When Su Man led Bai Youwei and her group to the third floor, the man in the torture chamber slowly woke up.
He wasn't surprised to see a group of women in front of him and introduced himself as the gardener of the manor.
—The gardener, because of his handsome appearance, was imprisoned here by the Duke. Whenever the Duke wanted to test a new bride, he would release the gardener. If the new bride had even the slightest contact with the gardener, she would anger the Duke and be cruelly killed.
Everyone understood that this person should be an NPC in the game.
However, it was rare to see an NPC with its own storyline in the game…
Probably because they were all persecuted by the Duke and were in the same boat, the gardener was very friendly to them and told them:
"The Duke only kills brides who make mistakes. As long as you don't make mistakes, you won't be in danger."
"How can we not make mistakes?" Zhu Zhu asked, "He killed our companion at dinner yesterday."
The gardener said, "You can't take off the wedding dress that symbolizes your identity, you can't refuse to have dinner with the Duke, you can't talk to any man other than the Duke… As long as you don't anger the Duke, the Duke won't hurt you."
"But we've already violated his requirements…" Cheng Qian said tremblingly, "We entered the locked room, we… we also talked to men other than the Duke…"
As she spoke, she looked at the bloody torture instruments in the room, her heart trembling with fear. She subconsciously retreated and accidentally touched the witch's chair behind her, piercing the back of her hand! She screamed in fright!
The witch's chair was an ancient torture device. The back and armrests of the chair were covered with nails. When someone sat on it, the nails would continuously pierce the body. In the Middle Ages, countless innocent women were executed as witches using this chair.
Cheng Qian only had a small puncture on the back of her hand, but she was on the verge of mental collapse!
She covered her hand and shouted in panic, "I don't want to stay here! I want to go back to my room!"
"It's just a puncture wound! It's not like you lost a hand or a foot! Can you calm down?!" Hu Ya scolded her, "If you make any more noise, be careful you'll summon Bluebeard!"
Cheng Qian's pupils suddenly widened, as if she was extremely frightened. Her back also curled up, and her eyes looked left and right in fear, afraid that Bluebeard would suddenly appear from some corner!
Su Man had always disliked this girl who flaunted herself in front of Li Li, but now, seeing her mentally unstable, she felt very uncomfortable.
Bai Youwei looked at all the torture instruments in the torture chamber and asked the gardener, "Do you know how to leave here?"
The gardener was stunned for a moment and replied, "If you want to leave here, you must find the key."
"Key?" Bai Youwei narrowed her eyes slightly, "The Supervisor told us that if we want to leave here, we must become the last bride. It didn't mention anything about finding a key."
The gardener shook his head upon hearing this, "I don't know what the last bride is. I only know that if you want to leave here, you must have the key to the outer gate. The Duke has hidden the key, hidden in this manor."
Bai Youwei frowned, silently scrutinizing him.
The Supervisor wanted them to become the last bride, but the NPC wanted them to find the key. Was the Supervisor playing word games, or was the NPC lying?
Zhu Zhu whispered beside her, "The NPC's information may be limited. It's normal that he doesn't know the Supervisor's hint. I think we can look for the key."
Bai Youwei thought for a while and deliberately probed, "Shouldn't we kill the Duke to leave here?"
"Kill the Duke?" The gardener's voice suddenly rose, "That's impossible! No matter how badly injured the Duke is, he will heal quickly. No one can hurt him! You should find the key as soon as possible, before the sun goes down, it will be too late!"