Haruhiko glanced around.
This array is very wide, almost covering the entire passage.
Without Chiyome's magical conch, he would have suffered heavy losses if he came down hastily.
And just as Kaoru Aizawa said, it will spread deeper and cause a chain reaction.
The entire ruins might be destroyed in one go.
The passage is not long, about a hundred meters.
At the end, Haruhiko couldn't help but widen his eyes.
It's a maze with no end in sight.
Various buildings are stacked together, crowding the space in a weird arrangement.
And above the head, there is a halo hanging high, like the sun, providing light.
There is no doubt that someone lived this time.
Even if they are not humans, they are still intelligent creatures.
At the entrance to the maze is a ship.
The hull of the ship was tilted and stuck in the mud, with only the deck exposed.
Although the deck was in tatters, it was still clear that the ship was out of place.
Haruhiko guessed it was the ship where Ogosho disappeared.
as expected.
The next moment, Aizawa Aya said: "It's the Imperial Palace's ship. I'm going to see if there are any members alive on the ship."
She walked to the front of the ship, clenched her fists, and swung them out.
The fist landed on the hull of the ship, and there was an immediate vibration.
The expected explosion did not occur. Aizawa Aya used clever skills to make all the silt covering the surface of the ship fall off.
She jumped onto the deck, opened the door, and entered the cabin.
It was already a mess inside.
Aizawa Aya stretched out her hand, spiritual light flashed, and a sword appeared.
As she walked, she opened a path.
There were constant noises coming out.
Not long after, she reappeared in front of the three people.
"According to the data from the Imperial Palace, there are a total of twelve members on this ship, but there is nothing inside."
Aizawa Aya looked puzzled and said, "If he is dead, there should be a body, but there is none."
"Is he not dead?"
Haruhiko looked at the maze and said, "Maybe they walked into this palace together."
"possible."
Aizawa Aya nodded, but quickly changed his tone, "But the greater possibility is that the body was left intact."
Haruhiko said nothing.
He actually thought so too.
There are many inexplicable things about the ruins.
It is very common for people to die without a complete body.
"teacher?"
Haruhiko suddenly noticed Chiyome's appearance.
Her expression was complicated, with both joy and fear.
As a fifth-level psyker, she really shouldn't.
"It feels familiar to me."
Chiyome's voice sounded in Haruhiko's headphones.
Uneasy and full of confusion.
"Looks like we've found the right place."
Aizawa Kaoru glanced at Chiyome and said.
Ever since she became the president of the University of Tokyo, she has been following her orders to search for ruins related to the sharks.
Although she didn't know the reason, she did investigate.
After the Age of Gods, there are no records of the Mermaids in the entire Japan, as if they were completely extinct.
Something must have happened.
"Um."
Chiyome nodded, her tone showing a rare hint of urgency, "Let's go in."
Seeing this, Kaoru Aizawa walked at the front.
She felt that Chiyome might be the reason for revisiting her old place and seemed not calm enough.
If she takes the lead, there's no telling what accidents will happen.
Kaoru Aizawa thought and took out a tachi.
Because she was wearing a diving suit, her sword was stored in a space spiritual tool.
When Tai Dao appeared, the nearby water automatically moved to both sides.
Haruhiko couldn't help but take a look.
The blade is thin and long, with a faint water-colored light.
It should be a good famous knife.
When they got closer to the maze, Haruhiko realized that it was not a door.
It was two dilapidated double-storey wooden houses that were forcibly joined together.
This is obviously man-made.
Maybe it's to resist something.
Haruhiko could tell that the other three people naturally did the same.
Aizawa Kaoru raised the sword, and his spiritual energy silently ignited blue light. In the blink of an eye, a long blade of sword energy flew out.
It hit the wooden house and immediately cut open the wooden house like chopping melons and vegetables, revealing what was behind.
A bloody mouth and several huge sticks of flesh and blood.
In other words, if you open the door normally and enter, you will walk into the belly of this octopus monster.
Screams sounded.
Kaoru Aizawa is a fifth-level psyker, and her casual blow has the strength of the fourth level.
Black blood gushes out, staining the nearby sea.
"poisonous."
Kaoru Aizawa reminded, "Stand back."
If it was just poisonous gas, there would be no problem.
After all, he was wearing a diving suit, but the poison gas mixed with water and turned into a corrosive liquid.
When it landed on the ground, there were all kinds of big holes.
What's weird is that the tentacles dropped by the octopus monster seem to be living creatures, constantly swimming around.
Seeing this, Haruhiko used a charm, the Explosion Talisman.
The psychic tearing spell produced countless outward tensions, which instantly expanded and exploded.
The tentacle closest to him suddenly spattered a lot of black blood.
But they were all blocked by Aizawa Aya.
She did become Haruhiko's bodyguard as she said before.
"Tsk, that's disgusting."
Aizawa Aya frowned and complained.
[You helped eliminate the special monster Takeda Shigenobu and gained fifty points of psychic energy. 】
After a while, the game prompt sounded.
Haruhiko was a little surprised.
It's not that he has psychic powers by accident, but because of the name.
The Takeda clan was a famous swordsman family, or samurai family, a thousand years ago.
At its peak, it once occupied the eastern part of Japan and had the ambition to dominate the world, but was eventually annihilated by Oda Nobunaga.
By now, it has completely declined.
But for some reason, it appeared here.
The most outrageous thing is that he turned into an octopus monster?
Is it a forbidden technique?
Haruhiko thought of Utsunomiya Changgo.
He was fused with a strange demon and was completely inhuman. It was hard to say what he was.
It can only be called a stitch monster.
The black seawater was quickly purified, revealing the collapsed wooden house and the octopus monster.
Aizawa Kaoru cut it in half with a knife, and the remaining tentacles were destroyed by Haruhiko and Aizawa Aya.
What is left now can be said to be a pile of mud.
At this moment, a faint light suddenly hatched from the octopus monster's head.
Haruhiko subconsciously showed a vigilant look.
His eyes followed the light.
Soon, a figure solidified.
He was wearing old samurai armor and was covered in blood, but he was still alive.
Because he was coughing violently.
If nothing else, it’s Takeda Shigenobu.
"Who are you?"
Chiyome tilted her head and asked.
She felt familiar again.
But I just can't remember.
It's not that there's something wrong with her memory, it's that she wasn't in a clear state during that time.
She vaguely remembered that it was the influence of the magic circle.
Takeda Shigenobu heard the sound and struggled to get up.
He was seriously injured.
There was blood coming out of his chest.
When he sat up, Haruhiko saw that he had a hole.
"traitor!"
Takeda Shigenobu suddenly raised his voice.
He stared at Chiyome.
His eyes contracted violently, showing hatred.
But before he could say another word, he fell down.
Chiyome was silent.
Betrayer?
She already knew where the warrior in front of her came from.
Takeda clan.
Chiyoda was thoughtful.
At the same time, it was rare to feel a little excited.
Just as Kaoru Aizawa said just now, she had indeed found the right place.
"Walk."
Chiyome stepped into the maze.
Kaoru Aizawa quickly stepped forward and stood alongside her.
Haruhiko and Aizawa Aya followed behind the two people.
The surrounding buildings are all wooden or stone houses, showing a kind of simplicity.
But it was all empty inside, with no one around.
Chiyome walked a few steps and suddenly stopped.
"Teacher, what's wrong?"
Kaoru Aizawa held the long knife tightly and asked, "Did you find anything?"
"We are in a huge magic circle."
Chiyome raised her head and said, "This magic circle is called the King of Isohime."
Jiji is the official name of shark or mermaid.
Does the King of Giji mean the Queen of the Mermaids or the leader of the clan?
But why a magic circle?
The three people looked at each other in confusion.
But Chiyoda didn't have anything to say, she just said: "Follow me."
Since she recognized this formation, she must have understood it.
Besides, she was originally a shark, and judging from the name, this should be the magic circle of the shark clan.
Haruhiko used the Speed Talisman and was able to keep up with Chiyome's speed.
After about a few minutes, there was the sound of swords clashing.
"There's a war going on."
Kaoru Aizawa raised his eyebrows and said, "Be careful, especially junior brother."
The octopus monster just now was almost at the fourth level of strength.
This shows that this ruins is very dangerous.
For Haruhiko, it is a life-or-death situation.
"I will protect him."
Aizawa Aya said with a smile.
Aizawa Kaoru nodded and said nothing more.
The four people arrived at a square and were stunned when they saw the battle in front of them.
One of them is a human, wearing the same samurai armor as Takeda Shigenobu before, which looks very period.
On one side are the mermaids. Their upper bodies are human and their lower bodies are fish tails. They don't have any hair on their bodies, only large fish scales cover key places.
This is the first time for Haruhiko to see a real shark.
It's true that Chiyome is a shark, but she has never shown a demonic body.
He glanced around and found that the sharks were all female and there were no males.
With the fighting, all kinds of ups and downs made him feel a little angry.
I really don’t blame him for not seeing the world, this is equivalent to attending some Victoria’s Secret show.
They were all tall, beautiful models, and they didn’t wear much.
But Haruhiko soon realized something was wrong.
Because he saw the killed shark come back to life a few seconds later.
"Illusion?"
Aizawa Aya asked uncertainly.
Haruhiko was stunned when he heard this.
If it was an illusion, it would prove that what he saw was just a picture from a long time ago.
They are all dead.
pity.
Haruhiko couldn't help but sigh.
So many beautiful sharks have all come to nothing.
"Why do illusions still exist?"
Haruhiko couldn't help but ask, "Genjutsu is a spiritual spell. Logically speaking, it will end as long as the target of the spell dies."
"It means there are still people who are not dead."
Kaoru Aizawa suddenly raised his sword and waved it.
The blue sword energy separated from the blade and quickly slashed towards the figure on the left.
That was a female mermaid.
He has fiery red hair, a curvy figure, and holds a scepter in his hand.
After sensing the danger, she raised her hand and the scepter fell heavily to the ground.
A strong wind appeared out of thin air, rolled up the surrounding sea water, turned into a whale, and crashed directly into Dao Qi.
Not too much roar.
The whale was cut in half.
Haruhiko immediately determined that this shark was only at the fourth level, or even lower.
While he was thinking, a wall made of water rose from the ground, blocking the sword energy.
After a two-second stalemate, they both disappeared.
Kaoru Aizawa did not continue the attack.
The fourth level does not pose any threat.
What's more important is getting intelligence.
She looked at Chiyome and asked, "Teacher, what should we do now?"
Kaoru Aizawa didn't know much, so he handed over the choice.
"Chiyome."
The shark suddenly called out her name.
Kaoru Aizawa was suddenly startled and turned to stare at her, but only with caution.
Haruhiko acted as a crowd-pleaser.
Even if he didn't understand Chiyome's past, he still knew that this ruin was closely related to her.
Anyway, he is only at the second level and can't do much. His right is to increase his knowledge.
"I should have seen you."
Chiyome looked at the other person's appearance carefully and said.
"Of course I have."
The shark sighed and asked, "Your body is full of traces of time. Tell me, how many years have passed since you escaped?"
"Almost a thousand years."
Chiyome said softly.
"A thousand years."
The shark froze on the spot.
Tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, and soon turned into pearls and fell to the ground.
After the crisp sound, there was a little white light.
"It turns out you are already a wraith."
Seeing this, Chiyoda's face suddenly became sad.
If it is a real shark, the pearl will not dissipate
"yes."
The shark regained his composure and said, "I died in that war. I stayed here just because of my obsession."
"What obsession?"
Chiyome asked after being silent for a moment.
I originally thought I could meet a similar person and find the spiritual tool.
I didn't expect it to be just a wraith.
Fortunately, she is at the fourth level and has retained many memories of her life.
"Princess."
The same man's green eyes stared at Chiyoda and asked, "Do you know where it is?"
"have no idea."
Chiyome told the truth, "I can't remember clearly that period of time."
"I really can't blame you."
The shark suddenly shook his head and said, "It's already a miracle that you succeeded."
"Can you tell me where that spiritual tool is?"
Chiyome took a deep breath and asked.
She couldn't say that name, otherwise it would trigger the curse in her body.
But the sharks understood.
She was a little moved and said, "I really don't know how you survived."
As she spoke, she showed hesitation on her face.
"What do you want to say?"
Chiyome noticed her expression and said, "As long as you tell me where it is, I can help you."
Hearing this, the shark clenched his scepter tightly.
After a moment, she exhaled.
"Help me find the Mermaid Princess and take her back to the Sea of Eternal Life."
The shark said in a deep voice.
She is now an earthbound spirit and cannot leave the square, so she can only ask Chiyome.
"Where is the Sea of Eternal Life?"
Chiyome suppressed the joy in her heart and asked.
"have no idea."
The shark shook his head and explained, "The Sea of Eternal Life is the origin of the shark family, and only the princess knows it."
"Where is the princess?"
Chiyome asked with a frown.
"If I knew, I wouldn't let you find it."
The words of the same shark really confirmed Chiyoda's suspicion.
In other words, there are no clues.
Four thousand words. Second update and third update.
(End of chapter)
