The Death List Novel - Chapter 27

Chapter 27 Albert Castle

A brilliant doctor who could cure the disease appeared in Odia Town. This news not only spread in Odia, but also spread to several nearby towns in the past few days. In the next few days, patients from other places had actually come to seek medical treatment.

When the truth of the concealed town of Odia erupted, the townsfolk were shocked to discover that the number of people infected with the disease exceeded everyone’s imagination.

Apart from a few villages around the town, there were about 700 residents. Among them, 30 to 40 people were infected with the disease. Among those infected, there were men and women, old and young.

Perhaps just looking at the numbers, he felt that 30 to 40 people were nothing compared to 700 residents. However, in retrospect, if dozens of deadly diseases were reported in the news media in the Earth Federation, where Qin Lun lived, the millions of residents in the entire city would be in a state of fear and unease.

Although Qin Lun’s world wasn’t as afraid of death as modern people’s, this infection rate was enough to break through everyone’s mental defenses. No wonder there was a mysterious force in the town that tried to hide the truth. It was because it was afraid of causing chaos and making the situation even more unmanageable.

“Although Baron Albert’s fief does not include the town of Odia, he is the true ruler of this land. Even the mayor of Odia is one of his men.” Katherine tidied up Qin Lun’s collar as she chattered incessantly to the young man, “You can’t be so proud in front of him anymore. Be modest!”

Qin Lun curled his lips. Catherine’s words weren’t wrong in normal times, but they weren’t suitable for now. At this moment, Baron Albert was no longer the ruler of this land. He was the doctor who could cure the plague. However, the young man did not refute the middle-aged woman’s words. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and experienced the emotions Mo Ming had never experienced before.

“Gulu, Gulu!” The carriage axle spun rhythmically. Qin Lun opened the white silk curtain in the carriage and looked through the small window to see the scenery outside.

The carriage had already left the town of Odia, and was walking on a dirt road in the countryside, with lush trees on both sides of the road. Sunlight passed through the dense canopy, leaving mottled shadows on the dead leaves in the forest.

Qin Lun looked at it for a while, then put down the silk curtain and closed his eyes in the carriage to rest. In his mind, he sorted out some information that Catherine had given him.

Albert Castle was located on the highest hillside in this forest area. Behind the castle was a steep cliff. Below the cliff was the largest river that irrigated the entire area, the half-arched Chicken Crown River.

The Chicken Crown River flowed rapidly, and the narrowest part of the river was about thirty meters wide. The night Qin Lun entered this world, the stream he encountered was one of the tributaries of the Chicken Crown River. Actually, the towns centered around Auditoria were located along the southern bank of the Crow Crown River, forming a small group of human settlements.

Across the river is the largest primeval forest in the Principality of Maize, the Great Maia Forest. According to ancient local legends, the Myya Forest was inhabited by evil witches and evil creatures dominated by witches.

This area is bounded by the Chicken Crown River and divides the Maya Forest and human settlements in half. Looking down from midair, the Crow Crown River was like a white arm that held the human settlement in its arms. Albert Castle was the guard tower at the front of the arm, and behind it was the central town of the human settlement, Auditoria Town.

Apart from the unbelievable witches, there was also a related rumor about the local legend of Odia.

It was said that the first Baron of the Albert Family was sent by Duke Mizer to guard this mountain forest against the evil creatures in Maya Forest.

Legend has it that more than three hundred years ago, there was a war between humans and evil creatures in this region. In the end, the knights led by Baron Albert repelled the witches and her evil accomplices, restoring peace to the Odia region.

Thinking back to this information, Qin Lun understood. There were such historical legends in the Odia region. No wonder the appearance of the disease reminded the townsfolk of witches and dark magic in the Maya Forest.

To tell the truth, Qin Lun didn’t believe the witch’s intelligence and didn’t believe the ancient legends from more than three hundred years ago. Although he had experienced the teleportation of space and time and witnessed the magnificent scenery of the shattered starry sky that violated the laws of nature, he still had a natural resistance to supernatural phenomena in the hearts of the young people.

It wasn’t strange for Qin Lun to have such an idea. When he was first sent to the mental hospital, it seemed that there was an even more ridiculous hallucination in his mind. If it weren’t for these mental hallucinations appearing over the years, how could he have embarked on that destined path of destiny?

After advancing along the forest path for a while, the carriage finally walked out of the forest and galloped up a flat mountain path. They arrived at the gate of an ancient castle before dark.

After getting off the carriage, Qin Lun looked at the castle in front of him and his eyebrows slowly rose. Behind him, the hunchbacked servant widened his triangular eyes. The mouth behind the mask was probably too shocked to close.

Unlike ordinary noble castles, this ancient castle was magnificent. The main castle made of giant stones was more than 30 meters tall. There were four auxiliary castles that were more than 10 meters tall, and they looked like loyal guards who had vaulted their masters. The entire castle looked from the front and had a strange triangular shape.

The most amazing thing was that the castle and the cliff they were on were not a whole. In the middle was a heavenly chasm that was about fifty meters wide and hundreds of meters deep. Albert Castle was actually situated on a steep cliff on the opposite side. It was connected to a huge stone bridge that was only ten meters wide.

Qin Lun’s gaze flickered as he looked at the wide and thick gate of the castle opposite him. Perhaps some of the legends that Catherine had told him should be the truth. The first generation of Baron Albert, who had come to the Odia region, should still be carrying the duty of guarding the Principality of Maezer.

This castle was not so much a noble castle as a military stronghold!

The stone bridge deck looked flawless and tidy, and there was a statue of a stone beast squatting on both sides of the stone railings every once in a while.

These beasts were in all sorts of forms, and some of them had bat wings and fierce stone statues with demon heads, attracting Qin Lun’s attention. It was because they didn’t look like wild beasts at all, but rather like the legendary monster statues and ghosts.

The fifty-meter-long stone bridge soon came to an end. The coachman and messenger sent by the baron led Qin Lun to the castle gate and turned around to leave.

At this time, the tall city gate of the castle was already wide open. An old butler with gray hair was leading a group of servants to the door to welcome Qin Lun’s arrival on behalf of his master.

“Respected Dr. Stan, this is Jason, the butler of the castle. The baron has already known of your arrival and is waiting in the hall. Please follow me!” The old butler stroked his chest with one hand and bowed respectfully.

Qin Lun gently raised his top hat in return and followed the old butler into the castle.

The interior of Albert Castle was not as dignified and solemn as it looked outside. Perhaps hundreds of years ago, it was a military stronghold, but now it has become an ordinary noble castle.

A small cobblestone path extended from the city gate to the main castle. On both sides of the stone path was a neatly mowed lawn. In the middle was an exquisite fountain. There was a stone statue of the little angel on it. It looked much more pleasing than the ferocious beast statue on the stone bridge outside.

“Welcome, young Dr. Stan!” Walking into the castle hall, an old gentleman dressed in a formal dress and full of vigor politely nodded at Qin Lun.

Qin Lun knew that the old gentleman should be the owner of the castle-Baron Thomas Albert. He immediately took off his hat and bowed respectfully. The corner of his eyes looked at the contemporary Baron Albert at the same time.

Thomas Albert looked over fifty, his complexion flushed, and he looked healthy. His eyes were full of vigor, his chin had a mustache, and he had a little beer belly.

“Thank you for your kind invitation, Wellington Stein! Please call me Wellington, Baron!”

While the two were chatting, the old butler Jason took Qin Lun’s top hat and coat and hung them on his arm.

‘”Alright, Wellington, you must be tired from coming all the way from Auditoria Town. Please go to the guest room with Jason first. I’ve already prepared a dinner party for you. I’ll see you later!” The old baron’s voice was loud and clear, but he didn’t have any aristocratic airs.

After a brief conversation, the old butler, Jason, led Qin Lun through the hall, up the main stairs in the middle of the hall and into the guest rooms on both sides of the second floor. As for Qin Lun’s hunchbacked servant Frank, his status was not enough to enter the VIP room. The other servants in the castle brought him to the other ordinary rooms.

As Jason brought Qin Lun to the corridor of the guest room, a beautiful young female voice came from behind them.

“Eh, is this Dr. Stan who cured the sick in the town of Auditoria?”

Hearing this, Qin Lun stopped and turned around to look at the person behind him.

Behind him stood a slender noble woman in a whale skirt. The woman wore a wide-brimmed top hat with a white veil covering her face. It seemed that she had just returned from the outside. Although she couldn’t see her appearance clearly, she sounded like a young woman.

Qin Lun’s heart skipped a beat. He bowed and did not speak.

“Miss Laura, this is Dr. Stan. We just picked him up from Odia Town!” “Miss Laura,” said the old butler Jason, “is the Baron’s favourite daughter!”

“Nice to meet you, beautiful Miss Laura!” Qin Lun revealed a gentle and charming smile. The murderer had a feeling that Miss Laura, who had just returned from outside, did not happen to meet him in the corridor. Instead, she was waiting for him here.

Good luck! Qin Lun’s eyes flashed with a smile. He hadn’t expected that a pure and ignorant little lamb would come to him the moment he entered Albert Castle!