Chapter 097 Chapter 97
Enor and his group went up to the third floor.
As soon as they arrived at the third floor, they immediately noticed the difference. Compared with the first and second floors, there were no cells on the third floor. Instead, there were larger rooms and large windows, making it look more spacious.
Obviously, large windows allow more sunlight to come in, and the top floor is usually warmer than the bottom floor, but here it is just the opposite, a little too cold.
Although one is on the top floor, it feels like standing in a basement. It is damp and cold, as if the breath one exhales will turn into icy mist.
As soon as they came up, Enor and Tony and his group wanted to go down, as they felt that there was a more terrible danger here. But when they turned around, they heard the roar of the monsters meeting each other downstairs.
The invisible ghost met the fat monster, and they seemed to be getting along unpleasantly. The roars and fighting sounds were transmitted to the upper floor, especially the huge block, which moved with great force. Enor and his companions on the third floor could feel the shaking movement downstairs.
They immediately lost the desire to return.
We don’t know what kind of danger we will encounter on the third floor, but if we return now, we will definitely be killed.
"Let's go," Duke said, "there should be another staircase leading down."
There must be more than one place to go upstairs in such a big building. They found another staircase and immediately went back to the second floor.
"Hmm." This proposal was agreed by others, but looking around, no one knew which way to go.
"Where to?" Mandy asked.
Duke: "This should be the middle of the building. It doesn't matter which side we go. Why don't we go to the right side?"
When people don't know which hand to choose, most of them will subconsciously choose the right side because it is the position of the commonly used hand.
Everyone else nodded in agreement. As they walked, they introduced themselves to each other in a low voice. This disaster allowed this group of strangers to build up a little friendship.
They have not yet met anyone like the woman in glasses. Even though they have seen people like Martin in weird live broadcasts, they have not experienced it themselves so they will not immediately lose all trust in strangers.
On the contrary, because both parties and their temporary companions had a relatively smooth journey, they felt that even if they were strangers, they could still act together.
Especially since Park Sung-hyun's major is history, some of his courses overlap with Mandy's archaeology department, and the two sides have met each other several times, so they are not complete strangers and can chat for a while.
"If it were in the past, I would definitely be happy to come to a place like this." Mandy said in a depressed mood, "An ancient prison that is so well preserved is very worth studying."
Unfortunately, now, let alone research, she dared not even get close to the stone wall, for fear that she would become one with the prison and could never be separated from it.
"Do you know the history of this place?" Park Sung-hyun asked. "I've read history books, and prisons like this look like they were privately established. And when I was on the second floor, I noticed that many cells were of different sizes. This means that different cells have different treatments, right?"
"Yes, of course." Mandy's eyes lit up slightly when she talked about the ancient culture and history that she was interested in. "In fact, I know that the address of the dormitory building used to be an ancient prison. I have also studied the historical background of this ancient prison."
"A long time ago, prisons were run by religions and used to imprison clergy who had made mistakes. Prisons at that time were relatively mild. Even if those people were imprisoned, they could reflect on their mistakes in nice rooms with good food. The only drawback was that the cells were relatively small and they could not be free. But later on, things changed. Prisons gradually became places for trying heretics. Historically speaking, that was one of the means of maintaining religion."
"This ancient prison was built six hundred years ago. During that period, prisons were no longer exclusive to religions. The nobles also began to build prisons to detain people who violated the dignity of the nobles, people who were considered pagans by religious nobles, or people who were captured to satisfy certain desires of the nobles, people who were excluded as dissidents, and even the descendants of other nobles. People of different identities were imprisoned in different cells."
Ainol, who was listening nearby, asked: "Were the descendants of other noble families also arrested?"
"Yes, nobles with different political views are enemies. Of course, there are also people who demand ransom after being captured." Mandy continued, "This prison belongs to the noble Breret family. It has been used to exclude dissidents, and has also been used to capture subordinates who disobeyed the nobles' orders, civilians who offended the nobles, and some criminals."
Duke: "Brett sounds familiar."
Linda, who was lying on Enor's back, said, "He was once a viscount, but fell into poverty during the war. The last heir was a man with a very bad personality. His biggest hobby was to capture innocent civilians to experiment with the torture instruments he developed. He once captured countless innocent people and tortured them in prison on the pretext of offending the nobles. Corpses were carried out of the prison almost every day. It was very tragic."
"Oh, I know that!" Duke said. "I remember that the family crest has a golden tulip."
Rose nodded in agreement. "Yes, because of the cruel behavior of the last Viscount, some people once called him the Bloody Tulip Viscount."
"Is that what it looks like?" Tony said, pointing to the flag hanging on the roof in front.
Mandy and the others looked over and nodded: "Yes, that's it."
Their heads froze halfway through nodding, because when they saw the flag, it began to bleed slowly. Drops of blood fell to the ground, staining it a deep red.
Several people stood there in a daze, and then retreated together.
Linda, who was carried by Enor, heard some noises. She turned her head and looked behind her. A man in armor and holding a sword was walking slowly towards her. The slight metallic friction sound that Linda heard was made by the metal armor.
Although there was the sound of metal friction, there was no sound of heavy footsteps. It was as if the guy's footsteps did not actually hit the ground, even though he was walking in such heavy armor.
Linda was so frightened that she couldn't speak and could only pat Enol's shoulders desperately.
Enol turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Linda finally spoke: "Behind!!"
A few people turned their heads and saw the armored man, their faces changed and they ran away.
Enol ran the slowest because she was carrying Linda on her back. Even Mandy, who was wearing slippers, was one step ahead of her.
The armored man noticed that several people were running away and started to chase after them.
"He's coming!" Linda shouted in panic.
"Mad, you ran out a year's worth of steps today!" Duke cursed loudly.
No one responded to him, everyone was running desperately.
Enol was the last one to fall behind, and a little ahead was Mandy, who was wearing slippers. After running continuously, the straps of her slippers, which were originally more decorative, finally couldn't bear it and broke with a snap. The shoes under her feet slipped and Mandy fell to the ground.
Because Enol was behind her, he was caught off guard and fell down with him. Linda, who was on his back, fell to the ground with a cry.
The armored man has already run up to him.
The few people who were still running in front heard the sound behind them and looked back. Park Sung-hyun showed a trace of hesitation on his face. Finally, he gritted his teeth and took down the pole with the flag hanging on it. He held the pole in his hand in front of the armored man and said to Enor and the other two behind him: "Run!"
Mandy quickly took off her troublesome slippers and ran forward barefoot.
Linda's ankle was still swollen, and she stood up in a hurry. Rose in front of her also ran back and dragged Linda forward.
Enor ran to the other side and made a loud noise to attract the attention of the armored men, so as to give Linda and the others time to escape.
"Hey, Pu, move aside!" Duke shouted.
Park Sung-hyun immediately obeyed and moved aside a little, and then he saw a stone coming towards him, but unfortunately it did not hit the armored man, and then there was another big stone.
Looking back, Tony was digging at the loose rocks on the steps, and Duke was taking the rocks and acting as a thrower.
"One more!!" Duke shouted loudly.
This time the stone hit the armored man. Not only that, it also hit the armored man's helmet, successfully knocking the helmet off.
The iron helmet clanked on the ground, rolled around, and stopped at Park Sung-hyun's feet.
But he didn't pay attention to the helmet, but stared at the head of the armored man.
The place where the head should have been was empty, with nothing there.
After being hit on the head, the armored man bent slightly, looking like he was searching for his helmet on the ground. This allowed Park Sung-hyun to see inside the armor, which was completely empty, with nothing inside.
So, the thing wearing this armor is actually air?
No, according to the conventional thinking, it should be considered a kind of ghost.
How else can we explain how a group of scattered armors can be assembled together completely and move freely?
When he thought of the ghost, Park Sung-hyun looked at the feet of the armored man. He remembered that there was no sound of footsteps when the armored man moved. Sure enough, the armored man's feet did not land on the ground, but were walking in the air. No wonder no footsteps could be heard.
The armored man did not take any further steps, but continued to walk around in a bent position, apparently still looking for his fallen helmet.
Looking at the helmet that fell at his feet, Park Sung-hyun suddenly had an idea. He bent down, picked up the helmet on the ground, and threw it hard. The helmet flew over the armored man's head and to the opposite place, falling to the ground with a sound. Sure enough, the armored man turned around and faced that direction.
Then I looked in that direction.
Seeing the armored man getting farther and farther away, Park Sung-hyun and the others breathed a sigh of relief, especially Enor, who had been running with the man on his back. He sat on the ground. If possible, he really didn't want to move at all.