Chapter 470 Weird Castle
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If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have imagined that such an ancient castle would exist in the most desolate and remote place in Siberia: it is even on the verge of the Arctic Circle, but a family that was unfortunately entangled by evil spirits still relied on huge manpower and material resources. Here they built their shelter.
The shadow of a tall building appeared on the horizon. It was a strange, unknown style of black stone castle. It had a thick circular outer wall and three tall towers, but it also had an appearance that was different from the overall style. Matching bowl ceiling. The castle is surrounded by white snow, but the huge black building seems to be isolated from the surroundings and is not stained with white at all. It is not known whether the owner of the castle is good at taking care of it or some kind of supernatural force is blocking the surroundings of the castle.
Hao Ren drove closer to the castle. The closer he got, the more uncomfortable he became: the seemingly gorgeous and majestic building actually had a rather unpleasant atmosphere. Its thick exterior walls and weird ceiling were like a prison. An inexplicable monster is bound in this world of ice and snow. This is a gloomy and isolated cage - just looking at its appearance can make people feel a huge sense of dissonance.
The person who originally built this castle either had some psychological problem or was helpless due to the entanglement of evil spirits. Otherwise, it is difficult to imagine who would be willing to live in such a gloomy and terrifying place.
After driving closer, Hao Ren discovered that there were other things around the castle. The outermost circle was an ancient and thick iron fence, and the inner circle was a low stone wall. These two circles of obstacles made people feel that the fortress was not strong enough. It's like a place for people to live, but a prison for holding something. Obviously the car couldn't be driven in directly. Hao Ren slowed down and walked half a circle around the iron fence before finding a rusty gate. He pressed the horn a few times and waited for a long time before he saw a small house coming out of the house next to the inner low wall. An old servant in a brown coat came out and opened the door.
The old servant looked quite old and frail, and was severely bald. There was only a ring of messy white hair around his head that was shaking in the cold Siberian wind. His body was hunched under a coat as thick as a shell, and he took small steps to the door. He opened the fence door tremblingly a crack, looked cautiously at the strange car outside, and spoke in a thick nasal voice. :"who?"
Nangong Sanba stuck his head out of the car window: "It's me!"
The old servant's face changed when he saw Nangong Sanba, and he seemed a little frightened. He couldn't believe that the demon hunter in front of him was still alive: "You're not dead?"
Nangong Sanba chuckled: "I am an expert, and experts are not easy to die - I brought a few helpers. According to the contract with Igor, I will always fulfill the contract before expelling the evil spirit. Now I have fulfilled the contract coming."
The old servant's lips trembled a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but then he said nothing. He opened the fence door, and when the car drove by, he realized what he always felt was wrong: the only means of transportation available in this vast snowfield were sleds and special snowmobiles. What was wrong with the car in front of him? Driving all the way here?
The old servant looked in the direction of Big Dipper with horror, and found that there was not even a rut visible outside the fence gate.
Hao Ren didn't know this. He rolled down the window and said hello: "Old man! Where can I park the car?"
Now that ordinary people are in front of him, he can't just throw his BMW into his personal space like before.
The old servant calmed down from his surprise. He had worked in this weird old house for decades and had become numb to all kinds of supernatural phenomena, so he just sighed, turned around and pointed to an open space to Hao Ren: "Whatever Bar."
Then he saw another "supernatural phenomenon": six people came out of the little Big Dipper one after another, among them Nangong Sanba was carrying a box that was at least half a person tall (his battle prop)!
The old servant was stunned for a moment, then slowly muttered: "Maybe the person who came this time is really an expert."
The first few people had already got out of the car. Hao Ren took out the data terminal and pressed it twice on the car. The terminal held it for a few seconds before reluctantly beeping twice, and then chanted in Hao Ren's mind. He stood up and said, "Can you stop thinking about what's going on? It's very tiring to bring in new scenes all the time!"
Hao Ren didn't say anything, just pressed his chest gently: there was a hidden pocket there, and Doudou was curled up in it. He pressed it twice to remind the little guy not to run out casually. But Doudou will not be bored inside: when it is inconvenient for her to show up, the little mermaid can observe the outside through a small monitor. The button near the collar of Hao Ren's clothes is the camera...
This outfit was made directly in the ship-based factory of the Giant Turtle Yantai, and I don’t know if it is still considered clothes after being modified so much.
The courtyard in front of the castle has been abandoned for who knows how many years. In other words, there should have been no garden here from the beginning. It is difficult to have many plants as decoration in such a cold place. However, there are several circles of stone bricks built near the low stone wall that look like flower beds. In the open space inside the stone bricks, only some strange dry and cold thorns can be seen. It is said to be a garden. , more like a leveled cemetery. Hao Ren and the others walked towards the main entrance of the castle under the guidance of the old servant. They saw no one else along the way, which even gave people the illusion that there was only one old man in the whole castle.
"Is there no one else here?" Betsy felt a little frightened by the weird atmosphere here, so she had to find a topic to break the dead silence.
"Yes, in the house, but not much." The old servant's voice was low, as if coming from the tomb. "Master Igor went out early this morning and will probably come back tomorrow. Before that, you can rest in the room. .”
With that said, he had led everyone to the door. After pressing the door bell, the heavy and simple door opened a crack, and a middle-aged man wearing a butler's clothes and an expressionless face appeared in front of Hao Ren.
The old servant introduced the identities of this group of guests, and Nangong Sanba stepped forward to shake hands with the zombie-faced butler: "I'm here with help."
The middle-aged housekeeper finally had a stiff smile on his face: "The explosion from the basement scared many people. Fortunately, you are still alive."
The group of people walked towards the depths of the castle under the guidance of the middle-aged butler. Nangong Sanba casually asked himself what happened after he "evacuated" (actually, he was sent back to the city): "The evil spirits came out again after that." What? What did Igor do? "
"The evil spirit has not moved since the explosion that night, and the underground door has been sealed again. We don't know the situation below, but the thing must have been suppressed again. Mr. Igor thought that you had failed, so this morning I went to visit a hermit friend of mine, hoping to get some soothing incense and herbs - but it seems I won't be able to use them now."
Nangong Sanba's expression didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it was a fact that the mortality rate in his line of work was high, so he could only chuckle twice: "Forget it, let's take a rest and reorganize first, and then discuss the next step of exorcism after Igor comes back. . These helpers I brought are all guys who are more powerful than me in combat. If it weren't for our previous friendship, no one would be able to hire these people - the evil spirits in the castle have finally come to an end."
He started to brag in advance so that Hao Ren and the others could successfully gain the trust of the castle owner, but Hao Ren didn't care about this. He was busy observing the portraits hanging on both sides of the corridor.
The inside of the castle is not as gloomy and depressing as it looks from the outside. Although the ancient stone buildings can't help but feel a little cramped, at least the corridors are warm and bright. Under the warm-toned light, you can see large portraits hanging on both sides of the corridor. They are dressed in costumes from various eras, standing or sitting, lifelike, and each painting looks like it was painted in a different era.
"These are the ancestors of the Andre family," Nangong Sanba introduced softly next to Hao Ren. "The Igor we want to meet is the current 'head of the family'."
Hao Ren nodded slightly, his eyes continuing to wander over the portraits of men and women. Every time his eyes swept over the portraits, the dead-faced ancestors in the portraits seemed to become more alive. Their eyes were staring at the outsiders in the corridor, their gazes were cold and stiff, lifeless, but real. As if they were watching everyone who looked at them.
Hao Ren found that the eyes in all the portraits here were exactly the same: regardless of gender, old or young, they all had the same pair of dark brown eyes.
Nangong Wuyue curled his lips: "It seems a bit interesting." (The novel "Abnormal Creatures" will have more new content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, Click the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friend", search the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!)