The man who claimed to be the "lord" was surrounded by the crowd. He sat on a broken chair with his neck curled up, his face full of fear and vigilance. He subconsciously grabbed the skirt of his shirt with his hands, and his eyes wandered over Hao Ren and Vivian: "Who are you?"
"We're coming from outside, so don't worry about our identity," Vivienne stood in front of Hemerwin with her arms folded, condescendingly looking down at this timid man, "Are you the lord here? Do you know what happened here?"
"Since you know that I am the lord, you should be more humble!" Hemowin tried to raise his voice with the aristocrat's aura and called out, but soon returned to that uneasy state, "I don't know, what am I I don't even know—you get out of here! You are not welcome here!"
What he said next basically had the same meaning, that is, this is the lord's mansion, and inexplicable intruders are not welcome. Despite the great chaos and unrest, this man still tried hard to show his noble position. Of course, no one on Hao Ren's side took this approach. When Heimerwin became more and more agitated, Cassandra suddenly put her hands on his shoulders, and bowed slightly gracefully and gracefully: "Please calm down, our people many."
This vampire with a unique temperament has a habit of always saying things that are more rascal than anyone else with a lady-like demeanor. Hao Ren has gotten used to it after only two days of knowing her.
But Hemerwin wasn't used to it yet, he was stunned for a moment, and at first he didn't realize what he meant: no one would have dared to talk to him like that before. And after he reacted, the lord exclaimed belatedly: "You are robbers?!"
Cassandra maintained an elegant smile and explained in a soft tone: "We are not robbers, but if you don't cooperate, I will indeed kill you."
Everyone: "..."
No matter what was wrong with Cassandra's personality, anyway, her words were fruitful, and Hemerwin finally understood the situation and began to cooperate. He shrinks back into the chair, and although he always inadvertently reveals the strange proud attitude of the old aristocrat when he speaks, his demeanor does not seem to be in line with his status at all. In the face of Hao Ren and Vivienne's questioning, he only repeated a few sentences over and over again: "I don't know... I don't know what happened here, I was sleeping on it, and you woke me up—my servant and housekeeper Where did you go?"
"It seems that his memory is faulty," Heimerwin was in such a state. Hao Ren could only mutter to Vivian helplessly, "He doesn't even know that the town is over—does this person's memory stay before the change?"
Vivian nodded slightly. Frowning and looking at Hemerwin: "What's the last thing you remember?"
"I finished inspecting the warehouse, ate in the long hall, and then went back to rest," Hemerwin said, looking up at the center of the long hall quickly, pointing to the long long oak table that had been completely covered in black ash, "That's where I eat - but how is it so dirty?"
Lily asked, "Isn't it like this before you 'sleep'?"
"Of course not." Heimerwin puffed up his chest proudly, "This is a beautiful big house. My servant will clean it up and make it fit my identity. But now... my servant Where did it go?"
"If you're right, they would have died a long time ago," Hessiana said casually while fiddling with her vampire whip, "It happened hundreds of years ago. The gate is over there, you can go and have a look yourself."
Hemerwin looked at Heatherana in confusion, and was dragged by Duncan and Cassandra to the gate of the mansion. When he saw the sight of the abandoned town outside, he was completely stunned, and then he grabbed his hair hysterically: "Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare!"
Hao Ren and the others watched the movement at the door from a distance. Nangong Wuyue poked Sanba's arm with the tip of his tail: "Brother, what do you think of this man?"
"Maybe... it's a kind of ghost." Nangong Sanba was also a little uncertain, "I've never seen this kind of model before. It transformed from the ashes and has a real body. Pay attention to his feet—there are footprints And the shadow, which shows that he has weight and substance."
Heather Anna smiled and looked at the only demon hunter on the scene, her tone was a little teasing: "Expert, can you analyze the cause?"
"Perhaps the ashes in the secret realm reorganized his body under the magical power, and some undead rituals can produce similar effects. But unless I take this soul to do a series of detailed tests, I can't explain how he was formed .”
"Don't tell me. It's not easy to meet someone who can inquire about the situation, and you will drive him away." Hao Ren waved his hand, "And we have no grievances with him. But you said that using the undead ritual can produce similar immortality. Creature...is this 'Lord' being consciously transformed into something like this?"
Nangong Sanba raised his head and glanced at Hemerwin who was following behind Duncan with his head downcast: "The crux of the problem is that he doesn't seem to know anything about his own transformation—I just began to suspect that he became like this for the sake of immortality. , but if he himself doesn’t know about it, then the transformation is meaningless.”
"Maybe he's lying," Lily curled her lips. "Maybe he transformed the entire town into this immortal state by turning the entire town's residents into sacrifices. He's afraid that we will uphold justice and kill him after he speaks out."
Under Duncan's half-supporting and half-dragging, Hemerwin staggered back to the chair. He grabbed his hair and muttered to himself: "Oh my God... what happened... what happened to this cursed scene?" what's going on… "
Heatherana raised the man's chin with a long whip, and her tone was a little impatient: "Don't be such a waste—you are more or less a nobleman, you should calm down at this time. As you can see, this town has been destroyed. No matter what you believe Believe it or not, the town was destroyed at least hundreds of years ago, and the residents here are all missing, presumably dead. As for yourself... Tsk, you probably guessed it yourself, you are dead too, now It's an undead."
Unexpectedly, Hemerwin didn't react too much, or he was overly stimulated and lost the ability to respond. He just stared blankly at Heather Anna's face, and it took a long time before he asked, "Why?"
"Some kind of powerful black magic can only be explained in this way," Nangong Sanba said next to him, "We are exorcists hundreds of years later, probably equivalent to the priests and evil spirit hunters in your era, right? We found this exiled town, and you're the only one here who can speak—do you know who cast a spell on this town?"
"Black magic?" Hemerwin repeated the word blankly, and suddenly shivered, as if thinking of something terrible, "The devil! It's the devil! I remembered, there is a devil lurking here! I was confused by him, I was caught by him... God, what did I do... "
The terrified man became hysterical again, and desperately shrank back, as if the devil he was talking about was walking in through the gate. Seeing this, Hesiana hit the other man's forehead with a whip, and a dark red blood The incantation rune was printed on the latter's forehead: "Calm down—is that devil you mentioned a wizard? He disguised himself as a scholar, lurking beside you?"
"Scholar... Scholar!" Haimerwin waved his arms fiercely, "That's him, that's him! That monster who sold his soul to hell, he deceived me, I was deceived, I was..."
"That wizard should be dead," Vivian interrupted, "It is said that he was killed by a demon hunter."
A strange look of surprise appeared on Hemerwin's face, and then a trace of relief flashed across his eyes. And Hessiana took this opportunity to ask: "Do you know where the wizard is hiding? His black magic laboratory, and his magic books, do you know where they are?"
"I know, I know!" Hemmerwin jumped up from his chair. "He doesn't live here. He's a loner. He lives in an old house at the back of town, not far from here. I'll take you there, I'll take you there." You go!"
Heimerwin waved his arms nervously, then ran towards the door with big strides, Hao Ren and the others immediately followed.
Led by Hemerwin, they left the lord's mansion and continued to run towards the end of the town along a path behind the mansion.
In the end, a dense fog stood in front of everyone.
(I can’t keep up with my energy these days, and the update is quite late. If it’s too late, don’t wait... It means that I have already played GG in the face of full attendance.) (To be continued~^~)