The expanse of Stelter Castle is vast, with the rear garden occupying nearly half a hillside. To distinguish different functional areas, rows of towering flower beds, over two meters high, were used as dividing lines.
The gardeners who manage these flower beds live in small stone houses hidden beneath the foliage.
Ted led a group rushing into a seemingly abandoned cottage among the floral rubberwood forest between the Golden Cloud Orchids and the white crane taro.
"Ted?" Count Stelter, who was directing another batch of fully armed Knights spraying Holy Water, couldn't help but approach the perimeter of the huge mud pit, knocking on the metal wall, "Be careful! Not even a nostril should be exposed!"
"My Lord," Ted's helpless voice came through, "We're all wearing full-body metal armor doused with Holy Water.
Besides, this place has been abandoned for many years, there's probably just some smell."
"Hmm?" Count Stelter asked in confusion, "Who used to live here?"
