The man who claimed to be the seigneur was surrounded by the crowd. He shrunk his neck as he sat on a broken chair. His face was full of fear and vigilance. Instinctively, he grabbed his lapel with his hand and looked at Hao Ren and Vivian. "Who are you?"
"We are from the outside. You don't have to know who we are." Vivian stood in front of Heimerwin with her arms crossed. She looked down at the cowering man. "You are the seigneur here? Do you know what happened here? "
"Since you know that I am the seigneur, you should be humble!" Heimerwin tried to maintain his aristocratic demeanor. He raised his voice but quickly returned to his uneasy state. "I don't know, I don't know anything. Get out of here! You are not welcome here! "
His next words basically meant that this was the Lord's mansion, and he did not welcome any random intruders. Even though he was in a state of chaos and unease, the man still tried to show his position as a noble. Of course, no one on Hao Ren's side fell for it. When Heimerwin was getting more and more agitated, Kassandra suddenly put her hand on his shoulder and bowed gracefully. "Please calm down, we have more people here."
This was the habit of this unique vampire. She always behaved like a noblewoman and spoke hooligan words. Hao Ren had only known her for two days, and he had already gotten used to it.
But Heimerwin was not used to it. He was stunned for a moment and did not understand what she meant. No one had ever dared to speak to him like this before. "You're bandits?!" The Count exclaimed in surprise after he realized what was going on.
Kassandra maintained her elegant smile and explained softly, "We are not robbers. But if you don't cooperate, I will kill you."
Everyone was speechless.
No matter what Kassandra's personality problem was, her words were effective. Heimerwin finally understood the situation and began to cooperate. He crouched timidly in his chair, and though he spoke with the queer haughtiness of the old aristocracy, there was nothing in his demeanour befitting his station. Faced with Hao Ren and Vivian's questions, he only repeated a few sentences. "I don't know … I don't know what happened here. I was sleeping upstairs, and you woke me up. Where are my servants and butler?"
"It seems that there is something wrong with his memory," Hao Ren muttered to Vivian helplessly. "He doesn't even know that the town has been destroyed. Does this man's memory stop before the mutation happened?"
Vivian nodded and frowned at Heimerwin. "What's the last thing you remember?"
"I finished checking the warehouse, ate in the long hall, and then went back to rest," Heimerwin said, looking up quickly at the center of the long hall. He pointed to the long oak table that had been completely covered with black dust. "That's where I ate. But why is it so dirty?"
Lily asked, "Wasn't it like this before you 'slept'?"
"Of course not," said Heimerwin, puffing out his chest with dignity. "It is a handsome house, and my servants will keep it clean, and make it fit for me. But now … where are my servants? "
"If I'm not mistaken, they are long dead," Hessiana said casually, fiddling with her vampire whip. "It happened hundreds of years ago. The gate is over there. You can go and have a look. "
Heimerwin looked at Hessiana in confusion. Turcan and Kassandra then dragged him to the gate of the mansion. When he saw the abandoned town, he was completely stunned. Then he grabbed his hair hysterically. "Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! "
Hao Ren and the others looked at the gate from afar. Nangong Wuyue poked Nangong Sanba's arm with the tip of her tail. "Brother, what do you think is going on with this man?"
"Maybe … a kind of ghost," Nangong Sanba was also a little uncertain. "I've never seen this type of ghost. It metamorphoses from the ashes and has a physical body. Look at his feet. There are footprints and shadows, which means that he has weight and a physical body."
Hessiana smiled and looked at the only demon hunter on the scene. "Expert, can you analyze the cause?" she asked in a teasing tone.
"Perhaps the ashes in the mysterious realm have reassembled into his body under the power of magic. Some necromancy rituals can produce a similar effect. But unless we do a series of detailed tests on this soul, I can't tell how he formed."
"Don't be like that. It's not easy to find someone who can ask about the situation. Don't make him lose his soul." Hao Ren waved his hand. "And we have no quarrel with him. But you said that a necromancy ritual can produce a similar undead creature … Does this mean that this' lord 'has been consciously transformed into this? "
Nangong Sanba looked up at Heimerwin, who was following behind Turcan dejectedly. "The crux of the problem is that he seems to know nothing about his transformation. I initially suspected that he became like this in order to become immortal. But if he doesn't know, then the transformation is meaningless."
"Maybe he's lying." Lily curled her lips. "Maybe he turned the entire town's residents into sacrifices to transform into this state of immortality. He's afraid that we'll kill him in the name of justice if he tells the truth."
Turcan half-supported and half-dragged Heimerwin back to the chair. He grabbed his hair and muttered to himself, "My God … What the hell happened … What the hell is this cursed scene …"
Hessiana lifted the man's chin with her long whip and said impatiently, "Don't be such a loser. You are still a noble. Calm down. As you can see, the town has been destroyed. Whether you believe it or not, the town was destroyed at least a few hundred years ago. All the residents here are missing. They must be dead. As for you … Tsk, you probably guessed it yourself. You are dead too. Now you are a ghost. "
Unexpectedly, Heimerwin did not react much. Perhaps he had lost his ability to respond. He just stared blankly at Hessiana for a long time before he asked, "Why?"
"Some powerful black magic. That's the only explanation," Nangong Sanba said from the side. "We are exorcists from a few hundred years in the future, probably equivalent to the clerics and ghost hunters of your era. We found this banished town, and you are the only one who can speak. Do you know who cast a spell on the town?"
"Black magic?" Heimerwin repeated the word blankly. Suddenly, he shuddered as if he remembered something terrible. "The devil! The devil! I remember now, there is a devil lurking here! I was bewitched by him, I was … Oh my God, what have I done … "
The terrified man became hysterical again and shrank back as if the demon he was talking about was coming in through the door. Hessiana knocked on the man's forehead with her whip, and a dark red rune of a blood curse imprinted on the man's forehead. "Calm down. Is the demon you are talking about a wizard? Did he disguise himself as a scholar and lurk around you? "
"Scholar … scholar!" Heimerwin waved his arms violently. "It's him, it's him! The monster who sold his soul to hell, he deceived me, I was deceived, I was — "
"The wizard should be dead," Vivian interrupted. "It is said that he was killed by the demon hunters."
Heimerwin's face showed a strange look of surprise, and then a trace of relief flashed across his eyes. Hessiana took the opportunity to ask, "Do you know where the wizard is hiding? His black magic lab and his magic books, do you know where they are? "
"Yes, I know!" Heimerwin jumped up from his chair. "He doesn't live here. He is a loner. He lives in an old house at the back of the town, not far from here. Let me take you there, let me take you there!"
Heimerwin waved his arms nervously and then strode to the door. Hao Ren and the rest immediately followed.
With Heimerwin leading the way, they left the seigneur's mansion and continued to run along a path behind the mansion toward the end of the town.
Finally, a thick fog blocked their way.
(I'm a little tired these days. Updates are quite late. If it's too late, don't wait for me. That means I have already typed GG.)
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