinary.
Then he went to the area where the lake was. He didn't notice at first when he first entered the Silent Marsh, but there were small silver lights floating above the lake. It looked quite beautiful. At one glance, one would think that these silver lights were similar to lights emitted by fireflies. But when Luo Yan looked at it carefully, they were actually very, very small glowing flowers. Its appearance was almost similar to the round seed head of a dandelion flower.
Luo Yan tried to look where these silver lights were coming from and he saw a silver lotus at the center of the lake. It emitted a faint silvery glow. Those silver lights were obviously coming from the silver lotus. He became even more curious. So he went and poked one of the glowing silver lights.
The moment he did, the silver light suddenly bursted. And then a gray smoke appeared and enveloped Luo Yan's whole body. All at once, he felt that his whole body was paralyzed. He couldn't even move a finger. No, more accurately, it's like his whole body was turned into a suspended state.
Then he fell straight into the lake.
The feeling of drowning immediately filled him. He wanted to close his eyes but his whole body couldn't move. Then he saw something - or rather, someone - floating below the silver lotus. The person's body was tied by the roots of the silver lotus.
It was the missing Filli!
His eyes were open but there wasn't any light in them. His whole atmosphere seemed lifeless. As if the silver lotus was slowly consuming his vitality.
Then several roots of the lotus rushed towards Luo Yan. Because he couldn't move, he was easily constrained by the roots. The tighter it got, the more his HP decreased. He couldn't do anything at all. Until everything around him suddenly turned black. A status window appeared in front of him.
[Dear player, you currently don't have any HP left. Would you like to return to the nearest resurrection point?]
Luo Yan widened his eyes in disbelief. He actually died?!