After helping Saul lure away the fake Wind Spriteâs subordinates last time, Brando left this region according to their agreement, waiting for the situation to calm down before returning.
As a result, with the fake Wind Spriteâs death and the real Wind Spriteâs return to position, Brando wasnât wanted by the Cliff at all.
After hiding cautiously for a while and discovering the wind seemed to be shifting, he ventured back near the Purity Wizard Tower.
The result was that the Purity Wizard Tower was peaceful and tranquil, but Old Days Manor nearby had gathered quite a few wizards.
It seemed something big was happening.
For cautionâs sake, Brando chose to lurk and observe the situation first.
As a result, before observing for even a few days, he discovered someone visiting the Purity Wizard Tower and taking Saul away.
It seemed Saul was being constrained, so Brando secretly followed behind.
He wasnât sure if the people taking Saul were the Wind Spriteâs subordinates. Only after following them to Old Days Manor and eavesdropping on their conversation in the crowd did he learn these people came from outside and wanted to bring Saul to explore this dangerous manor together.
Since so many second-rank wizards appeared this time, Brando ultimately chose to step forward and adventure with them.
After all, he was just one small step away from exploring Saulâs consciousness space. He didnât want anything to happen to Saul at this critical moment.
As for himself, he naturally had powerful life-saving means and wasnât afraid of taking risks.
Thus the originally 5-person exploration team rapidly expanded to 8 people in a short time.
Seeing this, Red-beard hurriedly called a halt. He didnât want too many people going in to muddy the waters. So he refused the remaining first-rank wizards who wanted to join the team and rudely drove them away.
However, because Lucy had agreed to let three outsiders join, these first-rank wizards thought the other party was reasonable and actually pleaded while refusing to leave.
Before Red-beard could get angry, Blue-hair suddenly emitted white mist that enveloped several people.
The white mist seemed slow but was actually fast. Two of them ran too late and were immediately covered head-to-toe.
In the blink of an eye, they became flushed red all over, as if thrown into a boiling pot, then foamed at the mouth and fell dead.
This Blue-hair wizard didnât like talking, but when it came to killing, he didnât even blink.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Red-beard smiled contemptuously, then turned to the others.
âWell then, letâs go in now.â
Red-beard was the first to enter. His figure suddenly disappeared when approaching within three meters of the manorâs main gate. Obviously, he had triggered Old Days Manorâs rule domain.
This sudden change didnât frighten the others. Lucy walked behind Red-beard with an unchanged expression, and her figure also disappeared.
Next was Blue-hair.
When Saul prepared to follow Blue-hair inside, Kismet suddenly cut in line.
He walked in front of Saul, turned back to wink at him, as if deliberately trying to annoy him.
But Saul saw Kismet face him, open his mouth, and move his lips slightly, silently mouthing a word.
If he hadnât seen wrong, it was probablyâŠ
âWoof woofâ?
Saul lowered his eyes as if he hadnât seen anything and silently followed Kismet into the manor.
After Saul stepped across that boundary line that made people disappear, the scorching sunlight overhead suddenly changed, and the surrounding environment became extremely dim.
Saul looked back in shock to see behind him was an empty wilderness. The former mountains and forests had all disappeared, with only deep mountain ranges undulating in the distance and a heavy crescent moon.
The environment inside Old Days Manor was completely different from the outside world.
âIs this⊠an illusion?â
When Saul turned back around, the scene he saw was even more chilling.
The people who had entered Old Days Manor before him were all standing ahead, maintaining their forward movement but frozen in place.
As if their time had been suddenly paused.
Red-beard, who entered first, stood on the porch with his hand raised as if about to push the door.
Blue-hair was pinching his monocle, standing not far in front of Saul, seeming to have also discovered the anomaly and was observing, but his movement was also frozen.
Miss Lucy had avoided the main entrance and walked along the corridor as if wanting to enter from another place, but she was also frozen in position.
As for Kismet, who had cut in front of Saul to enter the manor, he was lying by the window next to the main door, looking inside.
The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, as if he had seen some interesting scene.
âEven Kismet was frozen?â Saul didnât immediately approach the manor, didnât even take a step, just stood in place.
He raised his hand to release Herman, the fastest, to go forward and observe the frozen people ahead.
Herman cautiously approached, then quickly returned, his face full of horror.
âMaster, Master, they have no breathing, no heartbeat!â
Saul frowned deeply. âLook at their epidermis and nerve endings. Is there massive death?â
Herman swallowed nonexistent saliva and rushed over again.
Soon, he ran back. This time the terror on his face wasnât as deep.
âNo, their bodies are all active. Itâs like, itâs likeâŠâ
Saulâs face was dark as water. âLike their time has been paused.â
So there would be no heartbeat, no breathing either.
Saul looked up at the sky and said quietly: âIs this one of Old Days Manorâs rules? Indeed not simple.â
Could such a manor become Dreammaker Clarkâs burial ground? Or would it become the last scenery he would see?
Saul took a deep breath and stepped toward the manor.
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Not long after this group of second-ranks entered the manor, the wizards who had just been driven away secretly returned.
However, this time they didnât dare brazenly surround the manor, but hid in forests or underground, secretly peeping at the manorâs situation.
But before they could watch for long, extremely terrifying pressure suddenly came from the sky.
To the west, vegetation prostrated and mountains seemed to shrink by half.
To the south, the earth was stained orange-red, like slanting sunset rays, yet the blazing sun was clearly still overhead radiating heat.
Several wizards who had stayed long in the Borderland immediately realized this was the precursor to the appearance of third-rank wizards Wind Sprite and Firefly Lord.
The groupâs pupils dilated in shock, unable to believe that Old Days Manorâs anomaly had actually alarmed even third-rank wizards!
This was no longer something they could participate in!
They got up one after another and left quietly and hurriedly like when they came, afraid of attracting the third-rank wizardsâ attention.
The first to descend from the sky was Wind Sprite Peiâer, holding a little maid in her arms.
After landing, the little maid immediately looked anxiously toward Old Days Manor but couldnât see that familiar figure.
Ann turned back to look at Peiâer, who signaled her not to worry.
After a moment, a yellow-green cloud mist rapidly approached Old Days Manor, then landed fifty meters from the Wind Sprite, instantly transforming into a bald male wizard wearing fluorescent yellow armor.
At this time, a small wizard hiding in the soil who hadnât left ran forward, bowing repeatedly to the two.
âLord Wind Sprite, Lord Firefly Lord, eight second-rank wizards just entered Old Days Manor. As soon as they entered, their figures disappeared, which is different from Old Days Manorâs past behavior. The rules here may have changed again!â
(End of Chapter)
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