Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild

Chapter 825 - 398: Ancient Phantom (Part 2)

"Mesa, have you been here before? Or are you afraid to come down?" Zoe closed her eyes, but could sense the Light of the Star Soul from the Purgatory Spirit beside her."Listen carefully to what people are saying."

Li Ang flicked the forehead of the young girl with a beautiful curve, looking at the beast-eared maiden: "Othella, what did you just say."

Othella blinked, her blue eyes hiding a hint of red light, and glanced gratefully at Li Ang: "I, what I want to say is actually understood by everyone, I’m sorry, I’m really useless..."

Li Ang shook his head, not letting her continue to belittle herself.

"Anyway, the Star Palace is very close, so you need to take good care of your spirits."

He calmed down, contemplating the knowledge in the Magic Power Magic Scripture, trying to construct a spell.

Because he was not originally a professional Mage, he was forced to become a Caster rather than choosing to be a witch, so even though the first Chapter of the Magic Power Magic Scripture provided the knowledge of Spell Manipulation, he couldn’t easily construct powerful spells.

For three days on the island, starting from the second day when he considered the idea of delving into the scorching space, he was envisioning a suitable spell, and the creation of water flow was becoming more proficient during this process.

"You want to create a cooling space here?" Meimei asked from the side.

"Yes, constructed by water flow or frost."

Li Ang was pondering the way to weave Magic Power to achieve the desired effect. Now he could construct simple water flow impacts, but the desired spell was akin to building a house.

"Give me your Magic Staff, then I can do it, but currently this body is still somewhat weak."

Li Ang handed the staff to the girl, her slender hands could only hold seventy percent of the staff, requiring both hands to hold it steadily.

Feeling how to harness the staff to channel Magic Power, Meimei raised the Holy Staff high, and the tip instantly sent out waves of water.

With the power bestowed by the Holy Staff, she nearly extravagantly supported a dome with Water Element, directly pushing away all the Fire Element in an overwhelming manner, and the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, coolness descending upon all sides.

"How did you do that? Teach me."

The white-haired girl glanced at Li Ang: "I thought you looked down on me."

"It’s called not being ashamed... not being ashamed to ask for guidance."

Li Ang almost said the phrase "not being ashamed to ask questions", which would certainly trigger the strong self-esteem of the little girl, so he stopped in time.

Noticing he didn’t have much respect, but already familiar with him and benefiting from the Water Elf Armor, Meimei didn’t mind, just shook her head: "I can’t help it, my use of the Power of Water is more akin to instinct than something I can teach."

"I see."

Li Ang pondered in his heart, Meimei was akin to a natural caster relying on the power in her bloodline, rather than a Mage or Holy Servant depending on study or prayer and rigorous cultivation.

However, when Meimei was casting, he had already switched to Spiritual Horizon to observe the activities of Magic Power and Elemental Spirit. If he carried out similar operations from this aspect...

Seeing him in contemplation, Meimei said nothing, examining the nearly perfect staff crafted by the Divine Artisans of Dome Furnace Association, resting it against the rock wall next to Li Ang, and sat down to the side.

"Ah!"

The quiet resting atmosphere was suddenly broken by Zoe’s scream, and everyone followed her gaze to see a phantom disappearing into the rock wall.

"Did my eyes deceive me? I think I saw a person?" Zoe said.

"There was indeed something, but it’s not certain if it’s just your eyes playing tricks."

Li Ang glanced at the people nearby, due to the girl’s cry everyone saw something, but not necessarily a human form as she described.

"I only saw a shadow," Farina said.

"Is this place haunted?" Zoe ran to the rock wall and knocked lightly.

"How does this place meet the criteria for being haunted, it’s not a city ruin... Oh, sorry."

Halfway through his sentence, Li Ang realized that saying this was impolite to Othella and the Purgatory Spirit, but they seemed unaware of being ghosts themselves and showed no reaction.

"We’ve rested enough, let’s move forward."

Li Ang called out to everyone to move forward again, and soon, the density of the Light of the Star Soul suddenly increased.

And when they turned a corner, everyone was startled, gathering Magic Power ready for combat.

Standing before them was a person.

She was a young girl dressed scantily, with no aggression, just walking straight towards Li Ang and the group.

Immediately, everyone wanted to say something, but the girl seemed not to see them at all, passing directly through their bodies, she walked behind them, disappearing into the rock wall.

The Purgatory Spirits chased into the rock wall, soon emerged shaking their heads.

"They said they didn’t see anything, the person just vanished..." Othella conveyed.

"It’s some kind of phantom," Farina looked at Li Ang.

Agreeing with her view, Li Ang nodded.

In some ancient relics, because of once-existing dense Magic Power, some past scenes might remain preserved, becoming old phantoms.

After explaining to those around, Alulu immediately questioned: "Is there buried city ruins here too?"

"It shouldn’t be, given the depth underground."

Among the Purgatory Spirits, the more mature-looking Sina gestured, and Zoe said she believed the phantom didn’t resemble the Lupus People.

"Why?"

In life, Sina enjoyed fashion and dressing up, also liking to learn about trends beyond Lupus Island. She said the girl’s clothing wasn’t in the Lupus style, nor did it align with Nebis’s mainstream, resembling ancient designs.

"Ancient?"

After pondering, Li Ang said: "Perhaps there are more ahead, let’s go check."

Continuing through the rocky passage, upon reaching a more spacious area, the group indeed saw more phantoms.

All the phantoms were young girls around thirteen or fourteen years old, gathered together sitting quietly, seemingly waiting for something.

The common trait of these girls was all having indifferent expressions, with appearances exquisite like puppets. In this place, only Zoe and Meimei could compare to them.

"They, they are..."

Zoe suddenly froze, her heart seeming to sense something, stammering unable to articulate.

By then, the thin dresses could be clearly seen, gold profound runes existed upon them, and Li Ang felt inexplicably familiar.

And those dresses weren’t designed for beauty but more like... practical hospital gowns, only fulfilling dabbling and simple functions.

Compared to Zoe and Meimei, who were filled with blood and flesh, these girls dressed in thin skirts indeed seemed more like puppets. This impression wasn’t due to their phantom identity but their aura and demeanor. Even if such children were alive in their vicinity, they were no more than puppets.

"Let’s go further."

For some reason, Li Ang felt they had already entered Hedaya’s Star Palace, even though the Light of the Star Soul was quite faint here.

Ahead, phantoms changed again, and this scene held a mysterious familiarity for some present.

A petite young girl faced a giant beast with a head alone dozens of times larger than hers. The phantom only showed the beast’s head, its body disappeared into the rock wall.

The scantily dressed girl raised a hand to press on the beast’s head resembling a giant horse, between them, accompanied by floating profound rune Divine Light, the Power flowed between both.

"They are! They are!"

Zoe tightly tugged Li Ang’s sleeve: "There’s no doubt, they are just like me, they are all..."

"Yes."

Li Ang gently shielded Zoe, who was somewhat unconsciously trembling. Perhaps even the young girl herself wasn’t aware, among her body-trembling shivers, how much stemmed from shock and how much from other deeper emotions.

Those present couldn’t help repeatedly observing Zoe and these phantoms, anyone knowing Star Soul, would certainly understand, this place demonstrated the long-gone past, phantoms of the Star Soul Greenhouses.

Moving on, the first to let out a small gasp was Othella.

"It’s, it’s Lady Hestia!"

Everyone saw the newly formed phantoms showing Star Soul Greenhouse girls encircling, distinct from before, this time, the girls’ faces beamed with joyful smiles, all looking at the woman in their center. This scene could prove their happiness originated from her.

Among them stood a woman of the Horned Race, clad in a battle robe with metallic armor plates embedded, adorned with elaborate embroidered patterns, simultaneously enhancing her beautiful long skirt.

Her wheat-toned skin, healthy and vigorous, more highlighted the radiant warmth of her smile. Her tall horns, stronger than Alulu’s developing ones, adorned with bronze-colored sharp ornaments, she embraced a Star Soul Greenhouse girl, with the Horned Race’s naturally wide and prominent chest embodying almost maternal affection.

With Othella’s words, everyone understood, she was the human form avatar of Molten Mountain Star Soul.