nyslfriends #136 - Section 136
#136 - Section 136
Inside the hall, Rhode, with his hands in his pockets and body slightly leaning back, nonchalantly gazed at the black-robed old woman across from him.
The powerful aura nearly froze the atmosphere within the entire hall.
Initially, the black-robed old woman, with a gloomy expression, could maintain a dead fish face and confront Rhode.
As time passed, a few drops of cold sweat gradually appeared on the black-robed woman's face.
After a minute, the black-robed woman, trembling slightly, had her clothes soaked with sweat.
"I am the administrator of this castle, Mavis."
Finally unable to endure the pressure, the black-robed woman couldn't help but break the suffocating atmosphere.
"So?"
Rhode slowly spoke, his hands still in his pockets, his gaze condescending.
Like a small mountain, his oppressive figure slowly walked towards the black-robed woman.
"Is this the reason you pretended to be a ghost to scare my friend?"
"I was trying to save you!"
Mavis's face was covered in cold sweat as she watched Rhode approach, retreating backward.
Only when her body leaned against the cold wall did she suppress her fear and explain.
"There are evil spirits in this castle. If you don't leave by the afternoon, the evil spirits in the castle will kill you all."
Mavis's expression was serious, and her tone was icy.
As the administrator of this ghost castle, she had been here for decades.
Every year on this day, the terrifying evil spirit buried beneath the castle would appear when the sun was about to set.
Killing all the living beings within the castle.
And her responsibility was to drive out all intruders from the castle on this day.
Using any means necessary.
Once that fellow sleeping under the castle kills enough humans and accumulates enough power.
It will be able to step out of this castle and bring disaster to the world.
Suppressing the evil spirit under this castle is a responsibility that has been passed down from her ancestors.
She absolutely cannot allow this to happen.
Listening to Mavis's explanation, Vera and the others showed no sign of believing her.
Before, they might have been frightened, but now that the fake ghost had been exposed, she made up another outrageous reason to deceive them.
Did she really think they were fools?
"Don't be silly, how could there be such a thing as a ghost in this world."
"If there really were ghosts, would you dare to live here?"
Amos's face was full of arrogance, his foolish eyes revealing an idiotic look of seeing through everything.
"I know, there must be some treasure hidden in this castle, so you deliberately scare away everyone who enters the castle in order to find the treasure yourself."
Amos's words made everyone's spirits lift.
Expressions of interest appeared on their faces.
After all, treasure hunting is an adventurous gene flowing in the bones of people from the Lighthouse Country.
However, the more nervous she became, the more Amos felt that he had guessed correctly.
There must be some valuable treasure hidden in this castle.
Otherwise, why would this guy be so nervous?
"I can prove that there must be treasure in this castle!"
Suddenly, a voice came from outside the gate.
Everyone's eyes turned to the castle gate, and Clyde walked in with an excited expression.
"Clyde!"
Looking at Clyde, who had just abandoned her and ran away, Amy's eyes were filled with disappointment.
"Amy, I just wanted to distract this guy who was pretending to be a ghost, that's why I left you behind."
Clyde looked at his girlfriend's disappointed gaze, his eyes were first a little guilty, but soon he defended himself.
Amy smiled insincerely upon hearing this.
Distract?
A fast-running man leaves a woman behind, wanting to distract the ghost?
Did this guy really think she was a fool?
However, there were so many people now that she was too lazy to argue with this guy.
It's just that their relationship ended here.
This kind of man who first abandons his girlfriend when encountering danger is not worth trusting at all, nor is he qualified to be her future husband.
Seeing the disappointment in Amy's eyes, Clyde didn't have the mood to appease his girlfriend at this moment.
Instead, he took out an old newspaper from his arms that looked somewhat dated.
Everyone's eyes looked over, and they found that the newspaper depicted the appearance of this castle.
"Baron Cleveland, a very wealthy noble baron, said that his wealth could be piled into a golden mountain, and since his death, all these treasures have disappeared without a trace."
Clyde read out the information on the newspaper, his face becoming more and more excited.
"I now suspect that these treasures are hidden in some corner of this castle, and this guy is scaring people by pretending to be a ghost in order to scare people away and monopolize the treasures in the castle."
"If we can find this treasure, it will be enough to make each of us a billionaire."
The words billionaire made many people show excitement.
Even Betty's boyfriend, Blake, who had always been unremarkable, had his eyes light up when he heard the words billionaire.
He looked even more excited than the others.
"If you are afraid, you can leave on your own. I want to find treasure in the castle."
Amos couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart and hurriedly began searching the castle.
"If you are together, you will also have a share of the treasure by then. Do you want to join us in searching for the treasure?"
Clyde looked at the others and extended an invitation.
"I will also help you find the treasure."
Blake, who was eager to try, didn't hesitate at all and directly chose to join.
Seeing her boyfriend join, Betty hesitated for a moment, then nodded and chose to join as well.
"You are all looking for treasure, so I, the initiator, must join too."
Vera spread her hands, her face full of interest.
She was also very interested in treasure. Who could refuse to become a rich person?
The answer is, no one.
"I'm not interested."
Amy shook her head. She was a little interested in treasure, but the thought of searching for treasure with Clyde made her feel disgusted from the bottom of her heart.
Compared to Clyde, she would rather stay by Rhode's side.
At least this man could make her feel a sufficient sense of security.
Vivian, who hadn't expressed her opinion, glanced at Rhode and, seeing that there was no expression on his face, immediately rejected the idea of treasure hunting.
Compared to treasure, she had more important things to do.
These people went to find treasure, which just gave her an opportunity.
"Alright then."
Vera shrugged helplessly, and then a group of people dispersed to search for treasure.
"Death is coming! You will all regret it!"
Mavis looked at the young people who didn't listen to her advice, a deep sense of powerlessness on her face.
What she said was not a joke.
But she couldn't stop these guys now.
"When will the evil spirit you mentioned appear?"
Suddenly, a voice sounded in Mavis's somewhat desperate ears.
"You believe what I said?"
Mavis looked at Rhode in surprise, not expecting that this young man, who made her feel fear, would actually believe the legend of the evil spirit.
After all, if it weren't for the legends passed down from her ancestors, as well as what she had seen and heard over the years, even she herself wouldn't believe such a thing.
"If I said that my eyes can see those things, would you believe it?"
Rhode glanced at the old woman with a calm tone, his dark and deep eyes seeming to contain some kind of palpitating power.
Seeming to see through all the disguises and directly see the real world hidden behind the disguises.
These eyes...
Mavis looked at these strange eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.
She inexplicably felt some fear.
"Just kidding, but I am really interested in the evil spirit you mentioned."
Rhode retracted his spirit eyes, smiled slightly, and his tone became relaxed.
Mavis looked at the young man with a harmless smile, her eyes uncertain, not knowing which was his true face.
After a moment of silence, Mavis slowly said.
"Three thirty in the afternoon."
"When it's three thirty in the afternoon, disaster will come, and everyone in the castle will die."
"If you don't want to die, leave this castle before three thirty."
Mavis stopped explaining and turned to leave.
Having said this, if these guys didn't listen to her advice, they could only wait to die here.
"You seem to know this place very well?"
Rhode stroked his chin, a look of interest on his face.
Mavis originally didn't want to pay attention to this young man who she couldn't see through.
But the moment her eyes met Rhode's, her entire mind instantly went blank.
A charm spell controlled the administrator of the castle, and Rhode slowly spoke.
"Can you tell me about what happened in this castle before?"
A trace of struggle flashed in Mavis's dull eyes, but she was quickly controlled by powerful magic.
The last trace of reason was destroyed, and she honestly began to tell the story of what had happened in this castle.
Two hundred years ago, the owner of this castle was a very wealthy nobleman.
He was gentle and liked good.