Chapter 67: No Running Away

“And they really were looking for us?” Zheng Yichen squatted at a fixed point of the castle together with a Ghost Maid. He stared at some activity traces in the distance and murmured. Thanks to the castle’s protective mechanisms, the other party had been searching here for several days but found nothing. Yet, they could conveniently observe those people from here.

Even though they had searched continuously for several days, their search range kept narrowing down. At least, the deviation in their search was getting smaller and smaller. “They won’t find this place, right?”

“…”

The Ghost Maid beside Zheng Yichen nodded slightly, then shook her head again. Her expression looked a little hesitant. He understood her meaning—it probably felt uncertain.

After all, if these people could keep narrowing their range during the search, they must have discovered something.

“This is really troublesome. How exactly did these people track us here?” Staring at the figures moving in the Forest, Zheng Yichen had not left the castle for days because of them. He was worried that if he made any movement, these people might notice and directly find the castle’s location.

Even with the cover of the Barrier, it would still be a big problem if the real location was exposed. Similarly, this meant the Ghost Maids also rarely went out anymore. Though the castle’s food reserves were still quite sufficient, things would eventually go badly if they kept struggling like this. Either the other party would find them, or their own side would be worn down and forced to go out. Although Zheng Yichen could last a long time by relying on his body’s toughness after eating once, that didn’t mean his appetite was small!

Hearing Zheng Yichen’s words, the Ghost Maid beside him gestured a bit.

“Hiding won’t lead to exposure, but hiding is just too passive. We still need to think of a way.” Zheng Yichen pinched his chin. According to the information provided by the Ghost Maids, the power these people controlled was very effective against them. The Ghost Maids were formed from Loris’s power and had great resistance to Light Element power, but that didn’t mean there was no power that could restrain them. After all, they were still Undead-type creatures.

As for Zheng Yichen, he currently couldn’t think of any power that could restrain himself. After all, his own Talent characteristic existed. Even some Dragonslaying techniques probably wouldn’t affect him much. Most Dragonslaying techniques targeted the Dragon Soul first, then the dragon’s body. This was because the Dragon Clan’s Magic Resistance was too strong, so attacks mainly aimed to bypass this resistance. Zheng Yichen’s Soul was not a Dragon Soul, but an Otherworldly Soul.

Just as he was about to come up with a response, the Ghost Maid beside him pulled Zheng Yichen and shook her head at him.

“Hmm, not letting me go out? That won’t do. These people seem to be specifically looking for me.” Shaking his head, Zheng Yichen refused the Ghost Maid. Thinking about recent events, it wasn’t surprising that he was the target. In the past, nothing happened here, but right after he arrived, it caught the attention of the Sanctuary Church.

Who would believe this had nothing to do with him!

Therefore, Zheng Yichen planned to test whether these people would leave directly if he left. At the very least, he couldn’t let them keep closing in on this place.

Just as Zheng Yichen intended to do this, he was startled to find himself surrounded by dozens of Ghost Maids. In his pre-Reaching the Tier state, relying on his body’s capital, he could handle a few Ghost Maids without a problem. But with so many Ghost Maids here, he didn’t need to think much. Just a simple thought with his toes told him the result would be him getting beaten badly.

Dragons were strong, but not invincible. Regarding this, Zheng Yichen only wanted to say…

“Hey! No matter what, I’m sort of your deputy master, right? You can’t treat me like this!” Zheng Yichen’s words now sounded quite weak because these Ghost Maids had no intention of listening to him. Instead, they took out their own weapons. The magic-type Ghost Maids even began preparing Magic.

With insights increased by Bona Kaine’s Magic Book, he recognized what type of Magic these Ghost Maids were preparing. If he made any unusual move, over a dozen powerful Magic spells—either binding or suppression types—would immediately slam onto him!

Considering the strength of those combat-type Ghost Maids too, with over thirty of them swarming him at once, he wouldn’t even need to fight!

In summary, in the current situation, his chance of winning was basically zero. There was no opportunity to play tricks either. These Ghost Maids were now determined to stop him.

“I just want to try a little. Nothing will definitely go wrong.” Zheng Yichen tried to dismiss the Ghost Maids’ doubts with a certain tone. As maids, they were really too disobedient!

What he said sounded good, but these Ghost Maids remained unmoved, maintaining their step-by-step advancing posture as they closed in around Zheng Yichen.

“I’ll fight you guys!!” With an “Aowu” sound, Zheng Yichen spread the wings on his back wide. Stirred by sufficient force, gusts of strong wind rose around him. However, the generated strong wind lasted less than two seconds before abruptly disappearing—this was because a Ghost Maid cast a spell to disperse it. As for subsequent gusts, there was even less possibility of that happening.

Several binding Magic spells hit his wings, completely cutting off any possibility of Zheng Yichen flapping them. At the same time, a similar number of suppression Magic spells pressed on him, firmly pinning him to the ground. Although Zheng Yichen kept trying to break free from these Magic spells, he consistently found it difficult to succeed…

He didn’t lack Magic Resistance. These Magic spells had only a short effective time on him, let alone his ability… Okay, his ability’s contact-based effect was limited to his two claws and triggered with a grabbing posture. Like now, he couldn’t grab Magic. As for resistance, these Ghost Maids knew about his Magic Resistance, so these Magic spells were all sustained types. As long as they maintained their Mana output, the spells wouldn’t disappear!

With multiple sustained suppressions, the effect of Magic Resistance was greatly weakened.

Not to mention the combat-type Ghost Maids who pressed forward afterward. Once they closed in on him, Zheng Yichen knew today was completely hopeless. So he simply gave up struggling. Seeing he had no intention to keep struggling, these Ghost Maids released their suppression on Zheng Yichen, but his side now directly had four Ghost Maids providing strong close protection… This was basically surveillance!

Four Ghost Maids closely watching over him was already a luxurious lineup here at the castle. The castle and its vicinity were covered with the Necromantic Teleportation Array. As long as Zheng Yichen made any unusual move, a van-load of Ghost Maids would immediately appear beside him. This place was the Ghost Maids’ best home ground!

So to escape the castle, he had to plan carefully… Should he try bribing?

Zheng Yichen looked at the two Ghostly Little Maids surrounding him and silently formed an evil plan in his heart. As for whether these Ghostly Little Maids would get spanked after the plan was completed, he didn’t know. Zheng Yichen only knew that continuing to hide here might really expose the castle’s location. So he had to try luring away those tin cans and Priests or whatever!

As for the Ghostly Little Maids, he could give them some compensation later.