Hyperdimensional Warlock

"Not only Bubbles and I, but also everyone else in the castle. As long as they can continue to play the role and match the character's personality, corresponding sacrifices will be born."

"The sacrifices I saw include the maid's apple, the male servant's letter, the chef's peas... and so on."

These sacrifices were all seen by Edward with his own eyes. There must be more sacrifices in places that he could not see.

"Moreover, as long as these sacrifices appear in our hands, their ownership rights belong to us."

Edward specifically mentioned the "right of ownership" because once the sacrifice belongs to them, they have absolute control over it; if outsiders use the sacrifice, it is equivalent to using something owned by the owner, and they need to pay a certain amount of money. cost.

The first choice for the price here is soul coins.

But outsiders generally don't have soul coins. This thing is only available in the Yi world.

Therefore, outsiders can only pay the second choice price: their own bodies.

Why did Siluda activate the spiritual transformation ritual and fall into the castle?It was because she used Edward's belongings and couldn't pay the price, so she paid with her body.

After hearing this, everyone also straightened out the relationship between the sacrifice and the character.

Role-playing can attract the birth of sacrifices, and once the sacrifices appear in the hands of the character, the character has the control and can use it to attract or lure outsiders to use it to get out of trouble.

"It seems that the reason why every character in the Knight's Castle needs to conform to the personality is to sacrifice... It's really a strange rule." It was Luigi who spoke. After listening to Edward's story, he couldn't bear it. He sighed.

"Rules..." Gleipnir murmured something in a low voice, then suddenly thought of something and looked at Luigi: "You are right, this is indeed very much like a rule, similar to the rule ability of the Dark Mirror Realm! "

Luigi: "Huh?"

He just sighed, and didn't say what kind of rule it was... But seeing Gleipnir's eyes shining brightly, Luigi scratched his temples: Okay, it's indeed what I said.

Graipnir didn't notice Luigi's expression. She looked at Angel: "Do you still remember the three oracles of the Royal City?"

Angel nodded blankly.Although he didn't know why Gleipnir suddenly asked him, he did still remember the strange rule of not falling into the royal city.

There are eighteen laws, six forbidden acts, and three oracles in Buluo Wangcheng.

According to Laplace's previous explanation, these are actually the forces derived from rules.And this special rule ability comes from the Dark Mirror Realm.

The six forbidden actions are six things that cannot be done.

The three oracles are three behaviors that you can get rewards for as long as you do them.

For example, the first oracle of the three major oracles: every evening at dusk in the inner city square of Buluowang City, chanting prayers to the gods can get a 24-hour spiritual effect.

This spiritual effect is the reward brought by the oracle.

Its origin is unknown, but no matter who you are, as long as you follow the rules, you will definitely get the corresponding benefits.

This is a form of the power of rules. It is very idealistic, but it exists.

Angel rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes and thought, "In this way, the Knight's Castle seems to have some rules."

Let’s compare it to the first oracle of Fuluowangcheng.

"Time: Every day at dusk."

"Location: The inner city square of Fuluowang City."

"Behavior: Sing a prayer."

"Reap: 24-hour spiritual thinking effect."

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"Time: every moment."

"Location: Within the confines of the Knight's Castle."

"Behavior: role play."

"Harvest: Sacrifice."

After such a comparison, the two are actually very similar.Just follow the rules and you'll get rewards.

The only difference is: there will be no punishment if you don't do the first oracle of Buluowangcheng.

But in the Knight's Castle, if you don't role-play, you will be punished by weakening your soul or even dissipating it.

This is actually not difficult to understand.

After all, the reward received by the First Oracle is not very good, and there is a time limit, so it is normal that there is no punishment.Moreover, don't forget that in addition to the "three major oracles", Fuluo Wangcheng also has "six forbidden behaviors". Maybe the punishment has been incorporated into the six major forbidden behaviors to standardize your behavior. This is also a punishment.

The rules in the Knight's Castle are real benefits. Once the sacrifice appears, it belongs to you forever, and many sacrifices have incredible power and are extremely cherished.

If you get these sacrifices out of thin air, you will naturally have to pay a higher price.

Therefore, it is understandable that there are some differences between the two.

After making the comparison, even Butler Fan, who had been silent, couldn't help but nodded and said: "It does have the flavor of the rules in the Dark Mirror Realm, and the rules of the Knight's Castle may be more than this. Including the spirit The transfer ritual may also be included in the rules.”

Butler Fan's words made everyone immediately think of a new rule.

"Time: After the arrival of outsiders."

"Location: Within the confines of the Knight's Castle."

"Behavior: Taking what belongs to the owner."

"Harvest: Sacrifice."

"Price: Pay the soul coin; if there is no soul coin, the spiritual transformation ritual will be activated."

This indeed seems like an evolution of the rules.

From this point of view, the reason why the Knights Castle has many strange rules and makes Edward feel weird may be the reason why the rules are manifested.

When everyone was gradually convinced by the "rules" and believed it, Angel suddenly said: "Although I also think it is a rule in my heart, but if it is really a rule, then why can Hilda take the castle hall?" What about the sacrifices inside, but there’s no price for triggering the rules?”

Hilda used Edward's dressing mirror without permission, thus triggering the price and falling into the castle.

But before that, Siluda searched many sacrifices in the hall.

Previously, they thought that it was because the Ghost Rider and the servants were in two camps, and the Ghost Rider was more "good", so Hilda would not activate the spirit transformation ritual even if she took the sacrifice.

But now if everything is pushed to the "rules", then one code will be the same.

As a rule, it cannot be based on human feelings.

Now that we have seen the rules, the sacrifices Siluda obtained, whether they were in the hall of the castle or in the black forest outside the castle, actually belonged to the Ghost Rider.

——Because the Ghost Rider is the owner of the castle and the secret place. He has the right to own and control everything in the secret place.

In this case, why didn't Hilda pay for triggering the rules when taking these sacrifices?

Faced with Angel's question, everyone fell silent.

Because this is indeed the case. Once the rule is accepted, how should these "exceptions" be counted?

Everyone pondered for a while, but no one spoke. Finally, Laplace was the first to break the quiet air and replied: "Three possibilities. First, the Ghost Rider is the master of the secret place. He has the highest authority and can Use discretion over the rules.”

"Second, the Ghost Rider is not the owner of the castle. He is an 'outsider' just like you just said. The castle items that Hilda got are actually ownerless things, so they are not subject to Rule restrictions." "Third, there are other rules in the Knight's Castle, and this rule is related to the Ghost Rider. And the priority of this rule is higher than other rules. The reason why Siluda did not trigger the backlash of the rules , because she has entered the rules of Ghost Rider, in which she can take sacrifices without paying any price."

Laplace roughly summarized three possibilities, but no one knows which one they are.

Angel looked at Edward: "Which possibility do you think it is?"

Edward scratched his head: "I don't know either, but I can confirm that the second possibility is wrong. The Ghost Rider is indeed the owner of the castle."

The reason why Edward was so sure was because of the moment he entered the castle and got his role.

A lot of information came to his mind.

This information includes the rules of the castle, character design, behavioral etiquette, etc.There is also a clear mention of "class". At the top of the class is the Ghost Rider.

Ghost Rider is the Lord of the Castle, unmistakably.

Although Edward didn't give an answer, he helped rule out one possibility.Of the remaining two possibilities, which one is true?

As far as Angel is concerned, both scenarios are possible.

It is even possible that the two situations are parallel.Ghost Rider not only has the highest authority, but it also has some hidden rules.

As for the specific concealment rules, perhaps we can only know after Granny Longcrow comes into contact with Ghost Rider.

This question can only be suppressed for the time being.

Angel: "Actually, apart from this matter, there is another question that I can't figure out."

Everyone looked at Angel and Laplace: "What's the problem?"

Suspicion flashed in Angel's eyes, and he murmured in a low voice: "Why is it a sacrifice?"

Luigi was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Angel did not answer, but frowned, seeming to be thinking.

At this time, Gleipnir beside him also said: "Actually, I also think that the appearance of this sacrifice is a bit strange."

"Is the function of the sacrifice in the Knight's Castle just to test whether the character is in the play?"

Because according to Edward, the appearance of sacrifices not only shows that his character creation is very successful, but also can deceive outsiders.

Other than that, the sacrifices don't seem to have any effect.

It seems that its existence value is just to deceive people.

What’s the point of going through so much trouble to create this, but failing to play the actual role of the sacrifice?

And it looks very wrong at first glance.

Angel looked at Edward: "After the sacrifices appeared, did anyone use them? Will the Ghost Rider recycle these sacrifices?"

Edward thought about it carefully: "The Ghost Rider did not come to recycle the sacrifices in our hands, and I have not seen anyone use these sacrifices. But..."

Edward paused, seeming to be remembering something.

After a long time, Edward said: "Those ownerless sacrifices in the forest seem to be taken away by others every once in a while."

Because of the character design, most people will be trapped in the castle, and it is basically difficult to leave.

Edward is an exception because he is a makeup and hair stylist and needs to make cosmetics frequently. Some of the raw materials for these cosmetics, including dyes for hair dye, come from outside, such as extracting them from some plants in the forest.

Therefore, Edward could occasionally leave the castle and pick plants in the forest.This fits his character.

Because of this, Edward is one of the few people in the Knight's Castle who can come into contact with the unclaimed sacrifices in the Black Forest.

"Due to role-playing, most of the sacrifices will be refreshed in the hands of our characters, but occasionally they will be refreshed outside the castle and become ownerless sacrifices. Although this situation is rare, due to years of accumulation, the Most people in the world cannot leave the castle, and there are actually quite a lot of unclaimed sacrifices accumulated in the forest."

"However, because these sacrifices are not refreshed in our hands, the ownership rights do not belong to me, so even if I encounter ownerless sacrifices outside, I generally will not touch them."

For Edward, the greatest role of sacrifice is to induce outsiders in order to achieve his own freedom.

Since the ownerless sacrifices have no right of ownership, there is no way to trap outsiders, so even if he can go out, he will not pick these sacrifices.

"Although I don't pick these sacrifices, I find that the sacrifices in the forest occasionally disappear."

"For example, one time when I was out, I met a sacrifice..."

It was a dead rope hanging from a treetop.

The dead man's rope refers to the rope used to strangle the neck of a hanged ghost before death.

At that time, Edward went out to pick plants and extract dyes; he saw this dead man's rope. It exuded a faint light and was obviously a rope-like sacrifice.

Although Edward didn't know much about rituals, he could guess that this kind of death rope was probably generally used in rituals related to souls and death.

He was not interested anyway, and it was impossible to induce outsiders if he took it back, so he took a look and left.

About half a month later, the arrogant Miss Bubble wanted to change her wig to a new hair color.So Edward went to the forest to look for dye again, carrying large and small bags.

When he passed the tree again, he found that the death rope was missing.

The sacrifice couldn't have disappeared on its own, someone must have taken it away.

But Edward was very sure that in the past half month, no one had left the Knight's Castle.

There shouldn't be anything secretly there. After all, everyone has to maintain their own character and it's impossible to do anything disobeying.

And in the past half month, no outsiders have come to the secret place through the window, so who took the dead rope?
But at that time, Edward was all focused on the dye and didn't pay much attention to it.

After returning to the castle, at night, when my thoughts were flowing, the more I recalled it, the more something was wrong.

He regretted that he had not gone around the tree to see if there were any footprints.If there are footprints, you may be able to follow them and find some clues.

That night, Edward also thought about "hinting" Bubble the next day and asking her to tell him to find the dye again.

But something unexpected happened, and when Edward woke up the next day, it was already raining outside.

Rain will cover up all traces.

Even if you go out now, it's hard to find footprints.

However, because of this incident, Edward also became interested in the ownerless sacrifices in the forest.

Every time he went to the forest, he would secretly record the style and location of these ownerless sacrifices in his heart.Wait until the next time you see each other and compare them to see if there are any changes.

As a result, he really discovered that sacrifices occasionally disappeared in the forest.

Some sacrifices of flowers and plants can be excused as being eaten by wild beasts in the forest, or buried by a rain or snow; but for sacrifices such as the dead man's rope, it is difficult to accept normal natural celestial phenomena, wild beasts and insects. Destroy it and destroy all traces of it.

In particular, Edward once discovered that a tombstone-shaped offering disappeared in the forest.

All that was left was a puddle of mud.

This is undoubtedly man-made!