Chapter 152: Chapter 0152: Curse (Three more requests for monthly tickets)

Translator: 549690339

“I will remember this restricted area…”

With a decision made, Su Lu turned and left.

This time, he wasn’t even planning on going back to Lukas. After all, his identity as Detective Sean was fake, so what was there to be afraid of?

Who would have thought that a Spiritual Body that did not commit murders would be involved in such terror, and it was almost unthinkable.

“Is this the risk side of the mystery?”

Su Lu muttered to himself, “I’m really lucky to have escaped safely…”

He retreated quickly, not even looking at Ranny’s ‘graveyard’, and in the blink of an eye, he had reached the edge of the Black Forest.

But at this point, his expression changed!

The border of the Black Forest, as he had known it, had suddenly expanded outwards in his vision, making the edge seem infinitely distant.

“What?”

Su Lu’s white spirit chain emerged in his right hand, his face full of vigilance: “The terror of the old house… has it not ended yet? So this Black Forest is also part of the old house, or perhaps the result of its power seeping through?”

He stared at his status column, and as expected, he found something in the status:

[Status: Curse of the Old House]

[Curse of the Old House: Every living thing that steps into the ancestral home of Angus Gold will encounter a terrible demon’s curse, with the end being the complete destruction of one side!]

The simple description in his attribute column made Su Lu’s face twitch: “Have

I… finally met a real danger?”

Having survived a major conflict in the Inner Circle with participants of the

Legend level Occupation had indeed made him quite proud and complacent.

But this seemingly ordinary old house in Charles City was a severe blow to Su Lu!

In the realm of the mysteries, anything can happen!

His smooth journey so far had merely been good luck.

Like now, a slight misstep, and he overturned the boat.

“Complete destruction of one side as an ending? Does it mean…if I want to lift the curse, I have to destroy the old house?”

Su Lu looked back at the Black Forest with a tingling scalp.

If he were already the fifth-level [Wandering Mage], he might give it a try, but not now.

“If I didn’t have the attribute column, I wouldn’t even realize that I was cursed. Even the [Mystical Scholar]’s inspiration didn’t remind me… In other words, it’s not a damaging curse, but perhaps just a marker? Something that acts periodically, attracting evil entities and danger?”

The [Mystical Scholar] knew a lot about the Spirit World, and Su Lu, having read many miscellaneous books in the White Tower, had a good understanding of curse markers.

“So… the urgent thing is to immediately leave the Black Forest and absolutely not step into the old house again!”

With his current cursed status, stepping back into the old house would undoubtedly result in immediate attacks, and certain death!

Even staying in the Black Forest for too long might be dangerous!

After all, this forest was still within the influence of the old house’s power!

Su Lu let his inspiration radiate, forming an all-round defense and heavily wrapping himself.

Indeed, under his detailed inspiration, the entire Black Forest seemed a bit off.

Under the soil and dead leaves, black vines or roots writhed like snakes, all targeting him.

“Fortunately, this is only the outer part!”

The terror of the old house reached its peak within the house itself, while the outside was affected to a lesser extent.

Su Lu was certain that if he could escape from the Black Forest, he would buy some time! “Spirit oppression!”

Boom!

With a cold snort, a vast spirit oppression swept across the entire area.

Crackling sounds.

Underneath the ground, many black roots exploded, oozing a corrosive yellow- green liquid.

Whirring sounds.

Many black trees shook, as if Su Lu’s spirit oppression had hurt them.

“As expected… imbued with the power of the old house, they have all obtained some attributes of the Spirit World?”

Su Lu flicked his right hand, and the Spirit Chain shot out like a snake, the sharp pyramid hitting a section of a black tree trunk.

Thump!

Black blood flowed from the wound.

It seemed like every tree here had its own life and had become a flesh-and-blood existence.

“If you don’t want to die, get out of my way!”

Su Lu roared, and the voice filled with spirit oppression spread continuously.

This was a threat.

As long as they were alive, they would have fundamental instincts.

Most of the trees rustled, and gradually, one or two black trees moved away, pulling out their roots and clearing a path.

‘Huh? It really worked?’

Without any obstacles, Su Lu swiftly reached the edge of the dark forest: “It feels like some kind of evil spirit barrier, fortunately, it’s not fully formed…

Break for me!”

He concentrated his spirit oppression, like a heavy hammer, and struck hard.

Crack!

From the void came the sound of glass shattering, and in Su Lu’s vision, a steel wire fence appeared, with a striking red warning on it.

“Finally… I’m out, luckily, most of the old house’s power couldn’t get out!” He sighed in relief, then looked at his attribute column again, frowning.

Although the previous mental pollution was removed, this subsequent ‘Curse of the Old House’ was obviously more troublesome.

“What should I do? With my strength alone, I’m afraid I can’t destroy the old house… Should I carry this curse forever? No! Such a thing will definitely bring misfortune and disaster…”

Su Lu gritted his teeth in anger.

Before setting off, he had not expected that this old house would be so hostile towards living beings while being lenient with spiritual entities.

Yesterday, he had only observed through his Spiritual Body and had not encountered the curse.

But now, it’s too late to say these things.

“To destroy it and lift the curse, my strength alone is far from enough, I need help! The Federation and the church are not options…”

It’s obvious that the Federation and the church knew about the danger of the old house, and because the terror level of the old house was too high and the cost to destroy it was too great, they gave up on the idea of destruction and opted for containment instead.

This shows that the patterns have been figured out – the old house would only harm a specific area.

Now, it would be too costly to reignite the war just for him, not to mention the other potential risks.

“I really screwed up this time…”

After leaving the containment area and returning to Charles City, Su Lu looked at the curse still stubbornly present in his attribute column and couldn’t help but sigh.

“This mission was a total failure… I don’t need to go back to Collington Manor either. I can forget about the final payment, at least I have the deposit and the extra Golden Dragon on me…”

Su Lu found a hotel to stay at and began to think about what he should do next.

This old house was so dangerous; the family that set it up must have been a top-tier demon family. The measures they had left behind would certainly be sharp.

“Sigh…”

Su Lu decided to take one step at a time after failing to come up with any ideas after thinking for a long time, and to start gathering experience from other aspects.

No matter what, enhancing his own strength would never be a mistake.

“In addition… it’s about finding strong reinforcements, at least at the master level, preferably those adept at fighting in the Spirit World…. try to bring down that old house!”