The Story of the Fate of the Digital Series

Volume Four: Castlevania (2)

(two)

Space distortion is more complicated than imagined, and each area in the castle is connected to a different distortion space.In addition, there are strange monsters wandering around inside.

Those monsters only have a humanoid appearance and a bloody body, and their sensing ability is very poor, just like zombies.They are tall, but there are no eyes, noses and mouths on their faces, only a bare face.Every time the monster moved, its body twisted strangely.And when walking, the monster's soles will emit slime and leave marks on the floor.

I'm not afraid... just keep quiet and don't draw their attention...

In the labyrinth-like castle with complicated paths, the unarmed Mina kept quietly avoiding monsters while carefully exploring the distorted space.

Until Mina came to another area, the long and tense hiding finally came to an end.The new area is a ring-shaped arena, devoid of any monsters, and filled with music from the music box.

"Mina!! Honey, we are here!!!"

An excited voice came from the center of the arena, it was Lucy!Hearing the voice of her best friend, Mina ran towards the direction of the voice a little excitedly.

In the center of the arena is a ring-shaped cage made of energy, in which Lucy and Bustymon are imprisoned.

"Lucy! Bustymon!"

Watching her imprisoned friends, Mina showed a look of joy, which quickly turned into concern.

"You guys are hurt..."

"I'm fine, but Bastymon fell into the trick of the enemy because of me."

Lucy sighed softly as she looked at Bastymon clutching her belly and showing a painful expression.

"Okay, it's just a slight injury, it will be fine in a while."

Basdimon signaled to his friend not to feel too guilty.

"Sorry, because I caused you to be implicated..."

To the friends who were implicated, Mina apologized guiltily.

"Oh, don't make that look, Mina. It's not your fault. Things happen in life."

Lucy comforts her self-blame girlfriend.

"At least we're safe now. By the way, did you encounter any monsters in the castle?

By the way, I would like to ask about the situation in the castle, whether it is like that bastard black orc Garuru said, the city is full of terrifying monsters.

"A lot...I've been trying my best to avoid being discovered by them. Fortunately, they respond very slowly."

answered truthfully.

"Oh! What a disaster!"

Rather than admiring her best friend's courage and calmness, Lucy is more worried about how she will avoid encountering more monsters in the future.

"If it weren't for this damn cage to lock us up, I would help you not be threatened by monsters!"

Basdimon said angrily.

"Lucy, Busty Beast, how did you get locked up? I think there should be a key to open the cage in the castle."

The cage is formed by an energy barrier, as long as energy transmission is hindered, it should be possible to close the barrier.

"It was a bastard werewolf who hindered us from looking for you, and then used tricks to threaten Lucy, causing me to be distracted and attacked..."

Basdimon, with an angry expression, told Mina the details.

"...Until now, the music of the music box is still echoing. That damned werewolf, if I can evolve into an ultimate body, I must split him in half!"

Black Orc Garuru?He must be the mysterious voice who tells himself in the dark that his friends are imprisoned, but they will meet again.

"I think the cage may be related to the music of the music box. As long as you find the source of the music, you may be able to rescue you from the cage."

Mina speaks her mind.

"Are you going to continue exploring the dangerous castle alone? No, no, that's too risky!"

Lucy refuses Mina to go on another adventure.

"The castle is full of monsters. I can't let my good friend risk his life! You don't even have a weapon!"

"But staying where you are, there is no guarantee that other monsters will come here. Because of me, you have been implicated. I can't let my friends be imprisoned in a dangerous place, I will try to find and rescue you Methods!"

Mina's attitude was firm.

"I don't want to see important people disappear from my eyes again..."

"Mina..."

It is impossible to know what happened to Mina in the past, but it must be a very painful memory.Mina, she always likes to bear too many responsibilities, and she always cherishes the people around her.

"...well, be careful on the road, dear. You're a brave and bright girl, and I trust you..."

Lucy, who showed a wry smile, had no choice but to support her friend. She is really a 'willful' girl.

"The music is over there. If you encounter a monster, just run away. The most important thing is to save your life..."

Relying on its keen sense of hearing, Basdimon guided Mina in the right direction and told her to pay attention to safety.

"...See you later, Lucy, Bustymon. Wait for my good news..."

After bidding farewell to her friends, Mina walked towards the source of the music in the direction guided by Bastymon.

(three)

Through the guidance, Mina stepped into the distorted space and came to another area.

In the center of the golden room floats a green cylinder gem marked with musical notes, and the room is filled with gears of different sizes, including clockwork springs, sound tubes with small bumps on the surface, and thick and thin soundboards. Thin strips of varying thickness.The gear and the sound tube rotate at a constant speed, and the bumps of the sound tube pass across the edge of the soundboard to produce different notes.The music box is composed of power source, sound tube, sound board, damper, bottom plate, transmission mechanism and other parts.

Listening to the sound of music, watching the music box that is rotating the sound tube and the vibrating spring at a constant speed, Mina is even more sure that the music box in front of her is the key to her friend's freedom.

However, in addition to the sound tube and the mainspring, there are five cylindrical grooves on the bottom of the music box.It's a very obvious reminder...

Walking up to the floating cylinder, Mina picked up the cylinder and inserted it into one of the grooves in the music box.Then, the sound of the music changed...

There was a mechanical sound, and the closed metal door on the side opened.Entering the corridor where the walls are covered with rotating gears, you can see the red cylindrical gemstone suspended in the center at the front of the straight passage.However, the passage's trap device has been activated, and at short intervals, extremely sharp spikes suddenly protrude from the round holes in the passage's floor, wall, and ceiling.If you are not careful, your body will be easily pierced by the spikes.

Not in a hurry to rush into the passage after the spikes were retracted, Mina quietly listened to the music with her ears and observed the activation time of the trap with her eyes.Sure enough, according to the different pronunciations of the music, there are also subtle differences in the piercing and retracting time of the spikes.After fully grasping the law of the appearance of the spikes, Mina quickly entered the passage, ran out of the end, and got the red cylinder gem.

The golden magic circle on the left lights up, signaling her to enter, it is the teleportation circle back to the music box room.

After inserting the red cylindrical gemstone into the second groove, the sound of the music changed again, and the second metal door opened...

The five cylinder gems represent five different musical sounds, and the traps behind each door are also different.Spikes, platforms, chainsaws, flames, and electricity, although the traps are different, the fact that the length of the trap is determined by the different pronunciation of the music sound has not changed.

After collecting all the five cylindrical gemstones of green, red, yellow, purple and blue, the music box starts to play the complete music sound that is connected.And the last metal door was opened, but the last passage gathered all the traps at the same time.

It doesn't matter, as long as you master the rules, you will be successful...

Suppressing the tension in her heart, Mina secretly encouraged herself.He must not fail to free his imprisoned friend.

Leap across to the outstretched platform, walk through the occasional electric current, wait for the giant chainsaw blocking the passage until it moves away, run quickly away from the hole that then spews flames, and finally rush out of the outstretched spike trap.

After going through hardships and looking embarrassed, Mina finally managed to overcome all the traps.

Puzzle Solved!In the final room, a pearl-colored crystal key floats on a pedestal, hoping that it can free Lucy and Bustymon from captivity.

Praying, Mina took the key and returned to her friend the same way.

"Mina, you're finally back... Oh, you look in a mess, aren't you hurt?"

The waiting time was longer than expected. Lucy was worried and distressed when she saw her best friend returning to the cage in a state of embarrassment.

"...Haha, if I could go back to the original world, I really want to take a hot bath and change into clean clothes."

He didn't tell Lucy and Bastymon what kind of danger he was in just now, he just smiled wryly and said that he was fine.

"I can imagine what happened to you just now..."

A little messy hair, slightly torn and soiled clothes, a bruised body, and bruises on the arms.Even Bastymon could see that Mina must have been in a lot of danger before returning.

"I really hope what happened to us was just a nightmare."

"Don't be discouraged, Bastymon, maybe we still have hope."

Patting her partner on the shoulder lightly, Lucy comforted, then looked at Mina.

"Did you find any important clues?"

"I found this where the music came from, but I'm not sure if it's the key to the cage."

Saying that, Mina took out a pearl-colored crystal key from her pocket.

"Wow, it's so beautiful! You can try it."

Admiring the beauty of the key, Lucy beckoned Mina to try it.

"I will."

After inspecting the cage, Mina quickly found a keyhole mechanism.The shape fits, so it should work.

With a reassuring expression on her face, Mina inserted the key into the keyhole, and light-colored ripples began to appear and spread to the entire cage, and the color of the barrier gradually became lighter.

"Nice job, Mina! The power of the cage is slowly disappearing!"

Delighted by his friend's success, Bustymon smiled.

"Great, we can finally be free!"

After regaining her freedom, Lucy wanted to give her best friend a warm hug.

"Hehe, you really deserve to be his partner. Miss, you are smarter and more capable than I thought."

A deep voice came from above.

"This voice...!!!"

With wide eyes, Basdimon raised its head and looked up.

A tall black werewolf figure jumped down from a height and appeared behind Mina.

"No wonder my old friend cherishes you so much. You do have a special side. Especially the pure faith that is not shaken by anything, and the firm eyes are really very similar to him in the past."

Inexplicably saying nostalgic words, the black werewolf pulled out the key and put it away.Then he stood beside Mina and reached out and grabbed her body.

The speed is really fast...

"You are the Black Orc Garuru..."

Unable to move her body, Mina stared at the black orc Garuru who grabbed her.It's not that she has no impression of the Digimon in front of her.A year ago, Mina dreamed of the past memory of a vampire monster, and the black orc Garuru was occupying an important part of his life.

Could it be that the black orc Garuru never died from the beginning, but was exiled in the dark area?

"Oh? It seems that miss, you seem to have learned something about me from him."

The other party showed a slightly surprised expression.

Sure enough, the black orc Garuru in front of him was the former best friend of the vampire monster.

"Unfortunately, I can no longer let you wander alone in the castle. As long as I don't violate the will of that adult, I still have a certain degree of freedom."

It seems that the Black Orc Garuru also intends to imprison himself.

"Hey! Don't ignore us! You better get your dirty paws off Mina!!"

Lucy, who was ignored, warned the black orc Garuru viciously that her girlfriend was in trouble.

"You're a really energetic little girl, but I'm not interested in talking to you."

been despised.

"Oh! I don't want to see a black ugly dog ​​harassing my friends!"

As if to deliberately provoke the black orc Garuru, Lucy not only swears at each other, but also gives him the middle finger.

Lucy, Bustymon, don't you think...

Mina quickly noticed Bastymon, who had been silent all this time, and saw her pupils emitting a strange light.And Lucy continued to provoke him in order to distract the other party's attention.

But the other party didn't care about her ugly words at all.

"I'm an open-minded Digimon, and your words have no effect on me."

After showing 'caring' eyes to Lucy, the Black Orc Garuru looked at Mina again.

"Miss, if you don't want to get hurt, just leave with me. I can guarantee that your friend will not be threatened in any way..."

"Black Orc Garuru, the blood-sucking monster has never forgotten you..."

Staring directly at the Digimon who grabbed her without fear, Mina interrupted the other party's words, and thanked the black orc Garuru sincerely.

"Thank you for always being by your side and supporting him who was immature in the past..."

"Ah? I thought you would ask 'Why did you do this?', 'What is your purpose?', 'Who is the messenger behind the scenes?' and other questions..."

The black orc Garuru was caught off guard by Mina's out-of-the-box thank you words.

"Long time and experience are enough to change people's concepts and ideas. Because the black orc Garuru is his best friend, you must have important reasons to choose this way. You are not completely our enemy."

The girl smiled.Strange, why did my hand loosen?And I'm still a little sleepy, I can't move my body...

Damn it!I fell for it! !Only then did the black orc Garuru realize that he had been tricked by the girls.

"I'm glad his best friend didn't die, and my thanks to you are sincere. But...for your best friend, I'm not a good partner. Because I just restrain his existence..."

Speaking bitter words, Mina looked at the black orc Garuruhou who was temporarily unable to move with a gloomy expression, then reached out and groped on him, trying to retrieve the key.

When Mina spoke to distract the Black Orc Garuru, Basdimon had already successfully used its charm to control him, but only to keep the Black Orc Garuru immobile for a very short period of time.

"Mina! Leave us alone! Basdimon can't hold on any longer! Run away!!"

Although a little reconciled, Lucy, who was thinking about her best friend, hoped that it would be better for Mina to escape as soon as possible.Even if the key is found, it will take a certain amount of time to open the cage, and Basty can't last that long.

"...run away, Mina...you will find a way to save us, hurry up..."

Cold sweat broke out from Basdimon's forehead, and she couldn't hold it anymore.This stinky dog's mental strength is really tenacious!

"Lucy, Bustymon, I'm sorry..."

Apologizing to her friends who helped her again, Mina had to leave her friends and escape alone.

"Haha, what a troubled day..."

Finally persisting until Mina left completely, Basdimon, who was disenchanted, slumped down on the ground.

"Now, the bad dog must be very angry..."

Lucy is also ready to face the Black Orc Garuru's wrath.

"Hehe, it's because of this that it was expected by that 'monster'..."

Strangely, instead of being angry, the black orc Garuru began to say inexplicable words and laughed.

"You must cherish that excellent partner and never let that 'monster' succeed, my best friend."

Then, he left without authorization...