At this moment, the sunlight has completely sunk from the window. If it weren't for the little bit of brilliance reflected on the stone door, there would have been so many grains that it would have almost hit it directly.

In the face of this stone gate, he did not take direct action.

Because he was listening, feeling the slightest sound in the air......

In the next moment, his footsteps turned, and the long sword in his hand had been stabbed out accurately! As the blade pierced into the flesh, a rotting spider let out a terrible scream, and slammed its body into the stone door, stumbling into it. After a few steps, he finally fell to the ground and died violently.

Gu Li exhaled more, walked into the room, and stepped forward to pull out the slender sword on the body of the rotting spider.

At this moment, the stone door behind him suddenly closed!

Bumper ——!

With the sound of the door closing, Gu Liduo immediately regained vigilance! He raised the sword in his hand and held the little girl in front of his chest, watching everything around him warily.

Is this a nobleman's room?

It doesn't look like anything special.

He cautiously walked around the room, and was only slightly relieved when he made sure that there was no hidden danger behind the large bed.

Maybe it's because of Viscount Ruichi's renovation project, there are some candle stands on the table next to it, and Gu Liduo puts the little girl on the bed, and after a little threat, he goes up to light the candles.

As the light lit up, everything in the room was revealed to him.

"Uncle, did you see my dad?"

In an instant, the long sword in Gu Liduo's hand was sharply aimed in the direction where the voice came from!

Under the candlelight, a ten-year-old girl dressed in aristocratic clothes and looking quite delicate stood in front of him very abruptly.

The little girl's appearance was so sudden that it made Gu Liduo instinctively take two steps back and ask vigilantly, "Who are you!" ”

With the purest and most innocent smile on her face, the aristocratic little girl lifted her wavy skirt and walked towards the grain without fear: "Uncle, have you seen my father?" If you don't see it, can you go with me to look for it? ”

She walked over.

He behaved elegantly, as if he had received a very good aristocratic education.

But when the girl gradually got closer to the grain, suddenly! Her white and smooth skin suddenly lost a piece of skin, revealing the red muscles that were beating slowly underneath!

"You, do you see my dad? Accompany me and go looking for it together, okay? ”

The closer she gets, the more the skin on the little girl's face, hands, and body falls! Her gorgeous aristocratic dress also began to turn into ashes as her skin fell, gradually becoming more and more tattered!

Gu Liduo, who knew that something was wrong, no longer hesitated, and immediately stabbed the sword in his hand towards this girl who was already like a skeleton! But the moment the blade stabbed out, the girl's figure suddenly disappeared!

The next moment......

"Daddy...... You accompany me and go to my father, okay? ”

Bear ——!

Flames came from nowhere, enveloping every corner of this room in an instant!

The grains that were scorched by this sudden flame couldn't help but let out a scream of pain! He rushed towards the gate desperately, but the huge stone gate seemed to be completely sealed at this moment, no matter how he pushed and pulled, he couldn't move!

He screamed and banged the door. He watched as the flames crept up his clothes, eroding every inch of his skin! I don't know why, he can clearly watch his hands and feet being burned in the flames!

He watched his skin molt from the heat, the muscles in his arms ripe and fell from the flames, and his bones slowly turning from white to charred black. Everything was happening before his eyes, but he couldn't escape from this terrible prison of flames!

"Let me out!! Hurry up and let me out——!!! ”

"Why go? It's me, isn't it good enough? ”

Gu Liduo turned his head sharply and saw a vanity mirror.

In the mirror, I have burned all my epidermis, skin and muscles, but under the "protection" of my bones, my internal organs are still intact!

He could see through his ribs clearly, his beating heart, the crooked intestines of his abdomen and the many organs he couldn't name.

At this moment, a pair of white and flawless hands stretched out from behind his back, gently hugging Gu Liduo's body that only had skeleton and internal organs. A face completely obscured by hair...... Slowly, from behind me in the mirror, I poked my head out.

"Stay, okay? Stay with me, let me accompany you to the end of time. ”

Flames flew, blowing hair away, revealing a face beneath that looked as if a candle had melted. Its features were melting in the flames, and one of its eyes even dripped down the shoulder of the grain because of the heat, slowly passing through the gap in the bone, and the huge eyeball slowly, slowly, slid towards his beating heart......

"Wow, ah, ————————!!!"

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"Wow, ah, ————————!!!"

Mermaid Song and the two Imperial soldiers, who were carefully exploring the castle, suddenly heard this heart-wrenching roar.

The two soldiers immediately remained vigilant, holding their swords in both hands and facing two different aisles to prevent accidents.

Arrow immediately stood behind Brad's shield, and the whole mermaid song guarded Arrow and the crowd behind him in a triangular way.

The screams kept colliding in the castle, and it took a long time before they slowly died down.

Everyone continued to be vigilant, and only after confirming that there was indeed nothing unusual, did Arrow breathe a sigh of relief and said to Viscount Ruichi, who followed behind him: "Your Excellency, this place is too dangerous, can you still take your people to stay outside the castle?" We'll report back to you once we've dealt with the problem here. ”

Viscount Ruichi's face was full of fear, but even so, the nobleman stubbornly poked his head out from behind the bodyguard, trembled, and stubbornly shouted: "Open ...... Are you kidding?! You guys...... You ...... not so long ago I burned my castle once! And then...... And it wasn't cleaned up! Why should I ......? Why believe you? I'm going to...... I'm going to see my castle with my own eyes! Don't try to lie to me again! Don't think about it! ”

Since it doesn't make sense, then Arrow can't help it. Look at the people behind, in addition to bringing his own bodyguards, this Viscount Ruichi also brought more than a dozen brave people, so I can only hope that these people can protect this Viscount thoroughly.

"It doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary, let's keep going." Whiskey relaxed his guard slightly, turned back and said, "President Arrow, you are familiar with this castle, what is the situation on it?" Is there a suitable location for an ambush? This voice sounded like the one who recited the grain, could something have happened to him? ”

Arrow's nerves twitched.

He recalled the painting he had seen in the castle that day, and the tragic death of the two warriors he had seen, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "To be honest, I don't know what is wrong here. But the monster has indeed been cleaned up. But...... Let's be cautious. ”

Since Arrow has said so, then there is nothing to argue about.

The team continued to move upward, still the same as before, two Imperial soldiers stood in the front row, in the middle of the Mermaid Song Guild, and behind them was a bustling group of Ruichi with various hoes and sickles, tremblingly following after them.

The speed of the up, very slow.

But even if it's slow, it's impossible to stop the never-ending progress.

Along the way, Whiskey and Polyester carefully searched every room they came across, in case the bard hid in some dark corner, waiting for an opportunity to escape or sneak attack.

This kind of meticulous search does not make people feel too tired, on the contrary, it is gradually improving the spirit of everyone.

Gradually, gradually...... Under Arrow's guidance, a group of people finally reached the top of the castle and stood outside the stone gate.

"Stop."

Cream came from behind and stopped the line.

He crouched down with a torch and watched the body fluids of the rotting spider splattering from the ground, and also watching them spread all the way behind the stone door.

The thief turned his head and looked at Arrow behind him.

After taking a deep breath, Arrow also nodded.

Seeing this, Cream adjusted the fanged dagger in his hand, nodded at the two warriors, and retreated behind the two of them, while pulling out a flying knife and pinching it in his hand.

Whiskey and Polyester glanced at each other, maintaining their strength and preparing to face the ......

"Grain Lot, Reciter! You have no way to escape now! I advise you, now immediately lay down your weapons, drop your hostages, and come out obediently! In that case, we can also intercede with the court and give you a lenient sentence! ”

Polyester greeted again and waited.

But for a long time, there was no sound behind the stone gate. The two soldiers glanced at each other again, and one of them, maintaining a vigilant posture, gently pushed open the two stone doors......

"Ahaha~~! You guys are so beautiful~~~! It's so cool~~~~! Take me along? Okay, good~~! Hahahaha~~~! ”

As soon as the stone door was pushed open, a distinctly distorted voice popped out of it.

Immediately after, a scene that even Arrow was extremely surprised to be presented in front of him without reservation.

Grain Lot, reciter, former president of the Singing Bird Guild.

The bard, who had the strength of a president, was now bare-chested, dancing in the middle of the room with snot and saliva on his face.

His spanner had long since been thrown aside, and there was a fragment of his pants that seemed to have been torn apart by himself. With the flickering of the candlelight in the room, the guy kept twisting his hands and feet, and was doing an extremely strange dance here.

"Haha~~! Come on? Go home for dinner~~~! Does the husband come home for dinner, or take a bath? Or do you want to ~eat~ me~~~? ”

It was as if someone had choked his neck, and he desperately said these disgusting words in that high-pitched, thin voice. At the same time, he kept writhing towards the door, and at the moment when he was about to face whiskey and polyester, he suddenly opened his arms, and the whole person flew over everyone's heads as if he was being pulled by something!

Polyester: "What the hell is this guy?" ”

With the distorted and crazy laughter, the figure of the grain quickly disappeared from everyone's eyes. Arrow looked at the open door of the room and the carcass of the rotting spider on the ground, gritted his teeth, and rushed in. Soon, he found the little girl with her eyes closed on that big bed.

Arrow hurriedly picked her up, reached out and touched her forehead and snort......

Whew, fortunately, still alive, just feverish.

Make sure the hostages are safe, and Iero doesn't want to stay in this room for another second! He immediately turned around and rushed out of the room, and just as he left the door, the two stone doors closed again as if by some kind of induction, completely blocking the candlelight inside.

"Daughter! Oh my daughter! ”

The little girl's mother also followed her into Swanstein Castle, and now when she saw Arrow holding her child in her hands, she immediately rushed over anxiously.

Arrow handed the little girl into her mother's arms, and the little girl woke up at once after touching her mother's arms, and when she saw her mother, she immediately burst into tears.

Seeing that the child was fine, Arrow put down the boulder in his heart. But seeing that the whiskey and polyester had chased the grains again and rushed towards the corridor, he thought about it and made up his mind to catch up.

"Let's keep chasing!"

But at the moment when Arrow gave the order, Cream was a little hesitant. He turned his head to look at the stone door again, and said, "President, is it necessary?" Now that the hostages have been rescued, let's lead the group out of this castle immediately, shall we? Here's how I feel...... Always not so comfortable. ”

"You...... What do you mean?! What does it mean that my Swan Castle is making you feel uncomfortable?! Do you think my castle can't get into your eyes?! Tell you! Even if a thief like you steals for a lifetime, you can't buy this castle like I did! ”

Now the one who is speaking out against it is naturally the Viscount Ruichi. It seems that he also wants to chase him, after all, there is a kidnapper running around in his castle, and it is always difficult to see him actually caught.

And for Arrow, he also has the mentality of wanting to see the final outcome of the grains.

As for why......

He hopes for more grains...... Die.

Ever since he decided to confront the bard, the thought of his death has been lingering in Arrow's mind.

For a day and a night, Arrow knew exactly how terrible his thought was.

He never knew that when a person wanted another person to die, his obsession would be so tough!

At the beginning of this thought, he thought it was just a stress defense response caused by the violation of his power.

But now, after so long, he had to admit that the idea of seeing more grains die was so deep-rooted, and it was not an impulsive thought at all.

And...... Wishing for a person to die, and watching that person die step by step, Arrow asked himself if it didn't cause much of a psychological burden on him.

Reason?

Of course he knew why.

The reason is this guy's mouth.

If he's dead, then the matter about his secret can be shut up completely.

Otherwise, even if he coaxed these townspeople and guild members now, what would he do if he continued to keep his mouth open when he was escorted to the royal capital for trial?

There is no way to follow him all the way to the rest of his prison life, and there is no way to refute them one by one. This also means that the possibility of your secret being exposed will be greatly increased!

At that time, let alone the agreement of 1,000 gold coins for three years, it is still a question whether I can work until the end of this year.

So......

"I'm worried about the grain, and although he is not good for me, he was once a member of our guild anyway, and I want to see him caught and judged safely."

(I wanted to see his corpse, to see him no longer able to speak, to see all the secrets of his heart buried in darkness, even his soul sealed forever, unable to utter a word again.) ）

Everyone looked at Arrow's sincere face, and Brad smiled and patted Cream on the shoulder. Cream could only smile bitterly and said, "Okay, who let us have such a kind-hearted president?" If you want to go, then we will go with you. ”

Arrow looked at the guild members gratefully, and immediately turned and ran after the two Imperial soldiers.

Brad and the others followed, but after running a few steps, Coco turned around, only to find that the Viscount had followed. Since he wanted to follow him so much, Coco didn't bother to say anything, so let him follow.

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Unlike the one that went all the way up just now, this time, the group was chasing more grains all the way down.

Whisky and polyester were a little surprised, because they found that the current grain-rich body seemed more and more confusing and elusive.

Even, his movements have no rules to follow at all, the whole person is constantly shaking, and the joints of his hands and feet will twist in completely different directions, so as to evade the pursuit of the two at incredible angles.

Arrow and the others in the back also caught up, and seeing that there was an exit in front of them, Arrow couldn't help but shout: "Block the exit first!" ”

Whiskey heard the shout and immediately stopped chasing Grainy and turned to block the only exit.

But Gu Duo didn't want to continue to rush in the direction of the exit, he continued to dance strangely, whirling with polyester. A moment later, the bard let out a high-pitched shrill cry as he ran down the stone staircase on the first floor.

There, the grain opened a door the size of a half-man as if he were familiar with it, and then fell headfirst down.

This scene happened so fast that everyone didn't react at once.

But soon, Arrow immediately shouted loudly, "Exit! There must be an entrance to a basement here, right?! He wanted to escape through this basement entrance! ”

There was no need for more reminders from Eero, polyester was the first to step forward and open the door. He was vigilant, waited for the whiskey to arrive, and then lit the torch and threw it through the door.

The torch fell, and it appeared to be a crater almost three meters high.

But the flame of the torch was only lit for a short time and then extinguished, and I don't know how big it was, and it didn't shine on the figure of many grains.

Polyester looked inside and said to the whiskey: "Let's go down and look for it, but there may be traps inside." Be careful. ”

Whiskey nodded, then turned his head to look at Arrow and the others, and finally focused his gaze on Viscount Ruichi behind him and said, "Your Excellency, where does this underground passage lead here?" ”

"Underground passages?"

Viscount Ruichi looked a little confused, he touched the back of his head, and said-

"I don't know, no one told me when I bought this castle that there was an underground passage. Some time ago, when I was renovating, no one told me what the passage looks like here......"

Whiskey was a little helpless, but now he had to prepare himself to enter this underground pit......

"Wow——————!!!"

Suddenly! The terrible screams broke into everyone's eardrums again!

Probably due to the narrowness of the underground passage, Arrow immediately covered his ears, for fear that his eardrums would be shattered by this scream!

Looking up, with the light from the torches in everyone's hands, a small area of light appeared in the pit. In the midst of this small piece of light, many grains that had just jumped into it like crazy rushed out of the darkness again!

It was as if he had seen something terrible on his face, and he kept waving his hands at the crowd and shouting, "Help! Help me! Please save me quickly! ”

He stood in the light formed by the torches.

But compared to the darkness in the passage, these lights seemed so insignificant.

Before Arrow and the others could react, in the next moment, a certain force in the darkness suddenly grabbed Gu Duo's foot and dragged him violently towards the darkness!

The bard screamed loudly, his hands clutching the ground, his nails digging hard into the stones on the ground, and in an instant the lid burst into blood.

His face was covered with horror, and his hands were desperately grasping for anything he could.

He cried out for help in his mouth, turned around and stepped on the thing that had dragged him from the darkness as if he were dying.

"Help! Let me go! Let go of me! I don't want ...... I don't want that! Please, save me! Ariel...... Ariel, I was wrong! I can give you whatever you want! Please save me now! Help me——!!! ”

In his heart-rending cry for help, a black shadow like a tentacle peeked out of the darkness, and under the faint light of the firelight, the tentacle shadow slammed into Grain's mouth with lightning speed, crushing and dislocating his jaw, and then ejecting from the back of his head!

With the splash of blood at this moment, the bard finally stopped struggling.

His eyes were open, and his mouth was stuffed with the unknown dark substance, like a skewer of roasted meat skewered, slowly, slowly......

Dragged into the darkness.

Bumper ——!

The half-body door closes automatically suddenly.

But in the face of this small door that looks inconspicuous at all, Arrow and the others are you look at me, I look at you, for a while, no one has the courage to open this door again.