Chapter 216: Difficulty escalates again?
"The person in that painting is the original owner of this castle, right?"
Lin Jiu lowered his head and spoke while carefully rolling the noodles with a fork.
"That's very likely." Todd nodded.
He also observed that the painting was at least a hundred years old, but for some reason, the paint on it seemed to be completely unaffected by time.
"Based on the seating arrangement, if I'm correct, each should represent a family." Todd held his fork, resting his chin on the back of his hand as he spoke slowly, "According to the guild's records, vampires originally had five main bloodlines, or five major families."
Judging from the timeline, the time when the five major families suddenly disappeared was very close to the time when the ancient castle appeared.
Todd didn't know much, but he knew that there were records in the guild that most of the five major families had been wiped out.
Moreover, it seemed that many exorcists were dispatched that year, and even a large number of folk wizards participated.
It’s just that because so many people were sacrificed, the relevant intelligence is intermittent.
Therefore, the guild doesn't know much about the secrets of this ancient castle.
Lin Jiu nodded secretly, and he could ask Mayor Otto about this the day after tomorrow.
Although there were some loopholes, thinking of the curse, Lin Jiu didn't ask anything.
Soon, the topic returned to the painting.
"There are five families, and now three people are missing, which means one family is missing. Does that mean that one of the families has betrayed the other four families?" Christie gently shook the high-heeled glass. It was obviously just a glass of juice, but he felt a sense of luxury when drinking it.
"If that's the case, then maybe this is the reason why they failed to achieve their goal?" Hicks frowned slightly and continued to speculate based on what Christie said.
Charles wiped his mouth and said slowly: "I feel that the painting will change again."
This statement was agreed by the whole audience.
At this moment, Lin Jiu suddenly asked, "Does anyone remember what those three people looked like?"
This question successfully stunned everyone.
What do those three people look like?
Charles frowned slightly. The image of the painting gradually emerged in his mind, but the faces of everyone in the painting were blurry.
It's as if something has deliberately blurred this part of the memory.
This happened to everyone, not just Charles.
Lin Jiu was not surprised at all because he had the same symptoms.
In this case, he is definitely not the one with the problem.
Lin Jiu was very confident that his memory would not allow for such a low-level error.
Unless there is some undetectable interference.
Just when everyone was frowning and wondering what was going on, Todd glanced at Lin Jiu seemingly unintentionally.
Lin Jiu noticed the gaze and looked up.
After the two looked at each other, they quickly looked away.
Obviously, Todd had noticed Lin Jiu's thoughts.
The three people who disappeared are the ones who need special attention.
However, everyone’s memory was having problems right now, so Lin Jiu had to put this matter aside for the time being.
The restaurant fell into a brief silence.
Half a minute passed like this, and Eugene, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
"Originally, these vampires built the castle with a certain purpose, but they failed in the end. Then, strange changes began to appear in the castle..."
As if speculating to himself, everyone's eyes turned to Eugene.
Combined with the information we got from Ike, it is certain that the large amount of magic power hidden underground is the work of the original owners of the castle.
"If it's really as Ivan guessed, and they deliberately created this phenomenon for sacrifice, then after the failure, will these missing vampires..."
Eugene didn't finish his words, but looked up at everyone.
"You mean, the monsters in the castle are most likely those vampires?" Todd immediately responded.
This explanation is very reasonable. The strange people who came here died one after another, and they might have been captured and sacrificed.
"If they still intend to complete the sacrifice that was not completed that year..." Hicks said with a frown, and suddenly felt a chill.
Everyone's faces suddenly became solemn.
Given the huge amount of pollution currently stored underground, there is no doubt that even if the sacrifice is officially started now, it will cause heavy casualties if it fails.
Moreover, even if their speculation is false, there is no guarantee that the amount of pollution that can be stored underground will reach its limit and explode directly.
Either situation is dangerous.
Originally, this mission was to exorcise demons, but now it seems that the difficulty may have to be increased to a higher level.
"But no monsters have appeared yet." Ivan said, "If ghosts can be considered monsters..."
"Come to think of it, those ghosts are a bit strange," Reginald said, stroking his chin as he recalled, "If it's the resentment of the original owner of the castle, some things don't make sense. But if it's the resentment of innocent people, why are they so clearly targeting the Smiths?"
So far, they have only encountered dangerous experiences that are suspected to be "warnings."
The real monster has not appeared yet.
Lin Jiu bit his fork and said slowly, "It doesn't matter. We're going to destroy them anyway."
That's true.
"We can't rule out the possibility that the ghost is actually a monster in the castle." said Christie.
After all, the ghosts that have appeared are not complete.
"It seems that the monster hiding in the dark is quite patient." Ivan crossed his arms, indicating that he did not have enough patience to keep wasting time like this.
Charles glanced at him and said slowly: "Don't horror movies all have a routine?"
He slowly eliminated them one by one, using fear to gradually cause the prey's spirit to collapse.
After Charles finished speaking, Todd said, "So, we must avoid acting alone."
As he said this, he looked at Lin Jiu meaningfully.
Lin Jiu turned his head silently without looking at Todd.
Todd smiled and said nothing more. He put his hands on the table and prepared to stand up. Suddenly, the magic bells on everyone, including himself, began to shake wildly.
The sound of ding-ding-ding suddenly filled the entire restaurant.
Todd's face suddenly became alert. He stood up immediately and the lights in the restaurant went out at that moment.
The ringing sound disappeared, and the faint light that lit up after the magic-detecting bell detected the abnormal magic power gradually weakened and soon went dark.
The restaurant fell into silence, but the breathing of several people was very obvious.
Todd frowned and cursed inwardly. What he said really came true. Such a sudden situation would inevitably cause panic. He wondered if those things had been eavesdropping.
"Stay calm and adjust your breathing!" Todd raised his voice while paying attention to his surroundings.
Although it wasn't pitch black, the lights had just been turned off, so visibility was inevitably affected.
But Todd quickly got over the effect.
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