Chapter 62 The Dark Figure
After finishing the massage, Lonis, with a blushing cheek, walked out of the greenhouse with Elus.
Although Elus’s movements were really gentle, the feeling of being held and shaken by the girl was truly too strange.
“Hmph~ Your big tail feels so comfortable, little idiot? It’s soft, just like its owner, and silly.”
“Wuwu…”
“So, where will the little idiot go next?”
“Hmm… let’s go see Princess Cécile and the others? It seems… Princess Cécile has been very busy lately too.”
“Mm, Cécile is debugging the magic synchoronizer.”
“Ah?”
“It’s a good chance to take a look and see if there’s anything we can help with.”
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…
The Land of Eternity is truly a vast underground ruin.
Roughly estimating, it can accommodate thousands of staff members to work here. Even though the number of girls is not small, once they are dispersed, most of the places are still empty.
…
The location of the magic synchronizer is at the very bottom of the entire research center.
Even Lonis had never been here before. Looking around, everything was dilapidated and in ruins.
To save energy, many of the lights at the intersections were not turned on. Toppled signboards were scattered on the ground, and there was a lot of broken glass on the ground, but there was no time to clean it up.
“It feels a bit deserted… Princess Cécile, is she ahead?”
“Mm. Most of the equipment here won’t be useful for this trip. Only this magic synchronizer requires someone to operate it specifically.”
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To activate the Dark Abyss replication device, it naturally requires the input of magic power.
Although Magic Gemstones can provide a large amount of basic magic power, a girl with profound magic power is still needed to control it – and there is no one more suitable than a hybrid princess of humans and demons.
Therefore, Cécile spent most of her time working here. Due to a shortage of personnel, only the guard Nalonate accompanied her on this entire floor.
However, no one expected…
…
“What? Nana, you said just now that here… a shadow suddenly appeared.”
“Mm, I was worried that some demon had broken in, so I wanted to catch it. But by the time I chased after it, it had already disappeared!”
Although the sword and shield guard, who was a little loli, reported in an orderly manner, her eyes were filled with anxiety.
“Wuwu…”
“Princess Cécile, should we report this matter to Senior Elus?”
“Senior is feeling a bit down. If possible, I think it’s better for us to solve it ourselves… Nana, go and expand the patrol range, at least try to find some clues.”
“But if you do that, Princess Cécile, there will be no one to protect you.”
“It’s okay, I am also a princess of the Kolotia family. Ordinary enemies can’t harm me at all.”
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…
While the two were talking, Lonis and Elus arrived together.
“Eh, Senior Elus… You, why are you here?”
Cécile was stunned and seemed quite surprised by Elus’s visit.
“Lonis, this little idiot hero, wanted to visit you, so we came together – it seems we’ve come at just the right time?”
“Ah, that…”
“It’s okay, Princess Cécile. You continue your work with Nana here with peace of mind. Lisa and I will go and investigate the situation. No matter what happened, everyone should be able to feel more at ease, right?”
“Mm, then Nana, tell Senior Elus and Princess Hero what you saw.”
“Mm, the situation is like this…”
From Nalonate’s mouth, Lonis heard the events.
It turned out that because the light was very dim, even Nalonate could not see the appearance of that figure clearly.
She didn’t know if it was male or female, fat or thin.
Nalonate just felt that she was being stared at, and when she looked over, she only saw a blur – the other party seemed to have fled, and although Nalonate chased after it, she found no trace of it.
Logically speaking, this was impossible.
Because Nalonate was an extremely excellent sword and shield guard, unless it was a Demon King of Candelle’s level, she would never lose track of her target.
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…
“Mm, this is the area where Nana found the figure. Little idiot, do you feel anything?”
“Feel…?”
“Yeah, don’t you feel a chill down your spine, a feeling of being stared at?”
“This, this… how is that possible? There’s no one around… Eh, eh?!”
Lonis was about to deny it, but found a chill suddenly surge up her back.
Although it wasn’t bone-chillingly cold, the feeling was like being stared at by a lecherous middle-aged uncle while wearing a light and fluttery maid outfit, and it looked rather bad.
So…
…
“Elus, it seems like someone’s here!”
“Mm, where is it?”
“It should be behind me, no… wrong!”
Lonis looked behind her, but was met only with an empty wall, with no figure at all.
Even more terrifying was that after Lonis turned around, she found another chill appearing from behind her.
But…
How is this possible?
These are two completely opposite areas. Even if someone is secretly watching her, how could they move so fast?
Therefore, Lonis no longer dared to be negligent and immediately summoned her Hong Yuan weapon:
“Who, who is there! Come out quickly!”
Strangely enough, as soon as Lonis summoned the Ming Jin Shield, the chill disappeared.
This means…
Has that figure left?
Or, did he get scared when he saw her Hong Yuan weapon?
No!
The key issue now is that someone has indeed infiltrated the Land of Eternity! He must be an enemy spy, so she absolutely cannot let him leave.
So…
“Don’t even think about running!”
Lonis, holding the Ming Jin Shield and the Crystal Frost Dagger, charged into the darkness!
Although she knew she might not be able to defeat such a spy, Elus was behind her. As the Hero, she had to set an example and show her wife her courage as a man!
But…
Perhaps Lonis charged too hard and didn’t look at the path under her feet~~
As a result, her foot slipped, and she fell forward!
“Ugh!”
“Aiya, how clumsy~”
Although she called Lonis clumsy, as her master, Elus would not let her little maid fall.
So the black-haired girl stepped forward, instantly grabbed Lonis’s big tail, and held her in her arms.
“Your Highness the Hero, please watch where you’re going. If you fall and die in the aisle, you’ll be laughed at by people and posthumously awarded the title of ‘Hero Who Fell on Flat Ground’.”
“Ugh… But! Elus, don’t worry about me for now, catching that spy is the most important thing?”
“Spy?”
“Mm, it must be a demon spy here to eavesdrop on our intelligence. Elus, we absolutely cannot let her leave alive!”
“Hmph, I didn’t expect the little fox to be so clumsy! Everyone has been patrolling and fighting at the entrance, how could a spy possibly slip in?”
“Then, maybe spatial teleportation magic?”
“That would also be detected by the instruments. Although the Land of Eternity is very old, its technology is still at the peak of human achievement. Besides, wouldn’t Senior Isumi and the others have warned us?”
“Then…”
“Aiya, haven’t you realized yet? In fact, you’ve seen this kind of existence before.”
“Seen it before…”
“That’s right, it wasn’t a shadow, but a ghost. What was staring at us just now was a genuine ghost?”
Elus smiled slightly and said eerily.
