Claude slowly walked up the stairs, pricking up his ears to listen to the movement above. But to his surprise, it was very quiet above, without a trace of sound. Even when Claude concentrated, he couldn't feel anyone breathing.
sound.
Where are the people? Claude went up to the second floor smoothly without seeing a single person. This was a two-meter-wide passage with suite-style rooms on both sides. The floor of the passage was also covered with dark red wool carpets.
, looks much more upscale than the lobby downstairs.
Gently push open the wooden door of the first room on the left. The wooden door is very thick. The room is a bit cluttered, but it is clear at a glance that no one is hiding in it. This is a large room with a small room inside. The small room is a bedroom, with a
It was a large bed with messy bedding. It was obvious that a fierce physical battle had taken place, and the harmonious smell could still be smelled in the air.
Next to the bedroom is a small bathroom with a toilet and a wash basin. No one is hiding in it. There is a table in the large room with some chips and wooden gambling equipment on it. Next to the table are four armchairs with backrests.
There are thick velvet cushions. However, one chair is lying on the ground. Apparently the owner took the chair down in a hurry when he left...
There are two single sofas and a large coffee table on the left side against the wall. On the coffee table are several bottles of white grape fruit wine and blueberry fruit wine, as well as five or six glass cups. Two of the bottles of fruit wine are empty, and there is another
The bottle was mostly full, and there were still half glasses of fruit wine in the two glasses.
There was a long table placed against the wall opposite the entrance, with several silver plates on it containing snacks such as barbecued meats, honey bread, and fruits.
Claude withdrew from the room and entered the first room on the right. The layout of this room was similar to that of the room on the left. Maybe it was because no one had a private room. Everything in this room was arranged neatly.
Neat and tidy, not messy at all.
How could there be no one? Claude quickly checked all the rooms on the second floor, but the result was the same. The rooms were empty and no one was found. This is impossible, obviously those people did not go down the stairs.
Lord remembered clearly that he had always paid attention to the stairs leading to the second floor when he was fighting with the big men in the hall.
Claude once again walked from the stairs to the platform on the second floor. Yes, there was just one staircase and one passage. There were fourteen suites on both sides of the passage. There were seven doors on one side and no other exits. So there was only one
Maybe, there are other secret passages on the second floor, and those people, including Albert, escaped through that secret passage...
"He's on the second floor!"
"Right there! Get him!"
Claude looked down and saw a large group of members of the Black Snake Society swarming at the iron gate of the underground hall where he entered, wearing various coats and holding various weapons. There were even two
Each of them was holding a matchlock gun. A rough count showed that there were at least fifty or sixty people, rushing into the underground hall from the downward stairway...
These members of the Black Snake Society were in large numbers. As soon as they entered the iron gate, they saw Claude standing on the second floor platform thinking, and they immediately started making noises. But when they entered the underground hall, they saw clearly the miserable state of the big men lying on the ground watching the scene.
At this moment, their screams immediately dropped, and the first few didn't even hold the weapons in their hands, they were so frightened that they dropped them to the ground.
Claude flashed back into the passage. He didn't want to stand on the platform and be a target. Looking at the doors on both sides of the passage, he was thinking nervously, which room contained a secret passage?
If we exclude those guest suites, then the most likely room is the room in the middle that is used as a storage room. Claude remembered that he came in and searched just now. This suite was different from other rooms. There were two small rooms in the room.
There is a single bed, and the large room outside is lined with shelves, with various gambling equipment and boxes containing food and fruit wine.
If there is a secret passage on the second floor, it will not be placed in the guest suites. Only in this room can the safety of the secret passage be guaranteed. Claude first moved the rows of shelves.
, there is no problem with the shelves, but there are so many heavy things on them that they cannot be moved at all.
Claude entered the small room again and kicked the two single beds. There was nothing wrong with the single bed outside, but there was a hollow sound coming from the single bed inside. Sure enough, the bed planks were lifted up
, below is a dark cave entrance, and there is an escalator next to the cave entrance.
Claude put a Pearl of Light down, and then he realized that it was just a small square room about two meters high, with a door opening in the wall next to the small room.
Claude jumped down directly, came to the door, and put another Pearl of Light into the door. Inside the door was a long and narrow passage, winding upwards, leading to no one knows where. Under the light of the Pearl of Light,
, Claude could clearly see the messy shoe prints on the ground, and there were also traces of walking scratches on the mud wall beside the passage.
After casting another long-range arrow protection spell on himself, Claude followed the passage and cast a Pearl of Light from a distance away to prevent himself from being ambushed secretly.
This passage is only more than fifty meters long, and there is no chance of an ambush as Claude imagined. The passage is less than one meter wide and runs straight to the bottom, so there is no place for an ambush.
There was a dilapidated shack at the exit, and there were three young women dressed as maids hiding in the room. They probably didn't go out because it was too cold outside, but hid in a corner of the shack and huddled in the thatch to keep warm. Seeing Crowe
De came out of the uncovered exit, and the three maids hugged each other and trembled in fear.
"Where are the people?" Claude asked in a low voice.
A slightly bolder maid pointed outside the shack: "He, they have all dispersed..."
Claude ignored them and walked out of the shack. He saw that this was an alley. One end was leading to the slums, and the other end, ha, wasn't this the direction leading to Juliana's grocery store?
Turning around and looking in the direction of the slums, there was a lot of people there. It was obvious that the Black Snake Association had discovered that something big had happened in their place, and was gathering all the people there to gather there. It seemed that it would soon be affected here as well. Although
It can be concluded that Albert will return to the slums, but the current situation makes it impossible for him to settle accounts with him.
Counting him to be lucky, Claude spit on the ground unwillingly, turned around and left to the other end of the alley. He felt really aggrieved, having fought in vain with the Black Snake Club, and was distracted.
He entered the Black Snake Club and killed so many big men who were watching, but he failed to achieve his original goal. He found Albert, but he couldn't give him the lesson he deserved. He could only watch him helplessly.
Being carefree outside is so alienating!
The weather is getting colder and colder. I was almost sweating profusely in that place just now. Now I feel the biting cold wind when I go outside. No wonder the three maids are hiding in the shabby shack and don't want to go out. Just because they are wearing
That summer dress, you are looking for trouble when you go out.
The snowflakes have turned into goose feathers and are falling from the sky.
Claude looked back. Yes, I believe that the flying snow will cover up the footprints he left in a short while. The black snake will not be able to track where he went, so there is no need to worry that they will find him.
Claude thought about it carefully and found no possibility of exposing his identity, so he wrapped his blouse tightly around his body, lowered his hood, and continued walking forward in the right direction.
The snow was falling harder and harder, and Claude could hardly see the road ahead. But he had already reached the intersection of four alleys in front of Julian's grocery store. Claude looked at the direction and decisively chose the one leading to the lake.
It's a small alley. Although you have to make a big turn from here, there are few people on this road, so you don't have to worry about being seen.
The sky was dark and the snow was falling heavily. Claude stepped on the snow on the ground, and his feet made a crisp "chi-la" sound.
Seeing that we were getting closer and closer to the entrance of the alley, suddenly the sound of wheels, footsteps and laughter came from the alley next to it. Several figures turned into the alley, and they were pushing a cart.
Blocking Claude's way.
Claude stood silently against the wall and got out of the way.
The few people pushed the cart past Claude and looked at Claude suspiciously. However, they were obviously not interested in causing trouble. They looked at Claude for a few times and then continued to push the cart. A woman's voice sounded.
He got up and said, "It seems to smell like blood. Do you smell it?"
"No, you smelled it wrong, it must have been the Bloody Mary you drank at the end of the night that gave you the illusion." Another man's voice rang out.
"No, Bloody Mary only describes the color of the wine, not its taste. My nose is very sensitive," the woman retorted.
"I didn't smell it. Let's go. We'll be home soon. It'll be warm when we get home. It's too cold outside. I asked you to close the stall early but you refused..."
Claude smiled bitterly. Although they had not met, he could tell who the other party was from the voice. The woman was Caifeni's sister Catherine, the man was her boyfriend, Gerald from the Shark Club, and the few next to them were them.
The guards. Looking at them like this, they must have returned from collecting stalls in the square of the Temple of the Moon.
It was also the welcome night last year, and Kaifani worked as a maid in a temporary tavern in the tent rented by her sister Catherine. Although it had the name of the Mermaid Tavern, Claude later learned that it was Catherine who borrowed the name of the Mermaid Tavern owner Eli
He rented the temporary tavern he opened in the name of Kesim, and put up the name of the Mermaid Tavern to avoid trouble. It is said that on this one welcome night every year, the profits from the temporary tavern are enough to pay for Kaifani's tuition for a year.
After smelling his own body, he found that the smell of blood was indeed a bit strong. It must have been contaminated by him during the close combat with the three big men who were watching. One of them was stabbed seven times by himself after taking away his weapon, and the other had his neck cut.
The last one had his hand twisted off by himself, and blood spurted out on his lower body, but he didn't notice it.
Unexpectedly, Catherine had a dog nose and smelled the smell of blood when she passed by. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, didn't want to do anything and didn't want any surprises, so he just pretended that he didn't know anything. It seemed that after returning, he
His clothes could no longer be saved and had to be stuffed into the stove to burn away all traces.
After the cart passed by, Claude returned to the road and prepared to continue moving forward. Unexpectedly, another figure rushed out of the alley next to him and bumped into Claude's body.
"Oops..." "Wow..."
The first sound was a clear female voice, which sounded familiar. The second sound was the basket in the hands of the approaching figure falling to the ground. The sound coming from the basket sounded like something was broken.
The carts and figures in front stopped, and Catherine's voice sounded: "Kafni, what's wrong with you, are you okay?"
"I bumped into someone, ouch."
Claude didn't stand firm and was thrown to the ground. Fortunately, there was a layer of snow on the ground, so the fall didn't hurt him.
The girl bumped into Claude's chest. I don't know whether she ran too fast or the snow on the ground was too slippery. She didn't stop the castration and pushed Claude down. She was lucky, and she didn't survive with the help of Claude's body.
He fell flat and knelt on the ground, rubbing his knees.
"I'm sorry, sir, are you okay?" Perhaps her knee no longer hurt, and Kaifani finally remembered the person she hit.
"I'm fine, could you please move away?" Claude said, Kaifani was pressing on top of his burqa, no wonder the pain went away after rubbing his knee twice.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." The girl apologized quickly and stood up. Then she twitched her nose: "What does it smell like?"
"Oh, it's okay. I helped kill a sheep at night, and there was a little blood on my clothes. I was about to go back and wash them." It's a dog's nose, so sensitive.
"Hey, your voice sounds so familiar, you are..." The girl looked at Claude with wide eyes.
Only then did Claude realize that he had forgotten to lower his voice when she hit him. Fortunately, he had a mask on his face. He quickly lowered his head: "It's not me..."
Damn, what am I talking about? Claude stopped talking and passed by the girl and disappeared into the heavy snow.