The Master of the Strange Realm

The masked man with a shotgun that the missing people met was the doctor. He slipped out of his room through a secret passage found in the villa, worried that his "pets" would be injured in the blizzard, and then met Hathaway and his group.

During the escape, the doctor followed Hathaway and Miss Michael closely. Hathaway saw that the situation was not good, so she knocked the blonde girl unconscious and hid her, and then led the doctor to another place.

She thought she would be able to return soon, after all, the doctor looked weak, but she didn't expect to accidentally come to a secret hut outside the villa where the doctor had a fierce battle. The first-level doctor was certainly not Hathaway's opponent, but who knew that the entrance to the strange world suddenly opened, and Hathaway was accidentally pushed in by the doctor.

Bray Deckert's knowledge of the strange world depends entirely on the information he has obtained, and judging from the above [the survival rate of entering without a companion is less than 1%], Hathaway will definitely not be able to get out. So he relaxed his vigilance and returned to the villa after arranging some traps. But he never expected that Hathaway could escape successfully and found a lot of information about him in the cottage.

As for why Miss Michael appeared in the basement of the villa, no one knew. Hathaway, who was lucky enough to escape, almost went crazy after discovering that Miss Michael was missing.

She hurried back to the villa to ask Jenkins for help. She pushed open the door of the villa in the blizzard and happened to see the doctor standing next to Jenkins.

The doctor turned around and ran away when he saw the bad situation, and Jenkins immediately chased him. During this period, the doctor used a test tube he carried with him to turn the passing male servant into a ghoul.

The thing in the test tube was obviously not made by the doctor. The knowledge Jenkins learned had never introduced a way to make ghouls so quickly.

He suspected that the test tube was also found by the doctor in the Shire, but the ghoul did not attack Jenkins as the doctor hoped, but turned around and ran away because of instinctive fear. It felt its nemesis, the terrifying spirit of life.

Relying on instinct, its target was the only room on the second floor with people, which was Miss Michael's bedroom.

What happened after that was what the two ladies had just experienced. Without the ghoul's obstruction, Jenkins easily knocked out the doctor and quickly found the monster along the trail.

Hathaway moved faster than Jenkins because she was worried about Miss Michael. The gunshot was just a cover to tell people that the gun had solved the opponent. In fact, the two relied on agility and brute force to wrap the ghoul with curtains, and Jenkins lit it and threw it out of the window.

When chasing the doctor just now, everyone else was on the second floor, and the charred body could not be identified. In this way, no one can know that this matter also involves the legendary secrets, and Jenkins does not want ordinary people to know these things.

But so far, there are still doubts about this matter, the most important of which is the reason why Miss Michael appeared in the basement. Although this incident directly led to her rescue, Jenkins still thinks it is necessary to find out.

The doctor is in a coma for now. The death of Quick and the secrets of him need to wait until he wakes up before asking. The two ladies who were greatly frightened no longer dared to stay alone in this room with broken windows.

Facing the flying snowflakes, Jenkins and the housekeeper, with two strong male servants, stepped on the snow again and came to the outdoors, and wrapped the charred body downstairs in white cloth and moved it indoors.

Jenkins paid special attention to the fire, so it was not burned to ashes. But even so, now only a vague human figure can be barely recognized, and no one can imagine what it looked like before death.

"Mr. William, that kind of germs will not be contagious, right?"

The housekeeper was very worried about Jenkins's action of carrying the body. He wrapped himself in a heavy cotton coat and asked Jenkins loudly in the wind and snow. Both of them walked in the footprints of the two servants in front of them tacitly, which saved more energy.

"No, I promise not to. Miss Hesha found Deckert's research notes in the cabin in the woods. This kind of bacteria will not be transmitted through direct contact and air, otherwise Deckert would have destroyed this villa long ago."

The people who are still alive gathered in front of the main gate of the villa. There are 26 people who are still awake. When Hathaway and Miss Michael returned, the murderer doctor fell into a coma and a male servant died tragically.

The night is still deep, and all this is definitely not over.

Chapter 686 Chapter 674 Rescue

Just as Jenkins and the corpse of the ghoul stepped into the magnificent gate of the villa, the time had come to the fourth day of the vacation, which was Saturday. The man remembered that two companions were missing while sighing, but now this matter is not a troublesome thing, because Hathaway is back.

In addition to musical abilities, she also has a search ability. With the harvest in this strange environment, it is easy to find Miss Rick and Mr. Garcia. Of course, the premise is that they are still alive and not far away from the location of the villa.

Hathaway's ability is almost useless in a densely populated city, but in the wilderness where there are no living people, searching for two people is as simple as searching for the moon in a cloudless night.

"But there is still a problem now."

Jenkins held his hands and whispered to Hathaway. They were standing together watching the housekeeper announce what had just happened to the servants of the villa. Of course, all the words came from Jenkins' lies.

"First, we can't find an excuse to go out and search. It's late at night in a blizzard, and the people in the villa won't allow us to go out; second, you and I must leave someone to look after the doctor. Although he is of low rank, he is also a gifter. It's hard to say what actions he will take after waking up, but I don't know the location of Miss Rick and Mr. Garcia..."

"All I will go out and bring them back."

Hathaway answered naturally, looking at Miss Michael sitting on a chair beside her. She didn't notice that the two people in the corner were having a secret conversation.

"That won't work. You can't go out. It's late at night in a blizzard outside. It's too dangerous."

"Are you worried about me?"

"Yes."

If it was another man who was talking, the atmosphere at this time could be called ambiguous. Unfortunately, it was Jenkins who was talking, and he didn't care so much.

After thinking deeply, he proposed:

"Let's do this. When everyone goes back to rest, I will leave through the window. You mark the addresses of the two people on the map as detailed as possible. The housekeeper has the map... Oh, and mark the location of the wooden house. I will bring back the important things. If I can find our friends according to the map, then I will leave them at the gate of the villa. Miss Michael also appeared inexplicably; if I can't find them, then it is fate that arranges all this. I will kill the doctor after I come back, and then we will go out together again."

This is the best plan for now. Although Hathaway didn't want Jenkins to go out on a snowy night in the middle of winter, she couldn't stop him.

The map was made according to the plan, and the housekeeper also called everyone to go back to their rooms to rest. During this period, Jenkins found a rope to tie up the doctor like a mummy, and under the pretext of "safety", he asked the chef who knew a little about anatomy to cut the doctor's tendons. After arranging the servants to take turns holding guns to guard the night, he returned to his room with peace of mind.

Miss Lawrence and Miss Michael moved to Hathaway's room because they were afraid. They even wanted Jenkins to move a bed there to rest, but Jenkins decisively rejected the proposal because he had to go out.

The girls also suggested that he leave the cat behind, after all, the brave cat just now left a deep impression on them. Jenkins wanted to agree, but Chocolate immediately scratched the quilt with his claws like crazy, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Sorry."

Jenkins could only take the cat away from the girls' room.

Soon the villa returned to peace again, the lights in each room went out one after another, and the people who had been tired for a day soon fell into sweet dreams.

Jenkins wrapped himself tightly in the room, then opened the window and jumped down. He didn't even use the grace of the cat, and the thick snow on the ground ensured that he would not fall and get hurt when jumping from the second floor.

Due to the extremely low visibility, there was no need to worry about someone finding him leaving at the window. Looking back at the villa lying in the dark, Jenkins suddenly had an inexplicable sense of fear, as if in front of him was a strange monster lying in the long night.

He attributed this feeling to the lack of energy caused by sleep, took two deep breaths, and then called out the unicorn.

The snow-white little beast lived in the warm forest all year round, and had never experienced such a blizzard even in the snowy winter. It stood in the wind and snow and looked at Jenkins pitifully, as if blaming him for calling it out in such weather.

"Sorry."

He gently stroked the forehead of the mount with his gloved hand.

This pure creature is blessed by nature and is actually difficult to be affected by extreme environments. It probably just wants to win sympathy, just like a cat often does.

They can only fly shakily at low altitude close to the treetops to reduce the resistance of the strong wind. Jenkins wore a monocle and looked at the map in his hand to adjust the direction. Fortunately, it was made of parchment, otherwise it would have been blown away by the wind.

Maybe it would be more appropriate to use the bone whistle to summon the skeleton warhorse at this time, but since he had the unicorn, Jenkins often chose to forget it.

I don't know whether it was Rick and Garcia's luck or Jenkins's luck, he actually found the two people smoothly. They hid together under a big tree and built a simple hut in the shelter with branches and animal skins picked up from somewhere.

When Jenkins found them, the two of them fainted against each other. Although the low temperature and hunger caused great damage to their health, at least both of them were still alive.

After a simple treatment, they were tied up with ropes and hung under the unicorn, and the cabin in the forest was found. There was a foul smell in the house, which forced the cat to struggle out of Jenkins' arms and jump on the snow to the unicorn waiting outside.

Hathaway had taken away some of the information. Jenkins looked around and didn't find any items with spiritual light, so he wrapped most of the paper materials in his clothes and took them away.

They returned to the villa along the same route. The man jumped into the room from the window to collect the information and left the chocolate in the room, then left a phantom in the room.

He placed Garcia and Rick on the steps in front of the gate and waved goodbye to the unicorn.

Bang bang bang~

He raised his fist and smashed the closed door, then quickly used [True Phantom] to return to the room.

He changed his clothes and got into the quilt, and soon heard footsteps in the corridor. The housekeeper's voice sounded outside:

"Mr. William, someone just knocked on the door of the manor!"

Chapter 687 Chapter 675 The Death of the Doctor

The knocking on the door on a snowy night easily reminds people of some horror stories. When Jenkins led everyone to push open the door, the servants behind him were holding guns.

But in the end, it was discovered that the two missing people appeared outside. After the false alarm, the tired people were busy for another hour, settled Mr. Garcia and Miss Rick, and then rested again.

They really attributed the return of the two and the appearance of Miss Michael to a common cause, and no one knew the credit of the young writer.

So far, the villa was safe until dawn, but this does not mean that the future will remain safe.

Fearing that the doctor would make trouble after waking up, Jenkins slept very vigilantly all night. It was eight o'clock in the morning when he opened his eyes again. The snow outside was still raging, with no sign of stopping.

Friends had not woken up yet because of yesterday's fatigue, but the servants in the villa had to get up early to maintain the operation of this huge building.

Before breakfast, Jenkins went to see Dr. Deckert again, and wondered if his long coma was related to the candlestick hitting his head last night. Jenkins did not treat him, but only cleaned the wound and bandaged it afterwards. According to Jenkins' observation, he estimated that he would be in a coma for a longer time.

But this is exactly what Jenkins wanted. Now the only value of this person is to answer some questions.

Garcia and Rick woke up at nine o'clock in the morning. Faced with people's inquiries, they certainly couldn't say who saved them. After hearing about Quick's death and what happened last night, the two were silent and didn't know what to say. They could only hope that the blizzard would end soon and everyone could leave here as soon as possible.

After a night's rest, Miss Lawrence and Miss Michael had almost recovered, but they still showed a nervous look and were unwilling to stay alone in the empty room.

This is a good reaction. After all, in detective novels, people who know that the criminal is still active but still stay alone are really unreasonable.

Jenkins will not forget that there is a third benefactor in this villa. Jenkins is really unsure whether Mrs. Xudela is good or bad, and whether Miss Michael was rescued by her. But he has warned Hathaway and two other familiar girls to be careful.

After lunch, Mr. Garcia and Miss Rick, who were the most seriously injured, returned to the second floor to rest. Miss Lawrence and Miss Michael stood in front of the window to watch the snow, while Jenkins and Hathaway sat at the table to play chess.

This kind of knight chess is played similarly to chess, and Jenkins is not very good at this game.

"Let me summarize the current situation. The murderer has been caught. We just need to wait for the blizzard to end before we can leave this hell. Before that, just keep an eye on the doctor."

Hathaway said, lifting the chess piece to kick Jenkins's duke out of the chessboard.

"Yes... but I always have a bad feeling that what happened here is not over. Remember the secret passage we found in the doctor's room? I didn't check it yesterday because I was in a hurry, but in fact it can be connected to more places, and the doctor is not the only one who knows the secret passage. Many people in this villa lied."

He spoke in a low voice to ensure that the girls by the window could not hear.

Chocolate stared at the chessboard, and saw that Jenkins made another bad move. He squirmed in dissatisfaction, wishing to use his tail to help him move the chess piece.

"You mean, Quick wasn't killed by the doctor?"

"You also saw the doctor's information. There is no technique for killing without leaving a trace. Until now, we still don't know what the real cause of Quick's death was."

In addition to the cabin in the snow forest, some information was also found in the doctor's room. It is not clear who the original owner of these materials in Shire is, but it can be seen from the notes that Dr. Deckert is most interested in the necromancy research and biological fusion part, and left a lot of experimental data.

These things are very sensitive, which means that a dangerous illegal gifter once lived in the rental apartment in Shire City. After leaving the snowy mountain, Jenkins will hand these things over to the church. On the one hand, he is not interested in such knowledge, and on the other hand, he also hopes that the city where Old Jack lives can be safer.

At dinner, the chef made some broth, but the meat had been frozen for too long, so it tasted a bit bad. Although the wind and snow were not as terrible as last night, they still did not stop, which made people anxious again.

After dinner, Jenkins found the housekeeper again to learn about the legends nearby and the major crimes that have occurred in recent years, hoping to hear something interesting. But there are few people here. Even hermits who want to stay away from the city or escaped criminals will not come to such a remote place. The housekeeper has never heard of such a thing in the years he has served in the villa.

In addition to Mrs. Xudela, there are several servants in the villa who grew up in the small town at the foot of the mountain. But only one middle-aged maid told Jenkins some legends, because her family moved here at the beginning of the establishment of the Kingdom of Fidictli. Although it has declined, it is indeed one of the elders who established Tobe Town.

"My grandmother mentioned to me that she heard some legends when she was a child. It seems that before the town of Tobe was established, there was a family living here. They claimed to be looking after the mountains here."

This was all the maid knew, and it was just one of many strange rumors. Jenkins paid attention to it a little, but didn't realize what it meant.

If none of these things had happened, the location chosen for this vacation would indeed have been a great one. Even if the blizzard outside prevents people from going out, the facilities in the villa are enough for them to spend their extra time.

In the afternoon, Jenkins checked the doctor's condition again and treated him quietly to ensure that he could ask about those unknown secrets within today. But an accident occurred. Before dinner, he and the housekeeper checked the library of the manor together, hoping to find out something about the secret passage. At this time, there were hurried footsteps in the corridor.

"Tiras, how many times have I told you that you must not run in the corridors. This will make the guests think that the servants in this villa are rude."

The butler scolded while holding an old photo album.

"Hug, sorry."

The valet with a red pimple on the tip of his nose leaned on the door frame and stammered an apology, then swallowed and said nervously: "I'm sorry, but Mr. Deckert is dead."

The unconscious doctor was originally kept in a corner guest room on the first floor, which was not far from the lounge and smoking room, and someone was in the room to monitor him at all times. According to the order of one shift every two hours, when the servants on the six o'clock shift opened the door, they smelled the smell of blood and found that all three people in the room had stopped breathing.

The faces of the corpses of the two male servants were swollen, the eyelid conjunctiva was bleeding, and the visible spots on the corpses were dark purple. Although no autopsy was performed to check for bleeding in the lungs and internal organs, it was clear that the death was from asphyxiation.

It looked like someone had simply snapped their necks, but there were no finger marks visible.

The unconscious doctor's throat was neatly slit with a sharp knife, without any sign of struggle. The murder weapon was thrown aside. It was the doctor's surgical knife, but it should be in the doctor's room upstairs at this time.

Without letting the girls watch this disgusting scene, Jenkins and a few bold servants simply covered several corpses with white cloth after recording the conditions at the scene, hoping to find some clues.

"Has Mr. Willamt always been so bold?"

Garcia stood in the corridor and asked his companion. As a young man of the same age, he could not imagine that Jenkins could walk into that room without blinking.

"Jenkins works in an antique store and says he's come across worse things..."

Having said this, Miss Mihail hesitated and added:

"I heard from him that the market for collecting ancient corpses is also very...sorry, I shouldn't have brought up this topic."

Miss Lawrence and Miss Rick already looked like they were going to vomit.

While Jenkins was busy observing the scene, others who could not help could only stand in the hallway and discuss the man of courage and wisdom. Even Miss Rick, who had a crush on Garcia, had to admit that that kind of man was the most attractive.

"Mr. Willamette can fix everything that happened here, I believe that."

Miss Laurence already had a feeling akin to blind obedience towards him.

"Yes, he is indeed very smart."

Miss Michael's understanding of the whole matter was not as clear as Miss Lawrence's, so she simply agreed. In her eyes, Jenkins is indeed admirable intellectually, but she does not believe that ordinary people without training can face vicious murderous thugs without guns.

Everything that happened here left this girl who had never been exposed to death at a loss. Now she just wanted to return to the safety of Nolan City immediately.

While talking, several people turned to look out the window. The white world was filled with white snowflakes. If it hadn't been for what happened around them, they should have been able to fully enjoy the joy of this vacation, but at this moment everything was dark. Incomparable.