Under Luigi's puzzled gaze, Angor walked to the tile where Luigi was sitting, took out his cane, and gently tapped it on the ground.
A clear "Dong Dong" sound was heard.
Every time Angor used the cane to hit a tile or wall, he would get a dull sound, which meant the tile was solid. But this time, he heard a clear "dong" sound, which meant there was probably a hidden space under the tile.
It seemed that he had been blinded before.
Angor complained to himself. Without any hesitation, he placed the sharp end of the cane on the edge of the tile and carefully pried it up.
The floor tiles were successfully flipped open, revealing the dark space underneath.
It wasn't big, only about half a square meter.
And in the space under the floor tiles, there was nothing but a tattered thread-bound notebook.
Angor picked up the notebook. There were no words on the cover, but it was definitely Xiao Ke's diary.
"Oh, Xiao Ke's diary is here?" Luigi rubbed his chin. "It's well hidden. Were you looking for it?"
"Well, I don't know if it's well hidden or not. But I'm sure it was warm when you sat on it. "
Luigi didn't know what to say.
Luigi moved closer to Angor. "You said you had something to do? Just to read this? I heard from someone who read the diary that there's nothing special about it. "
Angor did not listen to Luigi's words. Instead, he read the articles one by one.
Not a single page of the diary was long.
It made sense. Xiao Ke was unfortunate enough to fall into the Ghost's Domain. It was already good enough for him to write down a sentence or two in his panic.
Angor finished reading the entire diary in less than five minutes.
Most of it described what happened to Xiao Ke after he came to the Ghost's Domain. However, according to Xiao Ke's description, the first ten entries were added after Xiao Ke came to the secret room. They weren't written on the spot. Instead, they were written in flashbacks.
There were 13 entries in total. The first ten were about Xiao Ke's experiences after he came to the Ghost's Domain. The last three chapters were about Xiao Ke's mental journey after he found the secret room and confirmed that there was no hope of escaping, as well as some of his last words.
There was nothing special in the last three chapters. His last words were the same as Luigi's, but the main point was this sentence:
I can already hear the laughter of those evil ghosts outside the door of the secret room, and I can even hear footsteps … If one minute can be used as a year, no, even if it's just a month, a day, or even half an hour, I'm willing to give up everything … He's here … "
This sentence revealed the secret behind the birth of the Haunted House.
Therefore, be it Barregon, Luigi, or others who had experienced the Haunted House, they paid more attention to the last three entries.
However, after reading the entire diary, he was more interested in the first ten entries.
Before reading Shawk's diary, he only knew the general story. A human named Shawk accidentally came to Ghost's Domain. Faced with the endless pursuit of the Mirror Ghosts, he panicked and fled into a pitch-black underground secret room.
This background story seemed to have happened very quickly. It made people think that Xiao Ke had found the underground secret room not long after entering the Mirror Domain.
However, after reading the diary, Angor realized that the truth was not so simple.
After Xiao Ke arrived at the hidden chamber, he had added ten entries. This meant that after Xiao Ke fell into the Mirror Realm, he had spent ten days before he found the hidden chamber.
Of course, Angor doubted that Shawk actually spent ten days in Ghost's Domain. After all, there was no way to keep track of time in Ghost's Domain. Unless Shawk had something like a pocket watch on him.
Angor didn't know if Shawk had something like that. But since Shawk added ten entries, Angor would assume that Shawk spent ten days in Ghost's Domain.
Imagine a mortal who fell into Ghost's Domain and had to face countless Mirror Ghosts. How could he survive?
Angor couldn't think of an answer.
Even a supernatural who fell into Ghost's Domain might not be able to survive, let alone a mortal.
But Shawk spent ten days in Ghost's Domain as a mortal, which confused Angor a lot.
The reason why he was certain that Xiao Ke was a normal person was because in the first ten entries, Xiao Ke had repeatedly gone looking for food and water. A supernatural wouldn't care about food in such a situation.
In summary, the contents of the first ten entries went like this: "I'm going to be found, I'm not found, I'm lucky, I think I can eat it, keep running, I found a building, there's something to drink, ah! There's a ghost inside, keep running. "
The entries were complicated and repetitive. Angor couldn't see anything special about them, so it wasn't strange that Barregon and the others ignored them.
But Angor was still puzzled.
For some reason, he had a feeling that the mirror ghosts were 'blind'.
Shawk was just a mortal. How could those ghosts ignore him? It wasn't that they completely ignored Shawk. The Mirror Ghosts would still try to capture Shawk, but Shawk always managed to escape.
Angor couldn't understand it.
Countless books had similar records. No matter how brave a warrior was, they would be powerless in the face of supernatural powers. They would be powerless to resist or escape.
Angor agreed with him.
Shawk was brave and daring, but he was just a mortal. How did he escape from the Mirror Ghosts again and again?
Angor looked at Luigi. "Have you ever thought about how Xiao Ke managed to escape from the mirror monster time and time again? That's unbelievable."
Luigi nodded. "Yes, but it's not a big deal. Shawk's last words gave birth to a Semi-Mystery item, which means he's not an ordinary mortal."
"Who knows, maybe he has some extraordinary skills?"
Luigi meant that Shawk was just a mortal, but it was possible for mortals to have strange powers too. It was similar to the special talent recorded in novels. Perhaps Xiao Ke had the talent to avoid the Mirror Ghost?
Or maybe Shawk already had the talent of Time Delay, which helped him escape from the Mirror Ghosts again and again.
"If he did have a special talent, he could have escaped the last time. Why did he surrender?"
Luigi said, "You're right, but what if he's exhausted his talent?"
Angor shook his head. He felt that Luigi's way of thinking tended to be "self-righteous". Whenever someone set an answer in their mind, they would always think about it.
Angor wasn't completely unbiased either. He firmly believed that Shawk was just a mortal without any special talent.
If Shawk really had a talent to escape from the Mirror Ghosts, Shawk would have written it down in his diary. Since he didn't write it down, it meant he didn't.
Of course, Angor didn't have any proof. No one could tell for sure whether this was the case.
From Angor's point of view, Shawk's behavior was normal. It was the Mirror Ghosts that did something strange.
Han Sen had a strange feeling that the mirror ghost hadn't wanted to kill Xiao Ke in the first place. Otherwise, Xiao Ke wouldn't have been able to shake off the mirror ghost time and time again. He might even have been able to find food and drink to sustain his life after shaking off the mirror ghost.
But if the Mirror Ghosts didn't want to kill Shawk, then what were they after?
To force Shawk to go somewhere.
It was a guess he came up with after careful consideration.
Maybe Shawk didn't find the secret room. Instead, the Mirror Ghosts forced Shawk to come here.
As for why Shawk was forced to come here? Angor didn't know. But he did have a ridiculous and baseless idea.
To put it simply, he didn't have any proof.
Shawk's arrival in the secret room might have become some kind of ritual.
Shawk's death in the secret room might have been a sacrifice to ensure the success of the ritual.
The host of the ritual was probably the one who heard the footsteps in the last entry of Shawk's diary. That was the "he" mentioned in "he is coming".
The other Mirror Ghosts let Shawk go, but this "he" killed Shawk.
In Angor's opinion, "he" was the mastermind behind everything. "He" asked the Mirror Ghosts to let Shawk go and forced Shawk to come to the secret room.
If there really was a ritual going on, the host must be "he" at the end of the diary.
But Angor couldn't figure out what kind of ritual it was.
Maybe it was a ritual that allowed the "Mystery Item" to be born?
Or maybe it was a special ritual that failed, and the residual energy caused Shawk's Haunted House to be born?
Either way, Angor was even more confused after reading the diary.
Angor told Luigi about his idea. Luigi didn't deny it right away. Instead, he asked curiously, "Why do you think it's a ritual?"
"Because I still don't understand why there's a" finding a safe house "step. I don't think it's necessary. In Supernatural studies, any redundant link that is meaningless on the surface but cannot be eliminated has a high probability of being related to rituals. "
Luigi didn't know that the "finding a safe house" step was the real reason for Angor's suspicion. He thought Angor was just looking for trouble.
Now that Angor thought about it, Luigi didn't think the "finding a safe house" step was necessary.
"It makes sense if finding a safe house is the first step of a certain ritual."
Luigi considered for a moment. "Whether or not your idea is true, it's already over. Shawk is dead, and the Haunted House is born as a treasure. "
"Since the Haunted House is already a treasure, there's no need to think about the ritual anymore, right?"
Angor looked at Luigi. "You're right. If Shawk is dead and the ritual is over, there's no need to think about it anymore. But what if … the ritual isn't over yet? "
"If finding a safe house is really a part of the ritual, does it mean the ritual isn't over yet?"
Luigi frowned. "What do you think will happen if the ritual isn't over yet?"
Angor spread his hands. "I don't know. My guess is that there are more steps to the ritual. Finding a safe house is one of them, and the other steps haven't been revealed yet. If the ritual is completed, maybe the Haunted House will undergo new changes? "
New changes? Luigi narrowed his eyes. "You mean the Haunted House will turn from an ordinary treasure into a real Mystery item?"
"I don't know. That's one possibility. But there are other possibilities."
"Other possibilities?" Luigi was confused.
Angor shrugged. "For example, I can summon a demon god named Luigi to wreak havoc in the mortal world …"
Luigi didn't know what to say.
While joking, Angor put the diary back under the tiles.
"I don't know much about rituals. But they're usually used to summon gods," Angor said. "That's not important. It's none of our business anyway."
Angor was only interested in reading the diary because he wanted to satisfy his curiosity that had been lingering for three days.
"You just piqued my interest, and now you're stopping? You're …"
"You're playing with fire?"
Luigi: "???"
"Without that evil smile, I'll give you 60 points."
While Luigi was still confused, Angor walked to the door of the cellar.
The door was still illuminated by a rainbow light, indicating that it was related to the power of time.
Now that Luigi had learned the 'Black Sheep Confession', it was time to leave. The way to leave was also simple. According to Luigi, one could leave as long as they touched the light membrane that resembled a stream of light.
Angor reached out his hand and touched the barrier.
An invisible, mysterious aura began to swirl around him.
He didn't need to feel it to know that he could leave the Haunted House with a single thought.
That was exactly what Luigi said.
However, Mystery Charm also told him something else. Apart from using his mind to leave the Haunted House, he could also use the stairs to go to the outside world and return to the flat ground where he came from.
Angor told Luigi about this.
"That's normal. It's always been like this."
Luigi had never entered the Haunted House before, but he had heard about it from others. Using the light barrier, he could choose to leave the Haunted House or the safe house.
It sounded normal to him.
"Is it really normal to make redundant choices?"
"Redundant …" Luigi realized something. "You're saying it's part of a ritual?"
"How should I know? But you can talk to Barregon when you get out. Maybe he can find something. "
With that, he chose to "leave the haunted house" without saying anything else.
With that thought in mind, he disappeared from the cellar in the blink of an eye.
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