Chapter 38: Viscount Hobby's Castle
"It's a cemetery, huh, look!" said Emmony, who was the quickest of all, as he turned over to one of the largest tombstones, pointing to the words on the tombstone, his voice trembling slightly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The tomb of Hobie Eisenberg, Viscount of the Iron Mist Kingdom, and the owner of Hobie Castle. Died of ......" Tolias read aloud, the more he read, the quieter it became, and at last he couldn't hear it at all.
The tombstone is inlaid with a piece of glass, and inside the glass is a picture of the Viscount Hobie, who looks as if he was very young before he died, at most in his forties.
"Quick! look at the other tombstones, who are they on?" Billen's face changed, and he quickly commanded.
The results soon followed, and almost all of the people buried in the mausoleum were members of the Eisenberg family, including even Hobie's eight-year-old son.
What happened to this Hobie family? The whole family died suddenly and died tragically, and they were all buried here? Even the time of burial was exactly the same. So who awaits them in Hobie Castle?
Now that we've gotten here, there's no other way but to move on. So in a state of apprehension, they walked about another three to five kilometers. The lights in front of them began to become dense, and a huge castle phantom gradually revealed to everyone.
Along the way, Mark has been quietly thinking about those four words, deducing many possibilities, and finally decided to let Maria pretend to be a blind person, Mark guessed that the Satan was very weak, and his hands and feet were inflexible, and the reason why he was able to survive was also because he was blind. That is, there are some things that you won't be in trouble if you can't see them. Or maybe that Viscount Hobie has a quirk of eating people's eyeballs?
Carefully tie Maria's eyes with a black cloth and let her walk by the arm.
As the distance gradually approached, the castle of Viscount Hobie was finally unveiled in front of everyone, this castle is unusually large, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the location is very good.
Unlike most castles in the outside world, this castle does not have a tall enclosure on the outside, and a large number of buildings are connected together to form a large castle complex. It's just that it's weirdly dark inside this castle, which makes people shudder to watch.
What made Mark and the others desperate was that the castle group stopped in the middle of the main road, and at the end of the road was the gate of this castle, and a thick and suffocating black fog spread on both sides of the castle. Obviously, in order to pass through here you have to walk from inside the castle.
In the distance, the gates of the castle could be seen wide open, and a large group of people stood at the door, brightly dressed and waiting eagerly, as if they were expecting something.
When Mark and the others came closer, a middle-aged nobleman wearing a gold silk white coat led by him stepped forward a few steps, took off his top hat and bowed deeply:
"Welcome to the Viscount's castle! My name is Oderias, and I am the Viscount's butler, and I am very happy today, and I have ordered the preparation of food and wine in the banquet hall early in the morning, and I plan to feast the guests! Please come with me!"
Silence, deathly silence, the seven of them glanced at each other, and all but the masked Kurzon had all their faces white.
"Do you mean—, Viscount Hobie himself is going to entertain us?" asked Billen, the leader, with difficulty.
"Yes, all the members of the Eisenberg family are here! The Viscount says that a distinguished guest has arrived today! Everyone has been busy for a long time!"
Oderías had an aristocratic smile on his face, warm and humble. It's just that his face looks a little frighteningly white, and it seems that he hasn't seen the sun for too long. His eyes were dull and unfocused, and he looked unusually strange to Mark.
Looking at the tall castle in front of him, if he didn't know that he was in the depths of the psychedelic canyon, if he hadn't seen so many tombstones with his own eyes, Mark would have happily gone there and enjoyed it. But now he not only has no appetite, but also feels that his whole back is cold.
There were more than a dozen male servants and maids standing behind Oderias, and behind them were more than twenty neat guards, feeling the strong aura of the guards, the lowest strength was a strong warrior, and the captain of the guards led by him was actually a qi warrior, which made Mark's heart sink, and it was unrealistic to rush over from here.
Billon obviously also discovered this problem, and after hesitating for a while, he walked towards the castle under the leadership of Oderias, and Mark and the others had to follow closely, and everyone's whole body collapsed, including Maria beside Mark.
Entering the castle gates, the group was led by Oderías through a labyrinth of corridors before coming to a halt in front of a gloomy hall.
The oil lamps on the walls were so dim that they could only faintly reveal the silhouette of a person, and the guards outside were almost invisible here. There was no one but the dozen or so maids.
"Hahaha, friends from afar! Welcome! As guests of Hobie Castle, you will spend a wonderful night here! I will personally see you off early tomorrow morning!"
A hearty voice sounded from inside the door, and then a tall middle-aged nobleman walked out of it, supporting a noble lady with an expressionless face beside him.
Seeing the owner of this Hobie Castle, everyone's hearts were chilled, this person was exactly the same as the person in the previous tombstone photo. Isn't he dead?
Then Mark felt that something was wrong, this Viscount Hobby had a problem with his eyes!
Mark subconsciously wanted to resist, but unfortunately there was still time? Hobie's eyes were like a black vortex, pulling everyone's eyes in.
Soon, everyone on the field was like unconscious puppets, led by Viscount Hobbie, into the dimly lit dining room. Except, of course, there was only one person, and that was Maria, who pretended to be blind.
But Maria was blindfolded, how did she know that things had changed so drastically?
"Everyone, please be seated!" Viscount Hobbie's voice sounded again, and the glazed-eyed people sat down one by one as if they had heard an order.
"The feast begins!"
With Hobie's faint command, the maids who had been waiting at the door for a long time walked towards the hall in a neat line with plates. Every movement, every leg lift, and even the distance traveled with every step is eerily identical.
At this moment, in the pocket of Mark's underwear, which was beyond everyone's reach, the hosta that Mark had taken out before had a strange movement, and it suddenly emitted a hazy light that was invisible to the naked eye, flashing towards Mark's brain.
This turquoise light flashed in Mark's mind, turning into an invisible barrier to protect his soul, and the black mist around his soul continued to melt, and soon disappeared.
"Uh-huh-" Mark snorted unconsciously, and suddenly, he felt as if he had returned to the real world from a dark abyss.
Mark, who came to his senses, finally had a light in his eyes, and the scene that happened before was recalled in his mind, and a dense cold sweat broke out on his head in an instant.
Viscount Hobby really has a problem with his eyes! Fortunately, I took out the hosta that Su'er gave me in advance, otherwise I am afraid that it would have been planted here.
But it is clear that the crisis has not yet been resolved. Before his death, Satan said one word in addition to the eyes of the viscount: Eat!