Chapter 57
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"When the door fell, all the guards were evacuated." Vivian pointed at the last line of the runes. "This sentence is also written in runes. That's weird."
It was the first time Hao Ren came across such an ancient and mysterious thing. He was immersed in a Hollywood blockbuster. His mind was still in a daze. He asked, "What's wrong with that? Maybe the person who wrote it has OCD. You asked him to insert a line of English below a long paragraph of runes. Plus, you can't understand the English he wrote. "
Vivian rolled her eyes at Hao Ren. "Do you think a water and electricity bill notice would be written in ancient Latin? Who can understand it? Letta Runes were complex and ever-changing. Even during the learning process, it would cause a mental impact on the learner. Most people could not master it. Only the demon hunters and the ascetics, who had trained their nerves to be as hard as stone, could withstand it. It's said that Letta runes are written for the elves of heaven and earth and the gods of another dimension. So, under normal circumstances, no one would write these runes for ordinary people to read, let alone leave a message as if it was a normal text. "
"What if the guards aren't ordinary people?" Lily suddenly interrupted.
Vivian looked at the werewolf maiden in surprise. "Hey, Doggie, you're pretty smart!"
When Hao Ren heard that the guards weren't ordinary people, he felt goosebumps all over his body. He looked around the tunnel nervously and gulped. "Using demon hunters as guards? Could this castle be the headquarters of the demon hunters? "
"The demon hunters don't have a headquarters. They are scattered all over the world. How they communicate with each other has always been a mystery. However, this Yorkford territory used to have a large group of demon hunters," Vivian said as she floated in the air. She studied the runes and pictures on the stone wall. "Look at these lines. They were carved in a very rigorous and complicated way. The order and arrangement of the writing made the three sets of runes work at the same time. It's a very clever technique. This Yorkford lord is definitely not an ordinary noble. Most likely … he's a demon hunter who has integrated with the human race. I've seen such things before."
Lily was also an "alien", but her knowledge was about the same as Hao Ren's. She was also puzzled. She scratched the hard stone wall and said impatiently, "Old woman, can you stop showing off the old stuff? Just tell me what it's for."
Vivian's voice suddenly went up an octave. The cold wind with the smell of blood suddenly hit them. "Who are you calling an old woman?!"
Hao Ren quickly dragged the werewolf maiden aside. "Don't bother with her. You're the eternal 17-year-old beauty of the Blood Clan. Let's get down to business."
"You can protect her all the time," Vivian snorted in disdain. She slowly landed next to Hao Ren. "The runes are all about suppression. There's nothing offensive about it. It should be a purely defensive layer. The third row of runes states that the underground part of the castle is to suppress the 'source of all evil' forever. Without the power of the Yorkford bloodline, one cannot open the wall. Otherwise, one will be cursed by the evil spirit in the underground palace, and …"
Before Vivian could finish her sentence, a low rumbling sound suddenly came from somewhere and echoed throughout the underground palace. Then, the ground under their feet began to shake. The shaking grew stronger and the stone walls around them made a terrible screeching sound. Dust and gravel fell from the ceiling of the underground palace. Hao Ren staggered under the increasingly violent shaking. The first thing that came to his mind was: an earthquake! He was standing in a severely dilapidated underground palace. There was a high chance that he was going to die!
The rumbling sound became louder and louder. After a few seconds, it reached an unbearable level like muffled thunder. Just when Hao Ren was about to close his eyes and recall his life, everything stopped.
The "earthquake" stopped and the strange sound disappeared. Only the dust in the air and the gravel falling from the ceiling of the underground palace proved that everything that happened just now was not an illusion. Vivian floated into the air the moment the shaking started. She was graceful and unharmed throughout the whole process. Lily, on the other hand, protected herself like a canine when the shaking started. She lay on the ground and covered her head with both hands. She was shivering from head to tail. When the shaking stopped, Lily got up embarrassedly and giggled at Hao Ren and Vivian. "Was that an earthquake?"
Hao Ren was still in shock. Vivian had a strange look on her face. "No … it's not an earthquake! It's something under the castle! "
"Angus said that this passageway was clear before!" Hao Ren was not stupid. He reacted immediately. "This stone wall just appeared!"
"It's very likely that the seal under the castle has loosened. That's why the stone door was activated!" Vivian pulled Hao Ren and ran towards the exit of the tunnel. "Let's go, this … huh?"
The passageway behind them was no longer there. In front of them was a thick stone wall. It looked even stronger than the rune-covered stone wall!
"When did this thing appear?!" Hao Ren was shocked. He ran up and knocked on the stone wall twice to confirm that it was not an illusion. "Why is there no movement?"
"It's a trick of the demon hunters. They're the best at setting these bastard traps!" Vivian's eyes glowed red. Her voice was full of anger. She waved her hands forward and two crisscrossed crimson shockwaves hit the thick black stone wall. However, the shockwaves that could shatter any metal and stone only left a scratch on the black stone wall. It was not enough to destroy the entire stone wall. "Bastard, even the stone is enchanted … We're trapped!"
This time, Lily did not need to be urged. She took the initiative and tried to break the stone wall. However, even after scratching and head-butting, the stone wall was still as stable as a mountain. The werewolf maiden fell to the ground. "Sob, I don't want to die yet … I haven't even dated anyone … I'm just a little wolf cub …"
Hao Ren was already drenched in cold sweat. However, when he saw Lily's reaction, he could not care less about his own anxiety. The werewolf maiden could not bear to look at her. He reached out and helped Lily up. As he cheered her on, he looked around and said, "Calm down. Don't panic. Let's see if we can get out of here."
At this time, another strange sound came from the crypt. A strange clanking sound came from behind the two walls of the tunnel. It seemed that there was another space around the tunnel. Vivian initially wanted to break the walls on both sides of the tunnel but she quickly retracted her hands. "The walls on both sides are not enchanted. Do you dare to go out?"
The clanking sound was getting louder and louder. Hao Ren could clearly hear the sound of something hard scraping against the rock behind the wall closest to him. "Something" had sensed the three intruders in the tunnel and was trying to get in!
The escape route was blocked by indestructible boulders. Just by listening to the sounds behind the two walls, one could tell that it was a dead end. Hao Ren finally set his eyes on the stone wall with runes. "Can that thing be opened?"
Vivian rushed over and knocked on the stone wall. Then, she put her ear on it and listened. "It's not thick and there doesn't seem to be anything on the other side. But are you sure you want to break it open? It could be the last seal of the crypt. "
Upon hearing this, Hao Ren suddenly hesitated. He did not want to die, but he was not stupid enough to lose his mind in such a critical moment. Besides, many stories told him that breaking the seal in a place with such a long history of demonic suppression was definitely a silly thing to do. There were many sequels of movies and TV series that started from the moment a silly person broke the seal...
"I suggest you break that door." Just as Hao Ren was hesitating, the voice of the MDT suddenly rang in his mind. "The radar scan shows that there are other passageways leading to the surface behind that door. The crypt is not completely sealed. Don't worry about breaking the seal. This place has not been repaired for hundreds of years. The sealing stone doors everywhere are already broken. This is the only passageway that has been successfully sealed. You're so unlucky, I'm so sad..."
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