Chapter 166: Under the Ruins (Stopper)
"Mr. Barnett, come and see!" Silent ran up to Barnett and showed him the map in his hand, pointing to the new lines in order to prevent Barnett, who was already drunk and hazy, from losing sight of the point. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
“...... The token lost ...... 'key'...... Open the Treasure ...... Get what you need most......" Barnett followed Serrent's finger as he read the newly displayed handwriting on the map, his eyes widening as he widened: "Why is there such a handwriting, what I see is obviously 'Under the highest city wall, dig down at a distance of five steps!'"
"I don't think that's the point, is it, the person who gave you the map already expected you to lose the 'token', that's why he left you this map!" said Lenee, who had returned to them at some point, clutching in her hands five or six empty bottles that looked exactly like the one in Barnett's hand. Obviously, the dwarven drunkard did not forget to take a sip of his beloved rum from time to time while digging.
Barnett looked at the empty bottle in Lenee's hand and stood there stunned, with a look of great remorse on his face. The person who gave him the map had apparently anticipated such a mistake from his alcoholic personality, so he left a secret message on the map that could only be discovered by a third party.
"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I hope nothing is too bad!" Barnett muttered as he raised the bottle in his hand as it looked like he wanted to smash it. Instead of doing so, he re-corked the bottle and placed it in his arms.
'There's no help with this guy!' Lenny rolled her eyes helplessly, Barnett might be a drunken addict at some point, and he would relapse into his old ways.
"Mr. Barnett, I still haven't found those few words you said. Sellant asked genuinely.
"Of course I can't find it!" the place where those words appear has been replaced by these lines!" Barnett yelled in a little frustration.
"Then I seriously suspect that the person who left you this map is actually misleading you, and the reason why he showed you those few words is actually to make you wait for our arrival. Leni calmly analyzed.
"Impossible......! Sir has never deceived the old dwarf Barnett!" Barnett roared at Lenny like a lion.
"Okay. Can you repeat the words you once saw word for word?" Lenny retreated, and if Barnett was right, then the words he saw were precious clues. Out of distrust of Barnett's memory, she made a point of asking Barnett to repeat it word for word.
"Dig five steps below the highest walls of the castle and you will find the key I left you. Barnett reiterated word for word.
"Are you sure it's word for word?" confirmed Lennie.
"I'm sure. Barnett replied in the affirmative.
"Then I have two questions. Lenny held out two fingers at Barnett, "First, how can you be sure that this wall is the tallest wall in the whole castle?
"Isn't the height of this wall immediately apparent, and can you find a wall higher than this one?" replied Barnett.
This time, even Celent patted his head in frustration, whether this was the ruins of the castle or not, and Barnett undoubtedly confused the highest existing wall with the highest wall of the entire castle as stated on the map.
Celent and Lenny looked at each other, both giving up on convincing Barnett, both knowing full well that it would be a thankless task to make it clear to the stubborn dwarves.
"Celrent, is there any record of the highest walls of the castle in the Secret History of the Bloodline?" asked Lenny bluntly, deciding to abandon Barnett's idea altogether and come at her own pace.
Although there is no clear record, there is no doubt that the highest wall of Wicoburg should have been in the heart of the castle. Celent was sure of this, for there was an illustration of Fort Wicoburg in The Secret History of the Bloodline, and it was clear from the illustration that the central wall of Fort Wicoburg was the highest.
"Then let's try our luck in the heart. Lenny glanced at Barnett and asked, "Mr. Barnett, are you with us?" or do you want to keep digging here?"
Barnett showed obvious hesitation on his face, and after a moment he stomped his foot and said, "You don't want to leave the old dwarf Barnett to hunt for treasure by yourself!"
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Directly below their feet, somehow deep underground, there was a secret room where a coffin was kept. The richly decorated coffin contrasts with the cold, damp chamber. Although the secret room was large, there was nothing except for a simple and elegant candlestick directly above the coffin, which could barely match the coffin.
The only source of light in the chamber came from a candle lit on the menorah that glowed a dark green. It is strange that this secret room is covered with dust and cobwebs, but the coffin is clean and spotless, and it looks particularly terrible in the dark green light.
A blood-red bat flew into the chamber out of nowhere, hanging upside down on top of the coffin along with several bats that had already been in the chamber. If Leni and Celent saw this blood-red bat, they would be surprised to find that it was the vampire bat that had sucked the flesh of the demon bear in front of them.
Soon after the vampire bat hung upside down on top of the coffin, the blood red of its entire body began to concentrate on its head from top to bottom, and the blood red on its body gradually faded into an eerie white color. After the blood-red color was concentrated on its head, a drop of bewitching blood dripped from its mouthparts and accurately dripped onto an eerie bat mark on the coffin.
The blood quickly stained the bat blood-red, and the coffin shook slightly. A moment later, the lid of the coffin opened strangely, and a pale hand reached out of the coffin, grabbing the vampire bat that had completely turned into a miserable white after releasing the blood.
"You've worked hard all these years for my resurrection, Jacob. A cold, eerie voice rang out.
"Squeak, squeak. The vampire bat screamed twice in his hand, as if in response to him.
"Let me see what has changed in our territory after all these years. As soon as the cold voice ended, the green light of the candle in the chamber flickered, and the image from the castle was projected onto the roof of the chamber, in which Lenee, Serent, and Barnett were arguing fiercely as they made their way to the middle of the ruins.
"An ogre, a dwarf, and the most annoying little priest. What a wonderful combination. The cold voice let out a sneer.
The vampire bats squeaked a few more times, and several other bats followed suit.
"Hehe, that's so interesting, it turns out that you've been dealing with each other for a long time. The cold voice let out a chuckle.
At this time, Leni in the picture seemed to sense something, and looked in this direction in disbelief, and after a snap of his fingers, the projection disappeared, and the cold voice let out a praise: "What a sharp little guy." In that case, I'll play with you. ”