The towering Rastania Castle, on the outskirts of Romania's capital Bucharest, with its crumbling walls covered with vines, has witnessed the country's nearly 600-year history. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to records, the castle was built by order of the ancient Romanian Grand Duke Vlad III, also known as the vampire Dracula. Although the government later planned to develop the area into a tourist attraction, it was decided to abandon this plan after the inexplicable disappearance of several workers who had renovated the castle.

Residents of the neighborhood have long been talking about what exactly lies inside the castle, with some saying that Dracula's ghost is still hovering in the castle, while others say that it hides a secret facility built by the government.

There were also private expeditions to investigate inside, but the results were nothing, and over time, the topic of "what is in the castle of Rastania" gradually faded out of people's field of vision, and only mentioned in casual conversation after dinner.

And today, on this sunny afternoon, this old castle welcomed an uninvited guest.

A young woman, wrapped in a gray cloak and covering her face with a mask, strode into the main entrance of the castle and stepped into a dusty corridor.

The dark red carpet on the floor was half rotten, and the crystal chandelier above the hallway was wobbly, looking like it might fall down at any moment. Without saying a word, Zhao Meng walked through the gloomy corridor, walked up the spiral staircase to the second floor, and came to a dusty portrait in the right aisle on the second floor:

The oil painting inlaid in the dark gold portrait frame is a noble lady with her arms crossed and elegant manners, but unfortunately the canvas at the eye position has been dug out, making the originally harmonious picture suddenly become much stranger.

Zhao Meng, who had just stood in front of the oil painting and was about to say something, suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, so he immediately activated the prototype optical camouflage on his body, and at the same time held his breath and leaned against the wall, completely integrating with the dusty wall.

The reason why she came here this time was also to find the sheep-headed demon, Bafengte. The mysterious demon has not been heard from in modern times, except in some medieval texts.

If you can infiltrate the secret gathering place of the demons, you may be able to get news about Bafont.

However, the visitors who will appear here will probably not be any other humans besides themselves.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Zhao Meng shrank his body in the direction of the wall again, and then saw a guy dressed in black, striding through the corridor and walking towards the location of the portrait.

Just looking at the outline, that guy should be a thin man, but the other party's body was shrouded in a layer of black qi that kept flowing, making Zhao Meng completely unable to see his appearance.

Under Zhao Meng's gaze, the "man" stood in front of the portrait, stretched out his right hand shrouded in black gas, and pressed it on the upper left corner of the portrait frame:

The moment his hand touched the frame, two green eyeballs suddenly appeared in the hollow of the lady's eyes. Immediately after, the portrait's seemingly immovable mouth actually opened, revealing hundreds of yellow fangs:

"Tell me who you are."

Hearing this, Zhao Meng immediately concentrated, intending to listen to what this mysterious person's voice was like. To her surprise, the black figure did not speak, but raised his right hand and shook it in front of the portrait.

Even standing five meters away, Zhao Meng still felt the high temperature in the air, and the man's hand lit up with red fire, which didn't look like an ordinary flame, but more like lava inside a volcano.

When she saw the firelight, the "noble lady" on the picture suddenly widened her bloodshot green eyes, and then said loudly:

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be here...... Please come in, and I'll open the door for you! ”

As the image sounds, it begins to slowly move back, revealing a secret hallway that has been hidden inside the wall.

The black shadow stepped forward without saying a word, and seeing that guy had entered the secret door, Zhao Meng also quietly followed immediately.

- She had been struggling with how to infiltrate the demon's territory, but she had come sooner rather than just in time, but now she had the opportunity to enter easily.

Obviously, though, it's not going to be that simple......

Zhao Meng, who was in a state of optical stealth, followed the position of about five meters behind the black shadow, tiptoeing forward, although she was very sure that she did not make any sound, and at the same time completely isolated her breath with a spatial barrier. However, as if sensing something, the dark shadow suddenly stopped.

“……”

There was a deathly silence in the hallway, and a dark shadow hung over the cyan bricks on either side.

Zhao Meng took a step back, leaning against the wall again, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he found that the black shadow had already stood in front of him.

Bang!

The shadow grabbed her by the collar and threw her to the ground, then reached out to rip off the optical stealth device attached to her chest, and a burning red light lit up in her right hand.

"Damn ......"

Zhao Meng, whose spatial barrier was shattered in an instant, knew very well that he was not the opponent of the black shadow in front of him at all. And this short confrontation, the moment he was discovered, the winner was already divided!

――Too careless......

It was only at this time that Zhao Meng finally realized that the existence that could make the demon gatekeepers awe-inspiring was at least a high-level demon with superior strength. Even if it's yourself, it's too dangerous to follow this kind of guy.

However, just when Zhao Meng was already waiting for death, the other party's killing blow did not come down, but just said a sentence in Chinese:

"Is that you?"

“……”

Hearing this familiar voice, Zhao Meng's eyes widened in surprise, looked at the blurred black shadow of the human form, and asked, "Zhang Luo?" ”

As the Great Exorcist of the Monster Administration, she naturally couldn't mistake the voice of one of her key surveillance targets. This weird black shadow is undoubtedly Zhang Luo!

However, how could the man who belonged to the "Strange Tales Research Society" and was supposed to act with Frankenstein appear in such a place?

When Zhao Meng was still wondering, he saw that the black shadow had temporarily removed the disguise on his face, and what emerged from under the black fog was indeed Zhang Luo's face that looked younger than his actual age.

"Don't play this next time, you'll be killed." Zhang Luo said in a low voice.

"Why are you here?" Zhao Meng stood up and patted the dust on his body.

At this time, she didn't just have this one problem: Zhang Luo's extraordinary ability also made her care very much. The last time we met, this person hadn't reached that level. It is still at the stage where it can be crushed by itself. But now......

Zhao Meng knew that if Zhang Luo made a move just now, he would undoubtedly be killed in an instant!

"This kid...... What did you go through? Zhao Meng thought to herself.

Then, she heard Zhang Luo give a simple and clear answer:

"I'm here to avenge my companions."

Hearing this, Zhao Meng remembered his subordinates who died tragically on the hillside of the mental hospital, nodded gloomily, and said, "Coincidentally, so am I." ”

"If you come in as a human being, you're looking for death, and if you don't want to die, follow me." Zhang Luo squinted his eyes and looked at the mask on the other party's face, and asked, "Can I see what you look like?" ”

"I can't." Zhao Meng immediately shook his head.

"Okay then." Zhang Luo smiled, and his face was suddenly covered with a layer of black gas again:

"Come with me and I'll take you into Castlevania." (To be continued.) )