Erii: A Journey Through the Heavens Begins with Frilian

"Who did Philon see?" Frilian asked.

"Mr. Haita," Philon said with a hint of melancholy, "it's fake."

Frillie turned around and smiled, "Then let's go see the real one next time."

According to Vlamé, the soul of the dead goes to a place of rest and resides in the paradise of the dead in the form of a spirit.

Therefore, whether it is Simmel, Haita, or Vlame, they can all be reunited with him.

rustling~

Erii walked to the bushes where the phantom was hiding, bent down and crawled in. After walking a while, a dark and gloomy cave came into view.

"This must be its nest." Frilian also emerged from behind, shaking her head and brushing the branches and leaves from her hair.

"Should we go in?" Philon looked at the pitch-black space where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, feeling a little scared.

Unlike labyrinths, these naturally formed underground caves are even more unknown and oppressive.

"Let's go in." Frilian glanced at Erii and took the lead.

As Philon unleashed his illumination magic, the dark and damp interior was revealed, with the sound of spring water dripping from the cracks in the rocks everywhere.

The cave descends, and the passage becomes increasingly narrow and cramped, with many side paths appearing. Even with lighting magic, it is difficult to dispel all the darkness, and the shadows of those jagged rocks are like bottomless abysses.

"Can we still find our way back?" Philon was a little nervous, feeling like something was following him and like a pair of eyes were watching him from above.

"I remember," Frilian said.

With the personal guidance of Simmel, a professional maze player, she had already honed her skills and could easily navigate even the most winding and circuitous routes.

"A reliable adult," Erii said.

"Hmph~" Frilian was quite pleased, walking ahead and raising her chin.

Half an hour passed, and they had not reached the end of the cave, but they had found the Phantom's lair.

On a secluded but spacious stone platform, scattered, pale white skeletons lay strewn about.

Each one was sucked out very cleanly, leaving not a trace of bone marrow. There were even holes pierced through the skull, probably because the brain matter was sucked out like cheese foam.

In a physical sense, they've eaten everything clean, but leaving these bones behind might allow them to savor the remaining taste, like a dog sucking on its shell.

Phantom Ghost, you actually have such a deep love for humans!

You can tell they're human just by looking at the skulls, and there's a pile of torn clothes in the corner.

Erii picked up a blood-stained shirt; the words "Mary's Hotel" were particularly glaring.

The answer is self-evident.

Mary's daughter is among these bones.

No miracle happened; it was just as real as the sudden death of the barbecue vendor.

[The truth has been uncovered, the murderer executed, and the body found. Congratulations on achieving your small goal!]

[Random Word of Power Selection in Progress]

Serial Number 59 - Kamaitachi

Bloodline Origin: King of the Sky and Wind

Introduction:

Named after the wind spirit in Japanese mythology, it is a support-type incantation that does not possess direct destructive power;

The core ability is to manipulate the wind element, like driving thousands of wind demons and weasels, thereby greatly enhancing the user's hearing and creating a super perception field similar to radar sonar.

The range is extremely large, accurately capturing and locating even the slightest sound, which is then amplified to effectively determine its distance and movement trajectory. The effect is significantly enhanced in dark environments.

Erii's eyes lit up.

This is an incredibly useful Word of Power. With the overwhelming power of Judgment, she wanted to draw some interesting and fun types of Words of Power.

For example, the name "Kamaitachi" sounds particularly fun.

Let's see who dares to talk bad about me behind my back again! I'll write all your names down in my little notebook!

Once her playful spirit was ignited, she immediately let loose.

woo-

In an instant, invisible wind elements embraced Erii with incredible kindness, as if they had been given life, obeying her commands and rushing out, instantly filling the interconnected underground cavern.

The weasels swooped and swooped, leaving no corner unchecked, delivering every sound they gathered to Erii's ears.

At that moment, she felt she no longer needed her eyes.

The dense sounds intertwine and weave together a three-dimensional image filled with lines and traces, meticulously recreating the real scene in the mind.

Hiss~

Cluster~ Cluster~

Puff~~~

A sound, perfectly hidden yet precisely detected by the Kamaitachi, could be heard faintly.

The suppressed breaths, like a cold wind, the viscous sound of limbs touching damp, cold rocks, the bloodthirsty panting of a wild beast snorting at its prey.

Erii quickly focused her attention and expanded the area covered by the Kamaitachi.

You heard right!

These auditory hallucinations came from multiple locations, enveloping the area like a swarm of bees, and the distance between them was also decreasing.

One, two, three... eighteen, twenty, twenty-seven, thirty... the number is still increasing!

"Something's coming," Erii warned.

"Philan, do you remember page 279 of the book?" Frilian said calmly.

Philon paused, frowned in thought, and then replied, "The Monster arc, the ghouls!"

"That's right, but not quite right." Frillie's gaze swept around.

The area they were in was quite large, with at least a dozen holes of varying sizes scattered across the top, bottom, left, and right sides.

"Let me think... Nightmares in the dark, damp and cold, lewd creatures, bloody hunts that like to gang up on each other... it's cave ghouls!" Philon wasn't stupid, and immediately looked around warily.

Within their magical perception, faint halos appeared.

However, due to the terrain and the obstruction of rocks, the perceived quantity is far less than one-tenth.

"They are easy to kill, but their speed, numbers, and claws are very dangerous. Getting close to them is dangerous," Frilian said calmly. "Philan, you take charge of the lighting. Leave it to me."

"Ms. Frilian, you noticed it all along?" Philon asked.

"Yes." Frilian nodded.

With the mindset of "since I've encountered them, I might as well deal with them; if it were Simmel, I would definitely do the same," she pretended to be unaware and continued to delve deeper, deliberately getting surrounded by her prey.

The reason the Phantom's lair is halfway there is probably because going any deeper would be extremely dangerous, and staying away would allow them to keep to themselves, since it only eats humans, while ghouls don't eat monsters.

"There are eighty-one for now," Erii said.

"Huh? How did you know?" Frilian asked in surprise.

"I heard you." Erii said, then drew her sword, leaped out, and slashed upwards.

puff!

A ghoul that poked its head out from a crevice in the rock above was instantly beheaded.

Perhaps stimulated by the blood, all the ghouls rushed out in droves, their sharp screech echoing through the cave like ghosts howling.

Bang bang bang!

Frillie stood still and unleashed her attacks, her magical beams swirling and striking with precision, killing one ghoul after another that lunged at them.

They resemble humans, but are hunched and thin, with long, flexible limbs that are all skin and bones, and their hands and feet have sharp claws.

Its bat-like face had sunken eye sockets without eyeballs, two dark pits beneath which were huge nostrils, and protruding jaw bones with yellowed fangs that were crossed one above the other.

The most exaggerated feature is the ears, which resemble two fan blades waving in the wind, covered with magical vein-like patterns.

"Eri, she," Philon said worriedly.

Frillie looked up and saw Erii's figure disappear into the deep darkness, while she sensed that more and more magical energy was surging out from that darkness.

Clearly, that leads to the ghouls' lair!