Floating into the courtyard, Nebula was surprised to find that all the plants in the vast courtyard of the Brandgist Mansion had died, and only the tenacious vines still grew in the corners. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Nora was very interested in her transformation into a ghost, and touched and touched with her ghostly hand.

Anyway, Nebula and Nora finally entered the door of Brandengeist's villa before the bell rang for that minute.

After entering this castle-style villa, its condition was not as bad as Xingyun thought.

The palatial hall was brilliantly lit, and more than a dozen magic crystal lamps floated in the air, illuminating the banquet hall as if it were day. Although the first floor is covered with dark green wallpaper, it is not a problem with ample lighting.

The banquet hall was covered with red carpets, and on the left side of the hall there was a gentleman in a tuxedo and a top hat playing piano music, the rhythm was soothing and light, quite like a ball, but probably because the piano was a little out of the corner, no one spoke to the gentleman who played the piano music.

However, with the winged demon statues and blood-red roses in tall pots that can be seen everywhere in the lobby on the first floor, and the various old black and white photographs hanging on the walls, Nebula doesn't think this is an ordinary mansion.

Many demons and monsters mingled on the tables and chairs placed in the banquet hall, joking and chatting with each other. Seeing this, Nebula felt as if he had come to a gathering of the inhabitants of the Dead World.

Zombies, Mummies, Dark Centaurs, Vampires, Witches, Cyborg Franconian, Demons, Minotaurs, Werewolves, ......... About forty or fifty monsters appeared in the banquet hall, and all of them were extremely evil and terrifying beings in the legend.

Of course, the Nebula, which has strong mental power, can clearly distinguish that these guys who look like demons and monsters are actually human adventurers wearing maple leaf costumes that cover the aura of the living on their bodies.

Among them, Nebula even found a few acquaintances, but now is not the time to say hello. At least until you understand the intentions of the masked gentleman, you must be cautious.

Just when Xingyun was wondering what was going on with this party, with a noisy sound of "Ding Dong ~~~" at the end of the piano, all the lights in the banquet hall were suddenly extinguished.

Faced with the sudden darkness, a timid woman screamed on the spot. The rest of the women also looked panicked and looked for their nearest companions, hoping to relieve their anxiety.

In the sky above the piano, a bright blue crystal lamp suddenly lit up, and the light of the crystal lamp shone so softly on the gentleman sitting on the piano chair.

Under the hazy and dreamy blue light, the gentleman slowly turned his head and took off his top hat and bowed slowly in front of all the guests who came to the party!

There were several exclamations from the crowd, for the gentleman who had played the piano had a mask engraved with a smile on his face.

Could he be ....... Masked gentleman!?

"Welcome to Brandongeist House!! I'm a masked gentleman, and I'm also an inviter to this party. It's a pleasure to be able to meet you here~~~~" The masked gentleman slowly walked to the stands between the first and second floors, coughed lightly, and said loudly to the "monsters" in the audience.

Seeing that it was a masked gentleman on the stage, the "monsters" let out a joyful roar in unison, wolf howling, horse neighing, and cow chirping....... Zombies, mummies, and vampires also let out creepy low-pitched roars.

The masquerade gentleman stretched out his slender index finger and placed it next to the masquerade's mouth in a silent motion.

Gradually, the roar of the monsters stopped, and forty or fifty pairs of eyes stared at the masked gentleman in the stands, all wanting to see what the masked gentleman was doing.

"Shh~~~ Didn't you hear that? The mischievous tongue licking sound of a glutton? The "crunch~~" sound that the puppet doll makes when walking? And the sound of horses' hooves from hell.......... Please listen quietly, the voice of the ghost ~~~~" The masked gentleman muttered softly to everyone.

Hearing the masked gentleman say such penetrating words, some timid women couldn't help but hold the hands of their companions tightly, even if they were bold men, hearing such strange words in this eerie and terrifying environment, not only broke out in a cold sweat.

Just when everyone's nerves jumped to the extreme, the magic crystal lamps floating in mid-air suddenly all lit up. The timid woman immediately let out another scream of shame.

The masked gentleman chuckled twice and said to everyone, "Hehe~~~ Okay! That's all for the joke! Today is a rare Halloween feast, so please have fun! The range of events for the banquet is in the banquet hall on the first floor, so please don't run upstairs because of your ridiculous curiosity. ”

"Because - this mansion is a cursed mansion! The eldest lady of the Brandengeist family was killed by a dark curse decades ago, and it is said that her soul was trapped in the mansion because she could not be saved. Every night he comes out and wanders around........" The masked gentleman said softly to the crowd in his magnetic voice.

Although the masked gentleman's tone is not too intimidating, the strange mask he wears adds a bit of eerie feeling to his soft voice.

Just as the masked gentleman was about to turn around and leave, Nebula shouted to the masked gentleman, "Wait! Masked gentleman! You wrote on the invitation: 'Dying lambs will curse their miserable fate!' What does this game of death mean exactly? ”

The masked gentleman turned his head to look at Nebula, paused slightly, and then whispered to Nebula: "Little friend, don't worry, the night is still very long~~~~ When the time comes, you will naturally know the meaning of these words!" The truth is hidden under this bright moonlight........."

With that, the masked gentleman slowly stepped onto the second floor and gradually disappeared at the end of the corridor on the second floor........

While everyone in the banquet hall was talking, and Nebula was puzzled by what the masked gentleman had said, a silver-haired young man dressed as a vampire with two baring fangs in a black high-necked cloak walked up to Nebula's side unhurriedly.

The silver-haired boy patted Nebula's head and whispered to Nebula, "Nebula! It really scared me when I just saw you stand up and question the masked gentleman! How did you end up here!? The ....... next to you Isn't Miss Nora? How did you bring an ordinary person to such a banquet!? ”

"Little ........ Komiya!? Why are you here? I came here to be forced by Sister Nora, and you don't know, I hate ghosts or something! What happened to bringing Sister Nora to a Halloween party? Is there anything hidden in this!? Xingyun asked Komiya very curiously.

After hearing Nebula's inquiry, Konomiya suddenly grabbed Nebula's wrist and forcibly dragged Nebula to the corner next to the stairs. Xiao Gong looked left and right, and found that no one had noticed this, so he opened his mouth and said to Xingyun: "Xingyun, don't you know? Conderes. Schoble's Four Masks!? A smile mask, a crying mask, an angry mask, a depressed mask! These four masks are the legendary cursed masks!! ”

After listening to Komiya's answer, Nebula became even more curious, and Nebula hurriedly asked Komiya, "Does the four masks have anything to do with the masked gentleman?" ”

"Stupid! Don't you see that? The mask that the guy wears is a replica of the smile mask!! Shobull's four masks are in the reward announcement of the Adventurers' Guild, but they have a sky-high bounty of one billion gold coins! If an adventurer can collect all four legendary masks, the bounty of one billion gold coins alone is enough for an ordinary adventurer to use for a lifetime. Isn't it clear to you that these low-level adventurers know? I really don't know how you became the leader of the adventure team......." Komiya shook his head and explained to Nebula in detail, complaining a few words by the way.

Xingyun stroked his chin and continued to ask Komiya, "What's the matter with those four masks?" And who is Schoble? ”

Xiao Gong had a rare opportunity to preach in front of Xingyun, so he cleared his throat and said to Xingyun: "Xiao Bule is a genius sculptor!" Whether it's stone carving, wood carving, or even magic gem carving, he is unprecedented. Although Schauvelle was talented, his twin brother's jealousy led to the loss of his status, reputation, and property. After that, Schobul, who was devastated, locked himself in his room without eating or drinking for three days and three nights, completed the carving of four masks, and then hanged himself. After Schaumble's death, his younger brother had a bloody apparition of his brother every day. Soon after, Schoble's younger brother followed. Later, as time passed, Chauble's reputation was restored, and the four masks he carved were bought by merchants, nobles, kings, and collectors as masterpieces of art. However, this is only the beginning of things........."

Komiya began to continue to tell the story for Nebula:

"First of all, the merchant who got the mask of depression, and after the merchant got the mask of depression, he was not happy at anything. In order to be able to make himself happy, the merchant began to spend a lot of his hard-earned money for pleasure, and eventually ended up destitute and depressed........."

"Then there is the nobleman who got the mask of anger, and after the nobleman had the mask of anger, he was always angry because of trivial things, either because the food was not to his liking, or because he saw disgusting spiders and mice, in short, the nobleman's eyebrows were always inverted from the day he got the mask, and finally the nobleman finally died of anger one night because the servant broke a water cup"

Then there was the king who got the smiling mask, and the king was very happy ever after he got the mask, and he smiled like a flower all day long, whether it was attending the national parliament, going to war, or going to daily life. Later, when the king learned that his country had unified the surrounding nations, he laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe. ”

Finally, there was the collector who got the Weeping Mask, and the day after the collector got the Weeping Mask, all the other precious works in the collector's collection were destroyed by a sudden fire. Desperate collectors cry all day long holding the weeping mask. A few days later, the collector's body was found hanging in the woods on the outskirts of the city, and under the tree where the collector's body was hung, the weeping mask was quietly placed........

(Well~~~ It seems to be quite infiltrating....... Cursed Masquerade ~~~~ Happy Halloween everyone, didn't you eat candy~~~(*^__^*) Hee hee...... ）