Chapter 267 Cookies~Cookies

"Click~"

"Click~"

"Click~"

As soon as they stepped onto the second floor, everyone was attracted by the sound of footsteps.

One light and one heavy.

One light and one heavy.

This made Ethan feel very familiar.

How could it be the same as the lame craftsman summoned by the lame craftsman's body-building technique?

Could it be that the student with an injured left leg from the Pendulum Reading Club made the sound?

At this time, Quinn raised his right hand and signaled everyone to stop.

"There is a footprint here, which should have been stepped on not long ago."

Following the direction of his finger, a footprint was found in the corner.

It should be the footprint of a member of the Pendulum Reading Club.

"But I don't think the sound now is like the sound of a normal person walking."

"The rhythm is a bit slow, and the sound seems to be too crisp."

Ethan nodded secretly, his perception ability is very strong.

Indeed, how could the shoes make such a crisp sound?

But what is the source of the sound?

Fortunately, the frequency of the sound is not fast, and it feels very heavy.

The opponent's speed should not be fast, so this time Bidwen was not asked to shrink and explore the way. Instead, everyone waited until the footsteps were far away before going out together.

The second floor of the library is very large, and the layout is similar to the first floor, but it seems to be higher.

And compared to the first floor, which only has torches on the wall, there is a very gorgeous chandelier on the roof of this floor, with crystal clear crystal pendants hanging on it, and the faint flames illuminate the entire second floor.

Looking around, the tall bookshelves are full of books.

The bronze floor is full of historical weight.

When you step on it, it will make a faint "creaking" sound.

The surroundings are still as dark as falling into the middle of the night.

Under the leaping firelight, the figure is trance.

Without Quinn's ability to track traces, Ethan can see a layer of dust covering the floor and a row of clear footprints on the dust.

"Huh?"

"What is this?"

The footprints appeared in the corner of the corridor, and only appeared for a section before entering the library area, while there was another kind of footprint in the middle of the corridor.

The outline is the same as that of a human foot, but the footprint is much lighter than that of a human.

It seems to be left by an exposed foot bone.

Skeleton?

This thought suddenly popped up in Ethan's mind.

He has dealt with skeletons more than once.

And there are three skeletons in the Dawn Atlas.

The seven people and one wolf did not delay too much and walked into the library area along the row of human footprints.

Looking at the bookshelves on both sides full of books, Ethan subconsciously took out a book.

"Detailed Explanation of Vegetation in Hot Pot Mountain"

"Shua~"

After turning a page, Ethan frowned.

Like the first layer, the book is blank.

Then Ethan took out another book from another bookshelf.

"Flowers of Alabasta"

It is also blank.

Ethan sighed.

Sure enough, as he guessed, there should be a forbidden book on this layer.

The forbidden bookworm inside stole all the knowledge about plants in this layer.

"Woo woo woo~"

Just then, the giant wolf summoned by Mandel scratched the ground with its claws, as if telling everyone not to go forward.

Mandel said: "Gray Claw has a strong sense of perception. There should be something ahead."

Everyone was stunned when they heard it.

Just then, the crisp footsteps sounded again.

And it was coming towards them.

"Ka~"

"Ka~"

"Ka~"

Quinn made a silent gesture, and then signaled everyone to hide behind two bookshelves.

Not long after.

A hunched figure, like an old woman, limped over. She was covered with old and broken cloth strips, and held a kerosene lamp with a broken lampshade in her left hand. She swayed from left to right, and every step she took, she swayed all over.

As if she was looking for something.

Ethan had good eyesight, and he could see the exposed white skeleton at a glance, with a pair of rotten eyeballs rolling in the two deep eye sockets.

"Cookie~cookie~"

He saw the mouth of the skeleton open and close, but there was no sound.

Fortunately, there was a "little wave mark" on his forehead, which could receive weak sound waves.

He listened to it repeatedly several times, and finally confirmed that it was the English word "cookie".

Could it be that she wanted to eat cookies?

Ethan shook his head.

The skeleton walked very slowly, and it seemed that it took a long time to walk to the bookshelf where they were hidden.

"Ka~"

Suddenly, the hunched figure stopped.

Everyone's heart was lifted.

Each one was extremely nervous, and their palms were sweating.

"Cookie~cookie~"

The low frequency matched the heavy leaking sound.

It gave people goose bumps all over their bodies after hearing it.

But Ethan once again confirmed that she was talking about the English word "cookie".

There was no movement after seeing the bookshelf.

The skeleton began to enter the aisle between the bookshelves.

"Click~"

"Click~"

One heavy and one light.

The atmosphere began to become heavy.

And Ethan was still wondering what "cookie" meant.

In the broken kerosene lamp, the flame moved up and down, sometimes waving its fangs and claws, and sometimes jumping left and right.

"cookie~cookie~"

This time even the others could almost hear it.

However, the skeleton seemed not to sense the breath of the living, and walked away along the aisle in the middle of the bookshelf.

Listening to the "clicking" footsteps gradually going away.

After a long time, the people hiding behind the bookshelf finally dared to stick their heads out.

At this time, the flame of the kerosene lamp had disappeared from sight.

Hmm?

"Let's leave here."

Ethan said.

Everyone nodded.

Then the group of people went back and forth along the path seen by the bookshelf.

"Woo woo woo~"

Mandel's giant wolf pet Gray Claw whimpered again.

Ethan frowned and looked at Mandel.

The latter scratched his head awkwardly.

This was the thirteenth warning of the giant wolf.

And Ethan and his group seemed to be trapped in a maze composed of bookshelves. They walked back and forth several times, but they couldn't get out.

Could it be a maze?

This reminded Ethan of the mysterious man 'Mr. Pi' he met outside Turing City when he attended Professor Taylor's funeral.

Ethan took a lot of effort to break out of his circle through 'a little echo pattern'.

"This seems to be a maze."

The team was blocked by the huge bookshelf again, Ethan said in a deep voice.

Quinn didn't speak along the way, but kept staring at the road, his eyes shining, as if he had discovered something.

And Ethan frowned and raised his left hand, and a few transparent silk threads flashed across his fingertips.

This is a trace.

He secretly put down the trace on the road he walked, but found a big problem.

"No, we just walked this road, there should be no bookshelves in front."

Others looked at me, I looked at you, and my eyes were full of confusion.

Only Quinn squatted on the ground to check it out, and said loudly: "There is only one truth!"

...

Feeling that everyone's eyes would be focused on him, Quinn's heart was full of pride: "... These bookcases have been moved!"

After speaking, he pointed to the ground in front of the bookshelf.

There is a layer of dust on the ground, and there are a few faint scratches on the dust.

This means that the shelf has indeed been moved!

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