You call this a black hand?

"What an inexplicable unfolding."

After carefully questioning the young noble, Meren ignored his plea for mercy and crushed his throat. Then he looked sideways at the white jade skeleton standing behind him, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he fell into deep thought.

I just conducted some questioning, and the information I got was not much, it was basically some "common sense" of this era.

For example, the Church of the Sun God, which was supposed to be surviving in reality, has destroyed the Church of Night in the Northern Empire and has become the largest religious organization in the known world.

And he Mellen is the creator of all this.

For example, the supernatural world and the secular world are not as disconnected as reality, but are in a state of close integration.

The Inquisition hunts down all heretics and weird evil things that cause harm to the world. Most ordinary people know about wizards and magic, but they only know it in general terms and don't know the details.

For another example, not long ago, a world-class chaos occurred in this world. The army of the Northern Empire looked at all directions and beat all countries to pieces. They had to unite to deal with it, resulting in tens of millions of casualties.

As for why this war took place and what kind of secrets it contained, the young noble had no idea at all.

This kind of secret is not something he can understand in a remote colony.

Therefore, Mellen was going to find the old mayor of this town.

He felt that although he was also from a remote background, that noble should know more than this young noble.

However, the strange thing was that he seemed unable to leave the vicinity of the municipal square at all. But after taking a few steps towards the town, the surrounding environment changed again.

Then Mellen discovered that he was back in the hall where the rough sarcophagus was placed!

The light at night was dim, but the empty hall was not quiet.

In addition to Melen and the skeleton who was always holding on to his clothes, there was also a middle-aged man dressed as a soldier, who was secretly pushing open the lid of the sarcophagus, as if he wanted to do something.

Meren, who was in the shadow in the corner, frowned when he saw this, but did not run over to stop him.

He didn't want to see this happen before, but now, after encountering two environmental changes in succession, he no longer believed that the person in the sarcophagus had no backhand power at all.

Sure enough, after pushing open the lid, the middle-aged soldier in sight reached in and seemed to want to fish out some gold jewelry inside. However, it was as if he encountered an invisible obstacle and couldn't reach in at all.

At first he cautiously tried to break through, then he increased his strength and cursed, but still made no progress.

So in the end, the guy left the hall with a gloomy look on his face.

"Is this intentional or subconscious?"

Stepping to the sarcophagus, Meren was a little puzzled as he looked at the silver-haired female corpse shrouded in candlelight under the half-open coffin lid.

The female corpse has a slender figure, wearing a luxurious black robe with gold trim. She lies quietly inside, with her hands folded on her abdomen, and her posture is graceful.

Paired with perfect facial features and an elegant golden crown, it really looks like an extremely exquisite work of art.

The reason why it is said to be a work of art is that Melen did not detect any life breath from the corpse. It was motionless and no different from a dead thing.

On the other hand, the skeleton beside him seems to be becoming more and more energetic as time goes by.

As Meren turned his head to look at it, its mouth opened and closed, as if it was wondering about something, and it looked very innocent.

However, if no one controlled the two previous changes in the environment, how could we accidentally encounter someone approaching with malicious intent one after another?

Although it is impossible for the two malicious persons one behind the other to actually do anything, this only proves that the "person" who controls this transformation does not know that there are protective means in the sarcophagus.

And since the female corpse had no trace of activity, Meren could only suspect that it was the skeleton that did it.

But now it seems that its simplicity cannot be faked...

While thinking, Meren had already reached into the sarcophagus and touched it. He wanted to find out what the nature of this protective method was.

As a result, what surprised him was that his hand was able to penetrate it without any hindrance!

"Can it really be controlled..."

He tried touching the forehead of the female corpse, and a cold and delicate feeling came over him. He stretched out his fingers to feel the pulse on her neck, but there was no feedback at all.

He rolled his eyes and took a look. His eyes were blank but not hazy. It didn't look like a corpse at all.

Those purple eyes were extremely clear and penetrating. Just one look at them, and it seemed as if your heart was also clearing up, giving you an inexplicable feeling of comfort and satisfaction.

She is more beautiful than the two female savages Mellen has seen before.

He was a little puzzled by this.

I pinched open the mouth of the female corpse, but I didn't see any foreign objects inside. However, the tongue was red and delicate, and the teeth were white and neat. It looked very delicate, and there was no life in it like other parts.

He just stretched out his index finger to fiddle with her red and small lips a few times, and pinched her face to make them into various funny expressions, but there was still no reaction.

On the contrary, the skeleton next to him looked at Melen nervously and even turned his head when he saw him looking over, as if he was shy.

It's a pity that such an expression would be very tempting if it were made by a female corpse. A skeleton with such an appearance would only give people a very absurd feeling.

"How did you become like this?"

Mellen couldn't help but ask.

The corpse in the sarcophagus was lifelike, like a living doll, but the skeleton in front of him didn't even have a piece of rotten flesh on it.

It looked like it was already rotten.

But if this skeleton is really the "mother" mentioned by the Holy Spirit, then how could her body really rot and disappear?

Apart from anything else, Mellen felt that if he died one day, with his extreme breathing skills, he would be able to keep his body incorruptible.

Not to mention this "mother" who is much more powerful and mysterious than him.

Unfortunately, the skeleton didn't seem to know the answer to this question, and looked "bewildered" when he heard this.

After playing with the corpse for a while, Melon gave up on this boring behavior when he saw that the skeleton showed no other reaction except being shy.

She tried again to leave the vicinity of the Municipal Square to find someone to collect information, but the result never worked. It may be that the skeleton is worried that her body will be defiled if he leaves, or it may be for other reasons.

Meren then showed up and beat the soldiers guarding nearby, making no noise in order to attract the target group.

The result surprised him.

Because after doing this, the surrounding environment changed again.

The night sky turned into dim afternoon daylight, and the area near the city hall that was originally full of traces of life suddenly became lifeless, without any sign of life.

As for the sarcophagus in the hall, there are no traces of having just been brought back, and the "living doll" inside has been replaced by a skeleton.

Everything is basically the same as when Meren first came here!

The only difference is that the skeleton in the sarcophagus has no vitality at all.

Behind him, there was another identical one, looking around curiously...

(End of chapter)