This Necromancer Just Wants to Plant Trees-Chapter 1967 - 562 Shadows Lurk Monster
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Bobo exclaimed:
"Are the legendary Dimension Anchors actually two women?"
Clayde coughed:
"It’s that stone."
"As for those two women, frankly speaking, I have no idea where they come from."
"But since they appeared in Beckman’s bedroom, their origins must be extraordinary, and we absolutely cannot take them lightly."
Matthew agreed with Clayde.
He wasn’t in a rush to enter the bedroom directly, but kept Dispelling the Shadow Domain surrounding them with his own power of the domain.
This process took some time, providing an ample buffer for him to observe the situation inside the bedroom.
Matthew opened the door wider, then looked inside.
Compared to the hallway filled with shadow creatures, Beckman’s bedroom seemed much emptier.
Except for the two naked women on the central bed.
For now, Matthew couldn’t detect any other signs of life.
The room was actually quite large, about the size of the previous hall they had passed through, and as Matthew dispelled the shadows within, the space seemed even more vast.
"It seems like he moved all the furniture away."
"Only the central big bed left..."
"Other than those two women and the hook-shaped stone suspected to be the Dimension Anchor, there’s not much else worth noting."
Three minutes later.
Matthew made such a judgment.
He turned his gaze towards Richard and the Legendary Rogues, their feedback wasn’t much different.
"Strange."
"If that stone indeed is the Dimension Anchor crucial to the success of this event, why didn’t Beckman station heavy troops in this place where the most protection is needed?"
"Or does he think that no one could cross the Shadow Sea Gorge, and those shadow monsters in the hallway were already sufficient?"
Caution surged in Matthew again.
At this point, most of the shadows had already dispersed.
Everyone left the corridor and entered the bedroom.
No need for Matthew’s reminder.
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They carefully observed the big bed.
First.
Matthew naturally paid attention to the two unconscious women.
Their appearance here was so abrupt, their pure white skin also starkly contrasting with the Shadow Domain.
Their aura was very weak, clearly mundane humans.
Initially, Matthew thought they were sacrifices for some ritual Beckman was conducting.
But strangely.
These two women had no injuries, although unconscious, their breaths were stable, life signs healthy, and their souls quite stable!
They also bore no marks that would identify them as sacrifices.
This was even more curious.
"Should I wake them up?"
Lumiere asked:
"Or maybe cover them with a garment?"
Matthew shook his head lightly.
The next second.
He thoughtfully summoned two mice.
Squeak squeak!
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the two mice quickly ran towards the big bed and reached the women in no time.
"Wait, Matthew, don’t tell me you’re trying to..."
Lumiere’s words were cut off.
As one of the mice had already climbed to the ankle of one woman and bit into her pure white skin!
Without a sound.
The woman’s figure suddenly turned into a shadow, with a dark red eyeball flashing within!
Immediately.
Both the woman and the mouse vanished from the bed without leaving any traces.
All done silently.
Seeing this, Matthew curled his lip, ordered the other mouse to do the same, the poor little creature though reluctant, ran to the other woman mimicking its companion, and then rapidly followed its peer—disappearing cleanly.
"It’s a ’Shadow Lurker’."
Richard spoke:
"I had only heard of this creature before, but had never seen one."
"This is a creature that lives only in the deep sections of the Shadow Plane, it can transform into any creature’s form; to make its transformation more convincing, the transformed beings are usually immobile."
"And once an ordinary person unwarily touches the transformed being, they’ll be immediately transported to the deepest part of the Shadow Plane."
"There’s a theory saying that after the contact and transportation, the Shadow Lurker will always mutually destroy any material world creature it contacts—this is also why they only inhabit the deeper parts of the Shadow Plane."
"Some also believe that the Shadow Lurkers are creatures designed by a powerful Shadow Lord, similar in purpose to mimic monsters, designed to lure adventurers."
"Now it seems, some rumblings hold truth, Beckman, considering that those who could get past the Shadow Sea Gorge were few, guessed two Lurkers were sufficient..."
Sener suddenly interrupted:
"How do you know there are only two Lurkers?"
"What if the bed and that stone are also Lurkers?"
Richard raised his eyebrows, about to argue.
When Vivien and Camela promptly used ’Powerful Life Detection’ and ’Activation Technique.’
Life Detection showed no other living beings in the room;
And as soon as Camela’s Activation Technique touched the big bed, it immediately stuck out a thick tongue, wildly trying to lick everyone, only to be swiftly pulled out entirely by Lumiere!
