Although time could not be felt in the Nightmare Mansion, Emile knew that he had been here for almost a day, for he had already heard more than a dozen stories from his father.

He was well aware that most of these stories were the result of Adams' combination of his own experiences and fantasies.

Emile was not surprised that his father could tell stories.

When he was a child, his family was very poor, and it was difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing, let alone buy toys, and because of his withdrawn personality, no one wanted to associate with him.

But the emir was not alone in his childhood, because he was accompanied by the stories of his father.

According to Adams, before joining the army, his ambition was to become a bard, and in the future he would travel across the continent in the hope of one day writing a great story.

To this end, he has always tried to create stories, although they are imitations of the best-selling works in bookstores, but they are more than enough to tell for children who don't know anything, and in that kind of poor village, long and old-fashioned stories become a spiritual soludy for children.

However, as the children in the village grow up, they are all tired of the similar routines in Adams's stories, and some even just change their names, and the storylines are all similar, obviously perfunctory, so they don't want to waste time with him.

Later, Adams's dream was never realized, not only because of the loss of an audience, but also because of the forced enlistment.

However, he has always been an optimistic person, adhering to the principle of doing one line of love and one line, gladly accepting the reality, and his dream has become to serve the empire.

Now, Emile had only seen his father for a few years, and he missed it so much that he agreed to listen to him tell the story of what happened to him over the years and the stories he wrote in his free time.

Emile also looked forward to it a little, thinking that he had experienced a lot and had more experience, and could create truly moving stories.

It's a pity that it backfired, he always couldn't get rid of those inherent routines, and there were more than a dozen stories in a row, basically like this.

The children, however, listened with great interest, and when the emir looked at them, he saw that they were all richly dressed and very cleanly dressed, and seemed to be the children of nobles.

The emir could imagine what kind of life they lived, and although he came from a mountain village and did not know much about the life of the children of the nobility, no matter who they were, they were all after what they did not have or were rather poor.

Poor people are likely to pursue money, and the pursuit of rich people is naturally spiritual comfort. But for the aristocracy, etiquette and knowledge are the most important, and this is a compulsory course in their lives.

They must suppress their desires and learn to deal with human affairs before they can gain a foothold in the circle.

This kind of life feels heavy when you think about it, so even if it is a long story or a boring routine, these noble children are happy to listen.

Rather, they may prefer to stay here, because they can completely get rid of all the shackles of being noble.

But Emir is different, he feels that his mission is not yet complete, Lydia's agreement, Ophelia and Anne's saving grace, and then there is the crusade against the demons.

Therefore, even if there is only a chance of survival, he must try to escape from this nightmare mansion.

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One of the advantages of staying here is that you never get tired, so Emir is always at her best.

In order to find a way out, he was not in the mood to listen to Adams' story, so he ran to the pillars to investigate, and he was thinking about the use of these pillars and the platform in between.

The Emir remembered that the Nightmare Mansion he had seen from the outside was not very large, it was only the manor of an ordinary nobleman, and it should not take more than ten minutes to cross the building.

He then decided to test it, walking in a certain direction, counting in his mouth to determine the time, and found that he had walked for twenty minutes before he reached the end, and he had set off in the middle of the Nightmare Mansion.

This situation suggests that they are not in a real-life nightmare mansion, but have been transported to another place, if I have to describe it, like the alien space that Anne created with magic.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a burst of indescribable joy in his heart, since Anne could enter and exit the alien space she had created through teleportation magic, and even the dream realm, then she should also have the ability to enter this nightmare mansion.

Emir quickly searched his pocket, and after a while, he found a piece of paper, which was the prop that Anne had given him to mark the beginning of the teleportation magic.

He used the same prop twice, once when he returned to Jinshi Village with Ophelia, and teleported thousands of monsters into Fenrir's stomach, and once to bring the villagers near Blackpool Town to Blackpool Town, but unfortunately those villagers were all monsters.

However, this kind of paper is disposable, and it will become invalid after releasing the magic, and although the piece of paper in his hand has a magic circle drawn on it, it has long since become dull.

"Well, if only I could do magic." He couldn't help but sigh.

Annie's teleportation magic was his only hope, but he had to stop there, even though he was one last step away.

Of course, he didn't give up and turned his attention to the pillars and platforms again.

Regardless of whether or not you can conclude that there must be a reason for these things to appear here, maybe it has something to do with the method of leaving here.

After a while, he stared at these objects for a long time, but he didn't get even a little useful information, only that there were a total of twelve pillars, the height was unknown, and the platform in the middle was very large, about a few tens of meters in diameter.

Perhaps it was the way he walked around alone and then lost in thought was too conspicuous, and the children who were obsessed with the story noticed him.

So, a girl finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and came to him.

"Brother Emir, what are you doing?"

"Huh?" The emir reacted, and then explained to her, "I'm thinking about things, about how to get out of here. ”

"Oh? You've all been caught here, can you really get out? I just heard you tell Uncle Adams that a person who has become a soul state will disappear once he gets out. ”

"Well, that's true, but they're all bodyless people, and my body is still intact, so I should be able to come back to life."

Actually, it was just a guess based on Ophelia's previous story, but either way, it was his only chance, and he had to give it a try.

"Really? That's wonderful," the girl cast an envious look at him, and then said with a depressed count, "Alas, it's a pity that our bodies have long been ruined by that wicked old man." ”

The Emir knew that she was talking about Cornes, but the act of destroying the children's bodies seemed to confirm his suspicions, because it would prevent the children from being resurrected, and they would have to stay here forever until Cornes used this trick against the enemy again, and they could not be freed.

At this time, the other children also noticed Emir's side, and they all ran over to join in the fun.

In order not to spoil them, the emir told them all his thoughts, and they were even more excited than they were to hear the story, and they all volunteered to help him.

Emile didn't have a problem, after all, there is power in numbers, but he obviously noticed that Adams seemed to be unhappy.

Of course, he knew why, so he walked up to him and wanted to talk to him.

Adams couldn't help but feel ashamed when he saw his son's behavior, he was indeed selfish, and although he had an innate optimism, it was inevitable that he would feel lonely after staying in such a place for a long time.

So he hoped that the Emir would always be here with him, but reason in his heart kept telling him that this was not what a good father should think.

"Dad, I know your pain, and it's human nature, I don't blame you." The emir spoke his heart, and then solemnly promised, "Let's say that if I have the opportunity to go out, I will surely free your soul at that time." ”

"Haha, it's my son," Adams smiled with relief, and then said with a look of frustration, "Well, it's my father's ignorance." ”

"Dad, don't say that, if my soul is imprisoned for so long, I will definitely go crazy, but you can still maintain such an optimistic attitude, and even stick to your heart, this is the most rare."

"Oh, okay, okay, I'm embarrassed to praise it." Adams hurriedly waved his hand, but his heart blossomed.

After that, the father and son talked for a long time, until a teenager suddenly shouted.

"Hey, come and see, what is this?"

When Emir saw that the children had gathered, he couldn't help but be curious, and hurried over to look.

When the children saw him coming, they took the initiative to make a way, and then he saw a palm-sized symbol on the side of the platform, which was inconspicuous in this pale space because it was a milky white relief similar to something.

It was only because the children were so bored that they found out after careful observation, but this was not the only symbol, and after a while, another child made a new discovery.

Emir hurriedly ran over to check, and the result was also a symbol, and he couldn't help but think of something.

And as expected, more symbols were discovered, and each symbol was facing a pillar.

The emir also found that these symbols would be inexplicable if they were taken out on their own, but when they were all found and compared, it would be easy to see the doorway, because they clearly represented twelve numbers, each represented by a crossed line.

Emir stroked one of the numbers, but accidentally pushed too hard, and actually pressed the symbol directly into the dent.

It dawned on him that he ran around and pressed all the twelve numbers, however, the reaction he expected did not appear, and after he pressed the last number, all the symbols were restored.

After a little thought, he understood that it must be in the wrong order, it should be in the order from the smallest to the largest, so he ran again for a lap.

As all the symbols were pressed, there was a relatively large movement on the platform in the middle, first violently vibrating, and then slowly rising.

In order to avoid an unexpected situation, the emir hurriedly ordered everyone to come down from the platform.

After a while, the platform finally stopped moving, but it didn't know how high it had risen, and it turned into a white tower.

In addition, a spiraling staircase appeared on the side of the tower, and the Emir decided to go up to see it, maybe the exit was there.