The voice was incredibly soft, like a gentle breeze brushing past the ear, slightly ticklish.
If Princess King Gumman were still alive, perhaps just hearing this voice would have made her swoon. It was deep and hoarse, full of charm, with an unconsciously seductive sexiness.
However, for Princess King Gumman, now turned into a Semi-Undead, the appearance of a voice by her ear at this moment, no matter how enchanting, gave her a shock.
“Fools die from babbling too much, heh,” the voice continued with its peculiarly charming uptick at the end: “Do you know why the cat dies? Because, curiosity killed it.”
Princess King Gumman’s heart chilled, and without looking back to see who was speaking, she forcibly activated “Possession by the Undead.”
No matter who was speaking, it was a threat to her, and she had to escape immediately!
But when Princess King Gumman opened her eyes again, she found she was still in the same place.
Behind her stood the undead she had been possessing, staring blankly on the spot.
Princess King Gumman looked down and saw that not only had she not left, but her Semi-Undead true form was exposed!
She glanced around and discovered that she was trapped within a strange magical barrier. And beside the barrier stood a tall figure.
“This is your Special Ability, huh?” The tall man fondled a black wand in his hand and looked at the two undead inside the barrier.
To be precise, one undead and one Semi-Undead.
“Suddenly emerging from within an undead body, yet previously showing no signs of irregularity… tsk tsk, it seems Angel guessed right after all, your so-called ability to hide is actually a type of possession ability.”
Even Isabel was deceived, thinking King Gumman had a sophisticated hiding ability, in reality, it was possession, and after possession, the original essence and the undead essence were indistinguishable, absolutely difficult to detect.
Princess King Gumman gazed spitefully at the man outside the barrier: “It’s you?! Why are you here, I clearly saw—”
“You clearly saw me engaged in combat with a Red Specter? The Red Specter is indeed formidable, but even Angel can handle so many Red Specters nimbly, do you think as a Mentor, I couldn’t handle one?” The speaker was indeed Sanders.
Angel, who heard the voices from a distance: “…”
What do you mean nimbly? Are you describing a monkey?
Sanders calmly looked at Princess King Gumman, his eyes containing the same curiosity as Angel, the Semi-Undead form of the princess was too inspiring for research.
Luckily, both Angel and Sanders belonged to the Illusion Series, so even with their research interest, they could contain themselves. If it were Isabel from the Soul Sect who was here, she might have been even more excited.
Princess King Gumman’s expression was cold: “Have you been following him all along?”
Sanders nodded very politely.
The one battling the Red Specters on the surface was Sanders’s illusion, while he had been quietly following Angel. Since he landed in the Corpse Forest, Sanders had been nearby. Hence, she witnessed everything.
“No wonder he is fearless, it turns out there’s an old hen following the chick,” Princess King Gumman mocked, her expression growing even darker: “So how did you find me?”
“Before answering your question, I need to correct a mistake of yours, Angel’s confidence doesn’t stem from my presence, but from his ability to leave here at any time,” Sanders paused, then continued: “As for how I discovered you… I actually didn’t discover you.”
Princess King Gumman abruptly looked up.
“The person who discovered you was Angel.”
Although Sanders had always been following Angel, to avoid alerting King Gumman, they did not speak. But Angel always knew of Sanders’s proximity because the Mind Ribbon was unobstructed since he fell into the Corpse Forest.
It wasn’t until recently that Angel confirmed Princess King Gumman’s location and signaled Sanders, who then appeared and made the final interception, concluding the event and settling the dust.
Sanders truly didn’t detect Princess King Gumman because her capacity for possession was almost flawless. It was Angel who found her.
Angel had encountered several odd undead along the way, all of which did not seem like typical undead, and he took notice.
It was when he utilized the ability of his right eye’s green pattern, that he spotted a flaw.
One of Angel’s abilities in his right eye is extremely similar to the Technique of Dispelling Delusion, able to see through false appearances and rapidly process visual data to identify abnormalities.
The first time Angel noticed Princess King Gumman was when he spotted irregularities in one undead, which reminded him of those odd undead before… Upon further investigation, he discovered that this undead had a double image.
It was like it was possessed.
This made Angel recall what Isabel had said about Princess King Gumman having “a sophisticated ability to conceal,” what if she wasn’t hiding at all, but possessing instead?
Once she possessed someone, no one else could detect her.
She could also observe the battlefield closely, which fitted the scenario outside the forest where she was clearing the undead.
With this in mind, Angel approached that undead and tried a verbal test.
And indeed, his test proved successful.
However, Princess King Gumman used her possession ability to flee again, turning Angel’s “test” into “Fools die from babbling too much.”
As Sanders said before, curiosity killed the cat.
Princess King Gumman escaped using her possession ability, and it would not have been easy for Angel to find her again.
But as she was preparing to flee, her curiosity took hold and she looked back at Angel, which allowed him to notice something was off with the undead. He immediately informed Sanders through the Mind Ribbon, intercepting Princess King Gumman.
After explaining, Sanders smiled faintly, “So it’s not just fools who die, curiosity can also be fatal.”
At that moment, the coldness on King Gumman’s daughter’s face seemed almost tangible. She hadn’t expected the ultimate reason to be such!
Her raging fury caused the chaotic energy within her to swell massively, and a large amount of dark mist emanated from her soul body, constantly assaulting the light barrier, trying to break through it.
However, the light barrier did not budge.
“Give up. The light barrier can block all energy, especially immune to negative energy to a high degree. With your power, it’s impossible to break through,” Sanders said.
King Gumman’s daughter stopped in her tracks; the test result was as Sanders had said—she was utterly unable to disturb the light barrier.