Chapter 37: Cursed Undead II
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Caine followed along the long hallway before finally arriving at a large room full of glass beakers and test tubes. There were even beast organs preserved in a glass container full of unknown yellowish liquid.
There was one particular large cylinder glass container which contained a naked man inside, but the man had black wings. To be more specific the wings were forcefully connected to his back.
Caine became surprised, if he remembered correctly, the Kingdom of Belfast had long been demolished and forbidden the research in combining beast limbs with humans.
However, if you think about how rules don't necessarily apply to royalty, then it wouldn't be that unusual. What's more, this place is a secret facility located in the most desolate part of the royal capital, as long as the pupils don't know about it, then it doesn't matter to them.
Creak!
One of the doors in the room suddenly opened and a young man with a clipboard came out.
Without delay, Caine immediately entered through the door before it shuts closed.
The door seems to have been enchanted with a formation where it only allows people with permission to open the door. If Caine missed the chance, then he would either have to wait for another opportunity or break the formation and risk getting exposed.
When Caine entered the new room, Caine was met with a huge glass wall on the far end of the room, inside this glass wall were the six undead that Caine saw on his GUI map.
The glass and the walls around those undead are also equipped with a formation which prevent them from phasing through it. This same formation was used by the soldiers to trap the undead from the old ruin.
The six undead in the room tried their hardest to break the glass and wall that is trapping them inside, but despite their efforts, they couldn't even put a dent. It seems the wall and the glass is either reinforced with magic or it's made out of high quality grade materials.
However, Caine didn't dwell much about it and quickly switched his focus back to finding the painting.
After scanning around the room, Caine found a table that was covered with a thick red cloth on the top. The shape of the cloth was bulging out clearly shows that something was hidden beneath it.
Caine walked over to the table and lifted the cloth away with one of his hands. The cloth swung in the air and landed on the floor, revealing a large painting on the table.
The painting was installed onto a thick golden frame, if you look at the side, you could still see part of the wall still attached behind it.
In the painting was a woman dressed in a green dress under the beautiful flowing waterfall, but there were also others. There were about over thirty of them, they all crammed in one corner as if they were scared of the woman and were trying their best to stay away from her.
Caine inwardly sighed, 'I'm not sure whether those researchers are naive or just pure ignorant. Clearly leaving the painting that started this, in the capital would surely cause a huge disaster.'
That's right, although the six undead are locked away inside the cellar with a special formation, but the building wasn't. If the 'ghost girl' were to leave and escape to the capital then nothing will stop her from turning people into more undead.
With analysis, Caine managed to gain more information about the painting, 'I see..'
Caine momentarily disabled his invisibility illusion, causing the lighting in the room to change.
Caine then proceeded to lock the door and enveloped the entire room with his Space Magic. No sounds will be able to escape this room!
"Get out now, I know who you are!" Caine suddenly shouted while pointing at the women in the painting.
"..."
Several seconds had passed and there was no response, the room was mostly silent except the bubbly sounds of the liquids that some of the containers contained and the bashing sounds of the six undead, desperately trying to escape their cellar.
Caine squinted his eyes at the women in the paint and then a small vortex-like ball appeared on his finger, "If you don't get out, there I will have no choice but to destroy you along with the painting."
Just as Caine was about to fire towards the painting, the painting suddenly lit up and the woman wearing a green dress momentarily appeared in front of Caine.
"Alright, stop! Don't destroy the painting or else everyone in that painting will also die! You don't want that right?"
Her height was that of an adult, so Caine had to look up in order to see her. She also had a green veil which covered her entire face. It blurred out her face, but you can still easily tell that she was a true beauty.
"Well… if it means to sacrifice the minority to save the majority, then I will gladly do so." Caine replied, of course he didn't really mean it, but if push comes to shove then he would not hesitate to do so.
The woman bit her lip, she was still in the shock of Caine's sudden appearance. 'Just who is this brat? Why weren't I able to detect his present, and what's more, that black ball of energy created from his finger was truly scary. It felt like it really could destroy the painting.'
The woman finally spoke and asked, "Who exactly are you?"
Caine shook his head and said, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking others? What's more, I am more interested in how you, an undead ancient dragon, is able to transform into a human form."
The woman's eyes widened in shock and stuttered back a few steps, Caine's words caught her off guard.
"Y-You, how can you tell?"
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