Curtains, bedsheets, chairs can all suddenly attack people?
What kind of Beyonder ability is this?
If I replaced those inanimate objects with people, I might be able to identify it as a Wraith possessing and harming someone, but Wraiths can't possess inanimate objects, let alone control them, right?
Hmm, I remember that the Sequence after Wraith is Puppet. Could it be that there's a Puppet in the Marshal's Residence?
That's a demigod-level existence!
Puppet belongs to the Prisoner pathway, and here, the Prisoner pathway can usually be equated with the Rose School of Thought.
Could the Rose School of Thought be planning a sacrifice on the Sea Island through Yedgar?
Suddenly, Lex felt an urge to turn around and leave.
He didn't want to get involved in such an incident. The most correct thing to do would be to immediately find Iceberg Admiral, tell Edwina what happened here and his guesses, and let her decide how to respond.
Just then, he heard Gabriel say, "I also met some other unlucky people who were captured in the dungeon. Among them, a Bartender left the deepest impression on me."
"Even in such a dire situation, he could still sing poems. He shouldn't have been a Bartender; he should have been a Poet."
A Bartender who sings poems?
It couldn't be Edward. Shawn, could it?
Lex probed, "A Bartender who can sing poems, how interesting. What does he look like?"
Gabriel gestured, "Tall and thin, with blond hair and blue eyes."
Alright, that's Edward.
Lex felt an urge to cover his face. It seemed that Poet hadn't made it back to the Wavebreaker before Yedgar captured him.
Gabriel wiped the water droplets from his face with a towel and said, "Life in the dungeon truly isn't for humans. They only gave us a little food every day."
"And there was a terrifying man guarding us. That guy had no expression on his face, just like a Puppet, not like a living person. Every time I saw him, I felt a chill down my spine."
That should be a high-sequence demigod. The Black Sail's dossiers indicate that various churches refer to Sequence 4 as Saints.
Wait—
Lex suddenly looked up at Gabriel. For some reason, Gabriel now appeared somewhat eerie in his eyes.
He quietly gripped the drawing tube containing the 'Devil May Cry' and softly asked, "How did you escape?"
Gabriel's movements stiffened, then he chuckled, "It's simple! I told you, I'm an experienced Adventurer. Isn't escaping a dungeon an easy thing?"
"Easy?"
Lex subtly moved to the window. If anything happened, he could immediately break out.
"That's the Marshal's Residence, you're sacrifices, and you were imprisoned in a dungeon. If I were Yedgar, I would have heavily guarded it."
"Also, you just said you encountered a bizarre attack. If I'm not mistaken, that was the work of a demigod. That means you had to escape from an environment that was heavily guarded and under the strict supervision of a demigod."
"This shouldn't be something an experienced Adventurer could accomplish, right?"
Gabriel was stunned, then observed Lex: "Aren't you a traveler? How do you know about demigods? Who exactly are you?"
"Shouldn't you answer my question first?"
"Gabriel, how did you escape from the Marshal's Residence? You can keep silent if you wish, but I will shout 'There's an escapee here' right now. Oh, I know, those Soldiers on the street must be chasing you, right?"
Lex glanced out the window. Not far down the street, Sea Island Soldiers with wrapped headscarves appeared again.
Gabriel exclaimed, "No, I told you before that many people on the island suddenly died, and their deaths were all very strange, didn't I? Those Soldiers are investigating that matter. Of course, they might also be chasing me incidentally."
"Alright, I'll tell you how I escaped. Damn it, it's not difficult, as long as, as long as—"
He frowned, trying hard to recall something. After a long while, he shook his head and said, "I can't remember."
"I seem to have forgotten how I escaped."
"What's wrong with me?"
"I'm probably exhausted. How about this, let me get some sleep. I'll tell you at dinner."
Gabriel stood up and walked towards the bed.
"Gabriel."
Lex tensed up, his gaze fixed on the Adventurer.
Gabriel turned around and said, "Really, just let me get some sleep."
"Your abdomen, look at your abdomen, Gabriel!" Lex suddenly shouted.
The Adventurer looked down, only to see his abdomen unnaturally bulging. Beneath his skin, something seemed to be wriggling, as if something was trying to come out!
"What exactly did you do in the dungeon?" Lex pressed loudly.
"I, I—"
Suddenly, Gabriel seemed to remember something, his voice becoming ethereal and gloomy: "I remember now, I met her."
"Her?"
"Who is she!"
Just as Lex uttered these words, his eyes were suddenly filled with a crimson hue.
Gabriel's abdomen was suddenly violently torn open from the inside by something, and blood instantly bloomed, spraying everywhere and drenching Lex.
Lex was about to break out of the window when he heard a voice say, "You don't want to leave."
It was a woman's voice, quite magnetic and very pleasant to listen to.
Lex seemed afraid of not hearing the voice if he left, so he didn't move, remaining where he was. This allowed him to see two arms emerge from Gabriel's abdomen, covered in viscous, bloody liquid.
These two distinctly feminine arms pushed against the Adventurer's stomach, and a figure immediately emerged from Gabriel's body.
The figure was entirely covered in viscous, bloody liquid. It landed on the ground, and at that moment, Gabriel's body exploded with a 'bang', and a blood-and-flesh flower instantly bloomed in the room.
Blood, minced meat, and internal organs fell to the ground, then they wriggled, as if they had a mind of their own, surging towards the figure on the ground and mixing with the viscous liquid to form a long dress 'woven' from flesh and blood.
The figure stood up, revealing her true appearance.
She had long, straight, jet-black hair, a beautiful, exotic face with the characteristics of a South Continent race. Her skin was pale, forming a stark contrast with the still-wriggling flesh-and-blood dress she wore.
She had a pair of amber eyes, full of exotic charm.
But none of that mattered.
What mattered was that Lex had seen her before.
In the underground temple of Damir Port, in that golden coffin, Lex had seen her!
Although her appearance was slightly different, she was largely the same as before.
But at that time, the Lord of Storms had already sent down divine punishment and destroyed this 'woman'. How could she still be here?