Trembling as he opened the wooden door, Marin's heart pounding.

Lady Tina grabbed his hand and followed him closely.

The two of them, who were undressed, looked at the darkness in the wooden door, and their bodies couldn't stop shaking because of the cold, or because they were afraid.

"Lord Count?"

Marin fetched a candle from the side, lit it, and shouted loudly into the wooden door.

In the boundless darkness, there was still silence.

Marin ...... What are we going to do......"

The flush on Lady Tina's face had long since disappeared, replaced by a deathly pale.

Lady Tina shuddered at the thought that something might have happened to her only support.

"Let's make sure he's still alive. ”

Marin bit his lip, he forced himself to stay calm.

If he was as flustered as Lady Tina, the two of them would be finished.

But one thing is certain, both Marlin and Lady Tina knew that if Count Elliot was really dead, they wouldn't have a chance to keep the whole corpse.

In desperation, Marin could only drag his jelly-like legs into the darkness behind the wooden door.

Lady Tina followed closely behind him.

As soon as they walked in, a cold wind blew in their faces, which made the two who were not wearing clothes shiver and got goosebumps.

But this is obviously a sealed basement, how can there be cold air coming in from the outside?

Whether it was Marin or Lady Tina, they couldn't help but feel a little scared at the moment.

Maybe...... It was a wrong choice to come in here.

Two months earlier, Count Elliot had ordered the two of them to move from the manor to the house, and only one day later, Count Elliot had hurried into the basement on a dark and windy night, wrapped in a black cloak, and had asked for three locks to be attached to the wooden door, and no one was allowed to enter without his orders.

Lady Tina and Marlin both knew that there must be some secret hidden behind the door of the basement, and they had never asked about it, but this time it was because of the disagreement between the two of them, and the sudden disappearance of Count Elliot, that they would do such an irrational thing.

"Marlin, or ...... Let's go out, right? Maybe there's some secret passage to somewhere else, Elliot just went somewhere else, and should be back in a while, right? Otherwise, I can't explain the wind here......"

Lady Tina began to be a little frightened in the face of the boundless darkness.

"The Earl never disappeared when we came down before, and you know very well what fate would have been for the two of us if we hadn't found him. ”

Marin's eyes were full of gloom, and when it came to the critical moment, he changed from panic to calm.

Once they lose the protection of Count Elliot, they both have to face the brutality of Count Baker.

Thinking of this, Lady Tina also dispelled the idea of leaving.

If they can't find Count Elliot, then the two of them will simply kill themselves here, so that they can die a decent death.

Gradually entering darkness, the faint candlelight could barely illuminate the surroundings.

The basement was empty, except for the occasional sound of cold wind.

Suddenly, in the faint light of the candle, Marin saw something lying on the ground.

When I got closer, it was the remains of a cat.

Only the upper half of his body remained, his eyes bulged out, and he was covered in blood and internal tissue.

When Lady Tina saw this, she was startled and couldn't help but scream.

Marin forced his urge to vomit.

"Marin, let's go back......"

Startled by the cat's mutilated corpse, Lady Tina tugged at Marin's hand and whispered.

She couldn't stand it anymore.

In the darkness where you can't see your fingers, only the faint candlelight is protecting, and if it weren't for her lover by her side, Lady Tina wouldn't have chosen to walk in at all!

What's more, such a strange situation has arisen now.

Looking at the blood on this cat, it hasn't dried up yet, it should be one of the cats they bought yesterday.

"No, we must see the Earl!"

Marin said categorically.

No matter what bizarre and terrible things happen in front of him, Marin will not choose to back down.

Seeing Marin continue to walk forward, Lady Tina had no choice but to hold his hand tightly and was forced to follow.

The deeper you go into the darkness of the basement, the more and more cats are carcasses.

And most of these cats' bodies are mutilated, and the bloody wounds on their bodies are full of tooth marks from their teeth.

These tooth marks look so small that they can't have been bitten by humans.

Finally, the two also saw the corpse of the mouse.

The rats were huge, the size of a puppy, and looked deformed.

"Marin ......"

As Marin looked at the strange-looking corpses of rats, Lady Tina took his hand, her voice trembling.

"What's wrong?"

"You...... You see...... What's that......"

Lady Tina held out her hand and pointed straight ahead.

Through the faint candlelight, a large black shadow could be seen in front of me.

It looks like a hill that can almost touch the ceiling in the basement.

What's even more amazing is that even though it is almost dark over there, you can faintly feel the black shadow like a hill......

It's moving!

For a moment, both Marin and Lady Tina wondered if they were dreaming.

Apparently there was no movement, but Marin and Lady Tina both had a feeling in unison.

It was a living thing.

Even Marin, who was extremely determined, couldn't help but take a step back.

Cold sweat was on their foreheads and backs.

Lady Tina tugged at Marlin's hand again.

Even if he didn't speak, the meaning was clear.

Let's get out.

Marin gritted his teeth, and walked towards the black shadow like a hill.

Lady Tina had no choice but to follow.

As they approached, through the candlelight, they gradually saw what the hill was.

That's a mountain of gold.

No, in addition to gold, there are also jewels of various sizes and colors.

Even if it is just a visual inspection, the wealth accumulated here is enough to buy the entire Nancheng District.

Lady Tina's lifelong love was jewelry, and her eyes widened when she saw the huge gems that still shone brightly even in the faint light of the candles.

She swore that even if she had become a noble countess, she would never have seen such a large and bright gem in her life.

It doesn't feel like it's real.

In the blink of an eye, Lady Tina didn't want to leave.

But the two of them suddenly reflected.

If there were so many treasures hidden here, why didn't they know about it? Count Elliot never told them?

This is a hill of gold and jewels...... Suddenly moved.