Chapter Eighty-Four: The Sewers
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It can be seen that Esther's expression is a little surprised, probably because he didn't expect that there were so many people in the villa, and several of them were wearing very special clothes.
But this surprise was only fleeting, and his gaze swept over Messery's body for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Rowe, who are these .....?"
"Well.... Anyway, I think you know why I'm here, dodging the Chronometer Tower, they're my helpers. "After all, Rowe is not good at telling Esther.
Esther nodded, and then casually glanced at Messery, as if to see something different about the girl.
Luo Wei also noticed this and asked, "Is there any problem?" β
Esther realized her faux pas, shook her head and said, "Ah, no, if it's okay, let's go now, after all, this kind of thing can still be solved as soon as possible." β
Luo Wei agrees.
"Wait a minute, I'll go upstairs and get ready." With that, Luo Wei went up the stairs to the second floor.
Esther stood on the couch in the living room, and he looked around at a few people, and was also watched by several people.
"Do you want to sit down?" Merlin stepped aside from the couch.
"No, I'll just stand."
When Rowe went up to the second floor, he pushed open the only closed door.
Because it was night, the moonlight had already penetrated through the window and fell on the floor.
Mordred sat on the bed with her back to Rowe and looked out the window, wondering how long she had been in this position, perhaps since last night.
Luo Wei walked to the side and could see that the knight's blue eyes were not emotional, looking out the window quietly like a godless spirit, and he didn't know what she was thinking.
"Mordred?"
No response.
"Mordred." Rowe walked over and tapped her on the shoulder.
The knight reacted and glanced lazily at Rowe.
"Huh?"
It wasn't Mordred who spoke, but the voice that came to her mind, and like Skaha, the Servant and the Master could communicate in such a way that it seemed that she didn't even want to speak.
"Ready, we're going to go to solve something."
"I'm not interested, you can go by yourself."
After telling Rowe this, Mordred looked out the window again.
Rowe shook his head, but he had already figured out how to deal with the situation.
"Mordred, in the sewers of this city, there is an enchantment set by a magician who has lost his conscience, he used countless babies to use as materials for magic experiments, and now all we have to do is to go to that enchantment and destroy it, won't you come?"
Although Mordred is known as a rebellious knight, as long as she is a knight, she will not let such things go, whether out of chivalry or human morality.
There was no response, and Rowe waited quietly, and after a few moments, Mordred stood up.
"Let's go, then."
Luo Wei smiled, it seemed that his guess was correct, and in this case, he would have a way to communicate with the rebellious knight.
Before leaving the room, Rowe let Mordred be spiritualized and followed him, not intending to let Esther see Mordred, which can be regarded as a guarantee, for Esther, Rowe still has a skeptical attitude.
Downstairs, Rowe said hello to the others, and then walked out of the villa with Esther.
Parking in front of the door was the black sedan that Sauron had driven during the day, and was now driven by Esther.
Once in the car, Esther steered the sedan towards downtown Plymouth.
There is nothing special about Plymouth Harbour at night, except for the sparkling water illuminated by the searchlights on the shore of the harbor, which is a little beautiful, and the scenery of the city is only lit by dim street lights, most people go to bed early, unlike London, there is not much nightlife here.
The car drove through the city streets and then stopped in front of a white building.
Hospital, the Red Cross sign hangs high on the roof of the building, and from the outside you can see that the hall is still lit.
"This is the hospital where the first disappearance of a baby has occurred, and that barrier is down there." Esther pointed down.
"How do you go down?"
Esther pointed to a different place on the side of the road in the distance.
Rowe took a look, and the black manhole cover on the side of the road was embedded in the road, and that was where Esther was pointing.
"Do you want to go straight down from there?"
"Otherwise, what else can be done." With that, Esther got up and took something from the back seat of the car.
Luo Wei couldn't describe it exactly, but it looked complicated, and it was supposed to be a tool used to open the manhole cover.
"It always feels like we're thieves."
At night, secretly opening the manhole cover and entering the sewer, not knowing what to do, is indeed a bit like a thief.
"Rest assured, no one will see it, who will go to the sewers but the plumbers? And it's night, and the plumber won't go down. β
Esther and Rowe then got out of the car and walked over to the manhole cover, which Estor opened to reveal a pitch-black pit and a rusty and yellow-looking ladder.
Esther reached out to see if the ladder was secure, then leaned down and stepped into the sewers.
Luo Wei followed him and easily fastened the manhole cover to the sewer mouth to prevent anyone from being discovered.
Although he is not a thief, it is better not to let ordinary people see the magician's things.
Rowe and Esther descended into the sewers, with Mordred Spirited following.
It's a dark world below, the humid air makes people feel uncomfortable, and the smell of a lot of excrement makes you feel like you're in a garbage heap.
Esther pulled a flashlight out of his pocket to light the way ahead, the middle of the sewer was a canal, and on both sides were platforms for people to walk on, and moss and some black debris attached to the platform, making Rowe feel that his feet were slippery.
The water flow in the canal is slow, and now is not the time for rain, so the water level of the canal is not high, and sometimes even the platforms on both sides will be flooded if it rains heavily.
"This way." Esther, who is in charge of leading the way, uses a flashlight to illuminate the direction of progress and takes the lead in opening the way.
Rowe followed him for a while, and after five minutes, Esther stopped.
On the platform ahead, a figure leaned against the smooth wall of the sewer, and Esther pointed her flashlight at the spot so that Rowe could see the figure clearly.
The white bones, or rather, were just a skeleton there, covered with the clothes they had worn before, like some kind of military uniform, the corners of the green coat were badly worn, and there was something carved into a golden badge on the chest.
"It's just ahead."
Rowe walked over and looked down at the corpse, which was probably the corpse of the magician that Ash had said was wandering the sea, although it was strange why no one had found the corpse and disposed of it for so long, but the magic contained in the surrounding air told Rowe why.
Enchantment.
Around this corpse, there are man-made enchantments made of magic, and after two years of studying in the Clock Tower, Luo Wei also learned some things about enchantments, which are essentially divided into man-made and naturally generated, and naturally produced have their own unique effects, and most of the man-made ones are related to what the magician hopes to do through the enchantment.
For example, the barrier around this corpse was made by people, and as for the maker, Rowe could guess that it was Ash who made it.
It's also a smart idea to use a corpse as a marker to mark the location of that barrier.
It's just that in this way, Luo Wei is a little incomprehensible.
Why can Esther, who is an ordinary person, also see it? This corpse has not been removed for so many years, and it stands to reason that the enchantment should prevent ordinary people from seeing this corpse, so it's not the magician who is the ordinary person's Esther, why can he see it?
Rowe became more and more suspicious of Aster.
"Mr. Rowe, is it time for us to move on?" Esther urged Rowe to keep going.
But Luo Wei didn't pay attention.
He began to look at the badge on the corpse's chest, which seemed to be the one that Rowe had seen somewhere.
It's supposed to be something I've seen recently.,It seems that the last time I saw this thing was not on the badge.,It's.... On the flag?
In an instant, something came to Luo Wei's mind, and by connecting these together, all his previous suspicions were confirmed.
"Mordred, catch him!"
Mordred, who materialized in an instant, grabbed Esther's neck and threw him against the wall, pointing her greatsword straight at Esther's neck.
"Huh? Do? Mr. Lowe? This... Who's this? β
Esther panicked, and the sudden appearance of Mordred, and the cold blade against his neck, made him feel that his life was threatened.
With an angry face, Rowe came over to question Esther.
"Who the hell are you?"
"What? Mr. Lowe, what are you talking about? I'm Esther Lokemini, huh? β
The badge on Rovi's finger on the corpse.
"That sign, I saw on the top of the castle, is the symbol of the Lokmie family, which means that the person who died here is not a magician wandering the sea, but a member of the Lokmini family, whether you or someone who calls himself Ash, you haven't noticed this for so long, then it's obvious that you are not from the Lokmini family, say, who are you?"
"No, no, Mr. Rowe, what Lokmny sign? Am I a descendant of the serious Rokemini family? What are you talking about? β
Still panicked and incoherent, Esther struggled, but could not break free from Mordred's hand, after all, the power possessed by the Servant was much stronger than that of humans.
"Besides, Ash isn't from Lokmny, so I can understand why Sauron is the only servant left in the castle, because the other servants who know the real castle owner are probably killed by Ash now, right? No, he's supposed to be the magician who wanders the sea, do you want to hide it all? If nothing else, Esther, you're a magician yourself, otherwise you wouldn't have seen the corpse in the enchantment. β
All suspicions were confirmed at this moment, which made Rowe angry with Esther.
If he knew everything and assisted the magician who wandered the sea, then he would be guilty of the same crime as the one who had lost his conscience.
Esther was still horrified, neither saying anything or looking unaware of the situation.
Then there is another possibility.
"Ash" hypnotizes Esther, making him think that the guy is his father, and that Sauron may be like that, so the only prisoner is the Wandering Sea Magician who now lives in the castle.
"Mordred, stun him."
The greatsword was withdrawn, and the palm of his hand struck Esther in the neck, knocking him unconscious.
Since Esther didn't know about these things, and Rowe didn't plan to involve him in this matter, it was best to knock him out first.
Mordred placed Esther on the ground, then looked at the corpse, then at the front.
"Master, there's something ahead."
Luo Wei nodded, he also felt that there was something huge in front of him, although it did look like an enchantment in form, similar to the enchantment next to the corpse, but it was far more so large than that, so big that Luo Wei couldn't perceive how huge it was.
Rowe rummaged through Esther's pockets, but didn't find anything useful.
Although he confirmed his suspicions, a doubt also appeared in Rowe's brain.
If the Ash in the castle is really a magician wandering the sea, then why did he let himself come here? As long as you see the badge on this corpse and connect it to the flag on the castle, you can easily guess that these are all done by him, and you can also know his true identity.
He doesn't recognize the sign of Lokmny? Impossible, if Rovi's guess is correct, he should have had contact with the original castle owner, and after contact, he tricked him here through some means, and then killed him, and then occupied the castle through hypnosis and other magic tricks.
Then the corpse here should be the real Ash Lokmny.
All of this was a little too simple, starting from what Luo Wei felt strange about that study, some of what they showed was too obvious, as if they wanted to tell Luo Wei about it.
This feeling made Luo Wei very uneasy, and even though he had guessed the true identity of the guy, he always felt as if he had jumped into a trap set by something deeper than that.
There are only three people related to that castle, Ash, Esther and Sauron, Esther just showed that he didn't seem to be an insider, and Sauron, Rowe didn't think that the gentlemanly deacon would be behind this matter, although this superficial behavior is a bit naΓ―ve, but no matter how you think about it, only the magician who pretended to be Ash Lokmini is the culprit of all this.
So why is he so obvious?
Unreasonable, can't figure it out.
Just as Rowe was annoyed, Mordred on the side spoke.
"Master? It's time to move on, right? β
Rowe exhaled, stood up, and said, "I'm thinking about something, if Ash .... The sea-wandering magician had deliberately told me this, so there must be something very dangerous within this barrier. β
Only then could he get Esther to bring Rowe here, because there was something within this barrier that could kill or destroy Rowe, which is why he made it so obvious.
Luo Wei could even guess that there were already a lot of traps laid in that castle by now, and even if he found out that these had not entered the enchantment, and went directly to the castle, he would have the means to deal with them.
But Mordred seems to have decided the way forward.
"Ahhh
After saying that, Mordred angrily picked up the flashlight on the ground and walked forward.
Luo Wei was stunned for a moment.
Looking at Mordred's back, Rowe realized the spirit of a knight.
He didn't care about the possible dangers, just his disgust for inhumane things, and upholding the spirit of kindness and justice, Mordred acted like this, he didn't care what kind of danger there was in that enchantment, after all, the knight's cultivation was carried out in order to one day be able to face danger and protect the weak.
While Rowe was still pondering whether or not to enter, Mordred had already made a decision.
Although he had thought that Mordred would react to this kind of thing, so Luo Wei took her out of the room in this way, but he didn't expect her to be so upright.
Is this the so-called chivalry?
Rowe patted his cheek slightly, although it was important to consider whether this was a trap or not, but from Mordred's point of view, this was not a problem at all, what the knight had to do was to carry out his own spirit.
Even if she once raised the banner of rebellion, the people who followed her at that time must have recognized such qualities that she possessed.
Rowe got up, looked at the fainted Esther and the corpse next to him, then trotted a few steps behind Mordred.
After a few steps, they came into contact with the edge of the barrier, like an invisible wall of air, which ordinary people would not be able to perceive, and would pass directly through the barrier itself, unable to enter.
For people or things with magical powers, enchantments open doors.
The air in front of him blurred like ripples, and the light of the flashlight shone into the ripples and disappeared.
Rowe looked at Mordred, and the knight looked at him, and the two nodded, Mordred entered the ripples first, and then Rowe.
A bright light appeared in Luo Wei's eyes, and the two of them entered the enchantment, but it was as if they were in another world.
Within the barrier are bright lights, the light source is the lamps hanging on the walls on both sides, and under the glass cover, there are several lines attached to the walls that look like magic loops, extending ahead.
It is like a deep tunnel, the walls on both sides do not have the smooth feeling of the previous sewer, and there is no foul smell in the air, it is a completely different space.
There were no expected dolls, just a dilapidated wooden table, and a book that was covered with dust on it, and the cover seemed to be made of cowhide, so it hadn't been damaged much for so many years, and there should be no rats here, and the inner pages of the book were not damaged.
Other than that, it's a deep road, leading to the front, and I don't know what there is.
Rowe walked over to the table and wiped the dust off the book to see what it was.
And the words written on the cover made Luo Wei feel that he had come into contact with something huge again.
"Simulation of the Third Law"
Author: Jubstakukhaid von Einzberen.