Chapter 37 (2/2)
Lize broke the silence Her mind reeled in shock and her eyes snapped wide open as she subconsciously rejected what she heard If it were any other person, she would’ve thought that they’d be joking But this was Rhode, and she knew that she heard his words correctly
“You… you said that you’ve already bought it?”
“Yes, they only asked ood deal”
“500 gold coins!”
Hearing this insane deal, Lize paused for a , she immediately covered her mouth in shock
“This is Cyril’s Haunted House!?”
In Deep Stone City, the infamous Cyril’s Haunted House was a name that almost no one would want to speak of Everybody knew it, but no one wanted to speak of it
The Cyril family used to be a third-rate noble family in Deep Stone City Unlike other faan from art sculptures The fainable talent in sculpting, especially sculpting the human body All of his artworks were all lifelike and vivid And hinized as the master sculptor in Deep Stone City wasn’t any ed because of a mysterious rock
When Martin was 29 years old, he acquired a piece of white rock that he discovered from Deep Stone City’s mine While the details were not known, the ht back this rock to his house to create his newest masterpiece
At first, the people didn’t care much about it After all, as a master sculptor, he had his own pursuits in life However, after soan to be curious about what kind of art he could create fro, Martin’s work cycle wasn’t anything odd, and he would often lock hi hi excited about his next e things started to happen
Cyril faan to disappear one after another, and no one knehat happened As a noble family, the Cyril fa people, but surprisingly, those people too, disappeared
As time passed, not only thetoo It caused the nobles to panic And not long after, a huge, major event befell the Cyril fahter disappeared
At this point, the people forgot about theon and burst into his workroo that he had a solution to this problereeted them They saw broken lihter weren’t spared either Their re while thea sculpture of a wo that happened was very simple
Martin was promptly apprehended, and he ad women But he believed that their death was justified because it was for the perfection of art By sacrificing their lives, they had performed a noble act, and it orthy of respect
Any sane person wouldn’t be satisfied with his explanation and Deep Stone City sentenced hi After receiving his sentence, he somehow escaped the prison and turned arrison, mercenary association, and some nobles sent people to hunt him down However, they did not anticipate that the weak hter dozens of advanced warriors and hundreds of soldiers In the end, Martin succu his staedy shocked the entire Deep Stone City Many people believed that the rock containeda uarded by the city guards, mysteriously disappeared on the second day of Martin’s death
For a period, the whole Deep Stone City becae number of Cyril family sculptures were sradually forgotten as time passed But it was a pity that even after his death, he still attracted the attention of others
The first victiood relationshi+p with the Cyril family, and they came to take care of the property However, after aroo food that hadn’t been touched by anyone for a long time
Two years later, a second victim was struck A wealthy rated here To assimilate into the upper society in the quickest way possible, he disregarded advice fro was no better than the people from before Half a month later, the wealthytheh they were happy going to heaven together
The connection between these two terrible events caused people to avoid this haunted house Even the Deep Stone City was helpless about this And because of that, they had put the lowest price for it Needless to say, 500 gold coins for such a large house was a terrific bargain, so, soe to purchase it
This time, the house oas smarter, not only did he spend money to refurbish the house, but he also spent uard the house
But this time, it was even more unfortunate The house owner didn’t even last until the second day Not a gliht shone out of the house ever since then
Of course, no one was even going to confirm the result since it was already clear as day
Naturally, Lize had heard this since she was a resident of Deep Stone City for ht this house, she couldn’t help but shi+ver in fright
“M-Mr Rhode, do you knohat this place is? This place is h-…”
“Of course I know” Rhode waved his hand and interrupted her
Not only did he knohat happened before, but he also kneould happen after This was a place where the hidden boss was located Back in the game, Cyril’s Haunted House was one of his first few hidden quests Therefore, he could still remember the questline vividly However, now, it was different froh preparation to beat this hidden boss
“Don’t worry; it’s just a house Moreover… I have h preparations for what is to coh the disordered courtyard and reached the entrance of the house Through the slits of the decaying door, the darkness inside could be seen clearly Rhode stretched out his hand and placed it on the door, then he turned his head and looked at Lize who had a nervous expression on her face
“Are you ready?”