Chapter 309
Chapter 309 Haunted Corridor
Everything started to dim when they stepped into the corridor!
The dull walls started to decay, and their paint began to peel at a rate visible to the naked eye. More and more pieces fell off before withering and turning to dust in the air. Once the surface of the wall had peeled off, it revealed a rusty, metallic surface. An intimidating clanging rang out in everyone’s ears.
“This appears to be some form of illusion!” Kerr commented softly.
“Does anyone have anything to counter illusions?” Will’s voice was trembling.
Advanced apprentice Warren searched through his belt for a while before taking out a black jar. He asked in a soft voice, “I have some Psychedelic Grass. Does anyone need it?”
“Me,” the other three apprentices replied simultaneously.
They were overjoyed.
Oddly enough, it didn’t matter what he did. The wooden frame remained the same distance away from him as if he would never be able to reach it.
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Back to the dim and dark corridor.
Kerr couldn’t help but frown, “Will, can you hurry up? If we shuffle like you are doing, god knows how long we are going to take to investigate the entire floor!”
Will mumbled an acknowledgment and finally hastened his footsteps.
The corridor wasn’t even all that long at the start. The party quickly arrived in front of a wooden door.
The party moved closer to inspect the door. They didn’t sense any traces of magical flux on the wooden door. There shouldn’t have been any magical traps set on this thing.
Under everyone’s encouragement, Will worked up the courage to push the door open.
Creak. The wooden door eventually opened.
The inside was a small and delicate library. The interior space wasn’t vast, but a significant number of books and scrolls had been stuffed onto the wooden shelves by the wall. Most of the books glowed with faint magical light. It was evident that these weren’t any ordinary items.
Books. So many books.
The apprentices already treated the accumulation of knowledge as instinct. They immediately wanted to walk into the room and start searching for books that interested them. But right that moment, a sound came from behind them. Alice’s immature coughs rang out.
The apprentice adepts froze. They quickly made way and bowed respectfully, “Lady Alice, please!”
Alice coldly laughed as she took a step forward, “Take a better look before you start splitting the spoils among yourselves!”
She raised her tiny arm and the soft white light from the Gem of True Sight projected into the library and onto Will!
The ordinary scene immediately plunged into a nightmare the very next second. A horrifying image fell upon everyone’s eyes.
The wooden door had vanished. The path before the apprentices wasn’t a library, but a strange black crack in the wall. A painting hung at the end of the black fissure. Several shadows moved about in the painting as they looked at the party.
Will, who had been standing by the door, turned an unbelievable shade of white under the gem’s glow. Even his skin seemed to be translucent. It was a sinister, ghastly thing to see.
“I have already opened the door. Quick, enter!” Will turned around and smiled as he encouraged the party to walk in.
His face was so white it was almost as if it had been smeared with ashes. Two lines of bloody tears could be seen streaking down his face. When he let out a sinister smile, his muscles distorted tremendously, as if he was a demon from another world.
Dammit! When was Will replaced with this thing!
The next second, three spells of various colors crash onto ‘Will’ without any hesitation.
Shadow Arrow!
Frost Dagger!
Lightning Claw!
The energy levels of these attacks were only between 12 to 15 points. They didn’t do much damage, but they were spells that the apprentices could cast quickly. The fake Will immediately realized something was off. However, he wasn’t able to dodge in time, and all three of the instant-cast spells hit his body.
The white bone shield levitating around Will didn’t seem to exist at all. All the spells went right through it and hit their target. The fake Will screeched in pain from the damage. His voice was hoarse and cold, completely different from a human’s voice. Moreover, even though his body had been shredded to pieces by the spells, not a single scrap of flesh or drop of blood spilled. Instead, he slowly dispersed into the air as if he was a substance made of energy.
The fake Will knew that he had been exposed. Its body quickly transformed and started turning into a translucent energy substance. It silently melded into the wall beside it.
The three apprentice adepts missed their second wave of attacks. They only managed to make a massive hole in the wooden wall, revealing a dark space behind it.
A cold and sinister wind blew from inside the hole. The party couldn’t help but shiver at the occurrence.
“Damn It! It’s a spirit! ” The advanced apprentice Warren cursed angrily, “Our attacks earlier weren’t enough. We didn’t do enough to damage it. Everyone must be caref…”
He didn’t finish his sentence. A light flashed near the wall, and a transparent form came out of the wall and slashed Warren’s left arm with its sharp claws.
“Aaaaaah!”
Warren screamed in agony.
Two spells immediately fired at the spirit, but they only managed to damage the wall further. Once again, it had hidden in the shadows.
Warren endured the pain and tore the damaged cloth off his shoulder. He could see several deep claw marks on his arm. The wounds had extended all the way to his bone. Moreover, the injury was turning blue and black. A layer of crystalline frost had already frozen the flesh around the wound and was slowly creeping towards the rest of the arm.
“Damn! It’s a pseudo-adept level spirit. Everyone be careful!” Warren shouted at the top of his lungs.