Section 3507 Rules and Sacrifices

"It's not just me and Bubble, it's the same for everyone else in the castle. As long as they can keep playing the role and fit the character of the role, the corresponding sacrifice will be born."

"As for the sacrifices I saw, there are maids' apples, butlers' letters, chefs' peas... and so on."

These sacrifices were all seen by Edward himself, and there must be more sacrifices in places he couldn't see.

"Moreover, as long as these sacrifices appear in our hands, their ownership belongs to us."

Edward specifically mentioned "ownership" because once the sacrifice belongs to them, they have absolute control; if outsiders use the sacrifice, it is equivalent to using something with an owner, and they need to pay a certain price.

The first choice of price here is soul coins.

But outsiders generally don't have soul coins, which are only available in the ritual world.

So, outsiders can only pay the second choice price: that is their own body.

Why did Hilda activate the soul transfer ritual and fall into the castle? It was because she used Edward's owned thing and couldn't pay the price, so she paid with her body.

Hearing this, everyone also sorted out the relationship between the sacrifice and the role.

Role-playing can attract the birth of sacrifices, and once the sacrifice appears in the hands of the character, the character has the dominant power, which can be used to attract or lure outsiders to use it to escape.

"So it seems that the reason why each character in the Knight's Castle needs to conform to the personality is for the sacrifice... What a strange rule." It was Luigi who spoke. After listening to Edward's story, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Rules..." Gleipnir muttered in a low voice, and suddenly seemed to think of something, looking at Luigi: "You are right, this is indeed a rule, similar to the rule ability of the Dark Mirror Domain!"

Luigi: "Ah?"

He just sighed, and didn't say it was that kind of rule... But seeing Gleipnir's eyes shining, Luigi scratched his temples: Well, it was indeed what I said.

Gleipnir didn't notice Luigi's expression, she looked at Angel: "Do you still remember the three oracles of the Unfallen King City?"

Angel nodded blankly. Although he didn't know why Gleipnir suddenly asked him, he did remember the strange rules of the Never Falling Royal City.

The Never Falling Royal City has eighteen decrees, six forbidden actions, and three oracles.

According to Laplace's previous explanation, these are actually the power derived from the rules. And this special rule ability comes from the Dark Mirror Domain.

The six forbidden actions are six things that cannot be done.

And the three oracles are three behaviors that you can get rewards as long as you do them.

For example, the first oracle of the three oracles: Every evening, chant the prayer of the gods in the inner city square of the Never Falling Royal City, and you can get a 24-hour spiritual effect.

This spiritual effect is the reward brought by the oracle.

Its source is unknown, but no matter who you are, as long as you act according to the rules, you will definitely get the corresponding benefits.

This is a form of rule power, very idealistic, but it exists.

Angel stroked his chin, squinted his eyes and pondered: "So, the Knight Castle seems to really have a bit of rule flavor."

Take the first oracle of the Never Falling Royal City for comparison.

"Time: Every evening."

"Location: The inner city square of the Unfallen Royal City."

"Behavior: Chanting prayers."

"Reward: 24-hour spiritual effect."

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"Time: Every moment."

"Location: Within the scope of the Knight Castle."

"Behavior: Role-playing."

"Reward: Sacrifice."

Compared like this, the two are actually very similar. As long as you follow the rules, you can get rewards.

The only difference is: if you don't do the first oracle of the Unfallen Royal City, there will be no punishment.

But in the Knight Castle, if you don't do role-playing, you will be punished by weakening your soul or even dissipating your soul.

This is actually not difficult to understand.

After all, the reward for the first oracle is not that good, and there is a time limit, so it is normal that there is no punishment. Moreover, don't forget that in addition to the "three major oracles" in the Unfallen Royal City, there are also "six major forbidden actions". Perhaps the punishment has been incorporated into the six major forbidden actions, regulating your behavior, which is also a punishment.

The rules in the Knight Castle are real benefits. Once the sacrifice appears, it will belong to you forever, and many sacrifices have incredible power and are extremely precious.

You have to pay a higher price to get these sacrifices out of thin air.

So, it is understandable that there are some differences between the two.

After making the comparison, even Butler Fan, who has not spoken much, couldn't help but nod and said: "It does have the flavor of the rules in the Dark Mirror Domain, and the rules of the Knight Castle may be more than this one. Including the soul transfer ceremony, it may also be included in the rules."

Butler Fan's words made everyone immediately think of a new rule.

"Time: After the arrival of the outsider."

"Location: Within the scope of the Knight Castle."

"Behavior: Take the owner's things."

"Harvest: Sacrifice."

"Cost: Pay soul coins; if there are no soul coins, the soul transfer ceremony will be activated."

This is indeed like the evolution of the rules.

In this way, the reason why the Knight Castle has many strange rules and makes Edward feel very strange may be the reason behind the manifestation of the rules.

When everyone was gradually convinced by the "rules" and believed it, Angel suddenly said: "Although I also think it is a rule in my heart, but if it is really a rule, then why can Hilda take the castle hall?" What about the sacrifices inside, but there is no price for triggering the rules?”

Hilda used Edward's dressing mirror without permission, thus triggering the price and falling into the castle.

But before that, Siluda searched many sacrifices in the hall.

Previously, they thought that it was because the Ghost Rider and the servants were in two camps, and the Ghost Rider was more "good", so Hilda would not activate the spirit transformation ritual even if she took the sacrifice.

But now if everything is pushed to the "rules", then one code will be the same.

The first rule is that it cannot be based on human feelings.

Now that we have seen the rules, the sacrifices Siluda obtained, whether they were in the hall of the castle or in the black forest outside the castle, actually belonged to the Ghost Rider.

——Because the Ghost Rider is the owner of the castle and the secret place. He has the right to own and control everything in the secret place.

In this case, why didn't Hilda pay for triggering the rules when taking these sacrifices?

Faced with Angel's question, everyone fell silent.

Because this is indeed the case. Once the rule is accepted, how should these "exceptions" be counted?

Everyone pondered for a while, but no one spoke. Finally, Laplace was the first to break the quiet air and replied: "Three possibilities. First, the Ghost Rider is the master of the secret place. He has the highest authority and can Use discretion over the rules.”

"Second, the Ghost Rider is not the owner of the castle. He is an 'outsider' just like you just said. The castle items that Hilda got are actually ownerless, so they are not subject to "Rule restrictions."

"Third, there are other rules in the Knight's Castle. This rule is related to the Ghost Rider. And the priority of this rule is higher than other rules. The reason why Siluda did not trigger the backlash of the rules is because she Entering the rules of Ghost Rider, she can take sacrifices without paying any price."

Laplace roughly summarized three possibilities, but no one knows which one they are.

Angel looked at Edward: "What do you think is the possibility?"

Edward scratched his head: "I don't know either, but I can confirm that the second possibility is wrong. The Ghost Rider is indeed the owner of the castle."

The reason why Edward was so sure was because of the moment he entered the castle and got his role.

A lot of information came to his mind.

This information includes the rules of the castle, character design, behavioral etiquette, etc. There is also a clear mention of "class". At the top of the class is the Ghost Rider.

Ghost Rider is the Lord of the Castle, unmistakably.

Although Edward didn't give an answer, he helped rule out one possibility. Of the remaining two possibilities, which one is true?

As far as Angel is concerned, both scenarios are possible.

It is even possible that the two situations are parallel. Ghost Rider not only has the highest authority, but it also has some hidden rules.

As for the specific concealment rules, perhaps we can only know after Granny Longcrow comes into contact with Ghost Rider.

This question can only be suppressed for the time being.

Angel: "Actually, apart from this matter, there is another question that I can't figure out."

Everyone looked at Angel and Laplace: "What's the problem?"

Suspicion flashed in Angel's eyes, and he murmured in a low voice: "Why is it a sacrifice?"

Luigi was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Angel did not answer, but frowned, seeming to be thinking.

At this time, Gleipnir beside him also said: "Actually, I also think that the appearance of this sacrifice is a bit strange."

"Is the function of the sacrifice in the Knight's Castle just to test whether the character is in the play?"

Because according to Edward, the appearance of sacrifices not only shows that his character creation is very successful, but also can deceive outsiders.

Other than that, the sacrifices don't seem to have any effect.

It seems that its existence value is simply to deceive people.

What’s the point of going through so much trouble to create this, but failing to play the actual role of the sacrifice?

And it looks very wrong at first glance.

Angel looked at Edward: "After the sacrifices appeared, did anyone use them? Will the Ghost Rider recycle these sacrifices?"

Edward thought about it carefully: "The Ghost Rider did not come to collect the sacrifices in our hands, and I have not seen anyone use these sacrifices. But..."

Edward paused, seeming to be remembering something.

After a long time, Edward said: "Those ownerless sacrifices in the forest seem to be taken away by others every once in a while."

Because of the character design, most people will be trapped in the castle, and it is basically difficult to leave.

Edward is an exception because he is a makeup and hair stylist and needs to make cosmetics frequently. Some of the raw materials for these cosmetics, including dyes for hair dye, come from outside, such as extracting them from some plants in the forest.

Therefore, Edward could occasionally leave the castle and pick plants in the forest. This fits his character.

Therefore, Edward is one of the few people in the Knight's Castle who can come into contact with the unclaimed sacrifices in the Black Forest.

"Due to role-playing, most of the sacrifices will be refreshed in our hands, but occasionally they will be refreshed outside the castle and become ownerless sacrifices. Although this situation is rare, due to the accumulation over the years, and the fact that most people cannot leave the castle, there are actually quite a lot of ownerless sacrifices in the forest."

"However, because these sacrifices are not refreshed in our hands, the ownership does not belong to me, so even if I encounter an ownerless sacrifice outside, I generally won't touch it."

For Edward, the biggest role of sacrifices is to lure outsiders in order to seek their own freedom.

Because the ownerless sacrifices have no ownership, they can't trick outsiders, so even if he can go out, he won't pick these sacrifices.

"Although I don't pick these sacrifices, I found that the sacrifices in the forest occasionally disappear."

"For example, once when I went out, I encountered a sacrifice..."

It was a dead man's rope hanging on the treetop.

The dead man's rope refers to the rope that the hanged man strangled his neck before his death.

At that time, Edward went out to pick plants and extract dyes; he saw this dead man's rope, which exuded a faint glow and was obviously a rope-like sacrifice.

Although Edward did not know much about ritual studies, he could guess that this kind of dead man's rope was probably generally used in rituals related to souls and death.

He was not interested anyway, and it would not be possible to induce outsiders if he took it back, so he took a look and left.

About half a month later, the spoiled Miss Bubble wanted to change her wig to a new color. So Edward went to the forest to look for dyes with big bags and small bags again.

When he passed the tree again, he found that the dead man's rope was gone.

The sacrifice could not disappear by itself, and someone must have taken it away.

But Edward was very sure that no one had left the Knight Castle in the open in the past half month.

There should be no one in secret, after all, everyone had to maintain their own character settings and could not do something against the will.

And in the past half month, no one from the outside world came to the secret place through the window, so who took this dead man's rope?

But at that time, Edward's mind was all on the dye, and he didn't care too much about this matter.

After returning to the castle, at night, when his thoughts flowed, the more he recalled, the more he felt something was wrong.

He regretted not going around the tree to see if there were any footprints. If there were footprints, perhaps he could follow the footprints and find some clues.

That night, Edward also thought about "hinting" Bubble the next day and asking her to tell him to find the dye again.

But things don't always go as planned. When Edward woke up the next day, it was raining outside.

Rain would cover all traces.

Now it would be difficult to find footprints even if he went out.

However, because of this incident, Edward also paid attention to the ownerless sacrifices in the forest.

Every time he went to the forest, he would secretly record the style and location of these ownerless sacrifices in his heart. When he saw them again next time, he would compare them to see if there were any changes.

As a result, he really found that sacrifices occasionally disappeared in the forest.

Some offerings of flowers and plants can be excused as being eaten by wild animals in the forest, or buried by a rain or snow; but offerings like the rope of a dead person are difficult to be destroyed by normal natural phenomena, wild animals and insects.

In particular, Edward once found that a tombstone-style offering in the forest had disappeared.

There was only a mud puddle left in the place.

There is no doubt that this is absolutely man-made!