On the aircraft. Seito is breathing heavily as he leaned on a chair, he looks rather exhausted and pale.
"I am so sorry... I tried my best to maintain the communication sprite but the rejecting pressure down there is just too strong, even for non magic based spiritual connection..." said Seito, rather strenuous.
"You don't really need to apologize, you had done a great job, and I am at least able to deliver all the main points to Sky. And in fact, I am the one that should apologize for making you do such a tedious task. If I could reach Sky with my magic, I would not let you gone through this." said Chris.
"Well, I have done it with my own free will. It's better than risking any of us to get into that sinkhole." said Seito, as he slowly recovered from the exhaustion.
"Chris, I had found a safe spot to land a few hundred meters away from the sinkhole, should I land now?" Junior asked from the cockpit.
"Yes, please proceed." said Chris...
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In the sinkhole, Lili and Tata's house. Tata had done bandaging Sky's injuries and joined her sister with the conversations.
"So, aside from all the wanderers that been lured into this sinkhole with no obvious reason, any other weird and unexplainable occurrence?... Uh... Well... How the heck did those wanderers survive that hundred meters fall is another unexplainable occurrence though... But that's not our concern for now." said Sky, as he continuously heard Tata whisper about how those wanderers survived the fall.
"I see... Hmm... I don't I think had ever heard of any... Oh! Hold on! There is one... But it's too trivia so I am not very clear about it. And I don't think it will be useful." said Lili.
"It's okay, there is nothing wrong about sharing it, no matter how trivia it is, it is still a clue." said Sky.
"Alright... Let me try to recall the whole thing... There is a family that lives near the northern side of this sinkhole. Recently, something unpleasant happened at their house. First is the mysterious face shape stain that suddenly appeared on their wall, followed by their child who constantly having a nightmare of the witch who has her eyes and tongue removed. But that's probably just kids getting scared by that gruesome legend with an additional effects from that creepy stain... I guess this information is not very useful as well." said Lili.
"Well, useful or not, I guess we need to visit that family to find out. You know the exact location of their house, right?" Sky asked.
"Ah... Okay... But don't expect too much from it and we might encounter those bandits again if we are in bad luck." said Lili.
"Ah... Now you mentioned about those bandits, I am curious, who is in charge of this group of bandits, and why isn't anyone taking any action on them? Not even the party with authorities care about this protection racket issue?" Sky asked.
"Well... For your information, they are a part of the 'government' in this place." said Lili.
"Wait! What? For real?" Sky asked, a bit surprised.
"Sadly, it's real. The ruler of this place is actually the boss of the bandits." said Lili.
"Ah... I guess it's against the whole government then... Anyway, bring me to that place you mentioned just now." said Sky.
Lili nodded before headed back to her room and changed back to that cringy look. Then, she walked to the front door, she opened the door and is greeted by an emoji-like plain white humanoid creature.
"Yikes! What is that thing?" Lili exclaimed as she stepped back a few steps.
Seeing that reaction of Lili, the humanoid creature anxiously waved its hands, indicating that it is not a bad person or whatsoever. Apparently, it is not able to talk.
"Ah... Out of all his helper spirits, he sent me this fellow..." Sky mumbled in disappointment.
"You know this thing?" Lili asked, a bit surprised.
"Well... This is a helper sprite my friend send to me as an assistant." said Sky.
"A helper? But this thing doesn't really look quite dependable..." Tata whispered.
"Well, this is the weakest helper he has after all. Anyway, Jimmy, do you bring any important information for me?" Sky asked, and that humanoid figure's name is Jimmy.
Then Jimmy started waving his hands in different patterns, but it's definitely not the sign language we all familiar with.
Lili and Tata stared at Jimmy's every movement and are totally curious at what he is saying.
"Ah... I see, so due to extreme magic press and limitations, spiritual energy is the only possible option to use in here... Hmm... This could be quite troublesome. And they send you here to provide me with your spiritual energy as well as acting as a spirit tracker, am I right?" said Sky.
Jimmy nodded nervously.
"But I seriously doubt if you could do such a highly advanced task." said Sky, a bit doubtful.
Jimmy once again nervously waved his hands, frantically trying to explain himself...
"Ah... They can actually communicate with each other..." said Tata.
"Mhmm... This is certainly not anything we can see every day." said Lili.
"Mmm..."
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After that short unexpected episode with Jimmy, they headed to a small farmhouse near the edge of the sinkhole. In the farmhouse, lived a family of four, parents and two sons. After they briefly explained the reason of their arrival, the parents invited them into the house...
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Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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