"Not only Bubbles and I, but also everyone else in the castle. As long as they can continue to play the role and match the character's personality, corresponding sacrifices will be born."
"The sacrifices I saw include the maid's apple, the male servant's letter, the chef's peas... and so on."
These sacrifices were all seen by Edward with his own eyes, and there must be more sacrifices in places he couldn't see.
"Moreover, as long as these sacrifices appear in our hands, their ownership rights belong to us."
Edward specifically mentioned the "right of ownership" because once the sacrifice belongs to them, they have absolute control over it; if outsiders use the sacrifice, it is equivalent to using something owned by the owner, and they need to pay a certain amount of money.
cost.
The first choice for the price here is soul coins.
But outsiders generally don't have soul coins. This thing is only available in the Yi world.
Therefore, outsiders can only pay the next best price: their own bodies.
Why did Hilda activate the spiritual transformation ritual and fall into the castle? It was because she used Edward's possession and could not pay the price, so she paid with her body.
After hearing this, everyone also straightened out the relationship between the sacrifice and the role.
Role-playing can attract the birth of sacrifices, and once the sacrifices appear in the hands of the character, the character has the control and can use it to attract or lure outsiders to use it to get out of trouble.
"It seems that the reason why every character in the Knight's Castle needs to conform to the personality is to sacrifice... It's really a strange rule." It was Luigi who spoke. After listening to Edward's story, he couldn't bear it.
Live with emotion.
"Rules..." Gleipnir murmured something in a low voice, then suddenly thought of something and looked at Luigi: "You are right, this is indeed very much like a rule, similar to the rule ability of the Dark Mirror Realm!
"
Luigi: "Huh?"
He just sighed, and didn't say what kind of rule it was... But seeing Gleipnir's eyes shining brightly, Luigi scratched his temples: Okay, it's indeed what I said.
Graipnir didn't notice Luigi's expression. She looked at Angel: "Do you still remember the three oracles of the Royal City?"
Angel nodded blankly. Although he didn't know why Gleipnir suddenly asked him, he did still remember the strange rule of not falling into the royal city.
There are eighteen laws, six forbidden acts, and three oracles in Buluo Wangcheng.
According to Laplace's previous explanation, these are actually powers derived from rules. And this special rule ability comes from the Dark Mirror Realm.
The Six Forbidden Actions are six things that cannot be done.
The three oracles are three behaviors that you can get rewards for as long as you do them.
For example, the first oracle of the three major oracles: every evening at dusk in the inner city square of Buluowang City, chanting prayers to the gods will give you a twenty-four-hour spiritual effect.
This spiritual effect is the reward brought by the oracle.
Its origin is unknown, but no matter who you are, as long as you follow the rules, you will definitely get the corresponding benefits.
This is a form of the power of rules. It is very idealistic, but it exists.
Angel rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes and thought, "In this way, the Knights' Castle seems to have some rules."
Let’s compare it with the first oracle of Fuluowangcheng.
"Time: Every day at dusk."
"Location: The inner city square of Buluowang City."
"Behavior: Sing a prayer."
"Reap: 24-hour spiritual thinking effect."
——
"Time: every moment."
"Location: Within the confines of the Knight's Castle."
"Behavior: role play."
"Harvest: Sacrifice."
After such a comparison, the two are actually very similar. As long as you follow the rules, you can get rewards.
The only difference is: there will be no punishment if you don't do the first oracle of Buluowangcheng.
But in the Knight's Castle, if you don't role-play, you will be punished by weakening your soul or even dissipating it.
This is actually not difficult to understand.
After all, the reward received by the First Oracle is not that good, and there is a time limit, so it is normal that there is no punishment. Moreover, don't forget that in addition to the "Three Oracles", the City of Fuluo also has the "Six Major Oracles".
"Forbidden Actions", maybe the punishment has been incorporated into the six forbidden actions, which regulates your behavior, and this is also a punishment.
The rules in the Knight's Castle are real benefits. Once the sacrifice appears, it belongs to you forever, and many sacrifices have incredible power and are extremely cherished.
If you get these sacrifices out of thin air, you will naturally have to pay a higher price.
Therefore, it is understandable that there are some differences between the two.
After making the comparison, even Butler Fan, who had not spoken much, couldn't help but nod and said: "It does have the flavor of the rules in the Dark Mirror Realm, and the rules of the Knight's Castle may not be just this one. Including the spirit.
The transfer ritual may also be included in the rules."
Butler Fan's words made everyone immediately think of a new rule.
"Time: After the arrival of outsiders."
"Location: Within the confines of the Knight's Castle."
"Behavior: Taking something that belongs to the owner."
"Harvest: Sacrifice."
"Price: Pay the soul coin; if there is no soul coin, the spiritual transformation ritual will be activated."
This indeed seems like an evolution of the rules.
From this point of view, the reason why the Knight's Castle has many strange rules and makes Edward feel weird may be the reason why the rules are manifested.
When everyone was gradually convinced by the "rules" and believed it, Angel suddenly said: "Although I also think it is a rule in my heart, but if it is really a rule, then why can Hilda take the castle hall?"
What about the sacrifices inside, but there’s no price for triggering the rules?”
Hilda used Edward's dressing mirror without permission, thus triggering the price and falling into the castle.
But before that, Siluda searched the hall for many sacrifices.
Previously, they thought that it was because the Ghost Rider and the servants were from two different camps, and the Ghost Rider was more "good", so even if Hilda took the sacrifice, the spirit transformation ritual would not be activated.
But now if everything is pushed to the "rules", then one code will be the same.
As a rule, it cannot be based on human feelings.
Now that we have seen the rules, the sacrifices Hilda obtained, whether they were in the hall of the castle or in the black forest outside the castle, actually belonged to the Ghost Rider.
——Because the Ghost Rider is the owner of the castle and the secret place. He has the right to own and control everything in the secret place.
In this case, why does Hilda take these sacrifices without triggering the rules?
Faced with Angel's question, everyone fell silent.
Because this is indeed the case. Once the rule is accepted, how should these "exceptions" be counted?
Everyone pondered for a while, but no one spoke. Finally, Laplace was the first to break the quiet air and replied: "Three possibilities. First, the Ghost Rider is the master of the secret place. He has the highest authority and can
Use discretion over the rules.”
"Second, the Ghost Rider is not the owner of the castle. He is an 'outsider' as you just said. The castle items that Hilda got are actually ownerless, so they are not subject to
Rule restrictions.”
"Third, there are other rules in the Knight's Castle. This rule is related to the Ghost Rider. And the priority of this rule is higher than other rules. The reason why Hilda did not trigger the backlash of the rules is because she
Entering the rules of Ghost Rider, in this rule she can take sacrifices without paying any price."
Laplace roughly summarized three possibilities, but no one knows which one they are.
Angel looked at Edward: "Which possibility do you think it is?"
Edward scratched his head: "I don't know either, but I can confirm that the second possibility is wrong. The Ghost Rider is indeed the owner of the castle."
The reason why Edward was so sure was because of the moment he entered the castle and got his role.
A lot of information came to his mind.
This information includes the rules of the castle, character design, behavioral etiquette, etc. It also clearly mentions "class". At the top of the class is the Ghost Rider.
Ghost Rider is the Lord of the Castle, unmistakably.
Although Edward did not give an answer, he helped eliminate one possibility. Of the remaining two possibilities, which one would be true?
As far as Angel is concerned, both situations are possible.
It is even possible that the two situations are parallel. The Ghost Rider not only has the highest authority, but it also has some hidden rules.
As for the specific concealment rules, perhaps we can only know after Granny Longcrow comes into contact with Ghost Rider.
This question can only be suppressed for the time being.
Angel: "Actually, apart from this matter, there is another question that I can't figure out."
Everyone looked at Angel and Laplace: "What's the problem?"
Suspicion flashed in Angel's eyes, and he murmured in a low voice: "Why is it a sacrifice?"
Luigi was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Angel did not answer, but frowned, seeming to be thinking.
At this time, Gleipnir beside him also said: "Actually, I also think that the appearance of this sacrifice is a bit strange."
"Is the function of the sacrifice in the Knight's Castle just to test whether the character is in the play?"
Because according to Edward, the appearance of sacrifices not only shows that his character creation is very successful, but also can deceive outsiders.
Other than that, the sacrifices don't seem to have any effect.
It seems that its existence value is just to deceive people.
What’s the point of going through a lot of trouble to create this, but failing to play the actual role of the sacrifice?
And it looks very wrong at first glance.
Angel looked at Edward: "After the sacrifices appeared, did anyone use them? Will the Ghost Rider recycle these sacrifices?"
Edward thought carefully: "The Ghost Rider did not come to collect the sacrifices in our hands, and I have not seen anyone use these sacrifices. But..."
Edward paused for a moment, seeming to be remembering something.
After a long time, Edward said: "Those ownerless sacrifices in the forest seem to be taken away by others every once in a while."
Because of the character design, most people will be trapped in the castle, and it is basically difficult to leave.
Edward is an exception because he is a makeup and hair stylist and needs to make cosmetics frequently. Some of the raw materials for these cosmetics, including dyes for hair dye, come from outside, such as extracting them from some plants in the forest.
Therefore, Edward can occasionally leave the castle and pick plants in the forest. This is in line with his character.
Therefore, Edward is one of the few people in the Knight's Castle who can come into contact with the ownerless sacrifices in the Black Forest.
"Due to role-playing, most of the sacrifices will be refreshed in the hands of our characters, but occasionally they will be refreshed outside the castle and become ownerless sacrifices. Although this situation is rare, due to the accumulation over the years, it will increase Most people in the world cannot leave the castle, and there are actually quite a lot of unclaimed sacrifices accumulated in the forest."
"However, because these sacrifices are not refreshed in our hands, the ownership rights do not belong to me, so even if I encounter ownerless sacrifices outside, I generally will not touch them."
For Edward, the greatest role of sacrifice is to induce outsiders in order to achieve his own freedom.
Since the ownerless sacrifices have no right of ownership, there is no way to deceive outsiders, so even if he can go out, he will not pick these sacrifices.
"Although I don't pick these sacrifices, I find that the sacrifices in the forest occasionally disappear."
"For example, one time when I was out, I met a sacrifice..."
It was a dead rope hanging from a treetop.
The dead man's rope refers to the rope used by the hanged ghost to strangle his neck before death.
At that time, Edward went out to pick plants and extract dyes; he saw this dead man's rope, which exuded a faint gleam and was obviously a rope-like sacrifice.
Although Edward didn't know much about rituals, he could guess that this kind of death rope was probably generally used in rituals related to the soul and death.
He was not interested anyway, and taking it back would not tempt outsiders, so he took a look and left.
About half a month later, the arrogant Miss Bubble wanted to change her wig to a new hair color. So Edward went to the forest with large and small bags to look for dye.
When he passed the tree again, he found that the death rope was missing.
The sacrifice couldn't have disappeared on its own, someone must have taken it away.
But Edward was very sure that in the past half month, no one had left the Knight's Castle.
There shouldn't be anything secretly there either. After all, everyone has to maintain their own character and it's impossible to do anything disobeying.
Moreover, no outsiders have come to the secret place through the window in the past half month, so who took the dead rope?
It's just that at that time, Edward was all focused on the dye and didn't pay much attention to it.
After returning to the castle, at night, when my thoughts were flowing, the more I recalled it, the more something felt wrong.
He regretted not looking around the tree to see if there were any footprints. If there were footprints, he might be able to find some clues by following the footprints.
That night, Edward also thought about "hinting" Bubble the next day and asking her to tell him to find the dye again.
But something unexpected happened, and when Edward woke up the next day, it was already raining outside.
Rain will cover up all traces.
Even if you go out now, it's hard to find footprints.
However, because of this incident, Edward also became interested in the ownerless sacrifices in the forest.
Every time he goes to the forest, he will secretly record the style and location of these ownerless sacrifices in his heart. When he sees them next time, he will compare them to see if there are any changes.
As a result, he really discovered that sacrifices occasionally disappeared in the forest.
Some sacrifices of flowers and plants can be excused as being eaten by wild beasts in the forest, or buried in a rain or snow; but for sacrifices such as the dead man's rope, it is difficult to accept normal natural celestial phenomena, wild beasts and insects.
Destroy it and destroy all traces of it.
In particular, Edward once discovered that a tombstone-shaped offering had disappeared in the forest.