Chapter 853: First Floor ~ Miragul


    With the elf and the moonlight rabbit in action, nding the river was eortless


    for them. Within one hour, they found the wide yet shallow river. The river was


    just around their calf deep. In the next half an hour, they found a settlement


    upstream.


    "Human settlement?" Zhang Mengyao furrowed her brow slightly. "What


    about the area around the settlement? Is there still no monster or beast outside


    there?"


    "I don''t nd any monster or beast around there, but just humans. Maybe the


    settlement is still inside the safe zone?" Legion Commander Moonsong replied.


    He led the search by himself along with Virion to make sure their rst


    expedition as an ocial Tarrior of the Tang Empire ended with a satisfying


    result.


    "Hmmm...." Zhang Mengyao did not rush to the settlement even though that


    place might be their chance to get more information about the rst oor.


    "What about the village condition?"


    Moonsong was a little bit confused as to why Zhang Mengyao wanted to know


    the village''s condition, but he still answered, "The village is well maintained,


    and the residents look peaceful and happy." He had observed the settlement for


    a while to identify the possibility of the residents being hostile to outsiders.


    After that observation, he concluded the villagers might not be hostile and


    welcome them if they explained the situation.


    "What about farms? Do they have farms? Or do you see they have nets to catch


    the sh in the river? Or do they have the equipment to hunt?" Zhang Mengyao


    asked for more detailed information about the village. "No, they should not


    have the equipment since this is a safe zone with no monster and beast."


    The question was weird for sure, but Moonsong recalled what he had seen from


    the village. He quickly realized Supreme General Zhang Mengyao''s intention by


    asking that. He recalled what he saw from the village and started to feel


    suspicious about the village too. "No, I don''t see the farm. They don''t have


    livestock either, and I am not sure about the nets for shing. I will send, no, I


    will go by myself to check everything." Moonsong excused himself and left


    with his nine subordinates to get more info about the village.


    "What''s so weird about the village?" Lu An asked as he did not understand


    what they were talking about. Lu An had the least experienced among the


    leaders despite his position and power. He could not pinpoint what was so


    suspicious about the village.


    "It''s not weird at a glance, but if you look into it with details, the village looks


    suspicious," Yeon Hee replied to Lu An in a small voice. "We are in an area with


    no monsters and beasts. Considering this is a dimensional tower, this is weird


    already. Then we found the village, but they don''t have a permanent source for


    the food. They don''t have farms and don''t breed the livestock, no beast around


    to hunt. The only source for the food is the river, but if they don''t have the nets


    to catch the sh too, don''t you feel weird about it? Especially if they are


    humans."


    After hearing that, Lu An quickly caught what was so suspicious about the


    village. He imagined himself eating the sh for his entire life, and he did not


    think that was possible.


    *** ***


    Moonsong arrived at the spot where he could watch the entire village from the


    top. He was on top of the tree, but he made sure the residents of the settlement


    could not see him. His eyes focused on the side that was close to the river. Yes,


    the village was exactly next to the river, so if there was equipment to catch the


    sh, it should be in that area. However, the village was so weird because it


    looked like the village and the river were cut o as if people rarely went to the


    river. Of course, he could not nd the nets he was looking for, not even a shing


    pole.


    The doubt and suspicion inside him rose up in his heart. He then observed the


    people inside the village. He saw people were talking to each other. They were


    all smiling and laughing as if they were living their happiest life. He became


    even more suspicious as he felt the scene before him was unreal. This was too


    perfect to be real.


    "How is it? Do you nd the nets or any tools for shing inside their houses?"


    Moonsong asked Revalor, who had just come over. The former Elven King had


    eyesight that was much sharper than any of them, so he should be able to see


    what was inside these people''s houses.


    "Let''s back o for now. I will tell you my discovery on the way back," Revalor


    immediately proposed to retreat as soon as he came to Moonsong.


    *** ***


    "Their houses are empty, let alone nets or shing poles; there is nothing inside


    their houses. No table, chair, and even bed, nothing. The house is more like a


    square room; it just looked like a house from outside," Revalor reported what


    he found to Zhang Mengyao. "This is just my suspicion, but I think they are


    from the demon race, Miragul. The demon with no physical gure, but they


    have the ability to inuence our vision. They inuence our vision, so we will


    look at them as humans."


    "Ah!" Moonsong recalled the battle against the demon that invaded the Ortis


    Continent. He remembered the demon that could change their gures that cost


    a lot of lives from their side.


    "Alert everyone! Get ready to ght!" Zhang Mengyao immediately called out.


    "If they inuence your vision, that means they are aware of our presence." She


    then looked at Moonsong and Revalor, "Tell me more about this Miragul! We


    need to know more about them. What about their ghting ability?"


    "They are weak in terms of battle prowess, but they rely on their dark mana to


    poison us. Their dark mana is a lethal poison to the other races, so we must be


    careful about that," Revalor replied with a solemn face.


    "Hohoho.... I don''t know that the new players will know about us," creepy


    laughter rang in the air.


    Zhang Mengyao and the others stood up and looked toward the voice. To


    everyone''s surprise, they found an old man with a long white beard, wearing a


    black robe. The old man was just ten meters away from them, none of them


    noticed his presence, and the old man managed to pass the perimeter defense


    without being noticed.


    "This robe is quite useful; none of you notice me until I speak," The old man


    had a smug expression on his face.


    Revalor did not bother to entertain the old man with the chat as he took out the


    bow from his inventory. He formed a mana arrow and aimed at the old man.


    Without a doubt, the old man was Miragul.


    "Unfortunately, you are too late, strong elf," The old man smirked, "You have


    been surrounded! We will have a delicious meal!" As soon as the old man


    nished his words, Revalor shot the arrow. The arrow blinked and pierced the


    old man''s head. Despite being on the brink of death, the old man still had a


    smile on his face. The old man''s body turned into a black lump in the next ve


    seconds. It was clear that the old man was not human but a demon.


    Pssshhhh!


    After the death of the rst Miragul, the black gas suddenly spread out. They


    realized Miragul had sneaked so close into the formation that there were over


    fty of Miragul in the defensive line. They turned the black mana into dark gas,


    spreading it out everywhere.


    "Kang Xue!" Zhang Mengyao immediately called out.


    Swoosh!


    Kang Xue jumped into the black gas as her body shone. Her gure turned into


    light, and when she arrived in the middle of the black gas, the light burst out


    from her body. The blinding light caused everyone to close their eyes. It was


    like a ashbang but lacked the ring in their ears. The blinding light lasted for


    half a minute, and by the time everyone opened their eyes, the black gas had


    disappeared.


    Everyone was alerted and immediately searched for Miragul, but more than


    fty Miragul disappeared. They saw the spear made of light, piercing the


    ground with a black lump in its middle. Looking at this, everyone realized that


    Marshal Kang Xue had defeated all Miragul within thirty seconds.


    "If you get poisoned, immediately return to the medical team!" Kang Xue


    shouted. The black gas managed to spread slightly before she neutralized it, so


    she thought some of the Tarriors might get poisoned. After giving them


    instruction and making sure there was no more Miragul around them, Kang


    Xue returned to Zhang Mengyao.


    "Should we retreat, or do you want to annihilate this Miragul?" Kang Xue found


    out that the demon was not that high-level as she could kill them with one hit.


    On top of that, her class, Master of Light, was the nemesis for the creature with


    dark mana. She was condent to ght the demon.


    "You can go and help Lu An," Zhang Mengyao waved her hand helplessly.


    During the blinding light, she activated [Envisage]. During that time, Lu An had


    gone to Miragul village by himself.


    Without saying anything, Kang Xue left the group and headed toward the


    village, "I will also bring the reinforcement to assist Sir Lu An and Marshal


    Kang Xue," Legion Commander Moonsong immediately asked for permission


    from Zhang Mengyao.


    "Hmm, go ahead. I will check over our people here. You can go with the


    Luminous Legion," Zhang Mengyao nodded and headed toward the medical


    team.