Leon pushed the door open.
There was a short staircase at the end of which was a railing with two iron doors on both sides.
When he came to the railing and looked down, his expression froze.
People!
It was densely packed with people!
The underground wine cellar was packed with people!
They were all wearing rags. Judging from the unique patterns on the rags, they were probably servants' clothes when they were still intact.
Some of them were female servants. Angor could still see that they were wearing maid dresses. However, most of them were completely naked. Their white bodies were very eye-catching.
Even so, they did not look charming at all.
They were all bony. Only a thin layer of skin covered their bones. Angor looked at them as if they were in the dungeon of the harshest slave owner in the world.
The stench, the horror, and the fear.
At first, these people moved very slowly and made all kinds of strange postures with dull expressions. However, when Angor and the others entered, they all looked up at the high platform, perhaps because they smelled "human".
When they saw Angor and the others …
In an instant, the look in their eyes changed!
From lifelessness to madness, from grayish-white to scarlet, his expression also changed from dull to excited and crazy, like a beast that had been starved for an entire winter and was crazily looking at food after waking up.
Pairs of glowing red eyes stared at Angor and the others in the dark. It was as if Angor had just entered a dark cave and saw a group of bats waiting for blood.
Before Angor could take a closer look at their faces, screams, roars, and eerie laughter were all mixed together. Pairs of skinny hands reached out and pointed at Angor's group, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
They looked like crazy believers who were dancing to worship an evil god.
"Blood! Blood! Give me blood!" "The smell of living people! Heeheehee!" "Kill them! Kill them!"
Everyone moved and tried to squeeze forward. However, the iron doors on both sides of the platform were locked. They could only hit the door lock with all their might.
The people at the back didn't know the situation at the front and continued to press upwards, causing the sound of bones breaking to be heard.
Some of the crazier ones even attacked the people around them.
He saw several severed limbs being tossed into the air. Blood gushed out from the bodies like fountains. Their eyes glowed red, which made them look even scarier.
"They're all servants of the manor. But the incident half a month ago caused them to be corroded by the red light, and they became like this. " Lyon's eyes were filled with pity. These people were basically servants who had served the manor all their lives. Some of them had watched them grow up, and some of them were the brothers' playmates since they were young. But now, they had all turned into such a horrible state.
"I was the one who put the food on the ground in there. I come here once a day, but none of them ate it. Not even blood. They seem to only react to human blood, but where am I going to get human blood? "Leon said," They haven't eaten anything for half a month. They're so hungry that they're just skin and bones. However, the strange thing is that they are all still alive. Even those who have lost an arm or a leg are still alive. "
"They only get excited when they see living people. They're like ghouls in the legends.
"They're neither human nor ghouls." Leon's eyes were filled with tears. He sobbed as he said, "Sometimes, I really want to set them on fire. But there's still hope as long as they're alive."
Leon looked at Angor. "Do you know how to save them, Angor?"
Angor looked at the writhing people on the ground. He tried his best to remove all external emotions and carefully observed them.
Judging from their nimble movements, Angor thought they were still alive. But that was not the case. Their bodily functions had all stopped. They were basically dead people.
But strangely, they did not rot. There seemed to be some kind of energy in their brains that was protecting their last bit of life.
Leon seemed to have realized something when Angor remained silent for a while. "So … they're hopeless?"
Angor also looked sad. He really did not know how to save them. Angor could only look at Sunders for help. Sunders was standing aside with his eyes blinking as if he was thinking about something and did not notice Angor's look.
"Mister Red Hair, do you have a way?" Angor considered.
Leon shook his head. "Professor Thewis told me that saving them is the same as killing them."
Leon did not know what that meant. He thought Sunders was saying that it was better to give them a quick death than to save them.
"Thewis is right. Saving them is the same as killing them," said Sunders. Sunders finally spoke up. He took out his cane and pointed it at the air. A strange ripple spread across the area. In the next second, the crowd in the underground wine cellar suddenly quieted down.
"They're still alive because of the mysterious power of the crimson crown in their brains. If you want to wake them up, you have to get rid of the power. But once you do that, they'll lose their vitality and die immediately. " Sunders paused. "They will die eventually. Either they die by expelling the power now, or they wait until the power that keeps them alive disappears on its own. It's only a matter of time. In the end, they can't escape death."
Sunders' words were like a death notice to these people.
As the Viscount of Grue Town, he was unable to save his own people, the people who had grown up with him. No one could understand the pain of that.
Sunders did not really care about these people's lives. He began to think about the effect of the crimson crown. "So, the mysterious power in their brains is the truth."
Sunders looked at Angor. "Maybe you'll end up like them if you're dragged into the Abyss of Corruption."
He closed his eyes and tried his best to calm down. "So, the Crimson Crown's only effect is to drive them crazy?"
He paused and added, "Irreversible madness."
Sunders shook his head. "If you want to know, you'll need to do an experiment to measure the energy. However, the mysterious power is very difficult to measure, and I can't be sure of the final result. It's best if you can get more information. "
Sunders looked at Leon, who was still grieving. "Do you remember how they reacted when they were invaded by the red light?"
Leon answered in a dull tone. "Just like now, they would go crazy whenever they see a living person. But they wouldn't stay quiet. They would go crazy even if there was no one around. Maybe they stayed in the wine cellar for too long, so they slowly became quiet. "
"They became quiet because of the self-sustaining nature of the mysterious power. When they can't replenish their energy, they'll try to reduce their energy consumption. That's a common characteristic of certain types of energy. Is there anything else?"
"No …" Leon shook his head. But he quickly realized something else. "Wait, there's something else. They'll follow Lady Eureka wherever she goes, just like her servants. "
Sunders' eyes flickered when he heard Leon's words.
"Puppeteering?"
Sunders recalled that the royal court of Goman Kingdom had always been loyal to its ruler. No matter how ruthless the Goman King was, the royal court never disobeyed his orders. Could it be that the Crimson Crown had turned them into puppets?
But a real puppet was easy to detect, just like the one in Zslade's antique shop. Even if it had a human soul, Sunders could still see through it easily. Maybe the Crimson Crown didn't just turn people into puppets.
Was it something like a soul imprint?
"But if that's the case, why is Eureka affected as well?"
"There's a magic array called 'Bloodline Retrace' on the Crimson Crown. As far as I know, it's still working. Which means Eureka isn't the real owner of the crown. "
But Sunders was still confused. Eureka wasn't the owner, but she was the user. Why would she use the crown on Sunders when she knew how dangerous it was?
"I guess I need to get some answers from Thewis," said Sunders.
Sunders didn't say anything else. Angor turned his attention to Leon, who was still staring at him blankly.
He looked down at the silent crowd. They were as thin as skeletons, but he still recognized some familiar faces from their silhouettes.
He saw Gardener Glen, who was the closest to his mother when she was alive, Doctor Dink, who had learned Earth medicine from Jon, and Swatch, the female knight of the Middle Court who had taught Lyon knightly skills, as well as the shepherd Frando, who had grown up with the two brothers.
Every familiar face tugged at Angor's heartstrings.
He closed his eyes and breathed heavily, trying to suppress the discomfort in his heart with the rhythm of his breathing.
A while later, Angor opened his eyes and looked at his brother.
"Is Professor Jon alright?"
Leon nodded blankly. "Jon was protected by the barrier set up by Master Thewis. Subi was guarding beside him, so he wasn't affected."
"What about Auri and Head Maid Mana?"
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