Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 113 - 110: Forbidden Nightmare 17 (Weren’t You Going to Kill Josh?)
It’s now!
Josh quickly pulled the Spider Silk, teleporting her body outside.
She opened the door and rushed out.
The ghost woman was momentarily stunned, then, as if enraged, stood in place and shouted at her, "Don’t think about running away!"
Josh raced forward along the Spider Silk, with the ghost woman not far behind her.
In fact, her speed vaguely surpassed that of Josh.
Josh had to speed up and dash forward.
A tearing pain came from her heart.
She didn’t dare slow down, her face turning pale as she continued to run forward.
The Spider Silk stretched out into the night.
It was as if it was a black, endless abyss, with no end in sight no matter how far she ran.
In a moment of hesitation, the ghost woman grabbed her hair and pulled it hard.
Josh acted decisively, drawing the knife for self-defense and cutting off that lock of hair.
The ghost woman sneered, threw away the hair, and lunged at her.
Josh continued to run forward, towards the faintly flickering blue light at the end of the Spider Silk.
She pushed herself towards the light, but the tearing pain in her chest made her slow down involuntarily.
The flickering blue light was just ahead, if only she could move a little farther forward.
If only a little farther!
The ghost woman behind her had already grabbed her shoulder.
The instinct to survive forced her to call out for help towards the light ahead, "Help me!"
A well-defined hand slowly reached toward her from the light, its palm delicate and pale, almost deathly white, devoid of life, devoid of blood color.
But this was Josh’s only hope for survival.
Without hesitation, she grabbed the hand firmly.
The chill of the touch made her shiver, but she did not let go; instead, she held on tighter and used the strength to lunge forward.
A solid, cold embrace caught her.
The ghost woman, unwilling to give up, tried to leap onto them, only to meet a pair of cold, sharp blue eyes.
From those blue eyes burst a sacred, inviolable light. At a single glance, the abyss in those eyes seemed capable of absorbing everything in sight.
The ghost woman seemed to see something terrifying, screamed in fright, and turned to flee, disappearing.
Josh, realizing the danger was gone, breathed a sigh of relief, covered her chest, and softened, facing a familiar face.
"It’s you..." Josh couldn’t finish her sentence before she completely fainted.
The Mermaid King silently held the frail girl.
Her brow was tightly knit with some kind of pain, her cheeks pale to transparency, and her full, petal-like lips pressed tightly.
Her breathing was light, greatly restrained.
Her entire being conveyed a single message.
She was in pain.
Yet, there were no wounds on her body.
The Mermaid King carried her back to the ancestral hall and placed her on the offering table.
"Didn’t you say you were going to kill her?" It was Code 7’s voice echoing inside him.
The Mermaid King stared at her face, his eyes still and emotionless as an ancient well, "Mm."
Code 7 was puzzled, "You’re not going to act?"
The Mermaid King did not answer, only silently observed the face he had countless times revisited in his mind.
His clansmen had plunged into turmoil because of her departure.
The gods said her existence was to bring him pain, leading him to destruction, and that he must kill her.
But he just quietly watched this face, not taking the next step.
Due to the pain, the girl curled up slightly, with suppressed cries of pain escaping her lips.
She was suffering. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
The Mermaid King slowly blinked, looking at the girl on the offering table.
She was like a work of art sculpted from white jade, her skin glowing delicately in the moonlight.
The red wood offering table was the perfect backdrop for the girl, who lay upon it in agony, appearing to be the best sacrifice offered to the gods.
His hand slowly caressed her brow, his sexy, deep voice carrying an almost bewitching power like a sea demon’s chant, "Are you trying to soften my heart with this pain so I won’t kill you?"
His only answer was her repressed, enduring pain.
Code 7’s voice came again, though it was an adult’s voice, there was a hint of childlike innocence in his tone, "I get it now. You deliberately sealed her powers, putting her in danger so she’d call for your help, right?"
The Mermaid King’s eyes lowered, his face serene and ethereal in the moonlight as the emotions roiled beneath his eyes, all concealed, "Without this, how would she plead to the Gods for help? And how else can the Gods escape this prison created because of her, yet trapping the Gods themselves?"
Code 7 followed his gaze to Josh on the offering table.
Her pain had not lessened in the slightest.
Code 7 furrowed his brows slightly, "She’s really hurting, you should help her."
The Mermaid King quietly watched her endure the pain, "Why should I save her? She could have stayed with me, sharing my lifespan, becoming my queen, enjoying the blessings of the sea, but she betrayed the sea and betrayed me; even the pain is what she deserves."
Code 7 pursed his lips, persistently, "But she’s really hurting."
Josh clutched her chest, her body curling tighter.
Small, thin, she huddled on the offering table, pitiful and cute.
A barely audible sigh came from the ancestral hall.
The gods, in the end, softened their heart, reaching out to relieve her of the pain.
His hand rested on her chest, and only then did he notice the wound inside her body.
But this wound was clearly...
*
Josh slowly awakened, finding the sky outside already bright.
She glanced around at where she was and furrowed her brows slightly.
Last night, she was clearly being chased by a ghost towards Yuze, which should have been the end of the Spider Silk, so how did she end up in the ancestral hall?
Later, her heart hurt too much, and after that, she lost consciousness...
Could it be she accidentally stumbled into the ancestral hall, where the ghost dared not offend the Sea God?
Instinctively, she looked towards the Sea God Statue; it seemed even more lifelike than before.
Josh didn’t dwell on the Sea God Statue now; taking advantage of the early hours and the absence of others, she got up and left the ancestral hall quietly.
Before stepping into the boathouse, she heard excited whispers not far away.
"A dead person! Finally, a dead person again!"
Josh instantly snapped awake.
The room with the dead body was at the end of the boathouse.
She hurried over.
It was apparent that the game players had discovered the body. They not only kept silent but also secretly blocked the news.
Every body could potentially be a clue, and the players wouldn’t miss any chance to search for clues.
Josh tried to inch closer, but was blocked by the players ahead.
They were the players named Lulu and Zhuang Ran.
Josh raised an eyebrow, "What’s up?"
With a condescending smile, Lulu blocked her way, "Sorry, we found this clue first; it’s first come, first served. Don’t you know the rules, newbie?"
Zhuang Ran sneered, rolling his eyes, "Yeah, like a fly drawn to rotting meat, really funny."
