Chapter 42: Mirroring
This is not so much a castle that has been far away from the world for a long time, but judging from the architectural style of the castle alone, it is not so, I don't know whether the rumors are wrong, or the Count has been asking workers to renovate the place, in short, walking here, it always feels that she is not here to investigate an unsolved case, or to look for something, but like a guest invited to a tea party.
"Speaking of which, there are so many mirrors and roses here..."
Ifu surveyed many of the rooms and found that in addition to the usual furniture, beautifully framed mirrors and specially cultivated pale blue roses were the protagonists of the castle.
If it weren't for the heavy blood in the air, and the clear and clean crimson marks in some places, she would have liked this place.
"Is there really a book? Maybe I should go to the study. ”
She held the paper with the book cover in one hand, and found many rooms, not to mention books and bookshelves, and she couldn't find even a single piece of paper.
Because there were so many repetitions of the room, she often forgot which room she had been to and which she had not, and after several back-and-forth of this kind, she made a small mark on the door for herself to remember.
The rooms on both sides of the corridor are like mirror images, although I vaguely feel that there are no bookshelves in these rooms, but looking back at so many rooms, maybe the owner is just to prevent thieves, for example, after the thief came in, he found many of the same rooms, maybe he would give up the search in this neighborhood directly.
"Can't give up!"
Adhering to the principle of having a beginning and an end in things, she really turned over all the rooms here, and finally had to touch the last door and sigh.
"It's so hard..."
She reached out to mark the door, but when she reached out, she noticed a faint mark there.
"Huh, it's like..."
Ifu took a closer look, but was shocked.
She's already marked this door?
But she had just come out of the house, ready to make a mark.
The location is not mistaken, the first few rooms because they have just started to investigate so they were not marked, if it is the other way around, there should be no mark here.
Could it be that this is a mirror space?" she thought, but quickly dismissed the idea, the temporal and spatial magic of the Tin Throne had also been affected, and the mirror space should not be able to do this to this extent.
No, compared to this, she was a little worried about Xue Erxun.
Instead of going any further, she turned back the way she came, intending to look for the place she had just left.
But even after walking a long way, there is still an endless corridor ahead.
Both sides were hung with mirrors, and in such a quiet space that she could never leave, she only felt that her hairs stood on end.
"I... Stuck here?"
Pushing open the door of the room, there was still no change inside, and she tried to look through the markings on the doors, but suddenly found that all the doors were marked.
Who did this? Could it be...
Yi Fu shook her head, she believed in Xue Erxun, if she wanted to harm her, then she obviously had many chances to succeed, why did she deliberately lead her here?
Just as she was thinking this, suddenly all the mirrors on the wall shattered, and she hurriedly opened the barrier.
And along with the mirror shattering into pieces and falling to the ground, there was a scream from Xue Erxun, and the roar of some huge monster.
"Ah Xun!"
Ifu shouted, and after closing the barrier, she realized that the mirror space had been broken, and she saw the staircase not far away, and the chandelier in the hall.
With the direction she remembered heard, she ran towards the hall, and before she could reach it there was another roar, and the chandelier in the hall shook a few times and fell to the ground.
But the sound didn't stop her, and Ifu walked to the guardrail only to find a huge monster standing in the middle.
Like a sturdy bear and a slightly obese wolf, it stood on its feet and held a man in its hands, none other than Xue Erxun.
"Yifu, let's go!"
After seeing Yifu on the second floor, she immediately spoke out and asked her to leave.
But how could Yi Fu listen to her, at this moment she was eager to save people, and stepped forward to fight the monster.
Fortunately, although the monster was huge, its movements were a little sluggish, and after eating a few attacks, it threw Xue Erxun out in pain, and Yifu hurriedly ran to catch her.
"Let's get out of here. ”
"No, Ifu—" Sherson shook her head and pointed to the ground not far away, where a book was lying that looked like the one she was looking for.
But...
Ifu looked at the monster guarding the book in embarrassment.
It seems that it is the guardian of the book, and after being discovered by Xueer, he has touched the guardian magic.
"Is that book important?"
It's so important that you won't give up until you get it.
"Yes, so... Leave me alone. ”
Seeing that Xue Erxun was so determined, Yi Fu put her on the sofa nearby.
"You wait here for me, I'll fetch it for you. ”
Thinking that the monster wasn't agile, it should have been easy for her to get her hands on the book.
But when she was about to take a step, she hesitated, as if it was an abyss, and if she got closer, she would be doomed.
Maybe it was something that had been affected in the mirror space just now, but Ifu didn't think much about it and rushed straight up.
But this time she was wrong.
The monster's speed suddenly became so fast that before she could touch the book, she was slapped out by the oncoming palm.
"Ifu!"
Xue Erxun shouted in silence, but although Yifu took a blow, his movements were still steady, and he reacted in time at the end, so he didn't fall down at the moment.
"I'm fine. ”
With that, she lifted her sword and went to fight the monster again.
Heightened by her vigilance, she and the monster fought to the death, and Ifu searched back and forth for opportunities, finding the monster's weakness and the most appropriate time to get the book.
Wait a little longer, wait until its palm is raised again.
A few more turns, the monster was visibly impatient, and it raised its hand to give her another blow, and she seized the opportunity to slide across the floor and reach for the book.
At the same time as getting the book, the monster suddenly hit her again in an almost impossible posture for some reason, and Ifu wanted to dodge, but at this moment, a person attacked her, and she didn't expect it, and when she wanted to dodge the two attacks, she couldn't notice the chandelier stand under her feet, and fell to the ground, and both attacks were full.
"Ifu..."
Xue Erxun ran quickly, but before she could get over, she was hit from behind by another person who attacked Ifu and passed out.
"Ah Xun..."
Ifu saw the man who had attacked her before she finally lost consciousness.