Leon pushed open the door.
A staircase that is not too long is exposed. At the end of the staircase is a high platform with iron gates closed on both sides.
When Angel came to Pinglan, he looked down, and his expression instantly froze.
people!
Dense people!
In the huge underground wine cellar, it was full of people!
These people are wearing rags, and it can be inferred from the unique patterns on the rags that when they are complete, they should be the costumes of servants.
There are some female servants, and the skirts of the maid clothes they are wearing can be seen, but at this time, they are basically naked, and the white body is very eye-catching.
But even so, there was no charm.
Because they were all skinny, and beneath that thin layer of skin were bones. At first glance, it was like coming to the lower cell of one of the most demanding slave owners.
Stinks, horror and palpitations.
Originally, these people's movements were extremely slow, posing in all kinds of weird poses, and their expressions were also sluggish. But when Angel and others walked in, maybe they smelled "human", they raised their heads and looked at the high platform.
After seeing Angel and his party.
In an instant, their eyes changed!
From godlessness to madness, from gray to scarlet, and from sluggishness to excitement and madness, it is like a beast that has been hungry for a winter and is crazy about food after waking up.
A pair of eyes with scarlet rays of light just stared at him in the darkness. It was like entering a damp cave and seeing a group of bats waiting for blood to devour.
Before Angel could carefully distinguish their appearances, screams, roars, and cunning laughter mixed together in an instant, and a pair of thin hands stretched out, moving their teeth and claws toward the high platform where Angel and others were. .
It's like the mad believers who worship the evil god are dancing.
"Blood, blood... Give me blood!", "The smell of living people, hee hee hee hee.", "Kill them, kill them!"
Everyone moved, and all pushed towards the front, but the iron doors on both sides of the high platform were locked, and they couldn't squeeze in, so they could only slap the door lock desperately.
The people in the back didn't know the situation in front of them, and they kept pressing up, resulting in a constant clicking sound, and this was the sound of broken bones.
Some people who are too crazy even attack those around them.
When Angel was in a daze, he saw several severed limbs being thrown to high places, and blood spurted on them like a fountain. With the red light in their eyes, they looked even more bizarre and terrifying.
"These people are all servants in the manor. However, the incident half a month ago caused them to be eroded by the red light, and they became what they are now." There was compassion in Leon's eyes. Among these people, They are basically servants who have served the manor all their lives. Some have watched them grow up, and some have been playmates of the two brothers since childhood, but now, all of them have become so terrifying.
"I put all the food on the ground. I come to put it in once a day, but they don't have anyone to eat it, not even blood. They seem to only respond to human blood, but where do I go to get people? Blood?" Leon: "For half a month, they didn't eat anything and were starving to the bone. But the strange thing is that they are all still alive, even those who lack arms and legs are still not dead."
"Only when they see a living person will they get excited, like the legendary ghoul."
"People are not people, ghosts are not ghosts." Leon's eyes glowed with water, and his voice was a little choked: "Sometimes I really want a fire to help them get rid of them, but I think again, live and say There may be a silver lining.”
Leon turned his head to look at Angel: "Angol, can you save them?"
Angel quietly looked at the struggling and twisted people below, tried his best to eliminate all external emotions, and carefully observed the people below.
Looking at their flexible movements, Angel thought that at least their bodies were still active. However, this is not the case. Their body functions are all shut down. Apart from being active, they are simply dead.
The strange thing is that they didn't rot, and there seemed to be some kind of energy in their brains that was protecting their last soul and soul.
Seeing that Angel hadn't spoken for a long time, Leon seemed to understand something, so he couldn't help but lose his mind: "Sure enough, are they helpless?"
Angel's expression was also very sad, but he really didn't know how to save them now. He could only look at Sanders for help, but Sanders stood aside, his eyes flickering from time to time, as if he was thinking about something, and did not notice Angel's gaze.
Angel thought for a while: "Master red-haired, there should be a way, right?"
Leon shook his head: "Mr. Huis told me before that saving them is equivalent to killing them."
Leon didn't know what this meant, he just thought that the teacher was saying that they were already like this, and it was better to give them a good time to save them.
"Huais is right, saving them is indeed tantamount to killing them." At this moment, Sanders, who had been silent for a while, finally spoke up. He took out his cane and tapped it against the void, and a strange ripple spread out. . The next second, the crowd in the underground wine cellar suddenly quieted down.
"The reason they maintain their current activity is because of the mysterious power of the Scarlet Kingship in their brains. To restore their sobriety, they can only expel this power, but once exiled, they will lose their source of activity and will die immediately." Sang Durston paused: "They will eventually die, either by expelling the force now, or by waiting for the force that maintains the vitality to die out on its own, it's just a matter of time, and in the end, they can't escape the fate of death. ."
Sanders' words seem to have given the group a death notice.
It also made Leon completely collapse. As the Viscount of Gru Town, facing his own people, facing the people around him who grew up with him, he could not save him. No one could understand this pain.
Sanders didn't care about the life and death of this group of people. After he came to a conclusion, he began to think about the effect of the Scarlet Kingship: "It seems that the mysterious power in their brains is the truth."
Sanders looked at Angel: "Maybe, if you were pulled into the abyss of depravity, you would become like them."
Angel closed his eyes, suppressed the emotions he wanted to spray, and let his mind keep up with Sanders' pace again: "So, does the effect of the Scarlet Kingship simply make them crazy?"
After a pause, Angel added: "Irreversible madness."
Sanders shook his head: "If you want to know, you need to do an energy measurement experiment. However, the mysterious power is difficult to measure, and I can't be sure of the final result. It's better to have more information."
Sanders looked at Leon, who was still in mourning, and was silent for a long time. When Leon's mood calmed down, he asked, "Do you remember their performance after they were just eroded by the red light?"
Leon said dumbly: "They are the same as now, they show symptoms of bloodthirsty and madness when they see living people, but then they will not become quiet, even if there is no one around, they will be crazy. Probably locked in the wine cellar Over time, they slowly became quieter."
"Being quiet is because of the self-resting nature of the mysterious power. When it is impossible to actively absorb external energy supplements, it will mainly reduce consumption. This is the commonality of some special energies." Sanders explained: "In addition to this , is there any other abnormality?"
Leon shook his head: "No more..." But as soon as he finished speaking, Leon seemed to think of something: "No, there seems to be a little more. They will follow Lord Eureka. Wherever Lord Eureka goes, they will go. It's like a follower."
What Leon said made Sanders blink for a moment.
"Could it be puppetization?"
Sanders recalled that the royal court of each generation of the Guman Kingdom was extremely loyal from top to bottom. Even if King Guman was extremely tyrannical, there was never any objection within the royal court. Could it be that they rely on the Scarlet Kingship to turn them into puppets
But the real puppet is actually easy to find, just like the puppet in the antique shop in Zslade, even if it has a human soul, it can still be seen at a glance. Perhaps, what Scarlet Kingship created was not just a simple puppet.
But something like a soul imprint
"But if the effect is really like this, why is Eureka herself also affected?" Sanders was a little puzzled.
Angel explained the answer: "There is a "Blood Origin Backtracking" magic energy array on the Scarlet Throne, and as far as I know, this magic energy array is still running. In other words, the real master of this Scarlet Throne is not Eureka. "
Having said that, there is still a doubt. Although Eureka is not the master, she is the user. How could she use it on herself when she knew that the Scarlet Kingship was dangerous
"It seems that I still need to get some answers from Xiuyisi."
This topic was over, Sanders didn't say anything, Angel turned his attention to Leon beside him, he was still at a loss, his eyes were dead.
Angel looked down at the silent crowd. Although they were as thin as skeletons, he could still distinguish some familiar people from their outlines.
He saw Glenn, the gardener who was closest to his mother before his death, Doctor Dink, who had studied earth medicine from Jon, and Swatch, the female knight in the middle court who taught the skills of the knights of Lyon, and the shepherd who grew up with the two brothers. Farando.
Every familiar face is affecting Angel's heartstrings.
Angel couldn't bear to watch any longer, closed his eyes and kept breathing, trying to suppress the discomfort in his heart by relying on the frequency of his breathing.
After a while, Angel opened his eyes and looked at his brother Leon:
"Is mentor Jon okay?"
Leon nodded sluggishly: "Jon was protected by the barrier set up by Mentor Huis, and Subi was guarding him and was not affected."
"What about Ollie, and the Head Maid Mana?"