When Duanmu Huai and Mary returned to the Baskerville estate, they saw the others also walking over with uneasy expressions.

"Mr. Duanmu, may I ask what you were just now......... Your clothes?! ”

Baroness Baskerville was taken aback by the torn clothes on Duanmu Huai's chest, while Duanmu Huai waved her hand.

"Don't worry, I just had a fight with that monster, it's no big deal."

"Huh? Ah, is that so? Are you injured? Do you want to call a doctor..............."

"It's okay, that kind of thing doesn't hurt me, it's just that my clothes are damaged."

"That's ..............."

Baroness Baskerville also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Duanmu Huai's answer, and at this time, Duanmu Huai also came to her side and stretched out her hand.

"It's a bit presumptuous, but do you have any impressions of this thing?"

"It's ..............."

Looking at the pendant lying on Duanmu Huai's palm, Baroness Baskerville frowned slightly and recalled carefully.

"I seem to have seen it somewhere, but ..............."

"This is a pendant held by the ancestors of the Baskervilles."

Fortunately, there are still people here who know, and at this moment the old butler also came over, looked at the pendant and said.

"Oh? Have you seen it? ”

"I've only seen it in paintings, too."

"Painted?"

"Yes, a portrait of the ancestor of the Baskerville............... Please follow me. ”

Led by the old butler, Duanmu Huai came to the living room, where a pile of portraits of the ancestors of the Baskervilles were indeed hung, and then the old butler pointed to one of the portraits of a young, richly dressed man standing on a stone with a long sword in his hand.

"It's him, the legendary ancestor..............."

Although the old butler's tone was a little vague, it was obvious that the legendary ancestor of the Baskerville family was the one with a bad reputation. Looking closely, Duanmu Huai could indeed see that he had the same pendant hanging on his chest as the one he was holding in his hand, not only that, but most of the portraits of people in front of him also had this pendant.

"Is this the hallmark of the Baskervilles?"

The nobles of the Old World naturally have their own different family coats, but the Baskerville family does not know if there is one.

"It's not clear, I've just heard that it's a pendant that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Baskervilles, up to that ancestor. The pendant disappeared after that, and no one knows where it went......... I really don't know where you found it, Mr. Duanmu. ”

"Oh, from the monster I cleaned up."

"Huh?!"

I have to say that both the baroness and the old butler were taken aback by this.

"Could it be that the demon dog is the ancestor?"

"For now, maybe so, but ............... I always felt like things were a little bit strange. ”

At least as far as Duanmu Huai saw in the pendant, there must have been something wrong with the ancestor's death, and according to the legend of the Baskervilles, those who arrived later saw the corpses of the ancestor and the maiden, and there was a hound that was biting the ancestor's corpse nearby.

Although it is not explained in the story, from the point of view of the order, everyone who listened to the story thought that the ancestor killed the girl, and then was punished and killed by the demon dog.

But as far as Duanmu Huai saw in the past, it was basically impossible for that ancestor to be the girl's opponent, and the last scene was obviously that the ancestor was killed by the girl.

Of course, the premise is that the girl is not human————— well, it really doesn't look like a human.

"What the hell is this pendant for?"

"I don't see it either......... Hmmm..............."

Duanmu Huai carefully looked at the pendant in his hand, and at this time, I saw the bell girl get out of Duanmu Huai's pocket, jump onto his hand, stretch out her claws and pat the pendant a few times. And then...............

"Click!"

With a soft sound, the next moment the pendant suddenly opened, and changed into a key-like shape.

"What's, what is this?"

Seeing this scene, everyone was taken aback, and Duanmu Huai also raised his eyebrows.

"Do you know how to use this thing?"

"This ....................."

The baroness and the old butler looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Meow."

However, Suzume seemed to know something, and saw her scream, then jumped off Duanmu Huai's shoulder and ran towards the house. And Duanmu Huai and the others were also curious to follow the black cat through the corridor, and then came to the ......... The study of the patriarch of the Baskervilles.

"What's here?"

Everyone walked into the study, puzzled, but Suzumi didn't seem to care, only to see her jump onto the desk in twos and threes, and then reach out and pat the cabinet next to her. At this time, Duanmu Huai noticed that there was a strange relief decoration on the wall next to the cabinet, and with the idea of trying it, he put the pendant in his hand into the gap in the middle of the relief.

And then...............

"Click."

With a soft sound, I saw that the bookcase that was originally standing tall on the wall suddenly slid open automatically, revealing a stone door leading to the ground.

"What is this?"

Duanmu Huai looked at the two, and the old butler and the baroness were also confused.

"Sorry sir, we never knew ..............."

"I think your black cat seems to know our own home better than we do...............

After all, Suzume is a ninja, and finding a hidden place is already a vocation for a ninja.

"Anyway, let's go in and have a look."

The secret room is also a must-have part of the expedition.,Although I didn't expect to find it at such a time.,But if you don't go in the secret room when you encounter it.,It's obviously sorry for the identity of a player and investigator.。

Duanmu Huai picked up the flashlight, the baroness and the old butler also followed, although Mary was a little curious, but considering that this was a private matter of the Baskerville family after all, she did not join, and Duanmu Huai also asked Lorena to stop the others——— after all, I don't know what is down here, in case it is something that is sealed evil god or something, it will be troublesome.

The underground passage was very wide and deep, and it was cold inside, and to be honest, Duanmu Huai had hoped to let the Baroness wait outside, after all, she was not in good health now, and it was not suitable for this kind of occasion. But the baroness refused.

"Now that I'm the only survivor of the Baskervilles, I have to know everything that happened to the family in order to pass it on."

While speaking, the baroness stroked her lower abdomen——— how to say it, motherhood is strong, this sentence is used.

Merely...............

Duanmu Huai took a flashlight and looked around.

Mysterious secret room, old butler, there won't be anything to do with bats in it.

At the end of the passage is a large basement, except that there are no Batmobiles or BatArmors. However, there are quite a few weapons and armor here, even weapons such as crossbow arrows.

"What the hell is this ..............."

"What the hell is the Ancestor doing?"

Seeing this scene, not only Duanmu Huai was taken aback, but even the baroness and the housekeeper were stunned when they looked at this scene in front of them.

"Ah, ma'am, here are the records of the Baskervilles!"

At this time, the old butler seemed to see something, and hurried to a wall, which was covered with dust, but he could see what kind of writing was still engraved. The old butler wiped the walls with all his might, and soon wiped the parts of the wall covered in dust and cobwebs, and although he himself was covered in dust, he didn't seem to care——— and from this point of view, the old butler seemed to be quite loyal to the Baskervilles.

On the walls are the legends of the ancestors of the Baskervilles, which looks a bit more like fantasy. According to the records on the walls, the first ancestor of the Baskervilles was an exorcist, and when he came here, the lord's daughter was haunted by monsters, and then the ancestor expelled the monsters that were haunting the lord's daughter, and then the ancestor of the Baskervilles married the lord's daughter and made a vow.

As the descendants of the exorcists, they are to protect the territory from all demons and monsters, which is also regarded as a testimony of the love between the exorcist and the lord's daughter. Since then, successive generations of the Baskervilles have learned a variety of exorcism techniques and fought against demons that attack their territory.........

Frankly, this seems more like some fantasy than a record.

But for the baroness and the old butler............... But there is a certain unimaginable authenticity.

"I really didn't expect the Baskervilles to have such a secret past..............."

The old housekeeper looked at the secret room in front of him in surprise, and the baroness next to him was also shocked, but Duanmu Huai looked very calm, the image he saw when he touched the badge before had already made Duanmu Huai suspicious of the rumor, and now it seems that things are somewhat clear. Obviously, the girl who was captured by the Baskerville ancestor was not a human, but a monster like a werewolf, and she chose to flee while the Baskerville lord had not killed her, and then was chased by the other party, and then the girl killed the lord back...............

Well, how to say it, things like capsizing in the gutter do happen occasionally.

Well? But according to legend, the girl's body was found after that.

Unfortunately, it was more than a hundred years ago, and I guess I can't find any useful clues now.

In fact, Duanmu Huai really wanted to investigate the matter of the ancestor more than a hundred years ago, especially after seeing the illusion of the past, he always felt that this matter was a little strange, as a judge, Duanmu Huai could be sure that there was definitely a taste of conspiracy in it. Unfortunately, too much time has passed, and the Baskerville family has changed for several generations.

Luckily, there are some answers to your questions............... Diary!

Heck, it's amazing that both the victim and the perpetrator in this world like to keep a diary.

To be honest, Duanmu Huai has never been able to understand that the victim would write a diary just in case, why would a criminal stupidly try to confess his seamless criminal plan in the diary?

Through the ancestor's diary, Duanmu Huai and the others discovered something.

According to the diary, this ancestor, like his own ancestors, inherited the power of the exorcist and has been secretly protecting the inhabitants of the area.

Then the patriarch met a scholar from out of town.

He called himself Dominic, a scholar of the occult, who came here to study the folklore and legends of the area. At first, the ancestor was also a little curious about his research, and he kept corresponding, but then he gradually realized that the scholar named Dominic seemed to have a problem.

To put it simply, Dominic once wrote to him saying that he wanted to investigate some legends in the mountains. But in another letter that followed, Dominic developed a certain fear, claiming that "something had been following him", and the ancestors of the time naturally became suspicious of what had happened to Dominic, so he went to the scholar's residence.

He saw Dominic lying on a chair, looking very ill, and the scholar said that he had suffered from the cold in the mountains, and hoped that the ancestors would help him recover some of the things that had fallen in the mountains. At that time, the ancestors did not doubt it, so they agreed.

But later, the ancestors found out that something was wrong with Dominica's situation, and ...............

“……… What he asked me to collect was not at all as simple as he said, although he himself referred to it as just some kind of scientific instrument, but he didn't know it, I had studied about it, I was sure that these parts were not at all ordinary scientific instruments, and I began to wonder if he was an ordinary scholar after all, and then I did some investigation..............."

The process is not written in the middle, but the rest of the section is clear.

"Sure enough! He's not a scholar, he's a demon in human skin! I don't know what he wants, but I'm not going to let him get his way! He had all the things he needed, but I would not leave them at his mercy, I was ready, I had hidden it in the secret room, and as long as he couldn't find it, then he couldn't leave. In this way, I will be able to wipe it out completely, and even his lackeys will not be able to stop me from ..............."

This is the end of the diary.

"That's a really interesting record."

After reading the diary, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows, then looked around, and then, he saw a strange thing on the platform next to him.

It looked like some kind of glass object, with a circular base underneath it, a glass barrier on top, and a button-like device on the outside, indeed, from the outside, it did look like some kind of scientific instrument.

Merely...............

"This is it?"

Seeing that thing, Duanmu Huai frowned slightly, although he hadn't seen this thing with his own eyes, he had heard many players say it on the forum......... After all, this is one of the most common items for players to check in.

Well, if that's the case, then it's not surprising that the ancestor would capsize in the gutter.

After all, his enemy is not a monster, but a ...............

After reading the diary, the baroness and the old butler were astonished.

"The Dominic family? Does it have anything to do with them? ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai turned his head to look at the two of them.

"What, you know what?"

"Yes, the Dominica family is also very famous in this area, and I heard that the old man of Dominica is very knowledgeable..............."

The old butler's expression was a little complicated.

"How many people are in the Dominic family?"

"I remember it seems to be him and his granddaughter..............."

Hehehe, old man and granddaughter.

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes, and a chill flashed in his eyes.

"Where's that Dominic?"

Then he asked.

Dominic's house is located in a remote mountain forest outside the town, and according to the old housekeeper, it has always been the residence of old Mr. Dominic and his granddaughter.

Old Mr. Dominic is a difficult person to get along with in this town, but his granddaughter seems to come out to buy occasionally, and in the eyes of the townspeople, they are just ordinary residents, nothing more.

Until today.

"Good evening and Merry Christmas!"

With the sound of speaking, Duanmu Huai kicked open the closed door and strode into the dim and gloomy hut in front of him. At the moment, he looks like a random homicidal maniac on Christmas Eve, trying to kill every innocent victim who is celebrating Christmas with a hideous grin——— well, technically speaking, there is nothing wrong with that.

"You, who are you?"

Faced with Duanmu Huai's sudden intrusion, a girl walked out with a frightened face and looked at him and shouted loudly, still holding the microphone in her hand.

"Please leave immediately, or I'm going to call the police!"

"Oops, I was just passing through, so I wanted to come in and have a look, then again..............."

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai stared at the girl in front of him viciously, cracked the corners of his mouth, and a hideous smile appeared.

"You live in such a remote place, and you don't even have a few dogs to watch the home, this is really careless......... Or are you worried that these dogs will bite your throat first? Extraterrestrial mongrells!? ”

When the words fell, Duanmu Huai suddenly grabbed the chair next to him and smashed it at the girl. In the face of Duanmu Huai's sudden attack, the girl also screamed suddenly and dodged backwards. I saw the chair slamming heavily on the door frame next to the girl, and at the same time, Duanmu Huai rushed in with an arrow step, and his right hand suddenly clenched into a fist, swinging directly at the girl's face, and slamming a punch into her face!

"Bang!!"

“—————————！！！”

Duanmu Huai's punch was enough to smash ordinary people's heads, but hitting the girl's face only sent out a heavy echo like a tire. However, this blow was enough to make the other party scream in pain, accompanied by a scream like a monster, I saw that the face of the girl who was hit by Duanmu Huai suddenly cracked, and then, a monster head full of tentacles emerged from it and pounced towards Duanmu Huai!

That's exactly what Duanmu Locust had seen in the past phantom before, the twisted and hideous face!

(End of chapter)