Lu Ning walked into a spacious bedroom on the second floor.
A brand new dark robe covered Lu Ning's tattered clothes. After experiencing too many life and death situations, Lu Ning almost didn't pay much attention to changing clothes. Fortunately, Ning Yeyi and Cheng Wuling were not fans of the authorities. , and quickly took her to find something she could wear.
However, being able to find such a piece of clothing in the castle means that there are other creatures in human form, probably the Night Clan?
Lu Ning thought about it while looking around the bedroom.
A large bed is obviously not provided for humans. It is more than four meters long and nearly three meters wide. This figure is already a bit difficult to handle. The other side of the room was more like a studio, with many instruments made of stone, wood, and metal that seemed to be used to make paper and paint. There is a small balcony on the inner side of the bedroom. There is a huge easel next to the window near the balcony, with an old painting on it.
Under the sunshine of clear water and green mountains, three creatures are painted on the edge of the lake. A petite silver-haired humanoid creature was sitting facing the lake. In front of him was a wooden table. Next to the table lay a lion with orange hair. A little further away from the lion, with his back to the painting, sat a tall man. A black giant wearing a raincoat and bamboo hat.
There is a beautiful silver giant fish in the lake. The painter has put a lot of effort into the treatment of the water. The sparkling waves raised by the fish's tail and the golden color shining in the sun are also presented by unknown paints. Finally, this large painting, which is about two meters square, is coated with a layer of wax-like substance to prevent the paint from discoloring for some reason.
This peaceful and harmonious scene does not match the cold castle.
Lu Ning's fingers touched the canvas slightly, but found no problem, and then his eyes passed over the four protagonists of the painting.
"lake."
Silver giant fish.
"beast."
Orange-haired lion.
"Blood."
A big black man wearing a hat and raincoat.
"moon."
The silver-haired petite.
If there was no deliberate arrangement here, there should be only four Night Clan. The lake is dead, and the remaining three presumably live in the castle?
There are also many books in this room, most of which are ancient thread-bound volumes, and there are even handwritten books mixed in. It ranges from various biographies to history, art, poetry and even astrology. These books appear to be well maintained and probably read frequently, but the pages are old.
Lu Ning picked up a few books and flipped through them before walking out of the room.
There were noisy sounds in the castle.
"Brother Shi! Someone has already been here!"
"This is the huntress I saw in the village before! Who killed her?"
Hearing the sound below, Lu Ning didn't look up, but secretly looked in the direction of the hall from the corner of the corridor on the second floor. There are now seventeen or eight people standing there, led by the man named Shi Shaocheng. On the first day, after Lu Ning and others rescued him and Zhang Fengxi from the fat hunter, Zhang Fengxi was shot and killed by a pig-faced man. The team led by this man did not know what they were doing.
"Someone got there first, but it doesn't matter! The castle is so big that it's impossible to search it all! Even if you find out a little background, you will be rewarded with points! Wealth can be found in danger!"
A person next to Shi Shaocheng hurriedly gave him advice.
"Now we have to complete the main plot. We have learned the truth about the village, and there are some speculations about Moon Lake, but we need to find evidence. What evidence do you think we can find here?" Shi Shaocheng asked everyone.
"This...it's hard to say, Brother Shi. Although the things here are a bit strange, they are not something that cannot be made with the craftsmanship of this era. What is enough to prove the abnormality?"
"The pig face mask we stole." Shi Shaocheng said, "It is obviously a mask but it is still alive. This is enough evidence. But there are too many of us now, and there are only three masks, which is not enough for everyone to complete the task. .”
"Oh, oh, you're just looking for something that goes against common sense, right?"
"As expected of Brother Shi, he is planning the strategy!"
"Then where should we find it?"
A group of people started cheering, and Shi Shaocheng was a little dazed. He glanced around with satisfaction and pointed to the road on the side of the first floor.
"Let's go this way. Usually things like this are stored in warehouses and the like, right? Just find a place that doesn't look like you live."
Everyone praised and hurriedly walked that way. At this time, Lu Ning walked out from the corner and returned to the hall along the stairs.
That direction...
Lu Ning recalled the appearance of the castle in her mind. Although she couldn't see the whole picture due to perspective problems, there was obviously the tallest tower in the castle. This was definitely unmistakable.
"What's wrong?"
At this time, Ning Yeyi also searched several rooms and returned to the hall. Seeing Lu Ning's expression, she asked.
Lu Ning told the news that someone else was coming.
"Huh? Isn't that great? If you dare to come here, it means they have some reliance. We can also give more help."
"But, as the tower is the highest place here, will it..."
Before he finished speaking, a cannon shot was heard in the distance.
The two looked at each other and rushed towards the corridor where those people were.
This road is not long. After a normal corridor, there is a downward staircase. The end of the staircase is connected to a door. The door is now open. The dozen or so people are crowded at the door, pushing and shoving and trying to climb back.
"What's going on!" Ning Yeyi asked loudly as he came over. But her appearance frightened these people even more. Suddenly someone raised the wooden rune in his hand, and a puff of blue flames flew directly towards Ning Yeyi!
A curtain of water suddenly appeared, intercepting the flames in mid-air. Ning Yeyi frowned and walked a few steps down. He immediately saw a pool of residue burning with green flames inside the door. He could barely make out some human body parts.
At the other end of the room, about ten meters away, sat a sturdy man. He was wearing a suit of hard leather armor and had a neatly trimmed beard. He had a ferocious-looking spear lying across his right hand, and his left arm used A massive metal device holds a cannon. The man's eyes were closed, but the gun smoke from the muzzle proved that he was not asleep.
Yes, although the model is much smaller than a real cannon, it is still slightly larger than a shoulder-mounted RPG. At first glance, it is not an easy thing to deal with.
"What's wrong with you!"
Lu Ning calmly pulled Ning Yeyi back and went up to communicate with him. Her human appearance was obviously more receptive. Shi Shaocheng squeezed out from the crowd, glanced at the man on the other side of the door with lingering fear, and asked Lu Ning: "You, you too..."
"Crow. What's going on? I heard the gunfire."
"Yes, a companion was... killed." Shi Shaocheng swallowed.
"Don't hesitate. Dead people are nothing to panic about, right? Why are you so rude?"
By this time, these people had discovered that men didn't care about them as long as they didn't step into the room. So they all stood up carefully.
"That's the most powerful one among us! He's an elite with a red turban! He also has the magic protection of the pig-faced man! But when he pushed the door in, he was blown to pieces!"
"Isn't that just negligence?"
Lu Ning didn't quite understand, so she walked down the stairs and saw the man sitting opposite the door. She raised the shotgun and pointed it at the opponent.
"say!"
"That gun..."
The man slowly opened his eyes and looked at the silver shotgun in Lu Ning's hand.
"Really? No wonder. Lang Xing is dead."
"Are you the 'eldest brother'?" Lu Ning asked loudly.
"You'd better not shoot. I was only ordered to guard the entrance of this prison. As long as I don't step into the door, I have no reason to take action. But this restriction will be lifted if there is an external attack." The man's powerful voice spoke slowly And firm.
"Prison?"
"You don't know yet? This is the prison where Yue is imprisoned. But it has nothing to do with you. If you leave here, I won't do anything."
Compared to Lang Xing, this man seemed to know more information about the Night Clan.
"Yue? Why are you imprisoned?"
"It's just the fate of the loser in the fight. That's all I know." The man was very patient. "Maybe you want to try to let me get the same relief as Lang Xing, but I advise you not to try. Her priority is It’s an expulsion, so you can still find some loopholes to let loose. My order is to kill anyone who dares to set foot here, and there will be no room left for you.”
"Did you kill the one in the hall?" Shi Shaocheng couldn't help but ask Lu Ning.
"yes."
"Then we have nothing to be afraid of, right? How different can this guy be? He will die just the same, right?"
Lu Ning looked at the man over there carefully.
If you use blood magic, as long as you can hit it, you can definitely kill the villagers under the curse, and the hunter will not have any surprises. But this "eldest brother" is estimated to be on par with Lang Xing in terms of strength at worst, and she doesn't have a second snake-blood knife in her hand to attack.
"It's not going to be easy and I'm not going to take the risk."
Lu Ning finally chose to retreat.
The disappointment on the faces of Shi Shaocheng and others was extremely obvious.
"These are all points!" Someone finally couldn't help shouting, "We can't beat you, but you have experience. We will also fully cooperate with you. No matter how powerful he is, he is only one person. At worst, everyone will help you open the way..."
"Are you really willing?" Ning Yeyi said angrily from behind, "risking your life to clear the way? Do you think we look so easy to deceive?"
"Let's go, I'm more interested in what happened here before, which led to a fight within the Night Clan."
Lu Ning ignored Shi Shaocheng and others, and quickly left the road with Ning Yeyi.
In fact, some things can now be pieced together.
From the dream and the snake's memories, Lu Ning could at least know that there was a conflict between the two night clans, Xue and Yue, probably over a territorial grab. After that, Yue was defeated and the blood took over the whole place, but there was also the intervention of two other night tribesmen, Hu and Beast.
"The two people whose whereabouts are currently unknown are Blood and Beast."
Lu Ning probably talked it over with Ning Yeyi and then concluded.
"This past story sounds very simple."
"After all, the simpler the purpose, the easier it is to have complicated consequences." Lu Ning walked back to the hall and raised her head to take a look. "I think you should have discovered it too."
"Ah...is it a matter of height? Yes."
Although the castle hall is quaint and grand, and the second floor is not lacking in various decorations, this cannot hide the fact that the height does not match the appearance. Neither Lu Ning nor Ning Yeyi would miss this obvious difference. After searching and failing to find the passage to the third floor, they confirmed what secrets were hidden there.
