Moreover, holding a lantern and standing in front of the window, Yao Yan looked at the distance where the town should have been...

Under the moonlight, the water flooded the town, but only a few buildings located on a relatively high terrain were faintly exposed.

And, it wasn't raining outside.

"This is......"

Yao Yan tried to connect this flooded manor town with what he knew.

Karina Winter is a witch.

Karina Winter was burned by fire and could not be burned to death.

A strange thing related to fire appeared in Karina's house, the black thing that could not be killed with a bullet blade.

Karina Winter is somehow surviving, replacing Karina's existence, "coming back."

There is also the ability to use the silly crow, and what you see, the descriptions of those "experiences" about Karina and Karina Winter.

The experience seen by the Demonic Crow is fake, so this branch is put on hold for the first time.

If it is true, then these descriptions undoubtedly point to "Karina Winter", who was reported as a witch by the town residents, is a witch related to the flames. She was stolen but could not be burned to death.

but......

He looked at the town flooded by the moonlight and made corrections to his previous judgment.

All the clues discovered before led him to think about Karina Winter's relationship with flames, or even control flames.

But now...

What's going on now?

Dong!!!

However, at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of the door.

Only the sound of the door and the wind blowing in from the window all indicate that it may have been brought by the wind.

However, in this abnormal situation, it is actually an abnormality to think that these sounds are normal.

Yao Yan slowly approached the source of the sound in the pain brought by the shady crow, and his right hand unconsciously grabbed the flintlock pistol. His colleague who was quickly loading the medicine did not forget to stare at the direction of the sound source.

But there was nothing in that room.

"who?"

Karina's voice was somewhat different, and as Yao Yan's will came out, it was released as bait:

"Who is it?"

Unfortunately, the sound echoed, coming in and out of the corridor, but there was a burst of echoes in the empty corridor.

His feet were splashing on the ground.

In the corridor where no one answered, there was only the sound of water splashing.

Yao Yan came to the corner of the corridor from a location near the window, and walked slowly towards the sound source with the lantern.

Bright red blood flowed down from his feet, dyeing the puddles in the corridor red.

Bang.

As Yao Yan stepped on the puddle, he stopped after splashing water, and the sound in the corridor quickly disappeared.

Nothing was seen, and the location of the sound source was not the room, but a dilapidated door embedded in a broken wall.

Yao Yan looked at it quietly for a moment, checked the inside and outside the door, but found nothing.

Turning back to his original position, he did not relax his vigilance, and still vigilantly grasped the sounds around him.

Suddenly, he heard another sound, which came from above.

Moreover, at this moment, he felt a strong burning sensation.

Immediately, he realized what the sound was.

That sound is the sound of flames burning flesh and grilling oil.

He stood up suddenly and rushed to the third floor.

But just as the lantern swayed and illuminated the third floor, the sound had disappeared.

The third floor was also empty, with nothing, only something like ashes.

Moreover, there is no trace of wetness on the third floor, as if the humid environment on the second floor is two different worlds.

Such a situation made Yao Yan frown.

But Karina's face did not look serious when she showed this.

Looking back at the stairs leading to the second floor, Yao Yan's gaze froze.

But, at this moment, he heard the sound again:

"Miss Karina! Wake up! Miss Karina? Wake up!!"

A burst of rapid calls came from my ears.

Almost instantly, the flames surged.

......

Yao Yan suddenly opened his eyes, and a dazzling fire thrust into his eyes, forcing him to close Karina's eyes again. In the sight of his eyelashes, sheriff Stebor was grabbing her right arm and shaking her.

"What's wrong? What happened? I'm asleep?" A gentle female voice sounded, and Yao Yan pretended to be garlic in a familiar way.

"Why did you run to the third floor to sleep?"

Stebor looked at her with strange eyes:

"I can't find you on the second floor, nor on the first floor..."

As he said that, his face illuminated by the light of the lantern, his expression became serious:

"Don't act alone, do you understand?"

Yao Yan had turned his attention to the surrounding environment at this time.

He and the crows hiding in their coats all just woke up.

And his location is on the third floor.

However, there are no traces of flames here.

And more importantly...

There was no pain on Yaoyan's legs.

There was no blood under Karina.

This situation also means one thing-

"What I just saw was a dream? an illusion?"

Or...what else?

Yao Yan's eyes swept through the huge gray-black floor tiles around him, and he swept over the floor tiles, and there was nothing left. The walls were made of gray-black stone slabs just like the ground.

Cold and humid.

Except it is black, there is no feeling of burning ashes.

The bright fire light shot out from the lantern did not make these cold gray and black stones look warmer, but was even more weird and cold.

He did not directly respond to the questioning and advice of Sheriff Stebor, but asked again:

"Sir, when did you find out I was missing?"

Yao Yan also directly asked about this key matter.

Is it a dream that I just saw?

Or...memory?

Is it Karina Winter's memory?

However, he did not get an answer.

He suddenly turned his gaze, and at some point, the sheriff Stebor, who should have been by his side, was gone.

A gentle female voice echoed in the empty room.

"Mr. Stebor?"

"Sir Sheriff?"

Yao Yan, who had climbed up from the ground, shouted a few more times.

However, no one answered.

This castle is so weird. Retreat first, find more information before coming over.

Without hesitation, he made the decision and immediately ran towards the stairs on the second floor.
To be continued...