"It looks a bit like a bat's head, and it looks like a lion. Charlene commented.

"Looks like someone is demonstrating against us, and maybe we should respond in some way. Yalei stared at the eyes of the beast head, and slowly raised his right arm, a highly condensed black flame hovering in his palm.

"Welcome both. ”

The pupils of the stone beast head showed bright green light, and the entire stone statue turned into motion, suddenly speaking, the open mouthparts closed slightly, and a terrifying smile appeared at the corner of the mouth.

"What are you?" asked the green-haired girl, hugging her chest in surprise.

"As you can see, I'm just an ordinary craft. The stone beast head twisted its neck at the top of the stone pillar as if it were alive and bones, and replied gently.

"I've never seen a talking craft. The black-haired knight sank his face, stepped forward unmoved, and raised the black flame in his hand:

"There's no time for you to talk nonsense, either answer my questions or die. ”

"Excuse me, I will have no reservations. It said politely.

"First question, what are you?"

"I'm a pillar here, and I've been watching everything here since the birth of this mansion, and although I don't know why I'm alive, as you can see, I'm alive. ”

The stone beast head looked at the firelight with some fear, but still maintained a rhythmic tone.

"You've got this a good idea. Seeing that it cooperated, Yalei retracted the black flame slightly, and continued to ask, "What's going on with this mansion, and who is the master?"

"As you can see. This mansion has been tainted with the curse of the land. And become one of the sources. Very dangerous. Its owner was the eighteenth lord of Glamorgan, Earl Humphrey, who, as I remember, was a scholar mage with great magical powers. ”

The eyes of the stone beast head faintly shimmered with fluorescent light, as if they were afraid of the fire, and they seemed to be recounting their memories.

"You say this is just one of the sources of the curse?" asked the black-haired knight keenly.

"Yes, all I know is the source of the curse, the Dead Fountain, and the Nightmare, but I don't know much about the specifics...... After all, I'm just a bundle. It is impossible to leave this mansion. At the end of the day, it sighed somewhat exaggeratedly.

"Now tell me, where is the source of the curse in this mansion, and how can it be broken?"

"Upstairs, the coffin of Earl Humphrey, who died here in vain, combined with the curse here, became the source of a new curse...... Killing his wraith should ease the curse a little bit. The stone beast head showed a thoughtful expression and slowly narrated. At the end of the day, he added:

"He's a wraith with great mana now, and his strength isn't much weaker than what he used to be. ”

"Why did the mirror spirit die after saying that? And you're nothing?" Charlene suddenly walked over and interjected.

"I'm not of the same rank as it, it's the slave of Lord Earl, and I'm Earl Humphrey's butler, so I'm a little more free...... From now on, however, not anymore, I will be at the service of the new Earl and Lady. It said as it looked at the two of them flatteringly.

"What made you choose to turn your back on the old master?" said Arley, staring suspiciously at the stone beast head.

"Strength, my master, you are far more powerful than my old master, he is no match for you...... I will never be stupid enough to fight you for him, because there is no chance of victory. When the other party saw the steps, he immediately changed their title to master.

"Wise choice, that's why you're letting that shadow attack us?" the green-haired girl looked at it mockingly, a faint blue light shining between her fingers.

"I'm sorry, but I'll have to test the two of you with it. The stone beast head said in a humble tone.

"Do you think we're going to let you go?" Areley narrowed his eyes, his eyes glinting, and the index finger of his right hand had turned into a chain sword.

"Yes, because I am useful to the two of you, and I know how to enter the coffin of Count Beverley...... You need my help!" it seemed to sense something was wrong, and hurriedly tried to convince the two of them.

"And one last question, can you get your head off this pillar?" the black-haired knight asked in a teasing tone with a relaxed expression at the moment.

"If you don't break it, it should be fine......" The stone beast head closed his eyes in resignation, and sighed: "Do what you want to do, for the sake of what I said, please hurry up." ”

"Good!"

Before the words fell, a string of cold light suddenly flashed from the top of the stone pillar, and the stone pillar beast head instantly separated from the stone pillar, and rolled down to the ground with a grunt, and was caught by Yalei and held in his hand.

Charlene bent her slender waist, hooked the jaw of the beast head with her fingers, and said with a smile, "Take us to your old master now, Mr. Shizhu." ”

"As you wish, beautiful lady. Shi Shou opened his beast pupils and replied respectfully.

"Let's start, tell us how to get to the top floor, I don't see the stairs here. ”

Yalei motioned for the other party to start leading the way, in fact, he could have jumped directly to the roof of the building, just worried that some strange mechanism would appear on it, and by the way, he tried to test this inexplicable leading party.

"Please open the door to the room on the right. It casts its gaze to a brown wooden door on its right.

"......" The two of them exchanged glances, and then walked over one after the other.

The black-haired knight was the first to walk to the door and twisted the doorknob directly, expecting that the door lock would be very dull, but who knew that there was a soft click from inside the door, and the door was easily opened.

Looking in from the doorway, the dark room is very large, and it looks very empty without any furnishings, and the whole space is filled with a cold and damp feeling.

On the walls hung a number of huge oil paintings, evenly distributed on the snow-white walls, each of which could see a blurred figure fiddling, fiddling with various standing postures, and in the dim light, there was only a pitch-black outline.

"Please walk up to the nearest portrait. Shi Shou, who led the way, said again.

"Let's go. ”

Carrying the stone beast head, Areley walked to the nearest picture frame, and through his strong night vision, he could see everything in this dark room.

The portrait is of a short old man with a candle in his hand, hunched over and holding a faintly burning half-cut candle, his face wrinkled, and his blank eyes narrowed into a slit. He stared straight ahead, without any expression on his face, as if he hadn't smiled in a long time.

"Please light the candle on this painting. ”

The black-haired knight's words made the stone beast head startled, and he looked at it suspiciously, then pointed his finger at the candle on the oil painting, and then lit a black fire.

Whoosh!

The candlelight fluttered slightly in the flow of air.

The whole bat oil painting instantly brightened, and the light source was the candle in the painting, this strange scene made Charlene, who was accustomed to strange things, stunned for a moment.

The candle flame in the painting gradually dimmed, and suddenly, a lifeless pale face actually floated directly out of the oil painting, and the two of them instantly took a step back vigilantly.

"Please don't worry, it's not threatening. The stone beast head explained.

In their gaze, the old man with the candle in his hand gradually detached from the painting, his lips were dry, and his eyes were deeply sunk into their sockets, like two black hollows in the faint candlelight.

At the same time, the door behind the two of them suddenly creaked and swayed, and the cold wind blew in, revealing a cold breath that slightly eased the heavy musty smell of the room.

The old man walked directly through their bodies, holding the candle in his hand, and staggered forward to the open door, closed the door, and opened it again.

"Please follow him, he can lead you to the top floor. The stone beast head hurriedly urged.

"If you dare to fool us, you will die. ”

Yalei warned it, and walked out of the room with Charlene following the old man in the painting.

The rest room, which had been luxuriously equipped, was gone, and a corridor without light appeared in front of me, the corridor was silent and long, and on the wall on the right hung oil paintings, the images in the paintings were revealed in the candlelight in the hands of the old man, all of which were tall and richly dressed.

There are men and women in the picture, very expressive, some show a firm and persistent temperament, and some have charming and dazzling smiles on their faces. Some are cold and silent, some seem honest and introverted, some give people a shrewd and rational feeling, and some look straight ahead with a determined and determined expression.

"One, two, three...... Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three!" Charlene counted carefully, there were twenty-three paintings in total, compared the information she had seen, and immediately understood some of the situation.

"......" Yalei glanced at her, and the two of them bowed slightly, no longer speaking.

Follow the old man in the painting to the end of the corridor, where there is a spiraling staircase, which looks like it has been burned by flames, and its whole body is charred and looks crumbling.

The old man stretched out his bloodless hand trembling slightly, his right hand, which was as rough as dead bark, held the stairs, and the other hand held a half-cut candle, and walked slowly upstairs.

Just when they were worried that the old man would step on the stairs, a strange scene happened in front of them again, where the candle flame shined, the staircase would reappear and become solid, and after it was out of the range of the candlelight, it would return to the appearance of almost collapsing after being burned.

"Please don't get out of the candlelight, or we'll fall straight into the cellar, which isn't a good place. The stone beast head warned cautiously.

"Monsters?"

"No, no, it's just that it's hard to climb up again after falling there. It quickly explained.

"Yes......" Yalei immediately stopped talking, but followed the old man's steps, (to be continued......)