novelraw Chapter 147 The Royal Family's Reward to the Aurora Society
Chapter 147 The Royal Family's Reward to the Aurora Society
Chapter 147 The Royal Family's Reward to the Aurora Society
In the wilderness, the people who had been performing Nuo opera—or rather, the corpses—suddenly rushed towards Raphael.
Their running posture was quite strange. They stumbled and almost fell many times, but it seemed as if there were illusory lines pulling them, allowing them to regain their balance in some strange postures and continue running forward.
Raphael was ready to escape at any moment, and once the corpses were close enough, he immediately used his ability to create zombies to seize control of them.
The corpses, bleeding from all seven orifices, were affected by Raphael; every forward movement of the corpses became extremely slow, as if someone had suddenly switched to slow motion.
Raphael could clearly feel the power controlling the corpses, but the power was strange; it seemed to be constantly pulling the corpses to make them move, rather than completely controlling them.
Or rather, it wasn't the power of the undead, but rather something like the ability of the "Master of Puppets" in Raphael's memory, controlling corpses with invisible "spiritual threads."
But it's only somewhat similar, because if it really were a "Master of Puppets," the corpse's movements wouldn't be so uncoordinated, and Raphael wouldn't be able to take control of the corpse.
Through Raphael's efforts, he finally regained control of the corpses. He was certain that the one controlling these corpses was not the "Master of Puppets," or at least not the real "Master of Puppets."
Because these corpses no longer contain spirits, there are no "spiritual threads" within them.
It is clear that these people have been dead for some time, and were dragged here by some invisible thread to perform folk operas.
Raphael then controlled the corpse and turned to attack the animals that were charging at him.
At this moment, the bright green light on the "stage" gradually disappeared, and the green light in the eyes of the animals who had been watching the show also gradually faded.
A few seconds later, all the light on the "stage" went out, and the animals seemed to suddenly come to their senses, screaming and leaving under the attack of the twelve zombies.
Raphael jumped down from the tree and let the zombie he had just transformed into walk in front of him to check out the "stage" from before.
There was no stage at all; the place where the opera was performed was desolate and showed no signs of any human development.
If Raphael hadn't transformed so many zombies, he would have wondered if everything he had just seen was a dream.
After thinking about it for a moment, Raphael guessed that he had probably encountered an evil spirit. The "stage" he had just been on was its domain, and it could design it however it wanted.
This also explains why he was able to easily take control of these corpses, because evil spirits are no match for "living corpses" with the ability to transform bodies.
Then, Raphael discovered a small hole in the place where the "stage" used to be.
The hole looks like it was dug by a large animal; it's dark and bottomless, but you can vaguely see traces of human excavation below.
The cave is very long, and I don't know where it leads.
Raphael did not go down to check immediately, but instead examined the corpses first.
Some of the clothes on these corpses were tattered, and the bodies themselves were damaged, while others were still quite fresh.
Most of them were dressed in Taoist robes or Confucian robes, typical of practitioners, with two also wearing monk's robes. Only two corpses were dressed in ordinary people's clothing, suggesting that someone had seen a mountain opera performance while in the mountains and then joined in.
In other words, most of these corpses were cultivators in life. They came here and most likely entered the cave. Raphael found a jade tablet with the words "Penglai" engraved on the freshest corpse.
It seems that the people from the "Penglai Immortal Sect" have already entered the cave, and at least one of them has been killed by the evil spirit.
Raphael familiarized himself with the undead before letting them lead the way into the cave.
In Mr. C's villa in Backlund.
The day before the King's speech, Raphael and the others had dinner and were summoned to the living room by Mr. C.
Once everyone had arrived, Mr. C said solemnly, "We will officially begin our operation at 5 a.m. tomorrow."
"Now I will explain the details of this operation."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and unconsciously revealed some anticipation.
The earliest among them learned about a major operation more than three months ago, and only today did they finally find out what they were required to do.
Mr. C continued, "More than a decade ago, the Royal Family of Ruen discovered a Paleolithic site on the east coast—"
Raphael was taken aback: Huh? Relics of the Second Epoch? Didn't the bead say they were relics of the First Epoch?
However, he trusted the white jade-colored bead's assessment more than Mr. C's description.
"The royal family discovered a Level 0 sealed artifact in that ruin, which is of the 'Audience' level. However, the ruin is very dangerous, and they have not been able to obtain the sealed artifact despite multiple explorations," Mr. C described.
The other members took a deep breath. A legendary Level 0 sealed artifact! It is said that sealed artifacts of this level possess the power to destroy a country!
Then, everyone tensed up again.
Although the Aurora Society is known for its madness, most of its members are still mentally sound and know that with their current level of intelligence, they would die a muddle-headed death in an operation at this level.
Raphael took a breath in an attempt to fit in.
Mr. C glanced at everyone and then continued, "It was around that time that we began to cooperate with the royal family, and the royal family used the information about this site as payment for the cooperation."
"Six months ago, the cooperation ended, and we obtained all the information about the sealed artifacts from the royal family."
He shrugged and said, "You might find it strange that we'd need to involve you 'mid-sequence' level 0 sealed artifacts."
Extraordinary individuals participated in the action?
"Because according to the royal family's exploration, extraordinary individuals of Sequence 5 or above can easily hear strange eating words when they enter that ruin. It is said that even angels have difficulty maintaining a good state under the influence of those eating words."
"Low-sequence extraordinary individuals wouldn't be of much use inside, so only mid-sequence extraordinary individuals are the most suitable."
Everyone nodded slowly, some with expressions of sudden realization.
Raphael then thought of the "Ruins of the War of Gods" at the end of the Sunia Sea.
"As for getting to know each other, that's very important," Mr. C said. "We've carefully studied the royal family's records and have also sent several divine messengers to the ruins to explore them twice based on the information in those records."
"But the royal family's exploration back then was not very successful; they didn't even get to see the sealed artifact."
"Especially the last area, which is very eerie. When we go in to explore, some strangers will quietly appear around us," and we can't distinguish which ones are strangers at all, and we trust them unconditionally.
"They will cleverly provoke conflict between us, causing us to fight each other."
"The royal family has tried using complex codes to distinguish friend from foe, but they have not been very effective. Only when the participants in an operation know each other very well can they roughly determine who their true allies are through observation."
Raphael was taken aback: In other words, this method is not 100% effective, and ultimately, one must rely on one's own judgment!
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