Chapter 2148: Decapitated Pass

Finally, Qiao An tried to use the 6th-level spell "Fossil to Flesh" to dissolve petrification, but the stone statue remained unchanged.
Qiao An scratched his head and looked at the stone statue, disappointed and confused.
Even if his guess is not in line with reality, the stone statue is just an ordinary sculpture, it should be transformed into a flesh and blood body without a soul, how can the rock material remain unchanged?
When he was wondering, Clark led the horse and walked over.
"Brother, do you remember the curse I talked about yesterday? The Styx Witch will never be able to leave Nifolheim. This is not a joke!"
"Any witch who tries to escape from the'Nation of Mist' will be cursed by Koschurch from the moment she steps into the Wandering Canyon, and her body will slowly and irretrievably begin to petrify, until it finally becomes a one. Stone statue."
"The humanoid stone statues you see now were all witches who did not believe in evil."
"Time will make people gradually forget the lessons of history and question tradition."
"There will always be some young and energetic witches who want to use actual actions to prove that the ancient legends about the Koschurch curse are just scams made up by the old stubborns in the church. As a result, they will all stand in the canyon forever. At the expense of life, I finally proved that I had committed a mistake that I could not regret."
After hearing Clark’s words, Qiao Ann felt a little sympathy for these unfortunately petrified witches. If you are a Stygian Witch, you can't help but verify whether the curse that has been passed down from ancient times to this day is true.
Of course, he will certainly not risk himself recklessly, but will design a safer and more secure experimental program.
Finally, taking a deep look at the icy statue in front of him, Qiao Ann jumped on his horse and continued to ride deep into the snow-capped canyon.
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The season has passed the autumnal equinox, the days in the northern hemisphere are short and the nights are long, and the gap between day and night in the polar regions is particularly obvious.
Qiao An didn’t feel much when he first arrived at the Wandering Canyon. After traveling with Clark for a week, his location has already crossed the Arctic Circle. In addition to getting colder and colder, there is also an obvious feeling that the sunshine is getting shorter and shorter. The night is getting longer and longer.
At dusk on September 26, Clark told the young mage who was riding with the bridle.
"After the autumnal equinox, the closer you are to the North Pole, the longer the night will be. In the end, you will not even see the sun throughout the day, which is the so-called'polar night' phenomenon."
"Fortunately, we can at least see the moon, plus the reflections of snow and ice everywhere, it won't hinder our vision."
"If you have free time, brother, staying in the temple of Styx until winter, we will have the opportunity to see the'Aurora Borealis'. It is said that this is the trace left by the skirt of the'Goddess of Hades' in the night sky when he traveled... Really, tut, it's so beautiful!"
"Oh! It's all because I read little, didn't have any education, and couldn't think of an appropriate adjective to describe the aurora. Anyway, you can see it with your own eyes."
Qiao Ann was amused secretly.
He has never seen "Aurora", but he knows that "Aurora" is just a natural phenomenon produced by the interaction between solar radiation and the earth's magnetic field. There are no supernatural or magical factors here, and it is even more like "Ms. Hull's skirt". Don't touch it...
Emmmm...Well, it doesn't seem romantic enough to explain it this way, so let's not take it seriously!
When the two of them were chatting, there was a gloomy wind blowing in the narrow canyon tunnel ahead, which made them shiver.
Qiao Ann and Clark looked at each other and halted their horses alertly.
"The situation here is wrong! The concentration of negative energy in the mist is surprisingly high, Brother Clark, there may be undead creatures ahead."
Qiao Ann is still too conservative, in fact the word "may" can be deleted.
Turning on the "true knowledge" attached to the prosthetic eye, his eyes penetrated the cover of night and fog, Qiao An saw a large group of thieves and brains lurking in the shadows cast by the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, as well as incorporeal bodies. The looming gray figure of the undead should be "bound to the spirit" by visual inspection.
"Hey! It's been a whole week since we entered the canyon. It's not easy. We finally saw the living undead!" Clark laughed happily.
Qiao Ann gave the Frost Giant an angry glance.
What is a "living soul"? Sick sentences at the textbook level!
Realizing that Joan was planning to cast a spell, Clark quickly raised his hand to block it.
"My brother, don't rush to do it. I have the impression of this place, called the'Beef-cutting Pass'. In the valley opposite the pass, there is an old woman who lives in seclusion. It is my old acquaintance. The undead guarding the pass belong to the old man. Slave, I will try to say hello to her first and see if I can pass through the pass peacefully."
Of course, Qiao An did not oppose the peaceful passage, so he nodded in agreement with Clark's intervention.
The Frost Giant stood in front of the pass with his hands on his hips, pulling his throat and shouting:
"Lady Lich, it's me, Clark Hainier, and my friend Joan! Can you please let us go by it?"
Clark’s voice was loud and echoes echoed over the valley. Not long after, a woman's accusation came across the narrow pass:
"Stupid big guy! Who do you say is'mother-in-law', am I that old?"
"Oops! I forgot her taboo!" Clark made a grimace at Qiao Ann and quickly changed his words: "Sorry, young and beautiful Ms. Amanda, please forgive me for being silent and saying the wrong thing!"
The old woman hiding in the dark gave out a scalp-numbing sneer: "It's too late to change my mouth! You two bear kids who don't understand manners, play with my men first, defeat them, and I will consider whether to let them go. You pass."
After putting down these words, there was no movement across the pass.
Joan frowned and asked the Frost Giant in a low voice: "Brother Clark, that Lady Amanda... Is she really a Lich?"
"I have seen Granny Amanda with my own eyes. She looks like a corpse with a terrifying breath that makes her teeth tremble. She is definitely a fake lich!"
Clark lowered his voice and introduced JoAnn to the origins of the Lich Lady.
"Mrs. Amanda served as the'chief witch' of the Temple of Styx before her death, which is equivalent to the'Patriarch' in the church. Before she died, she voluntarily transformed into the form of a lich, lived in the Wandering Gorge, and commanded the undead in the canyon. The censorship of the travellers in the past was first to intercept wanted criminals trying to escape from the "Nation of Fog", and a more important mission was to prevent missionaries sent by other churches from entering Niefolheim and competing with the Church of Hull for believers. "
"Looking at it this way, fortunately I am not a priest, otherwise Ms. Amanda is afraid that she will personally rush me back to my hometown." Qiao An said thoughtfully.