Chapter 12 The Castle on a Rainy Night
"One night about fifty years ago, the Nelson family held a grand dinner. In addition to family members returning from other places, they also invited important figures in the town, such as the priest, the mayor, and members of the town council..."
The innkeeper recalled: "In the middle of the banquet, members of the Nelson family suddenly attacked. They locked the gate of the manor and attacked every guest present. They killed, set fire, drank blood and hung the victims' bodies on the flagpole. "
"The priest and several members of the council escaped from the manor, but the crazy Nelson family did not intend to give up. They chased them on horseback to the town and continued the massacre. That night, the town was filled with flames and the victims' cries for help..."
"I was a kid, terrified, and my parents took me to church in the middle of the night, and all the kids in the town were there."
"In order to resist the inhumane Nelson family and to protect their homes and children, the townspeople organized a counterattack. At the moment of dawn, they successfully drove the lunatic Nelson family back to the manor."
"At that time, the manor had already been ignited by a raging fire, and the flames swallowed up the vicious lunatics. It is said that they were still singing and laughing, holding hands and dancing while bathing in the flames, as if death was the destination they longed for..."
"Afterwards, people from Lundam investigated for a long time. After experiencing this great change, the priests and councilors became erratic one by one, and so did the townspeople. Many people left and moved to live elsewhere and never returned to their hometown."
Fifty years have passed since that crazy night, which is a horrible taboo that the town of Kafuno does not want to mention. This incident directly led to the decline of the town, which has not yet recovered.
Because it was such a long time ago, the innkeeper was still a child at the time, and the information he could provide was very limited. When Veronica asked if any members of the Nelson family survived that night, the innkeeper looked confused.
There should be, otherwise it would be difficult to explain Mike's last name.
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Outside the window, the heavy rain continued and was getting worse.
Wayne was very upset. The sky was still clear in the morning, but suddenly it took a turn for the worse. God, if the waves continue, it will turn into a Blizzard Villa mode.
The innkeeper and the two ladies have already left. After eating the mushrooms, they will fall asleep tonight and will not remember the interrogation process tonight. Just in case, Wayne put on a show and stuffed tolls at the market price into the girl's collar.
He pays and Veronica treats.
Veronica held the black cat in her arms and stood in front of the window thinking. Based on simple information, it can be inferred that the Nelson family is a loyal believer of the goddess of death. They create killings to win the favor of the goddess, and pass it on to Mike, who once again won the favor of death. .
This also explains why Mike suddenly became a death walker and mastered powerful magic.
The question is, did Mike return to the small town of Kafuno really to get married?
"Rather than getting married, the most likely thing is to continue the unfinished business of our ancestors and sacrifice the entire town to death in exchange for powerful power." Wayne frowned.
I will complete the unfinished business of my ancestors, and I will slaughter the unfinished sacrifices of my family. This is the routine, and there is nothing wrong with it.
William nodded and put down the chocolate in his hand, indicating that Wayne and his ideas coincided with each other. This is called tacit understanding.
Wayne didn't want to, and looked at Veronica, wanting to have a tacit understanding with the beautiful girl.
Veronica pondered for a moment and decided to go to Nelson Manor immediately. Time waits for no one. Who knows what process Mike's sacrifice has gone through to prevent innocent townspeople and a few of them from becoming victims. It must be solved tonight Deathwalker.
At this time, Veronica gave up the idea of undoing the curse. In terms of priority, preventing the sacrifice was more important.
It was raining heavily, and the blue car passed through the oak forest under the rain. In order to avoid disturbing the target, Wayne drove in the dark without turning on the headlights.
Oak Grove Road is the only road from the town to Nelson Manor. After the manor burned down and became a horrific taboo, the townspeople never set foot here. The road was overgrown with weeds due to disrepair, and the accumulation of decayed leaves made this broken road Muddy and slippery.
Wayne drove for ten minutes on the second mile.
Seeing the ruins of the manor in the distance, Wayne parked his car at the Oak Forest Road exit, and the three of them and one cat held an umbrella and walked forward.
Rumble————
Pale thunder streaked across the night sky, and the manor shrouded in darkness suddenly lit up.
It is more like a castle than a manor, surrounded by tall walls and several towers looking into the distance. The castle gate is unknown and looks like a big mouth open in the dark. Entering the gate, the original garden square was desolate and messy, with dead grass and withered shrubs everywhere, as well as crosses and tombstones.
The townspeople would definitely not be buried here, and there would be no time to hide. As expected, the remains of the Nelson family members were buried here.
Monica's sharp eyes saw a bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone. It was very fresh, indicating that someone had recently visited the tomb.
Then Monica discovered something strange. There were a lot of candle ashes in front of the tombstone. Some candles were burned out, and some had a small section left. The number was quite large, indicating that people often came here to visit the tomb.
If this man is Mike, he will return to the small town of Kafuno every year, if not...
There are other members of the Nelson family living.
Veronica took a deep breath and her expression became much more solemn. She asked William to protect Wayne, hold the glass jar and walk in front.
William followed closely behind, and Wayne walked alongside him and held Monica in his arms.
Maomao was slightly disgusted with Wayne's embrace, but the mud and water all over the place was even more intolerable. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to do this.
They are all believers of the Moonlight Goddess, so there is nothing wrong with being close to each other!
The wooden buildings of the manor were burned by the fire, leaving only ruins buried in weeds. The attic relying on the stone castle was preserved. Wayne was worried about traps, so he was attacked while walking. Behind Veronica.
Without him, the magic power is sealed. Veronica is a descendant of dragon blood and has the strongest combat power in the team. William...
He is a good man!
This position made Veronica very uncomfortable. She turned around and glared at Wayne. It was too dark and Wayne didn't see it because Veronica stopped suddenly and accidentally bumped into the other person. .
A few people were walking in the dark in the castle passage. There were several observation openings on the outer wall, the size of fists. The light of lightning occasionally came in, so they stopped spinning in circles under Monica's guidance.
After an unknown amount of time, Monica suspected that she was lost, and Wayne stopped.
He called to Veronica in front of him, pointed to the brick wall beside him and said: "I can smell the smell of strangers, not the smell of the few of us. I have never been this way. Look carefully, I must be nearby." There is a mechanism to open the secret passage.”
As he spoke, he stroked Monica's cat head: "Cats have a more sensitive sense of smell than dogs. You should have smelled it too, right?"
Monica turned away and said nothing. Veronica couldn't help it anymore, rolled her eyes and said rudely: "What do you mean, you have a dog nose?"
"..."
Although, it really does exist!
Veronica doesn't believe Wayne's nose, but she agrees with Wayne's guess that there must be a mechanism passage in the castle, and the Death Walker is hiding in a corner.
Several people were groping around, looking for the mechanism to open the door. William accidentally touched the mechanism, and his feet were free. He subconsciously grabbed Wayne's arm next to him, and the two of them fell down the slide.
Wayne looked depressed. He stretched out his hand to give her some support, but Veronica was too far away and couldn't reach her.
Monica ducked.
As we all know, cats are 7 times faster than cats. At the moment of falling, she stepped on Wayne's shoulder to use her strength to jump, and landed safely on the ground.
Veronica hurried forward and looked intently at the dark slide. There was a bright light coming from below, as well as Wayne's angry yelling, and she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
It doesn't matter if you fall, as long as the person is fine.
The heavy rain suddenly stopped, and the dark and gloomy sky seemed to have been pressed. The unreasonably huge moon spread its silvery glow across the earth.
Monica jumped on Veronica's shoulder, looked towards the observation port, sensing the strange atmosphere in the moonlight, her pupils dilated to the limit:
"The small town..."
"Fire!"
(End of chapter)