As for why Alice knew there was a secret passage here, I have to say that it is a question worth pondering, even though she herself had no awareness of it.
"I don't know." She said carelessly: "The game editor reminded me that I can set up a hidden road here, so I did it. It can enrich the gameplay. How about it? Isn't it a surprise?"<
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Gameplay is really a universal excuse. The big problem is that in Alice's eyes, no matter how unreasonable things are, as long as they are labeled with these three words, they will instantly become very reasonable.
Taking down an oil lamp from the wall of the corridor for lighting, Leticia took her grandma into the dark passage. First there was a spiral downward staircase, as if walking in an endless tower. The flame of the oil lamp swayed, illuminating
Looking at the pale stone bricks and dusty cobwebs on the walls on both sides, the scene is repetitive and monotonous, as if trapped in the same cycle, empty and empty.
This secret passage has not been used for an unknown period of time. The air inside is turbid and heavy. The dust floating in the darkness is attracted by the light of the fire and sticks to the oil lamp shell like moths to the flame, adding to the original exquisite copper lamp wall.
Stained with a layer of dirty shadow.
The sound of footsteps echoed in the void, covering up the gentle and even breathing of the two people, creating a deep and dead atmosphere. The further down they went, the more obvious this feeling became, so that in the end, Leticia couldn't bear this atmosphere anymore.
, she spoke, and although she deliberately lowered her voice, it still sounded so clear and even a little abrupt in the silent environment: "Alice, where does this secret passage lead to?"
The repeated spiral stairs caused the girl to lose her original keen sense of direction. She only knew that she was going down, all the way down, and might even have reached the underground of the castle, but she didn't know which direction she was going. One minute countdown.
As the seconds passed, she felt a little anxious.
"Ah, this." Alice hesitated before replying: "I didn't look carefully when I made the map. After all, I was pressed for time. The only thing that is certain is that this road should lead to the outside of the castle.
Don’t worry, even if the castle is really blown up by the people of the Balance of Order, it has nothing to do with us. Anyway, we should be underground now."
Wouldn't that be worse?
A series of keywords such as "earthquake", "collapse", "buried", "no bones left", etc. flashed through Leticia's mind, so she was skeptical of Alice's blind optimism. At this time, the two finally arrived.
At the bottom of the stairs, there is an extending passage in front of you, leading straight into the depths of darkness. The walls on both sides are no longer made of stone bricks, but dark brown rough rock walls, inlaid with dim fluorescent elements.
Unknown ores, mud, sand and weeds are mixed together, and a support frame made of wood holds up the space above your head. It looks like a structure similar to a mine.
The sound of dripping water probably seeped from the soil above the head, and was filtered by mud, sand and rocks before dripping on the ground in the corridor, accumulating a small pool of spring water, making the atmosphere here better than before on the steps.
It feels emptier and more silent when walking.
Neville covered her nose and frowned slightly: "Did the werewolves of Neo Essu build this road to one day go to the underground world and rule the rats there?"
Leticia also shrank her neck: "I always feel like something terrible will pop up."
When she said this, Alice seemed to remember something, but she couldn't remember it for a while, so she fell into deep thinking.
Continuing deeper along this passage, the road is not very long. You will reach the end in about two minutes, and at the end is an open space filled with exquisite treasure chests, and various hangings on the rock wall.
At a glance, there are precious treasures: paintings, jewelry, jewelry and even weapons. Bookshelves are filled with parchment and copperplate books. Various unknown scrolls and equipment are stored in wooden barrels. Bottles and jars are placed on the medicinal shelf...
What is particularly eye-catching is the statue of a knight in the center of the secret room. It is tall, like a giant, wearing heavy armor, holding a giant sword three palms wide in each hand, and carrying a huge iron shield behind its back.
, as thick and towering as a door panel. It looks to be made of iron, the surface of the body is covered with dust, and the eye sockets under the visor are hollow, silently watching the uninvited guests who have stepped into this place for the first time in more than a hundred years.
"I understand!" Leticia suddenly realized: "Could this be the treasure house of the Neoesu family?"
"Ah." Alice finally remembered what she had been ignoring before: "Normally, there are powerful hidden bosses in such secret passages and secret rooms. Leticia, you have to be careful."<
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However, her reminder was obviously a step too late.
Leticia's voice disturbed the guardians in the secret room, so the statue of the knight standing in the center of the room suddenly moved, stiffly raising its head, and the joints of its limbs made violent noises, similar to the friction of rusty gears.
There was a roar like that. Two cold lights were projected from its hollow and deep eyes, locking on the petite vampire girl like searchlights penetrating the foggy forest. Then it took a few steps forward with a rumble, shortening the distance in an instant.
, with a slow and extremely oppressive movement, he raised the giant sword in his hand and slashed it towards Leticia, cutting away the whistling wind.
Leticia was startled, and instinctively used her only control skill [Light Fusion] to try to buy time to escape. But amidst the violent flashes of light, the movements of the knight golem remained firm and unshakable, and it did not even lag.
In a short breath, the two giant swords crossed over Leticia's head, casting a terrifying shadow.
"It's over, this guy is not a living creature, so he doesn't want to be controlled!" Alice's exclamation came from her mind.
The silver hair on Leticia's forehead was lifted by the wind blowing by the giant sword, revealing her smooth and pale forehead and her confused eyes. She didn't know how to deal with the current situation at all, when the cold blade gradually enlarged in her eyes.
, until it covered her pupils and the girl could even smell the smell of rust emitted by the ancient steel, she almost without thinking shouted out the only clear term in her mind: "Grandma!!!" The next moment, a tall and elegant figure flashed behind the knight golem without any warning, just like the figure in the painting suddenly arrived. She gently stretched out her hand, and the seemingly thin and thin palm was in harmony with the mammoth physique of the knight golem.
It formed a shocking contrast, but it easily broke through the iron armor and penetrated into the body of the demon, as if it had grabbed something and squeezed it casually.
Accompanied by a clear and harsh clicking sound, the golem's heart was broken. The cold light projected in his eyes dimmed for an instant, and his whole body became stiff as if dead. Only the giant sword in both hands continued to move towards Lei along with its inertia.
Tisia fell down, but had lost the fierce and fierce momentum, so she finally stopped helplessly, hanging less than a finger's width away from the tip of the girl's nose, so that the girl felt that if it was another second at night
, the sharp edges of these two swords will cut your cheeks and shed bright red blood.
The knight golem slowly lowered its head and remained motionless. From the cracked joints of its limbs and the opening of its neck, hot white mist slowly erupted. Through the cracks in its chest, the gears inside could be clearly seen.
, the lever and bearing parts were in pieces, and the tear was so severe that it made people feel that a storm had raged in its body. At this time, Neville just retracted her hand and threw it away gracefully.
Contaminated with iron filings and dust, the expression on his face was as plain as if he had just killed a flying insect.
"This kind of guardian golem invented by the Windmill Cross Society draws on the construction technology of the Steam Order, but they have neither a shell made of magic metal, nor a continuous supply of magic core inside to drive them, and rely more on the heart.
The mechanical structure between the small steam engine and the parts operates. Therefore, as long as the integrity of their structure is destroyed, they can stop operating without even destroying the small steam engine used as the energy supply."
She said to Leticia: "If you remember the enemy's weaknesses, it will be easy to defeat it. However, you probably don't need to, because it is impossible to encounter the same enemy - I heard that the Windmill Cross Society was eliminated a hundred years ago.
I bought all the old models of Guardian Golems, but I didn’t expect that the guys in Neo Essu are still using this outdated gadget, and even think that it can protect the family’s last wealth. What a bunch of guys who don’t know what to say.”
There was a lot of disdain in her words, and Leticia, including the spirit behind her mind, were dumbfounded.
Judging from the momentum shown by the Knight Golem just now, its combat effectiveness is by no means as bad as Neville devalued it, but it is indeed broken at a touch and can be described as an instant kill. Is this the true strength of the legendary immortal witch?
The remnant of the immortal?
"Your grandma is so strong." As a strong person, Alice expressed her envy and made a very unscrupulous statement that broke the lower limit of human morality: "Can she also be my grandma?"
Everyone: "..."
Leticia: "I don't want it! Alice, you are so shameless, get out of my head!"