Volume 9: Vampires and Dungeons Chapter 6: Strange Family (Part 2)
"Of course, this isn't much of a place to talk."
As if realizing that he had touched upon the core of the issue, the tall, sturdy young man stood up and said in a deep voice:
"The dinner and the related sorting places have been prepared inside the mansion. Several seniors and well-known archaeologists have arrived and are sorting and searching. We hope to get everything done as quickly as possible, otherwise we always feel that something will go wrong. You think so too, right?"
"Yes, yes, cousin. That's what I brought Mr. Li Lin here to do."
Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with his position, the obese young man still wiped off the sweat and confirmed this statement with a gloomy face.
“…”
It’s really strange. Three descendants of a family don’t have any magical fluctuations, but they all say that there is a problem with the inheritance?
Li Lin looked at the three young men who seemed to have serious class divisions and didn't say anything, but he had already remembered this somewhat weird thing in his heart.
The three young men who claimed to have left the family did not seem to have completely abandoned the shackles of the family. They quickly divided their positions. The fat young man who came last stood at the back with a sad face, while the other two older ones walked in front with their heads held high and their chests puffed out.
Although the two people who arrived early had haggard faces and dark circles under their eyes from not sleeping, it was obvious that they were very happy to be able to defeat their own people. And the two of them did not seem to have decided the winner. They secretly competed with each other on the way forward, squeezing each other from time to time, or showing off their abilities, or showing off their power. In Li Lin's eyes, it was as ridiculous as two monkeys showing off their bananas.
Instead of focusing on these people who are struggling,
“How disgusting…”
Looking at the , Sally rarely showed an expression of complete disgust and hid behind Li Lin.
The art style here all tends to be eerie and depressing. The sculptures inside are mostly spiral, entangled, rooted, or simply diffuse like craters. Those depressing intentions and the surrounding black and green scenes combine to form an illusory interweaving picture.
If it were an ordinary person, he would probably go completely crazy after living here for a while. And looking at the two so-called cousins with numb and pale faces and dark circles under their eyes, it was clear that these two people probably didn't sleep well. But even in such a situation, these two people were still stubbornly fighting for who was the real powerful and capable person. Li Lin admired these people's desires.
If they awaken any ability, it will definitely be the ability to find minerals, like gold.
"Um……?"
After glancing at the three people who were arguing, Li Lin moved his gaze to both sides of the garden, and then was somewhat surprised to see a black stone tablet that seemed to be standing in a small garden.
The dark green words on it described a very strange scene, as if a melancholy poet had seen something shocking and left a bunch of nonsense on it. In a creepy tone, it sang praises to the fear and darkness hidden deep in the human brain.
The unsigned poet used a bunch of greasy and disgusting adjectives that made people feel like a tongue licking the skin, describing the story of how he summoned the God of Wealth at home according to the ancient contract. Because of human desires, the appearance and ability of the God of Wealth completely exceeded the limits of what normal people could perceive, and everything he imposed was not within the scope of known logic. When the dream woke up, the poet recorded the transaction like crazy, and then buried himself here.
'It should be family history, right?'
Could there really be something beyond ordinary logic and perception?
Instead of just feeling nauseous like ordinary people, Li Lin turned on the camera and took a few clear photos of the tombstone and recorded them.
Although there is no special place to investigate now, it is always good to leave some records for such key information. And just as Li Lin expected, the stone tablet was just in a small dilapidated garden. The three descendants who were arguing didn't even realize that they were passing by and just walked past.
After a few minutes, the group of five finally walked out of the fern garden and arrived at the real entrance of the ancestral home.
The mute servant, who had an ancient face and looked to be of a certain age, squinted his eyes and recognized the arrival of his master. After bowing, he directly opened the dark red door and signaled that they could go in together.
However, this door was definitely not the real front door. After Li Lin walked in, he found that the interior was not a magnificent hall or staircase, but a deliberately opened place like an exhibition hall. Several middle-aged and elderly intelligent creatures with bookish air and pale faces were studying something inside. When they saw the five people coming, they pushed their glasses and showed a confused expression.
"This is Assistant Professor Li Lin, who will be working with you soon. He is the person from that 'university' who is in charge of this incident. I hope you can have a good exchange with him."
The short and strong man who led the way came out first, glanced proudly at the tall man with a gloomy face, and spoke loudly to the researchers.
"Li Lin... Li Lin, I seem to have heard of this name."
The oldest person in the group being analyzed lowered his head in thought for a moment, then clapped his hands in sudden realization.
"So it's Lord Li Lin, the 'Purifier'. You are merciless to heretics and have personally destroyed countless sinful lives. You even participated in the war against the old gods. I didn't expect you to be here. Did you notice some problems here and plan to purify them? Or do you simply want to come here to fight? It's just that the Black Tower may not be able to satisfy your desire to fight, the Purifier..."
"…No, I'm here to do archaeology. My job is archaeology."
"...Are you kidding me?"
"No."
"But you are not the Holy Light..."
"I am really from the Archaeology Department. The others are part-time jobs. But the Archaeology Department is really the most real one."
“Ah? Ah…ah, ah!”
The old man slapped his head and suddenly smiled brightly.
"I almost forgot that Master Jingshengzhe is an archaeology major. Look at my memory. It's easy to forget things when you get old."
No, you don't believe it at all?
And do think I will kill you? No, I am really an archaeologist.
Looking at the old man giving a thumbs up with a look of sudden realization on his face, Li Lin felt that he must not have heard a word.
