High Above

  Chapter 383 The child without a face (23)

  The streets in Laianling are neatly built, but because they live deep in the dense forest, some roads that are not commonly used will inevitably be covered with moss and lichen.

  It's fine on weekdays, but now it's unexpectedly slippery and difficult to walk when it's raining heavily.

   But this is only for ordinary people. The two sublimators walked on the road leading to the castle on the top of the cliff. The dark castle was covered by the rain, and the building without the slightest light stood in the strong wind, silently as if dead.

   Soon, Ian and Sister Reflecting Light came to the bottom of Ryan Castle.

  Clatter...

  The rainwater fell along the ditches and lines on the surface of the castle, hitting the already deeply sunken rocky ground, and the pitch-black tower seemed to have blended into the night.

   "It's still hard to imagine that the baron's actions are so decisive."

  The white-haired dragon girl looked up at this castle. It was built by the imperial military to cut off the only mountain road between Lake Laian and the settlement of the mountain people, and it guarded the edge of the agate plain.

  Two hundred years have passed, and the strong fortress built for war in the past has also become the residence of the baron's family.

  But now, there is no half of the 'master' in this family.

  The baron and his 'four' children have all left this place, and Ian's eyes can no longer see their purple-blue haze.

   "So we have to find clues as soon as possible to find where they are today."

  Ian did not expect that the baron who was still receiving himself and Sister Reflecting Light at noon had disappeared in the evening.

  The other party must have also sensed the danger from the actions of the Huaiguang Church, so they decided to speed up their actions.

   No, not only that.

  He was already close to taking action, and the reason why he didn't act was simply because he hadn't made up his mind yet.

   “We are determination.”

Ian whispered to himself, causing Yingguang to tilt his head in doubt. He shook his head and responded: "Don't worry, there are no guards around. The leader of the City Guards should be on patrol—it seems that the baron has really prepared for it a long time ago, even himself Everyone was dismissed."

   In other words, I am afraid that none of his own people will support what he is going to do.

   This is good news, at least the other party will not call the entire city guard to cooperate with the siege, then I will be fine, but Sister Yingguang may not be able to hold on.

  —The speed is too fast.

The young man was actually a little annoyed. He also sensed a strange sense of disobedience from the baron's actions. In addition, the ability of the prophet to predict was blocked by the momentary skull, so he chose the safest course of action, which is to become the second energy level Let's go investigate again.

   Unexpectedly, the baron's actions were so decisive.

   But he didn't think it was a wrong choice. Only by advancing to the second energy level and ensuring his own safety can he better investigate the truth.

  The gate of the castle is tightly closed, and even a military siege hammer will be frustrated in the face of this fortress-level gate that is poured with iron.

  But this time, it is facing two sublimators.

   So they went straight in through the third floor window.

   Banging the door?

  Uh, the movement is obviously too loud.

  The baron is gone, there are still many sublimators in the city. Although Sister Yingguang was sure that the baron had violated the laws of the empire, and even called for reinforcements from the second-level sanctuary executors in Nauman City, at least the arrival of the reinforcements would have to wait until tomorrow morning.

   It really hit the door, and the defenders in Lai'an City heard it. Although they definitely couldn't stop the two, there was no need to make it so troublesome.

  Anyway, for a sublimator, a dozen or twenty meters is just a light leap.

  In a sense, this is more insulting to the meaning of a door than kicking the door open.

Snapped.

  The glass window was removed, and the two arrived at the dark interior of the castle at night.

  The castle, which was still a bit warm during the day, is now only gloomy and gloomy. The moist rain poured in, quickly forming a white mist in the corridor.

  Yingguang raised his hand, and a gray-white flame ignited from his palm, illuminating the surrounding scene.

   "Let's go to the baron's study next? Or his bedroom?"

  The nun looked around the corridor. Her firelight was so clear that even the lines on the walls could be seen clearly. The shadows of some hanging ornaments on the top were elongated and cast towards the sudden end not far away, sinking into the darkness.

   "We...wait a minute, are there any living people in the castle?"

Ian wanted to go to the alchemy laboratory first, there would definitely be clues left by Baron Ryan, and he had already scanned the fingerprint left on the laboratory by the other party through the silver chip, and he could easily open the fingerprint Inscription door.

  But at this moment, the boy frowned, and his eyes turned to the basement of the castle: "There is a person still alive there—the breath is weak, but it is still stable."

   "We have to go and see what's going on."

   "You lead the way."

  Yingguang chose to listen to the psyker.

The way to the basement of the castle is not difficult to find. After the two arrived on the first floor, they soon found a downward spiral corridor next to the kitchen. The blue light of the font scans the surrounding details.

The basement of Leian Castle is very high, and it is a large warehouse structure, or it was a large warehouse at that time. An unopened crystal lamp hangs in the center of the top of the underground warehouse, and the ground is made of solid steel and stone bricks. Cast, with an inscription structure filled with silver lines, the effect is 'dry' and 'solid'.

There are many things in the basement - barrels, jars and various boxes, but most of them are dilapidated and empty. They are all recently destroyed. The contents have been hastily taken out, then assembled in the center, and finally carried Walk.

Yingguang raised her hand, her ash fire was not a real flame, but a strange radiation phenomenon. Under the light of the ash fire, many jars and bugs in the corners were expelled, emitting tiny noises. There was the sound of crawling.

   And in a pile of scattered boxes and jars, the bald steward, whom both of them were quite familiar with, fell there, unconscious.

   "It's Moda who is in charge, and he handles all the affairs of the Baron's castle." The nun obviously still remembered the name of the steward.

   "It was he who told me that the Viscount's child is still alive, and even often plays with toys." Ian nodded slightly.

  Squinting her eyes, Sister Reflecting Light didn't step forward to rescue her immediately, but cautiously pulled out a folding shovel from behind... No, it was a folding staff.

This is a rather peculiar scepter. Its handle is a simple structure that can be folded. The top is a sharp spear head made of four silver metal spirals, and the top of the tip is inlaid with a fiery red gemstone as the 'spear point.' '...There is no doubt that this is a staff that can be used at close quarters.

  With the urging of the source quality, a white light shot out from the top of the ruby, sweeping across the whole body of Moda Steward and the surrounding jars.

   "No poison, no traps, and no abnormal biological bombs on the steward's body, the person is still alive, just fainted from fright."

  Sister Yingguang's tone was calm, and Ian could tell from the actions of the other party that she had experienced many battles.

  —Being so cautious must have suffered a lot, right?

Walking over, he helped Steward Moda to the side. Yingguang wanted to use his sublimation skills to wake him up, but Ian shook his head slightly, took out a small olfactory bottle from his waist pocket, and put it in Steward Moda. Sweep under the nose.

   Immediately, the refreshing taste of Ningshencao, which can be said to be extremely cold, awakened the other party.

"what!!"

  As soon as he woke up, the middle-aged old steward let out a terrified scream. Obviously in a coma, he was still immersed in the scene he saw before the coma: "Monster, monster!!"

  He wanted to continue to speak, but Ian pressed his cheeks with metal gauntleted hands.

  The cold touch, the irresistible strength, and the pair of indifferent blue eyes made Steward Moda wake up immediately, and gestured that he would not bark again.

   "Three questions."

  Ian put down his hand and said directly: "First, why did you pass out here?"

   "Second, where did Baron Ryan go?"

   "The third one, what is the monster you mentioned?"

Ian's words were very slow and clear. Steward Moda took a deep breath. He looked around and noticed that he was fully equipped, but he was only in the basement. Apart from the young White People knight, there was Huaiguang in front of him. The light-reflecting nun of the church.

  —Safe.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then stammered: "Sir, I, I just want to give you a cup of morning and afternoon tea for the master and the young master... But the scented tea happened to be used up, so I went to the basement to get it." one serving."

   "But who knows, the basement is actually empty. The cabinets and compartments that were full are gone. There are several large boxes of semi-finished products of Xiahuicao solution and an alchemy instrument that looks like a glass bathtub."

"I'm still thinking, it's only been a few days, why the basement has become like this, I was going to scold those servants for how to organize the storage room, but I immediately thought that this must be the master's order, otherwise no one would dare Do it."

   "And just when I was going to ask the master about the next arrangement of the basement, I discovered from the light that there was another light source with a completely different color from the light behind me..."

   "At that time, I didn't think much about it, so I just turned back."

   Speaking of this, Steward Moda showed an extremely frightened expression. He swallowed and said tremblingly, "Then, I saw a blue shadow reaching out to me..."

   "A child without a face!"

  (end of this chapter)