When Duke woke up the next day, it was already three days old.

Because it was already late at night after all the work last night, and in order to be able to sleep quietly, he deliberately waited until almost dawn to continue sleeping.

By this time, the influence of that evil force had gradually diminished as it got closer to dawn.

In addition, the time of noon is also the time when the opponent's strength is the weakest.

So he slept peacefully.

He enjoyed a normal lord's lunch while served by a maid.

Even after eating, I am lamenting all the evil feudalism, which is really depraved.

Only when the sun was in the middle of the fill-in-the-blank did he get up and walk towards the underground entrance at the back of the castle.

There, Lenia was already waiting there with eight carefully selected guards.

Duke walked up to greet them, and then he noticed that Lenia and the two guards were carrying something that looked like a lantern in their hands.

"Did we use a lantern this time? I thought it was a torch. ”

Duke joked, though he initially imagined that torches were the equipment of medieval knighthood.

"This is the collection in the treasury of the Baron of the Rhine, and these three magic lanterns can help us a lot. ”

Lenia shook the lantern in her hand and continued, "The smell of pine resin burning from the torches can easily be smelled by monsters, and then disturb them, and then it will not be easy to deal with. ”

Surprised, Duke took Lenia's magic lantern and took it over.

Then he noticed that there was no flame in the lantern, but a wick that was glowing magically, like a light bulb.

"This thing...... How's the cost?"

Duke saw this and thought of many things, from the light bulbs used to illuminate the room, to the rows and rows of street lights, and finally to the big searchlights.

"This kind of magical equipment, powered by its own magic, is already a technology of antiquity, and some craftsmen still have the method of making it.

But there are no longer any reasonably priced magic stones to use as an energy supply for such useless magical equipment. ”

Lenia's words poured cold water on Duke, and now it seems that the Demon Beast Crystal Nucleus can be used as an energy magic stone, and other similar ores have long been depleted after so many generations of mining.

However, the price of the Warcraft crystal nucleus is very expensive, after all, his first pot of gold was earned from it.

Even if you can make a device for lighting now, it is just a luxury object to decorate your life.

So he shook his head, suppressed his thoughts, and returned to exploring the castle's underground.

"Then let's follow what we agreed last night, and I will take the lead, with the lord and the two of them in the middle, and the other six people in the rear. ”

Lenia arranged the group as planned, then drew her sword and walked to the wooden door that led to the castle.

She put her left hand on the door and secretly forced, and the wooden door, which had fallen into disrepair, was pushed open with a babbling of the water.

Duke saw the wooden door open in the back, and hurriedly released a breeze spell to blow away the rotten and damp breath and dust that poured out of the ground.

He then unleashed several support and protective spells on Lenia, which were not very strong, but better than nothing.

With Duke's blessing, Lenia's whole body flashed with various magical lights, and then she calmed down.

So she nodded to the people behind her, and with a lamp in her left hand and a sword in her right, she carefully stepped down the stairs step by step.

Her iron boots slammed against the slippery stone staircase, making a dull noise in the empty underground space.

Duke waited a short distance for Lenia to advance a short distance, and then carefully followed with two guards.

He found that as soon as he entered this underground space, he would have a feeling of his hair standing on end, and he always felt that a pair of cold eyes were secretly spying on his group.

So he quietly cast a detection spell, but he didn't get any effective feedback like a stone in the sea.

"My lord, please don't use too much magic, as it may disturb the existence of the shadows. ”

Lenia felt the detection spell unleashed by Duke brush over her, and turned her head to whisper a reminder.

Her eyes had become pure white due to Duke's magical blessings and the infusion of her own fighting spirit, as if they were composed of pure light, and she couldn't see the presence of her pupils.

Duke nodded wryly, and did not make any further movements, but followed in Lenya's footsteps with the guards, occasionally keeping an eye on the six soldiers behind him.

In fact, the underground space of the castle is not very large, and this kind of basement will be found under almost every castle, which is only used to store the wine and ingredients used for banquets, and occasionally serves as a treasure trove.

So the group quickly touched the entire underground space, but there was no big gain.

"I guess there will be something like a secret door, let's go find it separately. ”

Confirming that there was no danger around, Lenia dispersed the group and went to find possible mechanisms.

"I said, didn't you split up, why do you want me to follow you?"

Duke said to Lenia with some displeasure that she had the other eight go searching for the mechanism with torches or lanterns, but she had taken herself with her, for fear that something would go wrong.

"I'm also a mage, ...... than them"

"Shh

Duke wanted to say more, but was stopped by Lenia's voice.

I saw that an intricate blood-colored magic symbol suddenly appeared on the wall in front of her.

And as soon as you stare at that symbol, some crazy, bloodthirsty thoughts come to your mind, wanting to destroy everything in front of you.

As soon as Lenia's fighting spirit lifted, the crazy atmosphere was swept away, and the blood-colored symbol in front of her became no longer weird.

"I guess it's behind this wall, so please leave with those soldiers now. ”

She tightened the saber in her hand and turned back to Duke.

"Escaping is not a tradition for the Dukes of the North, and I have more tools than you can imagine. ”

Duke gathered the eight scattered guards and called them out, but he remained here and did not leave.

In either way, it makes no sense to leave Lenia alone to face unknown monsters, and it goes against his principles of being a human being.

And he believes that he is indeed capable of dealing with some dangers.

Seeing that Lenia was about to say anything more, Duke directly waved her hand and said mysteriously, "I brought some things from the Duke's treasury. ”

The Duke's Treasury that has always brought wonders and surprises to the realm has given Lenia some confidence, after all, so many magical things are made possible by this mysterious treasury.

So she didn't say anything more, nodded at Duke and gently tapped at the center of the blood-colored magic symbol with her vindictive energy......