An aged greeting came from within the coffin.
Linsey immediately took two steps back.
Was the wizard buried here, like Nolan, also setting up some kind of fishing trap?
At that moment, a shadow floated out from the top of the coffin.
It was an old man well past seventy, with white hair and beard, his aura faint to the point of nearly being imperceptible. He smiled at Linsey.
"Running into his master in a graveyard really isn't a pleasant experience."
"..."
"Y-you... sir, are you that wizard? You're not dead either?"
Linsey's emotions churned.
His extensive adventuring experience made him instinctively activate his Scouting Skill.
Death Echo—after a powerful individual died, their will left a soul echo within the corpse. Once activated, it would quickly disappear.
Linsey blinked.
He had just assumed that this wizard who had created the Godslaying Technique was lying in wait here, just like Nolan.
But the information from his Scouting Skill was right before his eyes.
This old wizard was truly dead.
What remained here was merely an illusion he had prepared for later generations.
Linsey lowered his gaze.
Inside the coffin, a dried corpse devoid of life dissipated into drifting dust the moment it came into contact with the air.
The illusion before him was the only thing this former powerhouse had left in the world.
Meeting Linsey's gaze, the old wizard's illusion spoke.
"Don't worry. I'm only a dead man. I can't do anything to you."
Seeing that the other party bore no hostility, Linsey nodded and explained his purpose.
"Sir, I came here to find..."
"The God-Slaying Skill." The old wizard smiled with emotion. "The world may be vast, but secrets cannot remain hidden forever. Even if the Righteous Walker of City of Law kept it confidential, this place would eventually