Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 412 - 38 Annie’s New Friend_1

Chapter 412: Chapter 38 Annie’s New Friend_1

"Alright, let’s put that aside for now." Pannis waved his hand nonchalantly: "You woke up forty-seven years ago, right?"

"Uh huh, that’s right." Little Deer nodded vehemently: "I was so bored, so I have been counting the years."

"As for Annie." Pannis turned his gaze towards the little banshee sitting next to Little Deer, curiously poking at Little Deer’s ribs: "Can you remember how long you’ve been awake?"

"Huh? What?" Annie hastily withdrew her pranking fingers and adopted a serious posture: "Uh, ah, when I woke up, well, I don’t know, I was sleeping most of the time. Sometimes I would sleep for several months, so I can’t exactly calculate the time. But I guess it should be fifty to sixty years, not longer."

"Fifty to sixty years, huh." Pannis nodded thoughtfully, rubbing his chin in silence.

"What’s wrong, Pannis?" Catherine found Pannis’ behaviour odd and asked with concern: "Did you think of something?"

"We’ve talked about this before." Pannis said: "In the past seventy to eighty years, more undead have regained their divine wisdom."

"Yeah, you mentioned that." Catherine agreed: "Passion and Indulgence told me about this."

"But, have you heard of any place being ravaged by the undead?" Pannis asked: "Like the large-scale incidents that Necromancer caused during the Undead War, have any of you heard of anything like that?"

"Huh?" The ladies exchanged puzzled looks and shook their heads simultaneously: "Now that you mention it, we really haven’t heard anything like that. In historical records, every time such conscious undead appear, they usually bring disasters, which is why people are so afraid of them. But just as you said, none of the conscious undead who have awakened in recent decades have done anything terrible. We met both Annie and Little Deer, and they aren’t scary at all but rather cute. Could it just be our good luck?"

"I’m afraid we can’t just attribute it to good luck." Catherine tapped unconsciously on the sword in her hand: "I can’t understand it. Maybe this bunch of conscious undead just happen to be exceptionally kind-hearted."

"Maybe." Pannis’ expression was strange, as if he was burdened with a lot of thoughts. He reluctantly said: "Perhaps what you just said is the correct answer. Who knows?"

"Really?" The three girls in the adventure team looked at Pannis with a weird gaze. Having known him for a while now, they could easily tell something was off. Catherine couldn’t help but ask: "Are you okay? Is something bothering you?"

"No, I’m fine." Pannis quickly snapped back to his senses and grinned: "I was just thinking, after solving the problem, I could sneakily partner with Little Deer and turn this place into a tourist spot, bringing beautiful women here for tours. At this time, Little Deer will manipulate skeletons to jump out of the pile of bones, and then...hehehe, hehehe..."

"Idiot." The girls collectively rolled their eyes at Pannis, but they all knew he was intentionally changing the subject, so they didn’t challenge his absurd excuse, and instead continued to ask Little Deer: "Do you remember any signs when you first woke up, or perhaps, had any special feelings?"

"Nope." Little Deer shook his skull and stated affirmatively: "It was as if I had just woken up from sleep. But when I woke up and saw my own body, I realised I was dead."

"Me too, it felt like I just suddenly woke up." Annie stretched her little head in front of Little Deer, trying to grab Catherine’s attention: "And it took me many years to realise that I had died."

"What’s there to be proud of." Little Deer complained discontentedly: "It just shows that you’re slow, you’re a slow-witted dummy."

"Humph." Annie stood with her hands on her hips and said: "Only you would fight over such a trivial matter, I’m already an adult, and I won’t pick a quarrel with you."

Annie’s words ignited the flame of conflict, and unquestionably, a war broke out. The two undead quickly entwined in a wrestling match, rolling back and forth on the ground. The adults didn’t interfere with the exchange between the two children. They all understood the implications behind Annie’s actions. Facing a child who had also lived in loneliness and fear for many years, Annie was clumsily trying to draw Little Deer’s attention away from her sorrowful past. Therefore, none of them tried to intervene and just let the two of them play around.

"So they just woke up suddenly?" Catherine murmured in repetition: "There must be some trigger that caused a small number of undead to experience sudden awakenings within the same not-so-long period of time."

"The situation is actually quite clear." Pannis sighed, interrupting Catherine’s dilemma, "The multiple Wisdom Ghosts that suddenly appeared have all occurred in the last seventy to eighty years. If we consider the time from when the event occurred to when the undead were truly affected, we can push this time frame back another thirty to forty years."

"The disaster of the Return of the Dead?" Catherine’s face changed dramatically, and she abruptly got up, staring at Pannis, "It’s actually related to the disaster of the Return of the Dead?"

"In fact, some people noticed this phenomenon a long time ago." Pannis said, "And some have linked this phenomenon to the brutal battle that happened a hundred years ago. They believe that it is due to the opening of Death’s Gate, the power of divine soul fragments tainted by the Energy of Death projected into the Yarran World. This slowly started to interfere with the undead of the Yarran World at the core level, bringing about new changes to the undead."

"Pannis is right." Vivian looked up from her work of recording and said, "I overheard the guild leaders mention it once before, but that was two years ago, and I only heard a few words about it. It wasn’t something worth paying attention to, so I forgot about it. Pannis reminded me of this, indeed, some people have paid attention, or at least used to pay attention to these changes."

"So are these changes..." Lina was fascinated by the conversation and only then did she react and ask, "Are these changes good or bad?"

"Nobody knows." Pannis shrugged and said irresponsibly, "Theoretically speaking, the undead going from a disorderly group to gradually forming orderly individuals should be a good thing. But based on the experience of several events a very long time ago, no good comes from it, so the powerful ones who are aware are just observing, and they are not ready to make a decision immediately. Otherwise, do you think Odin wouldn’t sense the presence of the undead when you were wearing that pendant with Annie in and out of the Adventurer’s Guild? Don’t underestimate the perception of a demigod."

"So that’s how it is." Catherine finally had answers to her previous questions and doubts, saying in a sudden realization, "I see it now. So, at this stage, the existence of these Wisdom Ghosts is tacitly accepted by the demigod-level beings?"

"Just observing, not exactly tacit acceptance." Pannis corrected, "And not every one of them. While most demigods and legendary rank beings are just onlookers observing the Wise Ghosts, there are still some radicals who insist on destroying them. So, you should still be careful in the future, don’t let Annie run around the street or front yard of your house."

"Hmm, as long as we’re not seen by others, right?" Catherine said happily, "I got it, from now on, when no one is around, Annie can get some fresh air in the backyard of the mansion, that’s great."

"But what exactly are those people observing?" Vivian, who is very sensitive to research matters, asked, "Are they just observing whether each of these Wisdom Ghosts is harmless? It can’t be that simple."

"Yes, it’s not that simple." Pannis sighed, "They’re mostly trying to determine why these Divine Wisdom Ghosts have no aggression or desire to kill by observing them. After all, the wise undead from hundreds of years ago would always wage wars for power or desire or other things. Every single one of them, given the chance, would cause a considerable crisis. Now that they’ve suddenly changed like this, these people want to know the reasons, and to make other judgments based on these reasons."

"The reason? I think it has to do with Lady Nellie." Catherine mentioned Nellie, her eyes reddened and she said despondently, "I heard in legends that Lady Nellie used her body as a vessel to trap the God Soul Fragments and then self-destructed, dying with them. Presumably, the will of the God Soul Fragments, after being filtered by Lady Nellie, would only influence those good-natured undead, while deliberately avoiding those evil spirits."

"Maybe, it’s all just speculation." In that moment, Pannis gazed absent-mindedly at the sky, and after a long pause, he said, "Let’s not delay any further. We don’t know what will happen after we go through the Soul Tunnel. In two or three hours, it will be nightfall, we have to speed things up, let’s prepare to set off now."

"You, you, you’re leaving?" Little Deer and Jumpy, who had stopped fighting and were once again sitting together quite intimately whispering to each other, heard Pannis’s words. Little Deer seemed at a loss, "You’re leaving? Can’t you stay a little longer?"

Annie secretly pat Little Deer’s hand, and then hopped over to them, saying, "Sisters, and Brother Pannis, I want to stay here with Little Deer for a while. Can you come pick me up after a while?"

"Oh?" Catherine asked with a teasing smile, "What’s the reason?"

"She’s been so lonely here all these years." Annie said quietly, "I want to keep her company, helping her make some happy memories, even if it’s just for a little while."

"Have you thought about a better solution?" Catherine asked, touching Annie’s head, "For example, inviting your new friend to live with us, so that way you can accompany her all the time?"

"Eh?" Both little undead released shocked and surprised exclamations simultaneously, "Really? We can do that?"

"Why not?" Catherine countered, and then without delaying further, she said with a smile, "But not now. You two play here for a while, we need to go to the temple valley to resolve the issue. Once we have resolved the issue, we will come out to pick you up, and then we can all go home together."

"Thank you, sister." The two little undead excitedly hugged each other, unwilling to let go after a long time. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote and recommend. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)