A sudden death not only interrupted Reiger and his group’s exploration plans but also seed to cast a significant psychological shadow on the girls.
If it were an ordinary death, it might have been bearable, but the way the girls died was truly tragic and seed incredibly painful. Therefore, Reiger didn’t bla the girls; instead, he did his best to comfort them.
Once the girls cald down, Reiger eventually suggested.
"Why don’t you stay here? I’ll go to the back hall alone."
As soon as he said this, the girls imdiately reacted.
"We are fine now, sir."
lo was, as usual, the first to speak.
However, after hesitating for a mont, she inford Reiger.
"Those raindrops are very strange; they might not be as they seem on the surface."
This seed like an empty remark.
Although those raindrops looked entirely ordinary, without any peculiarities, since lo, Naisa, Beluti, and others died in front of him without any way to stop it, not even [Diya Flatel] could be saved, even if Reiger were a fool, he would understand there was sothing seriously wrong with those raindrops.
After encountering those raindrops, not only were the girls’ bodies completely dissolved, bones and all, but even their weaponry and equipnt were all dissolved.
It’s important to know that with individuals like lo, the quality of their weapons, equipnt, and items they carried wasn’t low. Especially since so of them were precious treasures they relied on to unleash power beyond their current levels, ordinary ans would never be able to damage these items.
Yet, under that seemingly ordinary rain, these things were without exception, all lted away, which was simply unbelievable.
Also, Reiger had cast various magic on the girls.
Among this magic, there were spells that could resist various abnormal states, nullify various negative powers, and enhance resistance, combat ability, defense, and other areas, noticeably improving both physical and magical defenses.
And then?
Despite such extensive magical protection, within rely two or three seconds, the girls were dissolved entirely, not even their bones were left.
And Reiger not only couldn’t stop this process, but he also couldn’t even find anything peculiar about it.
In his transparent world, those raindrops were just ordinary raindrops, and the girls showed no anomalies.
Everything seed extrely normal, with no peculiarities or oddities.
Yet, in such a situation, the girls suddenly began lting, along with their equipnt and items, leaving no trace.
Isn’t this enough to prove the bizarre and terrifying nature of that rain?
However, it seed the girls were not only referring to the rain.
"Before the anomaly appeared on my body, I seed to fall into an illusion."
lo seed to recall that mont again, and her expression didn’t look too good.
" too!"
"I...I also saw illusions!"
Naisa and Beluti also hurriedly spoke up, revealing this matter.
"Illusions?" Reiger was slightly taken aback, frowning as he seriously asked, "What did you all see?"
The answers to this question were not consistent.
"...I saw myself sinking into a swamp, my body gradually sinking into it, then a sharp pain ca from my body, and by the ti I realized it, my body had already turned into that state."
lo pressed her lips tightly, detailing what she saw to Reiger.
"I saw the abyssal followers I once fought and even defeated in the past." Naisa held a steaming cup of tea, her face bitter as she said, "I saw myself surrounded by them, their faces sinister as they attacked , and before I could react, I was overwheld by attacks, then a sharp pain ca, and when I regained my senses, I had turned into that state."
Upon hearing this, Reiger’s frown deepened. He silently turned his head, looking at Beluti last.
eting Reiger’s gaze, Beluti lowered her eyes, speaking in a whisper after a while.
"I saw myself being put on a stake by those I once saved."
"They were holding torches, shouting angrily, saying I was not a saint but a witch bringing harm."
"Then...they set on fire."
Fire sentencing!
A word flashed through Reiger’s mind as he fell into silence.
He vaguely felt that everything the girls experienced was not rely illusions or hallucinations.
At least, not entirely.
The things they saw might not be real, but there was no doubt that the process of their deaths was real.
When they saw themselves in danger and had the impression of "death" in their minds, that impression turned from illusion into reality, visiting them, causing their tragic deaths.
"What else did you see?"
Reiger wanted more information, so he carefully questioned the girls.
The girls seed eager to help, and despite their discomfort, they tried recalling what they had seen.
Then, the girls, sowhat uncertainly, spoke up.
"Just before being swallowed by the swamp, I seed to hear so sort of call?"
lo frowned her attractive brows, her words filled with uncertainty.
"I seed to see a shadow, right behind those abyssal followers attacking ."
Naisa shared different information, with the only similarity being the uncertain tone.
"Is that so?" Beluti asked, puzzled and bewildered. "Why do I feel like I slled sothing rotten in the fire?"
The discoveries and sensations of the three were completely different, not only failing to clarify things for Reiger but adding more layers to the mystery.
Screams... Shadows... The sll of rot...
Reiger remained silent for a mont, then stood up.
"You all stay here and rest for a while. Leave the outside to for now."
As soon as Reiger finished speaking, the young won quickly stood up.
"Wait a mont!"
"We want to go too!"
"Sir...!"
lo, Naisa, and Beluti certainly didn’t want to see Reiger venture out alone.
But as they stood up, their bodies wobbled, and the weakest, Beluti, almost fell. It was Reiger who reached out to support her, avoiding a fall.
"You all have just been revived and are extrely deficient in vitality, very weak. You won’t be able to go with even if you want to."
Reiger helped Beluti sit down and addressed the young won.
"Furthermore, the situation isn’t very clear yet. I suspect you died in the rain not because the rain was peculiar, but because sothing used the rain as a dium to activate a deadly ability."
"This kind of ability is almost impossible to avoid, and once hit, there’s no changing the outco of death. The only likely effective thod is not to co into contact with the dium that activates the ability."
"But who can be sure that the rain is the only dium for the ability’s activation? What if there are other diums?"
Reiger analyzed calmly.
"So, let go scout first."
Upon hearing this, the young won seed a bit reluctant, and Beluti even began silently chanting magic to heal her frail body.
Unfortunately, Reiger didn’t give Beluti the ti.
"In any case, you stay here first. We’ll discuss after I gather so intelligence."
Reiger spoke with an indisputable tone.
"After you’ve regained so strength, I’ll co back for you."
With those words, Reiger turned and left.
lo, Naisa, and Beluti were unable to speak words of retention, only able to watch Reiger depart, sinking into a long silence.
"In the end, we still held him back, didn’t we?"
Naisa murmured, causing lo to lower her head.
Whether it was when they first arrived on this black land or during this exploration of the Great Saint Palace, it seed they could only hide in this so-called sanctuary and wait for Reiger to return.
They were supposed to be here to help...
"Sigh..."
Beluti sighed but didn’t seem as dejected as lo and Naisa.
She had known from the beginning that following Reiger would inevitably cause her to be a burden.
After all, she was the only one present without combat capabilities.
Even her proud healing and recovery abilities seed inferior to Reiger’s.
Therefore, Beluti was ntally prepared for this and wouldn’t feel downcast.
She was very clear about her purpose and role, thus becoming the first among the three to accept the current situation.
However...
"Revived...?"
An unusual emotion appeared in Beluti’s eyes.
She never expected that Reiger would have the ability to revive others.
"Reviving magic..."
"If I could learn it, could I save more people?"
"That way, when it cos ti to close the Abyss Gate, I wouldn’t..."
Thinking of this, the unusual emotion in Beluti’s eyes turned into a kind of hope.
......
"Clatter..."
In the vast plaza, the drizzle continued to fall, showing no sign of the terrifying ability to turn a person into nothing in an instant.
Reiger, who had left the sanctuary’s front hall, stood in this plaza, gazing steadily at the rain with eyes that shone with a transparent luster.
"Sa as before, nothing has been discovered."
After watching for several minutes, Reiger had to admit this reality.
Then he shifted his gaze, looking towards the other side of the rain.
There, the central hall of the Great Saint Palace was also bathed in the drizzle, exuding a mysterious sense of antiquity.
Reiger stood there for a mont before setting out towards the central hall.
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