There was a large space at the bottom of the pitch-black cave, and climbing down the rope was definitely not the right way to enter this place.
Looking at Elena's agile movements below, Sirius was secretly impressed. Very few Witches had such skills.
Although this fellow was a little naggy and did not have much of a brain, in terms of physical fitness, she was qualified to be an Auror.
He followed Elena, wrapping his left hand and legs tightly around the rope as he carefully slid down. His right hand, which was holding the wand, was extended far away. Even though he increased the output of his Magic Power, he could not see anything except darkness …
The lower he went, the stronger the rotten smell in the air.
Sirius sniffed hard. He could smell that this was the smell of a corpse.
It was not a dried corpse like the ones above, but a corpse that had died recently and had not completely decomposed.
This was too strange. Why would there be a corpse that had just died in this ancient castle's dungeon?!
There was also the "Elwyn" voice that sounded indescribably strange. The more Sirius thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. That was definitely not Elwyn.
It was too rash to come down just like that. He should have asked carefully at that time. Elwyn definitely would not have said that.
"Wait, Elena, something's not right!" He shouted down hurriedly.
"What's wrong? We're almost at the bottom!" Elena raised her head and looked at Sirius with a puzzled expression. "There seems to be something down there. I can't see it clearly. It's white, in pieces, a whole pile …"
Before she could finish, the voice in the darkness sounded again. "You're here. You're here to accompany me, haha!"
"You're not Elwyn. Who are you?" Sirius shouted into the darkness and cast an Armor Spell.
"I'm me. Hurry up and accompany me. Living people, I can't wait anymore!" The strange voice said, passing through the darkness. "Since you're here, don't leave. Stay here with me forever, just like them, haha."
"Elena, let's go up first …"
"I don't think you should!" The voice drawled, "Mary, sweet little Mary, where are you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sound came from above Sirius. He hurriedly raised his wand.
Under the illumination of the light, he saw that the owl-man was standing at the entrance of the cave, staring at him with hatred. The expression on his face was hideous and terrifying.
"That dark creature hiding in the dark is in cahoots with the owls!" Sirius's heart sank.
In the next second, the rope that he and Elena were holding loosened and cut off by the monster, and the two of them fell.
"Ah!" Elena yelled.
Sirius turned around and quickly cast a spell upwards to accelerate down. He grabbed Elena and protected her in his arms.
Before Elena could react, the two of them landed heavily on something.
Because of Sirius's protection, Elena was not injured. She only heard Sirius cry out in pain.
"Sirius, Sirius Blake!" Elena yelled, but there was no response.
She touched Sirius's chest with her trembling hands. He was still breathing.
"I'm fine. That was really harsh." After a long time, Sirius panted and said, "I think I've broken a bone. Get off me first."
Elena hurriedly crawled to the side. To be honest, she did not expect him to do this. He must be seriously injured.
Fortunately, it was not hard rock below her, but some kind of buffer. It was the white things that she had vaguely seen before.
Looking at the things beside her hand, Elena blinked and immediately understood.
These were not white things at all. They were all human bones. It was a huge pile of bones.
She raised her head and continued to look forward. In front of the pile of bones, she saw a hellish scene.
In the small room, iron chains crisscrossed and hung from the high ceiling.
Many of the chains were empty, or had some strange things hanging on them. However, there were still more than ten chains with corpses hanging on them. Human corpses!
These people were hung from head to toe. Some were hung from their feet to their feet. Blood flowed slowly from the places where the chains had pierced through them.
Some of their blood had already dried up, leaving only rotten corpses …
The strange smell that they had smelled earlier came from those corpses. Elena felt like vomiting.
Below the chains, in the innermost part of the room, was a very luxurious round mirror. The surface of the mirror glowed with a faint red light.
Elena had never seen such an expensive mirror. It was embedded in the innermost wall of the room. There were complicated magic runes around it that she could not understand, almost covering the entire wall. Next to the mirror hung an ugly Skull. It was looking at them and then it spoke!
"Welcome to Hell, living people!" Its mouth opened and closed, making a strange sound. It was the hoarse, unpleasant voice that Sirius and Elena had heard before. "Wizards, this is a rare material. It is much more valuable than the lowly Muggle. It will like it and torture you well. It will not let you die easily."
"Of course, the two of you will die in the end. The blood in your bodies belongs to me. I like the taste." Skull paused for a moment and let out a shrill laugh. "Sorry, I forgot that I can't taste it. I just like the feeling of tasting blood."
"Monster, what are you?" Sirius panted and sat up with Elena's help.
He leaned almost all of his weight on Elena, and the wand in his right hand pointed steadily at the Skull.
"Don't use ugly words like monster. I'm just like you. When I was alive, I was a wizard, a noble pure-blood wizard." Skull said with a hint of pride in its voice. "I heard that woman call you Blake. I've heard of this wizard family in England. It's an insignificant family. You know, the study of heraldry is something that must be mastered. I used to spend a lot of effort on it. Living human, although your family is very insignificant and your position is low, since you are a pure-blooded Sorcerer like me, I can show you some mercy and tell you some things. It won't wake up that soon anyway, so we have enough time to reminisce about the past. This is my favorite thing other than tasting fresh blood … "
"Reminisce about the past?!" This Skull was definitely crazy. Sirius could not see any past.
"Where do we start? There are too many things to talk about. We won't be able to finish it even if we talk for a few days. First of all, my family. You must know that my family is a branch of the French Royal Family, the oldest and noblest pure-blood sorcerer family in Paris. The blood that once flowed in my body was the purest and noblest. " Skull said, "I was born with this kind of blood. Naturally, I also have a supreme position and glory. That glory is far beyond your imagination."
Sirius and Elena did not have any reaction. It seemed that it had provoked it.
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