Pastor's Tantra

The plan of Aiwas and the four of them must not be told to the locals in this village.

Because the "swamp" here is considered a forbidden area in Yingjia Village. Not to mention foreigners, even locals, not everyone can approach it at any time.

Fortunately, there is a "traitor" among them.

On the pretext of exploring the past of Aiwass's grandfather Jacob - which was indeed what they were going to do soon - they had something to eat early in the morning to cushion their bellies and left.

They even brought Haina's griffon with them on this trip.

Although Haina was completely unaware of the problem, she trusted the brains of Aiwass and Sherlock.

Now both of them said that there were great secrets and unknown risks in this village... Haina chose to trust without hesitation. In this case, her cute little griffon Liz cannot leave her sight.

With Haina leading the way, they headed directly to the swamp without getting lost.

Listening to Haina's description of the village's layout, Aiwass gradually understood its location map.

There is a large lake on the left and right sides of Yingjia Village. The large lake on the northeast side is the famous Sapphire Lake in Bagpipe Town. From the easternmost part of Yingjiao Village and then through a dense forest, you can reach the lake.

The lake on the southwest side is equally beautiful - it is slightly closer to Eagle Point Village. The road leading to this lake does not need to go through dense forest, but is a downhill road that is wide enough and covered with soft grass.

William and his friends usually choose this place when they go fishing. William's lake house is next to this lake.

As for the swamp—technically speaking, it has already left the village. That's right next to the lake where William is, just south of Eagle Point Village.

If someone could overlook the entire Eagle Point Village from the top, they would see a very complete circle.

Both lakes and swamps are actually outside this circle.

"I was very naughty when I was little... I would run around the village."

Haina and the gryphon Liz walked at the front, walking skillfully through the dense forest without a trail. They replied without looking back: "I have heard that this place is dangerous since I was a child, but in fact, it is dangerous for those who are ignorant. For kids, 'danger' is more of an encouragement."

"Indeed," Aiwass nodded slightly and said softly, "It represents a certain sense of novelty and also symbolizes a desire to conquer - that is the possibility of children being better than adults."

Precisely because children know that they are children, they want to get rid of this identity. They don't really want to grow up, but they want to get rid of their constraints; or they want to exchange status with adults who have tamed them.

"-Although their actions are childish and unreasonable. But that's just because they know little and lack experience."

Aiwass looked at Haina's back and said softly: "There is no doubt that this is the desire for transcendence in their subconscious."

Haina paused slightly, sighed and admitted: "That's true."

Probably, I started to wake up from that time...

I really haven’t changed much since I was a child...

Haina's pupils were slightly stained with a hazy color.

At this moment, a faint white mist suddenly floated around.

Sherlock frowned slightly.

He immediately noticed that it was a rancid smell with a special pungent smell - different from the usual swamp smell. This is more like the stench emitted by corpses that have been dead for many days and have fermented, and it is also mixed with a moist earthy smell.

The soil under my feet turned into mud at some point.

When you step on it, transparent and slightly sticky yellow water will ooze out.

For some reason, it reminds me of the clear liquid that oozes from a wounded and bleeding body.

At this moment, Lily suddenly took a step forward, stretched out her left hand to block Aiwass behind her, and said coldly: "Something is coming."

Aiwass tilted his head slightly and noticed Lily's face becoming focused and cold.

This was an aggression she had rarely shown in front of herself. Normally, Lily always smiled gently, standing quietly behind her with her hands folded, like a shadow.

But now Lily was suddenly pulled out of the sheath like a dagger, shining with a cold light under the moonlight——

"[I have never hated others]."

Lily whispered the "lies" that she deceived herself and others.

Many gray threads suddenly appeared in the air.

Gray threads spread all around like spider webs, weaving between the trees in the dense forest.

The next moment, several headless undead slowly walked over from all directions.

"Second energy level, headless skeleton."

Aiwass's voice sounded: "Do you need me to take action?"

Haina's expression suddenly became focused.

She subconsciously wanted to pull out the sharp blade from her waist, but it came to nothing. Only then did she realize that her weapon had been given to her brother for maintenance.

But it doesn't matter.

Liz, the gryphon beside her, had already rushed forward.

She took two steps from the ground, then flapped her wings and flew up.

It was more like gliding than flying - she pounced on one of the headless undead, and when her front paws came into contact with the opponent, a hurricane burst out, directly tearing the opponent to pieces in an extremely cruel manner.

It was a completely different feeling from the calm and elegant fighting style of an adult white-feathered gryphon.

This was also Liz's first real fight, and she used too much force because of it. An excessive amount of mana was injected in one breath, so that the sharp claws that could tear the opponent apart turned into embedded explosive bombs instead.

The corpse that was shattered by excessive force was like an exploding landmine in an instant, exploding and shooting towards its back within a range of approximately 140 degrees. The bark of those trees was deeply embedded with broken bones.

But Lily just pressed down her right hand, which was wrapped with several coils of silk thread, slightly, and then suddenly raised it.

Those gray thin lines were like pulleys, quietly reaching down from the tree branches, lifting the undead directly and hanging them on the tree.

They struggled, but couldn't break free for a while.

Sherlock sighed and stretched out his hand towards the swamp.

The swamp was shaking uneasily as if it had gained life.

Soon, several balls of mud emerged from it. They cracked open like egg shells and turned into several small monsters.

They are about half a meter tall and look like some kind of bee or some kind of bat.

They have no eyes, but they have sharp, yellowish teeth. Its arms are spears like bee stings, and behind it are thick wings.

After they were summoned, they flew behind Sherlock.

This is the elemental creature temporarily summoned by Sherlock, the Clay Eagle.

Since he knows that it is not safe here, Sherlock, as a mage, must prepare some means of protection.