Chapter 334 Is that heaven? !
Chapter 334 Is that... heaven? !
Van Helsing was angry at what the maid said.
But what he was angry about was not the difference in treatment, but that he was unable to refute.
Indeed, Legolas wears exquisite silver armor, has a handsome appearance, and a cold temperament. At first glance, he looks like a knight of justice.
On the other hand, between the two of them, one is a wanted criminal wanted throughout Europe, and the other is a slovenly scientist.
Neither of them is the kind of person who likes to dress up. They are dressed in black leather armor and hooded cloaks. They look like two secretive and sneaky evil villains. No wonder people dare not approach them. .
Looking at Karl next to him who had a smile on his face and even drank tea with a hint of vulgarity, Van Helsing couldn't help but sigh softly.
At this time, Viken and Anna came in from outside and drove all the maids out with their hands.
"How was the chat?" Anna asked with a chuckle.
Van Helsing straightened his face and said: "We have reached a consensus that Legolas will join us in the crusade against Count Dracula..."
Viken twitched the corner of his mouth and said with black lines on his head: "Van Helsing, you are telling the truth, you are the one who came later!"
"It's all the same." Van Helsing waved his hand nonchalantly, and then said in a serious tone, "In short, we have killed three vampire brides now, and Count Dracula cannot let us go."
"Instead of staying here and waiting for an attack, why don't we take the initiative? Anyway, I don't want to sit back and wait for death. What about you?"
Viken and Anna looked at each other, and Anna sighed: "Of course we don't want to sit still and wait for death, but we don't know where Dracula is. It's been more than four hundred years, and no one has been able to find his lair."
Van Helsing frowned and said, "You really don't have any clues at all?"
Anna shook her head, but Viken looked hesitant, as if he had something to hide.
Legolas knew the plot, so he had been paying attention to Viken's expression.
Seeing the hesitation on his face, Legolas finally spoke calmly: "Prince Viken, whether it is me or Van Helsing, we sincerely want to help you kill Count Dracula. If you know any clues, It’s best to tell them all, otherwise we won’t be able to help even if we want to.”
"..."
The look on Viken's face became even more hesitant.
Anna frowned when she saw this and couldn't help but said: "Are you really hiding something from me?"
Viken sighed and smiled bitterly: "Anna, my father did tell me some things alone, but these things are just old memories, and even if they are told, they will not be of any real help."
Van Helsing retorted: "But if you don't tell us, how will we know whether it will help?"
Legolas said calmly: "Tell me, maybe we can find some clues."
Anna also persuaded: "Yes, brother, I am also curious about what secrets my father told you..."
Seeing that everyone insisted on telling the secret, Viken sighed lightly, smiled bitterly and told everyone about the relationship between Count Dracula and the Villeless family.
It turns out that the story back then was not as simple as the outside world spread, and there were still some unknown secrets hidden in it. The biggest secret was the relationship between Count Dracula and the Knight of Villeless.
"What, Count Dracula is actually the eldest son of the Knight of Villeless?!"
Van Helsing's eyes widened, and Anna looked at Viken in disbelief.
She never thought that her biggest enemy in life was actually her ancestor from more than 400 years ago!
No wonder Weiken is so troubled and unwilling to tell the truth. It turns out there is such a family scandal...
Viken nodded with a wry smile, and continued with a sigh: "Back then, Count Dracula betrayed his faith in God, signed a contract with the devil, and became an immortal demon that sucked human blood. Our ancestors heard about this and went to Rome in person. Pledge to kill Dracula in exchange for God’s forgiveness.”
"But tiger poison does not eat its own children. As a father, how could he bear to kill his own son with his own hands?"
"Of course, our ancestor, the powerful Knight Valerius, relented."
"He did not kill Dracula, but instead banished him to the frozen castle through a magic door that could not be returned, and left behind a family motto until one day in the future, someone in the family would have the consciousness of parricide. , and then go to the frozen castle to kill Dracula completely."
"Wait!" Van Helsing frowned, "If Dracula was really exiled to a prison from which he could not return, how did he get out?"
"Of course it flew out!" Viken sighed. "The devil who tempted Dracula to sign the contract gave him a pair of wings. Dracula relied on these wings to escape from the high altitude of the frozen castle. , returned to Transphenia to avenge the Villeless family..."
"..."
Anna stared blankly at Viken, her body softened, and she slumped on the seat, and said blankly: "So, Dracula's lair, that frozen castle, is actually the prison where our ancestors banished Dracula?"
Weikenku nodded with a wry smile: "That's right."
Anna laughed at herself: "But now, he can enter and exit the frozen castle at will, but we, the descendants of Velerys, can't even find a door."
Viken shook his head: "I know where the door is, but I can't open it."
Anna was shocked: "You know?"
Viken whispered: "My father told me."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Van Helsing stood up immediately and said with a smile, "Take us to see, maybe we can open that door?"
Legolas did not speak, but stood up and expressed his attitude through actions.
Viken sighed and said: "It's not that I look down on you. The Villeless family has not been able to open that door for more than four hundred years. If you want to open it in a short time, your hope is very slim..."
"However, since the showdown has reached this point, I think you won't give up if I don't take you to see it."
With that said, Viken stood up, looked at Legolas and Van Helsing with complex eyes and said, "Follow me."
Legolas and Van Helsing looked at each other and followed suit.
Karl was stunned for a moment and quickly caught up: "Wait for me!"
Under the leadership of Viken, a group of five people walked through the corridor and arrived at the castle's weapons depot.
Here are placed a large amount of silver equipment used for hunting vampires, as well as swords, guns, clubs and full-body armor left by Velleris from past generations.
Ana frowned: "Brother, what did you bring us here for?"
Upon hearing Anna's question, Viken sighed and said nothing, just looking at the wall in front of him.
On this wall is a huge parchment map, on which the terrain around Transphenia is drawn with exquisite craftsmanship.
All mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, and even towns and docks are marked on the map.
Following Viken's gaze, Anna couldn't help but frown: "I remember this map. My father would often spend hours studying this map, trying to find the way to the frozen castle..."
"He's not looking for a way to the frozen castle." Viken shook his head, "This wall is the way!"
"...What?" Anna couldn't help but look stunned.
Viken sighed and said: "As I just said, this wall is the magical door that cannot be turned back. It's just that we lost the spell and method to open it, so we have been unable to enter."
"So that's it..."
Anna finally understood everything.
Legolas patted Van Helsing, who was eating melon with relish, and then pointed to the lower left corner of the map.
Van Helsing was slightly startled, and followed Legolas's hand, and suddenly saw the Latin text on the left side of the map, and the incomplete triangle in the lower left corner.
"Huh?" Van Helsing asked curiously, "Why is there a piece missing from this map?"
As Van Helsing spoke, he squatted down and curiously looked at the incomplete part in the lower left corner of the map. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
Suddenly, Van Helsing's eyes lit up. He immediately stood up and took out a cylinder from his arms. After unfolding it, it turned out to be a triangular broken scroll.
Van Helsing tore off the broken scroll and stuck it to the broken part in the lower left corner of the map, making it a perfect fit.
Viken suddenly looked shocked and couldn't help but ask: "Why do you have that incomplete map?"
Van Helsing stood up and said with a smile: "This is what the cardinal gave me personally before I left the Holy See. He said it was something left in Rome by the powerful Knight of Valerys four hundred years ago."
"I didn't know what this thing was for, but now, I know."
"..."
Viken and Anna looked at each other and couldn't help but show excitement.
Van Helsing turned around and called Karl: "Karl, don't you know Latin? Come and read it!"
Karl hurriedly stepped forward, but before he could open his mouth to recite, Legolas beside him suddenly spoke slowly: "In the name of God, open this door..."
As the words fell, a faint white light suddenly lit up on the mural map, and all the parchment depicting the mountains and terrain quickly melted, turning into a silver mirror in just a few breaths.
Van Helsing and the Viken siblings looked at each other with surprised smiles on their faces.
The corner of Legolas' mouth curled up, and he was about to speak when he suddenly noticed that the smiles on the faces of Van Helsing and the Viken brothers and sisters froze.
No, it's not just their smiles, their movements, expressions, even the dust floating in the surrounding air and the sunlight shining through the windows are all frozen here like solidified amber.
Everything keeps moving as it did at the previous moment, as if the whole world has been pressed on pause, and no one can escape this freeze.
Except for Legolas, who was glowing with silver.
Wait, silver light?
Legolas lowered his head in confusion, and saw that the psychic protection item on his chest and the silver bracelet on his wrist were both glowing with silver light.
The layers of reinforced spiritual protection appeared simultaneously with the space barrier surrounding him, and then quietly shattered in the tremor.
"What?!"
Legolas' pupils trembled, and then he seemed to notice something and couldn't help but turn his head and look out the window.
In the sky outside the window, endless golden light gathered from all directions, condensing into a golden sacred staircase, extending all the way from the infinite and high cloud top to the castle of Villeless.
Then he passed through the window in front of Legolas and stopped one step away from him.
Legolas raised his head in confusion and looked along the golden stairs. When he saw the sacred golden light transmitting from behind the clouds, it seemed that he could vaguely glimpse the tip of the iceberg of the sacred white palace.
"That's... heaven?!"