Abandoned castle.
At the basement entrance.
Lilliat and Dozoren were setting up tents outside the castle.
Aaron, meanwhile, had come alone before the black iron door engraved with mysterious patterns.
After some thought, he ultimately decided not to indulge his perverse amusement of having his "evil spirit" explore the Evil Spirit Mausoleum, and prepared to make the trip himself.
As he stood before the door, his eyes abruptly turned pure white, and the spirituality of the "Yao" aspect spread over the iron door.
"Open!"
He uttered a word in Spirit Language.
Click!
Click!
The iron locks on the door opened one after another from top to bottom, in neat succession.
The pitch-black doorway burst open with a bang, and a chilling wind blew outward.
If an ordinary person were swept by this cold wind containing the "Underworld" aspect, they would surely fall gravely ill, perhaps even become prone to attracting cursed things such as the undead from then on.
Aaron frowned. He did not even need to chant an incantation; with a mere thought, pure, pristine radiance emerged around his body.
This was "Purification"!
And it was even stronger than it had been during his time as a Forge-Maker or Light Shepherd!
The black wind abruptly vanished without a trace. The temperature throughout the basement entrance immediately rose, becoming warm as spring.
Aaron had no need for a lantern as he walked straight into the mausoleum.
The basement was enormous. After being remodeled, its walls had been carved with all manner of "Underworld" aspect engravings and incantations.
After passing through a not particularly long corridor, Aaron arrived at the main burial chamber.
Tap, tap!
Click, click!
Various sounds of footsteps, bodies brushing and scraping against one another came from the darkness.
Figures closed in from every direction. They wore tattered