The students who participated in the "adventure" activity organized by Montolo accounted for more than half of the total number of people in this camping activity, and most of the remaining students did not come because they were tired from a day's play, and some were really afraid to come, so they could only sleep well in the camp and come back tomorrow morning to organize group sightseeing.

"Alright, we've arrived at our destination. ”

Standing outside the castle gates, Montolo turned and announced loudly to everyone. "We're going to split up into groups of two or three people, so you can team up and have a thrilling adventure!"

The students, especially the boys, waited for this moment, and then began to make a noise to find the perfect candidate and start teaming up.

Dio habitually walked towards his sister's trio, and then saw a cold light flashing in front of him, and a cross sword was inserted into the dirt ground in his path, the tip of the sword sinking into the ground, and the extremely resilient sword body kept transmitting tremors in the direction of the hilt, and suddenly made a buzzing sound, as if to warn him not to approach.

On closer inspection, this sword was the same cross sword he had given to Lilia not long ago.

Sure enough, with the cross sword as the dividing line, Lilia on the other side looked at him with a straight face, blocking her two best friends behind her.

"The three of us together. ”

Dior was speechless and could only retreat.

"Hmph. ”

With a smug snort, Lilia pulled the cross sword out of the ground, and a brilliant sword flower danced in the air, not showing that the length of the sword was only a little shorter than her stature, and it was as flexible in her hand as if she were holding a baton.

It turns out that she really knows swordsmanship, no wonder she asked for this gift.

Dio sighed, and then looked at the few boys who wanted to lean over amusemently, and when they saw Lilia wielding the murder weapon, they immediately walked in other directions as if nothing happened, and never leaned over again.

"Senior, let's form a team. At that moment, a voice came from behind him.

He turned to see that it was a beautiful blonde dancing with him, and remembered that her name seemed to be Martha.

"Okay, let's go together. Since the beauty was invited, he had nothing else to do now, so he accepted it without hesitation.

It didn't take long for the group to be completed, and the students stood together in twos and threes, divided into eight groups in total, waiting for the official start of the activity.

At this time, Montolo took out a bag and shouted, "Now one person from each group will come to me to draw lots." ”

"Senior, go ahead. Martha said.

Dio nodded, followed the students in front of him to Montolo, reached into his pocket, pulled out a note, and returned to his group.

"What's written on it?" Martha asked.

"Number 6. Dio showed her the note, which was a relatively low number.

After assigning the numbers, Montolo shouted loudly again: "Everyone has taken the numbers, then let's set off in the order of 1234, it should be noted that the direction of each group cannot be the same as that of other groups, we must choose different directions, our destination is the main tower in the central area, we go up to the rooftop to meet, is it clear?"

"Clear. ”

"No problem. ”

"It's a simple thing. ”

......

The students below immediately began to answer in a hurry.

"Well, the first group is ready to go. By the way, wait, I remember one thing, I heard from the nearby villagers that this castle has a legend of a headless horseman, it is said that the ghost of a certain member of the Mannheim family has been incarnated, and at some point in the night, he will wander around in the ruins of the castle, and more than one temporary hunter or traveler has seen it, so you must be careful if you see it~~"

Montolo deliberately lowered his pitch and became eerie, but in exchange for the laughter of the students.

Of course, they knew that this legend must have been made up by Montolo, but no one tried to debunk him, after all, it was like going to an amusement park haunted house, didn't they know it was fake when they went in?

"Without further ado, now, the first group is leaving!"

At Montolo's shouts, the two boys and girls of the first group waved at everyone, walked through the dilapidated city gate in front of them, and disappeared into the castle.

"Second set of ......"

The second group is Lilia's group of three, seeing these three beautiful girls walk into the castle in a group, some boys expressed great regret, this is a complete waste of resources.

Group 3 and Group 4......

Finally it was Dior and Martha's turn.

"Let's go. ”

"Hmm. ”

As Dior walked past the entrance to the castle, his eyes swept over the broken gate leaning against the wall, which had been turned into something almost fragile and sturdy by years of wind and rain and lack of proper maintenance, as if it would disappear at the touch of a touch.

The castle is so large that it can be compared to a small city, and you can imagine the glory it once had, which is exactly what it was, so the current appearance is also extraordinarily bleak. It was a city that had withered, it had no owner, no inhabitants, no life, and all that was left was a desolate ruin.

On the ground there are arrows drawn on the ground by the group that entered in front of them, which represents the direction in which they are heading. Dio recognized, and Martha headed in the direction of the unchosen person on the right.

The two of them walked down the empty streets, let's call them streets, where overgrown weeds and crumbling ground told visitors that this was already the domain of nature. Due to the relatively few obstacles, the sound of footsteps can be transmitted far away, and the hollow sound of blows usually resounded at the front and back ends, one after another, hitting the eardrums or hearts of two people from afar, and this environment alone is not comparable to those man-made haunted houses.

Sure enough, Montolo was really well prepared, and it would be a waste if this kind of place was not used to scare people.

Thinking so, Dior walked forward with a relaxed and natural expression. He had seen many people who had been dead for a long time, and he had killed several people with his own hands, and although the atmosphere around him was terrifying enough, it couldn't knock down the big heart he had already exercised, but he just thought it was interesting.

He can be so sudden, but the girls around him can't. In this oppressive atmosphere, although Martha knew that this was actually just her own feeling, and there was actually nothing bad, but she couldn't help but get nervous, looking at the shadows around her, she always felt like a hidden monster inside, and she could pounce out anytime and anywhere.

"Di ...... Dio, you say, could the legend you said Montolo tell be true?" As soon as she spoke, her voice echoed in the dead silence, each time it resounded a point higher than the last, and her face became a little uglier, and her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally her face turned pale, and her hands trembled and grabbed Dior's arm, and her knuckles stiffened.

"Of course it's fake, how can it be true. Dior looked at the clothes on his hands that were pressed by her deep finger marks, and knew that this little girl was frightened by the environment here, so he smiled and comforted her: "Don't scare yourself, and I'm still here." ”

"Hmm. Looking at Dior's smile and the heat transmitted from his arm to her hand, she couldn't help but relax and whispered, "I'm a little too nervous." ”

"Well, let's talk as we go, and you won't be afraid. Dio had a suggestion, and it was his own experience. Thinking back to when he first joined the archaeological team, he went down to a large labyrinth stone tomb for the first time, and he was also frightened by his inexperience, but a senior told him this method, which really effectively reduced his nervousness.

"Okay, so what are you talking about?"

"Whatever, like, what's your favorite activity?"

"I like acting in drama the most, I am also the second heroine of our college drama club, and my favorite role is the character of Esmeralda in "Silence", the author simply describes her poor and hateful life vividly. ”

"Esmeralda is indeed a very brilliant character, her tragedy is that she is smart and talented enough that she cannot be satisfied with her humble social status and wants to be in high society, but she ignores that her talent is actually given to her by her social status, and when she comes to a world that does not belong to her, her intelligence can only slowly become disillusioned, and eventually she becomes a walking corpse. ”

"Ah, you're very good at studying drama. Martha looked at him with sparkling eyes.

"I've just seen it. ”

"And what do you like to do?"

"Martial arts. ”

"No wonder you're so strong. ”

......

The two chatted and walked, and the oppressive atmosphere was gone in this situation.

Before he knew it, the road had come to an end, and Dio glanced around the corner, and the main black stone tower was not far ahead, and although it looked a little dilapidated, it was already the best-preserved building in the abandoned castle.

"Alright, here we go. ”

He pointed ahead, and Martha looked over and found the main tower as well, and immediately refreshed their spirits, and the two of them quickened their pace and walked towards the main tower.

"What about people? Are we the first to arrive?"

Walking into the empty main tower, you are greeted by a wide hall with multiple fragments on the walls, allowing the starlight to fall in, allowing Dior and Martha to barely see the environment inside.

Empty.

"Maybe, we're going fast, or maybe it's the shortest route?" said Dio casually, he didn't know what was going on for the time being.

"So are we waiting here, or outside?" Martha looked at the dark shadows ahead, feeling a little scared.

"Montolo said he wanted to go up to the roof of the tower, I'll see, you see the stairs are there, let's go up first, maybe there's already someone on it. Even if we don't, we can see a little wider from above, just as we can see when other people come. Dio looked around, and soon spotted the rather obvious staircase, and spoke his opinion.

"Okay. Martha nodded, agreeing.

The two of them walked towards the stairs one after the other, with a strong boy in front, and Martha felt quite relieved.

When he walked to the staircase, Dior found that the staircase was made of stone, the stone seemed to be some kind of volcanic rock, hard to step on, and there was no sign of corrosion on the surface, it looked like the material was very good, and it was no wonder that the staircase could still be basically intact for decades.

Just as the two of them were about to go up, suddenly, there was a clicking sound.

It was the sound of something heavy on the ground, coming from the shadows they couldn't see, and it stretched towards them step by step, unwaveringly.

Martha's face immediately turned pale.