Chapter 16: The Gargoyle Core
"Father, you ......," called Bonie, a tall and handsome blond young man, with some hesitation.
"Doctor Stan, if he can cure the epidemic, he will come into contact with this sooner or later!" Baron Albert beckoned to Bony, "You come too, maybe you need your strength!" ”
Bony's lips moved twice, but in the end, he didn't dissuade him anymore and silently followed behind the two.
Baron Albert took Qin Lun and Bony to the main castle hall, and pushed open a secret door at the back of the hall, revealing an underground passage.
Qin Lun's eyes flickered, and he put his right hand behind his back, and the sin fell from the cuff into the palm of his hand. Until the Baron's intentions are known, the necessary precautions are still needed. The three of them walked along the corridor for a while, and then came to a spacious basement.
The basement is square in shape, surrounded by bright porch lamps, with swords and hammers hanging from the walls, and a half-man-high stone platform in the center. The gargoyle that Qin Lun had seen last night curled up and lay on it. To his surprise, the gargoyle had turned into a real stone, not an animate creature like last night.
"Is this the little devil statue on the stone bridge?" Qin Lun frowned and asked.
"No, that's the real man who attacked your retinue! It's a magical creature called Gargoyle! The old baron stared at Qin Lun with burning eyes, wanting to see something from his face.
"Your Excellency, I have to say that this joke of yours is not funny, there is no magic in the world, let alone any magical creatures!" Qin Lun said with a straight face and expressionlessly.
"Hehe, Dr. Stan, you are the most skilled doctor I have ever met, but in terms of life experience, please believe me, old man, this world is not as simple as you think!" Seeing Qin Lun's reaction, the old baron smiled and shook his head.
"I've heard that on the other side of the continent, someone has invented a huge jet car that can move on its own without the help of horses and manpower. Perhaps with the development of so-called science and technology, some ancient historical truths will become more and more distant from us. But now, some aristocratic families with a long heritage on the mainland still keep some historical secrets, and the Albert family is one of them. ”
"This ...... Is a gargoyle really a magical creature? Not a beast, not a stone statue? Qin Lun touched the gargoyle's hardened bat wings in amazement.
"If you still don't believe me, I'll prove it to you!" The old baron nodded to Bony, who was standing quietly next to him.
Bony grinned at Qin Lun, turned around and walked to the corner, and took down a mace with a hideous shape.
"Get out of the way, Dr. Stan!"
Qin Lun took a few steps back, only to see Bony raise the mace high and slam it into the petrified gargoyle, and suddenly the basement rubble was splashed, and the gargoyle was slowly smashed into a pile of gravel.
"Dr. Stan, come and see!" After Bony finished smashing it, the old baron took two steps forward, groped in the gravel for a while, and found a small stone that emitted a red glow and handed it to Qin Lun.
Qin Lun's heart moved, and he took the stone. This stone is shaped like a baby's heart, red and translucent, as if it is wrapped in a ball of flowing magma, and when you put it in the palm of your hand, it only feels warm and comfortable.
"Apostle No. 70053, you have first come into contact with the Gargoyle Core, which belongs to the otherworldly magic items, classified as equipment materials and elemental energy, satisfies Article 320 of the Law of Shattering, and opens the list of law items to huàn!"
"Hint: The Apostle can check the list of law items through the Guò Soul Mark, Apostle No. 70053, your Soul Mark has been connected to the special equipment 'Death List', which can be directly queried in the 'Death List'!"
Qin Lun raised his eyebrows, he still couldn't control the death list as he wanted, now was not a good time to check the list of deaths, and put aside the content of this prompt for the time being.
"Is this the heart of a gargoyle?" Qin Lun looked at the baron father and son with a curious expression.
"This one is called the Gargoyle Core, and it's a wizard-made magic item that is specifically designed to drive the Gargoyle." The Baron and Bony smiled at each other, and Bony explained, "Dr. Stan, do you believe us now?" ”
"It's unbelievable that such a small thing can turn a heavy stone statue into a moving creature?" Qin Lun couldn't put it down, flipped the gargoyle core, looked up and asked, "Can I keep it?" ”
"Of course, your entourage hunted this gargoyle, and it belongs to you!" The old baron smiled and nodded, "Let's go back up, the basement is not a good place to talk, I'm sure you should have a lot of questions!" ”
"Your Excellency, will you sue me for that...... The historical truth of distant times? Qin Lun's eyes flashed and he asked cautiously.
"Dr. Stan, I shouldn't have told you about these things. The Alberts have been guarding this land for hundreds of years, but we are helpless against the current epidemic in the Odia region. You are the only doctor who can solve this dilemma, and we must have your help! Baron Albert said with a smile.
"Now it's up to you to see your own wishes, are you willing to be guided by the Alberts and become a part of the exorcists' camp? If you don't want to see another dangerous world, then we won't tell you anything more, and we ask you to keep it a secret from what you know now. As for the epidemic, we will try to reward you in the form of money! ”
"Please give me a moment to think about it!" Qin Lun said hesitantly.
"As you wish!" Baron Albert and Bony looked at each other and bowed slightly with a smile on their faces.
After the three of them returned upstairs, the old housekeeper Jason found Qin Lun.
"Dr. Stan, your entourage is awake!"
Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and he followed the old butler to Frank's room, Baron Albert and Bony did not follow again, they knew that the master and servant might have something to talk about.
"Why have you been out there for so long, do you know that you have shed a lot of blood, and the situation just now is very dangerous!" After the old housekeeper went out, Qin Lun looked at the hunchbacked servant sternly.
"Young master, I just want to come a little later to make you less suspicious!" Frank grunted.
"Then you can't joke with your own life, you must not be so reckless in the future, you are going to die, where can I go to find a suitable entourage!" Qin Lun grimaced and said sternly.
"Got it, young master!" Frank grinned, "They didn't suspect us!" ”
"Probably not!" Qin Lun smiled slightly, "You almost died, they wouldn't have guessed that you had been hiding outside for so long, so naturally they wouldn't have thought that we were actually acting together!" ”
"By the way, young master, this will be returned to you!" The hunchbacked servant took out a small cloth bag from his bosom and handed it to Qin Lun.
Qin Lun took it casually, opened the small cloth bag, and saw a somewhat old brass pocket watch wrapped in it.
"I used the money given to me by the young master to redeem it, and the heirloom of the Stan family can't be lost outside!" Frank cracked his mouth and laughed happily.
Qin Lun looked at the old pocket watch in his hand, his eyes flickered slightly, and he remembered the scene when he first saw a hunchbacked ugly man in the cemetery when he first entered the world.
An ugly servant in ragged clothes, seriously ill, but desperately trying to give his dead master a decent funeral, reappeared in his mind, slowly reuniting with the hunchbacked ugly man who had sacrificed his life and fought the gargoyle last night.
A strange feeling welled up in Qin Lun's heart, the smile on his face that was like a spring breeze slowly converged, and a trace of emotionless indifference like a dead corpse flashed away on his face. However, the killer's truest inner emotions were only revealed for a moment, and then they were replaced by smiles again.
He stood up, tucked his pocket watch into his jacket pocket, and patted the hunchbacked servant with a smile.
"Have a good rest and take care of your injuries!"
Walking out of Frank's room, Qin Lun immediately returned to his room, leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes in contemplation. He first went through all his actions and words from last night to the present, and found that there were indeed no major loopholes, so he calmed down and summoned the death list.
Originally, there were only three categories of the death list: the physical profile, the equipment column, and the storage space, but now there is an additional category item, the "huàn list".
Qin Lun concentrated on opening the list and found that most of the entries in it were gray, and the content could not be seen at all. At present, there are only two categories of items lit up, one is equipment materials, and the other is hedron energy.
Only Gargoyle Core appears in the classification entry for equipment materials, and a purchase price of 500 Broken Crystals is marked at the back, while the sale price is 100 Broken Crystals, which is a direct difference of five times.
There are two classification entries for Crystal Energy, one is the Gargoyle Core, and the price is the same. The other entry is the Soul Power Crystal, which costs 10 Broken Crystals to buy and 2 Broken Crystals to sell.
Qin Lun's heart moved slightly, and his consciousness focused on the name of the broken crystal that had just appeared. The death list immediately gives a specific description of the broken crystal.
The Broken Crystal is the semi-materialization of the basic world laws of the Shattered Starry Sky, which is between the physical and the imaginary, and is the base currency that the Broken Starry Sky provides to the Apostles for trading. Except for the Apostles with the Soul Seal, the Shattered Starry Sky and other beings in the Otherworld can neither be seen nor touched.
Qin Lun pondered for a moment, it was impossible for the list to be full of such a small thing, it may be that he had not met certain restrictions, so it was only a little bit that was displayed.
At this time, in another room of the castle, there were also several people who were thinking and discussing softly.
"Gargoyles? Are you sure it's coming up again? ”
"Yes, although this gargoylee is crude, the principle is the same, and it is very likely to ......"
"It's only been a third of the time since the Millennium Contract......"
"What are we supposed to do?"
"It will take time to gather the descendants of the exorcists, not to mention that the situation is not clear enough now, so send someone into Maia's periphery to reconnoiter first!"
"That'...... Would you agree to let Dr. Stan join the camp? ”
"That person? Take him with you! ”
"But he's just an ordinary person?!"
"Hehe, take him, you'll understand......"