RNP Chapter 3477 Everyone's Secret
Chapter 3477 Everyone's Secret
Chapter 3477 Everyone's Secret
"We've never encountered any danger in the stairwell so far, but it's not an enclosed space, so you can't linger there. In short, don't trust any place in this hotel to be safe except for this room, and definitely bring plenty of matches."
The red-haired vampire girl spoke, then took 10 matches from the matchbox, and rummaged through the clutter in front of the fireplace for an old-fashioned lantern and a candle. She gave the candle to Shad, and hung the lantern on her belt.
“I know you must have better lamps, but in this hotel, the flames will burn longer if we use the lamps that are already here. Do you need to prepare anything else? No, we’ll set off now.”
She started to walk towards the door, looking even more anxious than Shad. Shad had initially intended to say that no preparations were needed, but changed his mind at the last minute:
"Miss Coens, may I borrow your sword?"
He said to the black-haired hunter:
"I didn't bring my own weapon, so I'd like to use your sword."
While the Moonlight Greatsword is powerful enough, it would be even more powerful if it had a physical sword to rely on, not to mention that the sword beside the Hunter Lady is a relic.
The latter did not refuse, but instead offered a reminder:
"By using my weapon, your fate will be intertwined with that of demons. I am not cursing you, but this is the destiny of us hunters."
Xia De then laughed and said:
"It's alright, I've always been entangled with evil spirits and demons."
He hesitated for a moment:
"My own weapon is called the Night Watchman; I think you should know it."
He didn't know if the Night Watch already had a master in this era, but he was certain that any hunter would know about this sword.
Miss Cohens, the Witcher, was indeed startled:
"You're a hunter too?"
"No, I was just using that sword."
"Then let's show it to you."
So the hunter tossed her longsword to Shad. It was indeed a relic, but not of angelic quality. Shad had learned about famous sword relics in the material world during the Moon Bay incident, and now, drawing the sword, he recognized it from the patterns on the hilt and blade, as well as the gold decorations:
"Sage-level Relic - [Dawn of the New Day]".
With a light flick of the finger, the metal blade shimmered with the warm light of dawn, accompanied by runes on the front and back of the hilt.
May the light of dawn pierce the darkness.
Shad tried wielding the sword a few times, and after getting used to its length and weight, he demonstrated the swordsmanship of the ancient witchers passed down by the Night Watch.
Even the vampire Miss Novare and the middle-aged witch recognized that Shad's swordsmanship was almost identical to their companions', and Miss Cohens also believed in Shad's identity. So, not only did she give him the longsword, but she even took off her ring and handed it to him:
"I'll lend you this one too. There are probably more demons in this hotel than just the one I'm chasing and the one you encountered."
With everything prepared, Shad and the twelfth-tier vampire witch set off. Before leaving, they agreed with the two who remained that they should knock on the door upon their return. The two who left did not light both the lantern and the candle at the same time; the candle was for emergencies. Miss Novare only lit the lantern and then instructed Shad not to leave the light's range.
The door closed behind them, and when Shad looked back, he could still see the door glowing, but Miss Novare couldn't see it.
But this wasn't a big deal. She looked around and chose to proceed on her left.
"The hotel's basic rule is that when you want to go downstairs, just push open the door and walk out into the corridor, and the stairwell will definitely appear within the range of six room doors—excluding the opposite side. As for whether you choose to go left or right, that depends on your luck."
Shad, sword in hand, followed beside her, nodding slightly, remaining absolutely vigilant. But the anticipated danger did not materialize; after moving ten meters, a dark staircase suddenly appeared on the right side of their path.
"Not bad luck."
Miss Novare whispered something, and with a flick of her right hand, a bat flew out of her sleeve. After the bat successfully entered the stairwell area, she led Shad over.
“We’ve encountered evil entities that use illusions. They create illusions in the hallways and disguise their rooms as stairwells to trick us into entering. Ever since then, whenever we need to perform any kind of area-transfer operation, I release bats first.”
She explained it this way, and then added:
"Now you can speak freely, but I want to emphasize again~ Although we haven't encountered any danger on the stairs, it's not entirely safe here. Also, be careful, there are two staircases connecting the two floors, with a corner landing in the middle, these are all staircase areas. But the corner of the floor is both a staircase and a corridor, so there may be danger, but as long as you don't get entangled and quickly return to the stairs, there will be no problem."
She smiled broadly and even moved a little closer to Xia De. Although she might be quite old, she certainly exuded the vitality of a young girl.
"Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I'd be happy to help you adjust to life here. You said your name is Shad Hamilton, right? Then I'll just call you Shad."
As they quickly descended the stairs, although she didn't directly touch Xia De, she was practically leaning against him.
"Also, the swordsmanship you used just now was really cool. Although Coens used it too, she wasn't as impressive as you."
Shad reached out and pushed her away:
“You can just say what’s on your mind; there’s no need to resort to such methods.”
At this moment, a dark corridor on the ninth floor appeared at the end of the stairs. The two immediately shut their mouths, walked quickly forward along the dilapidated stair railing of the hotel, and then entered the lower staircase again.
The vampire girl who was pushed away by Shad wasn't angry:
"Okay, I admit I'm not good at this. I usually use charm-type abilities to control others, but I wouldn't dare to cast a spell on you like that. I'm really not good at acting."
Her tone returned to normal, no longer the deliberately sweet and cloying tone she had just given.
“You’re definitely not good at it, and the girls in my family have taught me a lot of anti-fraud tricks to prevent me from being tricked by other witches.”
Miss Noiret smiled and led the way, the two moving quite quickly. The dilapidated stairwell was unremarkable; the wooden stairs and railings gave the impression of being long neglected. The windows were in the corner, boarded up but with gaps remaining.
Decorative oil paintings may appear irregularly on the walls, but most of them are damaged and dirty, so there is no need to check them.
“They can’t tell, but I know you’re definitely not normal.”
She was explaining her actions;
"From the moment you appeared, I noticed that you had been blessed by our Lord, hadn't you?"
The vampire god who had fought him at the foot of Mount Sikar jumped into Shad's mind again:
"I suppose so. I was once gifted red wine by your race's god. Since I was blessed by that god, shouldn't you trust me?"
He asked the red-haired girl, whose hair was blood red, unlike the rose-red hair of Daniste and the fiery red hair of the Cavendish family.
Miss Novare then pointed out:
“It is precisely because you have been blessed by our Lord that I dare not easily trust you—I know what kind of chosen ones our Lord prefers. You appear to be a human male, yet you have been blessed by our Lord, which further suggests that you are very likely a dangerous person.”
This statement is indeed hard to refute, and infighting among vampire clans is a long-standing tradition, so there is no possibility of seeing a strange vampire and then treating them as a member of the same clan.
“I have received many blessings from the gods. Strictly speaking, I really believe in the moon goddess.”
Shad then explained again, "She" whispered "lies" at this moment, while the vampire girl leading the way remained noncommittal:
"Regardless of your beliefs, your arrival has brought us either new hope or new despair. I am a twelfth-order witch, and I know better than them that in the current state of the three of us, there is no way we can leave here."
It doesn't matter what you are, as long as you can bring about change. If it's a bad change, then it means the Red Moon is calling me back to silence, and there's nothing I can do about it.
The eighth and seventh floors were quickly passed. On the seventh floor, Xia De clearly sensed something standing very close to the stairwell, in an area not illuminated by light, watching them. However, the thing did not approach the stairs.
"So, what you told me in front of the fireplace just now, was it all the truth?"
Shad then asked this question, and Miss Novare answered very confidently:
"It's all the truth, but some things haven't been fully said. For example, Ms. Chesia Gerd didn't tell you that her mother was expelled from the Zalas Institute for conducting flesh-modification experiments on herself and has now become a monster."
"Joanna—I mean, Miss Cohens didn't say either—the monster she's chasing is the murderer who killed her entire family when she was a child. Leaving isn't important to her; finding him and eliminating him is."
"And what about you? Is what you want to do now also to leave here?"
Xia De then inquired, recalling that the mission was to "help the gods select suitable guests." However, since the safe haven was not at the hotel entrance but on the tenth floor, he had to think carefully about who to choose.
"You are indeed very perceptive."
The vampire girl chuckled softly:
"The clan elder died unexpectedly two years ago, and now everyone wants that position. I wasn't qualified originally, after all, I'm only at the twelfth rank, but here I see hope for advancing to the thirteenth rank. Blood, there's a lot of dangerous but wonderful blood here. Although vampires aren't like elves, who get higher ranks the longer they live, we do have one more path than humans, the path of evolution through blood."
P.S.: Requesting votes at the beginning of the month.
I'll add more chapters once I'm better.