Chapter 87 Rainy Night Castle

Yao Yan stood at the door holding an umbrella, watching Sheriff Stebol enter the house.

After the fire shone for a few minutes, Sheriff Stebol walked out of the cabin, looked at the castle, and asked:

"Miss Karina, I'll take you home first."

Yao Yan also noticed his expression.

His expression seemed a little serious.

And Yao Yan had no intention of going home, so of course he couldn't follow his words.

"What happened, Mr. Sheriff?" Imitating Karina's matching tone, Yao Yan did not directly refuse and bypassed the topic.

Stebol looked at the castle:

"There are traces of fighting inside."

Hearing this, Yao Yan directly followed up with a sentence:

"Did Mr. Mabiak fight with that Foster?"

For this sentence, Stebol did not answer, but his eyes were once again focused on the footprints left on the muddy ground.

"It should be."

As he spoke, Sheriff Stebole's eyes, which had changed color due to the flames, looked at the abandoned castle, then walked into the house. After a while, he came out with another lit lantern, and then handed his own lantern over:

"Miss Karina, go back by yourself. I'm going to check the situation. I'm worried that Foster, that bastard, will do something to Mabiak."

Yao Yan took the lantern and saw the other party close the door and walk directly to the wooden bridge.

Raising his eyebrows, Yao Yan followed him directly.

Although he couldn't hear clearly because of the rain, the footsteps coming from behind were too close, and the flames from behind to his feet made Stebole turn his head and look:

"Miss Karina, why don't you go home?"

While speaking, he didn't stop, and even sped up a bit, obviously caring about Mabiak and Foster.

"Mr. Mabiak hasn't told me how much my weekly salary is."

Yao Yan responded to Karina's joke.

"Even if you find Mabiak with me, he doesn't have much money to give you a high weekly salary."

Stebol seemed to relax a little because of this sentence, but that was all.

Without saying much, he confirmed that his footsteps were heading towards the abandoned castle by the light of the lantern, and then he quickened his pace again.

Soon, the two arrived in front of the castle.

The castle was located in front of a slope, and the slope and the castle were full of various weeds.

In the drizzle, these wet weeds almost connected into one piece.

And on the slope, there was a small forest.

But, of course, the most important thing was the castle itself.

Under the slope, a gray and dilapidated castle, under the light of the lantern, showed a dim outline.

Compared with the observation from a distance during the day, the castle at this moment had a gloomy feeling.

The vines that covered the castle walls, wet by rain, also added a gloomy atmosphere in the hazy rainy night, presenting a lifeless feeling.

"This is Winter Castle."

Standing in front of the castle, Sheriff Stebole spoke to break the silence in the rainy night.

"Are you sure they came to this castle? Mr. Sheriff."

Yao Yan lowered his voice in Karina's tone.

When he said this, he looked at the ground.

Because of Karina's voice, Stebole's attention was attracted and followed her movements to the ground.

There were no footprints on the ground.

This discovery made Stebole stunned.

He couldn't help but turn his head and look back.

He had clearly been walking along the footprints.

However, at this moment, he heard Miss Karina's voice again:

"Go in and take a look, Mr. Sheriff."

When he turned his sight back, Miss Karina had disappeared.

After looking around, he finally saw the flickering fire deep in the open castle gate.

As he walked quickly, he also heard footsteps.

After relaxing a little, Stabler also walked into the castle.

Compared with the scenery outside the castle full of vines, the scenery inside was much more weird.

The walls and ground of the castle were all black, as if they had been burned by fire.

But when Yao Yan reached out to touch it, he found that it was not coal ash and embers.

These blacks, whether in terms of texture or nature, were not the residue left by burnt things.

At this time, a voice sounded:

"Miss Karina!"

Yao Yan turned his head and looked at the castle gate.

Along with the footsteps, Sheriff Stabler followed up. In the light of the lantern, he said seriously:

"Miss Karina, don't act alone. Foster, that bastard, may be here. Please stay with me."

The middle-aged man looked serious.

Yao Yan immediately said perfunctorily: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Sheriff, I'm just a little curious about the castle."

The middle-aged man nodded and did not doubt her words. Thirty years ago, when he first came to this town, he came to this castle on the first day:

"Be careful, Miss Karina, if you find anything wrong, tell me immediately."

"Okay, Mr. Sheriff."

As Yao Yan imitated Karina's tone and said perfunctorily, Stabler looked around the castle with a serious face by the light of the lantern.

During the conversation, the two of them walked around the hall on the first floor of the castle, one in front and one behind.

There was nothing in the whole hall, no decorations, no furniture, no lamps.

No, if you look closely at the wall, you can still see traces of things like lamp holders or torch stands.

However, looking at the damaged walls around the traces, it is obvious that they have been violently demolished.

Unable to find anything on the first floor, the two went directly up to the second floor along the wide staircase directly opposite the gate.

The second floor was also very quiet, with only the sound of raindrops outside and the footsteps of the two people.

On the ground, there were huge rectangular tiles, and the partition wall pulled up along the tiles divided the second floor into several parts.

Along the corridor on the left, the two moved again.

Stabler wanted to find Mabiak and Foster, and Yao Yan wanted to find out if there was anything else besides these.

The silence of the rainy night came again, and the two were still searching in each room one after another.

But

Just after Stabler turned into the room in front, Yao Yan paused.

Obviously, he was only a short distance away from him, but he turned into the room first and disappeared completely from his sight.

Was it two seconds before and after?

Yao Yan thought it should be no.

But there was nothing in the room he and she were facing.

There was no figure, no fire, no footsteps.

And at this moment, suddenly, a light sound came from the room.

Yao Yan immediately turned his gaze and looked at the location in the room where the sound came from.

However, at this time, a problem arose.

When Yao Yan turned his gaze and looked left and right.

He was clearly standing in the corridor and in front of the room, when did he enter the room?

Moreover

He turned his body and looked behind him.

There was no door, and no corridor.