No one expected the Demon Slayer Association to be a capitulationist.
While they never surrendered to the strange at their own expense, they were indeed the first to loosen the rope that kept the world from sliding into the abyss.
When Lu Li arrived, the world was heading for destruction. Little was known about the Demon Slayer Association, and not much was known about the investigators.
Clues to the nightmare and the truth also point to the Demon Slayer Association—provided it has not been damaged.
And this possibility is slim.
Miraculously, when Lu Li approached the city and entered the ruins of the old era, walking through the collapsed ruins, he saw the ancient Marian stacked tower-style building that had been renovated several times still standing among the ruins.
This solid structure is an extension of the modern castle. The disadvantage is that you can feel the complexity of the interior even if you don't step inside.
Just letting it stand among the ruins is more than solid...
Because as Lu Li approached, a certain disgust that seemed to come from the depths of his soul arose spontaneously, driving him away from this building with special beauty.
Lu Li has not been in contact with ancient marks since he became a ghost, so this is probably what he felt.
If you are ignorant and weird, you will follow your instinct and leave this disgusting filth.
This is good news, as it means that the facilities within the Demon Slayer Association remain operational.
Suppressing the disgust that felt like approaching filth, Lu Li entered the association's gate. The hall in front of him was the only spacious room, with honeycomb-like staggered corridors that penetrated into the darkness. It was as complex as a maze and could resist intruders at the same time.
No wonder Tesla always hears his friends complaining about the headquarters in his memories.
Lu Li simply rummaged around in the hall scattered with debris, but couldn't find a route map, and it was not easy to find a fixed target in this castle-like tiered building. Lu Li could only turn to the first passage on the left and try to find a destination.
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Before the first fork in the passage, a sign on the wall guides the direction:
【↑Lounge】
【←Stairwell】
【→Office area】
【↓you】
Lu Li's target was not on the first floor, but he temporarily explored the lounge and office area before turning to the left.
The lounge was a combination of the dining room and the dormitory. In the former, he found nothing, while in the latter, Lu Li only found a few blank notes with broken nouns written on them, and no diary.
There are no clues left in the office area.
The exorcists of the old days took away all the useful information. It may be on other floors, or it may be hidden.
Lu Li returned to the stairwell. One step extended upwards and the other extended downwards. On the dark staircase extending downwards, a string of wind chimes connected with iron cans hung on the only way to pass——
The breeze does not blow the wind chimes, but the passing presence does.
In the strange era after the Demon Slayer Association was abandoned, survivors once took refuge here.
Dang rang - dang rang - dang rang -
The shaking empty cans made a noisy sound that did not belong to wind chimes, echoing in the depths of the quiet passage, alerting possible evacuees that someone was approaching.
After knocking on the door, Lu Li gathered an oil lamp and walked down the stairs to the underground.
A long corridor that cannot be illuminated by an oil lamp appears in front of you. Skeletons are scattered under your feet, some weird and some human. The signs on the wall reflect the faint light: [Library]
At this time, a dull voice suddenly sounded in the corridor:
[What has four legs during the day, two legs at noon, and three legs at night?]
Lu Li caught the tension and weakness in the voice, and the surrounding bones showed that they had died here.
"Human."
Lu Li answered the riddle and continued to drift forward.
【What can bring people back to life, make you cry, make you laugh, make you younger?】
The voice suppresses something.
"remember."
[The third question...don’t be the third one, prove your identity]
A low voice interrupted the puzzle and reverberated.
Lu Li stopped in front of the iron gate at the end of the corridor and took out the merchant's eyeball.
Merchant Anthony soon emerged from the shadow outside the oil lamp.
"I found some survivors underground at the association headquarters." Lu Li said, taking the Crown of Thorns from the businessman Anthony.
【...He is an exorcist...an exorcist!】
Noisy excited shouts sounded, and the deep voice maintained vigilance: "Are you a ghost?"
"I'm already dead."
"Is something weird following you?"
"No."
The iron door trembled and dust fell.
Behind the dusty door appeared a group of dirty, thin, beggar-like figures.
"Has the weirdness faded away?" asked a survivor who stuttered nervously.
Lu Li looked at the fire burning behind them, and grabbed the psychic gun, dagger, silver box and other similar items pointed at him in his hand.
"Answer my question, Exorcist!"
Someone suddenly shouted, dissatisfied with Lu Li's neglect.
A silhouette stopped him, and a deep voice allowed Lu Li to recognize him:
"I am a collateral bloodline of Martha IX. Forgive their rudeness. The people here are either nobles and parliamentarians themselves or their descendants. We have noble blood."
This middle-aged man showing signs of aging looked at Lu Li: "Who were you talking to earlier?"
"I am the mother of the swamps, the most beautiful flower of Saint Mark, Roland Toyaragon."
The gentle words of the Swamp Mother suddenly sounded in their minds.
"Toyaragon? Are you a descendant of the Toyaragon family?"
"I am Princess Roland."
"Do you have a way to make people live for hundreds of years!?"
The aging man who claimed to be a descendant of Martha IX became short of breath.
"No."
"Huh, even if you were there, you wouldn't know..." He expected that Lu Li, who was just a pawn, wouldn't know much: "Exorcist, take us out of here now. You know our identities, and you never want to know what makes us angry.
End."
The Crown of Thorns was silent, as if silenced by the dignity of "Martha IX's collateral bloodline".
Lu Li looked around the empty library quietly.
A fire fueled by knowledge, a damp hole stained with filth, human and strange bones covered with tooth marks,
These hungry nobles lacked food.
The nobles cursed angrily because of Lu Li's neglect. The aging man knew that Lu Li was their chance to leave, uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com told them to shut up and restrain their arrogance: "You will get a reward for this, and I will ask the lord to give it to you.
The reward is unimaginably rich, even if it makes you a human again."
"Really?"
Lu Li thought they had the knowledge of resurrection.
But it was different from imagination, "I am inspired by the glory of the Martha family. Your lord has the power to make people live longer, and he can naturally resurrect humans." The aging man replied proudly.
"You can leave here from the merchant world."
Lu Li summoned the merchant Anthony and spoke to the nobles.
"You have done a good job, exorcist. When we return to the gathering place, we will apply to Princess Roland to reward you."
The aging man suppressed his excitement and said to Lu Li with satisfaction.
Other nobles begged the merchants for food like refugees, and then praised it as more delicious than weird and human flesh——
Lu Li watched calmly as they entered the merchant world.
The land of light does not need the worms of old to tell it what to do.