"Mr. Deer Skull."
On the small hill in the Yi Gewen West Suburbs, facing the "person" formed within the magic circle, Oswan and Geffrey both bowed down, saying respectfully.
However, the entirely grey and white "person" did not immediately pay attention to the two. Instead, he began to move his limbs mechanically, as if adapting to something. As he adapted, his movements became smoother, eventually becoming as natural as those of a normal person.
Then, he turned his gaze, which lacked whites or pupils, towards the brightly lit school in the distance and slowly spoke.
"You... found him?"
The "person" named Deer Skull said this. Perhaps because his vocal organs were extremely abnormal, his voice was dry, worn, and grating, like sandpaper rubbing against each other.
"Yes, after many days of investigation, we can confirm that your great enemy is within that school over there. He... should be disguised as the school's principal, and he is inside right now!"
Facing the Deer Skull before him, Oswan said with great certainty. Deer Skull then looked at the school in the distance again before opening his mouth.
Then, over ten formless undead wailed as they were spewed out from Deer Skull's mouth. After flying scattered in the air for a while, they flew back and Entanglement around Deer Skull and the other two. Subsequently, these Ghosts, wrapped around them, lifted off the ground and flew into the sky, heading towards the school in the distance. Before being lifted, Oswan and Geffrey did not forget to bring their suitcases with them.
After flying a distance in the dark night, the three finally flew above the school. Just as they were preparing to hover and observe below, suddenly the Ghosts that were dragging the three seemed to be affected by something. They began to wail and scatter in all directions, and the three immediately began to fall uncontrollably.
Facing such a situation, Oswan and Geffrey couldn't help but panic. However, Deer Skull gently waved a hand, forcibly regaining control of the group of Ghosts, making them slowly lower everyone on their side, eventually landing slowly on the ground, in the open area in the center of the campus.
After landing on the ground, Geffrey and Oswan began to observe their surroundings. They found that they were surrounded by brightly lit school corridors and buildings. Many exquisite Stone sculptures of various kinds were decorated and placed everywhere, adorning the campus at night, adding a strong artistic atmosphere. However, within this atmosphere, there was a hint of strangeness.
Geffrey and Oswan were surprised to find that sounds were coming from all around them. There were discussions in the corridors, classes in the classrooms, and chasing and playing on the open ground... All the sounds that would normally be present in this school were there, but there was not a single person.
Whether it was the corridors, classrooms, or open ground... although sounds echoed there, they were empty, without a single human figure. The combination of noisy sounds and an empty campus created a strange scene.
Looking at the surrounding scene, Geffrey and Oswan were stunned. They had originally thought that with the Lights and sounds here, it should be normal classes as usual. How could it be such a scene? This unusual sight made both of them feel a sense of unease.
"Why, why are there no students? Shouldn't they all be in class at this time? How can there only be sounds?" Oswan said in astonishment, looking at the scene before him. At this moment, a slightly aged voice replied to him.
"I gave those children a temporary holiday tonight to entertain guests. For old friends, this is proper etiquette."
Geffrey and Oswan turned their heads in astonishment, looking in the direction the voice came from. Then they saw a figure slowly walking out from behind a doorway. He had white hair, wore a work cap and sleeve covers, and was dressed in dusty work clothes. His smiling face had narrowed eyes, and he held a small music box in his hand. This was Aldrich.
Under the stunned gazes of Geffrey and Oswan, Aldrich slowly walked into the open area. Then he closed the music box in his hand, and the vibrant campus sounds around them suddenly stopped abruptly.
This music box belonged to Aldrich's extraordinary item, with the attribute "Shadow". Aldrich had once used it in an extraordinary gathering to record Dorothy's voice after she had been disguised, and then restored it. Finally, he relied on the restored voice to confirm Dorothy, who had just started attending Saint Amanda School, and conducted a test.
Now, Aldrich used this extraordinary item to record the sounds of the entire school at night and then reproduced them in this empty campus, confusing Geffrey and Oswan's judgment.
"Long time no see, Gray Hill. You still like to do these illusory things."
At this moment, Deer Skull also looked at Aldrich and said in a dry, unpleasant voice, while Aldrich responded casually.
"You're about the same. You still don't like to meet people with your main body. Let me guess which bone this is, I guess it's your pelvis." With a hint of humor, Aldrich said to Deer Skull with a smile, while Deer Skull replied coldly.
"Hmph, I don't have time to joke around with you. Hand over the item immediately. I might be merciful enough not to use your soul as fuel."
"Hehe... It seems you're quite confident. Do you really think a mere cursed bone clone can defeat me in my workshop?" Aldrich said with his usual smile, while Deer Skull replied disdainfully.
"Just a cripple who failed to advance to Golden and suffered a backlash, why not? The Spirituality you can retain in your body now is probably not even as much as a Black Earth. What do you have to fight me with?"
"Then we... can try..."
As he spoke, Aldrich's hands were behind his back, and his narrowed eyes slightly opened, revealing a hint of sharp gaze.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the ground beneath Deer Skull's feet exploded, and a pair of large Stone hands reached out from within, firmly grabbing Deer Skull's body. At the same time, the ground of the entire open area began to tremble, and the ground within a dozen square meters around them began to crack, breaking away from the surrounding school.
Subsequently, this detached part of the land began to sink rapidly like an elevator, taking Aldrich and Deer Skull and others standing on it down.
"I am the principal of this school now. It wouldn't be good if everything were damaged. The battlefield I prepared for us is below, let's go down together."
Standing on the rapidly sinking ground, Aldrich said slowly. At the same time, the ground above them began to slowly close like a lid. Facing this scene, Deer Skull remained silent. He turned his head and looked at the panicked Geffrey and Oswan on either side of him.
Deer Skull controlled the Ghosts to lift the two of them and throw them upwards, eventually sending the two back to the ground before the ceiling above completely closed. Then the lid completely closed, completely isolating the underground where Aldrich and Deer Skull were from the ground above.
Returning to the Silence campus, looking at the peaceful scene around them and the night sky above, Geffrey and Oswan were stunned.
"Mr. Deer Skull... went underground with that old guy? They are going to fight there?"
Organizing what had just happened, Oswan muttered to himself. Suddenly, the ground trembled, and the surrounding buildings and they themselves shook slightly with the tremor.
Then, these tremors from underground came one after another, as if some immense power was colliding below.
"We can't intervene in their battle, so... Mr. Deer Skull sent us up?"
Looking at the scene before them, Geffrey also muttered to himself. Just at this moment, sudden changes occurred around them.
Accompanied by the underground tremors, on the corridor next to the open ground, an exquisite bust Stone statue suddenly developed extremely fine cracks, and then *bang* it turned into fine dust particles, scattering onto the ground.
Then, as if contagious, this phenomenon occurred again at intervals. The decorative Stone statues around them suddenly turned into dust without any warning. Looking at the scene before them, Geffrey and the other were puzzled.
What happened? Why did these Stone statues suddenly turn into dust?
Just then, a bald Ghost drilled out from underground. It flew in front of Geffrey and Oswan and spoke Deer Skull's words.
"Quick... destroy all the Stone statues you can see above! Destroy them before that guy absorbs their Spirituality!"