The suppressed cries are as gentle as the drizzle in the west wind, but they seem to be constantly teasing your nerves.

The hairs on the back of everyone’s neck stood up immediately!

Alton deliberately lay down and listened for a few minutes before entering the door to confirm that there was no suspicious sound. In fact, when everyone was rummaging through the boxes and cabinets, they did not hear any strange movement. The cry appeared so suddenly and unexpectedly.

Everyone silently put down the bottles and jars in their hands and carefully moved in the direction of the crying. If it was caused by some kind of mechanism or illusion, it would be best, but if it is a monster, don't deal with it first and wait for someone to launch a sneak attack.

That's troublesome.

As mentioned before, the underground is a place where negative energy can easily accumulate, and negative energy is the basis for the birth of undead creatures. Therefore, the first reaction of everyone who heard the cry was that there might be a ghost nearby.

Compared with skeletons or zombies, ghosts are incorporeal undead creatures. Their characteristics are that they cannot be observed by the naked eye as long as they are not visible and they are immune to physical attacks from any non-magical weapons. They are a difficult opponent for novice adventurers.

However, this time the team includes not only the mage Peri Renli but also the priest Fondar. The ghost is not very resistant to beatings. Just grab its tail and deal damage.

The group advanced about ten meters. Due to the irregular shape of the room, when they turned a corner, the aperture of the light spell swept out the small figure in the darkness.

Judging by visual inspection, she was a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old. She was huddled against the wall with her hands on her knees, her head buried between her legs, her body trembling slightly, and the suppressed crying came from her.

but……

Why is it a maid outfit?

Although his back was turned to everyone, he could still see the straps of the white apron and the dark blue skirt. The slightly naturally curly flaxen hair also wore a hair accessory full of lace trim.

Her body was normal and not weak like a 3D projection. When the light of the light spell hit her, she neither went crazy nor turned around and attacked when she felt a living person approaching. More importantly, she did not feel immortal when people were approaching.

Biting cold caused by negative energy surrounding the creature.

Not only is this not a ghost, it's not even an undead creature at all.

The three people in front of them all looked back at Pei Renli, hoping that he, who had read the most, could give an explanation, but Pei Renli could only shake his head and said that this situation was not written in the book.

Then he winked, and the four of them calmly dispersed and formed a battle formation.

In any case, the fact that a little maid appeared underground in a school that had been closed for twenty years is abnormal enough in itself.

Because he moved to the side, Pei Renli could also see a little bit of her profile. Her skin was as white as her exposed arms, her facial features were as delicate as a doll's, and her hair was as delicate and soft as a baby's.

This is a pretty little maid.

"Miss, are you okay? We are adventurers."

As soon as Alton finished speaking, the little maid huddled by the wall immediately stopped crying and trembling, and responded in a clear voice:

"The master is gone, I can't find him."

Master? Apart from the four of them, are there really other living people underground in the school?

Thinking of the traces of the bonfire that Pei Renli discovered not long ago, it's no wonder he thought so.

Since it can answer, it should be an intelligent creature, not some other messy thing.

Perrenli gave Alton a "keep asking" look, and the latter immediately said:

"What does your master look like? Is he a boy or a girl? Maybe we can help you find him."

"The master is missing."

The little maid repeated this sentence again, and her voice seemed to become sharper.

"The master is gone! He's gone! Master! Lord, Lord, Lord! He's gone! He's gone! It's over, it's over...!"

Like a broken radio, her originally crisp voice became vague and sharp, causing a slight sting to the eardrums and arousing goosebumps under her neck.

"The master...is missing!"

Like a spinning wheel, the little maid's head turned 180° without warning, and turned to look at the four people like an owl. Her delicate face and mouth split open like a puppet!

"Are you willing to be my master?"

"Magic Missile!"

Although I have been somewhat mentally prepared, it does not change the fact that I will be shocked.

Pei Renli's hand shook and he almost drew the runes wrong. Fortunately, for low-level spells, the distortion of the runes was still within a tolerable range.

The magic missile burning with arcane energy drew an arc and struck from above.

However, Pei Renli, who was still in shock, immediately saw that the magic missile disappeared into the air before hitting the little maid's hair, without making any waves.

Shield? But I didn’t see the magic aura and stance shield appearing...

Pei Renli made a judgment in his mind, and of course his teammates were not idle either.

No matter what this thing was, it didn't look like a normal person. Alton and Gary had already rushed forward as soon as the magic missile was launched.

"Hahahahahaha!"

The little maid laughed wildly and kicked the ground with her slender legs. Her whole body flew up as if she had no weight, and her head that turned 180 degrees also turned half a circle like a crankshaft.

At this time, Alton, who was the fastest, had already drawn his dagger and stabbed it to the chest.

The little maid's movements were extremely flexible. Her waist leaned back as if it was broken in the middle. It was almost folded in half, as if she had no bones at all.

The edge of the dagger only left a slender gash in the maid's apron and did not hit the target directly.

The halfling is too short, so thrusting upward will naturally fail.

"drink!"

Gary, who was a step too slow, raised his kite shield. The curved shield came down from top to bottom and hit the little maid's folded waist hard.

But just like before, the little maid seemed to be able to see the attack. She stepped on the ground with her small leather shoes, and her folded body immediately jumped back. At the same time, she held up with one hand, which was absolutely impossible for normal humans to accomplish.

He moved flexibly to avoid the shield, stepped on the wall with his feet naturally, and crawled on the vertical plane quickly like a spider.

——This action is definitely not human!

At the same time, Fondar completed the spell and raised the shield inlaid with the holy symbol and pointed it at the figure crawling on the wall:

"In the holy name of the Soul Forger, evil soul, I will grant you the last mercy!"

The Holy Emblem erupted with intense holy light, and the light spots like scattered bullets hit it all at once.

This is to drive away evil. For evil creatures that are weaker than the caster, it can make them run away without hesitation. Even if it is not effective, it can restrict the movement of evil creatures and become helpless.

But after enduring all the holy light that drove away the evil, the little maid's actions had no impact at all, which made everyone immediately realize that she was not an evil creature at all!

Within seconds of everyone launching the attack, the little maid had already climbed to the ceiling. There was no lock or any magic light. She just stood upside down on the ceiling and looked at the people below. She even used one hand to hold her down.

The hem of your skirt prevents you from being exposed...

What the hell is this?

When the runes were completed, Pei Renli pointed his right hand into the shape of a pistol and aimed at the maid on the ceiling:

"Strike Ray!"

In the high-speed version of the magic missile, the standing sphere was shot out at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye. This time, under the illumination of the overhead light spell, Pei Renli could clearly see that when the powerful ray hit about four or five centimeters in front of the little maid, it was like a mud cow entering the sea.

Like completely lost trace.

This is definitely not a shield spell that can absorb magic missiles, and there is no magic aura when the spell is activated.

Spell invalidation barrier? Position dissolution?

If it's the former, Pei Renli can just go to sleep. The spell invalidation barrier can ignore the effects of all spells below C level. He can't even know D level spells, let alone C level. If it's the latter, he can.

Significantly reduce or even eliminate the impact of stance spells.

No matter which one it is, it is very detrimental to Pei Renli.

He was testing the little maid's true identity. Alton, who had stabbed her in the air with his sword, took off the hand crossbow from his waist with his left hand, raised his hand and shot an arrow.

The little maid hanging on the ceiling held her skirt with one hand and waved quickly with the other hand. Everyone felt their eyes were dazzled because the crossbow arrow that Alton had just shot was actually caught in her hand!

At the same time, Pei Renli saw her throwing away the crossbow, her skirt falling down slightly, and she was in the microsecond position between being exposed and not yet exposed, and touched her thighs wrapped in white stockings,

The brown part looks like a leather holster used to store weapons close to the body.

Although it seemed like a benefit, a bad premonition immediately lingered in my mind!

"Mage Armor!"

The next moment, several rays of cold light pierced the darkness, as if something was coming.

As the spell was activated, the magic stance protected Pei Renli. He immediately heard a clanging sound like something was falling down. He lowered his eyes slightly and saw that they were palm-length sticks.

Steel needle.

If the speed of weaving the runes had been any slower, Pei Renli might have been pricked into a hedgehog on the spot.

Vondar and Gary raised their shields one after another. Both of them were covered in heavy armor, so as long as their heads were protected, it wasn't a big problem. Alton, the only one without any protection, could only scream strangely and quickly use the characteristics of the halfling's small stature and flexibility to move aside.

He ran away without even bothering to reload the hand crossbow.

"Knock her down!"

If you hold the shield against your face, you won't be able to see what's going on above, and Fondar won't be able to aim with magic. This was mainly said to Pei Renli.

Pei Renli also knew that if he defended for too long, he would lose. While Fondar spoke, his left hand continued to weave runes neatly, preparing for the next spell.

Now that we know that not only magic missiles are useless, but stance spells are also useless, then the newly learned Bigby Attack Fist is 80% ineffective. However, Pei Renli has strengthened his offensive and defensive capabilities during this period, and there are still many methods he can use.

select.

The runes left in mid-air by the magic turn into lavender. This magical aura means that it is a spell from the school of conjuration.

However, it has to be said that the slow startup speed of rune magic is indeed very problematic.

Of course, the little maid who had steel needles scattered from top to bottom would not just stay there and be beaten. In the eyes of Pei Renli, who was staring at her closely, he could only feel her figure flickering.

In the illumination of the light spell, a thin and long shadow could be seen, and then the little maid who was just above her head was already close to Pei Renli.
Chapter completed!