Leon opened the door.
A not-too-long staircase was revealed. At the end of the staircase was a high platform with railings enclosed by iron doors on both sides.
When Angel came to the railing and looked down, his expression instantly froze.
people!
Densely packed people!
The huge underground wine cellar was packed with people!
These people were hung with rags. From the unique patterns on the rags, it can be inferred that when they were complete, they should be the clothes of servants.
Some of the female servants can still see the skirts of the maid uniforms they wear, but at this time, they are basically naked, and their white flesh is very eye-catching.
But even so, there is no trace of charm.
Because they were all skinny, with bones underneath the thin layer of skin. At a glance, it's like entering the lower cell of the most demanding slave owner.
The stench, the horror, and the heart palpitations.
Originally, these people's movements were extremely slow, they assumed various weird postures, and their expressions were dull. But when Angel and others walked in, perhaps they smelled the "human" smell, they all raised their heads and looked at the high platform.
After seeing Angel and his party.
In an instant, their eyes changed!
It changed from godless to crazy, from gray to scarlet, and its expression changed from dull to excited and crazy, like a beast that had been hungry for a winter and went crazy over food after waking up.
A pair of eyes glowing scarlet stared at him in the darkness. It was like entering a dank cave and seeing a group of bats waiting for blood.
Before Angel could distinguish their faces carefully, screams, roars, and cackling laughter instantly mixed together. A pair of skinny hands stretched out, baring their teeth and claws toward the high platform where Angel and others were. .
It's like crazy worshipers dancing to an evil god.
"Blood, blood... give me blood!", "The smell of living people, hee hee hee.", "Kill them, kill them!"
Everyone started to move and crowded towards the front. However, the iron doors on both sides of the platform were locked. They could not squeeze in and could only bang on the door locks desperately.
The people behind didn't know the situation in front, and kept pushing up, causing a constant clicking sound, which was the sound of broken bones.
Some people are so crazy that they even attack those around them.
While Angel was dazed, he saw several severed limbs being thrown to high places, with blood gushing onto their bodies like fountains. With the red light in their eyes, they looked even more weird and terrifying.
"These people are all servants in the manor. However, the incident half a month ago caused them to be eroded by the red light, and they became what they are now." There was compassion in Leon's eyes. Among these people, Basically, they were all servants who had served the manor all their lives. Some had watched them grow up, and some had been playmates of the two brothers since childhood. But now, they all had turned into such a terrifying appearance.
"I put all the food on the ground there. I come here once a day to put it out, but no one eats it, not even blood food. They seem to only react to human blood, but where can I get people?" Blood?" Leon: "For half a month, they didn't eat anything and were starved to the point of being skin and bones. But the strange thing is that they are all still alive, even those who are missing arms and legs are still not dead."
"They only get excited when they see a living person, just like the legendary corpse."
"Humans are not humans, ghosts are not ghosts." Leon's eyes were filled with water, and his voice was choked: "Sometimes I really want to light a fire to help them escape, but I also think about it. There may be a glimmer of hope.”
Leon turned his head and looked at Angel: "Angel, can you save them?"
Angel quietly looked at the struggling and twisted people below, trying his best to exclude all external emotions and carefully observing the people below.
Looking at their flexible movements, Angel thought that at least their bodies were still active. However, this is not the case. All their body functions are shut down. Apart from being able to move, they are basically dead people.
But the strange thing is that they have not rotted, and there seems to be some kind of energy in their brains to protect their last souls.
Seeing that Angel hadn't spoken for a long time, Leon seemed to understand something and couldn't help but feel lost: "Sure enough, they are hopeless?"
Angel's expression was also very sad, but he really didn't know how to save them now. He could only look at Sanders for help, but Sanders stood aside, his eyes flickering from time to time, as if he was thinking about something, and did not notice Angel's gaze.
Angel thought for a while: "Red-haired Lord, there should be a way, right?"
Leon shook his head: "Mr. Hughes told me before that saving them is equivalent to killing them."
Leon didn't know what this meant, he just thought that the instructor was saying that they were already like this, and it would be better to give them a happy life after saving them.
"What Huys said is right. Saving them is indeed equivalent to killing them." At this time, Sanders, who had been silent, finally spoke. He took out his cane and tapped it lightly in the void, and a strange ripple spread. . The next second, the crowd in the underground wine cellar suddenly became quiet.
"The reason they maintain their current activity is because of the mysterious power of the Blood Royal Power in their brains. If we want to bring them back to consciousness, we can only expel this power. But once expelled, they will lose their source of activity and will die immediately." Des paused: "They will eventually die. Either they expel that force and die now, or they wait for the force that maintains activity to die on their own. It's just a matter of time. In the end, they still cannot escape the fate of death. .”
Sanders' words seemed to have given this group of people a death notice.
It also caused Lyon to completely collapse. As the Viscount of Gru Town, facing his own people and the people around him who grew up with him, he was unable to save him. No one can understand this pain.
Sanders didn't care about the life or death of this group of people. After he came to a conclusion, he began to think about the effects of the Blood Royal Power: "It seems that the mysterious power in their brains is the truth."
Sanders looked at Angel: "Maybe, if you were pulled into the abyss of corruption, you would become like them."
Angel closed his eyes, suppressed the emotions that wanted to vent, and let his mind catch up with Sanders again: "So, the effect of the Blood King's power is just to make them crazy?"
After a pause, Angel added: "Irreversible madness."
Sanders shook his head: "If you want to know, you need to do an energy measurement experiment. However, the mysterious power is difficult to measure, and I can't be sure of the final result. It would be best to have more information."
Sanders looked at Lyon, who was still grieving, and was silent for a long time. When Lyon calmed down a little, he asked, "Do you still remember their behavior just after they were eroded by the red light?"
Leon said dullly: "They are the same as now, showing symptoms of bloodthirsty and madness when they see living people, but they will not become quiet at that time, and they will go crazy even if there is no one around. They are probably locked in the wine cellar. As time passed, they slowly became quieter.”
"It becomes quiet because of the self-restoring nature of the mysterious power. When it cannot actively absorb external energy to replenish it, it will focus on reducing consumption. This is a common feature of some special energies." Sanders explained: "In addition, , are there no other abnormalities?"
Leon shook his head: "No more..." But as soon as he finished speaking, Leon seemed to think of something again: "No, there seems to be a little more. They will follow Lady Eureka. Wherever Lady Eureka goes, they will go. , like a follower.”
What Leon said made Sanders' eyes flicker.
"Is it puppetization?"
Sanders recalled that every generation of the royal court in the Guman Kingdom was extremely loyal from top to bottom. Even though King Guman was extremely tyrannical, there was never any dissent within the royal court. Could it be that they relied on the blood royal power to turn them into puppets?
But real puppets are actually easy to detect, just like the puppets in Zslade's antique shop before. Even if they have human souls, they can still be seen through at a glance. Perhaps, what the Bloody Royal Power creates is more than mere puppetry.
But something like a soul mark?
"But if the effect is really like this, why was Eureka herself affected?" Sanders was a little confused.
Angel explained the answer: "There is a "blood source retrospection" magic energy array on the Scarlet Kingship. As far as I know, this magic energy array is still running. In other words, the real owner of this bloody royal power is not Eureka. "
Having said that, there is still a doubt in it. Although Eureka is not the master, she is the user. How could she use it on herself when she knows that the Blood Royal Power is very dangerous?
"It seems that we still need to get some answers from Huis."
The topic ended here. Sanders didn't say anything more. Angel turned his attention to Leon beside him. He was still at a loss and his eyes were lifeless.
Angel looked down at the silent crowd. Although they were as thin as skeletons, he could still distinguish some familiar people from their outlines.
He saw Gardener Grant, who was closest to his mother during her lifetime, Doctor Dink who had learned earth medicine from Jon, Swatch, the female knight of Zhongyuan who taught Lyon the knight skills, and the shepherd who grew up with the two brothers. Frandu.
Every familiar face tugs at Angel's heartstrings.
Angel couldn't bear to look at it any longer, so he closed his eyes and kept breathing, trying to suppress the discomfort in his heart with his breathing rate.
After a while, Angel opened his eyes and looked at his brother Leon:
"Is Master Jon okay?"
Leon nodded dullly: "Jon is protected by the barrier set up by Mentor Huis, and Subi is watching over him, so he has not been affected."
"What about Ollie and the maid Mana?"
