Legend has it that the Eisworth family rose to prominence during the California Gold Rush.
The California Gold Rush occurred a few years after 1850, while the Civil War began in 1861.
Judging from the time and place, it is indeed possible that the Esworth family acquired the castle within the first one or two generations of their development.
Afterwards, the land where the castle was located was treated basically the same as the many lands owned by the Esworth family. At least on the surface, there was no publicity or attention, and it remained idle for many years.
Luke pondered the reasons behind this and felt that the ancestors of the Esworth family might have had some connection with vampires a long time ago.
That rookie Sheldon died so cleanly, and many secrets disappeared with this cunning old fellow.
But the confessions of the surviving Blood God followers revealed that Sheldon's knowledge of vampires was a bit too detailed.
More importantly, the circular hollow-roofed building in the castle used to promote the Blood God is 100% an ancient building, and is an original piece that existed when the castle was built.
Humans do not have the possibility of transforming into blood gods, which means that the people who built the castle more than a hundred years ago were originally vampires.
It seemed that the death of the people of the Esworth family was not unjust, and they actually made him miss such important news. Someone was angry and decided that when he had some free time this time, he must investigate the remaining people in the family.
Maybe there are some promising players who aspire to become the “God of Vampires”!
With this in mind, Luke had already bypassed the Daywalker and accelerated at low altitude towards the castle in Sacramento.
In order to maintain stealth, the Beidou armor flew at a low speed and arrived at the castle an hour later.
But from a distance, Luke could already see a few scattered lights in the castle.
There is someone! He was overjoyed.
A year ago, Batman killed the greenhorn Sheldon here. The castle was bustling for more than ten days, and then the researchers evacuated one after another.
The main reason was that Sheldon died too quickly, and researchers also found garlic stun grenades and anticoagulants used by Luke at the scene.
After experimenting on the vampires that were taken away, they found that the effects of these two things on vampires were incredibly strong.
This can only mean that the "Vampire God", who can only be created by the sacrifice of eight vampires, died because of these two ordinary things.
This result made everyone who had some interest in the Blood God extremely disappointed.
To complete this ritual, you must first capture eight vampires of decent strength, and then you can create a "Blood God" with an obvious weakness.
Vampires with decent strength are hard to find, and if you know how to deal with the Blood God, it is not difficult to kill this monster.
Therefore, the circular hollow hall in the castle where ceremonies were held was not moved away or destroyed as a whole, but remained here intact.
In fact, the only lights in the castle are in this circular hollow hall.
Luke did not go directly over. He released medium-sized drones and micro drones, connecting them to the Internet and controlling them at high and low levels.
If the people inside are from the vampire family, then letting one of them escape would be a serious waste, and it would be a waste of the clone's investigation time for the past few days.
The micro drones did not enter the rotunda, but were deployed around it.
Vampires have far more sensitive ears and eyes than ordinary people. A micro drone passing by might not attract their attention, but once it enters the hall and flies around, it will easily be exposed.
Normal people don’t pay attention to small flying insects, but if it’s a fly flying around in a quiet home, you will subconsciously take a look at it.
Only the medium-sized drones flying high in the sky were able to take pictures of the situation through the top of the empty cross.
Luke just glanced at the screen and was stunned: These people... are here to have a party
There were eleven people partying in the circular hall.
Bottles of red wine, whiskey and champagne were opened.
The white foam of champagne was sprayed everywhere by these people, creating a harmonious and beautiful scene of celebrating the festival.
Am I wrong? Maybe these people are not vampires, but those who are full of food and playing castle exploration? Hmm, there seems to be someone wearing armor among them, are they Tony's brain-depleted fans? For the first time, someone had strong doubts about his own reasoning.
With a frown on his face, he stood two hundred meters away, preparing to use primary sound waves to eavesdrop on the conversation of these people, and then use his sensitive sense of smell to determine the smell of these people.
The conversation and smell of vampires are very different from those of ordinary people, and it takes less than a minute to complete the identification.
Just as his feet lightly stepped on the weeds on the wasteland and stood firmly, a man in full armor sitting on a stone in the circular hall, playing with a bottle of whiskey in his hand, suddenly frowned.
The man turned his head and looked in Luke's direction for a moment, then shook his head in confusion.
But having just gained powerful strength, he opened his mouth slightly, and an invisible wave came out from his throat and went straight in the direction of Luke.
Luke also pricked up his ears, wanting to hear what the people inside were talking about.
Then, his expression changed.
At the same time, the armored man in the circular hall also changed his expression. He stood up suddenly, jumped lightly and flew out from the top of the circular hall wall which was more than ten meters high.
The young man tapped the wall with his toes, dived down from the sky, and glided towards where Luke was.
Luke looked at the rapidly approaching man and was surprised: There are so many people copying Iron Man these days
This young man was the one he thought was the Iron Man fan just now.
However, the armor on this person, no matter its workmanship, shape, or color, looks like it was made by a cosplay enthusiast.
Compared to the Mark series with its flashy colors and beautiful lines, this set of armor is a total copycat - and it's a very low-quality copycat at that.
Even compared with the multiple sets of armor made by the real copycat master Lu, the armor on this person is completely not up to par.
It has neither the mystery and heaviness of the Bat Armor, nor the liveliness and thoughtfulness of the Beidou Armor.
It is not even as good as the early White Wolf armor. At least Luke got the nickname "Angel of Judgment" with that armor. Not to mention its combat effectiveness, at least it has a high quality.
The one in front of me... well, a bit like the Armor Hero in the children's play in the previous life. The only thing that is better than those prop armors is that the color and shape are at least not so fancy and not so tacky.
But looking at the rough test results of the Beidou armor, Luke was a little stunned: This thing... why does it look a bit like the earliest bat armor
It has no power, but good protection, and there’s a dark red cape on the back. Apart from being a bit ugly, isn’t this just a replica of the first Batsuit
It turns out that this guy is not Tony's fanboy, but his own fanboy? This thought only flashed through his mind, and Luke immediately focused his attention.
The "Armor Hero" gliding from a high altitude has excellent balance and firing nerves, and he actually makes good use of the gliding function of his cloak.
There is no doubt that this man's physical fitness is at least no worse than Luke's a year ago.