Chapter 241 Retrieving the Corpse
Seeing Sirius's expression of 'How can I be so smart?', Light narrowed his eyes and repeated his question:
"Are you asking me why I didn't use the Flying Spell to find Regulus, but just brought it up here directly?"
"Yes!"
"This way we don't have to run over here, and it's so far away."
Hearing Sirius's confused speech, Wright looked at him and his voice began to tremble:
"You rushed here in such a hurry without knowing anything?"
Seeing that Wright, who had always been calm, suddenly showed such an expression, Sirius asked nervously:
"What's wrong? Can't this be done?"
After taking a few deep breaths and calming down, Wright said with a tense face and gritted teeth:
"Of course you can, but the fluctuations of magic will alarm the Inferi, causing them to crawl ashore with Regulus."
"I thought you knew, so I came here with you, but you..."
After taking another deep breath, Wright looked at Sirius, who was embarrassed, and said faintly:
"If you want to do that, I have no objection!"
"Well... forget it, I'll just go down directly, hahaha..."
Looking at Wright who seemed to have black air coming out of him, Sirius, knowing that he was in the wrong, laughed awkwardly.
Just jump into the water with a 'plop'.
When Wright saw Sirius jump into the lake, he could only rub his forehead helplessly.
Then he summoned the light bird and began to project the image of Sirius under the water to avoid any accidents and being unable to rescue him in time.
The images on the island kept changing according to Sirius's perspective.
The underwater scene was extremely creepy. In the dark water, corpses stood neatly in the water.
Through the high-precision images transmitted by the light bird, Wright could clearly see the swollen faces and bodies caused by the lake water.
Sirius went into the water with the support of a diving suit and did not alarm any of the Inferi.
He swam through the group of corpses easily like a fish and swam further down.
As he continued to dive, the number of Yin zombies around him increased.
It seemed that when Wright cast the spell and summoned the island, he attracted all the corpses in the lake.
Most of the bodies were ragged homeless people.
Because there were no waves, their messy beards and hair were also fixed in the water, as if time had stopped.
These corpses seem to have a hierarchy, the more swollen they are, the closer they are to the water surface.
The drier the body is, the closer it is to the bottom of the water, enjoying the colder water.
Sirius followed the guidance of the diving goggles and swam forward continuously, occasionally having to push away the Inferi that blocked his way.
"Luckily I have the suit provided by Wright, otherwise with so many Inferi, I wouldn't dare touch them at all!"
Sirius carefully passed through the several Inferi and felt very fortunate.
Not knowing how long he had been submerged, Sirius took a look at the distance of the 'navigation'.
He was pleasantly surprised to find that the target was not far away, so he quickly accelerated and swam forward.
When Sirius swam to the navigation target, a line of text appeared on the diving goggles:
"We have arrived near the destination. This navigation ends here. I wish you a happy life!"
"what?"
Seeing these words, Sirius was stunned at first, and then felt a little speechless about Light's settings.
After a moment's silence, he followed the instructions and began to search nearby.
With the help of diving goggles, Sirius could see every face of the Inferi clearly in the pitch-black lake.
The Inferi here had haggard faces and were all wearing tattered wizard robes. They seemed to be able to sense the appearance of Sirius.
Whenever he swam closer, these Inferi would stare at Sirius with their eyes that showed only the whites of their eyes.
After walking around here for a few times, Sirius also discovered the characteristics of the Inferi here:
"Those gathered at the bottom of the lake are probably the strongest Yin corpses!"
"Judging from their clothing, the strongest Inferi seem to be wizards."
Just as Sirius was carefully identifying it, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a body lying on a huge rock.
This is a very young corpse, lying quietly on the stone, motionless.
He was wearing a somewhat restrained black and green wizard robe with a dark-colored badge pinned on his chest.
The cold water at the bottom of the lake protects it so well that it looks like it is asleep.
Seeing this strange yet familiar face, Sirius swam over faster.
As if sensing something approaching, the corpse lying at the bottom of the lake opened its eyes, leaving only the whites.
With a ferocious expression, he stared at Sirius who was swimming towards him.
Even though he had guessed it would turn out like this, Sirius still couldn't help but tears up in his eyes when he saw this scene.
"Regulus! I'm sorry I'm late..."
Seeing the once gentle and confident boy become like this, Sirius kept muttering:
"Don't be afraid! Regulus, I will take you home now, don't be afraid..."
Holding back tears of sadness, Sirius raised his wand and pointed it at Regulus: "Petrification!"
The white light instantly hit the motionless Yin corpse, and its ferocious expression froze, frozen at this moment.
Seeing that his goal was accomplished, Sirius accelerated forward and grabbed its collar tightly with his left hand.
But the surrounding corpses seemed to be attracted by the magical fluctuations and slowly floated towards this side.
When Sirius lifted Regulus off the rock, the diving goggles lit up a red warning:
"Run! These Inferi have been activated by magic."
"Sirius, you must remember to abandon Regulus when necessary."
"Must remember!"
After quickly reading the prompt, he was not in the mood to care about how Wright knew what was under the lake.
Knowing the situation was critical, he pulled Regule and rushed to the lake at the fastest speed.
After barely pushing aside a few Inferi blocking the way with his hands, Sirius suddenly discovered.
Not only did these things begin to block his hands, but they also reached out to grab his arms, torso, and thighs.
There were even dried corpse hands, tightly strangling his neck.
Sirius, who was accidentally trapped, struggled frantically.
However, one of his hands was held by the corpse, and the other hand was trying to hold Regule, so he had no room for resistance.
At this time, more and more corpses were constantly gathering at the bottom of the lake.
Looking at the approaching horde of zombies, Sirius' heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
He struggled even more violently, but his hands and feet were held tightly by the Yin corpse, and resistance was of no use.
He looked at Regulus who was being pulled by him, and felt his senses becoming duller due to lack of oxygen.
Sirius seemed to see his own life, and he murmured weakly, as if he was sad and relieved:
"Regulus! I can't seem to leave either."
