Chapter 300 Candles in the Tomb
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Hobert also went over to take a look and confirmed that it was Lena's corpse. She was leaning against her backpack, her eyes wide open, her face as pale as wax.
Soon, Austin determined the cause of Lena's death: "Wrist slitting suicide."
Lena's wrist was a bloody mess. The dagger used to cut her own wrist was on her body, and there was a pool of blood under her body, as if all the blood in her body had flowed out.
Her other hand, stained with her own blood, wrote a phrase on the tent.
Because it was written very sloppily, Hobert took a long time to recognize it. What Lena wrote was: Curse in the dream.
Hobert and Austin exchanged glances, neither of them understanding what this meant.
If just talking about curses, Hobert would first think of the tomb owner's curse, but what does that have to do with dreams? Could it be that the tomb owner's curse is in the dream? Or is this some kind of hint Lena gave to her teammates?
Since Lena committed suicide, was it because of the monster in the oil painting again?
In any case, Lena's suicide made Hobert remain vigilant. The tomb owner's curse may not be entirely a scare tactic.
Austin lifted Lena's body, found the iron shovel and shovel, and left the tent.
Hobert carefully examined Lena's body, and then injected spirituality into the "Spirit Wine Glass" to try to communicate with the spirit.
However, Lena had obviously been dead for more than an hour, her spirituality was already very weak, and there was no way to communicate with the spirit.
Hobert got up and quickly walked towards the Sequence 8 who had just been killed by Pete.
Now it has been more than 15 minutes since the death of this Sequence 8, but it is still possible to communicate with the spirit.
The whites of Hobert's eyes disappeared, and he grabbed the other party's spirituality. He came to the world full of gray fog again during the spirit communication.
In front of him was the blurry figure of the Sequence 8. Hobert asked: "Lena's death."
"Lena's death."
"..."
After chanting seven times silently, a picture appeared in the gray fog. Lena jumped out of the tomb passage in a disheveled manner, and she was carried into the tent by her companions.
Although she was injured, it was difficult for a gun to kill a Sequence 7. Lena leaned against her backpack and reported the situation in the tomb passage to the "Guardian" with a natural expression.
The picture changed, and when the tent was opened again, Lena's eyes were wide open and she had committed suicide.
The spirit communication picture disappeared, and Hobert's vision was blocked by gray fog again.
He recalled the picture he had just seen, which meant that Lena's companions didn't know when and why she committed suicide?
The other party's spirituality was already very weak, and Hobert quickly asked the second question: "What organization are you from?"
"What organization are you from?"
"..."
Judging from the skillful cooperation between the eight of them, they must be from a Beyonder organization, not temporary partners.
After chanting seven times silently, a new picture appeared in front of Hobert, but this time the picture was very blurry, and only a blurry figure could be barely seen.
Hobert couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly, but only heard the other person say: "Welcome to join the 'Intersea Mutual Aid Society'. Our purpose is to help each other between wild Beyonders.
"Of course, we are not a charity organization, and we will also plunder the resources and property of other organizations, and even rob the property of the Loen government if conditions permit.
"That's right, it's a disaster to hand over taxes to those fat-headed politicians to manage. Instead of letting them secretly put it into their own pockets, it's better to buy mystical materials and potion formulas from us."
The picture shattered, the spirituality of Sequence 8 completely dissipated, and Hobert automatically withdrew from spirit channeling.
Intersea Mutual Aid Society! Hobert shook his head, wondering if he was really the "Nemesis of Evil"? How could digging a grave provoke another terrifying organization in Loen?
Hobert also recalled that the eight Beyonders just now were basically from the "Warrior" and "Hunter" pathways, which completely conformed to their Feysac Empire background.
As for the "Spirit Guide", Hobert remembered that among the "Judgement Group" members he killed, there was also a "Spirit Medium". Perhaps they all obtained the magic potion formula from the Church of the God of Combat.
After all, the "Death" pathway and the "Twilight Giant" pathway are also adjacent pathways.
Austin, who was digging a pit, asked: "Did you get any clues?"
Of course, he could see that Hobert was communicating with spirits just now. Even if Hobert said that he could build a train, Austin wouldn't be surprised.
Hobert didn't hide anything: "They are from the Intersea Mutual Aid Society."
The iron shovel in Austin's hand almost fell. Obviously, he knew the "Intersea Mutual Aid Society" and also knew that he had gotten into big trouble.
But after a few seconds, he returned to normal: "I didn't hear clearly just now, and I don't care where they came from. In the future, I will honestly stay in Backlund.
"No, I will stay in Backlund for the rest of my life."
If he didn't have bad habits such as gambling, and didn't plan to advance, the gains from this grave excavation would be enough for him to spend the rest of his life.
If it was an acquaintance, such as Xio or Fors, who made a similar reaction to Austin, Hobert would definitely tell her again that the people they had just driven away were from the "Intersea Mutual Aid Society".
If the other party pretended to be deaf, he would write it down and show it to them.
It has to be said that Austin's choice was right. The main forces of the "Intersea Mutual Aid Society" are in Intersea County and Ahova County. As long as they stay in Backlund, they would not dare to retaliate blatantly.
Austin continued to dig the pit: "I'm more curious. I've been paying attention to Lena's every move. How did she contact her companions?"
"Spirits." Regarding this point, Hobert understood after learning that there was an "Spirit Guide" among Lena's companions:
"The two sides must have been communicating through the spirits. For example, when Lena used 'Spirit Communication' to drive spirits to explore the tomb door and tomb passage under the pool, she also drove a spirit to pass this message to the 'Spirit Mentor' not far away, thus completing the communication.
"This can also explain why the first echelon of the enemy's surprise attack on the camp was composed of Beyonders led by the 'Spirit Guide'.
"For example, when Lena was caught by you, she also used a spirit to inform the 'Spirit Guide' on the ground of her situation, and the 'Guardian' provided precise support under the guidance of the 'Spirit Guide'."
Austin nodded and connected these details together.
…
At this time, in the tomb chamber, Roy and two mercenary members had packed up all the gains. When they were about to leave the tomb chamber, Roy glanced at the candle that Hobert had lit in the corner of the tomb chamber, and only a small section remained.
Roy ignored the small section of candle and was the last to leave the tomb chamber.
The tomb chamber returned to silence and dimness, with only the candle in the corner burning flickeringly, giving the tomb chamber a little bit of light.
Suddenly, the candlelight "whooshed" and became higher, and the color also changed to a creepy green!
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