Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 148 - 10 Wicked Night_2

Vivian hung her head low, completely unresponsive.

"Vivian, Vivian." Lina called out loudly twice. Seeing that Vivian still didn’t react, she couldn’t help but impatiently pick up a novel laying on the side, hitting Vivian’s blue soft hat on top of her head repeatedly with it: "Dummy, snap out of it."

"Ah?" Vivian covered her head in annoyance and said, "Dummy Lina, why did you hit me?"

"What on earth are you thinking about?" Lina said in annoyance.

"The hazards of constructing composite magic through derived mana inequalities with directional equations." Vivian answered earnestly, "And the results of the reaction catalyzed by phosphorus stone powder when those spores are in a high-magic environment."

"I didn’t really want to know the answer, dummy." Lina whined, covering her eyes in despair, "Forget it, let me ask you again, these people might have died from toxins, illusion magic, or mental magic, can you detect that?"

"Illusion magic and mental magic? Don’t joke with me." Vivian widened her eyes, looking incredulous: "These people were scattered throughout half of the city, not even a demigod could release illusion or mental magic simultaneously over such a large range."

"What if multiple mages worked together?" asked Catherine.

"You’d have to find at least six legendary magicians or fifty gold-rank mages; otherwise, it’s impossible." Vivian responded with certainty: "The problem is, with that number of mages standing by, they could have easily wiped out those thieves. No need for such hassle."

"What about toxins? Could it be possible that they used toxins?" Catherine asked.

"At least I didn’t detect any." Vivian answered, "Certainly not possible to detect in the open air, but the suspected attacks on these people occurred indoors, an enclosed environment. Thirty days is not enough for a toxin to completely dissipate. But I didn’t detect anything, so it was probably not due to toxins in the air. I would have no way of telling if it was the food or water."

"It can’t be the food or water." Pannis slowly roasted the wolf leg meat skewered on a stick, tearing off a piece and tasting it, sprinkling some seasoning before raising his head to continue speaking, "Even the so-called ’thief group’ would have a few full-time thieves. With a thief’s ability to distinguish toxins, they wouldn’t be fooled by anything in their food or water."

"So, we can basically ascertain that they were indeed attacked by ghosts." Catherine said, "That would explain some things. They didn’t win in the end; they just held on until dawn, when the ghosts disappeared with the coming daylight. Then they seized the opportunity and fled quickly."

"Actually, I also think it was ghosts." Pannis meticulously sliced the deliciously fragrant skewers, placed them individually in wooden plates stored in their luggage, distributed them to each girl, and without eating his own portion, stood up and walked to the window to look at the sky: "Because I remembered what day it is today."

"Hmm?" Catherine thought for a moment, but didn’t have any clues, "What day?"

"Today is the thirty-third day." Pannis simply replied.

"Wicked Night?" Catherine paused for a moment in surprise, then exclaimed loudly, "Lady Lilith of the Blood Moon?"

"Yes, today is the day of the full moon for Blood Red Lady Lilith." Pannis looked up, the clouds in the sky had already dispersed. The silver moon, Mia, the blue moon, Luscia, and the bloody moon, Lilith, the three bright moons hung high in the night sky. Lilith was full, her bloody brilliance overshadowing the other two moons: "The full moon of the Blood Moon is also the day when the energy of the death is the most abundant, the day when the undead return. This is the Wicked Night, the banquet of the dead."

"So you’re sure that the members of the thief group were killed thirty-three days ago." Catherine suddenly realized, "Thirty-three days ago was also a Wicked Night."

"Yes, I think they unfortunately participated in the festival of the undead." Pannis nodded, "Of course, as sacrifices. But whether it’s good luck or bad luck doesn’t really matter. They were planning on staying here for a long time, and they were bound to encounter it eventually. After all, large numbers of undead rest here."

"You’re sure?" Catherine asked.

"It was just a conjecture before, but from the moment the clouds dispersed just now, I can be sure. I felt a lot of ghosts waking up from their slumber." Pannis looked at the blood moon in the sky, his expression strange, filled with sorrow and self-mockery, as though he felt a touch of nostalgia as well: "Trust me, no one knows the world of the undead better than I do, no one..."

"I believe, of course I believe." Catherine looked at Pannis’s strange expression, although she didn’t understand, she still expressed sympathy.

"I also believe." Lina said cheerfully: "Your judgments are rarely wrong."

"Oh." This was Vivian’s reaction.

"Wait a minute." Dora suddenly jumped up from next to the fire pit, pointing at Pannis: "You said, you’re sure there are a lot of undead here, and they’re waking up from their sleep?"

"Yes." Pannis replied.

"Don’t forget, four or five hundred people died at the hands of these undead." Dora reminded Pannis.

"There were no gold-ranks among the corpses, what are you worried about? I’m a silver-rank and I am not worried." Pannis said lightly.

"Who can be sure about these things." Dora crossed her arms as if she’s feeling cold: "Why do we have to stay in this godforsaken place? If we die here, we wouldn’t even know how."

"Briana." Pannis commented.

"What’s that?"

"The name of this city." Pannis said. "Now you won’t be uncertain about where you’re dying."

Dora opened her mouth in surprise and was silent for a long time: "That’s not the point here, the point is we might be killed by ghosts! Why are you all so calm?"

"There’s a ghost behind you." Pannis pointed behind Dora.

"Ahhhhhh, stay away, don’t come near me." Dora quickly jumped into Catherine’s arms.

"I was just kidding." Pannis shrugged, his face expressing waning interest: "Let’s eat. After eating, we’ll get some sleep. It won’t be peaceful tonight."

"I see." A smile appeared on Catherine’s face: "So it’s here. Thank you, Pannis."