Chapter 7 Awakening His long silver hair cascaded down his shoulders like soft, lustrous satin…
The dark, damp tunnel was gloomy. I stepped on the blood-soaked, sticky mud, and white bones were everywhere. Heavy skulls kept falling on me, hitting me painfully.
But I ignored it all and ran forward as fast as I could.
Gunshots rang out behind me, but because the tunnel was too dark and I was dodging left and right, they couldn't hit me accurately.
They burst out of the tunnel just as dawn broke, and everything around them was shrouded in a gray haze.
I immediately spotted an empty space identical to the one on the eighth drawing. I rushed over, placed the glass dome on the ground, and uncovered it as the prophecy had shown.
Just then, something incredible happened—
The moment they came into contact with the air, the black tower, the grass, the garden, the slide, and the swing inside the enclosure all expanded and grew taller at an astonishing speed... transforming from a model into a real entity.
The black tower continued to grow taller and larger... it almost reached the clouds before it stopped growing.
I rubbed my eyes again and again, completely unable to believe what was happening before my eyes.
The long-haired women had all arrived. When they saw the towering black tower, they looked on incredulously, dropped their guns, and stopped attacking me.
The sun rose, and the first rays of golden sunlight shone on the black tower, making it glitter.
The long-haired women were both frightened and nervous; their rapid breathing could be heard.
The sound of hurried running came again, and at the most tense moment, the stuttering girl suddenly appeared out of nowhere, rushing towards the tall black tower like a whirlwind. I didn't have time to think about what was happening, and I followed her in surprise.
I initially thought I wouldn't be able to climb it, but to my surprise, there were two elevators inside the tower. The stuttering girl and I each rushed into one.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, the stuttering girl rushed out.
I followed behind, panting, and rushed into the top-floor bedroom. I bent over, leaning on my knees, catching my breath, and saw the stuttering girl standing in front of the silver-haired boy's bed.
I watched all of this in horror.
It turns out that the silver-haired boy didn't have a coffin; he was shrunk down and placed in this tower.
The sunlight illuminated the entire black tower, and also the bed. The sleeping, beautiful boy seemed to be surrounded by golden light, his whole body shimmering.
As I breathed heavily, I saw the handsome young man's face growing brighter and brighter, as if it had merged with the sunlight, making it almost impossible to open my eyes.
The next second, the handsome young man slowly opened his eyes.
Good heavens! I can't believe my eyes.
It turns out he wasn't a wax figure, but a real person!
He gracefully lifted the soft silver silk quilt and slowly sat down on the edge of the bed.
His long, silver hair cascaded down his shoulders like a lustrous satin, reflecting off his stunningly beautiful face, making him appear like a celestial being in the golden sunlight.
The stuttering girl suddenly knelt before him, bowed deeply, and kissed his flawless white feet.
I was dumbfounded. This...this was a female slave kneeling and licking her male master, swearing allegiance to him?
And this silver-haired boy is the owner of this black castle?
I had imagined a great demon boss with black wings, but I never expected it to be...
Just as I was making wild guesses, the silver-haired boy's gaze slowly shifted to me. His eyes, as deep as the ocean, seemed to hold the stars in the sky, mysterious and profound.
I took a few steps back.
Before I could react, the gorgeous silver-haired boy suddenly stood up and went to the window of the Black Tower. He raised his hands, and two light blue halos flew out from his palms, circling the Black Tower again and again.
When we reached the third lap, something amazing happened.
The silver-haired youth slightly opened his mouth and exhaled a wisp of white mist, which intertwined and merged with the blue light rushing towards him, creating a loud explosion in the air.
My heart almost jumped out of my chest.
The next moment, the entire black tower began to shake, and I lost my balance and fell to the ground.
The scene from the last painting is chilling: a volcanic eruption, turning the sky crimson.
Extreme fear suddenly overwhelmed me like a tidal wave. God, will this place turn into hell?
I turned and fled.
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The vibrations became increasingly intense.
Lime and dust kept falling.
The wooden ladder beneath my feet creaked horribly, as if it were about to break.
After rushing up a wooden staircase, I suddenly saw two figures enveloped in white light slowly descending from a nearby tower window.
A shimmering silver-haired boy holds the hands of a stuttering girl who also shines, and together they spin and slowly descend.
Wow, this is just like a romantic scene in a Japanese anime!
But I didn't want to fall like that. This black tower is at least a dozen stories high, and I have a fear of heights.
Without looking at them again, I continued rushing down, afraid to take the "elevator" for fear that it would plummet violently like in a horror movie during the "earthquake."
I was running too fast, and I missed several steps, falling several floors with a scream.
Ignoring the pain all over my body, I continued running down. Later, I realized that rolling down would be faster, so I simply curled up and rolled down the wooden stairs, which doubled my speed.
A series of hoarse bird calls drifted over, and a flock of black crows swooped down, skimming past the window. Suddenly, a huge crow flew through the open window and towards me. Caught off guard, it grabbed my shoulder with lightning speed and carried me out of the Black Tower.
Good heavens, how did I get caught by a crow?
I let out the longest, most terrifying scream I've ever heard. I have acrophobia, and being suspended high in the sky, I was terrified.
"Put me down, put me down..."
A deafening roar, a feeling of the sky collapsing and the earth splitting apart, drowned out my terrified screams.
The black castle on the ground suddenly collapsed, shattering into pieces. This wasn't an ordinary collapse; it was caused by something slowly rising from the ground, pushing the black castle aside so that this "something" could rise from its original position. If it weren't for the crow saving me, I don't know what would have become of me, having been unable to escape the tower in time.
I opened my mouth in a daze, my mind completely blank.
"Something" is a raging volcano. Lava and flames erupt and billow thick smoke shoots straight into the sky. A dozen crows that have just taken flight are hit by the spray and fall straight down with mournful cries.
I also vaguely heard a strange and mournful ghostly cry coming from deep within the volcano.
Several more loud booms followed, and the volcano erupted in full force, spewing out fiery red lava like a waterfall. The sky and the earth shook violently, and I was almost thrown off, but fortunately, the crows had already carried me away.
At that moment, the entire sky seemed to be burning, dyed crimson, like a river of bright red blood flowing.
The Black Castle is burning, the island is burning, even the sea is burning.
The prophecy in the ninth painting has come true. I suddenly realized it too.
It turns out that the city gate was neither the castle wall nor the exit. This castle had no exit; its only connection to the outside world was the sea below the cliff. There might be a special passage inside the cliff leading directly to the beach, but the beach was backed by the cliff and surrounded by the sea on three sides, making it inaccessible to outsiders. However, a special method could be used to temporarily create a silver cave to transport outsiders in—that's how the new maid entered.
Therefore, if the castle needs to be connected to the outside world, there is only one way—to detonate the volcano, or in other words, only by destroying everything can it be connected to the outside world.
It seems that the people who built this castle truly did not want to have any contact with the outside world, preferring to destroy everything rather than compromise.
Suddenly, I noticed a gold anklet on the claw gripping my shoulder, and my heart skipped a beat. This wasn't... I looked up and saw a huge raven overhead. It seemed to know I was looking at it; its red eyes slanted slightly as it glared at me arrogantly.
It was Princess Manboya! After spending several months together, I would never mistake that look in her eyes.
But why did she save me?
Just then, a silver light rose up, diverting my attention.
The higher it rises, the closer it gets to us, and the clearer it becomes.
The silver-haired boy's long hair fluttered in the wind, shimmering so brightly it was blinding.
Through my blurred vision, I saw the silver-haired boy raise a long sword, the tip of which emitted a sharp buzzing sound, rapidly drawing in countless volcanic ash erupted from the volcano like a magnet.
I was stunned.
The sword grew increasingly red, a translucent red, scorching hot as if it were on fire.
With a clang, sparks suddenly flew from the tip of the sword.
The silver-haired youth, wielding a longsword, charged towards the higher sky. With a powerful slash, a flash of red light appeared, and the sky was torn apart like a curtain, emitting a hissing sound, allowing even more dazzling sunlight to stream in.
I was reminded of The Hunger Games.
The cloudless sky was breached by the female protagonist, revealing that there was a higher power beyond the sky, and everything was controlled by a power structure outside of it.
As one opening was made, countless other openings appeared in the sky, gradually splitting apart. With several loud bangs, countless fragments fell from the sky, revealing a massive power operating system.
However, here there is only dazzling sunlight, so bright that one can no longer open their eyes.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of huge waves.
When the sunlight from beyond the sky shines on the sea, the seawater absorbs the light and heat, suddenly creating huge waves that rise three meters high, violently washing everything on the island away.
The ruins of Black Castle, the flowers, trees, and broken rocks all vanished in the raging waves...
I was so scared that I lay on Princess Manboya and didn't dare to move.
She led me at breakneck speed toward the miraculously floating ruins of a black tower in the sea, skillfully and daringly dodging the towering waves that crashed in like a wall, and escaping danger...
The black tower had completely collapsed, and floating on the sea was a large black tower room. The thick walls seemed to possess a special power, withstanding the falling debris from the sky and the intense heat of the burning sea.
This black tower room is like a strangely shaped black ship sailing on a burning sea.
Princess Manboya flew me straight in.
Some long-haired women, girls with long braids, a flock of crows, and a stuttering girl were also on the boat.
I was reminded of Noah's Ark. The gods punished a land, and Noah's Ark saved Noah, his family, and all kinds of land creatures from a devastating flood.
Aren't we now hiding in a strange ship, escaping Black Castle Island, which has been destroyed by volcanic eruptions and the sea?
Good heavens, what on earth is going on?
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