"Tonight is really bad!"

I was extremely irritated and tore off the spider web hanging on my head with my hands, then took out the dagger on my left shoulder and nailed a spider about the size of a lighter to the wall.

"Did the damn baron create so many secret passages because he was so full?"

I bit the half of the cigar in my mouth fiercely, moved it from the left to the right with my lips and teeth, took a sharp puff, then picked up the M1A with the gun light on and continued to explore deeper into the secret passage.

I originally thought that I would be able to find the Baron quickly, deal with him and take Diana away from this ghost place, but I didn’t expect that since entering the Baron’s mansion, I have been making various mistakes and my mood has been in a very unstable state.

.I am too lazy to think about the reasons. Now it is enough to find out the Baron and beat him up to vent his anger.

I had already thoroughly searched the second floor of the mansion, and could not find the Baron. Not only did I encounter a lot of brainwashed male servants who tried their best to stop me, but I was thinking about whether to burn it down.

While walking through the entire mansion, I inadvertently kicked down a wooden wall and discovered the secret passage hidden behind it.

After that, it was a very boring pursuit. I felt like a mouse jumping up and down in the secret passage, climbing and drilling holes. Finally, after wasting nearly ten minutes, I finally followed the suspected baron's footprints and came to a relatively flat road.

The entrance to the passage. Judging from the direction and height, this seemed to be the first floor of the mansion. I tried to put my ear to the wall to listen to the movement outside. Sure enough, I heard some subtle footsteps, but for some reason the rhythm of the footsteps was a little strange.

It was messy, and it even seemed like someone was talking loudly in the distance.

I vaguely felt that something was wrong with the situation outside, so I hurriedly held the gun and continued to run in the direction of the footprints. I didn't run far when I saw a large group of messy footprints near a wall. It seemed that the Baron had stayed here, but

There are no traces of footprints in the distance, so it seems that this is the secret passage where the Baron left.

I carefully checked the nearby wall and found half a footprint under a wooden wall. From the stone brick structure next to it, it seemed that this wall was probably the side of the fireplace. There was also a latch-like structure near the wall.

Let me conclude that this is the exit.

I didn't rush to turn on the switch and go out. Instead, I chose a location near the fireplace and used a dagger to dig out an inconspicuous small hole between two loose wooden boards, and then observed the situation outside through this hole.

The condition of the room was very bad, as if it had been a fight, and there was a group of knights in armor surrounding the room, and William was standing not far away with an expressionless face.

"What? What's going on? Could it be that they caught the Baron...Diana?!"

From the gap between the bodies of the two knights, I saw Diana kneeling down while being escorted by other knights, and the Baron stood arrogantly in front of her and said something. At this moment, I suddenly felt that the blood in my body was almost gushing.

When it reached the top of my head, at that moment I suddenly had the idea of ​​picking up the MAC-10 and shooting inside, but soon I bit my tongue hard to force myself to calm down.

Now is not the time. If I shoot randomly, I will accidentally injure Diana and maybe let the Baron escape in the chaos. After all, there are so many armored knights standing between us. I am not sure that I can rely on the firepower of the MAC-10.

Kill it. After calming down for a few seconds, I started to think about countermeasures. The current situation is that everyone in the room except Diana has been brainwashed and controlled by the Baron. Even if I rush out directly for CQB, I am not sure that I can win.

Anna kills others without taking damage.

"Damn...damn...it would be great if I had a shock bomb in my hand now. Not only can it paralyze the brainwashed...brainwashing?"

I suddenly remembered what Diana had mentioned to me about brainwashing and control, which is the effect of relying on some kind of powerful spiritual magic to continuously suppress the target's consciousness, and the method used by the Baron to brainwash and control is his hand.

That inconspicuous gemstone ring. Due to the special nature of the ring itself, the way it is used to brainwash and control is not a magical structure but closer to an unknown spell with divine power. The energy that maintains the operation of the spell is not traditional in the traditional sense.

The magic power is the user's soul. I'm afraid that when the Baron used the ring, he had already had some kind of connection with the gem on the ring. Even after the Baron was killed, his soul would be immediately absorbed by the gem, and at the same time, the brainwashing effect would occur.

It will also last for a long time, until the baron's soul is completely swallowed by the gem.

Therefore, directly killing the Baron cannot completely eliminate the influence of brainwashing. The only way is to destroy the ring and completely cut off the source of power. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, Diana has not told me how to destroy the ring, but she also said that it can be used to destroy the ring.

Bullets cannot break the gem on the ring, because it is as hard as diamond. However, she also mentioned a way to temporarily interrupt the brainwashing as a last resort, which is to kill the baron without killing him.

Under the conditions, he was completely separated from the ring without any physical contact. From Diana's explanation, it was understood that the ring was probably integrated with the baron's finger, so that the ring could be directly attached to the baron's body and absorbed directly.

His soul power maintains the brainwashing effect. If the link is forcibly interrupted, it will destroy the stability of the spell structure, causing its structure to collapse, affecting the controlled person and causing a brief interruption of control.

The reason why it is regarded as a temporary method in emergencies is because this interruption effect will only last for about 3 hours. When the time passes, the completely out-of-control spell structure will burst out with powerful backlash, not only the original user, but also the

The controlled person will also be counterattacked by the spell, completely melting the brain and causing death.

"Disconnect... Then just break his fingers. As for other situations... go to hell!"

After making the decision, I pinched off the cigar that was almost finished, and then tried to expand some holes in the wall. Then I turned off the gun light, set up the muzzle and pointed it indoors, and looked through the tiny cracks in the wall through the scope.

Look for shooting opportunities.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of shooting requirement would not be difficult for me. I am about 12 meters away from where the Baron is. It should be easy to shoot his finger from this distance, but

The trouble is that other people in the room will block the shooting sight from time to time. Fortunately, after a while, the baron's position changed, and the knight who originally blocked me also moved. This is a good opportunity, I hold my breath

I was waiting for the moment when the baron showed his fingers, but I never expected that this damn baron, somehow stimulated, actually walked up to Diana and grabbed her hair with his dirty claws.

With a shred of reason, I hurriedly released my finger on the trigger and pressed it hard on the trigger guard, then turned my head and let out a breath.

I almost shot him in the head just now, but fortunately I reacted quickly and hurriedly released my almost contracted fingers.

"Don't imagine that you can get relief... I promise..."

I whispered through gritted teeth, and then continued to aim my crosshair at the Baron. The Baron and Diana spoke a few more words before sitting back on the chair, but his fingers were blocked by the back of a knight.

"Damn it, get out of here..."

Perhaps because of God's favor...or Severna's favor, the Baron stood up after a while and stretched out his right hand with the ring to point at Diana, and his hand happened to appear in the same position.

A position not blocked by knights.

When the opportunity came, I once again held my breath and aimed at the base of the index finger with the ring on the Baron's right hand, slightly above the metacarpophalangeal joint.

At this moment, I seem to feel that time has slowed down. Whether it is my breathing and heartbeat or the indoor scene seen through the scope, everything is like a slow-down image. My brain is constantly telling my finger to pull the trigger.

command, but it also performs extremely slow contraction movements.

And just after my finger finally pulled the trigger, I was suddenly woken up by a slight recoil from the butt of the gun. Everything around me seemed to have returned to normal, but for some reason I started breathing heavily, and even my heartbeat

It became extremely violent, and I could even "hear" the very clear heartbeat with my ears.

I didn't pay attention to what just happened to me, but nervously observed the Baron through the scope. I saw him holding his right wrist tightly with his left hand, kneeling on the ground and howling in pain, while his right hand

The fingers were all intact, but there was a bloody hole on the palm of his right hand.

Missed?! I muttered subconsciously. I was briefly panicked for a few seconds, and then I concentrated on aiming the crosshair at the baron's finger. At this moment, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, not to find out why I failed just now.

is to seek the quickest remedy.

But it's a pity that the position of the damn baron's hand was blocked by the back of a knight. And just when I was about to give up precision shooting and plan to shoot the group of knights directly, Diana suddenly broke away from the custody and fiercely

He kicked away the knight who was blocking my ray, and then with lightning speed, he grabbed the baron's right hand, raised it high and looked towards me.

"Love you so much! Diana!"

I growled in excitement, then aimed at the Baron's finger and pulled the trigger again.

In fact, the moment Diana stood up, the surrounding knights reacted quickly and wanted to rush forward and knock her down, but unfortunately, no matter how fast they were, they could not outrun the bullets.

When the baron's three fingers hit the ground, the knights in the hall and William, who had been dazed in the corner, all fainted like puppets with broken strings. This blow not only broke the baron's index finger cleanly, but also

Together with the middle finger and ring finger, the connection with the palm was cut off by the high-speed bullet.

Seeing this, I let out a refreshing breath, put away my rifle, opened the secret door and walked out. I walked directly in front of Diana, opened my arms and hugged her.

At this moment, I was in a very happy mood, as if all the previous unhappiness was quickly forgotten in my mind like a nightmare. Inadvertently, the side of my face touched her cheek, but it exuded a little

The hot temperature made me feel a little concerned. After gently letting go of her body, I found that there was some redness and swelling on both sides of her cheeks, and there were even some less obvious palm prints.

"you……"

"It's okay, it's okay. It's not painful or itchy at all. It'll be fine in a while."

I glanced angrily at the baron who was unconscious on the ground, and really wanted to go up and crush his head. But I didn't do that, because I planned to have a pleasant torture time after taking care of other things.

I reached out my right hand and touched Diana's cheek. She subconsciously backed away at first, but then she quickly brought her face up and pressed my right hand with her left hand.

The two of us smiled tacitly. To me, there was no special reason for this, it was just ordinary happiness.

But unfortunately, the comfort at this moment did not last for a few minutes. Those who had fainted woke up, including Mr. Baron of course.

Accompanied by heart-rending screams from his mouth, the door to the room was violently opened and a group of heavily armed soldiers rushed in. For some reason, the leading knight still had a sword stuck in his belly.

It was obvious that it was no longer the time to enjoy the tenderness. Diana turned around and said something to the group of soldiers, while I came to the Baron's side and kicked him hard in the ribs under the armpit. The broken ribs caused

The sharp and sharp pain successfully made him shut his mouth. At the same time, I also found a petite figure fainted near her.

"The eldest daughter?"

Her posture was not quite right, as if she was fainting while kneeling on the ground. This posture was not conducive to normal breathing, so at this moment, although her consciousness was still a little hazy, she was already making unsmooth breathing sounds. I

He hurriedly walked over, knelt down, picked her up and put her on her back. Soon her breathing rhythm gradually returned to normal.

I suddenly felt as if I was holding a child, which made me feel a little embarrassed and helpless. I had never experienced maternal love when I was a child. Although the old nanny was very gentle to me, when I grew up,

Later I realized that tenderness was a kind of religious compassion, and family affection was relatively weak. I used to occasionally observe mothers who took care of their children, because I had never been able to understand the emotion they invested in their own children.

What is it like? Is it truly selfless and great, or is it full of sustenance and hope?

No matter what, this kind of feeling is too far away for me. I quickly stopped this vague thinking, and then turned my perspective back to the eldest daughter in my arms.

She looked very young, probably only eleven or twelve years old, which would be the age when she was going to school on earth. I suddenly thought about what I was doing at this age, if I hadn’t

If I remember correctly, I should have been scavenging on a battlefield somewhere.

"Hmm, I think it was an interesting time..."

I stood up and picked up the eldest daughter, and planned to walk to the door and hand her over to the soldiers over there. Because although the brainwashing control was solved, it was only a temporary solution, and the problem could not be completely solved in the next 3 hours.

If the root cause is found, the Grand Duke and other brainwashed people may die.

"Hopefully the solution isn't too complicated...dammit!"
To be continued...