Click, click, click

Click, click, click

As they were talking, the two came to the door of the study. After making sure that there were no other extraordinary creatures around, Xiang Xun pushed open the door of the study.

This is the largest room in the entire mansion, filled with the most concentrated dark attribute hidden energy, but without the dark, damp and foul smell outside.

The furnishings in the study were well preserved, and the diffuse black fog seemed to have stopped time, allowing the old days to reappear before the two people's eyes.

Mu Chuyue walked into the study and looked at the only light source in the room. A transparent hourglass was lying on the desk, the lower half of which was broken. A blooming blue rose was suspended in the upper half, emitting a faint light blue glow like phosphorescence.

The broken hourglass was picked up by a pair of tiny hands. The little skeleton ran back to the Beastmaster with his thin legs, raised the blue rose in the transparent hourglass with both hands and handed it to her.

Mu Huoyue was certain that this was the source of the blue petals that awakened her.

Looking at the little skeleton handing her the flower, Mu Shuyue inexplicably felt a trance in her consciousness. Under the influence of this trance, a certain word passed through her mind and she blurted out, "Eternal Life... Flower?"

Along with this noun, some unknown emotions surged in her heart, as if she was waiting for something, as if she was looking forward to something, like a sense of déjà vu that flashed by in a distant dream, like... a promise left over from ancient time.

"What's wrong?" Xiang Xun walked over.

Memories were like receding tides, and Mu Chuyue suddenly came back to her senses, and the momentary daze just now disappeared completely.

"Ellen found this." She showed Xiang Xun the light source in the little skeleton's hand.

“The Blue Everlasting Flower… This kind of resource rarely appears in D-level secret realms. "Xiang Xun was a little surprised and asked, "Is this the core of the secret realm you mentioned before? ”

The black fog in the entire room, which is the condensed entity of dark attribute hidden energy, is stirred with the movement of the transparent hourglass. This is undoubtedly the core that gives the entire secret realm dark attributes.

Mu Huoyue took the transparent hourglass that Ellen handed to her and looked at the flowers inside.

The dark blue roses seemed to be frozen in time by some mysterious force, still blooming brightly, as if they had just been picked, and the petals were exactly the same as the two that Ellen had brought back before.

She was sure that she didn't know what the "Blue Everlasting Flower" was, so why did she blurt out this name just now?

The black fog in the room surged slightly again with Mu Chuyue's movements. Even through the transparent hourglass, the two could feel the energy contained in the petals. This was the most obvious core of the secret realm, which directly affected and even determined the type of rules and circumstances within the secret realm.

However, usually these cores are owned or guarded by the lords of the secret realm, and it is rare to see them just placed on the table for anyone to take.

The surging black fog became turbulent, and the figure of a mantis suddenly appeared in the room. It shook off the blood on the sickle blade with disgust, then retracted its outer limbs and returned to Xiang Xun.

"Hiss, hiss." There was a hint of grievance in the mantis' voice.

"I'll help you clean the sickle blade after we get out." Xiang Xun touched its head, and the mantis immediately changed its expression. It tilted its head and rubbed the palm of the beastmaster happily.

After calming down his pet, Xiang Xun looked at Mu Shuyue and said, "Hana has eliminated a mature ghost wandering outside. Apart from that, there is no one in this mansion that can threaten her."

Mu Shuyue was slightly startled, "So... there really is no secret realm lord?"

"I also find it incredible, but it seems to be the case." Xiang Xun scratched his head, also puzzled.

He has not been an investigator for long, but he has experienced several secret realms of different levels and has never encountered such an incredible situation.

"Without the Lord of the Secret Realm, it will be a lot easier for us. Let's investigate the situation in the study first."

Mu Huiyue nodded, activated the recording function on the bracelet, and walked into the study.

The little skeleton was still swimming in the shadow of the ceiling. Thick black fog was everywhere, and most of the furnishings in the study were blurry. Mu Huiyue tried to use the light from the transparent hourglass to disperse the black fog, but the fog just moved and did not disappear.

"Click!" Allen swam down the wall a little and stopped in the middle.

There are many old oil paintings hanging here, most of which are realistic portraits and photos from that era.

Mu Huoyue saw portraits of Star Dragon Count Ellen Mithendra from different periods.

There was the majestic middle-aged earl in the textbooks, the blond young man who appeared in the news not long ago, and even his appearance as a child when he was just learning sword. However, the faces in all the portraits were blurry, as if shrouded in black fog, and could not be seen clearly no matter what.

In addition to the single portrait of Count Mithra, there are also some portraits of him with other people and extraordinary creatures.

It was strange that Mu Huoyue did not see the Count's most legendary pet, the "Dark Night Star Dragon", in the painting.

Only in one particularly blurry photo, a huge long black shadow appeared next to the blond young man. From the shape of its head and horns, one could vaguely tell that it was probably a dragon-type pet.

"Mu Liuyue, come and take a look here." Xiang Xun's voice sounded from the other end of the room.

Mu Liuyue went over with Ellen. Xiang Xun stood in front of the tall bookcase, his face showing a rare solemnity.

There is an entire wall in the study that is filled with bookcases with thickly bound books. Judging from the material of the covers and the text on the spines, it can be seen that the books cover not only the Hela region where the count is located, but almost all the civilizations with writing on the planet at that time.

Mu Chuyue saw a book written in the Great Yan language, and reached out to take it out to have a look, but found that he couldn't take it out.

All the books were stuck together on the bookshelf like bricks, and no matter how hard I tried, they wouldn't move at all.

Not only that, the Da Yan characters on the spine of the book are just a chaotic pattern that looks very much like the shape of the Da Yan characters. If you look closely at it closely, you will find that it is impossible to read it at all.

Wrapped and set off by the black fog, it is difficult to see the strangeness of these books at first glance.

"All books are like this, and not just books." Xiang Xun said, "Large furniture such as desks and bookshelves can be touched, but all the delicate things in the room, such as the drawers of the desk, the books on the bookshelf, and the pens and ink, are just superficial decorations, just like..."

"Just like the modeling in the game map, right?" Mu Shuyue continued, "As long as it looks real enough at first glance, the details don't matter."

"That's right." Xiang Xun was also confused. Although the secret realm of the Earl's Mansion was only D-level, it was full of all kinds of incredible phenomena.

"This secret place is not an ordinary historical relic. I think it should not even be called a 'relic'. It is more like a 'silhouette' of history, not something that has existed from the past to the present. ”

Mu Huoyue fell into deep thought. These scenes that looked like game models, as well as the blurry faces and unknown shadows in the portraits, made him wonder what the connection was.

The most important thing is that she is the "coordinate" of the arrival of this secret realm. Mu Huiyue is sure that she has no emotional or causal resonance with the Star Dragon Earl's Mansion.

In Mu Huoyue's past memories, she had never seen Count Star Dragon anywhere other than in textbooks, and now she... doesn't even belong to this world, let alone further contact.

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After investigating the study, Mu Liuyue and Xiang Xun split up and explored the rest of the Earl Xinglong's Mansion.

The flower-picking mantis has cleared out all the wild supernatural creatures above the growth stage. Most of the remaining ones are gargoyles and the likes of card-tooth soldiers, which are not very threatening. Mu Chuyue and the little skeleton are enough to deal with them.

The entire secret realm is limited to the space inside the Earl's mansion, which has three main floors, dozens of rooms, and an empty basement.

There were no windows in any of the rooms, and no doors could be found. No matter which direction one walked in, one could only move within the Earl's Palace, unable to reach or see the "outside."

Judging from the standards of a mansion, the Earl's Mansion is already one of the rare ones that is grand and spacious, but as a secret place, this specific and narrow space is very rare.

Whether it was what Mu Huoyue learned in textbooks or what Xiang Xun experienced personally as an investigator, the scale of the secret realms was considerable, and the territories and resources brought by some secret realms would even cause national-level conflicts.

Even though it is a D-level secret realm, the space in the Star Dragon Earl's Mansion is too small.

But thinking about it in reverse, such a small space can measure the energy level of a D-level secret realm. Perhaps the energy contained in the Star Dragon Earl's Mansion is far higher than the measured result.

Mu Liuyue walked through all the rooms on this floor carefully while thinking about something else.

Unlike the exquisitely modeled study, the interiors of the other rooms in the Earl's Mansion are actually real.

The curtains are made of soft velvet, the furniture lying on the ground has cracked surfaces of solid wood, and the silver candlesticks are covered with a black oxide layer. Every detail is very similar to reality.

Mu Chuyue remembered that he had eaten the "food" in this secret realm before. Although the taste was strange, he could barely taste the food.

These scenes and things were different from the situation in the study. The surging black fog had also decreased a lot, and only unknown blue phosphorescent lights were floating up and down the room.

The traces of erosion by time can be seen everywhere in the Earl's Mansion, with the furnishings in the study being the only exception. I wonder if it is caused by the strange modeling texture.

Mu Huoyue explored and thought, and came to the last room on the first floor.

This was the place where she fell off the ceiling. The ruins were still the same as before, and around them were various supplies that the little skeleton had brought back with great difficulty, such as a thick velvet blanket stained with blood, and unknown small fruits that had dried up and completely lost their moisture.

Mu Huoyue now knew that the carpet that Ellen had found from somewhere was the soft curtain next door.

"Luckily I met Ellen then."

Mu Huoyue looked at the small white bones beside her. Her fate with this world started because of Ellen.

"Click!" (I'm also happy to meet Hiiragi!)

The little skeleton made an excited clicking sound, swam down from the shadow of the ceiling, and merged into the shadow of the Beastmaster.

Even if he returned to the secret land where he was born, he still preferred to stay in Mu Liuyue's shadow.

This is the most reassuring place in the world for the little skeleton.

Mu Chuyue smiled and looked at the furnishings in the room, feeling a little emotional.

The desperate situation that seemed insurmountable at the time is no more difficult than this now.

This was just a D-level secret realm, and the terrifying Rotten Eyes monster that seemed like it could easily crush her to death was actually just a high-level warrior, a mature undead supernatural creature.

She and Ellen overcame this desperate situation together, and will continue to do so in the future, realizing more seemingly distant dreams together.

Thinking of this, Mu Liuyue was slightly stunned.

It cannot be said that she has no connection with the Star Dragon Earl's Mansion...

If we ignore the causal relationship of time, this is the starting point of her coming to this world and the place where she met Ellen.

No matter what the future holds, if one were to eventually summarize the life of the "beastmaster" in this world named "Mu Shuyue", then the "Secret Realm of the Star Dragon Earl's Mansion" would be where it all began.

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