Chapter 19
After Duel Tower, Cornell traversed through the Tower Of Execution. This tower earned its name from the horrible torture devices that Cornell found. There were sarcophaguses standing against some of the walls. Cornell was sure that they were used for mummifying victims alive, because a few of them were wrapped in chains. Axes, spears, and long swords hung on the walls in Cornell's reach. He had of course helped himself to an axe; And so did the other three invisible knights that the weapons belonged to...
Cornell guessed where they were by the weapons they held. Otherwise, it was an easy fight for him, especially with the axe. The tower also had its own set of gruesome traps.
Click-Clanck!!
Rows of metal spikes as tall as Cornell emerged from the ground and drew back as Cornell came across them.
Shook!
Large guillotines were set in the ceiling and on the sides of the wall, ready to cleave any poor victim who passed by.
As if it weren't enough, the ground Cornell stood on was a stone pathway formed in the middle of a massive pool of steaming lava and fire. If he were took take a look up, he would see lynching ropes and chains across the ceiling and cages embedded in the walls. This was a horrible place to die. How could anyone be so cruel? Cornell began to worry about Ada's safety. If Count Dracula was insane enough to create such a chamber, who knows what he would do to Ada...
Sweat flowed down Cornell's face and soaked his outfit. The heat was unbearable... There was a wall and another passage ahead. The heat must have gotten to him; Cornell saw the blue-haired boy again. This time he was accompanied by a small group of Lizard Men. One of the lizard men was holding up Cornell's dead corpse, which still had an axe implanted in its back.
The alive and well Cornell shivered and loosened the grip of the axe in his own hand. Did they see him...?
The boy carried a long knife in his hand. The tip of the knife's blade tapped the ground rhythmically as its owner stared up at a chain hanging from the ceiling.
"No. I have better uses for him. Bring the man-wolf's corpse..."
The lizard men followed the boy out of the chamber.
Cornell still stood where he was, his heart beating fast. It must have been an illusion...it was impossible... Perhaps Cornell needed to worry about his safety as well! He was thankful when he escaped the Tower Of Execution.
The next tower was fully industrial. Living a mostly rural lifestyle, Cornell had seldom seen such machinery, only read about it in his studies with Matthew. Tassers, heat-activated machine guns, and loaded conveyer belts. Easily said, that without Matthew's studies, Cornell would have been very intimidated by the self-functional tower named, the Tower Of Science.
Next was the Tower Of Sorcery. It earned its name from the bewitched crystals that filled every part of the tower from the pathways still, moving, floating, and disappearing, to the pillars and enemies. There was no floor under the crystal pathways, nor were there any walls to be found. Perhaps the walls were hidden in the darkness? Cornell spotted stained glass windows from a distance. There was no explanation for the crystal phenomenon. Cornell was completely at the mercy of Dracula's magic, walking by faith into the realm of crystals…