Chapter 268 (1): Yellow Robe x Tentacles
The great hall was pitch black. Foul stenches permeated the corridors and passageways. The floors, walls, and ceilings were covered with twisted, grotesque faces. The sinister and eerie designs made one’s hair stand on end.
Walking through the space, it felt as if countless tentacles were wrapping around one’s body, dragging them to merge with the architecture itself. And it wasn’t an illusion. Those omnipresent whispers were like the sighs of some ancient creature, possessing the terrifying ability to corrupt human minds and flesh.
An ordinary person would instantly lose their reason and become permanently insane upon entering the hall. Even mages with powerful thoughts would transform into monsters like Knight after prolonged exposure to the whispers.
Wayne found it okay. Sure, it was creepy, but creepiness was relative. Compared to the ancient god he encountered on Dragonheart Island, these whispers were at most noises amid chaos, like the crackly static heard when the signal was poor.
Nothing special!
Wayne walked through the slimy, damp hall, his tendrils treading over sticky faces. There were no windows or lights around, so the only light source was the viscous phosphorescent liquid covering the ground.
Amid the rotten smell, the silence was unnerving.
Since entering the main hall, Vera had been holding her breath. Realizing that she was getting closer to her father, she couldn’t help but close her eyes and search for the Sun Knight’s power.
However, Wayne’s monster shell had enveloped him and Vera tightly, protecting her from the whispers’ corruption while confining her thoughts within the shell. Vera tried and failed to see the outside world with her thoughts. She glanced at Wayne carefully.
She knew that this was unwise, but she missed her family too much. Her father was here, and her mother might be alive, too. She wanted Wayne to allow her to connect with the outside world.
Besides, finding her father would be finding the Sun Knight’s power. Having a direction was better than wandering aimlessly.
“Release Vera, Wayne. With my protection, her thoughts won’t be distorted,” Valkyrie said. The Sun Knight’s power was in this hall, so she was getting impatient, too.