Lulu, who had dodged several groups of guards and sneaked up, suddenly felt breathless. The dizziness on the verge of suffocation caused everything in her vision to twist and spin.
The oppressive darkness poured into every corner of the field of vision like a tide, dyeing the long white marble steps covered with red carpet into a dilapidated dark gray. The delicately painted walls were like a woman who relies on makeup to retain her youth, taking off her disguise and revealing her naked body. There is a thick accumulation of history under the skin, the mottled walls are full of cracks, and the deep shadows seem to be echoing with unexplained mutterings.
The inexplicable nausea lasted for more than ten seconds. Lulu, who had regained control of her breathing rhythm, carefully checked her surroundings. After confirming that no one was around, she speeded up and hid in an unlocked compartment.
Ever since she was thrown ashore by the water column raised by the whirlpool, her body had been very weak. Her intermittent headaches made her suspect that she had suffered internal injuries in the collision.
"Rat? Why do those gentlemen like to eat such things? It's so disgusting."
"You didn't know this, but mice smell good. If we could catch nests of mice in the past, we would be so happy."
"The old man has really strange tastes."
"When I'm tired of eating exotic delicacies, I occasionally want to taste the delicacies that common people talk about."
The discussion between the two female waiters pushing the dining cart attracted Lulu's attention, and she followed them quietly.
There were dense footsteps in the upper area of the castle, which was obviously the residence of dignitaries, and Lulu felt the less intense magic power fluctuations - this was the first time she felt traces of the magician's activities since entering the castle.
Maybe it was the extremely bad celestial phenomena that distracted these people, maybe it was because no one had ever invaded the castle and gave them a little shock. None of the patrols Lulu encountered along the way were on duty seriously, and the magic power was extremely perfunctory. The perception never spread to the top of her head, which reminded her of what Lu Yu said about his game teammates who were unwilling to raise their eyes to observe when playing games in his world.
The topics they discussed were also all kinds of strange.
"Perhaps I should express my love to the Countess."
"Oh, really, then you will definitely need a lot of potatoes. Believe me, they are the most perfect thing in the world."
"Why don't you dance? I once danced with a cute girl with horse ears."
"It's really strange. My knife suddenly became rusty. I just maintained it yesterday. Why is it so rusty..."
"The food in the kitchen was terrible and they served dried gecko."
It would make sense if these words were the murmurs of individuals, but the topics discussed by the magicians gathered in twos and threes could not be connected up and down at all, and they still chatted happily. Lulu's understanding ability was shut down. This kind of flying style Even if Noel is thrown here and asked to drive like crazy, it may not necessarily work.
After the two maids brought the food into the room, they bowed out and looked for a gap. Lulu ducked into an unoccupied room not far away, which allowed her to avoid the two people controlling the summoned objects. Summoner patrolling by.
"The people here also have mastery of elemental life?"
Peeking through the crack in the door, she saw a humanoid figure condensed with fire and water elements floating by. Lulu murmured in her heart. She knew a little about Lu Yu's summoning skills, and the auras of the two elemental summons were inexplicably familiar.
This unoccupied room is a separate study room. The light cast by the chandelier made of lighting crystals above the head is slightly dim. Only the desk directly under the chandelier can enjoy the best lighting. The corners of the room are gray.
The wind that leaked in through the cracks in the window whined, and the furious wind that shuttled through the castle buildings was torn and shattered. The sound was shrill and ghostly, making Lulu, who had always been very courageous, couldn't help but tremble.
Releasing a small fireball as a supplementary light source, Lulu saw clearly what the drawings on the table depicted - a huge black spot that had been smeared wantonly.
The messy lines reveal the inner irritability and madness of the owner of the drawing. The scratches on the edge of the drawing reveal its fate of being accompanied by waste paper in a bamboo basket not far away.
In the corner of the black spot, Lulu caught a line of words that had not been completely erased.
"Bitter algae."
This is a rare marine plant with powerful medicinal properties. Once involved in refining potions, it often plays a major role, and its most famous effect is...long-lasting calming.
It can be used externally or internally. If used externally, it can suppress the pain to a certain extent. Depending on the purity of the refining, the proportion of the potion is different, and it may be configured as an anesthetic to completely numb the contact area. Many high-level magicians want to attack enemies of the same level. They will always look for similar potions in order to gain an advantage.
Because the potency is too powerful, not much is known about the internal potion Lulu refined based on it. Because of its strong inhibitory power, it can even make the user sleep for a long time and lose the concept of time.
"This is it..." Lulu murmured.
One part of Granahan's deposited toxins that concerned her very much was the bitter algae that participated in the mutation as part of the potion. It is precisely because of its existence that the poisoned person's sanity will decline rapidly, and the person's awareness of external things will be reduced. His ability to judge was zero, and he was eventually allowed to erode by other ingredients in the potion, turning into a manic and restless walking corpse that did not recognize his relatives.
Gaslow's mastery of potion ratios was so outstanding that Lulu was amazed ten years ago. Even if you look at the Panmera continent, this skill is enough to be called a master.
Could this be Gaslow's study?
Lulu couldn't stop complaining. Although this castle was grand and majestic, the internal defenses were ridiculous. Not only were most of the patrolling guards just fishermen, but the corresponding magic circle had no sense of existence. All the way to this place, she and There were many battles of wits and courage in the air, but in the end it made me laugh, which was completely self-indulgent.
The drawers of the table were empty, save for a few maps of the island. Through them, Lulu learned that she was in the northwest of the entire Whining Island, and was still a long way away from the depicted buildings in the center of the island.
Flipping through the bookshelf, Lulu pulled out an ancient book similar to a medicine refining manual with yellowing pages.
"Huh?"
The pages of the medicine refining manual are extremely hazy, as if shrouded in a layer of fog, and every word on it is crooked and cannot be read clearly.
Lulu rubbed her eyes. She turned quickly and found that almost every page was like this. It was like looking indoors through a fogged window, with only faint shadows.
She swept it gently with magic power. The notebook had no special magic design. It was just an ordinary old book.
Lulu rubbed the corner of her eyebrows vigorously: "It's strange...did you do such a special treatment when you first wrote it to avoid prying eyes?"
Turning to the last page of the manuscript, a clear portrait came into Lulu's eyes. It was a magician riding on a horse who seemed to be entering his twilight years. It opened its arms to the front and laughed. The saddle was for The tubular storage structure specially made to store medicines is particularly eye-catching, and the background looks like this castle.
The sound of footsteps coming from far and near made Lulu prick up her ears. She quickly put her books back in place and came to the recently closed balcony, ready to block the wind and rain and hide out. However, the footsteps went straight to the opposite side of the study. The door opens and closes slightly.
Lulu's senses extended, and the corridor was empty. The magicians and guards who had been standing guard here seemed to have received some order and left this floor.
She waited patiently for a while, and like a little thief, she quietly slipped out the door and came to the edge of the room to listen, but there was silence in the room.
"Boom!"
Lulu was startled, but she quickly realized that the loud noise came from her head.
The stinging pain spread, and Lulu was sweating from the pain. She endured the severe discomfort that could make her faint and returned to the study, gritting her teeth to suppress the increasingly severe pain.
Her vision was first red, then pitch black, as if a painter had taken away the color from the things around her.
Suppressing the urge to vomit and opening her heavy eyelids, Lulu walked to the corner and leaned her almost exhausted body against it. Her fast heartbeat speeded up her breathing rate.
The desk was rotten and covered with mildew, and moisture-loving plants grew out of the cracked gaps; the dark chandelier flickered on and off, and suddenly went out. In a short and long moment, it became shaky, as if the wind and rain were blowing. Its final balance was destroyed, and the crystal stones above it all cracked, revealing the lines that only those who have been tortured by years; the musty smell from the bookshelf entered Lulu's nose, and the yellowed pages curled due to moisture, and the mildew turned into blue-black. The shelves with damaged support structures were crooked, and the symbols of knowledge that were supposed to be lifted up were scattered all over the floor; in the deep darkness, only Lulu's heartbeat was echoing, like a giant beast wandering around in a narrow room. .
Lulu's face turned red as she suppressed her breathing and forced it to hold. The things in her field of vision changed rapidly, like a dream. The terrifying hallucinations were enough to defeat anyone with weak mental endurance.
The pain lasted for a minute this time. Lulu covered her head and knelt weakly under the dim light. Listening to the howling wind and rain outside, her mood gradually eased.
"Are you kidding me... is this hurting your brain..." Lulu pressed her temple hard, "What if I become stupid and can't recognize Lu Yu and Sera... What should I do?"
The Crimson Witch did not fall into the hands of a powerful enemy. After experiencing various legendary events, she lost her proud wisdom in a small accident that happened unexpectedly. This is too ironic.
The corridor was still empty, and Lulu, who had recovered her condition, couldn't help but wonder, could this mean everyone here was moved to the first floor?
She tiptoed to the door again and listened silently for a long time, but there was still no movement. After examining her own condition and convinced that the people in the house could not have sixth-level knowledge, she twisted the handle and quickly entered the room. Inside.
Lulu, who was inspired by magic power and was ready to subdue the homeowner instantly, was stunned. The spacious bedroom was also empty.
There were three lounge chairs surrounding one of the coffee tables. The tea in the three teacups was still steaming. Fruits and biscuits that had been eaten for two or three bites were on the tray.
Lulu stared at the coffee table, a huge sense of fear silently clinging to her body, making her hair stand on end.
A space without any magic fluctuations. There were various signs that there were still people here not long ago, but the moment she pushed the door in, they all disappeared... Lulu felt like an ant falling into the maze of the Minotaur. .
What a joke!
"Why, I started to have a headache again..."
Lulu covered her head and fell to the ground, and the items in the small backpack she had been carrying were scattered on the ground.
The porcelain jar containing the potion, the doll's heart kept for Lu Yu, and the purple box used to summon Sayer...
Lulu's eyes widened. The doll's heart and purple box that fell to the ground emitted a faint light, and a strange rhythm was transmitted to her perception through her gaze.
There seemed to be a voice reminding her...
"careful!"
Lulu struggled to pick up the purple box and the doll's heart. She held the relics of Sayer and Vanessa in her hands, and the pain that lingered in her mind like a nightmare disappeared instantly.
"What the hell..." Lulu was stunned.
The brightly lit bedroom fell into darkness, and the whistling wind roared in the corridor. The distant sounds could no longer attract Lulu's attention.
The three skeletons were constantly swaying with the lounge chairs as the wind poured in through the broken windows. The neat and clean interior was left with only a dilapidated look, broken teacups, big spiders running away in fright, rotten and growing mushrooms. On the ground, the chandelier made a "squeaking" sound and was about to fall to the ground.
Like stepping into the door of time and space, Lulu returned from the past to the present.
She pinched her cheeks and pushed out the door in disbelief. The bumpy walls, tattered floors, and the long white marble steps she walked through in her memory were no longer as bright as before.
Only then did Lulu realize that the headache she had been having was not caused by the impact, but by Sayer's mental magic and rich experience in using chat rooms for a long time to resist the big hands that invisibly modified everything she saw.
Lulu scanned the surroundings warily and prepared for battle, drew her sword and looked around in confusion.
"Hallucination... No, there is no caster, how could I be hallucinating?"
She lowered her head in confusion. At this time, the doll's heart and the purple box had returned to their original state. Lulu suddenly choked up as she stared at them.
"Teacher, senior...are you guys..."
If that urgent "be careful" was the teacher's warning to her, then where is the enemy?
Lulu took off a necklace from the skeleton, opened the pendant, and saw the family crest pattern made of two leaves intertwined.
"Gulu~~"
"Gulu!"
The sudden sound echoed in the dilapidated castle. Lulu did not dare to put the doll heart and the purple box back into her backpack, and kept them on her body.
She pushed the door open and walked out. At the end of the corridor, a large amount of gravel rolled and condensed into a stone giant that could fill the corridor. It staggered towards Lulu.
Lulu already had the fireball in her hand, ready to give this uninvited guest a bit of the shock of the Crimson Witch.
Just when Lulu smiled ferociously and was about to vent her frustration at being teased, the stone giant quickly retreated as if rewinding, and hit the wall at the end of the corridor. His body fell apart and turned into a stone whirlwind. The splashing stones strangely swayed along the Return along the trajectory formed by combining them, no longer moving.
Lulu swallowed and lowered her head to stare at the relics of the two teachers.
"What is this..."
I have modified a section of the original article to leave you with a question: when controlling an FPS game character to raise its head, should it be the Y axis or the Z axis?
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