Chapter 46: Simple Game
"That's Beckford's hole cards?"
Ethan could only laugh and say nothing, which may be a big trouble for Brent and them, but it is really a joke for Ethan and the others, none of them rely on magic stone technology - Ethan's family is smashed on the Goddess of Dawn, and he has no magic stone equipment at all.
And with the improvement of his own strength, he gradually got rid of the embarrassing situation of relying purely on props to use magic, even if the magic props he brought can't be used, he is not without the ability to deal with it, not to mention that this strange ban effect has no effect on his magic.
In this way, the situation is more interesting.
Perhaps in Beckford's plan, without the help of the magic stone equipment, these adventurers will definitely fall into a difficult situation when facing the various monsters in the castle.
It's just that Ethan's gang is an unusual group, which leads to the fact that this group of people can still run amok in the castle, even if a slightly stronger monster occasionally jumps out, it's just a magic bullet.
"This game seems to be a little interesting. ”
"What a childish game. ”
Loki said that this kind of game of wandering around and then looking for locked up 'companions' is not fun at all, even if he can cut melons and vegetables to destroy all kinds of monsters, and can show his strength in different ways, he still doesn't find it interesting.
"I think it's fun. ”
The happiest thing is Laura, the child, who thinks this is a live-action adventure action game, and even asks for various weapons from Logan in different ways, and then plays them one by one.
It's supposed to be a tough battle, but I don't know when it suddenly turned into a game.
Since the monsters were unable to pose any threat, no amount of the castle could prevent the group from rescuing their 'companions' who were hiding in every corner.
The team is getting bigger and bigger, but after realizing the current situation, none of the fools jumped out to make trouble for Ethan.
Not only did the rescued adventurers stop looking for trouble, but even Brent and Brad didn't make much noise, quietly watching the performances of Ethan and others.
"How many people have been rescued?"
Laura kept counting silently, because she was the most involved in playing, and immediately gave an accurate number: "Seventy-one." ”
"Only seventy-one?"
Ethan felt like he was about to turn around the castle, and although it was not small, it wouldn't take much time to do it just quickly.
"We've gone through all the rooms, haven't we? We've only rescued more than half of the people, which proves that there are still many people who are hidden in more secret places. ”
It's not surprising that a castle like this has dungeons, secret rooms, etc., but what's the point? Is it just to make the game more difficult?
"No, it's all about keeping us in the castle longer. ”
Returning to the place where the gate was located, it was relatively spacious enough for everyone to gather, and Ethan directly asked Serena to check on everyone.
"What's wrong?"
"I felt a little wrong. ”
It certainly wasn't going to be that simple, and Ethan felt that Beckford must have a backhand, and he didn't just have Serena check on everyone, but he checked everyone himself.
"Sure enough, there was a problem. ”
This examination revealed that these 'captives' had been planted with a 'seed', which was very inconspicuous and usually hidden inside the body without any effect on people.
However, the seeds contained a strong amount of death energy, strong enough to turn a person into a powerful undead creature in an instant.
This thing is very troublesome, but it is after it is activated, although it is not known under what conditions this thing will be activated, or it may be activated by Beckford's remote control, but as long as it does not erupt, it will not be difficult for Ethan.
Removing these death seeds one by one, Serena's holy light spells, which she was not very good at, have also become a lot more proficient in each exercise.
Everyone present felt chills when they watched Ethan 'suck' out one energy mass after another exuding a strong aura of death on them, and even if they didn't know what it was, they could realize that it was not a good thing.
After cleaning out the seeds in the last human body, Ethan also breathed a sigh of relief, and then he checked Brent and the others as well, and the results were very bad.
"It's not a good situation. ”
Brent nodded, and he realized that although Ethan hadn't sucked any energy from his body just now, the trace of black smoke he had smoked didn't look like a good thing either.
"In this castle...... Maybe even the air we breathe contains a lot of death energy, and the longer we stay, the more this energy will accumulate in our bodies, but we don't know what special method is used, so we can't realize it. ”
The seeds in those human bodies were not deliberately placed in, but they were formed by the accumulated death energy that they had accumulated in the castle long enough.
"The most troublesome thing is that even if we know this, there is no good way to prevent it. ”
Ethan didn't need to worry about it, and neither did Serena, the negative energy was actually good for her.
Loki?This bit of negative energy can't hurt him as an Asgardian god at all, and Logan and Laura don't need him to worry, maybe they will have some trouble before, but after coming into contact with the druid doctrine and learning some druid knowledge, even if they don't become a real druid, it is not difficult to prevent such a little negative energy.
The people who will really be affected are these people other than Ethan, especially with such a large group, like carrying a group of bombs that can detonate at any time.
"They can't stay any longer. ”
Brent also realized this, not only could these people not stay, but neither he nor Brad was fit to stay.
"While dispersion was a terrible option, now we have to separate. ”
"But even if you leave with everyone, and nearly half of them are still not rescued, what will happen to those people?"
Ethan shook his head: "I'm not asking you to leave directly, you take this group of people out of this castle first, and wait outside to pick up the people rescued from behind." ”
At the moment, this is the most appropriate method, but I don't know how long Ethan will take to find them all, and it doesn't seem like it's going to be an easy task.
"It's not that hard. ”
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to tear down this castle layer by layer. ”
No matter how secretive Beckford hides people, no matter how many mechanisms there are, it has to be Ethan to play the game according to the routine he designed, and he didn't understand Beckford's plan before, and Ethan didn't take any action. Now that he found that he couldn't waste any more time, he didn't bother to continue to play according to the other party's rules, and directly chose the way he was used to solving the problem.
That's his most common brute-force method.
Starting from the top floor, tear down room by room, no matter how secret your mechanism is, I won't crack it at all and tear down the walls directly, can you still hide it?
A magic cannon blast blasts the walls open so that Brent and the others can get out of the castle, and then Ethan begins this unreasonable 'game' like opening a cheat, and the rest of them are quickly found by Ethan.
Every time they find one, they will be checked by Ethan, so that they don't become undead if they are locked up for too long.
"You're like cheating on a game. ”
Laura despises Ethan's 'play', it's too untechnical, but Ethan doesn't think there's anything wrong with it, it's better to solve a problem that can be solved simply, why make it so complicated?
What's more, it's their enemies who want to play the game, and it's the right choice to make them unhappy.
It didn't take too long for Ethan to tear down the castle, and the people who were rescued later would also leave the castle directly to join Brent, who was guarding outside.
After a while, it didn't make a difference whether he was in the castle or not, the entire castle had been completely destroyed, and it was a dilapidated ruin, and he could see what Ethan was doing from a distance.
Brent counted the number of people and found that there was only one person left who had not been found, and this person was still familiar to him, that is, Bruno, who had agreed to join the expedition early on.
"And the Demon Heart hasn't been found. ”
If it's not on the ground, it's definitely underground, if Beckford didn't lie to them. What's more, Ethan has demolished the entire castle, but as long as he stands in this area, the magic stone equipment is still unusable, so including this kind of technology or equipment that can prohibit the magic stone equipment, must also be underground.
"How are you going to find it?"
Ethan looked at Loki, and the prince of Asgard immediately understood what Ethan meant.
"I've just recovered a little, can't you think of a separate solution?"
"You only need to use that scepter, you don't need to use the power of the Frost Box, it's not stressful for you. ”
"I just made a random excuse, but I just didn't want to help. ”
Despite what he said, Loki still took out the scepter from his hand, but just as he was about to attack, Captain Bruno, the only one he didn't find, actually appeared on his own.
"Captain Bruno?"
Ethan didn't meet him, but was on full alert. This guy appeared a little strangely, and the equipment he was wearing was clearly a battle suit only found in the Sea of Miracles.
As soon as Bruno spoke, Ethan knew that the man in front of him was not the companion he needed to save at all.
"I didn't expect you to be so powerful that you even destroyed Lord Beckford's Castle of Death, which really makes me feel unbelievable. ”