The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

309: The Old Castle

Once Oli joined the group, the four of them marched carefully forward together.

It was a strange island.
There was a large forest, but there wasn’t a single animal sound – no animal roars or insect chirps; the only sounds came from the ocean and waves.
It felt dead.

Despite not encountering any danger as they climbed up the mountain path, they remained vigilant.
They didn’t dare take the island lightly.

They came upon some human bones after climbing for half an hour.

Oli pointed to a large stone next to the bones.
“Look! There are words on this.” A line of text was carved on the bottom part of the stone.
It looked like it had been done a long time ago.

“What does it say?”

The girls immediately crowded around the stone.

“The writing is too old.
It’s written in Common but only a few of the words are still legible.” Most of the text had been blurred with time, but Oli read the parts he could still recognize.
“Look here. . .  here is the enemy. . . kill. . . none will escape. . . ”

The words made everyone anxious.
It really wasn’t a good place.

“Well let’s keep going.” Liana said.

“That’s the only thing we can do.” They couldn’t retreat.
They had no boat and their powers were sealed.
There was no choice but to keep moving forward and hope to find a way out.

They had awoken on the beach to find their powers sealed and were now ordinary people without access to their cultivated abilities.

The discovery of the bones left everyone rattled, but they had to keep going.
No one spoke, so the group moved silently onward.

They reached the highest point on the island an hour later.
An obviously old, dilapidated castle sat at the top.

They stood outside, not sure if they should enter.
Since it was the only building in sight, they ultimately decided to go in.

Besides, they needed a place to rest anyway.

The broken doors opened with a horrendous squeak.
They looked around the interior and found a surprise.

There were four other figures in the castle!

“People!” exclaimed Mia.
She automatically stepped in front of Liana in a protective pose.

“Senior Ming Xi! Jier! Ink! Leo!” Feng Wu ran over.

“Xiao Wu!” Ming Xi grabbed Feng Wu by the shoulders and hugged her.
It was clear he was happy to see her.

Jier let him hug Feng Wu for a while before squeezing Ming Xi out and giving Feng Wu a huge hug.
He inspected her from head to toe.

“Good, good, you’re OK.
I was so worried when I couldn’t find you after I woke up.
I’m so glad you’re OK.
I can finally be at ease.” Jier had been worried something had happened to Feng Wu.
He really did love the girl like a little numbskull sister.

Having been squeezed out of the picture, Ming Xi could only look on at the two of them interacting.
For the first time in his life, Ming Xi felt the discomforting sensation of feeling sour.

“Xiao Wu, I knew you had to be on the island.
If we hadn’t been trapped in this castle, we would have gone out looking for you!”

Ink and Leo both stepped forward.

Feng Wu’s teammates weren’t the only ones inside the castle.
Two more of Liana’s guards were there as well.
Liana had left with more than just three guards, but these three were the only ones to be found so far.
The others, who knew if they were alive or dead.

There were others in the castle as well, including Boss Hart, who was the ship’s owner, Emoke, who was the head of his hired mercenary guard, and Meijei, who was Emoke’s second in command.
Then there were Mofei’s two companions, Myron and Tang, as well as five more people Feng Wu didn’t recognize.

“What do you mean by that?” The wording had made Liana’s heart beat fast.

“Quite literally, you can enter but you can’t leave.” Ink replied.

Mia turned to look at the other two guards.
Their expressions were heavy as they nodded.
Ink wasn’t lying.

Liana was unwilling.
She walked to the door and tried it, but despite its dilapidated appearance, it would not budge.

“Don’t bother little sister.
We’ve all tried.
We wouldn’t be trapped here if we could leave,” sneered a middle-aged woman.
She looked unattractive and arrogant with a lady’s saber in her hand.

Liana ignored her.
She tried a few more times before giving up and returning to her guards.

“Xiao Wu, where were you when you woke up?” Jier guided Feng Wu to a seat on an old sofa.
Ming Xi and the others also gathered around and took a seat.

“The beach.” Feng Wu proceeded to retell exactly what happened after she woke up.

Jier shared his story.
“We woke up in different places then.
I woke up in a tree halfway up the mountain.
I wanted to go to the top of the mountain to survey the area but never expected to be trapped inside the castle.
No matter what I did, I couldn’t leave.
More people kept coming in, but none of them could leave either.”

Feng Wu learned that everyone woke up in different places.
The only ones to land near each other were Leo and Ink, so they were relatively lucky.

Ink looked to Ming Xi expectantly.
“Senior Ming Xi, can you tell where we are?”

“I can’t tell.” Ming Xi shook his head.
The island didn’t fit the description for any place he had read about.
He knew more about the island’s surroundings from what Feng Wu shared, but it didn’t make the island any easier to identify.