Until this time, Elena's face did not soften: "This is ...... This is a curse, the curse of stepping into the vicinity of the Dark City Protection, the cursed land is ...... ahead of schedule"

"What do you mean?" I looked at Elena, who pulled back the parchment map, "Look here!"

The first danger marked on the parchment map is a corpse lying on the ground like a clay sculpture. Next to the corpse was also marked a line in English.

I pointed to the map and said, "What's written on it?"

Lu Xinyao translated: "When the resentful spirits hidden in the soil entangle your footsteps, you will sleep here for a long time." It's called the Land of Sculpture. ”

I compared it with my hand on the map: "The sculpture is still at least a kilometer away from us." This distance should be safe, right?"

Elena said, "Could it be that the Cursed Land is spreading outward? I've heard that the Cursed Land may spread. ”

When Elena was speaking, Ye Xun had already pulled out his long knife and pressed the blade against the corpse's eyebrows.

"Don't!" Elena wanted to stop Ye Xun but it was too late, the latter suddenly slashed down from the corpse's eyebrows, and the dirt covering the corpse was suddenly cut in half by Ye Xun's knife.

What I didn't expect was that the soil covering the corpse turned out to be like a peanut that had been pinched open, breaking in half from the middle, one left and one right, and exploding on both sides, and a pungent corpse smell poured out of the soil in an instant.

Within a radius of two or three meters, not to mention breathing, it was difficult to even open my eyes, I just glanced in the direction of the mound, and I felt the pungent stench drill into my eyes like fire, and I immediately covered my eyes with my hands and retreated a few meters backwards.

By the time I pulled out my gas mask from my gear and looked over the corpse, Arthur was crouched near the dirt.

Except for the scarlet stained by blood under the soil, the corpse that should have been lying in the soil was gone, not even a bone remained, and the nearly an inch thick layer of soil was just a piece of clothing that had been dried and hardened after being soaked in blood.

By the time I walked forward, Arthur had already used tweezers to clip a human skin from the place of the clay face: "This poor gentleman has been hollowed out by something. ”

The people standing near me couldn't help but retch.

Ye Xun, who appeared next to the corpse one step ahead of me, reached out and pulled the other party's shoes out of the soil: "This guard was chased here by the resentful spirit, and finally did not escape from the cursed land. He ran so fast that he ran off a shoe. ”

Ye Xun drew a horizontal line on the ground with a knife as he spoke: "If, I'm not mistaken, this position is the critical point of the Cursed Land." Down from here is the Cursed Lands. Escaping this position is considered a cursed land. ”

Arthur stood up and said, "Your speculation is baseless. Please don't mislead my employer. ”

Ye Xun sneered and stood in the middle of the horizontal line he had drawn, holding a spirit rune in each hand and raising it in the air, shaking it lightly twice. The talisman outside the boundary was safe and sound, but the talisman paper within the boundary burst into flames.

Ye Xun threw the fire spirit rune into the middle of the clay sculpture that was split in half with his backhand, and the raging fire suddenly rose three feet, and the smell of burnt skin and flesh instantly rose with the wind, and the people who didn't spit it out couldn't hold on anymore, and spit it out with a wow.

Arthur spread his hands and said, "That's your proof, I'm sorry, but I want to say that your methods are not convincing. If I put a match into the flammable gas, it can also make the current effect. ”

Ye Xun glanced at the other party and walked to my side without saying a word. I said to Elena in a deep voice, "Is our ultimate goal to reach the castle?"

Elena nodded, "Yes." We're just going to get into the castle and we're done. ”

"Then let's not follow the map and go around this way. "I just pointed to the other end of the mountain.

Four or five people objected together: "No, it's too dangerous to walk from that side." ”

I turned to look at the members of the Tulip family: "I hope you can get three things clear up first." ”

"First, you just entered the Dark Castle to die, does it make any difference to you where you die?"

As soon as I finished speaking, everyone's faces became a little gloomy.

I said slowly, "Second, if you don't go down to the castle, will you all die outside, or simply die under the killer pistol sent by the family?" ”

After I finished my second sentence, someone was already holding the handle of the gun fiercely. It wasn't that they wanted to kill, it was just a reflection of the unspeakable grief and anger in their hearts.

I took a step forward and said, "Perhaps, you think that entering the castle from the front and escaping the surveillance of the family guards is still possible, right?"

Someone guessed what he was thinking, subconsciously raised his eyes to look to the side a few times, and quickly lowered his head.

My voice suddenly rose a little: "I can tell you, you can't do it, just enter this way, and you will die." ”

I snatched the map from Elena's hand and threw it at the feet of the men: "This is the map left by your family, you can take it and take a good look." It's not a passage, it's a spell that keeps you moving towards the castle. ”

Before Lu Xinyao could finish translating my words, Elena had already pounced on the parchment roll that fell to the ground, but before she could get close to the target, Ren Tianqing put a gun on her head: "Don't move!"

Elena got up slowly: "Wang Huan, this is the family's secret. You don't have the right to make it public. ”

I forcibly interrupted: "I'm just telling them the truth." The map is marked with a crisis, but it also gives a hint. Someone once walked out of the castle. ”

I turned to look at the Tulip family, "I think you've heard some kind of legend before." Pick up something in the castle, or break an item in the castle, and you can lift the curse and walk out of the castle. Right?"

When I asked this, everyone was silent. I shouted, "Answer me!"

"Yes!" someone finally subconsciously answered my question.

"Those legends are your hopes, so you will be desperate to break into the castle and find the faint hope after encountering the dead places on the map, and in the end, you will all die in the castle." ”

The Tulip family's faces turned pale, and Anne said, "Aren't you the family's escort guard?

I said lightly, "That's the third question I want to tell you. I'm not an escort, I'm a detective from the East. A group of people who specialize in finding myths and breaking them for a living. ”

I looked at Anne, "I can tell you bluntly that I came to the Dark Castle to take away the lost treasures of Dunhuang. So, I will definitely enter the castle and come out alive. ”

My voice sank and said, "Because, before I arrived in Britain, I didn't know where the Dunhuang Secret Treasure was lost, so I accepted Elena's employment. She wants me to save you. ”

After sweeping my gaze over the Tulip family's faces, I said, "To tell you the truth, I don't want to take you into the forbidden land, because you are a burden to me. However, the credibility of the Orientals did not allow me to go back. ”

My voice sank and said, "Now, the opportunity to regret is in front of me, and I can't help it." If any of you want to go with me, let me do so from now on. Whatever I decide, you must obey unconditionally. ”

A smile appeared on my face: "Of course, what I want most is for you to tell me that you don't trust me." I can justifiably terminate my contract with Elena. ”

Elena, who was forced by Ren Tianqing with a gun, suddenly spoke: "Believe, Wang Huan, he ......"

"Shut up!" Ren Tianqing slammed a gun into Elena's head, forcing him to hold back his words.

Anne walked out at this time: "Mr. Wang Huan, on behalf of the Scarlet Tulip Family, I thank you for everything you have done for the family, you let me see the noble character of an Oriental Warlock." I believe you. ”

"No...... I ......" When Elena was about to speak, I had already spoken, "Let her go! Anne is the one in charge of them." ”

Elena said complainingly: "Annie, you shouldn't reveal your identity at this time. ”

Anne smiled elegantly: "I believe, with Mr. Wang Huan's eyesight." I've already seen through my identity. Moreover, a person who knows that the employer cannot be convinced, but is trying to do things, will definitely do everything in his power to protect the employer. I believe in him. ”

Anne said, "From now on, I will listen to your arrangement, do you need me to do anything?"

I shook my head slightly and said, "It's not enough for you to just listen to my arrangement, I also want you to remember that from now on, you are not a member of the Tulip family, nor are you a young master of noble blood, Miss." It's a group of outlaws who are struggling to survive, just like your ancestors. ”

Someone said with a gloomy face: "Are you insulting the ancestors of the family?"

I replied coldly, "I don't judge your ancestors, but I must tell you that your ancestors first survived by the madness of ignoring death, and then became elegant nobles. And what I need now is a pirate, a pirate who will not flinch even in the face of the most horrific death. ”

After I was silent for only a few seconds, the young man who had been slapped by Ren Tianqing at the beginning stood up: "Tulip Pirate John, salute the leader." ”

"Tulip Pirate Anne, salute to the Commander. Anne was the second to step up.

One by one, the Tulip family stood in front of me, and perhaps, from that point on, I should no longer call them Tulip Family, but Tulip Pirates.