OBS Chapter 2719 [Alley No. 3]
Chapter 2719 [Alley No. 3]
Chapter 2719 [Alley No. ]
Shad continued to walk forward. After the fourth turn, he should have returned to the corridor where the stairs connected to the ground were located, but the fact was that the first house number Shad saw was still "Morgue No. 9", and there was no staircase leading to the ground next to the corridor.
He stood there in a daze for a while, communicating briefly with the witch cat through telepathy, and then, as usual when such strange things happened in the story, he dug out an empty bottle from his pocket and threw it against the wall.
When he turned again, the bottle had disappeared, but the house number on the side of the corridor was still "Mortuary No. 9".
This time, Xia De did not stop, but continued to move forward, and had no intention of opening the doors of the rooms around him. In this way, after he turned the thirteenth time, although the house number on the right remained unchanged, there were two more people in the corridor this time, and at the end of the corridor behind them, a road sign was erected in the middle of the road.
The two extra people were both male, and both were ring sorcerers. One looked quite young, probably just an adult, and the other looked middle-aged. They were both probably middle-level ring sorcerers, and when the middle-aged man saw Shade appear, he immediately asked in confusion:
"Can you explain how you did that?"
"How did you do that?"
Xia De then asked the same question, and the middle-aged man replied:
"The Secret Keeper-level relic [Alley 13] can only be used in repetitive terrain. After use, it will turn a certain area into a looping space. Every time you re-enter the looping space created by the relic at the end of the loop, there is a 90% chance of encountering a supernatural event related to the site. If you encounter a supernatural phenomenon, you need to resolve the incident and go back. If there is a 10% chance that nothing happens, you need to continue forward.
Only by walking through the same terrain thirteen times can the effect of the relic be eliminated."
He took a deep breath:
"We have made advance arrangements for the morgue. You should have triggered vengeful spirits, ghouls, or even scarier things. They will only see us after frequent battles. Thirteen times, a full thirteen times. Can you explain how you managed to win thirteen times with a 10% probability?"
Xia De looked at the road sign behind them. Not long ago, he had discussed with the girls at home about a relic that could expand space. He didn't expect one to appear now. Unfortunately, the side effects of this relic were too great:
"I see. Actually, I am a little curious as well. I was just wondering when the door next to me would suddenly open, or when the lights would suddenly go out and a monster would appear. It seems that I am just lucky."
Before he finished speaking, the two people standing side by side had already entered the "speed spell" state. The relatively narrow corridor did not leave room for anyone to dodge, and in a straight sprint, the two people were in front of Xia De in almost the next second.
As time was accelerated, their nerve reactions could keep up with their movements. But they were surprised to find that the eyes of the unknown young man in front of them could keep up with their every move and his eyes were always fixed on them.
Most magic and spells cannot be performed in the "Quick Spell" state, which is the most important disadvantage of this magic. But Shade just relied on his quick reaction, so he was able to strike forward in that one second with his tense nerves:
"Moonlight Slash!"
The slashing moonlight even touched the side walls of the corridor directly on both ends. Even the speed of the "Speed Spell" state could not keep up with the speed of light, but at least the two people who were running at full speed, one jumped up suddenly, and the other slid on their knees, all successfully passed through the gaps between the moonlight and the ceiling, and the moonlight and the floor.
But because of this exaggerated evasive action, they lost their focus on Shade. Therefore, when the two people who landed and tried to stand up looked at Shade again, the bottom of the black long staff had already hit the ground:
"The principle of stability!"
The green wave swept along the ground, and then the two were surprised to find that Shade's movements suddenly accelerated. But they soon realized that it was not Shade who was speeding up, but that they had actually exited the "speed spell" state.
Under the principle of stability, most of the instability was smoothed out, and Xia De, who moved faster, did not rush directly towards the two people, but raised his hand and performed another magic:
"Imprisoning Aura!"
The silver halo flew out with afterimages, and the three of them were close enough that the two people from the Tree Hole Association didn't even have room to dodge. So the two haloes successfully covered the heads of the two people, but the young man who looked young but had an eighth ring suddenly pulled his companion, and then the two disappeared out of thin air and appeared ten meters behind him.
The confinement halo chased after him, but was shot down by two people who were prepared.
"Space jump magic?"
Surprised, Shade raised his eyebrows and watched the two turn around and flee to the other end of the corridor. Behind them, two shields overlapped each other, and the defensive magic used by the two people worked very well.
Shad did not chase after them or try to break their defenses, but instead left the corridor in the opposite direction with the Staff of Yggdrasil.
As for the two people who were trying to escape, when they were near the end of the corridor, they saw a huge brown bear suddenly appear from the corner. The bear even had to bend down to avoid being hit on the head, but at least its claws were nimble enough, and it just gently pushed the road sign to change its direction, and the two people with changed expressions immediately disappeared in the corridor.
"how's it going?"
After walking around the corridor, Shade appeared from the corner behind the brown bear, and the bear turned back into an owl and flew onto Shade's shoulder:
"They are trapped by the relic. Based on my understanding of this Secret Keeper-level relic, it will take them at least half an hour to get out."
In fact, the third time the corridor looped, the learned witch was basically sure that they had encountered some relic. While Shade and the two people from the Tree Hole Association were confronting each other, she circled counterclockwise and successfully used the opponent's relic to trap the two people.
However, Shade and the witch were still worried and checked the area again, and finally confirmed that there was no third person ambushing here. During this time, the phantoms of the two people trapped by the relics kept appearing in the corridor like ghosts.
In this state, Shade and Miss Winslet could not interfere with them and could only watch them fight with something that the two people in the outside world could not see.
The ring magicians of the [Tree Hole Association] obviously did not have Shade's luck. They had a 10% chance of not encountering it once. While the two were still fighting the abnormal phenomenon in the corridor of the autopsy room among the relics, Shade also checked the sign.
The main body of the Secret Keeper-level relic [Alley 13] is this somewhat rusty street sign. The street sign itself is square and is connected to a metal tube by welding at the back, allowing it to be inserted into the soil. But according to the witch, the metal tube is just an ordinary item. In fact, the relic only contains the street sign itself.
It can work by standing it upright or by fixing it to the wall, but each time it is fixed, it can only work on the first people to appear, and it needs to be fixed again to work again. As for its negative characteristics, it is that a small number of abnormal events and monsters generated by the relic for the scene can actively leave the range of the relic after all the entrants die, becoming a real "relic derivative".
This also led to the Alley 13 sign being one of the relics with the most types of relic derivatives. Miss Owl even said that this relic had generated more than one recorded Angel-level relic:
"The Whale in the Clouds, the Giant of the Night Mountains, and the event-type relic 'Falling into the Deep Sea'. Fortunately, to generate such high-risk events, extremely strict venues are required, but the morgue will not cause such a big trouble."
The text on the signboard dates back to the Third Age, which suggests that the relic is of very ancient origin.
In order to prevent the relic from suddenly losing its effect, Shade did not touch it with his hands, but he could still see a string of more dense and smaller letters below the letters "Alley 13":
【This is a cozy home that makes people reluctant to leave. 】
"So, Professor Quinto's death is related to the Tree Hole Association, right?"
Shade sighed and asked, and the owl spread its wings and flew away:
"I'm going to take a look at the professor's body and try to communicate with him. You stay here and watch these two people. Be careful."
As she spoke, she flew to Morgue No. 5, opened the door by herself and flew in. But she came back with her wings flapping not long after, and after landing on Shad's shoulder, she turned into a cat again, and even rubbed Shad's neck with her tail:
"They arrived early and dealt with Professor Quinto's body. The spiritual communication failed."
"Then wait and see what they do."
Miss Danister, who stayed in the hotel, thought that the two people who went out on the rainy night would be back soon, but she and Miss Bell waited until ten o'clock in the evening, and even wanted to ask the witch followers downstairs to go look for people, when the owl, like a drowned chicken, finally caught the cat, which was also wet in the rain, and flew out of the window. The silver cat was also holding a small metal road sign.
Miss Bell hurriedly opened the window, and the two cats fell on the windowsill together, and then swung their bodies wildly in almost unison. Miss Bell then went to get a towel and wiped the rain off the two cats before they turned back to normal.
The metal road sign was turned upside down on the windowsill. Xia De covered his forehead and sat down on the sofa, looking a little tired. The red-haired girl poured him a cup of tea and said gently:
"Did you encounter an emergency? I noticed that you brought back a relic."