The "supplementary setting" that Gao Wen mentioned was a very new word to Amber and Philip Knight, but explaining its meaning was not complicated. Gao Wen only said a few words, and the two understood the meaning of this word.
"That is to say, what is going on in this castle is like a stage play, and everyone in the castle is an actor who is in it but doesn't know it?" Knight Philip said his understanding, "Usually they Living here is like being hypnotized. Because of the long-term mental interference, they are completely unaware of the violations in daily life, but outsiders like us have broken the logic of the stage play. The inconsistency between the plot and the facts leads to The scene can't go on, so the mastermind who created and maintained the stage had to patch their own script?"
Amber glanced up and down at Knight Philip several times, and said, "Hey, what you said made me get goosebumps even more!"
"My lord, I think we should stop this evil ritual immediately!" Philip ignored Amber, but said with a serious face, "I'm afraid that the Kant leader's arrest of refugees is not new. Their evil deed even It may have been carried out in secret for decades! During this period, the innocent people who entered this land and whose whereabouts are unknown should have become sacrifices to maintain the illusion. To put the entire castle under the influence of this kind of magic, the price required is huge!"
"Yes," Amber rarely showed a positive attitude, "Every minute and every second counts!"
Gao Wen frowned, looked at the two in front of him: "How do you think we should start?"
"If you can't do it, just have a showdown with that old man. When you confront him, if he admits you, cut him off. If he doesn't admit it, you can try to get him to admit it and then kill him," Hu Po said vigorously, "There should be no People can beat you, when the time comes, you go first."
Not only Gao Wen, but even Philip has long been accustomed to Amber's style of "whoever goes up first anyway, anyway, I won't go up". He just gave the half-elf a disdainful look, and then nodded slowly: "My lord, there is no Undoubtedly, Viscount Victor Kant is the mastermind of all this. In the entire Kant Territory, only he has the motivation and ability to carry out this evil act... "
"Is Victor Kant the black hand..." Gao Wen did not directly respond to the proposal of the two, but expressed his own doubts, "Actually, there is one thing I can't figure out: even if the Kant collar doesn't communicate with the outside world much, every year the most There should always be two or three basic visitors. Could it be that we are the only ones who caused a loophole in the large hallucination in the castle? People who have been here before have never discovered it? That Mrs. Lilith Kant comes from the North Tower every night. Come out, walk around the castle, and no other servants have ever seen her? If any other servants have seen her, then those servants have never mentioned to the rest of the people in the castle when they left the castle to do business. A living viscountess?"
Amber frowned when she heard the words: "It's easy to explain that there are no other visitors. The normal visitors should not be like us from the beginning to ask for information from the beginning. As for the people in the castle People... have been hypnotized, maybe as soon as they leave this castle, their cognition and memory will completely change?"
Seeing that Gao Wen was still thinking, Amber finally couldn't help but mutter: "If I were you, I wouldn't hesitate, that old man is obviously not right, if you catch him and beat him up, everything will be clear What!"
Although Knight Philip usually looks staid, he has a better mind than Amber at this time: "You are worried that if your judgment is wrong, our actions here will stimulate the aristocratic system in the entire southern region, causing them to treat Cecil Is the pioneering collar vigilant?"
"Actually, I'm not worried about them. The big and small lords in the southern region don't have much presence here." Gawain shook his head, "I just always feel that we have overlooked something. Although all the blame for this matter is pointed at Victor Kant , but... will it be that simple?"
A cultist, or a nobleman who is bewitched and controlled by a cultist, must be extremely vigilant and cunning, especially when he is performing a shameful evil ceremony, his vigilance will be so great that even if an outsider just stands by It would be regarded as pins and needles there, but that Victor Kant's performance from beginning to end was too relaxed and too defenseless.
Is this pure acting skills? Still have full support, so you are not afraid of being ripped apart at all? Or... the person who really controls all this is not Viscount Kant himself
Click and boom!
A series of huge thunderclaps suddenly sounded high in the sky, and the outside of the window was instantly illuminated like daylight. After a few seconds, the big raindrops fell down with a crackling sound, covering the stone outer walls and crystal walls of the castle. A dense stream of noise sprinkled the windows.
As night fell, a new rainstorm fell on the land,
The flash of lightning passed through the narrow high window, lighting up the study suddenly. Viscount Victor Kant, who was sitting behind the desk, suddenly raised his head with a blank expression on his face, while the flash of lightning flashed from behind him, bringing He turned into a black shadow in the backlight, and let his figure be projected on the opposite side of the desk, on the old housekeeper Carter not far away.
After the flash of lightning faded, dim lighting was restored in the study, and the brilliance of the magic spar lamp became strange and obscure again in this room, covering everything with a shadowy texture.
Viscount Victor Kant suddenly said for no reason: "Carter, you have served the Kant family for many years."
The old butler suddenly stepped towards the desk in front of him, or the old master behind the desk. He was expressionless, and whispered vague words in his mouth: "The intruder has detected the second level of consciousness, and the subconscious shielding area has loosened."
Victor Kant just watched this scene quietly: "Old friend, your dedication has exceeded your responsibility. I wanted to thank you a long time ago, but I didn't say it. This is my regret... "
The old butler walked around the desk and stood in front of the old master. He lowered his head and looked at the person he had sworn all his life to: "The computing node is under threat, and the risk of exposure exceeds 50%... Prioritize the concealment of the computing node."
A silver dagger was drawn out, and a star of silver light shone in the dimly lit room. Afterwards, it drew a short arc and pierced into a chest that was not considered strong but was warm.
The old lord's body twitched, a strange sound came from his throat, and his eyes were covered with a layer of starlight like a dream at some point, he looked at the expressionless face of the butler Carter, and whispered Said: "The Kant family... thank you... for your loyalty."
The butler let go of the dagger, allowing the old master's blood to stain his body, staining his dark coat and white shirt with blood. Then he turned around, pushed open the door of the study, and walked to the corridor swaggeringly.
A maid who was mopping the floor looked up and saw the butler coming out of the lord's study. She hurriedly stood up to say hello, but the next thing she saw was the blood stains on the old gentleman's clothes, and his blood-stained face. , Indifferent face.
Butler Carter raised his hand, and a lavender, faint energy radiance formed in his hand: "You saw it!"
The young maid finally couldn't hold back her fear and screamed: "Ah!!"
The maid's scream instantly resounded through the entire floor, and even the room on the floor below could be heard clearly. The three people who were talking in Gao Wen's room were interrupted by the scream in an instant. They heard great fear in their cries.
The three of them looked at each other and rushed out of the room at the same time.
Some servants on duty at night were alarmed by the sound, and the male servants and maidservants ran out from every corner, and all the corridors were filled with running figures for a moment, and when Gawain and others ran to the third floor of the castle, there was A lot of people have gathered.
The maid who screamed fell to the ground, but she didn't have any external injuries. She was only temporarily unconscious due to excessive panic. After a basin of cold water was poured on her, she woke up quickly, and then shouted loudly, "The housekeeper was killed." The devil possessed", "he was covered in blood", "he came out of the master's study" and other intermittent and almost crazy sentences.
Hearing the maid's intermittent yelling, Gao Wen's heart was agitated for an instant, and some sudden thoughts emerged from his mind. At the same time, he strode forward and looked at the terrified girl: "Where did the butler go?"
"That... over there!" The maid pointed at the end of the corridor, where an open window was shaking violently in the wind and rain, "He cast a terrible spell on me, and then flew out like a ghost!"
"Spell?" Gawain glanced down at the maid, but he didn't see any traces of spell damage on her body, but he didn't have time to think about it, but turned to look at Amber, "Go after it and don't fight if you find it. Report back in time!"
Amber was already running towards the window before Gao Wen finished giving her orders, her figure gradually faded as she ran, her voice came from the air: "Going out to chase people on a rainy day is a bonus..."
A dim shadow rushed into the rainy night, and Gao Wen turned his head and strode towards the study not far away.
Viscount Victor Kant sat upright on a high chair with a sharp knife stuck in his chest, and the blood spattered out had stained the table in front of him red.
Several servants following Gao Wen exclaimed when they saw this scene.
Philip and Gawain stepped forward together. The young knight chanted the name of the God of War in a low voice while putting his hands between the old viscount's nose and mouth. The next second he exclaimed: "There is still energy!" !"
Gao Wen also noticed the location of the dagger at this time: the old Viscount was really lucky. Although the location of the knife was dangerous, it seemed to be blocked by the ribs and did not pierce the heart!
He has lost too much blood and fainted now, but after a while, I am afraid it will not be so simple.
Gawain immediately took out the special healing potion configured by Pittman from his pocket, and at the same time activated the knight's skill "Blood Inspiration" to temporarily overdraw and extend the old Viscount's life, and shouted loudly: "Go get the healer! Holy Light Priests or druids are fine!"