Ophelina turned to look at Resley, looking at the girl in front of her differently, she nodded and said, "Yes, I don't deny everything you said, it's an opportunity for you and me, although I don't know why you want to get the 'Rib of Death', but you are already caught up in this conspiracy, and you will see what you want in a short distance ahead, what is your choice?" Miss Risery. ”

'General', she was right, this is a gamble, if I turn around and go back now, I can get out of this predicament, but if I want to get the 'death rib' from the demon again, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, and everyone can't put themselves in the right position in front of interests, she has long been aware of this matter. My Choice......

"Okay, I decided to move on. Please, Lady Ophelina. Resley made a gesture of please, and Ophelina nodded in satisfaction.

Ophelina continued to walk forward, and she continued in front of her: "Miss Resley, although you are right, but there is one thing you said wrong, in this conspiracy, we cannot get out of it in any way, we will survive this storm together, demons are not what you think, especially great demons like Mephistopheles Phyllis, they will never stop until they achieve their goals. ”

They talked like this, and went up a spiral stone staircase, opened a secret door, and went to the great courtyard, where in the middle of the hall were four large columns, and in the middle of the four pillars was a large round table, and in the middle of the round table was Herbert's coat of arms, which was the hall of the Council.

Ophelina turned to leave, leaving Resli in the hall to look at the furnishings in the hall, and with a sound the family crest opened, and a lifting platform stretched out from it, on which was placed a wooden box of black wood, not very large.

"Please, this is the 'Rib of Death' you want." Resli watched as Ophelina stepped out of the curtain. Resley shifted her gaze back to the ominous black box. Fort Herbert, Hall of the Sanechamber.

The medieval-style pattern carved on the top of the wooden box should be a carving of the Grim Reaper, Resli looked at the black box quietly, as if the box had life, and bursts of cold air oozed from the cracks of the box, and those cold air would turn into struggling human shapes, no eyes only black holes, they struggled to try to run out of the cold air, free from the shackles of the box, some spirits inside reached out to Resli in the hope of getting her help, and heard the ghostly wails inside, Sadness, crying, pleading, anger, shouting, and other sounds rushed into her ears, and she covered her ears and stepped back, suddenly a hand grabbed her shoulder.

Fearful, Resley slowly looked back, her body was stiff, even the hand that took out the cross in her bag was stiff, and it was Ophelina who grabbed her shoulder, and she looked at Resli in surprise with cold sweat and frightened eyes.

"Miss Resley, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable there? ”

Resli turned back and pointed to the box and said, "This box is ......," but the box she was pointing to was still untouched on the table.

Ophelina walked past her, "You just fell into a hallucination...... as if the box had a will of its own, right?" She picked up the box with both hands, handed it to Resley, and when she saw that Resley didn't take it, she placed the box on the table.

"Miss Resley, please open it, it's the 'Rib of Death' that everyone is vying for." Ophelina took a small step back and held out a hand, "Please." ”

Resli looked at Ophelina and then at the box, she didn't know what would happen after opening the box, if it was really like just now, she didn't know how to deal with it, she never had a reference case, she believed that no one in the entire Knights of Thackeray had ever seen such a terrifying scene, and it was estimated that no member would ever be so close to real death in the future.

She stretched out her sweat-stained hand and touched the box, the surface was cold and caressed the carving on the surface of the box, and she stroked along the edge of the box, she let out a burst of sighs in her heart, the whole box was very heavy more than the weight of a wooden box, and when she picked it up, the bottom of the box was not very stable, it seemed to be filled with liquid, and she cast a questioning look at Ophelina.

"The whole box is very safe, the outside is wood, the inside is copper, and there is a layer of sterling silver wrapped in the copper on top of the mezzanine, and the gap between the copper plates is filled with mercury."

Ophelina took out a small key and stabbed it into the keyhole, but instead of unlocking it right away, she said to Resley, "Don't leave this thing out for too long, it will cause you unexpected trouble." ”

Resley nodded knowingly. Ophelina twirled slightly, and with a click the small lock was opened, and Ophelina stepped aside again.

Resli slowly opened the box with apprehension, very heavy She opened it very slowly, there was no scene she saw just now, she opened the box with a little relief, inside the lid is a copper mirror, the surface of the copper mirror has become dark, it is difficult to see that it is a copper mirror without careful observation, there is a rib on the flannel lining in the middle of the box, the same shape as an ordinary human bone, but the whole rib exudes black gas, like a wooden stick burning in a black flame, The black smoke rose into the air from the ribs that surrounded the entire rib, and then slowly spread upwards in the air until it disappeared.

Resli covered her mouth and couldn't believe what was in front of her, the black smoke was like an evil spirit with teeth and claws stretching out her black withered hand to Resley, at this moment Ophelina closed the lid of the box, the moment the lid clattered, cutting off the spread of black smoke in the air, everything was calm again, Resli had just gotten air from suffocation, panting and greedily inhaling the oxygen around her, her eyes were filled with tears, she looked at Ophelina and couldn't say anything.

"These are the last breaths of the dead, and they belong to the 'dead' forever, as if they were like the soul ferrymen on the Akeron River, as a reward for the judgment of 'death', they feel your soul and want to use your soul and body to wander the world again, so don't be fooled by this kind of thing."

Ophelina caressed Resley's back with one hand to make her feel better, Ophelina helped Resley to sit on the chair, turned around and walked to a table to pour her a glass of water, handed it to Resley's hand, she took the water and drank a small sip, the liquid was delivered to her bloodstream, soothing the beating heart, she slowly calmed down, and took another sip of water.

"So this box is very heavy, so you don't let those spirits escape."

Ophelina clasped the key to the box and turned to her and said, "No, it's the mercury wrapped in the copper crevice, so you should feel the liquid shaking at the bottom of the box, that is to prevent the 'death' or the demon from sensing the existence of this thing, and the bronze mirror on the lid is purely to seal the evil spirits scurrying in the ribs, and the spirits can only be appeased when they see their appearance, otherwise, they will never admit that they are dead." ”

Ophelina nodded, this explanation was very reasonable, and lamented that people in the Middle Ages had a deeper understanding of unnatural forces.

"So what exactly does the 'rib of death' do?" This question made Ophelina stunned.

"Actually, I don't know, there's never been any experimentation with that thing. If he did, my father would probably know, but he's gone. ”

This answer was the most disappointing answer she had ever encountered in the night, and Resry made another request, "I want to take a closer look at the box." ”

Ophelina didn't know what she was going to do, and didn't think there was any need to stop it, "As long as you don't open it again, please do it, Miss Resley." ”

Resley got up and picked up the black box again, observing the engravings on the box and the lettering around the box, including the bottom of the box, she didn't let go, she looked at it carefully, and then put it on the lifting platform, Ophelina asked Resley, "Do you see anything?" ”

"Well, I'm just interested in medieval art......" Resley gave Ophelina a hint.

"Oh? I'd love to hear from you, Miss Resley. ”

"This wooden box is specially treated, and the carving technique is not as mature as the Roman or Gothic art style, then, this is obviously the 18th century only began to take on the unique artistic style of England, more like the printmaker Hogarth's technique, the author deliberately shows a Christ-like theme style, there is a classical traditional beauty, strong structure and narrative, the top of the box is carved on the top part of God shining on the world, and in the middle is the god of death, and the bottom part of the depiction is a kneeling man offering sacrifices with both hands, This kind of realism is contrary to your family's beliefs, and I don't know the intentions of the carver or the instructor, and based on what Ophelina said about the age of your family's existence, I suspect it was done later. ”

"Well, yes, Miss Resley, you are still observing very carefully, our family itself is a category abandoned by God, we should be anti-God and anti-light in front of the world, and in fact, the person you said should be my father, although he became a vampire, but before that our family was still the most loyal supporter of God, of course, what kind of events have been experienced in it, there is no detailed basis, when I was born, I went through a lot of changes, originally there were detailed records, experienced wars, The divisions, strife, and migration of the family, we have lost the historical records of the family, and the things left behind are incomplete, which is really ashamed. ”

Resli nodded in understanding, "Then your father likes to write poetry, right?" ”

"Yes, he likes poetry very much, he often writes some small poems anytime and anywhere, listening to the older generation, he often writes some small secret words for my mother to guess, my father loves my mother very much...... I still have some impressions of this." Ophelina laughed as she closed the trap and sent her out again with Resri.

"On this box, I mean the verses that surround the box, 'When the frost moon hangs high in the sky, raise the banner of the family crest, set foot on the path of the lion, open the door of death, fight with me, swear allegiance to the family oath, create honor and merit with the sword and shield, reach the other side of immortality hand in hand, and bloom immortal roses in the eternal garden.' How should this be understood? ”

"My father was also a lord on one side of the war, and he was very respected by the king at that time, and he was awarded the title of 'Lion Knight' after many years of fighting, I think this is to publicize my father's epic conquest, and every time he comes back from a battle, my mother will put roses full of roses to catch the wind for my father."

"Have you seen your mother?"

"This, yes, can only be seen through oil painting now, if you have forgotten her appearance in real memory, after all, time has passed, I was still a child at that time."

"And, Lady Ophelina, what is the reference to the eternal and immortal rose mentioned in the last line of the poem, 'Immortal roses bloom in the garden of eternity,'" Resli stopped and looked at Ophelina, and before Ophelina could speak, Resli preemptively asked, "Have you heard of the Immortal Rose?" ”

Ophelina looked at Resley with a strange look, her lips twitching slightly, "Well, I don't know, what the hell this is, at least I don't." With that, Ophelina walked up to Resley and made a gesture of please.

Ophelina changed the subject between them, and the two of them talked and walked, and soon reached the entrance where they entered, and Ophelina arranged for Santmoth to send Resley back to the stone house, and as she was leaving, Ophelina said to Resley: "Miss Resley, you should see the truth of the 'Rib of Death', and I hope that you and your companion, Mr. Thomas, will keep the promise between us." ”

"Yes, Lady Ophelina, we will certainly accomplish what we have to do, please rest assured." Resli shook hands with Ophelina and left in the car, and Ophelina watched the car disappear before her eyes and left.

And Resli didn't say a word in the car, she looked out the window at the dark night, but she thought about something that made her haunt her, this matter was not as simple as she imagined, if the guess was not wrong, she had a bigger secret here.

Fate, we have been developing according to the script written by fate, and no one deviates from the characters and main line in the script.

Profound...... Luo ...... Wei ...... Ya, Austria...... Luo ...... Wei ...... Ya, wake up.