So I became a witch

"sound."

"Yeah, and then our companion who was caught by you just now, her name is Ai. So, please give me more advice."

"Who wants to ask you for more advice!" I jumped up suddenly, and with the force of a dragon, I stabbed at the young man in the air angrily.

"Ah, it's really dangerous. I'm very sorry, we didn't come here to fight you this time." The young man's figure flashed, and he jumped to the side of the stone cage that trapped the girl. The girl picked her up, "Thank you for your hard work, Ai, the task has been completed, we can go now."

I landed lightly on the ground, damn it, without other people's help, it's really too difficult for me to grab that bug-level space movement ability by myself.

"Be careful, that person, she, is scary..." Ai said softly, lying on You's shoulder weakly.

"Yeah, I know. Although it looks harmless to humans and animals, I have suffered a lot from her hands. It's like a demon in naked skin."

"Who are you talking about...the devil! You are the villains!" I said angrily.

"Then, goodbye." You raised his index finger and middle finger together, and made a farewell gesture, hugging the two and completely disappeared into the hole in space.

At the same time, the dense fog covering the area also disappeared. Pedestrians turned their eyes to Xibel and me curiously, pointing at our outfits, and many people took out their cameras.

I was stunned for a moment, and then I thought of pulling Xibel's hand, moving towards the direction where the car stopped, pushing away the passers-by who were blocking the road, trotting all the way over, restarting the engine, and continuing to drive towards the target direction.

"Sorry, master, I couldn't catch them just now."

"No, if it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't be able to continue sitting here. Those three people are super other existences. Just driving them away is something to be proud of. If in ancient times , even if it is conferred as a lord, it’s not too much. Well, although I don’t have such qualifications now.” Hiber said with a wry smile.

"It's just my duty. Besides, it's not that I beat them away, it's just that the task was completed so I left. But, what is the task? That guy named Ai seems to have been confused from the beginning. Just to hold us back... Huh?" A terrible thought suddenly flashed across my mind.

Chapter 41 The House of the Dead

Hiber, who also guessed some kind of possibility, suddenly raised his head, matched my line of sight, and said in unison: "Duke Marberio!"

I stepped on the accelerator hard and drove towards the planned destination. Although it was only a few minutes away, when we arrived, we were still one step late.

The iron fence that was supposed to be closed from time to time was wide open for some reason, and there was no cleaning maid in the garden. Although it was not comparable to the mansion of the Hiber family, the mansion here was still much larger than common sense, but it was In such a huge room, it was noon, but no movement was heard, and there was a dead breath exuding from the whole body.

An ominous cloud hangs over our hearts.

"Just stop here." Hiber said softly, and then began to take off his dress in the car.

"Wait...Master, what are you doing?!" I hurriedly looked away from the rearview mirror and said with a blushing face.

"Huh? It's just a matter of changing into a suitable outfit. It seems that now is not the time to prepare for the banquet." Xibel took out a set of black and blue aristocratic military uniforms from the rear cabinet, and carefully adjusted himself The medal and gold chain on the chest, the ceremonial sword with a black gold scabbard hanging around the waist, and at the same time put on white gloves and a black military cap, and changed into black leather shoes, and then opened the door and walked out of the car After getting off, I also hurriedly got out of the car, followed behind her, and couldn't help asking: "This is..."

"Huh? What's the matter? Isn't it good-looking?"

"No, you look pretty handsome in it, it's just..."

"Oh, don't worry, it's all true."

"real?!"

"Well, let's say I have the title of general, although I also inherited it from my grandfather... But, thinking that I might need to borrow the power of the country in the future, I put it on in advance."

Not just a nobleman, but a local tyrant, and a soldier?What an amazing person you are?

"Then, let's go." Xibel took a deep breath and walked into the half-closed door.

Although we have made good mental preparations, the expected scene of a house full of ketchup did not appear in front of us. What greeted our eyes was a mess, lying on the table, falling on the ground, or It was the image of the maids leaning against the wall. Everyone had sweet smiles on their faces. Just looking at this scene, no one would think that they were asleep.

However, those people had already lost their breath, and what was left was only the long-dead bodies.

Xibel passed everyone carefully, leaned down to test their pulses, and then shook his head: "No, they are all dead."

"How could it be..." If it was the scene of being pierced through the body by a knife and gun, and the whole room was stained red with blood, it would be easier for me to accept it.However, there was no trace of trauma on the bodies of these girls, and there were no signs of poisoning, and the cause of their death could not be seen at all.

It was as if the soul was taken away by the god of death in sleep.

Here, what happened?

So, is that girl's purpose really to prevent us from approaching this mansion?In other words, all of this was probably done by those who call themselves the Black Feather Sect.

For what purpose did they kill so many people?

No, now is not the time to pursue this.

All the things before, plus what happened today, are enough for me to completely label the Black Feather Cult as evil.

Whether I did that kind of excessive thing to Andrea or killed countless innocent people, what they did has completely touched my bottom line.

The next time we meet again, I won't show mercy.

You, Yin, Ai... I silently read their names in my heart.

I absolutely, will make you pay for what you did.

While I was still observing these corpses and trying to find out the cause of their death, Xibel had already walked towards the stairs silently, and I hurriedly chased after them.

"Wait a minute, master! In case there is still an ambush..."

"Don't worry, haven't they already retreated?"

"Although that's what I said, but I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case..."

"Let's go, there will be no one else." Xibel strode up to the second floor, as if he was at his own home.

Just like the first floor, there are also corpses of maids lying here and there, and everyone has a smile on their face, but in the current environment, it feels very weird no matter what.

"Wait a moment." Xibel suddenly stopped in front of a door, gently twisted the handle, and the door was easily pushed open.It is a study room, but it is a little different from the study room of Hiber's family. The windows here are strictly sealed, and even the gaps are covered with paper towels. taste.

Xibel turned on the light on the side casually. In order to avoid the danger she might encounter, I entered the study one step ahead and observed the surroundings vigilantly.

"Well, aren't you here?" Hiber looked around casually, and said so after not seeing anyone.

"Who?"

"Of course it's the Duke of Marburio. I thought he would stay here, but it seems that he should be in the bedroom." Hibel said, planning to go outside the house.

"Wait a moment, master."

"Well, what's the matter?" She turned her head and looked at me strangely.

"The situation here is a little bit wrong." I said with a frown, and wiped it with my fingers on the bookshelf, and my fingertips became pitch black due to a lot of dust.

I took out the handkerchief in my pocket, wiped my fingers, and expressed my doubts: "It's strange, the bookshelves and the floor here are full of dust, it seems that no one has come in and cleaned it for a long time, but the doorknob outside the house But it is very clean, which is a bit too unreasonable."

"It's really strange to hear you say that."

"Since even the doorknob outside the house has been carefully wiped, it is impossible for the maids to miss this room alone. Unless... this room has been locked since a long time ago. "I slowly expressed my guess.

"Yeah, but it's not surprising. After all, as a nobleman, there are always one or two secrets that the servants don't want to know." Xibel said naturally.

Although I am very interested in Xibel's hidden secrets, I continued to reason: "However, this is even more strange. When the master came in just now, he opened the door without a key?"

Chapter 42 Underground

"It's a bit strange to hear you say that. So, what do you think?" Hibel said thoughtfully.

"I'm afraid that when the mansion was invaded, the person who held the key—either the head maid butler, or the owner of the mansion hid in this room."

"So, if you don't see anyone now, did you run outside on the way, or were you caught by others?"

"It's possible. This can also explain why the door was open when the master came in. However, in my personal opinion, there is another possibility."

"Another possibility?"

"That is... the door of the room was deliberately unlocked by someone, in order not to arouse the suspicion of others. Otherwise, if the intruder sees a locked room, he will definitely be suspicious and search this place thoroughly, right? "

"Well, if it's true as you said, wouldn't it be easier to be discovered if it wasn't locked? Moreover, there is no trace of anyone's existence here."

"That's true if you think about it routinely. However...if there is a secret door in this room, what will happen?"

"Dark...door? That's how it is." Hiber said thoughtfully, "That is to say, when someone sensed the presence of an intruder, he sneaked into this room, deliberately unlocked it, and then hid in the door. In this way, the intruder will easily assume that there is no one and give up after searching the room, right?"

"Exactly." I nodded.

"However, this is just a pure guess, right?"

"Maybe it's just a guess, but I've already found the secret door." I smiled slightly.

"Hey, really?"

"However, before that, I have to ask the master to tell me one thing. You knew from the beginning that there was a secret door in this room, right? It's not a so-called accident or something."

"...Ahhh, you really saw through it. But it's not to that extent. I just heard that there is a secret hidden in the study of the Marbolio's house." Hiber said frankly.

"Obviously the situation in the mansion is already like this, but you still want to explore the secrets, what a greedy master."

"Okay, you don't have the right to say anything about me. If I'm not wrong, those people probably came here because of this secret, don't you want to know?" Hibel asked back.

"...I see. Then, it will be as you said. The answer is actually very simple, it is dust."

"Dust?"

"Although people's footprints cannot be seen clearly because of the red carpet on the ground, the dust on the bookshelves is not deceiving. Among these books, only the corners of this one are not stained. The dust, or maybe it was wiped off artificially." I knelt down and dragged a heavy English dictionary out of the bookshelf.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of "pimple", the button pressed by the dictionary slowly popped up, and the wall behind the desk, like in a movie, slowly flipped.

Obviously it was just a blind cat hitting a mouse to death, but I didn't expect it to be really successful...

It seems that the reason why the owner doesn't want the maid to clean the place is because he is afraid that when cleaning the bookshelf, he will accidentally pull out the book and open the secret door.Unfortunately, it is precisely because of this that I found a loophole in the dust.

Behind the wall is an obvious path leading underground.Compared with the situation in the room, it was even darker inside, with no trace of light at all.When I got here, no matter how good my eyesight was, I was completely useless. Relying on the ability of the Void Eye, I walked cautiously in front of Xibel.

The stairs spiral downward, so it is completely impossible to predict when they will reach the end, the air gradually becomes colder, and the sound becomes more and more silent.It was as if, step by step, he was approaching hell.When this mansion was first built, what kind of mentality did the designer have in order to design such a passage?

If it was an ordinary person, he would have rushed back to the top because of the invisible fear. Even if it was me, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.However, at this moment, the grip strength from the hand suddenly increased, and the slender and soft hand that was clasped was trembling slightly.

I froze for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of my mouth unconsciously.You don't need to guess, you know it's the owner's behavior. It turns out that she is also afraid. She has always put on that dignified aristocratic appearance. Even in the face of corpses and crises all over the floor, she doesn't panic. It's so perfect that it doesn't look like are people.For some reason, my heart relaxed slightly.

I shook my head, clearing excess thoughts from my mind.We have walked for more than 10 minutes from the time we came here. If we convert it into height, we are probably already hundreds of meters underground at this time. I am afraid that no one would think that we are in such a luxurious place. Under the mansion, there is actually such a deep road hidden.

But that's all there is to it.The spiral staircase finally reached the bottom floor, and in front of us, there was a faint light, and... the smell of blood?

"Master, please be careful." I slowed down and gently pushed open the wooden door in front of me.

Immediately, there was a strange smell mixed with book dust and strange fragrance.After a short adaptation process, I saw an old study house in my eyes. The room is not big, similar to its top floor. Candle lamps are lit on the walls. Judging by the length of the candle and the surrounding candle oil, it is obvious that it has not been burned. How long does it look like.

The only difference is that the bookshelves here are not ordinary books, but the kind of medieval sheepskin scrolls, which are so old that they seem to shatter if touched.Finally, in the corner of the room, a middle-aged man in his 50s or [-]s was sitting quietly in his seat with his eyes closed.

He is dead.The cause of death is unknown, but it should be due to excessive blood loss.A small knife was attached to his waist, and the blood flowed all the way. At first, he could barely stop it with his clothes, but later on, the amount of bleeding became larger and larger, and finally flowed down. This is why I The reason for the smell of blood just now.From the looks of it, he should have struggled to walk through the tunnel for more than ten minutes after being stabbed, and finally died in this room.Unlike other people in the room, the man looked like he died in great pain, his facial features were almost distorted together, it was hard to imagine what kind of abuse he had suffered during his lifetime.

"Duke Marburio..." Hiber softly said his name.

Chapter 43 Escape

"Hey, is this man the Duke of Marberio?" I looked up and down curiously.He really fits the image of aristocrats in my mind, with thinning hair, a coquettish mustache, and a slightly fat but not bloated figure. Even though his body was stained red with blood, he could still see the craftsman stitch by stitch. The hem of the clothes infused with blood is at least more aristocratic than Hiber, of course, it is impossible to say this.

"...Anyway, help me find out if there is anything important nearby. Since this man is desperately trying to hide here, I'm afraid it's not just for escape, but also for protection." Hiber ordered instruction.

"Understood." After I got the permission, I couldn't help but approached the bookshelf and began to flip through the books on it.

...I can't understand it at all.

No, it's not as simple as being incomprehensible. I can say with certainty that the words recorded on it have never appeared in the history of the earth.In the history of mankind, the earliest words in the world are segmental words. In layman's terms, they are words born from the simplification of pictures. Each word has its own meaning, and words connected together form a complete sentence.After that, the distinction between grammar and phonetic notation gradually emerged.No matter what kind of text it is, it should have gone through this process.

However, there is a kind of writing that is different, and that is Xingwen.According to legend, it is the oldest unified script developed by Star Emperor Lytias, and each script contains enormous power.The astrograph is different from the traditional text, it does not exist to record anything, its existence itself is a proof of power, so some people say that if anyone can completely master all the astrograph, he can get the same as the first generation. The same power as the Star King.Therefore, except for some specific occasions, astronomical texts are rarely used, and it more represents the authority of the royal family, resulting in the extremely rare astronomical texts that have been handed down to this day. I have a deep understanding.

And in these books, I even faintly saw a trace of astrology.No, of course it does not mean that they are the same, but I am afraid that they are derived from astral texts, just like the legendary runes.

Most of the remaining books are the same as the one in my hand. They record something in incomprehensible words, and most of them are very dilapidated. Missing pages and characters often occur, and some books even only have I had to be very careful when flipping through half a broken page to prevent the fragile paper from splitting directly.

After checking around like this, we found nothing.Although these strange words are still interesting, but that's all. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like something worthy of this man's desperate protection.

Is there something else?I glanced at the pensive Heibel. From just now, she looked preoccupied, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Hey, have you ever heard of Moore's Law?" Siebel said suddenly, startling me.

"Um, are you referring to the so-called law of 'the number of components that can be accommodated on an integrated circuit will double every 18-24 months, and the performance will also double'?"

Hiber nodded and said meaningfully: "Someone used this law to study the evolution of life, first defined the measurement method of "biological complexity", and then came to the conclusion that the time for doubling the biological complexity is about 3.67 million Interestingly, according to this conclusion, it can be deduced that the simplest life form originated 72-122 billion years ago, which is far longer than the 45 billion years of the earth. According to this conclusion, it will take 45 billion years for advanced intelligent life to evolve Not enough, we can draw a conjecture from this: life on earth is very likely to be a continuation of life in outer space.”

"You mean, the reason for StarClan?" I asked.Indeed, according to the history taught by Rutias Academy, because of the appearance of the witch, almost all races in this universe were destroyed, and the remaining Star Clan had to flee their hometown and hide in the dilapidated In the world, one of them landed on the nascent earth, sowed the seeds of life, and then fell into a deep sleep, just like the story of the creator god.

"Who knows. Whether it's Star Clan or others, they are just a group of losers fleeing... What can we do as descendants of losers..." Xibel said lightly , the sound is so soft that I can hardly hear it.

I don't understand what she's talking about at all, but since I've searched all other places, the rest is only there.

I walked up to the man, muttered an apology in my heart, and started to grope around him.

It doesn't matter if you don't touch it, I really found a strange thing in his pocket after touching it.

is a piece of debris.It looks like the broken part of a crystal ball, with charming colored light shining on the edge, which looks very valuable at first glance.