old dream

Chapter 52
Colin quickly checked each room. If the door was locked, he would shoot at the keyhole with a pistol and kick it open.

As a result, except for a small office, this floor is full of ordinary guest rooms, no one has been in or out for more than two months, the floor and tabletops are covered with dust, and there is no altar placed here at all.

So Colin quickly went down to the first floor, leaning against the wall at the corner of the stairs to listen, and judged the current situation of the two warring parties through the sound.

"Bang, bang."

Two more shots were fired.Other than that, there was almost no sound, and it was unknown how they fought.

Colin kept counting the same gunshots.Including the two shots just now, a total of 6 shots were fired.He had noticed the model of Giovanni's revolver, which meant he had emptied all the bullets in the cylinder.If you don't have a second gun with you, it's time to reload.

Colin glanced quickly behind the wall, and sure enough, he saw Giovanni hiding behind a thin fence not far away.He already held a short knife in his left hand, and it seemed that he was ready to enter hand-to-hand combat at any time.And the fingers of the left hand seem to be loading bullets into the cylinder at the same time.

Another vague figure was slowly approaching the barrier where Giovanni was.

Colin didn't have time to think too much, maybe Giovanni could stop reloading at any time and resist.But at this time, it was good for the situation to give him a little cover, so that he could load an extra bullet or two.

So Colin leaned out and shot in the direction of the figure.

Missing, the bullets splattered in the narrow space.The figure hid in another partition in a panic.

Colin continued to stand guard with his gun raised, and at the same time moved behind Giovanni's bunker.

"Didn't you find other altars on the second floor?"

asked Giovanni as he finished reloading and snapped the cylinder shut.

There should be some surprises in the development of things, but his voice is not flustered.

"No, how's the situation?"

"Damn it, the opposite party obviously forcibly withdrew from the ceremony, but it was not damaged. He can still use some strange spells. But since he is still Ziyuetian, he must have hidden somewhere."

"Isn't that the altar?" Colin pointed to the outside and asked suspiciously.

Almost in the middle of the floor, there is an altar hastily arranged through a few tables.On the top is an evil decoration made of false forsythia, aconite, and some other unknown flowers and antlers, full of exotic and mysterious styles.

A blindfolded pitch-black hen cuddled on the top of the altar, as if it hadn't heard the previous gunshots at all.

Its simple mind is bewitched by darkness, unconsciously feeding the offspring of the devil.

"That's just the altar for the curse-killing ritual, but there are definitely others..."

At this moment, another shrill scream sounded.Colin covered his ears immediately, but his mind was still shocked by it.

During the dizziness, there was a momentary vacancy in consciousness. Everything in the field of vision first overlapped, and then spun and blurred into other unknown shapes.The mind has been unable to understand the meaning of these messages.

A moment later, but maybe a hundred years later, Colin came back to his senses.What he saw was a gun held steady with one hand.It was Giovanni's hand, and the smoke from the muzzle was slowly drifting away.

Giovanni fired a shot into Colin's side and rear, presumably to force back something.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the gunshot that Colin was pulled back from a bad state.

"Didn't that guy give you any amulets?"

Giovanni said angrily.He should be referring to Mr. One.

The scream heard on the second floor was probably the so-called "strange spell".The effect should be to directly shock people's mind.And Giovanni was immune because of some kind of protection from Arecio.

Hearing it from a distance and facing it almost directly has a completely different deterrent effect.At this moment, Colin only felt a splitting headache, and could hardly do any decent thinking anymore.

Giovanni threw a broken chess on the ground, which was the "castle" representing the guardian.He says:
"Find his position quickly, or it will be troublesome if you do it again."

Those chess pieces may be so-called amulets, and they will be consumed as they resist spells.

Giovanni obviously carried a limited amount, and perhaps this was the last one.

Without finding the so-called position, is there no way to prevent the opponent from casting this spell?

At this time, Colin noticed that the overall layout of the first floor of the tavern was a bit tight.

In other words, the taverns in these neighborhoods are always like this. There are some tiny booths everywhere, where guests don’t have to maintain their image and vent their emotions when they drink alone.

Such a compartment divides the entire first floor into several broken areas, and it is very difficult to find several altars set up inside.

Only the ritual altar of the curse killing technique was not hidden, and it was placed in the center of the first floor. Is it a coincidence or intentional?

"You can leave it to me to track the position." Arecio's voice sounded out of thin air:

"At most one more time, this side can determine where the ritual takes effect."

"One more time and we're both dead."

As Giovanni said, he was fully prepared and left the bunker.Colin moved with him in mutual cover.

These little cubicles are very reminiscent of toilets.Giovanni kicked open the room next to him without expecting, and it turned out to be just a simple one-legged table and a small stool.

The Witcher's own damage, and how well he hides the field, are somewhat unexpected.If we continue to delay, it will be troublesome for the spirit to become active after two hours.

"After the wizard quit the ceremony, the thing that was behind you immediately moved to the first floor. Forcibly interrupting the ceremony will definitely have an impact." Arecio said:

"At least judging by the way it looks manic and frenzied by the altar, maybe the child is dead."

If the ceremony is interrupted, the kid who is being conceived should also be affected, and it is possible to die prematurely.

Colin was not worried that the devil who lost his son would break through himself because of his intense emotions, expand the original frequency boundary, and become able to exert influence on the frequency where he and Giovanni were.

If only grief and resentment can bring strength, then there will be no so many helpless things in this world.

The movement of the sun, moon and stars is indifferently suppressing its power.At least until four o'clock in the morning, it can hardly exert any influence on the physical world.

"You can probably see the relationship between them." Arecio said:

"The guess is correct, the wizard is just its servant. I am afraid that he will open the shell of the heart, and it is also done under the temptation of it."

The lightkeeper's tone became clear.

"...Giovanni, haven't you seen the problem with that wizard?"

(End of this chapter)