Several people stood on the lawn in the garden behind the ruins of the castle, surrounded by a louver box and looked at each other speechlessly, Xiu knelt on one knee on the ground, and used a knife to pry open the upper cover of the louver box a little bit, he changed his usual decadent appearance, looked at this louver box very intently, constantly fiddling with the blades of the louver box that the window can adjust the angle at will, his eyes flashed with a sly light, and said seriously: "If you don't guess wrong, this is the underground vent of the wine cellar, usually such vents are located in some hidden places, In order to prevent some small beasts from burrowing inside, there are usually complete protective iron nets at both ends of the air duct mouth. ”The vent in the cellar was found by Xiu, who was trained as an Assassin, and when we stood in the courtyard and didn't know where to start, Xiu easily found the vent.I teased him, "Xiu, did you have training in this area in the thieves' guild when you found the vent so quickly?"
”He usually likes to pretend to be cold, and he always doesn't show his true face, he is lazy and lazy, and he doesn't talk much, but I always like to talk to him, although sometimes he will ignore me directly, but I always enjoy it.His eyes glanced to the side, and he didn't look at me at all, just looked intently at the vent, and only finally said in a faint tone: "Just find a book about architecture in the library, which has a very detailed introduction to the design of various buildings, as a top student of the magic academy, haven't you even read a book on imperial architecture?"
”"I was so choked that I was speechless for a moment.I looked closely at the small box, which was only a foot and a half square, hidden under the benches for resting around the lawn of the garden, and covered with snow as thick as cotton, so that ordinary people would not have noticed such a secluded corner.At this time, the long wooden chair had been overturned, Xiu took a sharp dagger to open the shutter box, and finally leaned down to take down the outermost iron mesh of the vent, and a dry and warm hot wind rushed in his face, Xiu knelt on the snow, put his hands on both ends of the vent, and poked his upper body into the ventilation duct.It took a while to withdraw his body from the ventilation tunnel, and then frowned and said to Captain Cynthia: "The passage inside is too narrow, and the corner is also inlaid with the runic metal plate of the wind system magic pattern array, I can't pass through such a narrow vent, once I get stuck in it, there is no way to retreat." ”"Let me give it a try!"
I said to Captain Cynthia."
No way!"
Xiu and Captain Cynthia said at the same time.Captain Cynthia looked at me and said to me seriously, "I'm not going to put a magic apprentice in danger!"
”"You haven't received professional-level training, and it's not easy to get out of an unexpected situation."
Xiu said.Seeing everyone's embarrassment, Karui also participated in the discussion."
Otherwise, we'll dig up the cellar right here!"
Rukamo proposed."
Anyway, if there's someone inside, we'll need to break through a passage!"
I thought about it for a moment, but I still wanted to go in and have a look.So he said, "I'd better go in and have a look, I have a way, believe me!"
”"You're not going to even know how Heidi can escape from water, are you?"
Cynthia asked me."
I don't know this magic yet, but I can do it!"
After I finished speaking to Cynthia, I plunged into the vent, and the wind that blew out was very gentle, and the vent extended straight down for less than a meter, and then changed direction, to extend horizontally in the direction of the ruined castle.This vent made of blue-striped stone is a little slippery, the stone wall of the vent is covered with purple moss, this vent is not wide, I am thin, less than 150 cm tall, I can't turn over when I get into the vent, I can only crawl forward with my body curled, my hands and two knees on the bluestone slab in the vent a little bit forward.Soon after entering the first corner, there was no light in front of me, I took out the moonlight stone drum totem from my magic waist bag with difficulty, and after sending a trace of the magic power of the wind element, the stone drum totem floated above my head, emitting a glowing white light, although the light was not very bright, but the light was very soft.A faint wind element flow emanated from the stone drum totem, the faint wind element wrapped my body like a cocoon, and a trace of wind element air formed a wind circle on my feet, and the magical power of those wind elements supported my body, making me feel a lot lighter all of a sudden, and there were always two wind forces wrapped around my thighs.Wind Rush: This is the totemic power of the orc shaman, the witch doctor.Crawling forward ten meters further, a fork in the road suddenly appeared in front of me, and I didn't have any good ideas, so I chose a random path and climbed in.I could already smell the air from the vent a smell of stale wood, with the bitter scent of some oak seeds, and I was so happy that I even crawled forward a little faster.According to Lyant, when he told me about the process of making golden cider after getting drunk again, the casks of the most elaborate golden cider are made from adult oak hoops.At this point, I could smell the old casks in the ventilation room, which only meant that I was not too far from the cellar.Crawling forward with the faint light of the moonstone drum totem, Sister Guoguo's figure also followed behind me at this time, and her water elemental body was squeezed a little narrow in the vent, but the appearance of her face did not change, but such a silent sudden appearance on my side really startled me.When I was slightly distracted, I didn't expect that my right hand, which was outstretched forward, suddenly pressed into the air, and after my body lost its center of gravity, it fell down sharply.This is a shaft that I don't know how deep it is, fortunately, when I fell only half a meter, my right hand pressed on an iron net, and my body fell a little slowly, but I didn't expect that the iron net, because of the old rust is too serious, just let me press it so gently, the iron net was pulled out of a big hole by me, and my body that had stopped the fall at this time suddenly hit the iron net.With a bang, the whole person fell down with the iron net.Without any hesitation, I drew a magic pattern circle in the air with my left hand, and recited a series of spells in my mouth, and in less than two seconds of falling, I quickly completed a spell.As the shadow cloak fell, I turned into a black mist, and my arm turned into a black mist along with my body, and the iron net that wore through my arm was suddenly unrestrained, and fell to the ground with a clang, and the cellar seemed very quiet, and it must have spread far away.I found myself falling into a black hole, and the black mist I had formed quickly melted into the darkness.When I landed on the ground, I vaguely saw that there were rows of huge wine barrels around me, which made me secretly happy, I successfully entered the underground cellar of the manor, here as Captain Cynthia said, stacked into stacks of wine barrels almost occupied all the space of the underground wine cellar, I don't know how big the cellar is, but there are oak barrels the size of gasoline barrels, from bottom to top, on the wooden shelves are placed in five layers in a row, these neatly arranged barrels in the dark underground cellar, you can't see it at a glance.Just when I was about to release my invisibility, someone next to me suddenly whispered in my ear: "Hey, it was obviously a noise from here just now, why did it suddenly stop sounding?"
”I was startled by the strange voice, and a strange man passed through me, holding a piece of moonstone in his hand, glowing in the dark cellar, he looked a little bloated and fat, wearing a white shirt of leather waistcoat and linen, a pair of breeches underneath, a pair of riding boots under his feet, and his messy hair and beard curled, and he knew at a glance that he was the groom of the manor.I thought he had found me, but I didn't expect someone to speak again, his voice was a little hoarse, but there was an indescribable cruelty and indifference in his tone, I don't know why, my heart tightened for no reason."
Could it be a mouse?"
The man passed through my body, stirring up the mist that I had transformed, and nearly reverted to my human form.He was a little more elaborately dressed, with a small braid on his head, a white linen shirt on the top, and a pair of silk bloomers on the bottom, but only a pair of socks on his feet.With a click, his foot hit the iron net on the ground, and he didn't even snort, he bent down and picked up the iron net directly from the ground.The man dressed as a groom in front of him heard the unusual sound, and quickly turned his head and held the moonstone high to check the situation."
Your eyes are on top of your head, and you don't even see such a large piece of iron net?"
The hoarse voice said to the groom with great dissatisfaction."
Sorry, Anthony!"
The groom hurriedly apologized, and took the iron net in the hand of the pigtailed man, and then brought the moonstone closer, at this time, the two of them could see the iron net clearly, and there was a big hole in the center of the iron net.The groom was pleasantly surprised, "Maybe it's a rat running in!"
”"I don't think so, the rat doesn't have the strength to break such a thick barbed wire, it should be much bigger than the mouse."
Anthony's hoarse voice immediately retorted."
Oh my God, if it's a badger or a civet, even if it's a hedgehog, I'm going to want to take two bites on my arm these days!"
The fat groom heard Anthony say this, and said very excitedly."
Don't be too happy, we must search carefully, we must be careful, we must not let go of a trace of clues."
Anthony turned to the fat groom.The fat groom had a pretty good temperament, and whatever Anthony assigned, he honestly agreed.I wanted to go up and talk to them, they were trapped in the cellar and probably needed my help.But the moment the moonstone approached Anthony, I took a sharp breath because I saw that Anthony had several large patches of blood on his white shirt on his chest.In the past month, the number of barbarians killed with the eleventh team has exceeded at least thirty, so we have a very clear understanding of the bloodstains of the barbarians, and the bloodstains on Anthony's body are not the bloodstains of the barbarians at all, and the blood of the barbarians is purple-black after they dry up, which is essentially different from this dark red.The blood stains on his body are clearly human blood, and it is obvious that this is not his.I chuckled in my heart, and quickly canceled the idea of showing up, and just quietly followed behind them in the form of a mist.These two people searched here, but naturally to no avail.They went back the way they came, and I followed.At this time, I found that this wine cellar is really big, and I still can't see the end of the wine cellar after more than 300 meters, and there is a vertical beam every six meters in the wine cellar, and those wine barrels are stacked in an array, and the wine cellars are stored in different areas, and each area has a corresponding vintage.I marveled at the size of this estate's wine cellars.At this time, the fat groom was heard complaining to Anthony, "Anthony, do you know?
Yesterday, Madame Roxani also committed suicide, do these women really not want to live?
If they all kill themselves, what's the point of us in this cellar?
”"What the hell is the whip in your hand for, punishment, you need to use some means on the women who make mistakes, you know?
Punishment, just as you tame those horses, they are no longer noble ladies and noble ladies, even if they are noble, but now they are our slaves, you have to punish those who disobey, so that they know how to obey our will. ”Anthony's hoarse voice sounded like a cat's paw scratching on a metal plate, and it sounded so harsh."
You know, Anthony, I'm just an honest groom, I can't do this, I'll just tame the animals in the stables!"
Fat Mafu said.Anthony, who was walking in front, smiled, his laughter was sharp and piercing, and he slowed down and said to the fat groom: "You can also lock them up in the stable, as if they are a group of small ponies, and the leather whip is not only useful for the ponies, but sometimes, it is a rare weapon for those noble ladies with fine skin and tender meat!"
”"Okay, after the shift, I'm going to listen to you, go back and try, maybe there will be unexpected effects!"
The fat groom said movingly, he rubbed his hands, then sighed, and said: "Anthony, you said that we are hiding here, will one day, the knights of the city of El come to you, maybe we will be burned at the stake." ”Anthony pulled a bottle of wine from his waist, uncorked it, took a big sip of it, and said, "It's delicious!"
”Then he turned around and put his arm around the fat groom's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, even if you are burned at the stake, according to the crimes I have committed, you will definitely die in front of you, since we can have the privilege of enjoying such a wonderful life, even if it is a little shorter, what does it matter?"
”Hearing this, the uneasy emotion in my heart finally evolved into a bad premonition.Unexpectedly, there was a secret hidden in this wine cellar.