Volume 1 Otherworldly Rhapsody Chapter 9 Dead Manor
The three days at the hotel passed peacefully.
Rod and the rest of the people didn't communicate much, only occasionally nodding and saying hello when they met and went out, and they were not familiar. Almost everyone will go out alone for a period of time every day, and no one will actively and deliberately intrude into other people's privacy. Rhodes would also go out for a walk, but Jack didn't seem to want to be disturbed and hid in his room.
During the time he was outside, he found that the mountain behind the village was very wrong. What made him feel strange was that the closer he got to the back mountain, the less he saw animals and insects, and even the trees and meadows gradually withered, until a large stone like a door on the back hillside was already a bare stone field around it. Not even a single green grass.
Rhodes walked over there a few times curiously, but was persuaded by the evasive gazes of the surrounding villagers, and the closer he got to the stone gate, the more he could feel a faint strange aura. This put an end to the idea of getting close to that side. It's just that the rest of the hotel seems to be sneaking around here.
"Alas, I'm going to leave anyway, it's best to be nosy. Rod shook his head, they were planning to leave early tomorrow morning.
The night seemed to be extraordinarily long, and the sound of insects outside the window seemed to have stopped, and in the middle of the night, close to dawn, there was a loud noise of breaking windows, and then the lights were lit up and down the hotel upstairs and downstairs.
"Jack is gone!" Blackbeard said anxiously, gasping as he broke into Rod's room and told him the news.
"What?" Rhodes quickly got up, "Jack, what's going on. ”
When I came to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, it was a little wrong outside.
The sky was gray, but the belly was white, and there was no sun, only gloomy clouds.
The sky was gray and white, giving it a very unclean feeling. The woods outside the window were silent, and there was not even the sound of birds.
The living room on the first floor was already sitting with the red-robed man and the couple, one old and one young. They were all slowly drinking the hot milk that was brought to them.
"Guys, do you see a blonde boy, about my age, with a sword with him. Rod asked the crowd.
He looked around and saw that everyone else had noticed him, but no one answered.
"Ahem. The red-robed man beckoned to Rod and motioned for him to come over.
Blackbeard and Rhodes stepped forward, and the red-robed man stared at Blackbeard with crooked eyes.
"Blackbeard Brother. You retreat first, don't worry, I'll ask. Rod calmed the anxious Blackbeard and walked on his own.
"I don't know where you got the news. But now that you've found it here, then this time the door is open, and you need everyone's cooperation, I just saw your friend break the window and go in before us, but if your friend wants to be alone, I think he shouldn't be able to get out alive. The red-robed man whispered, "I hope you will cooperate well with us, and maybe we will be able to save him now." ”
The more Rod listened, the more frightened he became, and it seemed that Jack was in some danger when he heard the meaning of the red-robed man.
"Okay, I'll cooperate, please take me to him. Something can be given to you. Rod replied. Although he didn't know what it was either.
"That's right. The red-robed man smiled with satisfaction, got up and clapped his hands.
"Well, those who can come here and dare to come here should be mentally prepared in advance. The red-robed man said. "Old man Meko, are you sure you're going to take your granddaughter with you this time?" he glanced at the girl beside the old man.
"There's no way around it, you know, my situation couldn't be worse. The old man Meco said helplessly.
"Originally, the access control was the devil's world, and there were many crises, if it wasn't for the desperation, I wouldn't want to take her in, but in the current situation, maybe it's better to die inside than to stay outside......" he glanced at the girl. There was a hint of gloom in his eyes.
"So, let's act together as promised. Heli access control. There are many dangers there, and we can take care of each other when we act together, and of course I want you to take care of my granddaughter. Meko said. "As compensation, I can provide a little bit of intelligence. ”
"Intelligence!" Rod's eyes lit up, what he lacked now was information, with information he could analyze the situation, and it was possible to understand the situation and rescue Jack.
"There are cherished magical products in the access control, this thing I hope can be given to me, saving lives is important, and I can not fight for other things. "There's enough treasure there for you." ”
"Then, let's go, now enter the curfew, please work together to deal with the difficulties, and the precious resources after entering will depend on their abilities. The red-robed man said in a deep voice.
The red-robed man and the black-robed man were the first to lead, followed by Old Man Meko and his granddaughter, then Rhodes and Blackbeard.
The group came to the back hillside, and at this time, a door-shaped magic array appeared on the big stone like a door on the hillside, which was different from the daily magic array was a soft white light, and the magic array on it emitted a terrifying black light and blood light.
Meko didn't know where to find a pigeon and threw it towards the door, the pigeon flapped its wings and hit the door and was instantly shattered by an invisible force, and the flesh and even the feathers were absorbed clean.
Rod was scared, and he wanted to retreat. But Jack was still inside...... The tangled Rod was afraid of death, and at the same time he was deadlocked in his heart to save Jack, and after thinking about it for a long time, Rod still decided to go in with them to save Jack.
"What are you afraid of, I'll just hide from them, and I won't be able to paddle in the water. Rod thought to himself.
While Rhodes was planning a small plan in his heart, Meko and the black-robed man worked together to portray a complex magic circle, but they seemed to have encountered some difficulties.
Rhodes stepped forward to take a closer look and found that this was a magic array that broke the ban of the magic array, and it was necessary to form a stable magic array by extracting the destructive power of the fire element and the splitting energy of the wind element, and neutralizing it with the water element and mixing it with some earth element stabilization. And the old man Meko and the black-robed man seem to be stuck in this aspect of stability.
"Here and here, change it to a two-factor advanced magic array, extract part of the earth element and add it to the fire element, so that you can stabilize the neutralization characteristics of the water element. Rhodes stepped forward and said, adding a small complex circle to the corner of the magic array on the ground.
"It's a success!" said the black-robed man and Meko at the same time, and the two of them glanced sideways at Rhodes with a little admiration in their eyes. As if the stone gate had lost its strength, the black light dissipated, and the red light dimmed, and then a black gate appeared on the stone.
"Then let's go inside. The red-robed man said, "Meko, you go first." ”
Meco's granddaughter seemed a little nervous, and Meco took her hand tightly, and only then did she seem a little more relaxed. The two of them were the first to open the black door and walk in.
"It's your turn. The red-robed man looked at Rod.
Blackbeard and Rhodes stepped forward, and the black-robed man stopped Blackbeard with one hand.
"You've already gone in one person, you can only go in one more, and our tripartite team is only two people in it, you want to break the rules?" asked the black-robed man.
"We're just going in to find people, not to your activities. Blackbeard said resentfully.
"No, who knows what you want to do, he has to go in! besides, the more people who enter this place, the greater the danger. Blackbeard said coldly, "Otherwise, I'll destroy the array now, and everyone won't go in." ”
"Damn!" Blackbeard gritted his teeth viciously and looked at Rod with a pleading gaze.
The look in his eyes clearly wanted to say: I must bring Jack out.
"Okay, I see. Rod said, his eyes solemn, and then stepped through the door alone.
Inside it was a world almost indistinguishable from the outside world, except for silence, without any sound, not just human voices, not even the chirping of insects and birds. Not even a single figure could be seen.
A winding path leads inside, and I don't know where it leads.
The red-robed man and the black-robed man also came in at the back, surveying the surrounding environment.
"What about them?" said the red-robed man.
"They were gone when I came in. Rod replied.
"Damn, cunning old man, we may have been fooled. The red-robed man said.
A few people walked along the path, and a wooden sign suddenly appeared between the roads pointing forward, and on the wooden sign, it was written bloodiedly Dead Silence Manor. The scarlet handwriting was unusually fresh, and it looked as if it had only been written for a short time, and there was still a little blood running down it. Several people paused, and slowly walked forward along the barren path. No one spoke, only the sound of slightly heavy and strained breathing, and the sound of the grass being trampled underfoot.
Slowly, Rod suddenly noticed that the sky here began to slowly turn red.
"Everyone, get ready. The red-robed man suddenly spoke, "It's almost there." ”
Rod slowly took out a few drawings from his arms. It was a somewhat powerful magic array that he had drawn in his spare time, and it could be instantaneous as long as he channeled a little magic power, and at the same time, his pace slowly slowed down.
Minutes and seconds ticked by. The path ahead was unusually straight, and there were fewer and fewer weeds on the ground.
Everyone's hearts were also a little depressed. Rod sniffled, and smelled a faint fishy stench, like, like the rotting stench of fish in the sea.
Directly in front of the path, the gate of a manor appeared, which was surrounded by a rusty fence. The entrance door was ajar, the end of the path they were on. From the outside, you can see the tall trees and flowers inside.
"Have you arrived?" the black-robed man sneered a few times, did not speak, and was the first to walk in.
The red-robed man glanced at Rhodes, did not speak, and followed in.
Rod was still a little uneasy in his heart. His face remained silent and slowly walked into the manor.
The plants in the Dead Manor are all unusually large.
The green leaves the size of a washbasin and a large patch of yellow sunflower-like flowers are the size of a human head. Propped up, just as tall as an adult.
Rhodes discovered that these yellow flowers, which looked like sunflowers, actually had a sleeping human face in the middle. The faces were blinded, no breathing, and looked more like dead faces. And there is no hair like eyebrows and mustaches. Every sunflower is a human face. Rhodes' legs trembled, and he wanted to get out of here.
Walking in the path of flowers, Rhodes always felt that there were countless sunflowers around him, as if it was possible to open his eyes anytime and anywhere, which was a little creepy.
At the end of the path was a courtyard, which was empty, with nothing but a few dead trees, and only a few yellow fallen leaves on the ground, which was so quiet that it was seeping.
Rod was a little anxious, and until now, no trace of Jack had been found.
"Huh?" Rhodes found a shoe scattered in the sand in a corner of the courtyard. He remembered very well that these were the little shoes of the hunting suit worn by the granddaughter of the Meco.
"Click, click, click. ”
There was a mechanical sound nearby, like the spinning of a carriage, like the sound of something crushing.
"Not good, it's the Guardian. The red-robed man shouted.
Not far away, several tall stone statues like armor surrounded them, and the huge swords in their hands shone with cold light, and one of them seemed to have blood stains on them.
Everyone was on guard, and the red-robed man took out a ring from his arms, rubbed it gently, and a magic array appeared, shining with Guan Hui unique to the magic element.
Rod knew that it was a magic prop as precious as his magic crystal lens, not like a disposable item like a magic scroll, nor like the simple sketch magic array that could be activated by a few guided magic in Rhodes' arms, and the magic props could always use the magic array depicted on it as long as the magic power was sufficient.
"Farr is printed in red. The red-robed man shouted.
Rod: Why does this sound so familiar......
A ball of light shot out at the guardian's feet, exploding with a bang, bringing up a cloud of dust. The defenders were blown back a few steps and moved more and more unnaturally, as if they had been hit hard.
"Walter, Ace, Piercing. Rhodes pulled out an array of icicles from his arms, the most powerful of all his magic at the moment. There is a magician-level mana level in it.
The blueprint in his hand turned into a point of light, and an ice pick in the magic array shot at the guardian, nailed to the center of his eyebrows, and the guardian's massive body suddenly stopped moving, turning into dust and dissipating.
On the other side, the black-robed man was dealing with the three guards alone, and it was extremely difficult, when suddenly a big sword swung over, and with a miserable scream, the black-robed man flew into the sky with one arm and fell to the ground.
The sand on the ground immediately wriggled and swallowed the arm into the ground, leaving only the sleeve of the black robe outside, arching a small sandbag. It's extremely infiltrating.
Thinking of that shoe, Rod was full of goosebumps, should it be ......
Mei Ke's grandfather and grandson were eaten.
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The red-robed man threw out a few more bomb magics, killed all the guards, and dragged the black-robed man back with difficulty, "It's even more dangerous here than I thought, these guards are here based on our strength." ”
Rhodes also discovered that Rhodes was the weakest of the three and the strongest in the black robe. And the one that Rhodes dealt with was previously disabled by the red-robed man, and it was already at the end of the crossbow. Moreover, the strength has only just reached the level of a magician, and this kind of guardian who does not know magic may be more appropriate to evaluate it as a warrior's first-level strength. And the guards on the black-robed side have far surpassed the strength of Rhodes's side, and they vaguely have the strength to reach the level of a war master.
Rod's face was solemn, and he held a few icicle arrays in his hand again, watching the sand on the ground of the courtyard not far away, and a big worm came out.
"Guys, if you don't want to die, you'd better get rid of this new guy first. Rod gritted his teeth and said viciously.
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