Femi led a squad through the town and headed straight for the land of the Undead to the southwest.
The town behind them remained silent. Nothing stirred... This scene had already played out in "Let Magic Fly."
Femi showed no emotion as he led his men out of the pitch-dark town.
A Guard rode up behind him. "Sir, people are following us!"
Femi looked back and saw a point of fire appear at the edge of the dark town. More and more torches lit up, turning scattered sparks into a sea of stars that gathered into a long fire dragon.
"Great! Looks like it worked!"
The Guard shouted in excitement.
Femi turned away and had the Cavalry slow down so the townspeople could keep up as they approached the land of the Undead.
Ghostly flames drifted through the land of the Undead at night. The souls of the Wronged Dead and Skeleton Soldiers awakened by the dense aura of death wandered there.
As they drew near, the land's master appeared: a Banshee that had developed a will of her own. "Living beings, you have trespassed upon the dead in their Slumber. Only oblivion awaits you!"
Femi called out, "We mean no offense. We're only here to resolve a crisis for the people living in the nearby town."
The impatient Banshee suddenly flared with ghostly light and shrieked, "Then die!!!"
The Cavalry behind Femi drew their Magic Muskets in unison.
Did Magic Muskets work on ghosts?
No.
After the Magic Musket was developed, it had been tested on the Three-Color Ghosts.
But just as silver-tipped bullets or bullets soaked in holy water could effectively wound vampires, bullets engraved with Exorcism Runes or blessed could also harm ghosts.
So unlike in "Let Magic Fly," they did not need to borrow the people's