(Girls' Literature)

Chapter 1889: The Iron Maiden (7)

A ghoul is a person who has been sucked by a vampire and then dies. To put it bluntly, they are also one of the products of vampires.

These monsters react exactly like vampires when they encounter holy water, and they struggle in the sacred flames until they are burned to ashes.

Arthur had never delved into what this holy water was before, and thought it would work. But now it seems that holy water is actually similar to fuel and oxidizer that has been enchanted by [Divine], and ignites as soon as it encounters air, and even the flame is enchanted with Divine. This kind of thing is really effective when used to defeat demons.

However, when the holy water bottle incinerates the mad ghouls, it will make a sound. The light and heat of this flame is also a huge problem. It attracted more enemies, and Arthur could already see the shadows of at least thirty feral ghouls dangling at the end of the opposite hallway!

One success doesn't mean anything, and fighting these crazy man-eating monsters in a narrow corridor is still very disadvantageous. If you want to fight with such a large group of monsters, you must first find a place that is wide enough to dodge attacks!

The sound of the whip swinging was accompanied by the sound of the crash. Arthur flickered to see that little Zust had wrapped his silver whip around something in mid-air that resembled a clasp. He pulled hard, and the mechanism above was pulled down, and it was an improvised staircase that led to the upper floor!

"Over here!" Zust jumped up first.

Arthur didn't go ahead, but snatched two bottles of holy water from Joey's waist and pushed the teenager, motioning for him to go up first.

"Lord Aslan?" Joey didn't understand King Arthur's intentions, but he didn't want to get in the way of the next people climbing the ladder, so he kicked up and started to climb.

"Whew. Arthur, for his part, threw the holy water bottle before the monsters approached, causing it to land next to the ladder, forming two walls of fire. This wall of sacred fire is a natural barrier, and if monsters get close, they will be swept away by the flames!

This action did make the mad ghouls hesitate for half a second, that is to say, although their brains are rotten and they are already in a state of madness, but like wild beasts, they also have the instinct to survive, and they will actively avoid danger in front of them, and they will not plunge into the flames!

Arthur sneered and climbed the ladder. Those monsters won't chase after them for a while, and the Holy Fire Wall can continue to burn for at least half a minute!

"Very good tactics and fighting skills. He is worthy of the Sage Aslan. Only after he could catch his breath did little Zust take the time to exclaim.

"Don't pat me on the back, let's find out what's going on here. Arthur looked around, trying to gauge the situation.

This room is actually the interior of the library, and the Wang Lida Library is composed of several side halls, and the middle is connected by a hexagonal space, which happens to be a corner corresponding to an area. Books stored in each area should have their own divisions and be organized and organized.

In each row of old but sturdy ironwood bookshelves, thousands of books are stored------ old, new, holy, exotic. There are even a number of ancient scrolls made directly by hand from parchment, which are stored in bundles, and there are also insect repellent and antiseptic spices next to them, so that these rare ancient books can be preserved for a longer time.

The same area also has its own small staircase connecting the second and third floors, allowing the hexagonal design of the library to expand upwards like a pagoda of books. The bookshelves upstairs are already placed against the wall, almost integrated with the wall, which makes them more stable and the books will not fall apart, and the design is really delicate and full of neat beauty.

The neatness of the library is yet its characteristic messiness. The floor inside the library is littered with books, like hills. These books have not yet been categorized on the shelves because of the sheer number of them, or because there are some people who don't have a long memory and have poor morals who forgot to put them back after reading them. In general, these random books are really an eyesore, and it makes Arthur's obsessive-compulsive disorder almost attack.

"It's good that there are no wild ghouls here at the moment. Arthur cautiously peeked out of the hall and said in a low voice when he returned.

"If there's a fight next, don't mess with holy water bottles. Little Zust instructed his son, but in fact he was also warning Arthur: "There are many precious books in the Royal Library, and although the flames caused by the holy water bottle will not set the whole library on fire, it will not avoid destroying one or two books." That's not good. ＂

Joey knew it wasn't just for him, but he understood his father wisely and nodded his head at once.

"Anyway, in this kind of open area, we can fight with confidence. Arthur didn't have a big deal. The library is not just open, it has bookshelves everywhere, and it is a three-dimensional environment that can be fully utilized. If you make reasonable use of the terrain, Arthur is not a problem at all.

But what he was really worried about now was the Inspector Thiggen who had not yet been contacted. It seems that the inspector is trapped in this library, and where he is now is still a mystery. Surely the hapless creature has been gnawed away by the ghouls? If his person is still there, or if the body is still in a prominent corner, finding the key he is carrying will not be a problem. I'm afraid that this Inspector Tygen will die in an unknown corner of the library, and I can't find it. If things turn out like that, Arthur will probably have to make a bigger detour to get his Seraphic Sword back.

Arthur pressed the uneasiness in his heart, and carefully felt out of the side hall of the library with little Zust and his son. Thankfully, they still haven't seen the wild ghouls roaming around. The ladder behind them was not climbed up by a mad ghoul, I'm afraid that these stiff and brainless guys don't know how to climb ladders at all?

"Shhh

"Huh?" Arthur looked up. That's right, there are people on the second floor of the library, and on the second floor of the ring, on top of a certain large bookshelf, there is a middle-aged man crawling. There were two or three other people not far from the man, also hiding on top of the bookshelf, holding on in various postures that seemed tiring.

"Oh my god, Inspector Thigen isn't dead yet!" sighed in a low voice.

Hearing Johnny say this, Arthur was finally relieved. If you want to see people alive and die, you have to see corpses, and the inspector who he can't find the most is staying on that shelf. In this way, the key to the treasure room is guaranteed to be in hand.

The group of people on the opposite side who were hiding on top of the bookshelves no longer made a sound, but used gestures to try to tell Arthur their information. They played bad sign language, but Arthur managed to understand it.

(Don't be silent, there's monsters!)

Who doesn't know that there are monsters. Isn't it just a bunch of mad ghouls? Arthur was complaining in his heart.

Wow------ but Arthur looked closely at the other side halls of the library, and oh my God, there were at least thirty shadows shaking in each side hall. They were half-crouching and eating corpses, and most of them were obscured by the piles of books around them, so they were barely aware of their presence. In the halls of this library, a rough calculation shows that there are hundreds of wild ghouls lurking in ambush. It's not easy to fight against such a large number of monsters!

I had to keep sneaking.

"What should I do?" Seeing that there was some distance from here, little Zust asked Arthur.

"Of course, we will meet with the inspector and protect them. Arthur replied. But all he cared about was the key.

"Then you go first, and I will be in charge of the rear of the palace. Little Zust said. He must have said this because of the noise that his equipment made when he walked. If he also stealthily walked very slowly, the sound would be infinitely reduced to the point where it was almost negligible. But if he walked too slowly------ he would have slowed down Arthur's footsteps, and Arthur would certainly not wait for him, even if Arthur didn't say it.

"Okay, you just move slowly behind. Arthur would have liked to get rid of the big burden of little Zuster, anyway, the Zust family are all well-trained vampire hunters, and they won't be afraid of a mere group of wild ghouls (probably?), so what if he is left alone. (Not to mention that Arthur can also rush back to save people when something goes wrong.) ）

"Don't dare to compliment. But Joey was a little worried: "Father always likes to overestimate his own strength. Even a father can't handle this number of ghouls at the same time. ＂

"Nonsense. Johnny Zust was visibly not happy: "You two go away, don't worry about me." ＂

Arthur didn't bother with the father and son, and went up the stairs on the second floor first. Wasting time will only put them in more dangerous places, and God knows when those ferocious ghouls will finish eating the corpses, and if they don't have corpses to eat, they'll wander around, making it even more difficult for Arthur and them to stealth!

Arthur should have taken advantage of the moment, right away------------

Chirping------!

Haste makes waste. Arthur thought it would be easy to dive in and meet the superintendent, but reaching the wooden staircase on the second floor was the biggest challenge.

Because from the staircase to the second floor, the floor is all made of wooden planks, and each step is still made of several wooden planks inlaid and riveted!

The wooden floor is different from the stone floor, and Arthur will inevitably make a sound when he walks on the floor of this structure------ which is the sound of his weight causing the planks to sink slightly, and the planks rubbing against each other.

He had just stepped on a step, and immediately froze and did not dare to move. He knew something was wrong, and he immediately stopped dying.

In a side hall in the distance, a mad ghoul who was busy eating corpses seemed to notice the slightest movement. It stopped eating corpses and looked around, looking for its next prey.