Chapman Town was located at the foot of a small mountain range. It was a small mountain range that ran from north to south. The length of the mountain range was no more than 50 kilometers. The highest peak was located at the southernmost part of the mountain range, about 200 meters high.
Chapman Town was located at the foot of the western side of the highest peak of the mountain range.
The Lake River flowed from the Lake Region in the east and hit the small mountain range. It was forced to follow the direction of the mountain range to the south. Finally, it went around the southernmost peak of the mountain range and stubbornly changed its direction. Sticking to the southern edge of Chapman Town, it flowed towards the Alvindale River in the west.
Qiankun Pagoda drove the Qiankun Pagoda to the sky above Chapman Town.
This was a small town of about two to three thousand people. South of the town, on the bank of the Lake River, there was a small pier.
Chapman Castle was not in the town, but on the top of the mountain to the east of the town.
It was a steamed bun shaped hill. The bottom half of the hill was relatively steep, while the top was relatively flat. After the Chapman Family leveled the top of the hill, they built their castle here.
Unlike the fortress-like castles in remote areas, the Chapman Family's castle was a palace-like castle that was more commonly seen in the human hinterland.
The castle was located in the north and faced the south. The main body of the castle was a majestic concave shaped building. A rectangular wall surrounded the building and a huge square.
The front of the building had four floors, while the two sides had three floors. Above the magnificent entrance hall of the building, there was a gorgeous and retro Barlow -style spire.
The huge square was tidily paved with smooth marble floors. In the middle of the square, there was a beautiful fountain of angels holding a vase.
The outer wall shouldered all the defensive functions of the castle. The wall was a monolithic stone wall built with magic. The top was more than three meters wide, and the base was even wider.
In the four corners and the middle section of the wall, as well as on both sides of the southern gate of the castle, there were towering defensive spires.
There was only one road leading to the castle on the top of the mountain. This road started from the east of the town and slowly climbed up the hill in a zigzag shape. Finally, it circled around the castle and reached the southern gate of the castle.
Looking at this gorgeous palace-like castle, it was not hard to imagine that when it was at its peak, the square was full of carriages and the palace held a luxurious ball.
Unfortunately, at this moment, it stood silently at the top of the mountain. Amidst the cries of the crows, it seemed especially gloomy and lonely.
Qiankun Pagoda lowered its altitude until it was 50 meters above the town. Then, it used a Secret Vision Scroll.
Suddenly, within Qiankun Pagoda's scanning range, magical lights appeared one after another. The blue magical lights came from ghosts.
There were a large number of ghosts in this small town.
This was not strange. According to the arcane information in the broken tower, in this multi-dimensional world, the boundary between different worlds was almost insurmountable for physical creatures, but it was not so strict for incorporeal creatures such as ghosts.
For example, the souls of the dead in the prime material plane could easily reach the netherworld without any external help.
Another example was that the creatures of the outer world could easily project part of their souls into the main material world and combine it with magic power to form temporary clones. This was the basic principle behind the existence of summoning.
For ghosts, with the help of the world's power, entering the netherworld from the main material world was as easy as going home. However, to enter the main material world from the netherworld, it was very difficult to pass through the obstruction of the world's power.
However, there was an exception. That was when an extremely powerful evil spirit existed somewhere in the main material world.
The existence of an evil spirit would change the environment around it, allowing the main material world to have some characteristics that only the netherworld had. This would weaken the resistance of ghosts from the netherworld to the main material world.
Moreover, evil spirits had a strong attraction and control over ghosts. This was their innate ability, just like the natural control that high-level demons had over low-level demons.
If there were evil spirits in a place, then as time passed, a large number of ghosts would appear.
The Qiankun Pagoda circled above the small town, and Feng Chou discovered that there were actually over a hundred specters occupying this small town.
Ghosts were a very terrifying type of undead. In the arcana data of the broken tower, ghosts were evaluated as having a challenge rating of seven.
Challenge Rating was a system used by Arcanists to evaluate monsters. If a Challenge Rating was 7, it meant that a team of five Level-7 professionals with a reasonable combination of professions and good equipment had to be able to defeat a ghost.
This showed how terrifying these creatures were.
Ghosts were incorporeal creatures. Only magic weapons could cause damage to them. Moreover, even magic weapons were not very effective against them.
Similarly, as incorporeal creatures, their attacks could penetrate real objects. In other words, no matter how sturdy the armor was, it would be ineffective in front of ghosts. Only magic armor could block the attacks of ghosts.
In addition to the innate advantage of being incorporeal creatures, ghosts also had some very troublesome supernatural abilities.
For example, "Fear Gaze". Ghosts could directly transmit fear into the depths of the enemy's soul through the eyes of the enemy. If the enemy's willpower was not strong enough, they would fall into panic and involuntarily run away, close their eyes and wait for death, or even collapse directly.
"Life Absorption". Ghosts could absorb the life force of living creatures through physical attacks, causing extra damage.
"Resurrection". Even if a ghost was completely destroyed, it could be resurrected a few days later. Even the most powerful spells could not kill ghosts. Only the Grim Reaper could completely wipe them out.
"Possession". If there was no magic protection, ghosts could enter the body of a living creature and take control of the body. Once the control of the body was taken over by a ghost, the living creature would die, and its body would become a ghost's shell. However, the negative energy of the ghost would corrode the living creature's body, and the shell would rot quickly.
These abilities were all supernatural. Ordinary magic resistance, magic nullification enchantments, and dispelling spells were all ineffective against them.
Feng Chou did not want to provoke these terrible ghosts.
Qiankun Pagoda left the town and flew towards the castle on the top of the mountain.
After approaching the castle, Qiankun Pagoda, who had activated the Secret Vision, scanned an even more intense blue aura. If the aura emitted by ghosts was like torches, then the aura emitted by these creatures was like bonfires. The blue aura was so cold that it could freeze a person's soul.
It was a ghost.
Wraiths were stronger wraiths, but they were not the evolved form of wraiths.
According to the arcane knowledge of the broken tower, once a soul lost its body, it would be difficult for it to continue to grow stronger without the intervention of external forces. In addition, it was difficult for ghosts to retain their intelligence when they were alive. These undead creatures that only had their obsession left would not evolve at all.