Chapter 25: Ophelice Manor (19)
"When, when, when."
The quaint and long bell rang in the manor.
Outside the room, in the corridor on the second floor.
The four people who heard the bell were stunned, and except for Lilith, the other three people's faces changed drastically.
The short-haired woman couldn't help but scold: "The bell rings at night!" You're playing for me, aren't you?! ”
Jessica and the Baroness also looked bitter and a little flustered.
You must know that Chu Chen in the room is the last traveler, once they die, they will never turn over!
"Is this guy strong enough to ignore us and interfere with the bells at will? Gotta find a way to stop it, or it's all over! ”
The short-haired woman is in a hurry, but there is nothing she can do at the moment!
"It" has far more control over the castle than they expected!
At the moment, I can only pray that Chu Chen will not come out.
But, maybe he won't come out?!
The bell is a sign of dawn.
This point has been perfectly foreshadowed by the next morning, and it has been deeply imprinted in the minds of all passengers!
"It's impossible not to be fooled! Damn, damn it, damn it! Our Last Chance! The short-haired woman was completely deflated and sat on the ground with a limp body.
Hammering her fist against the floor, she turned her head to glare at Lilith and gritted her teeth: "It's all your fake!" If you can't suppress your instincts, don't come out! If you hadn't killed all of us and left only one of the last passengers, we'd still have a chance to make mistakes! ”
Lilith did not answer, but glared back at the short-haired woman viciously, and then buried her head in the baroness's arms.
The latter rubbed the little head in his arms affectionately, and bent down slightly, with a bitter and apologetic face.
"Forget it, there's no point in saying anything now, it's all grasshoppers on a rope, there's nothing to say." The matter has come to this, and the short-haired woman can only sigh for a long time,
"I shouldn't expect you two guys whose soul strength is not even as good as my little finger, and who are so weak that they can't speak."
"Well, it's going to be digested soon." With another sigh, the short-haired woman leaned against the wall and closed her eyes.
Long.
"Alas, it turns out that the wait for death is so long."
And a long time.
"Grandma's! What about people? ”
……
in the room.
Chu Chen slowly opened his lowered eyes and silently carved a knife at the wall.
"It's only been four hours, is there still eight hours left?"
He's been counting silently for four hours straight!
Even if it was him, he couldn't help but feel a little tired now.
But there was no way, in the case that the specific time could not be confirmed, "stay for twelve hours" was the safest solution he could think of.
If you stay for a short time, you may open the door and it will be night, and you will die violently.
And if you stay for a long time, you will not have the opportunity to explore the third floor and the storage room, and you will lose the means to protect yourself.
"Whew, go on." Silently closing his eyes, Chu Chen continued to count silently in his heart.
As for the bell that had just rang, he didn't hear it.
In the case of not being able to distinguish the true from the false, he has no room for fault alone, and he must not take risks.
It's like what a certain son of the tower of the three-minute tower knife once said-
I'd rather do nothing than make a mistake.
That's exactly what happened.
Time flies, and there are more and more "positive" characters on the wall.
I don't know how long it took, Chu Chen opened his eyes.
Twelve hours ...... It's here!
got up and twisted his somewhat stiff body, the shadow slowly erected from the ground, Chu Chen held a kitchen knife in his hand, and walked silently to the door.
"The dice have been rolled, right or wrong, life or death, it depends on this one."
Stretch your arm forward and push it away!
The cold, damp air was blowing in the face, and the candles were crumbling in the wind.
Seems to be fine?
Chu Chen hurriedly ran to the window, it was sunny outside, the light was very bright, and it was already afternoon.
It's not night around 1 p.m.!
And there are still more than eight hours left before the estimated end time of "half past nine in the evening", which is enough to explore two places!
"I won the bet, and I had plenty of time!" Chu Chen breathed a long sigh of relief.
But when he thought about it this way, twelve hours later it was 1 p.m. on the third day, so wouldn't it be the time for him to wake up......
1 a.m. on the third day?
From 2 p.m. the next day to 1 a.m. on the third day, did he really sleep eleven hours?
"If you just woke up, or just heard the bell to open the door, wouldn't it be just in the night? It's cunning. ”
Chu Chen's heart was palpitating, and the remaining time of this trial must be extremely careful, and there must not be the slightest mistake.
Go to the third floor.
Make up your mind, Chu Chen immediately left.
Turning a corner quickly, his eyebrows furrowed.
Sure enough, the staircase on the third floor, which had disappeared before, returned.
"Is it really something to do with Lilith in the corridor turning into an endless loop?" With a chin nod, he looked up at the stairs.
14 steps.
The number of steps ......
Chu Chen thought for a moment and raised his legs to step on the stairs.
One step, two steps...... Until the last step, nothing strange happened.
[14.The stairs in the manor only have ■■ steps, and ■■ steps do not appear.] 】
"Sure enough, these two places are not '12' and '13', but 'even' and 'odd', and the seven incredible ones on campus mislead us."
Chu Chen smiled bitterly, it was only because they saw that the number of steps was just 13 that everyone gave up their vigilance.
I thought that this rule was the same as a strange story on the blue star, and 13 was the taboo number.
Now that I look at it, it's just self-inflicted.
Looking up, I can only say that the third floor is worthy of the room of the baron's family.
The black smooth hard stone floor, and the ornate crystal chandelier hanging in the air, although they have long been dilapidated, you can vaguely see the prosperity and glory of the past.
This is the case with the down-and-out barons, and what about the mansions of the true nobility?
Chu Chen didn't dare to think about it.
Pushing the door open into the master bedroom, he searched briefly, and soon a bronzed rusty key appeared in his hand.
"There was no danger along the way, and the key was placed in a very conspicuous place, so that it was a little fake."
Chu Chen was a little hesitant, but after seeing the small string of words that appeared in front of him, he still put the key into the storage space.
No matter how much you can interfere, it is impossible to interfere with the "equipment information", right?
[Name: The key of the head of the house (contaminated)]
[Type: Quest Item]
[Quality: tattered]
[Effect: Can open all gates in the manor.] 】
[Conditions of use: Ophilis's last hope.] 】
[Note: I will protect Ophelis until the end of my life!] 】
"The last hope?" Chu Chen narrowed his eyes.
Strange conditions of use, could it be......
"Can only be used when there is only one last Trialist left?" Chu Chen was a little puzzled, but he couldn't think of a reason at the moment.
Silently putting away the key, he turned around and went straight out the door, going down the stairs.
Turn around a few corners and find the stairs that go down, all the way to the first floor, and then go straight to the wooden door of the storage room.
Looking at the wooden door, Chu Chen rubbed his eyes that were becoming more and more crimson in his sight, and muttered: "It's so smooth, I didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, it's just like a sightseeing tour." ”
Someone was helping him.
But I don't know if it's friend or foe.
"It doesn't matter, whether it's a trap or not, I have to enter this storage room!"
The key is inserted, and with a "creak", the door opens.
Eerie, cold, bloody, corrupt.
This was Chu Chen's first impression.
"Roar!" The long-lost light shone into the room, and the figure imprisoned here began to stir.
Heavy chains are the shackles that bind the terrifying beasts, and the scarlet gaze is a combination of hunger and obsession.
The flesh and blood fused with the rusty iron armor, the heavy sword grinded out "poof" sparks on the ground, and Chu Chen only felt that the blood in his whole body stopped flowing at this moment!
In my ears, only the silent roar of the beast remained.
"Ou! Phenanthrene! Sharp! This! ”