The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

485: Taking the Initiative to Attack

It was the first time a teammate died in front of them. The air became solemn and even more oppressive.

A man suddenly screamed out, “I want to leave this haunted place! I don’t want to die here! I don’t want to die here!”

He rushed into the rain right after. His teammates tried to call him back, but their cries went unheeded.

“I’ll go find him!” Another man rushed out into the rain.

Their friends waited for them to return, but hope faded as the seconds ticked by. It was likely they died outside in the rain. A group of them proposed they send someone out after the men, but no one else agreed with the plan. It was obvious the two men were dead.

“They’re dead.” Their team captain said sadly.

Every brother on the team left a trace of their essence with him through which their life and death could be known.

The blood essence from the two that left was gone, proving they were dead.

They had wanted to learn from the two men what the outside world was like beyond the curtain of rain, but after learning their fate, everyone gave up on the idea.

Inside the mansion people were dying, while outside the mansion the smell of death lingered and a sinister spirit lurked.

Who, other than those actively seeking death, would rush out?

Would they all die if they couldn’t leave?

A palpable sense of despair permeated the hall. The ancient mansion was like an island in the sea that they couldn’t leave and could only watch slowly sink.

Geente’s death dealt a tremendous blow to the party. His soul, like everyone else before him, didn’t appear. That not a single ghost spirit could be found anywhere made Yaoyue break out in a cold sweat. Being able to kill so many people in front of her proved the spirit was high level with strength that far exceeded hers. There was no way she would have failed to detect anything otherwise.

Yaoyue couldn’t keep calm in the face of such a powerful spirit. It was an unknown and could kill without anyone seeing a thing. Too scary!

Mogefei took a deep breath after putting Geente’s body away. He couldn’t do anything as a team member died in front of him. He was frustrated by his own helplessness and the feeling put him in a bad mood.

A solemn Caesar finally said, “Captain Mogefei, Mr. Hart, Captain Jie Ao, I don’t think we can go on like this any longer. If we are to leave here alive, we must combine our strength and seek a way out.”

Though everyone was under the same roof, they weren’t united. They were taking care of their own, but they couldn’t do that any longer with the current situation. Caesar stood up and called everyone together.

The other three men were silent but mentally they agreed with Caesar. They wouldn’t be able to only take care of their own anymore. If they didn’t unite, it was likely none of them would make it out alive.

“Master Caesar, what are your thoughts?” Jie Ao was the captain of the second team that had entered the mansion. His team wasn’t weak. A weak team would never have made it so far.

Despite the lack of communication, he still managed to get a good grasp of their identities.

Take Mogefei for example. Jie Ao knew Mogefei’s team came from Xingguang Holy academy and were there to gain practical experience.

Hart was a businessman who came seeking treasure, which he intended to sell for a tidy profit.

And Caesar was a powerful young master. He didn’t know what family, but he knew with certainty no nameless family would have such an imposing and extravagant entourage.

Jie Ao knew the big families had their own legacies. He was hoping, though he knew it was unlikely, that Caesar would have some useful knowledge about their situation.

Sure enough, Caesar didn’t have any extra information. Like the rest of them, he only knew it was a place of extreme yin that was acquired over time.

Though they were disappointed, everyone liked Caesar’s idea.

Instead of waiting to be killed by an unknown entity, it was better to find it and have everyone work together to kill it.

This wasn’t possible initially, but with a necromancer on their side, the success rate was raised considerably. Without a necromancer, even if the evil spirit stood right in front of them, there would have been no way for anyone to see. It was different with a necromancer. A necromancer could see things ordinary people couldn’t.

Though Yaoyue said she hadn’t seen anything, it could have been because the murderous spirit was hiding. Once they found the spirit, they could work together to take it down and finally be able to leave the mansion.

Even Yaoyue agreed to help with Caesar’s plan and try to find the murderous spirit. Yaoyue was certain the murders were committed by a ghost spirit and not another person or some other kind of beast. It had to be an undead – and one with a lot of resentment.

Only with a vast amount of resentment could people be frozen with so much yin energy.

No one disagreed with Yaoyue’s assessment. They were all professionals willing to listen to the opinion of another professional. People had died so abnormally; it wasn’t farfetched to think it was the work of an undead.

It was the first time the leaders of all four groups sat down together. Yaoyue was given a special spot because of her status as a necromancer.

Yaoyue cared about her image in front of outsiders, so fortunately, she didn’t put on any airs. After making up their minds to strike first, Yaoyue followed them to look for the ghost spirit.

The mansion was huge with many rooms. They searched methodically room by room, floor by floor, but failed to find anything. Once they reached the third floor, they found something different. One room in particular was filled with things that would delight a child. A cute princess dress hung in the closet while dolls laid all around the room.

486: Avoiding Disaster

The room wasn’t clean and the dresses were no longer in style, however the dolls, maybe because of the quality of the material used, were in fantastic condition. They weren’t damaged in any way, despite the grime of neglect on them.

“This doll is so cute!” Girls liked dolls and Shani was no exception. She carefully picked one up and removed the dust and grime on it with a cleaning spell.

She held a princess doll with blue eyes and golden hair wearing a beautiful tutu skirt. It was an exquisite doll to behold.

Zi Cheng and Ai Lin weren’t interested in the dolls, having passed the age of playing with dolls years ago. Even though their personalities were different, they shared the same goals – to improve their strength.

Yaoyue was also very interested in the dolls, not because of any childish innocence, but she recognized how precious and rare the dolls were.

The skin was similar to real skin and the facial features were exquisitely carved and held a remarkable resemblance to real features. These kinds of dolls were very popular a thousand years ago and were still popular amongst the noble girls even now. Unfortunately, the only person who knew how to craft them died without passing on the technique.

Many studied the manufacturing and process of the dolls, but no one could successfully replicate a single one; these already rare dolls became even rarer and easily demanded outrageous prices. Ladies, from nobles to royalty, would go in to a frenzy every time one came on the market.

And now several of them were here inside the dilapidated mansion. Yaoyue couldn’t believe her eyes. She’d only seen them at auction once. That same doll was later seen with a prince who presented it as gift to his five-year-old daughter.

If the dolls were taken out, they would be worth a lot of money!

Just because Yaoyue was from nobility didn’t mean she had unrestricted access to money. In fact it was harder for her to use family money. She received a monthly allowance every month, but family resources had to be evenly distributed, so anything beyond her allowance had to be earned.

Yaoyue was moved by the rare dolls in front of her and her eyes glinted with joy. She wouldn’t have to worry about the cost of future training supplies if she could sell them. She wasn’t worried about them being possessed by evil spirits because there wasn’t any evil aura surrounding them.

She had wanted to grab all the dolls by using the excuse that she liked dolls, but after witnessing Shani’s display, she knew she wouldn’t able hoard all of them. Clearly she wasn’t the only one who recognized the dolls’ value.

It wasn’t just the two girls either, Ming Xi knew as well, it was just that he chose to remain quiet, because for him, they weren’t much. He was the future king of the dignified Ancient Moon kingdom. There was no reason for him to fight girls over a few dolls.

Feng Wu recognized the dolls were made from a lost technique because she remembered reading about them in a book. This got her curious. She stepped forward to pick up a doll, intending to study it.

But before she could reach it, Shani stopped her.

“Don’t touch that. It’s mine.” Shani didn’t like Feng Wu at all. Who told her to have a good relationship with Zo? Caesar was likely to be the next patriarch of the family and was extremely talented. This put him out of her reach. She was just the first daughter of a branch family; there was no way she could marry him.

Zo, on the other hand, changed from being a waste to a genius. He had excellent talent but he would never be the next patriarch, so naturally, Shani wanted to ride his coattails.

When Shani saw she couldn’t get his attention, she assumed he was focused on getting stronger and simply didn’t have time for love, because though he didn’t accept her attention, he didn’t accept anyone else’s either. This gave her hope so she didn’t give up.

A pity though, this Zo had lived an entire life and saw things clearly now. He didn’t care about Shani’s special favor.

Shani noticed Zo acted differently in the mansion. The smile he gave Feng Wu was different from the polite and distant one he gave the rest of them. His smile toward Feng Wu were sincere and happy. Shani was very unhappy with Feng Wu for having the ability to get Zo’s favor.

She didn’t have a chance to deal with Feng Wu before, but now she had an opportunity. How could she let it go?

Feng Wu was a sensitive girl and could always tell when someone liked or didn’t like her. On top of that, Shani didn’t bother hiding the maliciousness in her eyes either, so it was pretty obvious.

Despite this, Feng Wu was still uncertain. And her eyes reflected her doubt. Why was there so much hate?

What a strange person! Feng Wu’s method for dealing with nonsense people was to ignore them. Feng Wu completely disregarded Shani’s words and picked up the doll then proceeded to stare at it.

“Stop! I said that’s mine! Don’t you understand?!”

Feng Wu was deliberately ignoring her! Shani reached over to slap Feng Wu’s hand, but Feng Wu avoided it by stepping to the side. The slap landed on Zi Cheng, the person standing behind Feng Wu.

Zi Cheng felt a sudden sharp pain on her shoulder.

“Xiao Cheng!” Caesar immediately stepped forward in concern when he saw that had happened.

Zi Cheng frowned a bit before settling her expression. It had smarted, but wasn’t that painful. At most there would be some redness and swelling on her shoulder.

This Shani girl slapped too hard! Zi Cheng was secretly displeased with both Shani and Feng Wu. At Shani because she was the instigator and at Feng Wu for dodging. If Feng Wu hadn’t dodged, she wouldn’t have been hit and suffer an injury.