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(Today's second chapter ~)
GOR Chapter 603 Cruel Path
Hearing that, a layer of frost covered Lanlan's face. She glared at the person outside and without saying a word, she slammed the door shut.
Du Wei, who was hiding inside the wardrobe, heard everything clearly. He could not help but feel pity for Lanlan.
It seemed that as the personal female official of the princess, she was very favored and no one in the palace was disrespectful to her. However, this seemingly glorious position also carried a trace of sadness – according to tradition, the personal maid of the princess would not be able to marry before the princess reaches adulthood. Only after the princess reaches adulthood and marries would the personal maid be considered successful. Then, she would have two choices. First, she would marry and leave the imperial palace. Second, she would marry along with the princess and continue to be the princess's personal maid. However, the Roland Continent did not have the concept of dowry maidservants like the feudal society of ancient China. Generally speaking, female officials who were married with the princess would be married off to a trusted bodyguard or steward of the family by the future prince consort. However, the people of the Roland Continent married at an early age. Many people with good family backgrounds often married at the age of 16 or 17. However, for a female official like Lanlan, she would not be young until the princess reached adulthood. She would probably be close to 30 years old. In the eyes of the Roland Continent, she was already considered an old lady. When that time comes, she would have to sit and watch her youth fade away. Even if she were to marry, it would be difficult for her to gain the favor of her husband. Her fate would not be happy.
With a creak, the wardrobe door opened and Du Wei walked out. He saw a faint sadness on Lanlan's face. It would appear that she was saddened by those words. Du Wei coughed. He did not know what to say.
At this time, she had already hidden herself out of goodwill … … If he were to knock her out, it would be inexcusable.
"Your Excellency the Duke, I have … … let you see a joke." Lanlan suddenly smiled. Her smile was somewhat cold. "I fear you are laughing at me right now."
Du Wei quickly shook his head. "This … … cough cough! Of course not. Hmm … "
"Alright, why did you come here tonight?" Lanlan looked at Du Wei again and said softly, "You obviously didn't come here to find me. Then, as a duke of the empire, you should know what kind of crime it is to trespass into the imperial city at night. "
"I'm here …" Du Wei sighed. "I'm here for a special reason, but it's better if you don't know about it. I naturally have my reasons for not saying anything about this matter. But don't worry, I didn't come here to harm anyone. I can't explain the reason behind it to you. "
Lanlan heaved a sigh of relief. She looked at Du Wei with a gentler gaze. "Yes, I believe you. I knew that the Duke of the Tulip Family was not a bad person. You won't rebel, and you won't come in to harm people. "
Du Wei hesitated for a moment. "Lanlan, I don't want to be rude to you. But, please don't tell anyone about what happened tonight … …"
"I understand." Lanlan looked deeply at Du Wei and said faintly, "I won't tell anyone."
After saying that, she raised her hand and made an oath to the gods.
"Also … …" Du Wei smiled bitterly. "I'm going to be rude to you. In order to avoid trouble, I have to knock you out. It's best if you don't know about this. It's not that I don't trust you. Hmm … … "
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bottle. "This is a medicine I concocted. Unscrew the cap and smell it. After a while, you will fall asleep and wake up tomorrow morning."
Lanlan's face turned red … … In the middle of the night, a man and a woman were alone in her room. Yet, the other party said he was going to knock her out … … After all, she was a young woman and the other party was a young man. If she were to knock herself out and the other party did something … …
Thinking of this, she only felt her cheeks burning. But then she saw Du Wei's eyes. His eyes were calm, without the slightest trace of obscenity. Only then did she relax. "Alright … … Actually, for a woman like me, if you want to knock me out, you don't have to say this to me."
After saying that, Lanlan calmly took the bottle. After unscrewing the cap, she took a deep sniff. She could only smell the faint scent of gardenia flowers. She couldn't help but smile. "What a fragrant smell … …"
But in the next moment, her eyes closed and her body went limp. She fell asleep.
Du Wei quickly went forward to support her. Then he carried her to the bed and personally covered her with a blanket. Only then did he wipe the cold sweat off his forehead and let out a big sigh of relief.
Looking at Lanlan on the bed, Du Wei bitterly smiled. "Unlucky. This little girl probably thought I was a man who came to her window in the middle of the night to pick flowers."
Just as he was thinking of this, Saimel's dissatisfied voice sounded in his mind. "Du Wei, have you had enough fun?! Hmph, I couldn't tell that you're actually a man who cares about women. "
Du Wei bitterly smiled. "Great-great grandmother, this girl is more or less my friend. I can't really do that to a friend."
"Aren't you afraid that she'll leak the secret? Don't you want to silence her? "Saimel's voice sounded a little cold.
Du Wei frowned. "Of course not. Not only do I know her, she's also the personal maid of the little princess. We're like sisters. If she were to die, Karina would be very sad. Sigh, to put myself in his shoes, if someone killed Old Ma De, I would definitely go crazy! "
His mind was silent for a moment. Then, Saimel sighed. "Very good. You really aren't a cold-blooded person. "
"Hmph, I'm not."
"Hard to say." Saimel said coolly. "I was sure of that in the past. However, your actions in the past few years have forced me to think more about it."
Pausing for a moment, she urged. "Hurry up. You've wasted so much time. Hurry up and find the entrance to the secret passage!"
Du Wei came to the fourth stone slab in the left corner of the room. He knocked on it six times. Then, he ran to the third stone slab on the right and knocked on it five times.
Finally, he took a few steps back and waited quietly for a moment. On the floor, there were a few faint creaking sounds of stone slabs flipping. Then, there seemed to be a thin ray of light shining out faintly.
"Hmm, as expected, the secret passage is enchanted." Du Wei nodded. "In this case, no matter how many times this house has been rebuilt and expanded, the secret passage will not be discovered."
On the ground, the stone slabs that were originally tightly connected suddenly opened up like a Rubik's cube. Silently, a dark passage appeared. All the stone slabs below retracted into it. One layer after another, there were dozens of layers!
From this, it could be seen that the entrance to the secret passage was at least fifteen meters deep under the house! Aragon had done a great job back then!
Du Wei then jumped into the dark passage. As soon as he entered, the stone slabs that had retracted on the ground immediately turned over again. In a moment, they had returned to their original appearance. They were tightly connected. There was no gap at all.
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Jumping into the secret passage, Du-Wei noticed that his surroundings were pitch black. The passage didn't seem to be narrow at all. Reaching out his hand to touch the wall, Du-Wei's hand felt cold to the touch. The stone was as cold as ice, which was a bit strange.
Fortunately, it did not seem to be wet. Du Wei took two steps. The ground under his feet was hard.
After taking two steps, suddenly, there seemed to be a gust of wind above his head. Then, he heard a whoosh in front of him. A ray of light lit up.
In front of him was an extremely long secret passage. On the wall in front of him, there was a hanging lamp shaped like a torch. The lamp was not a flame, but a piece of magic crystal.
Then, as if by some kind of automatic response, there was such a lamp on the wall of the secret passage every ten meters. As Du Wei walked forward step by step, the crystal lamps on the wall automatically lit up one by one, illuminating the way forward!
This secret passage was about three to four meters wide and high. It was very spacious for a person to walk in. The stone slabs on the wall did not have the slightest trace of dust or decay. They looked as if they were new!
"This is magic." Saimel sighed. "This underground secret passage has the white tower in the middle as the center. The white tower is a magic tower. Although the defensive magic array is usually not activated, it seems that there is another magic array underground that maintains this secret passage. The flow of air, as well as the magic lamps, were all maintained by a magic array that was constantly growing and multiplying. It looks as if it's new. "
Du Wei reached out and wiped the wall. Sure enough, there was not a trace of dust.
However, he was puzzled. "Such a big project. When the country was first established, how could Aragon have so much power to build this place? When the Empire was first established, the country was not so strong. To build such a maze-like underground secret passage, I think it would take at least ten to twenty thousand workers to build this place in three to five years! "
"That, you can only ask yourself," Saimel said with a faint smile. "After all, Aragon is your previous incarnation."
Du Wei harrumphed. "Don't talk to me about that. I am me!"
After saying that, he continued walking forward.
After walking for about five hundred meters in this underground tunnel, the terrain seemed to go all the way down, getting deeper and deeper. Then, the secret passage in front of him suddenly curved. It was no longer a straight path, and the surroundings were silent. Only the lamps on the wall lit up one by one. Behind him, the lamps automatically went off one by one … It was indeed exquisitely designed!
Du Wei sighed. "Aragon's magic attainments are truly formidable. I fear that there is no such magic craftsmanship nowadays."
Saimel did not refute him this time.
After walking for a while, Du Wei suddenly stopped in his tracks. Taking in a deep breath, his eyes flashed as he looked ahead and couldn't help but murmur: "What the hell are these things … …"
In front of him, the secret passage suddenly widened by more than three times. However, the lamps on both sides of the wall were no longer in the shape of lamps. Instead, they had become stone sculptures hanging on the wall!
However, the shapes of those carvings were truly frightening!
One by one, the sculptures looked like a person's head sticking out of the wall. However, the skull had been removed and there was a piece of magic crystal in the head that was emitting light.
As for some of the carvings, it was as if a hand had reached out from the wall. The carvings were extremely lifelike, and the hand seemed to be desperately trying to grasp something. The fingers struggled, and even the lines on the carvings were extremely delicate. In the palm of the hand, there was a glowing gem.
There were also sculptures in all kinds of strange shapes. For example, there were sculptures that looked like a normal human. Half of the body was inside the wall and the other half was outside. However, half of the body was flesh and the other half was a skeleton! There were also sculptures that looked like a woman's face. Half of the face was delicate and pretty while the other half was full of scars. It was terrifying! The lights were designed in the eyeballs of the woman's face!
Along the way, the sculptures of the lamps on the road became more and more strange. However, each one was more cruel and terrifying than the last. Looking at them one by one, they were filled with a sense of cruelty that made one's hair stand on end.
Du Wei was puzzled. Did Aragon have a mental problem? Why did he make these sculptures?!
Du Wei sighed. He tried his best not to look at the horrible sculptures on the walls. If he looked at them too much, he would have nightmares at night.
However, after walking forward for a while, he suddenly saw that the ground in front of him was densely packed with sharp blades and swords!
The ground in front of him appeared to be densely packed with swords. Although they were stone sculptures, the sharp edges of the swords were extremely sharp! What was even more frightening was that this area had completely blocked off the road ahead, forming a terrain that resembled a forest of swords!
What was even more frightening was that in this section of the terrain, which was about a hundred meters long, there were many figures that seemed to be struggling on the brink of death. Although those figures were also in the shape of stone sculptures, the movements of struggling and wailing when the swords pierced through their bodies were vivid and lifelike, as if they were real people! What made Du Wei even more puzzled was … from the looks of it, those pierced sculptures were not just human beings! There were also … orcs? Elves? Dwarves? There were even some other odd-looking things.
When Du Wei saw that, he abruptly stopped in his tracks!
His face abruptly changed and he exclaimed in a low voice, "No! No! "
Du Wei took a deep breath and turned his head to look at the place they were passing by. Those ferocious-looking sculptures and the forest of swords before him.
"This place … was definitely not built by Aragon!"
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