"Can you know its exact location?" Sylvia walked to the edge of the platform and looked at the lava below. Although the lava below continued to surge and emitted a dazzling bright red, she could not feel anything from the platform.

The scorching heat coming out of the lava is actually very cool, and it feels like being on a normal lake.

"The location cannot be determined." Leo has used the spiritual net to check the lava lake, and the results obtained are not ideal. The lava lake contains a large amount of chaotic and complex power. With the penetrability of the spiritual net, he can only explore downwards.

It was blocked a few meters deep, and what blocked his mental network was not the geothermal energy of the lava itself, but some kind of array arrangement used by the castle to suppress and channel the geothermal energy.

Although it is not impossible for Leo to increase his investment in spiritual energy and forcefully break through the obstacles of various forces in the lava to allow the spiritual network to penetrate, this will inevitably cause a very large impact and may even destroy the castle itself.

If the defensive layout is broken, the castle and the villages and towns around the lava lake may suffer.

After Leo briefly explained the situation, he stood on the edge of the platform and looked down, then suggested: "How about we just jump in! The lava lake is not very big, and it won't take much time to search."

Sylvia thought for a while and nodded that it was feasible, so the two of them prepared to jump directly into the lava lake, drill into the lava, and look for the abyss superior parasitic in the body of the abyss dragon cub.

However, at the moment when they were about to jump into the lava lake, the old Duke appeared behind the two of them. He did not come from outside the platform, but appeared directly in front of Leo and Hill as if a rift in space had been opened.

Behind Via.

The old Duke seemed to know very well why the two were planning to jump into the lava lake. He spoke in the most direct and simple way: "Please don't disturb it. The Belmont family will still use it for a long time."

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Leo and Sylvia both stopped and then turned to look at the old Duke.

The moment the old Duke appeared behind them, both Leo and Sylvia sensed it immediately, but they didn't know how the old Duke appeared. Not to mention Sylvia, Leo could at least be sure that the old Duke appeared.

The Duke's almost spatial movement had absolutely nothing to do with space power, because he did not feel any traces of space power around the old Duke.

Leo didn't think too much about the way the old Duke appeared, but what it was that the old Duke mentioned, so he asked: "Your Excellency, do you know what we are looking for?"

"Other superiors of the abyss." The old Duke answered directly, and before Leo continued to ask, he said: "This is not the place to talk. You should go to my study."

With that said, without waiting for Leo and Sylvia to respond, he turned around and walked off the platform, heading towards the apartment where he lived.

Seeing this, Leo and Sylvia looked at each other, without saying anything, they followed the old Duke directly off the platform.

Soon a group of three people arrived at the old Duke's official residence in the castle. This official residence had no special features. It was just a very ordinary castle official residence. The first floor was a conference room. Next to the conference room were the war room and reception hall, etc., upstairs.

It is the main living area, including a dozen rooms of different sizes, including the living room, bedroom, and study room.

The old Duke directly led Leo and Sylvia into a small reception room next to the reception hall, and then ordered the servants waiting at the door to wait at the front door of the reception hall instead of staying at the door.

"I know that you two must have a lot of doubts in your hearts," the old Duke looked at Leo and Sylvia very sincerely, then took out three tomes from the bookshelf next to them, placed them in front of them, and said:

"These three books are family chronicles based on the diaries recorded by predecessors. Most of the questions in your mind can be answered in them."

"What about those who can't find the answer?" Sylvia flipped the top half casually, then closed it, and then asked: "For example, the thing that parasitizes the body of the abyss dragon cub?"

The old Duke was silent for a moment and said: "Although it is not recorded in the book, I do know what is going on. If you two don't mind my nonsense, you can listen here."

After saying that, he motioned for the two of them to sit down, and then thought about his words for a while, sorting out what could be said and what could not be said, and then he told the story about the Abyss Demonic Dragon Cub.

Leo and Sylvia listened carefully to the old Duke's narration of the past. Although their faces were always calm, they were both surprised in their hearts. They did not expect that the abyss dragon cub was in more trouble than they expected.

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Back then, the ancestors of the Belmont family came here from the world of Velen. The first place they settled was in the active volcano crater, and at that time there was not just one person, but more than a dozen people.

The spatial rift appeared directly in the center of the lava lake, which is where the Belmont family castle is now. Therefore, the moment they entered this world, the ancestors of the Belmont family at that time faced an unavoidable life and death crisis.

More than a dozen people fell directly into the scalding lava lake. Only one person had the bloodline of the Abyss Demonic Dragon stimulated at the moment he fell into the lava lake, and then his body transformed into a demonic dragon, resisting the burning of the lava.

They escaped from the lava lake, while everyone else was swallowed up by the lava lake.

The one who escaped became the ancestor of the Belmont family in this world, and he did not forget until his death that more than a dozen of his family members were swallowed by the lava, so he made a family oath to wait until the family has enough ability.

At that time, he came to the crater and fished out the corpses of more than a dozen tribesmen. He believed that with the power of his family's blood, even if they were completely engulfed by lava, they could still preserve the bones and prevent them from being completely burned.

Later, the Belmont family multiplied and established itself in this world, and completely established itself in the Theresa Mountains. They branched off to establish the Kingdom of Theresa. The Belmont family leader at that time thought it was time to fulfill the family oath, so he followed that

Ancestor records found this active volcano and began to excavate the remains of ancestors from the lava.

At the beginning, there was nothing unusual among the tribesmen who were responsible for the excavation. However, after half a month, all the tribesmen who participated in the excavation found that their bloodline power had increased significantly to varying degrees. At that time, they just thought that this was because of the active volcano, which was full of energy.

The lava environment is very suitable for the Abyss Demon Dragon bloodline, but when the corpse of the first ancestor was dug out, they discovered the reason why the power of their bloodline increased.

Because the corpse of their ancestors they excavated was not a human corpse, but the corpse of an abyssal dragon. This corpse is still placed at the main entrance of the castle.

This corpse was intact when it was first excavated, but after it was completely excavated, part of the skeleton quickly decayed and shattered, turning into dust.

Later, several similar skeletons were excavated, and the situation was the same as the first one. They were all in good condition when they were first excavated. After being left for a while, some of the skeletons were decayed and damaged to varying degrees, until a complete skeleton with skin and bones was excavated.

When they came out, the participants at the time felt something was wrong, because they discovered that the Abyss Demon Dragon corpse was not dead or alive, and the moment the Abyss Demon Dragon was still being excavated, it infected the participating Bell at an extremely fast speed.

The members of the Monte family quickly mutated into monsters, and some even lost their minds and completely transformed into beasts.

Because of this incident, the excavation naturally stopped. At that time, the Belmont family had to hire someone to investigate the matter, and the people they hired quickly investigated the situation clearly.

Under the lava, there is not only one corpse of the Abyss Demon Dragon that looks dead but is actually still alive, but there are many, and these half-dead Abyss Demon Dragons are all the Belmonts who were swallowed by the lava before.

It was transformed by the ancestors of the family, and the reason for this is related to their own bloodline and some kind of curse.

According to investigators' estimates, the Belmont ancestors who were engulfed by lava did not actually die. They had the same bloodline as that ancestor and mutated rapidly, allowing them to resist the burning of lava, but their bloodline stimulated

It was much later. Their mutation was not just a bloodline mutation, but more of an atavistic mutation, that is, the transformation into a demonic dragon. This directly caused them to lose control of their bodies, so that they could no longer escape from the bottom of the lava lake.

In the end, they were all trapped at the bottom of the lake, being burned by the surrounding lava day after day.

The vast majority of them exhausted their blood strength little by little in the burning day after day, and were eventually burned to death at the bottom of the lava lake. This death process is very long, and may last several times.

Months, maybe years, and the pain is definitely more than any kind of torture in the world, so they were full of resentment and curses when they died. In the end, these resentments and curses did not disappear, but instead summoned an unknown person from the abyss.

The superior person.

This abyss superior was also very unlucky. The moment he was summoned to this world, he was also bound by the curse and resentment of all the Belmont ancestors who had transformed into the abyss dragon, accompanying those who were not yet dead, but whose consciousness was completely

The pain was consumed, leaving only the body of the Abyss Demonic Dragon with resentment, which continued to suffer at the bottom of the lake. In the end, the Abyss Master also merged with the pain, curse, resentment, and the body of the Abyss Demonic Dragon.

The moment the first Abyss Demonic Dragon body was unearthed, the curse attached to it immediately affected the members of the Belmont family who had the deepest blood connection with it, causing them to mutate rapidly and create spiritual power formed by extreme resentment and pain.

His consciousness was also completely crushed, leaving only the animal instinct in his blood.

Although the excavation can be suspended to avoid the expansion of this curse power, because an Abyss Demonic Dragon body has been excavated, it represents a perfect seal composed of the lava lake, the Abyssal Demonic Dragon body, and the spiritual power formed by extreme pain and resentment.

The power formed a rift, and the summoned Abyss Master also had a chance to break free.

Although the Belmont family has no feelings of compassion, they do not want to see the monsters created by their family escape and cause trouble to the world. After all, the danger of an abyssal superior who has been driven mad by pain is definitely far greater.

More than any evil god who claims to destroy the world.

Therefore, at that time, a friend of the Belmont patriarch came up with a method, which was to use the Belmont family's own power to channel the various chaotic forces contained in the bodies of the alienated abyss dragons, while also keeping the confinement in the lava lake intact.

, this is how the Belmont family castle is now built in the lava lake.

At the same time, in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes, the person who presided over the matter at the time also concealed the matter, and then fabricated a legendary story about the Belmont ancestors and their companions slaying the Abyss Dragon, which is now

The story of the murals that can be seen on the domes of each hall of the castle.

As for the most real situation, only the Belmont patriarch can know it. As for other people, no matter how high their status is, such as the king of the Theresa royal family, or the next patriarch designated by the Belmont family, they cannot know it. The patriarchs of all generations have always been there.

The day before leaving office, this matter will be passed down orally to the next clan leader. If something unexpected happens to the clan leader and he does not have time to teach the relevant matters, there will also be records and documents placed in the inheritance box that only the clan leader can open. As long as these documents are read,

, you can have some understanding of the situation.

"Why? Why do you want to tell us this now?" Sylvia asked in confusion after hearing this.

The old Duke smiled pretending to be mysterious and said: "It's very simple, this is the arrangement of the ancestors."

Sylvia frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the old Duke's answer.

The old Duke also noticed Sylvia's mood, so he suppressed his smile and said very seriously: "Actually, your appearance was foreseen hundreds of years ago. I was just acting in accordance with the will left by my ancestors.

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"Did you foresee it hundreds of years ago?" Sylvia was stunned and couldn't help but laugh: "Your Majesty, you don't have to say it if you don't want to. Isn't there any need to tell such a lie that can be easily exposed? How many times?

A hundred years ago, if I remember correctly, this castle should have been built after the Kingdom of Teresa was founded. The castle itself is only more than two hundred years old at best. How did it come to be said that it is hundreds of years old?"

The old Duke was not angry because of Sylvia's words, but still said formally: "I didn't lie, because the appearance of the two was indeed foreseen hundreds of years ago, and the people who foresaw it were us.

The ancestor of the same lineage, that is, the ancestor of the family who escaped misfortune."

After saying that, I saw him signaling the two of them to wait in the room, then he walked out of the room and quickly went upstairs, seemingly looking for something.

"What do you think?" Sylvia turned to look at Leo with a little doubt, and asked: "Is what he just said true? Did people from hundreds of years ago really foresee our arrival?"

"I don't know about this. It's hard for anyone to explain things like time and prophecy." Leo also shook his head in confusion, and then said: "Compared to the prediction from hundreds of years ago, I care more about it.
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