After walking out of the mansion gate, Ronald rushed towards the garden without looking back.
Even though the black mist was close at hand, the dark shadows lay directly under his feet, and the shrill 'wind' could be heard all the time, there was no hesitation or fear in his eyes.
Just like the path he took when taking the ladder, he came to the utility room between the garden and the mansion.
"call--"
Taking a deep breath, Ronald looked at the black mist beside him that was almost in front of him.
This is a one-way street -
Walking in from here, the black fog will soon flood the entire garden, and the entrance to the outside of the utility room will naturally bear the brunt.
When the entrance was shrouded in black mist, he didn't have enough power to destroy the wall.
Choosing this path means there is no turning back.
"Everything can be matched."
"I can't be wrong."
Muttering as if to convince himself, Ronald walked into the utility room.
Entering this small space, the first thing he did was to pick up the firewood he had brought with him last time from the corner, then put it together with the torch in his hand and started to light it.
Huhuhu——
The fire on the wood gradually spread, and soon all the firewood in Ronald's hand turned into a torch that could provide lighting.
After confirming that there was no problem with the most important lighting, he reached the end of the utility room in two steps.
At your feet is the previously covered cellar entrance.
Because the entrance slopes downward against the wall, the location of the manor's cellar is actually directly below the main body of the mansion.
This is what Ronald inferred——
The real place where the magic book is hidden!
Click——
Opening the trap door covering the cellar, Ronald tried to reach down with the burning torch.
The flame burns normally and you can breathe underneath.
"..."
Standing there, just before Ronald was about to enter the cellar, he suddenly stopped!
"Aren't you coming out yet?"
Looking up and looking around, Ronald smiled calmly:
"If you don't try to stop me, you won't have a chance next time."
"..."
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Just when Ronald was about to doubt his judgment, a translucent figure suddenly emerged from the wall.
It was the boy who entertained them at first and then disappeared in the end!
At this moment, this guy emerged from the wall in the direction of the villa with gloomy eyes.
While looking at Ronald, his face looked like he was about to risk his life.
However, in fact——
He just made such a gesture.
After emerging from the wall, this guy stood on the wall without moving a step, as if there was some kind of insurmountable gap between him and Ronald.
But the 'boy' who was watching him with eager eyes could only barely show up in front of him.
Ronald couldn't help laughing:
"hehe."
"all hit."
Not caring about the enemy in front of him at all, he walked into the cellar entrance holding a torch.
Followed closely.
He was a 'boy' with an extremely ugly face and kept a distance from Ronald at all times.
————
The path to the cellar beneath the mansion is very easy.
This is not like an ordinary cellar, where a ladder to climb up and down is enough. On the contrary, the owner of the mansion actually built a complete set of steps underground. It is difficult to imagine that an ordinary cellar needs this level of steps to assist.
On the way, the 'boy' who was chasing me couldn't help but said:
"Hey, listen to me."
"The entire Montenegro is finished. If you want to survive now, you must..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ronald interrupted the 'boy's' confusion.
"Better save it."
"It would have been okay if you didn't come out just now, but now it's too late."
"You guys, in addition to not being able to leave this house, are also afraid of fire."
"..."
Under the light of the torch in Ronald's hand, the 'boy's' expression gradually became extremely ugly:
"How did you see..."
"As long as you are not a fool, you can see it, right?" Ronald didn't even slow down his downward steps, and mocked this guy along the way, "Do you remember when we just entered the mansion?"
"The door opens to the left. When welcoming guests into the room, everyone should subconsciously give way to a more spacious direction."
"But what about you?"
"In order to avoid the lamp held by my companion in his right hand, you actually went against common sense and chose to move to an awkward position to make way. This is simply more outrageous than taking off your pants and farting!"
"After that, when you entertained the three of us in the house, you never came close to the fireplace once. You hid on the right side of the room away from the fire the whole time. How can you not be suspicious?"
Can you actually blame me for this?
The expression on his face became even more distorted, and the face of the 'boy' behind Ronald was almost covered with question marks:
"You're a bit too far-fetched!"
"How could it be because of this..."
"Of course it's more than that." Ronald is very willing to expose the opponent's mistakes in front of the enemy, especially when the opponent cannot come back.
Even this kind of behavior is very similar to the villain's posture that forces the protagonist into a desperate situation.
With a sarcastic curve on his lips, Ronald continued:
"Your old father is really a good man."
"It's just a bunch of lies, but he also exposed the important information to me that 'that woman can't enter the living room'."
"Please?"
"Why can't that 'woman' enter the living room just because of the magic book he claims to have?"
Hearing this, the boy found it even more difficult to accept.
There was even a burst of excitement on his distorted face:
"Why not? No one has told you the true whereabouts of the grimoire, so why can you think that my father doesn't have it in his hands?"
Ronald turned his head in a rare turn and gave the boy a look of pity for those with mental retardation.
"Because the excuse he made up is so stupid."
"Rescue his daughter, then destroy the magic book and die with his wife, and finally let us escape from Montenegro..."
"hehe--"
"What nonsense is this?"
"With this ability, wouldn't it be better if he just destroys the magic book and dies with his wife?"
"Do you still need us to help?"
“It’s a rare opportunity to welcome middlemen to make the difference.”
"..."
The boy's expression froze instantly.
Don't say——
He really didn't realize there was such a flaw in his father's words.
Under Ronald's continuous ridicule, he even began to doubt:
Could it be that I am really too stupid?
After looking at the boy who was thinking, Ronald turned around and continued walking down:
"So if there is such a basic-level logical problem, don't bring it out to make people look embarrassed."
"And as I said before, only the living room is safe?"
"With your awkward reaction before, these words can easily make people think of fire, not to mention that the only fireplace in the entire mansion is lit in the living room."
"The candlesticks in the corridor on the second floor are used for watching plays?"
"Your 'mother' obviously acted like she was looking for someone else, but all the candlesticks on the second floor were extinguished. How does she like to look for someone in the dark?"
"I don't think her brain is that bad."
After Ronald finished speaking, the boy behind him was completely at a loss.
How could he have imagined that he would be exposed so completely?
He knew he couldn't leave the house, knew he couldn't get close to the fire.