Hao Ren was completely shocked, he had calculated a lot before, but he never calculated that the "noble family" that used to live in this mansion turned out to be a group of witchers!
And it's a witcher who broke with the Witcher Order and mingled with an alien species!
Hesperius' face was full of incredulity: "This can't be!
If the previous notebook and the voice were true, then could this group of witchers defect from their order?
This has never happened since ancient times!
”"The witchers are extremely united, infinitely loyal to the Order, and even if there is a great conflict within them, it will not turn into a defection," Vivien shook her head slightly, "At least until we untie the shackles of innate hostility, there has never been an example of them defecting to the Order......
Not to mention a group of people to help Hercules, the 'alien remnant'. ”At this time, Hao Ren suddenly remembered a detail that he had just heard from the echoes of the past: "Wait a minute, didn't we hear it in the house just now, there was a witcher who said that Hercules drew power from the artifact and freed them from their bondage......
Could the bondage here be innate hostility?
”Vivien sighed, and seemed to suddenly realize: "Ah, that's what that sentence meant......
What the hell is that artifact?
”"It has the power of a bat, and it somehow lifted the innate hostile curse of a group of witchers, and then there is a big villain sealed inside," Lily scratched her hair and wagged her tail restlessly, "Why do you have so many strange attributes." ”Hao Ren didn't say anything, just looked up at the towering tower behind the main house: in this ancient mansion in another dimension, the tower was still intact, it was made of stone, the surface was painted with white mortar, and the slender windows were flanked by iron ornamental frames.Looking at some of the details when it was in good condition, and thinking of the words he had just heard, Hao Ren realized that this was actually a magic tower.It's just disguised as a regulation of secular architecture."
The echoes of the past that we hear so far seem to follow us," said Hesperis, "and we hear voices wherever we go, and they all sound like some major turning point in events." ”Vivien nodded slightly: "Maybe someone deliberately set these up to remind us, or maybe the living stepped into this space and touched the magic that has been preserved here for a hundred years, this phenomenon often appears in ancient monuments." ”"That tower," Hao Ren pointed to the tower behind the main house, "I think that's where all the turning of things happened." ”The group soon found their way to the tower, and they crossed the path between the main house and the annex to the back of the mansion: what might have been a small garden, but now only grayish-white grotesque gravel and a semi-crystalline twisted substance could be seen in the flower beds and stone pots, and the tower was at the end of this "little garden".Lily was emboldened, and was about to step towards the tower gate, when she suddenly heard a fierce quarrel in the air nearby: first, a majestic male voice: "Enough!
Sivir!
Your research is becoming more and more dangerous, and sooner or later you will step into the darkness on the other side of the border!
”Then a young female voice said, "I know what I'm doing, Master Mohuben, I respect your learning, but despise your cringe—don't you see?"
What a wonderful sight on that side?
There was nothing in that darkness!
What else are you looking for besides ......"
"Besides madness?"
”Mojaben's voice rose even higher, "Before you complete the first adult trial, you should have heard your mentor say countless times, there are indeed countless mysteries in this world, but not every mystery can be touched by mortals, behind some secrets are forbidden twisted worlds, some secrets lead to the dark side of the universe, and you are now standing only a line away from the dark side of the universe!"
As of today, you are not allowed to meet Hercules again, and you are not allowed to touch the artifact again.I'm going to ...... it forever" The voice stopped abruptly here, and the brief echo ended.Hao Ren looked at Hesperius: "It seems that as you said, as long as we arrive at a place where a major event has occurred, we will touch the memory of time and space here." ”Lily came to the tower's door, shrugged her nose to make sure there was nothing suspicious inside, and pushed open the unusually heavy-looking door nailed out of a mixture of oak and iron bars.The moment the door opened, Hao Ren seemed to hear countless voices rushing towards him, it was a trivial whisper, it was an intermittent quarrel, it was a meaningless daytime chatter, as if there were hundreds of invisible people hiding nearby, pointing and discussing in a whisper, and these mixed whispers were so vague that he couldn't hear any meaningful fragments.It wasn't until a dozen seconds later that the whispers faded away, but there were still sporadic sounds floating from nearby.Facing the door of the magic tower of the black hole, these whispers came out of thin air and were terrifying."
It's a magical focal point," Hesperius heard as well, but she was a little more professional, "so a lot of extra sounds were recorded." ”Hao Ren nodded, and fought with Lily, stepping into the tower, and those whispers followed them like shadows.The structure of the tower was surprisingly simple - perhaps having explored too many large-scale ruins, and seeing a huge magic tower like the "Spirit Bell Tower", Hao Ren had almost forgotten what a normal tower should look like.The interior of the building is barely decorated, and there are no rooms, except for a wooden staircase that spirals upwards along the curved walls, and in the middle of the tower several terraces protruding from the walls, while beyond that, the topmost floor can be seen directly.At the top of the table were suspicious potion bottles, silver ritual utensils, and scrolls and books of unknown date.Perhaps due to the heterogeneity, all of these things were twisted and distorted, glass bottles were crooked, ritual utensils were unusually shiny, and books and scrolls were blank when opened.As they stepped up the stairs, they heard the voices of the past again, and this time the voices were mixed with the whispers around them, and they were so distorted that they couldn't even make out who the speaker's voice was: "It's finally starting to enter the real world......
Our measures didn't have much effect, the power of that artifact could not be sealed, it was far beyond our comprehension. ”"So you can only build a prison......
"In the end, you still have to use the work of Sivir, although her research has led to the breaking of the boundary in advance, but it is she who has found that possibility.""
Will Sivir be able to come back?""
I only found her research notes and the site of the ruined ceremony......
She has most likely been sucked into the other side of the border, and on the dark side of the universe, no mortal can escape.Unfortunately, we've lost a promising witcher, who is actually the best researcher I've ever met, and if she stayed in Colpers, she might even be able to become a scholar in the library of the Bell Tower of the Spirit Realm......
It's a pity that she ran out with us, and her impatience killed her. ”"That's it, that's it, I'm dying anyway.But you, old man, this burden will fall on you and Hathaway, and you must persevere. ”"Ha, Hercules will be there for both of us, don't worry......"
The voice faded away, and the spiral staircase was nearing the end."
They must have some kind of ritual on top of this," Vivien looked up at the end of the stairs, "and then created the village's 'barrier'." ”After the last few flights of stairs, Hao Ren leaned on the wooden handrail next to him, looked at the top floor of the tower, and then whispered "Huh".On the top floor of the tower was a circular room with plenty of shelves and desks, four narrow windows symmetrically arranged on the curved façade, and in front of one of the windows stood a black chair, where a man with a full head of white hair was sitting!
He had his back to the stairs, so he couldn't see his face, but Hao Ren saw the Demon Hunter's suit on the other man's body, and a holy silver sword that was lying across his lap and half peeking out from the side."
Anyone?!"
Lily followed Hao Ren, and she couldn't help but exhale softly when she saw the situation above."
Big dog, you hit me in the face with your tail - what's going on up there?""
May I ask ......"
Hao Ren walked towards the old man sitting in front of the window, but the other party did not respond.From here you could already see the appearance of the other man, an old witcher, although he could still see some of the heroism of the past from the outline of his eyebrows, but now he was already drooping, he was slumped in his chair, facing out of the window, his eyes half-open and half-closed, as if he was still alive, but he did not feel the slightest anger.Hao Ren stretched out his hand, but just as he was about to touch the old hunter's shoulder, a faint female voice came from not far away: "Don't disturb the guard. ”(To be continued.) )