"What? Old Bill is dead?! ”

When she heard the report from John, Margaret looked incredulous, you must know that among her many subordinates, Old Bill is the most calm and reliable, and the things he has explained are all done with all his heart, which is extremely reassuring, plus he is a third-generation minister of his own family, it can be said that he has watched himself grow up, equivalent to half of his relatives, but now he is dead in an unknown way, which really shocked her, and she couldn't help but be angry.

"What the hell is going on? Tell me the whole thing in detail, and don't miss a single detail! ”

The three of John craned their necks at Margaret's cold, angry voice, and looked at each other, as if debating who should speak.

In the end, John, who was a little eloquent, spoke, "The area that the three of us and Old Bill searched was the extinct volcano in the center of the island, and in the crater, we found a door on the natural bearing platform under the mountain pass that was difficult to find if you didn't look carefully, and at that time we subconsciously thought that the person you were looking for must be inside, but in order not to startle the snake, we didn't act rashly, and finally discussed, I came back with them to inform you, and Old Bill was there in case something happened, But who knows..."

Speaking of this, John's face showed a look of horror, "Who knew that we had just reached the halfway point of the mountain, and we heard the sound of old Bill screaming, so the three of us went back the same way, old Bill disappeared, I don't know what was attacked, there was only some blood left at the mountain pass, we were very scared, for fear that the person who attacked old Bill would appear again, so..."

"So you ran away, and you weren't even sure if Old Bill was really dead?" Margaret asked rhetorically, hoping that old Bill was still alive, even if there was little hope.

John nodded, a wry smile on his face, "Even if we don't know for sure, in a place like that, Old Bill fell into a volcano, and his chances of surviving are almost zero. ”

Margaret was silent, her face showed a little sadness, and after half a ring, she waved her hand and said with a little dejection, "You all go out, go back and rest..."

John and the three did not stay long, and turned and departed as he had been told.

It's just that no one noticed that when he left, the corner of John's mouth outlined a cold smile, which disappeared immediately, and no one could capture the weirdness of that moment.

When the three of John were gone, Margaret collapsed on the couch as if she had lost her strength, looking up at the chandelier on the ceiling, and had no desire to speak again.

Seeing this scene, the kind-hearted bee-eater Cao Xie couldn't help but comfort, "Let's mourn and change, people can't be resurrected after death..."

Although she always puts on a queen's face in the academy city, she is the kind of standard kind girl in private, both sentimental and pure in heart.

Edwin glanced at the bee-eating manipulation, and his heart was quite different about it, if it wasn't for the domineering appearance she put on at first, maybe the two would get along very well. But now is not the time to think about it, let alone comfort Margaret, he only heard the door that John had mentioned, and he didn't care about the rest, "Your men mentioned just now that there is a mysterious door above the extinct volcano, and I have reason to believe that the Hawkins and Hawkins are likely to be found in it." ”

Margaret came back to her senses when she heard this, and was a little absent-minded, "yes, that's pretty good..."

Edwin couldn't help frowning, "You're in a bad state right now, we can't give up our previous efforts just because we have a dead subordinate, seeing that we are only one step away from the goal, our top priority now is to go there and find out!" ”

Even though Edwin was right, Margaret didn't feel comfortable listening to it, but she had no reason to refute it, let alone that she was going to collect the body for Old Bill.

"Without further ado, let's get over here!"

Seeing that Margaret seemed to be recovering, Edwin no longer frowned, but he couldn't help but feel something strange in his heart.

The three of them walked towards the extinct volcano together, but the three of John, who had turned back to Blackwater, were walking around the town with strange smiles on their faces, and they could be seen in the dead corners, alleys, and corners of the buildings, where they were portraying something with some kind of black powder.

Somewhere in the mysterious door above the extinct volcano, the man hiding in the black robe suddenly moved, and walked down from the original cross-legged on the bed, his eyes flashing thoughtfully, and then returned to the bed and continued to sit cross-legged, with his eyes closed and his casual and natural posture, as if a mage was practicing meditation.

At this time, the three of Edwin had reached the top of the extinct volcano, and sure enough, they found a little blood near the mountain pass, and further was the extremely deep mountain pass, except for the natural bearing platform where the mysterious door was placed, there was nothing else under it except for the embers that slowly floated up.

In addition to the luck in her heart being broken, Margaret was even more lost, and now she can't even collect the body of old Bill, and the guilt in her heart can be said to be incomprehensible.

She couldn't help but think that if she hadn't sent Old Bill here, maybe nothing would have happened.

However, there is no regret medicine in the world, and at the same time, she also far underestimated a person's greed, and it is difficult to prevent thieves.

Seeing that the door was close at hand, Edwin couldn't care that Margaret was alone at the moment, and went straight to the top of the natural cushion platform, ready to jump down.

Just as he was jumping, to his surprise, the bee-eating drill actually stopped him, which surprised him, "What do you want to do?" ”

"So fast, you just jumped without a little protection?" The bee-eater looked at him with a mixture of stunned, surprised, and angry eyes, unaware of the hidden concern revealed in his words.

Edwin was stunned for a moment, and looked at the girl who was a long head shorter than him, until he saw that the other party was a little unnatural, and then heard him, "You care about me?" ”

"Who... Who cares about you! Less self-inflicted and more amorous! As if he had been stepped on by the tail and pierced the secret of his heart, the bee-eater walked to the side by himself, but he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart? He treats himself so badly, and he can't help but care about him, which is simply a very cheap behavior.

Edwin shook his head, left her alone, and without stopping him, he jumped at a distance of 20 meters, and jumped without blinking, and the corners of his eyes twitched when he watched Margaret and the bee-eater.

Landing safely, Edwin gestured to the two women, and then walked to the door to take a closer look, although the mark was very shallow, he still felt a trace of the old seal.

This is enough to show that this place was once cast by people who knew how to use the old seal.

Although Edwin didn't know how to interpret and crack the old seal, the old seal now had no energy, so he twisted the doorknob straight and pushed the door open.

As soon as I opened the door, there was an extremely stale smell, there is no damp place on the extinct volcano, because even if it is an extinct volcano, the temperature inside is very high, in this case, some moisture will be evaporated, so why is it damp?

Well, this stale smell obviously does not come from this so-called room.

It was a cave, and the door at the entrance and the kerosene lamps hanging on both sides indicated that it was inhabited, and although he didn't quite understand why, there was some hint of it being too much, but he wasn't here to find out what the owner of the room was thinking.

Walking along the only path in the cave, there were few other paths along the way, which reminded him that the man who excavated the cave didn't seem to be planning to make a cunning rabbit hole.

Is it confidence or not thinking too much? Probably the former, perhaps he thought that even if someone found out and found him, he would have the ability to ensure his own safety, even to the point of killing the intruders.

Edwin, then, couldn't help but wonder even more about who the people who lived here were.

After walking for about 10 minutes, Edwin didn't see the end, but at this time, a voice suddenly echoed in the cave, "This is not the place for you to come, if you exit now, it's still too late." ”

It was a mature male voice, with a slight heaviness, and a cold and threatening tone.

"Let me guess who you are." Edwin ignored this person's threat, and instead playfully began to guess the person's identity, "Charlie Hawkins? ”

It seems that there is only this explanation, otherwise who would live in such a place? But why is he alone? Isn't that Sarah Hawkins there?

When the name Charlie Hawkins was said by Edwin, the man did not speak again, and the silence was a tacit acquiescence, indicating that he was indeed Charlie Hawkins himself.

The silence didn't stop Edwin from continuing to ask, and the alarm bell rang out in his heart, and in a moment, a scream sounded like a sharp blade cutting through the air at breakneck speed.

Edwin instinctively leaned back, and a sharp cone flew between his eyes and over his cheeks.

Syllable!

The sound of the sharp cone piercing into the wall sounded, and before Edwin could get up, several tentacles-like things entangled, and he stomped lightly, and the whole person swooped back, avoiding the entanglement, before he got up and saw the attacker.

Dressed in a black robe and shrouded in a slightly burly body, his right arm looked unusually thick under the cloak, disproportionate to his left hand, although he couldn't see what the face hidden under the hood was, but it didn't prevent Edwin from knowing that this person was indeed Charlie Hawkins, as if it were fake.

"You shouldn't have come here, you could live, why did you come to seek death?" Charlie sighed, as if saddened by Edwin's decision.

This is the first time that someone has said that looking for death is so beautiful, Edwin couldn't help laughing, "Too confident, Mr. Hawkins, although I don't know what your dependence is, but if you want to kill me, it is really a very difficult thing, if you don't believe it, you can try it." ”

Charlie was noncommittal and said in a compassionate tone, "Great God, please forgive the ignorance and foolishness of mortals, because he does not understand your power at all. Now, as your spokesperson, I will let him know that you are great! ”

By the end of the day, his voice had become synthesized, with a hint of metallic texture.

The moment the words fell, his whole body had already rushed towards Edwin, and his right hand finally showed its true appearance at this moment, and it was a few green tentacles as thick as an octopus, which looked very weird.

The tentacles struck at each other, tangling and twisting into spiraling spears that stabbed at Edwin.

It's hard to imagine that the tentacles of mollusks can be turned into a hard weapon under entanglement, and although Edwin is only blindly dodging, the heaviness that comes from the swing still lets him know that it would be a mistake to think that these tentacles don't hurt people, because they can kill people in an instant.

Bang!

Edwin turned his head to dodge the tentacle lance, which stabbed into the stone wall, embedded deep in it.

Just as Charlie tried to pull it out, Edwin raised his foot and kicked him hard in the abdomen, one pulling hard, the other kicking hard, and with the combination of the two forces, Charlie flew upside down into the wall and embedded it in it.

As Charlie struggled to get out of the wall, Edwin punched him in the face again, and a slippery feeling passed from his fist, causing him to frown slightly, and he looked at his face, but saw that half of this guy's face had turned into a monster, exactly like the person on the painting he had seen in the warehouse before.

If the person on the painting is Charlie Hawkins, then the person who painted it is obviously Sarah Hawkins.

Edwin lifted Charlie out of the stone wall, who had been punched to the point of a near-coma.

Although Charlie Hawkins has mutated and gained some kind of power, it is still only a little stronger than mortals, so Edwin's strength is simply not able to withstand it, and Edwin has withdrawn most of his strength from the previous punch, for fear of killing him at once.

Now that Charlie Hawkins was under control, Edwin carried him to the deepest places, where he found a simple room with only a table, an oil lamp, and a bed.

It was obvious that this was Charlie Hawkins' room, and on the table was a map of an island and a picture of some unknown magic circle.

Edwin withdrew his gaze and threw Charlie to the ground, who came to his senses as he hit the hard ground, coughed heavily a few times before sitting up, seemingly still reeling in the previous loss.

"I don't mind if you don't speak, but you don't want me to use special tactics on you, do you?"

Hearing Edwin's playful words, Charlie was silent and said in a hoarse voice, "What do you want to know..."