"The tombstone is very large, made of Heli sacrificial stone, and is very heavy. Considering the size of the animals in the forest, it is absolutely impossible for them to take away the tombstone."
Therefore, Edward was very sure that this tombstone must have been taken away by someone.
But who took it away?
Edward didn't know, but he initially guessed that the Ghost Rider might have taken him away quietly?
After all, in the entire castle, only the movement trajectory of the Ghost Rider is the most unpredictable.
However, Edward quickly rejected this speculation because he found several footprints in a slightly muddy wetland dozens of meters away from the tombstone hole.
Through observation, the footprints are new, having been stepped on recently.
Moreover, judging from the type of footprints, there were at least five people.
If Ghost Rider really wants to take away the tombstone, he won't need so many people; and judging from the shape of the footprints, they are all flat-soled, completely different from the soles of Ghost Rider's armored boots.
Because of this, Edward ruled out Ghost Rider.
But if it’s not Ghost Rider, then who are these five extra people? And where did they come from?
Angel: "Did you find the answer?"
Edward shook his head: "I haven't found the answer. However, I personally guess that maybe the person who took away the tombstone and the death rope was not a visitor from the outside."
Because once an outside visitor, like Hilda, arrives in the castle, everyone will receive a subtle reminder that an outsider is coming in.
This kind of prompt is the same as the prompt when they receive the role and play the role. They are the facts informed to them by unknown existence or unknown rules.
During that period, Edward did not receive any notification that outsiders had entered, so it was definitely not outsiders who took away the sacrifices.
If it's not an outsider, who is it?
"My guess is that maybe the people who took away the dead rope and the tombstone were people coming from the ritual world."
Just like when Edward was taken into a secret place by a bubble.
Perhaps, there are other people in Yi World who know the entrance to the secret place, and they entered the secret place and took away the sacrifices.
"I have no evidence, and this is just my speculation. Because except for visitors from the Yi World, I can't think of anyone else who can take away the sacrifice."
When Edward said this, he raised his eyes and looked at the people on the tea table: "Although I don't know whether my guess is correct, I can be sure that if someone from the Yi World really took away the sacrifice, then the Ghost Rider
You must know. In fact, it may even be the Ghost Rider who promoted this matter."
In other words, if Angel is still interested in "sacrifice", he can only ask Ghost Rider.
Angel understood Edward's "explicit statement", but his interest in the sacrifices stemmed from the meaning of the existence of the sacrifices; if it was as Edward guessed, the sacrifices would be "timed and quantified"
"Being taken away by people from the ritual world, the sacrifice has meaning of existence.
Going one step further, the secret place of Knight's Castle and role-playing also have corresponding meanings.
Therefore, there is actually no need for Angel to ask Ghost Rider specifically.
But if he had the opportunity to come into contact with that magical mirror window, he really wouldn't mind having an in-depth chat with Ghost Rider...
Now that he had some guesses about the sacrifices, Angel did not continue to ask, but turned to ask another question: "You mentioned before that there are many secret places?"
Edward nodded: "When I was working as a makeup and hair stylist in Yi World, in order to find a way to leave, I learned about the existence of the secret place from some guests. According to them, there is indeed more than one secret place."
Angel: "How did they know?"
Edward understood what Angel meant. What Angel wanted to express was: since the other party knows that the secret place exists, is it related to the owner of the secret place or the creator of the secret place?
Edward: "The legend of the secret place has been passed down since ancient times. However, it is generally only known to the noble class, and ordinary people do not know it."
Therefore, it is not because the other party is an insider, but because the legend of the secret place has existed since ancient times.
"Moreover, in the hands of those nobles, there are many legends, biographies, and even novels based on secret places."
For example, Edward once read the novel "The Fairy Prince and Princess Tiny".
It tells the story of a fictional kingdom princess Tiny.
Although Tiny is very beautiful, she is a canary trapped in the royal family. She does not have any freedom and cannot see the sky outside. Since she was born, her life has been arranged by her father, queen and queen;
She even arranged her own marriage properly.
When Tiny was sixteen, she went to a neighboring country to meet her fiancé, who was engaged due to political considerations.
On the way to "get married", she encountered a mist.
When she walked out of the fog, everyone around her disappeared. She came to a beautiful fairy garden, and met a handsome fairy prince here...
You don’t need to tell the rest of the story to know it. There is the stickiness of love, there are also various misunderstandings and considerations, and in the end the lovers finally get married.
Although it looked like a romance novel, the guest who showed the novel to Edward insisted: "This is the true story, the story of his grandmother. Except for the whitewashed part in the background, the rest of the story is absolutely amazing."
Most of them are true. Including the fairy garden, it actually exists, it is a secret place!"
Although the other party is very downtrodden, he is a descendant of a noble family, so his words are actually somewhat credible.
Therefore, Edward, who was still looking for the secret place at that time, actually followed the contents recorded in the novel to find this so-called fairy garden.
Of course, in the end he found nothing and returned disappointed.
There are many similar novels and even stage plays, such as "Sky Island", "White Dragon Canyon", "Undersea Palace"... etc. These are all literary and artistic works based on secret places.
How much of it was true, Edward didn't know.
But since it has been circulated for so many years, and the nobles have said it with certainty, even if most of it is not true, there should be a small part that can be used as a reference.
And judging from this small part, there must be more than one secret place similar to the Knight's Castle.
Angel: "Then when you were at the Knight's Castle, did you hear anything about other secret places?"
Edward shook his head: "I haven't heard anything about other secret places. Even if there is, it's not something I can hear about as a makeup and hair artist."
"What about Bubbles? Bubbles' role should be higher than yours, right? Did she mention it?"
Edward still shook his head.
Angel thought for a while and changed the question: "You don't have to be sure it's a secret place. Have you ever heard some unusual place names from Bubble's mouth?"
Edward frowned and murmured to himself: "Abnormal place name? It doesn't seem like..."
Edward was just about to deny it when he suddenly thought of something: "I remembered it. Once, Bubble seemed to have mentioned something about the messenger of the King Insect Forest."
"I was styling Bubbles at the time, and when I heard her talking, I asked casually."
Who is the messenger of the King Insect Forest?
At that time, Bubble spit out a colorful soap bubble and hummed: "It's just a bunch of bugs. I hate bugs and don't want to mention them."
Then Paopao changed the topic.
At that time, Edward didn't think much about it. Now that he heard Angel's inquiry, he found out the conversation from the depths of his memory.
"The envoy of the King Insect Forest." Angel: "Although I don't know what it is, this King Insect Forest may be another secret place."
Angel muttered in a low voice: "Although there is still no clear evidence, let's just assume that there are many secret places in the Yi World. Based on this premise, what is the purpose of having so many secret places in the Yi World?"
In other words, what is the significance of the secret place to the ritual world?
Offer sacrifices?
If offering sacrifices, do other secret places also require role-playing like the Knight's Castle? Or do different secret places have different rules?
Also, why set up a secret place as a window to the outside world? What is the significance of the spiritual transformation ceremony to the secret place?
Angel felt that the more he understood the world of Yi, the more doubtful he became about it.
Maybe when Grandma Longcrow returns to the Day Mirror Domain, you can go to her and borrow the mirror window to study...
While Angel was thinking, the voice of Laplace suddenly came from the psychic belt: "Are you very interested in the world of ritual?"
Angel nodded: "I'm quite interested."
In fact, Angel's interest in the Yi World was due to the private chat between Laplace and him.
Laplace believes that the world of ritual is somewhat similar to the Crystal of Dreams.
At first, Angel didn't feel it, but as he learned more about the Yi World, he discovered that some of the characteristics of the Yi World were somewhat similar to the Dream Crystal.
Angel didn't know what the creator of Yi World was thinking. But he had some inspiration somewhere. Perhaps understanding Yi World would help him create the Crystal Plain of Dreams, and even more "Dream XX" in the future.
great help.
To be continued...