Chapter 56 Stone Wall

Angus's pretense failed for the first time today. He didn't expect that the small church that was blocked by huge rocks would be broken into. Under normal circumstances, who doesn't have a crane or a few kilograms** can handle that pile of rocks? Ah, the strange wolf girl appeared halfway and completely disrupted Angus's plan. In his panic, he didn't see clearly who opened the door of the chapel, and in order not to expose himself at that time, he had no intention of turning on the miner's lamp and looking at the door. When Lily moved the first stone, The alert hotel owner entered the underground through the secret passage, and considering that the secret passage might be discovered, he did not stay where he was, but moved directly outside the castle according to the route in his memory.

But at some point, a stone wall appeared in the originally smooth underground passage, blocking him.

"You said this place was originally connected?" Hao Ren was a little surprised after hearing Angus explain the situation, "Are you sure you remember the right way?"

"I've walked this road many times, I can't remember it wrong," Angus had been in a state of panic before. At this time, he talked with the "ghost" in the black fog for a long time, and finally slowly came back to his senses and felt the situation. Something is wrong, "Hey, aren't you the undead of the castle? Why don't you know what's going on down there?"

"This has nothing to do with you. Just think that I'm visiting from the cemetery next door. You don't allow the undead to have a private life," Hao Ren said casually, "So, you are the one acting in the haunting here from beginning to end?"

"Ah... yes," Angus secretly looked through the light beam of the miner's lamp at the squirming black mist in front of him. It was the first time in his life that he saw a real "undead". He felt that the other person was the same as the ghost he had imagined in the past. It’s not the same. “I really didn’t want to disturb the heroic spirits down here. I just borrowed the ruins above. I don’t have any bad intentions. People often do this in this era. There is nothing wrong with using cultural relics to make money.” If I change my perspective, I might be able to give this castle a chance to be renovated..."

"You can really say it." Hao Ren felt that the hotel owner was really smart and could make big news. He turned to Vivian next to him and lowered his voice, "What should we do next? How should we deal with this fat man?" Uncle?"

"Have you finished asking?" Vivian confirmed, then raised her finger and pointed to Angus not far away, "That's fine."

A faint red light split from the black mist and disappeared into Angus' body in the blink of an eye. The other person fell to the ground without saying a word and stopped moving.

Hao Ren jumped up immediately: "Hey, I just said how to send him away, I didn't let you kill him..."

"I just knocked him out temporarily," Vivian glanced at Hao Ren strangely, "What are you thinking? You watched another vampire movie last night? I told you that those things are too misleading, try to keep them to a minimum touch."

Hao Ren was speechless. He glanced at the fat uncle lying on the ground and felt that it was not a big deal to leave him here, so he waved to Lily and said, "Send him up to a safe place. Oh, right." Now, pay attention to those 'ghost catching experts'."

"Okay!" Lily nodded in agreement, stepped forward and gently and skillfully picked up Angus, and disappeared in a flash.

Hao Ren looked at the direction Lily left and shook his head in confusion: "Is this really... this happened after a long time? This fat boss is quite creative."

Although Angus tricked many people by pretending to be a fool, Hao Ren didn't complain much about it. After all, it was not a big sin, and these days, tourist attractions and theme parks all have bigger gimmicks. Angus's It was completely unsatisfying. Hao Ren just felt that the whole thing was a bit speechless. The uproar about the haunted castle turned out to be just an idea that a fat hotel owner came up with to attract customers, and it went on for so many days without anyone noticing. Mystery, this... really corresponds to the saying: Life is so damn fun, because life always plays tricks on people!

Of course, Angus's method of pretending to be a ghost will not last long. More and more paranormal enthusiasts are coming to join in the fun. There may be some great masters or retired experts and scholars from the "Approaching Science" column team. Sooner or later, the hotel owner's tricks wouldn't work. Hao Ren could tell. The fat boss simply couldn't stop himself. The haunted castle brought him a steady stream of customers, and he watched him all the time. It seems that he won't be exposed. Even the TV station's column team is pushing him behind for ratings, so how can he stop? Haunting events can only be staged every now and then.

It will be exposed sooner or later - don't you think it will be exposed today?

"You're pretending to be a ghost..." Vivian turned around noncommittally, curiously studying the stone wall blocking the tunnel, "The strange sights people see on the ground may be a deception, but down here... there are... The real thing.”

Hao Ren suddenly remembered his own business, and remembered that the situation of the stone wall had not been explained clearly, and he became curious: "The fat boss must not have lied. This stone wall appeared suddenly - where did it come from?"

"It's not the top part of the cave that fell from above," Vivian pointed to some marks on the stone wall, "the scratches, it should have slipped from the side not long ago. This is a well-designed structure, specially designed to be used when needed. Start it when the time comes and block this road."

Just as Hao Ren was about to say something, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind. He turned around and saw that it was Lily. The wolf girl ran all the way back and reported her work happily as soon as they met: "I sent the fat boss up! And it seems that the ghost hunting experts have also withdrawn!"

"They left?" Vivian was surprised, but then she suddenly realized, "Oh, that's right, the 'paranormal phenomenon' is over. They probably walked around the ruins of the castle for a long time without finding anything. After all, they are not professional hunters. The devils are just a bunch of enthusiasts.”

"Then you left the fat uncle alone in the wilderness?" Hao Ren looked at the weak-minded werewolf girl, "There are no wild beasts outside, right?"

"It's okay. When I sent the fat boss up there, he was about to wake up in a daze, so I threw him into the truck of an old man who was unpacking the tent. At this time, he should be on the road back with the tent. We're in town." Lily turned into a werewolf and wagged her tail vigorously. "Don't worry, landlord, no one will find me. I come and go like the wind! And this bat's magic is really unreliable. It's only been a few minutes. People will wake up soon.”

Vivian immediately defended herself: "It's more mysterious than you swinging bricks, right? And I deliberately suppressed the spell effect to do this, otherwise I would accidentally make people fall asleep. Do you know how precise control is? Is it difficult?"

Hao Ren looked at Lily's tail and thought that regardless of the coming and going of the wind, at least the tail was really blowing the wind, and the dust was flying behind the werewolf girl.

"Angus won't say anything nonsense when he goes back, right?" Hao Ren muttered uneasily, while Vivian studied the stone wall and expressed disdain: "You just worry about it, what does he say when he goes back has anything to do with us? At most, there will be a new set of haunting rumors, and he didn't see our faces... Well, I found something."

Hao Ren suddenly stopped paying attention to Angus's affairs and quickly walked over to Vivian: "What?"

"Here," Vivian pointed to the upper part of the stone wall, "do you see these letters and symbols?"

Hao Ren squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time: "So it's letters? You can't even see the edges anymore. Oh no, why doesn't it look like English? It looks a bit like Egyptian..."

"It's not Egyptian, let alone English. This is not a language used by humans." Vivian narrowed her eyes, red light flashing in her eyes. "This is the 'Laita Rune' once used by the Witcher and the Church. It was the earliest Coming from a very ancient family of demon hunters, it later became an important means for the secret forces in the church to fight against the 'alien'. The biggest feature of the 'Leita Rune' is that ordinary people can also use this symbol. However, with the strength of human beings It’s getting stronger day by day, and this kind of rune is slowly taking a back seat, and I haven’t seen the Laita rune in more than two hundred years.”

Hao Ren swallowed: "What... is this thing used for?"

He has realized the weirdness of this castle, and also knows that there are real undead here, so he is sure that these runes and the sudden appearance of the stone wall are definitely not placed here as decoration: they must be of great significance.

"Used to suppress devils, demons, evil spirits, and 'evil items' that have unclean power but cannot be destroyed," Vivian pointed to the lines of runes that were almost corroded by time. "This door blocks all evil." Source, the power of evil must be impenetrable. The moment this door falls, all guards will withdraw."

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