Chapter 25: The Death Knell 2
With Vivien Leigh in her presence, Claire acted much more boldly.
He was confident that unless the enemy was a top legend of Nancy's level in the Illusory Forest, he and Vivien Leigh would definitely be able to navigate the castle of Savoie. The two of them are far away and close, and if they fight together, even the two brothers Charlotte and Evan will never be able to beat their pair.
In this way, the search was greatly accelerated, and the chamber was supposed to be an abandoned cell, with torture instruments and chains visible in each cell where the bones were kept. The chamber wasn't very large, there were only sixteen cells in total, and Claire examined them all and came to the conclusion that all the dead had died at the same time, at least five hundred years ago.
Vivien Leigh breathed a sigh of relief, she inserted the holy sword into the scabbard, "In other words, this secret room has nothing to do with the disappearance? β
Claire always felt that she had overlooked some key information, and he looked a little dazed, until Vivien Leigh called him a second time, and he suddenly came back to his senses.
Vivien Leigh seemed a little anxious, and she didn't seem to want to stay here at all. With a little consideration, Claire guessed where Vivien Leigh's anxiety was coming from.
This is the secret chamber of Savoieburg, which means that more than 500 years ago, an ancestor of the Clayderman family tortured and killed prisoners here. This is not in line with Vivien Leigh's usual outlook on life.
Claire saw Vivien Leigh biting her lower lip uneasily, his heart softened, and he decided to let go of the doubts in his heart, "Then let's go out." Actually, you don't need to think about Fei Wenli, every family has some ...... Well, not so decent people. β
Claire racked her brains to come up with a less sharp word.
Vivien Leigh blushed and muttered in a low voice, "IβI know......" She was secretly surprised that Claire could guess her thoughts.
The two were about to return the way they came, when suddenly, Vivien Leigh, who was walking in front, pulled Claire's sleeve and dragged him into an open cell without saying a word. Claire was startled at first, and then her pale face turned red, and he was about to stumble to ask Fei Wenli, but suddenly felt that her hairs stood on end!
It was like a pinprick in the throat when a sword blade was held to the throat, making the pores open all over the body and the adrenaline rushing. Something is approaching here, and this existence has great malice and threat to the two people present!
Vivien Leigh winked at Claire, and she quietly drew her sword. Claire stared at the door for a moment, aiming the spell she was ready to fire at where it came from.
Step, step, step!
Unlike Vivien Leigh's stealth method, which held her breath when she came, the visitor had no intention of hiding her body at all. And the closer the voice, the more the malice pierced the skin. But Claire and Vivien Leigh looked at each other and felt extremely puzzled!
They have faced various powerful enemies over the years, but no matter how strong the enemy's murderous aura is, it is only with the help of magic energy or martial arts that are ready to attack that they can bring them strong unease. But what's the matter with this person?! There is no sense of oppression brought about by the excitation state of demonic energy, and the mysterious man makes them shudder just by virtue of pure malice!
It's as if an ant meets an innocent little boy, the boy has no concept of evil, and for him, playing with and abusing ants is extremely pure innocent pleasure. So the evil that turns from joy is the absolute natural enemy of ants!
Now Claire and Vivien Leigh are facing such terrifying natural enemies!
The evil that is transformed from pure pleasure brings with it a sense of fear rooted in genes!
The clatter echoed through the empty cell, and someone was banging against the iron door with something. The sound of emptiness echoes through this dark and bloody area, making it as chilling as the death knell of a graveyard of death!
Claire felt as if she had fallen into a chaos where there was no distinction between up, down, left, or right, and he couldn't find a way out or direction. Because no matter where you go, the dark and boundless world has not changed in the slightest, only the sound of the clattering seems to be a death knell from far and near. But the only voice did not make him happy, and there was a concept at the bottom of the darkness that told him that that voice did not give him a sense of direction, but a death knell. When it comes, it's Claire's death!
Claire forced herself to calm down, she was thinking about strategy.
"Get out of hereββ!!!"
But at this moment, there was a roar from Vivien Leigh in her ears! At this moment, without thinking about any strategy, Claire raised her eyes and subconsciously followed Vivien Leigh out of the prison door.
The malice disappeared in an instant, and Vivien Leigh and Claire rushed out of the cell door one after another, only to see a lamp on the iron door where they came, and under the stimulation of the light, a slender figure was blurred, and he could only vaguely see the lamp in his hand, as if looking at the two of them.
"Who!?" Fei Wenli may have been angry from the fear just now, she no longer cared that the two were secretly investigating, her voice was loud and angry, "I order you to answer me immediately in the name of the head of the Rose Knights......!"
"Hugh blames you for what?" said the comer, chuckling lightly, with a hint of pampering and reproach in his voice, "Are you going to kill me?" β
Claire's eyes narrowed, and he could tell who it was.
"Brother Aven?!" Vivien Leigh breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a loud voice, "Why are you here?"
"I'd like to ask you two about that. "It was Evan who came, and he came over with a lamp, "I went around at night and noticed that this secret room was opened, and I thought that there were some evil guests in the castle, but I didn't expect it to be my sister and Baron Claire. What's the matter? You can't sleep at night, are you playing some game of Dragon Quest?"
Vivien Leigh blushed when she was remarked, and said with a slight dissatisfaction, "I'm not a child anymore! Claire and I are ......."
Before she could finish her words, she was deliberately interrupted by Claire, "Your Highness Aven, did you just come alone?"
"yes, what's wrong?" Evan nodded, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, because I'm worried that there are evil guests in the castle, and this secret room can hide people everywhere." I, a mage, were naturally worried about being stabbed from a dark corner, so I used a mental fear technique to scare out the people hiding here. Why, it didn't scare you, did it?"
Aiwen's teasing remarks made Vivien Leigh's face even redder, and she snorted and said without admitting defeat, "No wonder that malice is so pure...... But just fear can't scare me!"
"That's good!" Evan smiled and nodded, "Don't you plan to come out yet?" This secret room was founded more than five hundred and seventy years ago by a murderous Grand Duke Erosa, and during his reign, everyone in the north was in danger, so I advise you not to come here. You're right? Baron Claire. β
The latter sentence was addressed to Claire, who noticed that although Evan had a smile on his face, there was a clear warning in his blue pupils when he faced him.
"Your will, Your Highness. Claire bowed.
"Don't be like that, we're friends, aren't we? I just hope that the ugliness of the family doesn't get out of the way. Well, there's not much to explore here except bones. And the castle has been built for thousands of years, and no one can be sure where there will be a deadly mechanism, so let's get out. Don't do that next time. β
Evan smiled and patted Claire on the shoulder, and he took the lamp from the wall and led the way back.
Vivien Leigh and Claire followed him out in turn, passing the iron gate that connected the guard area to the cell area, and Claire glanced at the iron gate. There was a scratch on the rust on it.
That meant that, not to mention whether the Fear Technique could affect him as a master without causing a change in his magical energy, at least the clicking sound was not an auditory hallucination caused by the Fear Technique.
Claire took a closer look at the ceremonial sword that Evan was carrying at his waist, but there was no rust on the scabbard.
So the question is, is Evan really the only one here just now?