Monster Master: Evidence of the Way

Chapter 203 The Nameless Monument

The archive room was quiet, as if no one had ever been there.

There was a whirlwind of dust and the damp smell of decay everywhere. Books and files were neatly arranged in cabinets, and the light fixtures on the tables were still on as usual. There was no sign of danger at all.

"Look at these footprints, they only go in and out, they must still be here."

Shuoyue was clever for once, "It's impossible for a living person to suddenly grow wings and fly away, right?"

If it didn't fly away, then it disappeared into thin air.

This thought suddenly emerged in Shisanji's mind. Her intuition has always been very accurate. This may be a woman's sixth sense.

"Albus, where are you—"

Bubulu understood Selina's essence and roared directly.

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

The only response to Bubulu's voice was a series of knocking sounds. Sure enough, Albus was there!

"Bubulu, do you remember what happened on the ghost ship? I suspect someone has set a trap here, just waiting for us to fall into it."

As Yiyin spoke, he stopped Bubu Lu who wanted to knock around.

"Maybe we'll be trapped too."

"impossible."

Diana said firmly, "I'm very familiar with this area. The archives are open to the public and there has never been any secret room. Besides, behind the wall where the knocking sound comes from, there should be a cliff."

"Ha ha,"

When Yiyin heard this, he laughed out loud.

"Empiricism is deadly. There weren't any black Misha flowers at Wilshire Base before, right? Now we can't just use our usual thinking to make judgments. Bubulu, have Sibuxiang prepare."

"Brue?"

The Sibu Xiang also seemed confused, not knowing what Yi Yin was keeping in suspense.

"It's simple,"

Yi Yin patiently explained, "See that lighting stone? It's the only suspicious thing here. Remember Goering's monster, the hellhound? It has the ability to cut through space out of thin air. I think Albus and the others must have been punished by a similar ability."

"This is ridiculous! Can you guarantee that this is the case?"

Shuoyue was the first to object, "Besides, if we fail, the archives will be finished!"

"……cannot."

Yi Yin seemed very honest. "Anyway, this isn't the Cross Base, and there's no instructor who will deduct our credits, right?"

“…Let’s do it.”

Diana believed Yiyin's judgment, and she didn't know how Qinglong boasted about Yiyin in front of her.

"Okay, Sibuxiang, it's up to you."

Bubulu looked at the Sibu Xiang with anticipation and held it in front of the illuminating stone.

"Cross Thunder!"

Following Bubulu's command, the Sibu Xiang lived up to everyone's expectations and swallowed the lighting stone.

Swallowed...

Suddenly, the archive room fell into darkness.

"Bublu!"

Shuoyue was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, "Look at what your ugly monster has done!"

Bubulu was just about to make an excuse for Sibu Xiang when he suddenly felt a pain in his toe.

"Ouch, who stepped on my foot!"

"Idiot! Don't get so close, I'm going to bump into you!"

"Tail! Who touched my tail?"

……

Just as the scene was in chaos, the culprit, the four-legged beast, opened its eyes as big as copper bells and suddenly sprayed something onto the ceiling.

Suddenly, a dazzling light came, illuminating the archive room as if it were daytime.

It can be said that the archive room is now ten or even nine times brighter than before.

Under such exaggerated lighting, everyone subconsciously closed their eyes for fear of being temporarily blinded.

At the same time, waves of groans came from all directions.

"Being in darkness, deprived of all five senses, is actually quite good training. Now, I can move like the wind in the darkness."

It was Albus who was speaking. At the moment, she was surrounded by knight beetles and looked very calm.

But the patrol trainees who came with her didn't think so. They endured the darkness and the strong light, and were howling in pain like pigs being slaughtered.

Fortunately, Albus was already used to the practice, and she drifted calmly, quickly leading all the people present out of the archives room.

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Everyone fled the archives room in a panic.

According to one of the prep students, they were ambushed shortly after entering the archives and were dragged into darkness. Fortunately, Albus reacted quickly and sent Knight Beetle out to get help. As for the sound of the wall being smashed, it was a deliberate warning to everyone.

"It seems that there really is something in that archive room."

Shuoyue calmly straightened his clothes and said, "Otherwise, we wouldn't have set up an ambush there on purpose."

"Yes, I did find something."

As Albus spoke quietly, he produced two tattered books from the cloak he was wearing.

"I stumbled upon these two old files, which may be of some help to us now."

Diana curiously flipped through one of the books and found that it was the preparatory student file of her great-grandfather's time.

"No doubt about it, this is the preparatory student file from the time of my great-grandfather, Collison Wilshere... But why is this page torn out? Even if he died unexpectedly, the file shouldn't be destroyed."

As Diana spoke, she flipped through another book. This one seemed to be a prep student's duty log, probably written several years after the first one. Although part of it had been torn out, some handwriting could still be vaguely seen.

"It's been a week. All the Misara flowers in the base have mysteriously turned black..."

"What's going on? That person, the one who came back from the City of the Dead, he, he... he appeared in my dream, or maybe it wasn't a dream..."

"..."

Everyone was silent, they didn't know what to say.

Even the top alchemist on Blue Star cannot resurrect the dead out of thin air, otherwise Blue Star would have exploded in population long ago.

"Hey, come on, everyone!"

Just when everyone was confused by the bizarre ghost story, Bubulu greeted everyone with a smile.

It turned out that when everyone was looking through the files, Bubulu noticed something reflecting light under the cliff, so he took a look out of curiosity.

Although they were on a cliff, it was not a problem for Bubulu with his agile skills.

Soon, Bubulu took off the coffin and used the iron chain on the coffin as a rope to slide down.

Everyone gasped in shock at Bubulu's actions.

You know, if you're not careful, you'll be crushed to pieces! How dare he do that?

"Let's go, let's go down and take a look."

As he spoke, Yiyin slid down the chain. Everyone followed suit and soon fell down.

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Diana recognized it as a tombstone at first glance. However, all tombstones were placed in the cemetery to the west. Who would have set up a tombstone here?

Bubulu stared at the tombstone intently. The owner's life information seemed to have been deliberately erased, and only a eulogy could be vaguely seen.

"I dedicate this tombstone to the memory of my most important companion, my closest comrade-in-arms, and the person I miss most: ■■ ■■■ ■■

—Collison Wilshire

Collison Wilshire...

Seeing this name, Diana's face suddenly became serious.

"There's very little recorded about my great-grandfather. We only know he was a rather solitary man. During his time as dean, legends emerged about the resurrection of the dead..."

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

What a coincidence? Could it be that the owner of this tomb is the one who returned from the City of the Dead?

It's very simple, just verify it.

"Can I open the casket?"

Bubulu asked, "Although I just had a similar experience with Yiyin not long ago. But I think it's better to ask."

Diana didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly to show her agreement.

After getting Diana's permission, Bubulu took out a shovel from the coffin with ease.

After reciting the eulogy for the deceased with his hands clasped together, Bubulu began to dig the grave.

Soon, a pitch-black coffin was dug out.

Everyone was preparing to lift the coffin together, but as soon as they started, they felt something was obviously wrong.

The weight is really too light. Even if it turns into bones over time, it can't be so light.

Bubulu opened the coffin lid and found nothing but dust inside...

Nothing.