I'm not just human!

Therefore, when Xia Fa himself, disguised as the "Glutton," took out the Titan's Starblood and accepted a gift in return from Chief Giant King Giant, it caused such a sensation in the world, attracting countless newspapers to report it on their front pages.

But now, the story answerer, as a real entity... is also exhibiting similar traits!

At this moment, not only Xia Fa was puzzled, but Ban Li and the others were also extremely puzzled.

But there was nothing anyone could do; after all, the one in front of them was a "physical entity."

Glenn, in particular, clearly remembered that the head of the Augustus family, who was also a saint of the Church of Nature and was his great-grandfather, had told him that when encountering a physical being, he must not violate their "rules"!

Don't question what the businesses say, just do it!

From this perspective, the entities are quite trustworthy, almost always keeping their word, provided that the requirements in their "rules" are met.

On the desolate plains where the heat was slowly rising, the storyteller dressed as an old miner suddenly raised his head.

Those old eyes, which seemed to see through all living beings, looked down at the crowd.

In that instant, a bonfire actually appeared in front of him.

The campfire appeared so suddenly, in the blink of an eye.

But when they saw the campfire, no one felt it was out of place at all.

It was as if the campfire had been burning in this place for a long time.

Because it didn't seem abrupt, it only fueled even more fear in everyone's hearts.

The physical entity was indeed so powerful and mysterious that it subtly made them accept the existence of the campfire, without them even feeling the slightest bit strange.

This is almost... equivalent to affecting their mind and will!

"Children."

At this point, the storyteller spoke up.

The old miner's voice sounded weathered and full of memories, as if it held many past experiences.

"As I said before, I can help you get out, as long as you can answer the questions I posed in the story."

He spoke slowly and deliberately, his calm, aged eyes sweeping over everyone present, and continued:

"However, if you answer incorrectly, I will have to give you a little punishment, like this."

The storyteller said, waving his hand casually.

Not far ahead, the skeleton of a giant jawed beast lying motionless on the ground was slowly but steadily being erased, starting from its enormous head!

This erasure is not about hiding it in some space, but rather... like a shaving tool or a bone-shaving knife, starting from the skull of the giant jaw beast, slowly grinding it away centimeter by centimeter.

Xia Fa and Ban Li, among others, could even see the fine bone powder scattered from its skull as it was being wiped away!

Ethan involuntarily swallowed, his face contorted with fear.

It seems that one can imagine how painful and torturous it would be to have one's answers erased for answering a question incorrectly.

That's practically equivalent to being executed!

In just a few seconds, the giant jawed beast's skeleton was erased, leaving only a thick layer of white bone powder scattered in its original location.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at the storyteller with great fear, but no one dared to speak.

The man dressed as an old miner smiled faintly before continuing:

"Since the question is directed at all five of you, any one of you can answer it, but you will only have one chance in total."

"You can discuss and deliberate until you come up with what you believe to be the correct answer, and then send a representative to tell me."

“If you answer correctly, I will escort you to the vicinity of the exit of this place. If you answer incorrectly, as I said before, you will all be wiped out.”

Everyone nodded fearfully, not daring to voice any objection.

In the air, whether it was the bloodshot eyes, the military telegraph machine, or the human head entwined with vines, no one dared to breathe loudly, silently observing.

They didn't even dare to sever their connection with their respective treasures, for fear of triggering one of the story's "rules" and being erased from their lives across thousands of miles.

Xia Fa's eyes flickered, and his brain started working at lightning speed.

He understood that answering his questions correctly was key to escaping this entity, which ranked among the most bizarre of all.

However, based on previous information and relevant intelligence, the questions asked by this storyteller were almost always extremely tricky, resulting in a very high error rate in the answers.

But there's no other way; we have to give it a try.

"Wait, what is this...!"

Suddenly, Xia Fa felt a jolt in his heart, but he tried his best to maintain his composure and didn't even move his eyes.

He was still looking at the storyteller just like everyone else.

But in his field of vision, behind the storyteller, appeared... numerous semi-transparent figures!

These figures seem unwilling to reveal themselves, which is why they exist in a semi-transparent form.

There were more than a dozen of these semi-transparent figures in total.

Most of the semi-transparent figures were blurry, and only a few had their faces and appearances clearly visible.

The man standing at the very front, pushing a small cart, was a handsome man with an elegant and warm smile on his face.

There was another figure dressed in a very flamboyant manner, wearing a colorful half-high silk hat and a striped court robe, holding thin strings in his hands, the ends of which were connected to small, palm-sized, broken wooden puppets.

There was also a man completely covered in a dirty black robe, carrying a bird-beak hoe on his shoulder, the hoe still covered in dirt.

Almost instantly, the corresponding name appeared in Xia Fa's mind.

"A gourmet, a puppeteer, a fanatical tomb raider..."

These translucent figures are actually... solid entities!

Moreover, Xia Fa noticed that neither his teammates, such as Ban Li, nor the demigods who gained vision through the three secret treasures in the air seemed to have noticed the appearance of these semi-transparent entities!

"They can't see these entities, only I can?"

"They can't see the dark pillar of light in the southeast either, nor can they see the unknown entity that briefly appeared and cast a gaze upon them... Why is that?"

"Also, what are these entities doing suddenly gathering in this eerie realm? Is this the reason why the story teller is willing to offer us a way out?"

Xia Fa's endless doubts surfaced layer by layer, like thick, layered dark clouds, impossible to uncover no matter what.

But he understood that, at least for now, he couldn't let these semi-transparent entities know that he could actually see them.

Once they find out that I can see them, something absolutely terrifying will happen!

Suddenly, another semi-transparent figure appeared.

Xia Fa's heart skipped a beat, because he had actually seen this figure before!

Chapter 57 This is way too hard to guess!

Xia Fa could see clearly that the last semi-transparent figure to appear was actually... Veronica, the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Poisons!

Standing a full five meters tall, she boasts enviable long legs and an astonishingly slender waist. Transparent wings flutter behind her, and her alluring face is adorned with round eyes that are as innocent as a young girl's.

Especially the yellow and black stripes on her legs, swaying in the air, somehow added to her fatal allure.

Xia Fa immediately remembered that he had met Veronica, the chieftain of the Ten Thousand Poisons, when he first came to this cave. Now, he saw her here again.

It seems that when she first appeared in the cave, her purpose was not simply to capture the doll girl Benedict...

Xia Fa suddenly sensed something, and for a moment his mind was stung by the massive amount of information that had gathered together.

So many entities, capable of easily destroying several nations or even a life-bearing planet, are all gathered here...

Furthermore, this eerie domain has risen two levels beyond reason, from an Eagle-level exploratory eerie domain to an Elephant-level high-risk eerie domain, and is even considered extremely dangerous among Elephant-level high-risk eerie domains...

And then there was that unknown being, whose rank seemed comparable to the nine great gods, as massive as a mountain, and whose appearance resembled that of a heavily armored cavalryman…

Why have they all come to this strange realm, which is insignificant in the eyes of powerful superhumans? What is their purpose?

Xia Fa felt his thoughts were in turmoil, a thousand threads running through his mind, but due to a lack of key information, he couldn't even get close to the truth.

For some reason, perhaps because he saw the physical form of Patriarch Veronica of Ten Thousand Poisons, he remembered the strange stinging pain in his lower back that he had experienced yesterday morning as he was about to enter the church.

Now he could only hope once more that Veronica hadn't planted bee eggs in him...

Thankfully, we'll know the results tomorrow night if we manage to escape this place successfully.

Xia Fa was determined to escape. This strange realm was far too dangerous; it must hold an astonishing secret to attract so many terrifying beings to gather here.

Fortunately, to escape, he had to go through the exit of this strange realm, and at the exit was his purpose: the Star Spirit Compass.

As for the sealed artifact represented by that jet-black pillar of light, which is even more powerful than the sacred Baal Blade... Xia Fa felt he could only leave it to fate.

"Cough cough."

Just then, the storyteller dressed as an old miner coughed lightly twice.

With those two coughs, everyone's attention, which was already focused on him, became even more intense.

An inexplicably tense atmosphere permeated among Chestnut, Glenn, Ethan, Fensny, and Xiafa.

Even the three demigods, who were unaware of their exact location but were constantly watching this place, felt extremely tense.

Xia Fa was also drawn back to his attention by the two coughs. Although on the surface, his gaze seemed to be fixed on the entity who was answering the story questions, and never looked away for a moment.

Suddenly, the questioner's gaze became distant, and countless memories and thoughts flashed through his aged eyes in an instant.

On his weathered face, etched with wrinkles and deep lines, a tender expression of nostalgia for the beautiful past appeared.

The storyteller's rough, deep voice slowly echoed across the campfire and the wasteland.

"That was when I was young, in my early twenties."

"At that time, because my family was poor and I had no money, I had no choice but to work as a groom for a noble family."

"Oh, right, it's a nobleman from the Kingdom of Augu. Even though it's been almost a thousand years, their family is still prosperous."

"In short, you are probably familiar with the customs of the nobles in the Kingdom of Augu. Every summer, the nobles leave the big cities and go to the towns and villages to spend a cool and pleasant holiday in the refreshing breeze of the mountains and forests."

As he said this, Glenn nodded very clearly, as if he had experienced something similar.

Whether it was Xia Fa, Ban Li, or the other teammates, they all noticed Glenn's action.

Everyone immediately understood. Without a doubt, Glenn was telling everyone in this way that the nobles of the Augu Kingdom did indeed have such a custom.

Even after more than a thousand years, this custom still exists.