Chapter 18 Night Detective
Night visit in the 18th
"Little girl..." Groone's ex-Queen repeated the title. Before, more than one person had called her by this title, but this was indeed the first time that made people feel angry. "I... I am already sixteen years old, no older woman who never grows up!"
Feng Ling's eyes looked cold, but in the end she just snorted with her nose and left.
"She lied to you." After Fengling left, Lalia said. "Don't mind, she is actually... very good."
"I saw Ash Rufate." After there was no one else in the entire cell, the little girl suddenly said.
"Ashu Rufate? He should be in Chaos..."
"No, he is back!" the little girl said firmly. "I can't admit my mistake, it's him! And when I was caught in the Dark Castle, he saw me!"
"How is that possible?" Lalia hesitated for a moment, but reason told him that the possibility of Ashu Rufat coming to Sivania was far less likely than the possibility of the little girl reading it wrong.
"I really saw him, and he did see me!" the little girl said excitedly. "He will come to save me! I will definitely..." As she spoke, she became a little excited. "I knew that my prayers would be..."
But the little girl became more and more excited, while Lalia was not at all hoped.
"If I were you, I would pray that he would not try to save us." Lalia replied.
"Why?"
"This castle..." Lalia pointed to the ceiling with her finger. "It's not an ordinary place. I've seen it with my own eyes before. As long as the vampire is willing, he will be able to see, hear, and feel everything around the castle. So whoever wants to sneak into the castle is just a clown in front of the vampire."
"What?"
"And the castle is actually a special magical creature created by a vampire. Or so to speak, this castle itself is not a dead object, it has life and independent wisdom. As for everything that happens in the castle, as long as it wants, it knows everything! Even if the vampire accidentally does not notice the situation outside, the castle itself will immediately detect the invader!" Lalia said. "If Ashu Rufate comes... he will die!"
Although the little girl knew that Ashu Rufate was very strong, she didn't think she could defeat the vampire and all his minions by relying on Ashu Rufate's own strength.
"So," Lalia showed a sad smile on her face. "Pray that he doesn't risk trying to save us."
In front of the dungeon, a ghost-like figure suddenly appeared silently.
It should be noted that although it was already late at night, the inside of the castle (at least this dungeon) was very bright. For visitors, this is a big and small miracle, because you can't tell where the light comes from. With the naked eye, there are no ordinary lighting equipment such as torches, candles, oil lamps, etc. in the castle, and there are no rare equipment such as magic lamps, and there are no light sources. But it is bright here, just like the wall itself is glowing. The light is moderate, roughly equivalent to the sunlight in the morning or dusk. Such an environment is very convenient to read or write.
So, although the figure was silent, Lalia still noticed the other party's arrival at the first time.
The little girl quickly noticed something from Lalia's expression. She turned her head and saw this person who shouldn't have appeared. The next moment, she covered her mouth hard to prevent herself from screaming.
"Ashu Rufate..."
The person who walked over from the entrance of the dungeon (actually a spiral staircase) was Ashu Rufate. The girl clearly saw the eye-catching scar on his nose.
"Ashu Rufate?!" The little girl threw herself into the prison door and hit the metal prison door. "It's really you! How did you come?"
Ashrufate's expression was very strange. To be honest, he originally thought this was a tiger's den, but in fact it was - well, like a nursing home. Although the place was big, he was smooth all the way and did not encounter any trouble. In fact, he didn't even encounter a guard - that is, the female guards who received the gift of vampire power - were not encountered.
Perhaps he never expected that outsiders would sneak in, and the defense inside the entire Dark Castle was extremely relaxed. Or it could be explained so intuitively: there was not even a patrol here! Ash Rufate didn't meet a few people along the way, and even those who encountered were easily avoided by him.
In short, it took only a short time to find the entrance to the "suspected dungeon", which is a step down. Then, he found the little girl and Lalia who were prisoners.
Ash Rufate made a "silence" gesture, and immediately tried to open the cage. However, the lock of the prison was very strange, and it was obviously a very superb craft - it was so superb that it could hold a lock-opening competition for all humans and left the champion helpless. After a short period of time, Ash Rufate had already admitted his failure in his heart and began to try to crack violently. Unfortunately, the cage was more solid than imagined, and even the Withering Sword could not pry.
"How did you come here? The vampire should be able to control all the movements inside and outside the castle!" Lalia asked after Ash Rufate finally gave up and retracted the sword.
"The vampire is out." Ashu Rufat replied. Lariya's words made him understand how lucky he was. There is no doubt that the castle's defense measures rely very much on the vampire's own strength. Because the vampire went out, he was able to sneak in so easily. "And it is not expected to come back in two days today and tomorrow... Do you know how to open this lock?"
Lalia was once a female slave of a vampire and was selected as a guard by a vampire. She knew much more about this castle than Ash Rufate.
"This lock cannot be opened," said Lalia. "You have to get the key!"
“Where is the key?”
"Not here, on the upper floor." Lalia said anxiously. "This castle is divided into three levels. The third floor is the owner of the castle, which is the residence of the Blood Duke. The Blood Duke has some special keys, each of which can open all the locks of the castle, but he does not usually carry the keys on his body, but keeps them in his room. Sometimes, his wife will use those keys."
"I'll go right now," said Ashu Rufat. The vampire was not here, he should... be able to get the key.
"Be careful Carrie." Lalia reminded.
"Carrie? Who is that?" Ashu Rufate asked. For some reason, he vaguely felt that he was familiar with the name... Well, maybe he had heard of it. "Carrie" is not a rare and difficult name like "Ahu Rufate". There should be many duplicate names.
"It is not a human, it is a magical creature that lives in the dark castle... it is something like a ghost. The vampire created it... or it can be said that it is the castle itself." Lalia replied. "She usually appears in a 'suspended metal ball' posture that can speak. But it is just an incarnation. She has many similar incarnations. Attacking those metal balls has no meaning at all. If you are discovered by Carrie..." Lalia paused for a moment. "You must escape immediately, otherwise you will die! It has the ability to inform all the guards in the castle immediately, even the vampire itself."
"I get it." Ashu Rufate replied.
"By the way, if you really get the key..." Lalia's eyes saw the rope wrapped around Ashu Rufate. "You can leave the window on the third floor first. Because the guard on the second floor is much stronger than the first floor, try not to pass there."
In the dark castle, there is obviously a kind of supernatural ability that does not belong to the "magic wind".
This is not a horrifying topic, because even the priests of the church have long admitted that in addition to magic (including magic wind and black magic), there are other supernatural abilities in this world. The most common one is divine power. It is said that the church once had many divine knights with divine power, each with supernatural power, and the number of them could even be formed into a legion. This is just heard, and the power of the Chaos Evil God was real by Ash Rufate.
Of course, divine power is just one of them. Many studies have shown that there are other supernatural abilities, but these studies are not systematic, and they are even more messy in naming, and lack the power to unify these studies.
He now discovered that the mysterious light of the Dark Castle (that is, the light from which the light source cannot be found) is not constant. When a certain place, for example, a channel, when no one passes for a long time, the light will gradually darken and eventually disappear completely. On the contrary, as long as someone walks by, the dark area will quickly light up.
At first, seeing the surroundings suddenly light up, Ashu Rufate almost thought he was exposed. But in the end he found that this was just an "automatic" reaction, rather than discovering the intruder.
The entire Dark Castle is divided into three levels. Now Ashrufate has confirmed that the first floor basically does not have any defense or warning measures. It was late at night and almost everyone was dreaming, so the aisles, corridors, halls, rooms, etc. are not on guard.
Although this place is really big, overall, the regional layout is quite standard, and each place only needs a little observation to know what it is for. There are conference rooms and small living rooms in the castle - the former is probably used for meetings, while the latter is used for vampires to meet invited guests. However, the most land is still a small square... On the side of the square is a very neat group of rooms, which are the residences of girls living in the castle.
Speaking of which, although Ash Rufate had heard about the space inside and outside the castle from a long time ago, he still felt incredible when he saw it with his own eyes. The space inside the castle is very large - that kind of incredible large. The space on the first floor alone is actually comparable to a small city. You can't imagine why there is an indoor square in this castle - the kind that is enough for thousands of people to gather.
Chapter completed!