Volume 2: The Detective's Assistant Chapter 25: A Haunted House in the Woods
Edvina suddenly remembered that the other party's attitude towards Ian that day was completely different from the past, and that in the end, the black gentleman betrayed Ian, and he became a king and lost the king since ancient times.
"Young Master, have you heard of the Crow Forest?"
In the Ford Heslett Mansion, Sherlock was looking at the crème brûlée on the table and felt unappetizing, when the black gentleman suddenly asked.
"Crow Forest, the rumored haunted forest?"
Sherlock knew that this was just to scare children, but a paranatural event like this ——, still sounded interesting.
“yes。” The black gentleman smiled undiminishedly, "In England is a famous forest of horrors, walk along the southwest direction, you will see an ancient mansion of the seventeenth century, but this ancient mansion was destroyed by a fire a long time ago, and the owner of it was burned alive before he could escape, this mansion only appears at night, and it seems to disappear all at once during the day, and it has reappeared after many people have entered recently." ”
"You're going, aren't you?" As soon as Edwina heard the words "Horror Forest", she immediately became excited, she had never seen a ghost since she was a child, if she was allowed to take such a look today, it would be worth it in this life.
"yes."
Sherlock was just about to answer, but the black gentleman had already taken a step ahead of him, and couldn't help glaring at him coldly, however, this kind of supernatural event still feels good, but why did the other party suddenly mention this, could it be- Sherlock looked at the envelope in the other party's hand, and sure enough.
That night, the three of them patronized this Crow Forest, the air was filled with a vague smell of blood, and a child's strange laughter sounded this sound sounded like it came from the southwest, after the winding path led to the secluded place, only to see this ancient mansion in front of them, but under the eaves, the corners of the walls were covered with spider silk, but candlelight could be seen through the window.
"Saying that the ancient house will suddenly disappear during the day is not a real disappearance, I'm afraid it's a cover-up." Sherlock spoke suddenly.
"Yes, I'm afraid there are still young master's enemies living inside." The black gentleman said, Sherlock was still wondering, the door of the mansion was opened from the inside, and a young man walked out of it, with a handsome face under the golden hair, and a pair of sea blue eyes, but this person turned out to be - Bernard Barrett!
Before Sherlock could recover from his surprise, he heard the black gentleman say, "Young master, since it is a task assigned by Her Majesty, no matter what means are used, it must be completed, right?" ”
This guy - Sherlock was speechless for a while, "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb." ”
When did he say that he was going to retreat, since he came, he would clean up the people who had polluted the Queen's garden, but the other party was betrayed by Claude Fusdath at that time, and he was already dead, how could he be here.
"No, wait—" By the moonlight, he saw that the other's mouth was stitched with needles and threads, forming a straight line that could never be opened, and his limbs were bound by countless thin wires, like a puppet, or perhaps, it was just a lifeless puppet that could only be manipulated by man, but there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring here in the unlit grass, and the dark red eyes with the fire emblem looked like two lanterns with a strange red light in such a dark and endless night, But it suppressed its snort to a minimum, and it lay quietly in the grass, as if waiting for an opportune moment to devour its prey
In the eyes of ordinary people, it is just two lanterns that I don't know who threw here, and the unsuspecting passing, the monster that has been waiting for a long time will suddenly jump out and kill you by surprise, and it has become its midnight snack in the middle of the night without mental preparation, and ordinary humans want to pass through here safely, which can be said to be a fantasy, so no one has dared to pass through here for more than ten years, unless something has to be done, but this monster is afraid of magicians regardless of any profession.
However, today I saw such a living human being as Edwina, but I didn't move for a long time, I was afraid that I saw that there were two magicians beside the other party, or for some other reason, but this was probably the first time it encountered this kind of thing in a hundred years, at this moment, a group of soldiers wearing black armor passed by here with black spears in their hands, and the soldiers who walked in the front also wore a token made of white jade on the armor, and the token was also engraved with the words "Knight Chief Enzo".
The Enzo family is a family that cultivates knight armies and Deadpools, once defended Atlante City, England against foreign invaders, and once successfully defeated the five million army of Cromwell with fewer victories, but the huge five million army was defeated by the four million army of the Enzo family, and the three most important intelligence gathering bases in Tamur City were destroyed.
It can be said that the ministers in the royal family of Cromwell are united on the surface, but they are scheming and colluding with each other in private, plus the position of the king is being watched by people all the time, plus after that defeat, the entire royal family and nobles are a miasma.
And the Enzo family has made great contributions to the whole of Britain, and has been the indispensable first batch of guards around Her Majesty from generation to generation, and the second is the magician who trained the demon knight and the evil spirit knight to defend Atlante City in England against the invasion of the Grant Kingdom, that is, the head of the Ford Heslett family - Sherlock. But he is also the most hated person of the entire human race, and he is the henchman that the current emperor god wants to get rid of the most, so he will never contribute a single cent of troops to the human race, even if the human race is about to be extinct, he can coldly watch the human race be destroyed little by little, in his opinion, since you human race regards me as an enemy, then why should he Sherlock pay his life to protect you, isn't it?
He only needs to obey and protect the people who are also demons, and the commander and queen are exactly what he needs to obey, and the people of the demons are exactly what he and the Enzo family, as well as other families need to protect.
But why did this force appear here? This was clearly not the intention of the Duke of the Enzo family, this power would only be used to defend against foreign invaders, except for the queen and the Duke of the Enzo family who could summon these black-armored cavalry, there was also one person.
Sherlock frowned tightly, but the monster was gone just now, and the black gentleman noticed all this, but the two didn't say anything, because there was a girl Edwina here, and I didn't want to bring her here today, after all, a girl and she was still just an ordinary human to come here with them It was a very dangerous thing, but the three Felton were called by the commander to carry out the mission, and let her stay in the mansion, Sherlock was really not at ease, but it didn't mean that he felt how delicate the other party was, It's just that she's not a magician yet, and there's obviously no way to resist the sudden attack of the monster.
Then the three of them got up and walked towards the mansion, while the black-armored cavalry quietly lurked in the grass, quietly waiting for the right moment.
As soon as the three of them walked into the mansion, they saw thousands of strange-looking puppets hanging on the walls, which looked very strange in this flickering and flickering environment, and at this moment, those puppets all let out an extremely harsh and strange laugh, and the sharp laughter resounded throughout the mansion, and suddenly a powerful force knocked the black gentleman and Edvena out of the mansion together, and then the door of the mansion slammed shut, and then, the black "pentagram sealing array" was sealed.
Sherlock looked at the direction of the gate, and couldn't recover for a long time, when suddenly a sharp arrow shot straight at him from behind, and the arrow flew forward from behind his shoulder, tearing the white uniform on his body, blood flowed out of the wound, and the stinging feeling made Sherlock come back from his stunned, he slowly turned to look at the person who shot the arrow, and his eyes suddenly became extremely cold: "Xavier." ”
He looked at the young man in front of him, between his eyebrows and eyes was somewhat similar to Vera Ferdinand, who had been turned into blood due to the poison, his chestnut hair, fair face, and a pair of purple eyes, it was obvious that he was the other party's brother, and Ackerman was the same god of law, Xavier was sent to Tamur City by Duke Ferdinand three months ago and didn't know what to do in private, he was originally going to come back next month, but he came back early after receiving the deaths of Doravier and Vera a month ago, plus Ackerman reminded him again, Before Vera died, she ran to find Sherlock because of the Earl's position, and finally fought, but Vera was only a junior magician, not his opponent at all, and she was hit by Sherlock three times in a row, and soon after she returned, she slowly turned into blood and died, and Doravel was also taken away by Her Majesty's soldiers and hanged because she was exposed and ran a place where she hid filth.
The Ferdinand family lost two people in succession, Xavier couldn't sit still anymore, he really didn't expect the other party to be so ruthless, vicious like a wolf, he couldn't take revenge for a day if he didn't get rid of Sherlock, and he was going to break this person into pieces today.
Xavier was different from Vera, and in the blink of an eye there was already a smile on his face, if he was just full of hatred like a fierce wolf, now, his smile suddenly became very gentle and amiable, if Sherlock didn't understand the other party's sinister and cunning character, he would definitely think that he was just a polite aristocratic young master, but the hatred in his eyes was impossible to ignore
"Sherlock, you have killed so many people, if I expose your mask in front of your commander, and know that you, the commander of the so-called guard army of the English Atlante Magic City, the earl of the nobles, are actually just a murderer with blood on his hands, what will I think of you in the future." It's a threat, it's simply an undisguised threat.
Sherlock looked at him with extremely cold eyes, if he was not strong enough, he would only be bullied and coerced, but after a while, he raised his lips and sneered, and his face became more and more handsome that people did not dare to look at him, but his tone was as cold as blood condensation: "So what, as a demon, do you still have to be a philanthropist, don't you feel unbelievable when you say those words yourself?" ”
Xavier doesn't really pity those humans, the demons and the human race are opposites, but the person who kills his own demons, no matter what the reason, plus Sherlock is also a military commander, according to military regulations, of course, it will be dealt with by military law, but Xavier didn't say it, he was eager to learn a lesson, the next moment he had already raised his long sword, and stabbed at Sherlock's heart, just when the tip of the long sword in Xavier's hand was about to pierce into his body, but it was easily blocked by the black Western sword in the other party's hand, The two of them made more than a dozen moves in an instant, and there was a sudden burst of swords and swords in the living room.
Sherlock found that the other party seemed to be deliberately letting him, and he had a hunch that it was not because they were colleagues that they would show mercy to their subordinates, but as if they were planning to do something, at this moment, a sneer crossed Xavier's eyes, and then a very frightened voice suddenly appeared on his face, and suddenly threw away his long sword, and fell back to the ground as if he had been hit hard, Sherlock was taken aback The movement in his hand suddenly stopped, and the tip of the long sword in his hand happened to point at the throat of the other party, only an inch away, He looked at the other party in astonishment, and before he could react, the other party had already shown a look of being wronged and said: "Charlotte, I have already said that for the sake of our colleagues, Vera's affairs will not be taken care of by you, why do you still want to kill them like this?" ”