Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 12 The Groom Isn't You

His mental strength increased by 0.3, but Hellagur didn't feel any direct impact and was not yet clear about the effects of mental strength.

"How are you? Are you alright?" Emil asked when he saw Helag staring blankly.

"It's nothing, I was just wondering why I fainted," Herag explained.

"I've heard many stories like this before, but this is the first time I've actually encountered one. There are still so many unknowns in this world," Emil remarked.

After leaving the lake to the north, Hrag and his companion continued to inspect other areas, but found nothing unusual.

"After the wedding, I will inform the Baron of the strangeness here." Emil made a note of this.

"There are many people here in spring and summer, but I've never heard anyone talk about this place. And the lake only has water in winter, which means that the crying at night only exists in winter, when the lake is full," Herag summarized simply.

The thought of the pale face he had seen on the lake sent chills down his spine. He didn't know what it was, but it couldn't possibly be his imagination.

As the sun sets in the west, the golden sunlight casts a unique glow on the snow-capped mountains.

As night fell, the wind picked up and grew stronger, howling even more fiercely than the night before.

"Waaaaah..."

That familiar crying sounded again, and it was even louder than last night.

Herag lay in the house, ignoring the crying coming from afar.

Unexpectedly, the cold wind outside suddenly became fierce and was pounding against his window.

"Waaaaah..."

The crying grew louder, and when Herag listened intently, it felt as if the crying was right outside his window.

"Deep Blue!"

He glanced at the dark blue mini-map; there was nothing outside, no animals or people at all.

"Waaaaah... Ah!"

A particularly piercing scream from a woman rang out, and Hrag felt his head go blank, his head throbbing, and the world before his eyes flashing black and white, as if he were about to faint at any moment.

"Unknown radiation energy attack detected. It is recommended to temporarily shield hearing."

"Shield your hearing!" Herag immediately gave the order.

Call ~

The whole world seemed to quiet down, and Hrag's headache stopped.

Herag touched the window and realized it wasn't his imagination; there wasn't even a breeze outside.

"I wonder how Emil is doing." He suddenly remembered that Emil was still next door. He could use Deep Blue to block out his hearing, but Emil couldn't.

He opened the door and found that Emil's door was already open.

"Where is he?" Emil's house was empty, but the blankets were still warm, indicating that he had just left.

The bedroom was on the second floor. When he ran down to the first floor, he found that the front door was open.

"What is Emil doing out so late?" Herag wondered.

He thought about it and decided to go out and take a look. He searched all over the farm but couldn't find Emil anywhere.

As Herag passed by Massimo's house, he heard particularly loud snoring coming from inside and thought to himself, "This old man has such good sleeping quality. No wonder he's been fine all these years. He sleeps so soundly that no one can wake him up."

"Could Emil have left the farm...?"

When he reached the gate, his suspicions were confirmed. The farm's iron gate was locked from the inside with a chain lock, but now it had been broken open with a sword, leaving the gate wide open.

As Herag stood at the doorway, looking out at the empty space, a sense of foreboding rose within him.

It's highly likely that Emil would run off alone without telling him anything, and that he would encounter an accident.

He went back inside to get his longsword and longbow, then went out to look for Emil.

The first direction of the search was north, towards the location of that strange lake.

In the darkness, Helag moved nimbly and at an extremely fast pace.

Before long he saw Emil, who was dressed in plain clothes, carrying his longsword, walking stiffly toward the lake.

"Emil!" Herag rushed over and called out to him twice.

Emil didn't react at all, not even glancing at Hrag.

Herag stepped in front of him to block Emil, but then suddenly noticed that Emil's eyes were empty and black, which reminded him of the face he had seen in the lake during the day.

Emil walked past him and continued on his way, ignoring all of Hrag's actions and words.

Herag went around to the back and looked at the back of Emil's neck, considering whether he should give him a good whack.

He swung his palm horizontally, but Emil reacted incredibly fast, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. He swung his longsword backward and forced Herag back.

After forcing Hrag back, Emil continued forward and gradually arrived at the lake. He continued walking, seemingly intending to walk directly into the lake.

The lake was bottomless and icy cold; anyone who went in would surely die.

Herag watched anxiously and shouted, "Melissa is married, and you're not the groom!"

Emil stopped in his tracks, his mouth slightly open as if he wanted to say something, and his empty eyes gradually regained their light.

He turned around and saw Herag, somewhat confused: "Why am I here?"

Herag said speechlessly, "You're like you're possessed, just keep going towards that lake, and we can't stop you."

"Is it really that strange?" Emil asked, puzzled. "I remember hearing a scream and then losing consciousness. When I woke up again, I was right here."

"It was that scream after all." Herag realized that he was glad he had blocked his hearing in time, otherwise he would probably have ended up like Emil, both of them having to go into the lake to feed the fish.

"What exactly is in this lake that even knights can only be at its mercy?" Herag said, gazing at the calm lake surface.

Emil was also shaken; it was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, there was movement in the lake.

"Watch out!" Emil gripped his longsword tightly.

Herag also stared intently at the lake. The minimap showed nothing, but he could see with his naked eye two figures slowly emerging from the lake.

"Judging from the style of the armor, it belongs to the castle guards!" Emil noticed something from the armor worn by the figure.

Herag suddenly realized something: "The castle guards? So the guards who went missing before actually went into this lake..."

The two figures moved slowly, gradually approaching Herag and his companion.

Only then did they see the two figures clearly: two skeletons wearing armor, their longswords rusted and worn.

That wasn't the end of it. There was still movement in the lake, and three more figures slowly emerged from the bottom of the lake.

"Want to give it a try?" Emil wasn't afraid at all; on the contrary, he was quite excited.

"I'll go left, you go right," Herag laughed.

This was their first time fighting against such inanimate objects, and they all felt an intense, eager excitement.

(End of this chapter)