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[When the test comes, demons will whisper, and the sinister will murmur in a language incomprehensible to us.]
What, what's happening?
Mist swirled around Thales, who looked at Sherryl in confusion as the girl cupped his face and moved her lips anxiously, but no sound came out.
What, what's…
The next instant, the cold touch on his neck gave Thales goosebumps!
Right, did I, did I just successfully make a sound?
Perhaps it also brought calamity.
Thales stared at the eerie mist before him, feeling a presence behind him as clarity and reason gradually returned to his brain.
"Who, who are you?" he asked the person behind him, his hand on the JC Dagger, on guard.
Or perhaps, what are you?
Seeing this, Sherryl became even more terrified and shook her head desperately.
The presence behind him gently caressed his neck, and the voice became sweeter and gentler, "That's not important."
Thales shuddered.
Strange.
That voice is…
No, it can't be.
