056: Black Forest Castle
"Squeak!~Squeak!~"
The soft ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves and stems, and when you stepped on it, there was a creaking sound, and the silence around made it sound obvious.
The air was a little damp, and there was a strange smell in it, smelling... A bit like rancid? Roshi wasn't sure.
As he walked, he turned his head to look at his surroundings, which was very quiet, eerily quiet, as if the whole forest was only these plants, and there was no life at all.
The atmosphere made him uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace, and a few minutes later, at the end of the long tunnel, an ancient castle appeared in front of him.
The common Gothic castle is more distinctive in that the entire castle is painted black like ink, and there are no plants in the courtyard surrounded by an iron fence, only a few statues stand in the courtyard, and no one can see it.
"Anyone?" Roshi shouted inside, only to hear his own echo.
Soon after, there was a 'squeak' in his ears, and the large iron door in front of him naturally parted on both sides, and then there was a 'pop-and-pop' sound, and finally a living creature appeared in front of Roshi's eyes.
It was a bat, and he flapped his wings and flew down from the top of the tower, heading straight for the gate, and as it approached the ground, the small bat began to twist and expand, and soon a scantily clad lady descended on Roshi.
It was a who looked to be in her twenties, with long wavy blond hair, wearing something like a swimsuit, hollowed out except for sensitive areas, two long white legs exposed, and a slender black tail with a triangular tip at the top.
After landing on the ground, she pressed one hand on her high bulging chest, bent down and saluted Roshi, revealing a pair of fleshy wings on her back.
Then a smile appeared on her bright red lips, "Hello, honorable wizard, did you shake the 'Bell of Life'?"
"The bell of life?" Roshi took out the bell he got from Count Johnny, handed it to the lady in front of him, and asked, "Do you mean this?"
Johnny told Roshi that this thing was a token of the wizard and how to use it, but Roshi didn't know what it was called.
The lady nodded, and then spoke, "The Black Forest Castle doesn't often receive strange wizards, so excuse me, what are your intentions?"
Roshi thought that Johnny had communicated with the wizard beforehand, and it didn't seem like this, and the other party didn't know what he was coming.
"I'm sorry. Luo Xi apologized and continued: "I encountered some problems during my cultivation and needed some materials, of course, I am happy to pay the same price for this. ”
"I see, please wait. ”
The blonde turned, her blood-red lips began to tremble rapidly, and a shrill voice like a mosquito echoed in Roshi's ears, as if communicating with someone.
After a few moments, she moved out of the way, saluted Roshi again, and then made a gesture of please, "Please come with me." ”
Roch and the lady walked along a long gravel path, which was deserted, and there was no sound except for the sound of their footsteps.
In order to get rid of this uncomfortable atmosphere, he stepped forward and took the initiative to chat with the blonde: "Hello, miss, I don't know your name yet?"
"My name is Mary. The blonde replied simply
"Oh!" Roshi looked at her tail curiously, and then asked, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of you... I think it's vampires, right? ”
In addition to humans, there are other intelligent races in this world, but the number is pitiful, like the vampire race, according to the records of wizarding books, their total number is not as large as that of wizards.
"No, I'm human. Mary shook her head, but gave Roshi an answer that he didn't expect.
After a pause, she added, "It used to be." ”
Roshi was stunned.
Before he could figure out what Mary meant, the two of them had already arrived in front of the main building in the innermost part of the manor, Mary stepped forward and pushed open the wooden door, and a huge hall appeared in front of Roshi's eyes, and when he entered the hall, he finally knew why Mary, who had the same characteristics as vampires, said that she was a human.
In the spacious hall, there are cylindrical glass tubes several meters high, filled with a dark green liquid, soaked in all kinds of creatures.
Most of them were humans, and all of them were women, babies, girls, adult women, and their organs, hearts, limbs, brains, etc., naked and soaked in this dark green liquid.
Within the discipline of wizards, there is a special subject, "Wizard Creation", which focuses on the use of witchcraft to create new creatures.
In the process of creation, most wizards who study this area choose to use humans as the benchmark material, after all, humans are the most intelligent life forms.
And the Mary in front of her was created by a human and a blood bat monster, with an independent mind and the regeneration ability of a blood bat, the reason why she was able to turn into a bat was because the wizard solidified a change spell in her, which is not a clever wizard creation, it can only be said to be decent.
The most difficult part of the creation of a wizard is not the combination and transformation of the body, but the reinvention of the mind.
After passing through the hall, follow the spiral staircase to the upper floor, where a straight scarlet carpet is laid down to the end of an open door.
In the center of the room stood a large chair with its back to Roshi, but no one was visible in the chair.
"Knock knock!" Mary slammed on the door, and there was a deep knock
Just as Rohi was surprised, the chair slowly turned.
At this time, Roshi noticed that there was a person sitting on the chair, but he was too small, so he didn't see it before.
This is an adult male, who looks like he is in his thirties, but is only less than a meter tall, wearing a dark black tight-fitting dress, and his head looks bigger than his body, which looks very weird.
At this time, he had a large book on his lap, he closed it, looked up at Roshi, and then jumped out of his chair and walked over, followed by a smile on his face:
"Welcome to the castle of the Black Forest, strange wizard. ”