Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

At this moment, Celt, a Sequence 7, felt a little unsure facing "Lelouch," a Sequence 8.

He really couldn't figure out what those lines drawn by "Lelouch" were for, or why there were so many bizarre traps in this house.

"Lelouch," also known as Audis, said as if he were a collector introducing his treasures, "The first thing you encountered when you entered was an illusionary magic array.

"What looked like a perfectly good floor actually had holes I'd made between it and the basement.

"In the basement, there were rows of iron spikes coated with a powder made from Black Corpse Peony and Azure Fiend Grass.

"Neither herb is particularly precious, but they can instantly turn a dead person into a living corpse.

"Of course, I don't have the ability to control living corpses, but their characteristic is to bite living things. Only after they've bitten you all to death will they come up to the second floor to attack me!"

Celt understood at this point, "Those are all carefully designed traps!"

"Otherwise, what did you think?" Audis smiled. "Did you think this was really the underworld?"

He paused and added, "As for the skeleton warriors later, that was a necromantic summoning array. When I was setting up these arrays, my research on necromancy wasn't very thorough.

"Now, after my improvements, this array can summon much stronger things. The only headache is that they are reluctant to return to the underworld after dealing with the enemy."

"What about that red-mouthed monster?" Celt asked. "What is that thing?"

"That was my research from last year," Audis introduced. "It's a type of spirit world monster that loves to suck blood, causing a person's blood to spurt out and into its mouth.

"That's a summoning array I added just now after seeing your companion injured."

Celt hadn't expected that those bizarre attacks were so casually arranged by "Lelouch": "What about the traps on the stairs?"

"That's my exclusive invention," Audis smiled. "I call it the 'Turning Array.' It's an attack specifically targeting the 'Mind Body,' causing a certain degree of confusion in the target's sense of direction.

"For example, if your brain issues the command to turn 90 degrees, your body might actually turn 180 degrees, or not turn at all. In short, the movements of your limbs will become uncoordinated with the commands of your brain.

"Unfortunately, this array is only effective when the target within the array is turning, and cannot cause confusion in other actions or other aspects."

"No wonder my spirituality didn't sense danger. It turns out these are all traps, harmless until you step into them," Celt sneered. "I was right, they're just petty tricks."

As he spoke, he suddenly threw a small piece of wood at Audis, which he had just snapped off from the wooden railing when he jumped to the second floor.

But the moment the small piece of wood was thrown, Celt was surprised to find that his forward throwing motion had turned into an upward throw.

The target of "Bribe" also became ineffective.

Audis smiled. "Did you think I was really showing off my magic arrays to you?

"Starting from the stairs just now, the magic array on the wall has been attacking your 'Mind Body.' Your logical abilities are about to be completely disrupted!"

This was the core magic array set up here, not only attacking the "Mind Body," but also having a certain impact on the "Spirit Body" if one stayed here for too long.

This was an effect attached to necromantic magic arrays. These arrays, or rather the underworld to which they were connected, would have some influence on spirit bodies.

Audis had previously discovered these effects, so he made some of the guidance he had hoped for.

Grant, who had fled here earlier, had his "Spirit Body" impacted, otherwise, the tragic death of his companion alone wouldn't have caused a Sequence 8 in good condition to collapse.

The old black coat that Audis was wearing could well resist such attacks, so the plan at the time was that even if he encountered a Sequence 7 opponent, he could quickly gain the initiative by stalling them.

Celt did feel that the logic related to his actions had become somewhat confused, but he did not retreat because of this, but instead used the ability of "Weaken" again.

This time, he "Weakened" the influence of the surrounding forces on him. After using the ability, he instantly felt much better.

However, Audis had already taken advantage of this opportunity to enter one of the rooms.

Celt also quickly followed, seeing "Lelouch" standing against the wall there, looking at him with a smile that was not a smile.

Celt snorted coldly and kicked a chair next to him towards Audis. This time, he finally completed the process of "Bribe", and then, while chasing, he used the ability of "Arrogance".

This ability could make the target arrogant, reduce their intelligence, and make them prone to mistakes.

Although "Lelouch" was wearing a mask, Celt could feel that the smile on his face had turned into an arrogant expression.

In that instant, the wall behind Audis suddenly became illusory, and he instantly passed through the wall and came to the next room.

Audis smiled, found a chair to sit down, crossed his legs, and leisurely waited for Celt to die: "Haha, this trap is too perfect, I'm such a genius."

At this moment, a cold aura permeated the surroundings. This coldness was not like the coldness brought by the gray fog of Backlund, nor was it the biting cold of the winter sea breeze.

But a coldness that directly hit the soul, from the inside out.

In the next room, after Audis left just now, the door slammed shut, and then Celt saw strange patterns and symbols emitting a pale white light appearing on the four walls, as well as the roof and the ground.

Celt realized something was wrong and immediately rushed towards the door. As soon as he took a step, a cold tide surged from the ground.

The hairs on his body stood on end instantly, and he felt as if his soul was constantly being washed by the cold water, and his body became very stiff.

This water was not ordinary water, but the flowing water from the "River of the Dead" that the undead ride on ferries to the underworld.

Even a Sequence 7 Beyonder's spirit body couldn't withstand the long-term washing of these waters, and besides, the water was still rising rapidly, reaching his waist in the blink of an eye.

Celt's lips were purple, his face was pale, and he was covered in cold sweat. He was still trying to move forward, trying his best to walk towards the door. He knew that was his only way out.

The tide of the "River of the Dead" quickly reached his chest, and the air that Celt exhaled from his lungs turned into a cold mist.

Finally arriving at the door, Celt punched hard, "Crack ~", a hole was broken in the door panel.

But that wasn't enough, because these waters didn't exist in reality, so only a slight amount of damage didn't cause it to flow outwards.

At this time, the water had risen to the corners of his mouth, and Celt felt the suffocating feeling of death. He used his last strength to punch again.

Without a single mistake, a first, an inner, a capacity, a in, a look!

Crack!

The door panel was broken by him from the middle, the surrounding sealed magic array was destroyed, and loopholes appeared, and the water immediately flowed out of the loopholes.

These waters inside the room were the ice-cold, bone-chilling waters of the "River of the Dead" that could wash away spirit bodies, but through the holes in the door panel, they didn't flow outside, but flowed into the void, returning to the underworld.

All that was left in the corridor was a rising yin wind, unusually cold, but without any trace of being wet by liquid.

At the same time, because the magic array was destroyed, the sealed environment in the room disappeared, and the connection with the "River of the Dead" was cut off, and the tide in the room quickly receded.

In the end, only a thick layer of frost was left in the room, and all the furniture, carpets, and other furnishings were not wet.

Celt, with his body blue and purple, fell to the ground and struggled to crawl to the corridor outside, only then did he feel like he had returned to the human world.

"Your spirit body has suffered permanent damage," Audis said with a smile, standing at the door of the next room. "I was really careless, I should have completely sealed the door… …

"That's right, I was really careless!"

Audis seemed to suddenly come to his senses. He was originally going to come out to seal the door, how did he sit there indulging himself?

He took a step back abruptly, but Celt's "Weaken," which was lying on the ground, still hit him, and Audis immediately felt that his own spirituality, strength, and so on had declined.

Audis sighed inwardly: It is indeed a bit difficult to deal with Sequence 7 alone.

But fortunately, this was his home field, designed to be able to deal with Sequence 7 at the highest level back then.

At this time, although Audis was "Weakened", he also regained his composure.

He took a sword that had been prepared long ago from the wall. The sword was as white as bone, and was made by Audis from the bones of a "Hell Rhinoceros" that he had accidentally purchased, a weapon specially used to attack the target's spirit body.

With the sword in hand, Audis quickly came to the corridor, and sure enough, he saw Celt crawling towards the window at the end of the corridor, trying to escape from there.

But because his spirit body was very weak at this time, and the previous attacks on his "Mind Body" and "Spirit Body" were even more violent, his crawling movements were very difficult, and his mentality was about to completely collapse several times.

Perceiving that "Lelouch" was coming out, he tried to turn over, wanting to continue to use his extraordinary abilities to stall Audis.

But Audis didn't give him this opportunity, and directly used the silver-white sword as a javelin, flying out with a "铮" sound and piercing Celt's abdomen.

Celt cried out in pain, feeling that this sword's piercing pain caused his already very weak spirit body to be injured again.

Audis grabbed a handful of powder that he had prepared long ago from his pocket, which could increase his affinity with the underworld, and sprinkled it on Celt's body.

Celt suddenly became stiff and unable to move.

Audiss stepped forward and cleanly slit Celt's throat with his sword. Blackened blood flowed from his neck, sending this "briber" to the underworld for good.

Audiss pinned the silver-white sword to Celt's chest to prevent the corpse from turning into a living dead. Then, he went to deal with the living dead on the first floor, recovered the extraordinary characteristics of the three people, and took off Celt's cold gauntlets.

Finally, he set a fire, completely abandoning this stronghold.