Lord: Exiled by Stepmother, I'll Rule the World Anyway

This was an extremely superstitious era, and their fear of demons and ghosts was unimaginable to modern people.

"What's going on? Is that cry for help coming from a monster?"

Field frowned, called out the small map and looked at it again and again to make sure there were no creatures in it.

"Sir, this is very strange. I am sure that there is no scent of living things in the lumberyard. However, please pay attention to your safety." Asina stood in front of Field without hesitation. She was worried that something strange would emerge from inside and attack the lord.

"There should be a basement inside. The sound sounded hollow and long, as if it was coming from underground."

Field looked at the small map for a long time, combined with his physical knowledge, and saw the clues.

"You have a distinguished status. Please don't get close yet. Let me go and do some reconnaissance. Black Wolf, protect the Baron." Asuna asked the dragon wolf to stay, while she drew out her long knife, half-bowed her body, and used the long knife with With a defensive posture in front of him, he groped into the house warily.

"Help!" Another cry for help came from inside the house.

"The sound came from the corner of the wall." Ashina's ears perked up, and she walked slowly to the corner following the strange and ferocious sound.

"Why are there carpets in the corners? And lumberjacks don't buy wool carpets." Glancing around, Asuna's eyes lit up and she noticed something unusual. She immediately opened the dusty carpet and revealed a pull tab. When she caught sight of it, Ashina hesitated for a second and then stretched out her hand, "It's indeed the basement. Let me see what you are."

"Squeak~"

The secret door was opened, and an extremely strong smell of blood poured out.

"Ahem, it's so disgusting." Even though he was the chosen one, he was choked uncomfortably. He squinted his eyes slightly and looked down. Asuna's pupils suddenly dilated, and she suddenly dodged out of the danger zone, and her majestic divine power gathered on the long knife. above, ready to split anything that jumps out in half.

The atmosphere around him was extremely tense. Field tried his best to remain calm, and the guards also held up their shields and halberds.

One breath, two breaths...

Half a minute passed, but no enemy appeared.

Asuna flicked her tail: "Huh? I clearly saw a woman wearing white clothes."

"Don't worry, time is on our side." Field comforted.

"It's really strange." Even Ashina was curious this time. She carefully went to the basement entrance and took a look. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, there is no danger. There is a magic device in the basement that can preserve sounds and images. Maybe the magic wave was too weak and I didn't feel it."

As soon as these words came out, several slaves became limp and fell to the ground like mud.

Field wiped the cold sweat and said with a smile: "That's good. It's probably a photo stone. I saw that kind of prop when I went to the Maple Leaf City Mage Association before."

But in the northern province, which is full of death, it's really scary to hear humans crying for help.

"Lynx, you protect the slaves outside and let them collect the loot. I'll go down and take a look."

The basement was ventilated for a while, and Field and Asheina walked up the rickety stairs to the basement.

"Fuck!" Field was frightened out of the quintessence of Chinese culture in his previous life.

Even Field, who was used to seeing rotting corpses, froze in place in horror and took a deep breath of air.

The room was filled with a large number of human "debris". At the same time, there were five girls with only their upper bodies left. They were nailed to the wall naked and died of disembowelment. Their dried intestines were still mixed with disgusting corruption. Insects flowed to the ground, and blood gathered in the middle of the basement from all directions, forming a strange magic circle.

There is also a young girl in the center of the circle. It is estimated that she has been dead for more than three years. She is almost integrated with the ground. However, with the nun's clothes, it is easy to tell that she is a member of the Holy Light Church.

Of course, the most powerful evidence is the image stone that keeps playing.

A girl in a white robe, with fear in her eyes, screamed desperately: "Help!"

Then, an unseen figure cut off her limbs and dropped a bug.

After the insect got into the girl's body, a large amount of blood mist immediately exploded around it, accompanied by squirming tentacles, strange spells and the girl's screams.

After the screening of the Image Stone is over, there will be a pause and then play again.

The weird images, combined with the hellish scenes, frightened Field terribly.

The two looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Ashina was still more arrogant. She was silent for a moment and said in surprise: "Sir, she is the chosen one."

"Well, you mean, someone is hunting for the Chosen of Holy Light?" Field had already calmed down and rubbed his chin. Because of his different status and way of thinking, Field was good at considering internal affairs and diplomacy, "Maybe it's the Empress. It’s no secret that the Holy Griffin Empire wanted to get rid of the interference of the Papal States. Of course, it could also be the Kingdom of Franconia’s instigation.”

Asheina was dumbfounded and showed a silly expression: "Abba, Abba."

How could I, a White Wolf demi-human, know about human imperial diplomacy?

"Huh? By the way, how do you know she is the Chosen One?" Field put away his meaningless thinking. Anyway, the empire's diplomacy has nothing to do with him, so he doesn't want to think too much.

Asuna strode forward, took out a dazzlingly exquisite silver brooch from the corpse, and waved it in her hand twice: "Because of this, look at it, no wonder I didn't sense the magic energy before, the shadow stone It’s divinely driven.”

Only then did Field notice that the surroundings had been shining with a soft and mysterious light, and it was cold. He thought it was caused by the basement, but it turned out that it was all released by this gadget.

The moment the brooch was taken away, the image stone stopped working. The girl's tragic experience slowly disappeared, leaving only a gentle silver light in the basement.

However, Field didn't care about the recording stone. He took the brooch from Asheina's hand and kept it in the basement with the corpse for so long, but it didn't get a trace of dirt.

Field stared closely at the mysterious brooch, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes and whispered: "Why is this so similar to the family's artifact?"

Even modern machines cannot carve the exquisite workmanship alone, let alone the mysterious power contained in it.

"Because this is a first-level artifact, otherwise how could it have divine power." Ashina smacked her lips, folded her hands across her chest, and said unconvinced, "Is it weird? Although I don't have a divine artifact, I do have a gift from God. You can touch it. Touch the black wolf.”

There are many kinds of God-given species. After awakening, each God-chosen person can obtain any one of them. The most common ones are weapons.

"Ahem, just touch you." While Field was ecstatic, he also didn't forget to take care of Asheena's little mood, and immediately gave her a hard slap.