"Of course." Viscount Leicester said in a low voice, "This is not a secret that cannot be leaked..."

After he finished speaking, Mrs. Leicester's face, standing behind him, became even more sad, with a faint hint of worry.

"I'll start from the beginning."

Viscount Leicester paused for two seconds and collected his thoughts before continuing, "My name is Oliver Leicester, a hereditary Viscount of Leiden."

"My ancestor accumulated outstanding military exploits during the Patriotic War three hundred years ago. Those achievements not only helped him successfully join the ranks of the nobility, but also allowed him to come into contact with the unheralded secret of the kingdom - magic."

"After the war, the king gave him the county of West Linde. With his extraordinary courage and extraordinary business acumen, he earned a very rich fortune in just ten years."

"It's a pity...as a descendant of my ancestor, I did not inherit his outstanding abilities. The century-old foundation of the Leicester family...was destroyed soon after I took over..."

At this point, Oliver Lester sighed softly, "If you have any doubts about what I said, you can open the blood-stained book. There is a newspaper inside that can prove it all."

Chi Yu thought for a moment and looked back at Hua Feinian.

Seeing the latter's slight nod, she no longer hesitated, walked around behind the table and picked up the tome.

Sure enough, there was an old newspaper that had been cut out.

Chi Yu carefully opened the folded fragile paper and quickly scanned the contents before reading aloud.

"It is reported that Viscount Oliver Leicester, who lives in West Trinde, has a staggering debt of 30 pounds. His creditor, Mr. Evanson, once said that as long as Viscount Leicester is willing to pay part of the price of the land, he can repay all the debt. The debt owed..."

Oliver Lester continued: "At that time, the land under my name was less than 150 million acres. If part of it was paid to Evanson, the land I owned would be less than the minimum area required by the Viscount. "

"You know, for a noble, nothing is more important than his title."

When he heard "30 gold pounds" and "150 million hectares", the venture capitalist's lips opened and closed several times, and the sentence "big dog" was already on his lips.

But due to the solemn atmosphere at the scene, he did not dare to say this curse from the beating workers.

"Excuse me, can I interrupt, Mr. Lester."

Having said that, Chi Yu continued before Viscount Leicester expressed his opinion, "As far as we know, your wife is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman. Didn't you think of asking her father for help? ?”

Oliver Lester was silent for a long time: "Before marrying me, my wife's name was Marit Evanson."

"And..." Mrs. Lester added, "My father just gave me a younger brother a few years ago."

……understood.

Chi Yu immediately closed his mouth, sighing in his heart.

You rich people have such complicated thoughts...

"Let's get back to what we were talking about."

Mr. Lester lowered his eyes slightly, his light brown eyes flashing with an indescribable light, "Due to my mistake, the Lester family has fallen into an unprecedented crisis."

"In order to maintain the glory of the Leicester family, I found a ritual from the manuscripts left by my ancestors."

"Use human blood and lives as sacrifices to pray for strength from unknown existences."

"And the wish I made is to let the glory of the Leicester family last forever."

When Chi Yu heard this, the scene in the utility room suddenly flashed before his eyes.

She raised her head suddenly: "So you just..."

"Yes, before coming here, you should have gone to the underground storage room to see it, right?"

Viscount Leicester simply admitted his crime, "In order to meet the needs of the ceremony, I killed Ella and Blake successively and placed their bodies on the 'altar' prepared in advance."

As he narrated, Hua Feinian and the other three also realized something, and their expressions were either surprised, serious or vigilant.

"However, what I didn't expect was that my daughter Dinah witnessed the entire process of me killing Blake... Although I really want to ignore this fact, but..."

"But, to be safe, you have to eliminate Dinah as a potential threat, right?" Hua Feinian's voice had already turned cold as frost.

This time Oliver Lester remained silent longer.

"We have no choice," Mrs. Leicester said softly.

"No, it's not that you have no choice, it's just that in your hearts, the so-called title is obviously more important than family ties."

Chi Yu tore off their masks lightly, "Okay, we don't care about your so-called unspeakable secrets. We just want to know, after killing Dinah, what turned you into this?"

"...It's Dinah." Viscount Leicester replied, "Dina after becoming a soul."

...which is expected.

Chi Yu didn't answer any more, but quietly waited for the next sentence.

"Maybe it's the influence of the altar in the storage room, or maybe it's just a punishment from the gods."

Viscount Leicester closed his eyes, "Anyway, the day after Dinah's death, her soul came back here and sneaked into the house without us noticing."

"Then she tore our bodies to pieces with a force we were unable to resist," Mrs Lester added.

"We have no regrets about the ending of death. When it comes to what supports our existence... I think it should be regret and guilt."

"We have nothing else to ask for...we only hope that you can purify Dinah's resentful spirit, which can be regarded as...our atonement for her."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Yu and others heard a soft "squeak" sound.

The sound came from not far away, and then, a biting cold wind blew by... It was like someone opened the door to hell.

at the same time.

click, click, click...

Weak, gentle footsteps sounded, getting closer and closer.

Hua Feinian, who was standing at the door, took a deep breath: "Let's go... fight!"

"Wait." Chi Yu stopped the three people who were about to turn around.

She looked back at the Lester couple, "Are you so sure that we can defeat Dinah's ghost? What if we fail?"

Viscount Leicester's eyes were indifferent: "How could it be possible? Since you have chosen to enter this castle that has been abandoned for many years, it means that... you are confident that you have the ability to overcome all surprises."

"You can't say that. Even if we are powerful enough, we don't know Dinah at all, nor do we know the Leicester family."

The footsteps outside the door were getting closer and closer, but Chi Yu did not panic at all and continued to "argue with reason." "For us, there is no difference between fighting the evil spirits head-on and escaping the castle directly."

"But you are different. You have a reason to purify the resentful spirits... don't you?"

Is this...reasoning with the NPC?

Hua Feinian, who was on guard, couldn't help but complain in her heart.

At the door of the room, the formation of the three players had already changed, from the previous "one-word long snake formation" to a formation in which Hua Feinian stood alone in front, with the venture capitalist and Aoki Minami supporting from the side and rear.

Chi Yu glanced towards them, imitating a certain system's tone and said unhurriedly: "We don't care, but if Dinah sees that the two culprits who killed her are still here... who There’s no guarantee that she won’t lose control and do something, right?”

Hey, hey, inducement failed, and now it’s coercion, right? You really do everything you can to get benefits...

After hearing what Chi Yu said, Viscount Leicester remained unmoved: "You don't have to waste your time. If we had a way to deal with the resentful spirits, we wouldn't have died in the first place."

"That's right." The venture capitalist couldn't help but answered.

Viscount Leicester's mouth moved: "...However, we can still provide some small help."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Chi Yu to ask more questions, he stretched out his right hand and drew strange patterns out of thin air.

In the void, light blue lines overlapped each other, and soon formed a pattern of intertwined swords and horns.

After the pattern was formed, it immediately "flyed" into the sword hilt in Chi Yu's hand at an extremely fast speed and merged with it.

"This is a rune I learned from the Ancestor's Codex. It has the same origin as Dinah's power...it may be able to cause some damage to her."

Viscount Leicester reminded, "But limited to my current state, this rune cannot exist for a long time, so please make sure to seize the time."

"I know, thank you." Chi Yu said casually.

Without his explanation, Chi Yu already knew the specific effects of the runes from the changed item description.

[Special item: Spirit-enchanted heavy sword. 】

[Item attribute: weapon. 】

[Attack Power: Weak. 】

[Level Rating: Rare. 】

[Conditions for use: Fighting talent E, player level less than 20. 】

[Special effect: Increase the player's attack power to 120% of the theoretical limit. When attacking a spirit body, there is a 50% chance of adding a paralysis effect. 】

[Note: This is the sword most commonly used by the first Viscount Leicester. It has been passed down along with it, along with a passage written by the first Viscount himself - "I will treat the weak with kindness, and I will face them bravely." Facing powerful enemies, I will always contend with evil until the last moment of my life."]

The condition for use is "Fighting Talent E", what a pity...

[Yes, although the previous battle has opened up your fighting talent, it is only "F" level, which is still some distance away from "E" level. In the final analysis, you are still too weak. 】

The long-lost system prompt sounded suddenly.

While Chi Yu put the upgraded [Spiritual Heavy Sword] into the toolbar, he complained unwillingly: "You are still here, I thought you were dead."

[How to put it, my relationship with you is like the lord and loyal minister in "Three Kingdoms". If I die, you will die, but if you die, I will not necessarily die. 】

... Damn it, I can't refute it.

Be sure to try to kill this system when you get a chance.

Chi Yu thought to himself.

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