187: The shadow disappeared

Du Ruo's appearance and outfit at this moment stunned Consultant for a second, causing even the fear in its heart to vanish for a brief moment.

Consultant had absolutely not expected that this Azure Dragon Knight, who appeared exceptionally capable outside, would actually be like a... uh, homebody in private?

That was the only adjective Consultant could imagine.

But this contrast not only did not cause Consultant's heart to feel let down, but instead made it feel that the distance between it and Du Ruo had narrowed significantly.

Beside Du Ruo, the Silver Fire Dragon was also sitting on the bed, its two short legs stretched out, its dragon tail curled, and its wings folded against Du Ruo's side, quietly watching Consultant without saying a word.

Black Marsh coiled its long, slender body a few times and stared at Consultant, flicking its tongue: "Kid, why are you acting so dazed? What on earth did you go do?"

"Speak up, are you mute?"

"Why do I feel like your expression is so strange? Could it be you went to some wild graveyard and ran into something unclean?"

Black Marsh's words kept coming, instantly forcing Consultant to recall the terror from just a moment ago.

"Tsk, are you actually the King of Serpent Dragons or a fortune teller under the overpass?"

Consultant sat on the edge of the bed, feeling somewhat irritated, and glared at Black Marsh.

However, Black Marsh gave an eerie chuckle and replied: "Heh heh, don't disbelieve me when I say this, but I've actually learned a trick or two about fortune-telling recently!"

"..."

Consultant looked at Black Marsh, feeling that something was increasingly wrong.

This long worm had never been so keen on such mysterious things before; what was going on today?

As if realizing something, Consultant frowned and turned toward the television.

The television was currently on, but the image inside was just a pitch-black blur, accompanied by a faint static sound.

Suddenly, a large face covered in blood flickered onto the television screen, accompanied by a piercing scream!

"Holy crap!" Consultant was startled, even blurting out a curse.

Dammit, it's a horror movie again!

Consultant felt a cold sweat break out on its back.

It seemed that ever since last night, Du Ruo and Black Marsh had become obsessed with horror movies.

No wonder Black Marsh claimed it could tell fortunes...

"Stop watching for a second, I have something to tell you both."

After Consultant picked up the remote control and turned off the television, it let out a long sigh.

Black Marsh was clearly somewhat unhappy, but Du Ruo looked at Consultant with a serious expression and took the initiative to ask, "Consultant, what happened?"

Consultant rubbed its face and looked at Du Ruo. After taking a deep breath, just as Consultant was about to speak, its gaze fell onto Du Ruo's clothes.

"Uh... those are my clothes, right?"

Du Ruo's originally serious expression suddenly froze, and immediately, a faint blush stained her face.

"That... my clothes were just washed, so..."

"...It's fine, as long as they fit you."

Consultant waved its hand and was just about to speak when Black Marsh made a sound once again.

"Wait, is the window not closed? Why do I feel a bit cold?"

Du Ruo was slightly stunned: "It does seem a bit cold."

Everyone looked at the window simultaneously; it was closed perfectly well.

"It's not a draft..." The Silver Fire Dragon seemed to see what Consultant and Du Ruo were thinking and responded in an aged voice, "This feeling is as if the surrounding temperature has been sucked away."

After it finished speaking, it slightly opened its mouth and spat out a tiny ball of Dragon Flame.

Neither the door nor the window was open in the room, yet after the Dragon Flame was spat out, it was swaying slightly.

It was as if it were being attracted by something!

"What is going on?"

Seeing this scene, the human, the dragon, and the snake all revealed expressions of surprise.

Consultant, however, wore a gloomy expression, subconsciously hugging the Slime tighter, and only then spoke: "This is exactly what I wanted to talk about, don't interrupt!"

It recounted the events of its visit to the Spirit Pylon Tower in the morning with a grave expression.

After finishing, Consultant raised a hand to rub its arm, which was feeling a bit cold, and added: "That's how it is. I don't know if what that Pei Yuan said is true or false, but..."

Before Consultant could finish speaking, Black Marsh made a sound again.

But this time, it was not speaking to Consultant, but rather...

"Holy crap, why has my shadow disappeared?!"

"???"

"!!!"

Consultant and the others subconsciously turned their heads to look at Black Marsh, and sure enough, they saw Black Marsh lying on the bed with its body raised, and the long, slender shadow that should have been behind it was completely gone!

"Damn it, didn't I just say, don't look..."

"My shadow is gone too?!"

Du Ruo's voice appeared again, instantly making Consultant lose the desire to continue speaking.

A miscalculation.

Consultant had originally wanted to come back to find some sense of security, but now it was even more nervous.

Black Marsh went without saying; that guy was a complete troublemaker, but Consultant hadn't expected Du Ruo to be so impulsive too...

Thinking of this, Consultant simply turned its head and looked behind itself.

Sure enough, just like Black Marsh and Du Ruo, there was no shadow behind it either...

This is too bizarre!

It was a cloudy day outside, and the lights in the room were on, yet...

Just as Consultant thought of this, suddenly, the lights in the room flickered!

Zzzzt!

Following a strange sound of electricity, the room's lights flickered a few times and dimmed.

What is going on?!

Consultant felt a chill down its back, but before it could make a sound, two voices exploded in its ears.

"Holy crap, kid, save this King!"

This was Black Marsh's voice, which sounded somewhat distorted, yet still retained the arrogance in its bones.

And the other one was much simpler; it was Du Ruo's scream.

"Ah!"

Consultant thought the two of them were in some danger, but as soon as it turned its head, it saw the human and the snake rushing toward it simultaneously, forcing it down onto the bed.

Don't overthink it; this scene was not the least bit ambiguous!

Consultant half-fell onto the bed, and its head collided passionately with the wall.

Du Ruo was gripping one of its arms tightly.

And Black Marsh was tightly coiled around its neck.

"Let... let go, you stinking long worm, you're about to strangle me to death!"

Consultant suddenly saw stars and nearly fainted.

It scrambled to pull Black Marsh aside and turned to look at Du Ruo.

"Sister Du, gently, my arm is about to break."

Although Du Ruo looked very delicate, she was, after all, a former Dragon Knight who excelled in strength and speed.

In such a tense moment, she hadn't held back her strength.

"I... I'm sorry."

Du Ruo's face flushed, and she loosened her grip slightly, but she still grabbed Consultant tightly, not daring to move.

The Silver Fire Dragon to the side watched the chaotic scene of Consultant and the others and sighed slightly.

As expected of an old dragon that had lived for a hundred years, it displayed great composure at this moment.

It calmly and gently flapped its wings to fly up to the ceiling, glanced at the lightbulb, and said: "It's just that the lightbulb has aged, don't be nervous."