Leinster, Jung Ryeo, Hyo Eun and the Sealed Demon King all subconsciously turned their heads around.
Then, all of them were stunned for a split second, their eyes slowly widening in disbelief.
The other challengers also fell silent, none of them dared to breathe heavily.
The audiences in the livestreams collectively stopped sending comnts, as if soone blocked the entire comnt section.
After a few seconds of deep silence, Leinster clenched his fists and finally opened his mouth stiffly, his voice hoarse.
"Oto...?"
The woman with a bob cut hair looked at Leinster with a smile on her face, but her smile never reached her eyes.
"Yes, dear challenger?"
It was clearly Oton Lover’s voice and her face too, but sohow, it felt as if there was another voice and silhouette mixed in, blending two different people in one body.
The second voice...it was the voice of the announcer, the one who announced every important event in the mall.
Leinster took a deep breath and slowly spoke in a hushed voice, as if afraid of triggering sothing.
"You...what’s going on?"
Why...why is Oton Lover acting strange?
When did it happen? Why did none of them realize it even when they were so close to her?
Oton Lover tilted her head and laughed, her ethereal voice that sounded like two people speaking at the sa ti resounded throughout the dim hall.
"Dear challengers, you may explore the hall now. If you need my assistance, it’s my pleasure to guide you, dear challengers."
Now, Oton Lover was speaking to other challengers as well, not only Leinster.
Seeing that Oton Lover still didn’t return to her usual self, Leinster’s expression fell and the alien, who had never cared about other creatures, suddenly a surge of emotion—
It was as if a volcano was about to erupt.
Jung Ryeo and Hyo Eun also noticed Oton Lover’s strange behaviour and they quickly surrounded Leinster, their eyes wary but with a hint of sorrow.
"You...don’t get too close to her. She’s not herself anymore, " Jung Ryeo reminded, but after that, he suddenly regretted his words.
Why should he remind this bastard?
Tsk.
Hyo Eun also looked back and forth between Leinster and Oton Lover, her gentle face slowly turning icy cold.
"Sothing is possessing her."
And that " sothing"....
Could it be the guardian spirit?
The other challengers naturally thought of the sa thing but since the suspected guardian spirit blatantly told them to explore the hall, they had no choice but to go.
It’s not that they could already kill the woman and imdiately clear the ruin, right?
Once the other challengers slowly dispersed, Leinster took another look at Oton Lover and nodded at her.
"We need your assistance— "
"Please guide us."
He didn’t know what’s going on with Oton Lover and how it happened, but it’s better to keep her under their eyes.
Oton Lover imdiately smiled charmingly, the smile that never seed to reach her heart.
"Yes, dear challenger. Let’s start with this artifact..."
Once Oton Lover moved, the silent comnt section finally ca alive, especially the ones in Oton Lover’s own livestream.
[YourMajestyTheQueenDowager:
Baby? W-why are you acting strange? Are you okay? You’re okay, right?]
[TheBestDaddyInTheWorld:
What’s going on? Why is my baby acting strange? Is this a part of the rules or sothing? Soone, please explain!]
[Snow_White’s_Bestie:
No, no, no! You’re not my best friend! You’re not Seolhee!]
[TheBestDaddyInTheWorld:
What are you saying?? That’s Seolhee! She didn’t turn into a monster or anything!]
[Snow_White’s_Bestie:
Uncle, Seolhee is being possessed by a ghost! That’s not Seolhee at all! Please don’t be in denial! Bohooooo— ]
The parents felt silent, unwilling to believe this comnt but the comnt section was already in chaos.
[What’s going on? How did this woman suddenly get possessed? There’s no signs at all.]
[Actually, there is. She’s the only one unconscious during the ti when the red light appears.]
[Is that the only reason she’s chosen? Why would the guardian spirit possess this woman? Is she special? Did she carry anything?]
The audience was confused, so did Leinster and his group, but they refrained from doing anything rash and quietly listened to Oton Lover explaining the human vase in front of them with an excited voice.
"This is one of my latest masterpieces! I called it the Hugging Vase."
Oton Lover pointed at the life-like humans who were twisting around the vase, facing the group with faces full of agony, as if they were still alive.
"They look like they’re hugging each other lovingly, right?"
Right, your a*s.
Leinster wanted to curse, but Oton Lover, or whoever was possessing her, quickly added with a high-pitched voice.
"I made this vase from a family of three! Look, the husband, wife and the daughter are all happy, right?"
Oton Lover looked at the vase with warm eyes, even more real than her smile, but her next words chilled everyone’s bones.
"This vase’s the is a loving family, that’s why I made them hug each other forever and ever~ "
Leinster averted his eyes from the vase and couldn’t help but interrupt Oton Lover, who was clearly looking more and more abnormal.
"Okay, let’s make this short. How do I summon the guardian spirit? I have collected all the items that I might need."
The audience in the livestream imdiately sucked in the cold air.
[Damn, bro! You’re so brave! You asked that right in front of the big boss!]
Oton Lover, or the guardian spirit herself silently stared at Leinster with a blank gaze for a few seconds, the air slowly becoming heavier.
Just when the atmosphere was so tense that Leinster started to break into a cold sweet, the guardian spirit inside Oton Lover’s body suddenly broke into a bright smile.
"Well, you still lack bones! No need for all 206 bones, just a skull will do~ "
After saying that with a cheerful tone, Oton Lover looked at the nurous exhibitions in the hall, her eyes flashed with a hint of contempt.
"Can you find the skull before the ti is up?"
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