Gawain's "supplementary setting" sounds like a new word to Amber and Philip Knight, but it is not complicated to explain its meaning, and Gawain only understands the meaning of the word in a few words.

"In other words, what is going on in this castle is like a stage play, and everyone in the castle is an 'actor' who is in it but doesn't know it?" Philip Knight said his understanding, "Usually they live here as if they are hypnotized, because they have been mentally interfered with for a long time, so they are not aware of the disobedience in daily life at all, but outsiders like us have broken the 'logic' of the stage play, and the inconsistency between the plot and the facts has caused the play to be unable to continue, so the main messenger behind the creation and maintenance of this stage has to patch his 'script'?" ”

Amber looked Philip Knight up and down several times, and then looked at the upright and honest young man before he spoke, "Whoa—I'm getting goosebumps all over my body when you say this!" ”

"My lord, I think we should stop this evil ritual immediately!" Philip didn't pay attention to Amber, but said with a serious face, "I'm afraid that Kant's arrest of the homeless is not new, and their evil deeds may have been carried out in secret for decades!" The innocents who entered the land and whose whereabouts were unknown during this time should have been sacrificed to maintain the illusion - the price to pay for the entire castle to be under the influence of this magic is enormous! ”

"Yes," Amber said in a rare positive manner, "every minute counts!" ”

Gao Wen frowned and looked at the two in front of him: "How do you think you should start?" ”

"If you really can't do it, just have a showdown with that old man, face to face, if he wants to admit it, you will cut him, if he doesn't admit it, you will want him to admit it and then cut him," Amber pouted, "There should be no one in this castle who can beat you, and then you go first." ”

Not only Gawain, but even Philip had long been accustomed to Amber's style of "whoever goes up first, I won't go anyway", he just glanced at this half-elf with disdain, and then nodded slowly: "My lord, there is no doubt that Viscount Victor Kant is the main messenger of all this - he is the only one in the entire Kant Territory who has the motive and ability to carry out this evil act......"

"Is Victor Kant the Black Hand......" Gawain did not respond positively to the proposal of the two, but voiced his own question, "Actually, I can't figure out one thing: even if Kant usually doesn't communicate with the outside world much, there should always be two or three of the most basic visitors every year, could it be that we are the only ones who cause the 'big illusion' in the castle to have loopholes?" People who have been here before have never found out? That Lady Lilith Cont would come out of the North Tower every night and walk around the castle, and no other servant would ever see her? If any other servants saw it, they never mentioned to the rest of the realm that there was a living viscountess in the castle when they left the castle to run errands? ”

Amber frowned when she heard this: "It's good to explain that no other visitors have found out, and the normal people who come to visit us shouldn't be like us from the beginning with the mentality of inquiring about other people's backgrounds, and as for the people in the castle...... They were all hypnotized, maybe as soon as they left the castle, their cognition and memory would completely change? ”

Seeing that Gawain was still thinking, Amber finally couldn't help but mutter: "If I were you, I wouldn't hesitate, that old man is obviously wrong, wouldn't everything be clear if you caught him and beat him!" ”

Philip's knight, though usually old-fashioned, has a better mind than Amber at such times: "Are you worried that if we misjudge, our actions here will irritate the aristocracy of the entire southern region, causing them to be wary of Cecil's frontier territory?" ”

"Actually, I'm not worried about them, those big and small lords in the south don't have a sense of existence in my place," Gawain shook his head, "I just always feel that we have overlooked something, although all the fingers in this matter are pointed at Victor Kant, but ...... Could it be that simple? ”

A cultist, or a nobleman who has been bewitched and controlled by the cultists, must be extremely vigilant and cunning, especially when he is carrying out an unsightly evil ritual, and his vigilance will be so great that even the mere mere standing there will be regarded as pins and needles, but that Victor Kant has been too relaxed and defenseless from beginning to end.

Is this pure acting superb? Or do you have a full dependence, so you're not afraid of being debunked at all? Or...... The person who really controls all this is not Viscount Kant himself?

Click-boom!

A huge thunderclap suddenly rang out in the sky, and the windows were instantly illuminated as day, and after a few seconds, the bean-sized raindrops crackled down, casting a dense series of noises on the castle's stone façade and crystal windows.

As night fell, a new rainstorm also fell on the land,

The flash of thunder and lightning pierced through the narrow high window, making the study suddenly brighten, and Viscount Victor Kant, who was sitting behind the desk, suddenly raised his head with a blank expression on his face, while the flash of thunder and lightning lit up from behind him, turning him into a dark shadow in the backlight, and his figure was projected on the opposite side of the desk, on the old butler Carter, who was not far away.

When the flash of thunder and lightning faded, the dim lighting returned to the study, and the glow of the magic crystal lamp became eerie and obscure in the room again, covering everything with a shadowy texture.

Viscount Victor Kant suddenly said for no reason: "Carter, you have served the Kant family for many years. ”

The old butler suddenly stepped forward and walked to the desk in front of him—or rather to the old master behind the desk, his face was expressionless, and he whispered muffled words in his mouth: "The intruder has detected the second level of consciousness, and the subconscious shield has been loosened. ”

Victor Kant just watched this scene quietly: "Old friend, your dedication has exceeded your responsibility, I wanted to thank you for a long time, but I didn't say it, this is my regret......"

The old butler walked around the desk and stood in front of the old master, he lowered his head and looked at the person he had sworn allegiance to for the rest of his life: "The computing node is under threat, and the risk of exposure is more than fifty percent...... Prioritize the concealment of compute nodes. ”

A silver dagger was drawn, and a silver light lit up in the dimly lit room, and then slashed a short arc into a not-so-strong but somewhat warm chest.

The old lord's body twitched, a strange sound sounded from his throat, and his eyes were clouded with a layer of starlight like a dream, he looked at the expressionless face of the butler Carter, and whispered, "Kant family...... Thank you...... Your loyalty. ”

The butler loosened the dagger, letting the old master's blood stain himself, staining his dark coat and white shirt with blood, and then he turned around, pushed open the door of the study, and swaggered out into the hallway.

A maid who was mopping the floor looked up and saw the butler coming out of the lord's study, and she hurriedly stood ready to say hello, but the next glance saw the blood stained on the old gentleman's clothes, and his cold, cold face, which was also stained with blood.

Butler Carter raised his hand, and a light purple, vague energy glow condensed into his hand: "You see it! ”

The young maid finally couldn't hold back her fear and screamed, "Ah!! ”

The maid's screams instantly resounded through an entire floor, even in the room below, and the three people who were talking in Gawain's room were instantly interrupted by the screams, and they heard great fear in the screams.

The three of them looked at each other and rushed out of the room in unison.

The servants who were already on duty at night were alarmed by this sound, and the male and female servants ran out from all corners one after another, and there were running figures in each corridor for an instant, and when Gawain and the others ran to the third floor of the castle, there were already many people gathered here.

The screaming maid fell to the ground, but there were no external injuries, she was only temporarily unconscious from the panic, and after a basin of cold water was poured down, she quickly woke up, and then shouted in a loud voice, "The butler is possessed by a demon", "He is covered in blood", "He came out of the master's study", and so on, staccato and almost insane.

Hearing the maid's intermittent shouting words, Gawain's heart instantly stirred, and some sudden flashes of thought emerged from his heart, and at the same time he strode forward and looked at the frightened girl: "Where did the housekeeper run?" ”

"That'...... Over there! The maid stretched out her hand and pointed to the end of the hallway, an open window swaying violently in the wind and rain, "He unleashed a terrible spell on me and flew out like a ghost!" ”

"Spells?" Gawain glanced down at the maid, but didn't see any traces of spell damage from the other party, but he didn't have time to think about it, instead turned his head to look at Amber, "You go after it - if you find it, don't fight, come back and report it in time!" ”

Amber was already running towards the window before Gao Wen could finish his order, and her figure gradually faded as she ran, and her voice came from the air: "If you go out to chase people on a rainy day, you have to count it as a bonus......"

A faint shadow rushed into the rainy night, and Gawain turned his head and strode towards the study not far away.

Viscount Victor Kant sat upright in a high chair, a sharp knife stuck in his chest, and the blood splattered red the table in front of him.

Several servants who were following Gawain exclaimed when they saw this.

Philip and Gawain stepped forward together, and the young knight whispered the name of the god of war as he put his hand between the old viscount's mouth and nose, and the next second he exclaimed, "There is still breath!" ”

Gawain also noticed the position of the dagger at this time: the old viscount was really lucky, although the position of this knife was dangerous, it seemed to be blocked by the ribs, and it did not pierce the heart!

He's bleeding so much he's faint now—but a little longer it won't be that simple.

Gawain immediately took out the special healing potion configured by Pitman from his arms, and activated the knight's skill "Blood Inspiration" to temporarily overdraft and extend the life of the old viscount, and shouted: "Go and ask for a healer!" Priest of the Light or a druid! ”