ragginovel Chapter 547 Entering the City
Chapter 547 Entering the City
Chapter 547 Entering the City
Although Lao Feng carefully asked Hama if there were any other "strange things" besides the fog forest, once the other party actually started talking, everyone found that most of the content had nothing to do with them.
What Hama said afterwards were basically some trivial little things about the village. A lot of the information in it... maybe it's because the people involved are confused. Anyway, outsiders can realize as soon as they hear it that it's probably some people in the village who are stealing and taking advantage of the situation.
However, there is one thing that is really worrying, that is, "since Philibert left and never returned, no young girl has disappeared in the village again."
This situation is somewhat different from what the Rangers know...
Because Sun Huang and Lao Feng already knew clearly in Comman's castle that Philibert had become a vampire, and this also matches the story told by Hama. In chronological order, it is "a girl disappeared in the village", "the village chief and some villagers entered the castle to look for her and died", "Hama went to the town for help", "Philibert sent a letter for help and then followed Hama back to the village", "Philibert entered the city alone and encountered something and was transformed", and "Philibert's letter attracted several groups of witchers and led to their annihilation."
As for why Roman's team had never seen Hama, this is implied in the book: In fact, it is very simple, because the "elite team" led by Roman is indeed very strong, and they have been very high-profile along the way, and everyone knows where they are going, so Philibert also took the mentality of "just in case" and went personally to the previous town to contact them in advance before they arrived at this village and obtained more intelligence.
These guys who had come all the way here were already arrogant, and they never expected that the person who wrote the letter would become their enemy, so they were easily fooled by Philibert; after a simple deception, they believed that Philibert had some "shortcut to directly fight the BOSS", so they followed him to the city (using the same magic that Philibert used to bring Lady Venusa directly back to the city from the town of Onești), and then fell into the trap.
In any case, one thing is certain, that at least when Shuangxie and his team arrived at the town of Onești, Philibert had completed the transformation.
Even if we assume that he was only "defecting" and not completely "transforming" from the day he disappeared until he appeared in Comman's castle, but from that day to today, he must have become a vampire, but he has never come to the village to capture people or suck blood... This is obviously a problem.
It can't be that he was embarrassed to do this because Lady Venusa was around?
To take a step back, even if Lady Venusa really "recognized" him and expressed her willingness to become his wife, he still had to "eat".
Furthermore, during their journey, the rangers did not hear any information like "someone was kidnapped by vampires" in the towns along the way, which means that Hama's words "no girl has disappeared since Philibert left and never returned" are true.
So what exactly happened to Philibert, and what he is now... becomes confusing.
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That night, only a small number of rangers were left to take turns to keep watch, while the others took a good rest.
Until the first ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds, leaving an orange-red gap on the eastern ridge, everyone immediately returned to the forest where they had been in danger last night.
During the day, there seems to be nothing unusual here, and even ordinary people can pass through safely.
The group searched the forest for a long time, but no trace of the car, the horses, the companions who stayed in the forest last night and could not get out, and their bodies... were found. It seems that Hama was not lying when he said that the fog here would lead to "another world".
In the end, the rangers could only leave sadly.
They did not symbolically erect a tombstone here or leave a eulogy to make themselves feel better. They just went on their way quietly, keeping in mind what they wanted to remember and forgetting what they should forget, and then reminding themselves that there was still a mission that had not been completed.
For them, this is something they are used to. People around them come and go, and one day they may become the one who falls, and not even many people will remember them. But as long as the spirit they uphold can be passed on by others and there are still such a group of "heroes" in the world, everything will be worth it.
It was almost noon and the villagers prepared some food and brought it to the rangers.
At this time, many villagers actually realized that they were not a "circus" because they had made it clear that they would go to "the castle" after dinner.
Based on past experience, the villagers thought that this group of people would not come back, so they did their best to entertain the rangers, even though the village itself was not rich.
Finally, at noon, when the sun was high in the sky, the rangers, who had eaten and drunk their fill, set out on the last leg of their journey.
The "castle" is not far from the village, but it still takes about half an hour to walk there.
The rugged mountain path was like a broken spine, winding its way to the back of the mountain. The forks and cliffs that appeared from time to time were more dangerous than they looked. Fortunately, with Hama leading the way, the group arrived at their destination safely in no time.
"I can only take you so far." Hama stopped in front of the moat. "Although I want to act as fearless as you, to be honest, I am quite afraid of death. The village still needs me. From now on, it's up to you guys."
The rangers didn't say much, after all, Hama had helped them a lot; after a simple farewell, Hama left a sentence "Good luck to you" and returned to the village the same way.
Next, the Rangers will face the demon cave that has swallowed up countless lives.
At this moment, the drawbridge in front of the castle gate has been lowered and the castle gate is also open.
Although it was sunny outside, the light could only illuminate the scenery within a few meters inside the door, as if the sunlight would be instantly submerged in a tangible darkness after entering the castle.
"Old Feng, let me ask you one question before we go in...how did your cross react?" Although Sun Yixie was standing in the front row, right next to the leader, Old Feng, he had actually been so weak in his heart that he wanted to retreat to the back, so he could only bite the bullet and find something to say, delaying the conversation as long as possible.
"Yes, but it's meaningless." Lao Feng also looked ahead with a serious face and replied.
What does he mean?
Let's put it this way, it's like you have a superpower that allows you to see the aura emanating from other people; under normal circumstances, a person's aura is at most a circle larger than their body outline, so no matter how many people are around you, you can basically tell the size of their aura. But when a person with an aura as big as a mountain appears in front of you, because he covers the aura of everyone within a radius of several hundred meters, it is equivalent to you not being able to see anything.
This is the situation with Lao Feng’s cross now - since the entire castle is filled with energy that can make it react, this magic weapon has lost its original detection function.
"Humph... why are you still asking that now?" The drunken guest interrupted at noon, "If you're scared, I'll take the lead."
After saying that, he held up the torch that he had prepared long ago and was the first to step onto the suspension bridge.
The people behind...including Sun Yixie had no choice but to follow when they saw this. After all, they had come here and it would be a disaster if they showed their heads out or shrank.
Soon, the team of dozens of people passed through the gate and walked into the space that seemed dark from the outside.
After actually coming in, everyone discovered that under the light of many torches, it was not that dark in there, and the surrounding scenery did not look anything special.
Unlike the "Mirror City" where Huang Donglai was, the city that the rangers were exploring at the moment did not have any gorgeous decorations. Apart from the large number of candlesticks on the wall and the armor displayed on the roadside, it seemed to be similar to an ordinary castle like the Comans'.
After passing through the initial section of the road, everyone understood why the villagers were able, or dared, to go deeper into the front, because if it was just this section, there was really nothing unusual.
But, after passing through several spacious halls and two long corridors, the situation changed...
By now they had reached a completely windowless, extremely dark area, where even the light from the torches could not reach very far.
The darkness around them suddenly seemed to become sticky, and like a constantly surging liquid, it rushed towards the light sources in everyone's hands, causing the flames on the torches to flicker continuously.
Hiss——zero zero zero——
Then, from the darkness ahead, there was a sound...it seemed like the edge of a huge metal object was rubbing and dragging on the ground.