Furth's gaze and Hugh's gaze met in mid-air, and neither spoke.

After a while, Furth laughed dryly:

"Haha, you're not asleep?"

Hugh frowned a little and said:

"What happened to you?"

"It's nothing, didn't I tell you? Whenever the full moon comes, my state is not very good, and when the blood moon comes, it will be even worse. Furth replied pretending to be normal.

Hugh looked her up and down, pulled the quilt over and said:

"I remember you had a potion for sleep?"

"I don't need it for the time being, I've adjusted it. Seeing that Hugh didn't ask, Felth secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sleep, sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow and go into the forest." ”

Hugh said no more, rolled over, hugged the quilt, and closed his eyes.

It didn't take long for her breathing to become a little heavier, long and even.

Furth looked at the ceiling in a daze, thought for a while, and fell asleep at some point.

............

At noon the next day, in the core area of the Delares Forest, in front of an ancient castle that had collapsed mostly and was overgrown with green vines.

Furth wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a long sigh of relief:

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

Hugh glanced at her and said:

"The owner of the hostel told me that it would only take two hours to get here. ”

They set off before 6 a.m. and spent nearly seven hours on the journey.

The corners of Furth's mouth twitched:

"The theoretical state is not the same as the actual situation, we have no way to go later, we need to explore and open up by ourselves!"

Hugh took out the three-edged thorn, nodded his head, and said:

"You should have foreseen this at first, but you turned down the innkeeper's suggestion to recommend a guide. ”

"As an 'astrologer,' I don't think such trivial matters are a matter of concern, you see, aren't we already there? and, at the right time, the spirits must be in their weakest state. With a smile on his face, Foirth held "Lemanor's Travel Notes" in one hand and pointed ahead with the other, "I didn't think about it before, but the more I think about it now, the more confused I become." ”

"Wondering what?" Hugh also set his gaze on the abandoned castle, which was almost covered in vines.

Forth casually found a reason:

"Who would have built the castle in the middle of the forest, you say, and hasn't opened a road to it yet......

Before she could finish speaking, she genuinely felt that it was a little strange.

Hugh thought about it:

"Perhaps there was originally a road, but with the abandonment of the castle, all traces of the previous time were washed away. ”

Fursi brushed the hair around his ears, shook his head, and said:

"Then why give up?

"If it had been built with safety in mind, the middle of the uninhabited forest far from the town would have been more dangerous, and if it was needed for vacation, in the style of the aristocracy, no matter how difficult it was to repair and maintain, they would not give up. ”

Hugh blurted out:

"Because it's haunted?"

Furth thought for a few seconds and said:

"Someone who can afford to build a big castle can't hire an extraordinary person to deal with a haunted event?

"I suspect that neither the three major churches nor the royal government know about this ancient castle, otherwise there would be no reason for them to let go of the extraordinary materials inside......"

Speaking of which, she suggests a possibility:

"The Castle of the Bloodline?"

This otherworldly creature prefers to live in places that are rarely inhabited, and is often associated with buildings such as eerie castles.

In addition, the information about the castle itself was provided by the Bloodline.

"Possibly. Hugh first agreed, then disagreed, "Are the Bloods still afraid of ghosts, and they must be capable of dealing with the ancient spirits here." ”

Reasonable...... Don't those bloods like money, and don't care about the collection of extraordinary materials? Fore thought about Mr. "Moon's" performance, and then denied his own speculation, and then said after deliberation:

"Unless there are other troubles here that are difficult to solve, let the high-level powerhouses choose to bypass them. ”

In this way, her actions will be more dangerous than expected.

Hugh said "um":

"While the sun is raging now, we immediately do preliminary exploration. ”

"Good. Firth took "Lemanno's Travel Notes" and approached the half-collapsed castle.

The two soon came to the entrance, which was two-thirds blocked by stones, and found that under the green vines, the stone walls were mottled and weathered, and it seemed to have existed for a long, long time.

Hugh was in no hurry to enter, beckoned to Furth, and walked slowly around the castle.

Back at the entrance, she said in confusion:

"The style of the castle is purely defensive, and it seems that the question of habitation is not at all considered, and, many of the architectural features, which I have not heard of, are supposed to be dated before the late Quaternary period, or even earlier. ”

"What's there to defend here?orcs?treants?they've been almost extinct since the cataclysm, haha, this can't be a Second or Tertiary structure, right?" Forth replied casually.

She surveyed the terrain, led Hugh out of the entrance, came to a wall that was still intact, stretched out her palm, and pressed it.

- Although she lacks experience in fighting people, she is quite proficient in various matters before fighting.

The illusory light and shadow changed in front of them, and Furth and Hugh entered the abandoned castle.

The first thing that caught their eye was the crumbling staircase, the overlapping remains of the superstructure, the pure sunlight shining in from above, and the ground with nothing but bricks and rotten wood, wild beasts, bird droppings, and all kinds of green weeds.

The whining wind blew, even at noon, revealing the coldness that seeped into the bone marrow.

Firth turned on his vision and looked around slowly, unable to see any spirit creatures.

However, she noticed that on the right side of the ruins, there was a stone staircase that was still intact.

The staircase was mottled and stretched down, leading to nowhere.

"Come and see?" Forth glanced at Hugh and offered his own suggestion.

In her mind, the rest of the castle is either clear at a glance and can be seen clearly, or the collapsed things are stacked on top of each other, and if you are prepared to explore carefully, it will definitely take a long time, so it is better to roughly explore the overall pattern first, and feel a little bottom in her heart.

Hugh glanced left and right, nodded lightly, and said:

"The cold wind is gathering underground...... I suspect that all the wraiths here are hiding where the stairs lead. ”

"Hmm. Furth cautiously walked up the mottled stone staircase, down the gravel-strewn steps.

The staircase was rather narrow enough for one person to pass, and it was the kind that circled and circled deeply, and Furth was a little nervous.

Da, da, da, the light in the staircase became dimmer as the footsteps of the two echoed more and more far.

Hugh lit the lantern in his hand, and Foirth opened "Lemanno's Travel Notes," his fingers expertly brushing over one of the pages.

A clear, warm light leaped out of thin air, illuminating the mottled staircase ahead, and Forth and Hugh tensed their nerves as they walked down layer after layer.

Along the way, a cold wind blew from time to time, causing them to overreact several times, and almost launched an attack on a non-existent enemy.

Da, da, da, in a cramped and deserted environment, Folth finally finished the steps and stepped on the flat and solid ground.

She wanted to say "staying in a place like this for a long time really makes people crazy", but due to the silence around her, she couldn't really make a sound, and she was afraid that breaking this state would cause a very bad change.

Illuminated by the light floating diagonally above, Forth cast his gaze ahead, trying to see what the end of the staircase looked like.

It is a hall, nearly 10 meters high, paved with black tiles that have dripping with water, and there are signs of cracks and damage everywhere.

Dozens of meters away, on the other side of the hall, where the light could barely be illuminated, stood a bronze door that opened quietly.

The gate went up to the top, and the stones on the left and right walls were falling off, and the statues were broken, revealing the dark brown dirt that was hidden below.

The surface of the gate is painted with dense symbols and strange patterns, giving people an intuitive sense of mystery and heaviness, as if something is sealing.

Furth finally couldn't help but speak, and she suppressed her voice:

"Have you ever seen a gate like this?"

Hugh next to her shook his head and said:

"Nope. ”

Furth suddenly "hissed":

"You say, what's going to be behind this door, where is it going?

"Well, that's what this castle was built for? to prevent the creatures behind the door from coming out?"

Hugh looked around, but couldn't find any frescoes that could provide information, only that the closer he got to the bronze gate, the more water beads came out of the ground, and the more silver-black swords were discarded indiscriminately.

"In the Quaternary and Fifth Ages, frescoes were a widespread occurrence in all castle buildings, and before the Cataclysm, it can be seen from several elven ruins that transcendent beings were equally fond of praising the gods and recording their daily ...... in the form of frescoes," Hugh said slowly, combining his own experiences and observations as bounty hunters.

Furth bowed slightly:

"That's true.

"This castle is even more peculiar than I imagined. ”

At this moment, she was quite apprehensive in her heart, and she wanted to quit here directly and ask Mr. "World" for help.

- At the Tarot meeting, after listening to the little "sun" tell so many horror stories about the ruins, when she was in a similar environment, she couldn't help but think too much and scare herself.

"If you get closer, you might find more clues. Hugh took a bold step forward, approaching the heavy door that seemed to seal somewhere.

Furth grabbed "Lemanno's Travel Notes" and hurriedly chased after him.

As she walked, a bright red suddenly appeared in her eyes.

What came out of the cracks of those black floor tiles was no longer water droplets, but piercing blood!

"This ......" Furth slammed open the notebook with a patina shell, and the corner of his eye swept over Hugh beside him.

In her sight, Hugh was already pale, his eyes were black and green, his lips were blood-red, his body was dark, and his expression was extremely distorted.