Under the leadership of Isabella, these people wearing different black robes walked to the center of the hall under the chandelier. Then Isabella dropped the melted wax from the candle in her hand on the ground regularly. Soon the originally neat marble floor gradually shone with magical brilliance, and then the ground began to open, revealing a black secret passage leading underground.
"If this is a mechanical transmission, this secret door is very well done."
Lelouch said softly. The door on the floor made no sound at all when it was opened, and the previously closed secret passage did not reveal even a single gap on the ground.
After the secret passage was opened, Isabella took the lead and walked in. The people behind her also strolled behind her. By observing the walking postures of these people, Lelouch judged the age of most of the participants in these rituals. They are all over sixty or seventy years old, and some, as Buyani said, seem to move as nimbly as young people, but the aura exuding from inside their bodies gives people a feeling of twilight.
It seemed that the participants wearing black robes with patterns were all people who had received the so-called endless life, or people who were already qualified to accept this ceremony. And these participants, who were dressed in simple black robes, were only first-time participants.
The vampire girl Olivia turned around and bowed slightly to Lelouch: "Please follow me."
After Isabella and others walked down, Lelouch and other first-time participants walked into the secret passage under the leadership of their respective guides. After releasing their mental power to the maximum extent, Lelouch discovered the construction of this underground secret passage. It extends in all directions, and it seems to be quite large judging from the internal air flow.
Buanyani quietly reminded Lelouch that so many magic circles formed a fairly complete protection system. If Buanyani was not a crystal dragon who was born very sensitive to various magic fluctuations, otherwise the revealed magic power would The fluctuations can almost be said to be minimal in the magic circle system. Even a high-level mage might not be able to detect it easily here.
When everyone enters the secret passage, the secret door automatically closes. People with mysophobia will definitely feel panicked in this dark secret passage. Even those who entered the ceremony with Lelouch for the first time appeared. After all, in this situation, you are completely at the mercy of others. If the other party wants to do something bad in this completely sealed underground, there is no room for resistance.
At least this was only for ordinary nobles and businessmen, Lelouch and Buyani didn't even care. But on the surface, Buyani had to pretend to be scared and hold Lelouch's hand tightly.
When they walked through the passage and came to a room that looked like a church, Olphia, who was leading the way, stopped.
Lelouch looked around. According to his own judgment, after entering this place and walking for so long, his group was already at least fifty or sixty meters underground. The dome of this church-like room was very high, and the entire main body of the building was They are all made of black rock, with almost no decorations except for some magic crystals used for lighting and some reliefs on the walls.
"Just a moment please!"
Olivia held the candle and stretched out her hand towards the bench placed in the room, indicating that Lelouch and Buanyani could sit down and wait.
Lelouch didn't mind and sat down directly. The other guests also sat on the chairs in twos and threes. However, at this time Lelouch discovered that the group of people led by Isabella seemed to have passed through a secret door and left the room. leave on the other side. It seemed that the host of the ceremony did not intend to let those who were participating in the ceremony for the first time watch directly. Lelouch, who was idle and bored, also looked at the murals with interest, trying to get some useful information from them.
Because the vampire girl stood aside from Olphia holding a candle, Lelouch had no choice but to continue to communicate with Buanyani through spiritual dialogue. The crystal dragon girl squinted and looked at the various murals carved on the surrounding walls. Judging from the content, it is similar to some palace murals in human palaces. Most of them are sculptures praising warriors, but each of these murals has a different emblem carved on top.
The blood-red crown, withered roses, intersecting scepters and swords, red crescent moon, weird ring symbols, each emblem looks very different, but these emblems give people a strange feeling. , seems to have some special connection with each other.
Buyani couldn't see anything after looking at it for a long time, even though the dragon had a lot of experience due to his age. But for the vampire Buyani, who is as mysterious as the dragon, I only have a vague understanding of it from the documents and materials of my own clan. What Buyani can understand is that the vampires are divided into many families just like humans, and each family has its own emblem. As for the special meaning of the family represented by these emblems, Buanyani had no choice but to apologize to Lelouch.
Following Lelouch's gaze, Buanyani also looked over. Among the more than ten murals, there was one mural that gave people a strange feeling. The emblem on it was clearly the side profile of a girl, but compared to the other murals, All the emblems are in red. The emblem on this girl's head is surprisingly purple. It is unique among many emblems.
The content of the mural does not describe a certain character or a certain battle. A beautiful girl is standing in the center in a praying posture, while many people below are looking up at the girl as if they are longing for salvation, and they are stretching out their hands to try to touch her. Touch the hem of the girl's skirt.
"Can I ask a question?" After having doubts, Lelouch directly asked Olipia beside him for help.
"What's the matter?" Olivia lowered her voice and said, in order to keep the vampire girl secret, she did not call Lelouch by his first name.
Lelouch pointed at the strange mural: "I'm very interested in that mural. Can you introduce it to me?"
Following Lelouch's gesture, Olivia looked at the mural, and then a strange look flashed in the vampire girl's eyes: "Sorry~ That's just a mural for decoration, it has no special meaning."
"Yeah?"
Although Olivia was only slightly stunned for a second. But both Lelouch and Buanyani have captured the strange look in Olphia's eyes. It seems that this mural is not without special significance, but is of great significance. Lelouch immediately observed every detail of the mural carefully, preparing to draw it and show it to Yalin after the ceremony.
After coming to the other world, Lelouch felt that Yalin was already a know-it-all who could answer all questions and knew all the customs and secrets of the other world.
Just at this time. A man wearing a red robe and a mask walked in from the secret door that Isabella left before.
"Bless you all!"
The man's voice was hoarse, and it didn't sound like the voice of the playboy Jefferson from before. But this voice contained a strange magic power, causing everyone present to inadvertently focus their attention on him. Lelouch also withdrew his gaze and turned his attention to the man. Buanyani quietly told Lelouch in the spiritual dialogue that this man, who was also a vampire, was stronger than Isabella and Jefferson. But it is still far behind compared to the previous little loli Philolai who had lesbian tendencies.
"You must have made up your mind to be able to come here. You are the creators of wealth! You are the founders of rights! You are the owners of glory! To be able to get everything today, you have spent countless efforts and wandered in the hardships. , struggling in conspiracies and tricks, but when everyone stands at the peak of life, they sadly find that their lives are coming to an end! Everything will disappear forever with the passing of life, and the wealth that was once created will be lost. You can no longer enjoy the rights, rights, and glory, the only thing you can do is to leave it to your descendants!”
Every word of the man in red robe deeply pierced people's hearts: "Are you willing to do all this? Are you satisfied? Everything you have gained through all the hardships will be given away before you can enjoy the wine of victory. , tell me, do you really think you are satisfied in this life?"
In an instant, everyone participating in the ceremony fell silent, and trivial whispers spread in the room. It was obvious that just like the words of the man in red robe, many people did not want to give up everything. Wealth and power are addictive things, and no one wanted to Just let it go. No one is willing to give it up to others, even if the object is their own descendant.
"Human life is short and sad. Humans cannot live as long as elves. Look at your hands, look at the wrinkled and dull skin on them. No matter how much you deny it or how unwilling you are, That’s fine, but time has gradually passed from your body. Even if you want to squander it now, will your body allow it?”
The man said in a persuasive manner like a preacher: "The delicious food cannot be swallowed, the mellow wine brings only pain, the dull eyes cannot see clearly the most beautiful scenery in the world, and the weak body can't even see the most beautiful scenery in the world." The woman is standing naked in front of you. Can you still hug her like you did before? You can't do anything anymore. Maybe in ten years you will just lie on the bed and watch yourself go. Death, and there's nothing you can do."
I have to say that these words have touched the thoughts of many people, especially those who are really old. Everything they have worked hard for their whole life will be lost before they can enjoy it. This is absolutely unacceptable to anyone.
Lelouch felt that many people's hearts had been shaken. Even though the man in red robe was obviously bewitching, he was completely bewitched into people's hearts. No one would think that his life was too long, let alone those with great wealth and The big businessmen and nobles who have the right to enjoy all the greatest blessings in the world.
"┉┉You are not willing to give in. You are still eager to continue to enjoy, so you have made a choice, eager to have endless life, eager to get rid of the old and weak body and regain a new life!"
The man in red robe opened his hands and shouted like a fanatic. (To be continued...)