“Hmm? Why is there an option to torture the townspeople? Did Lanclaus really consider this back then?"

Talia hummed with doubt after reading.

The dignified and imposing Lanclaus she had imagined suddenly seemed a bit like Lanqi.

"I wouldn't do that either, okay?"

Lanqi felt that this was Talia's prejudice against him and responded to her in his mind.

"That's true."

Talia thought for a moment and agreed.

She figured Lanqi would use a more elegant method of torture.

After all, in Talia's impression, Lanqi never did the dirty work himself, nor did he get his hands dirty with blood.

But he had too many ways to make people suffer.

"I would have a good talk with them about dreams and the future, make them willingly fall in love with me, and form a community of consciousness."

Lanqi was considering how he would eliminate options and provide the best solution if he faced this problem.

He always had a knack for catching internal spies.

Back in the Lichtenst Castle, he made those two imposters have nowhere to hide.

"Is that what you call dreams and the future?"

Talia questioned him.

That was just multi-level marketing and brainwashing.

"..."

Lanqi sat in the church of Lielm, a town in the Hansabeck Province, hesitating in the face of the old town elder's question.

His gaze was directed both at the old town elder and at the rose window behind him.

It was obvious that a key event had been triggered, and he couldn't just choose A and do nothing.

Torturing the townspeople was too much.

"Accept the commission."

Lanqi didn't discuss it with Talia too much and chose C.

According to Talia's thoughts, that's probably what she would have chosen as well.

He cast his gaze toward the third option on the rose window and nodded.

[You have received a commission in a small town on the border of Hansabeck, a central province of the Honing Empire.]

[Ignoring the little time you have left, and not caring whether you can return to your hometown, you are convinced that what is before you is important, those things that are both unrelated and related to you, and you begin your investigation.]

The transparent text of the Tibelius Mirror on the rose window began to extend like worms.

Lanqi's perspective began to change.

[In this province called Hansabeck, there is a city-state with a long history—Soren.]

It is located in the north of Hansabeck, and the afternoon sun refracts through the stained glass, reflecting the ancient and elegant architecture inside the city of Soren.

On this day, Soren welcomed a traveling merchant.

The traveling merchant Randall had gentle eyes and facial contours, and a gray coat made him seem even more low-key.

Although he looked like just a merchant, he had a power that no one knew.

[As the first step of the investigation, you came directly to the Soren City branch of the Flourishing Commerce Guild, where the "Randall" identity is located.]

[Here you can obtain many conveniences, not only can you acquire information through hearsay, but you can also directly purchase information.]

As soon as Lanqi stepped into the commerce guild's gate, he heard the merchants of Soren City whispering.

"I heard that someone in the southern city of Wiok saw the figure of a demon in the forest on the outskirts of the city last night."

"A demon? Isn't that just a creature from legends? Do such things really exist?"

"Who knows, it doesn't seem to be just a rumor anymore. There are more and more witnesses and victims, and the empire can no longer suppress the news."

[You listen to people's chatter and walk through the crowd.]

"Tch, with vampires around, what are we afraid of? That demon can't possibly kill us all."

Some people scoffed at this.

In their view, demons were just rumors fabricated by the ignorant, absurd and groundless.

Often at times like this, everyone is confused about what is true and false and holds different views on facts that may cause panic.

Lanqi silently walked through this commerce guild.

Without expressing any opinion.

"If the rumors have spread to this point, then they are likely true."

Talia said to Lanqi.

As a witness who had personally experienced the Flower Capital of Parieu, she understood this situation very well.

The demons were probably real.

And the seriousness of the problem far exceeded that of the Flower Capital of Parieu in the Borson Kingdom at that time.

But she also couldn't figure out where these demons came from.

Logically speaking, Lanclaus should have been the last demon.

"Then we must catch a demon and see."

Lanqi was certain that completing the old town elder's commission and Lanclaus's own goals were not in conflict.

As long as he could find clues about the demon and meet it, some mysteries would naturally be solved.

And in the accelerated Tibelius Mirror simulation, he should be able to see the results soon.

[You showed your commerce guild certificate to the reception staff at the commerce guild counter and immediately received the highest level of reception. The local branch president invited you to the VIP room for a detailed discussion.]

……

The luxurious VIP room on the top floor of the commerce guild.

Several wealthy merchants dressed in exquisite attire were sitting around a sandalwood low tea table, talking.

"Speaking of which, the rumors of demons have really added a lot of interest. The experts in my mansion are already discussing what demons look like."

One wealthy merchant joked.

"Our city is actually okay, but mainly the city-states further south, Wiok City, it seems that demons have indeed appeared there."

"There is basically no mistake, those are demons."

Today, a high-level inspector from another place came to the city-state's commerce guild. His name was Randall, and Mr. Randall wanted to learn about demons, so the president gathered them all here to meet Mr. Randall.

As prominent dignitaries of the city-state, they were often the first to grasp information.

"Utterly foolish."

A middle-aged man with a hooked nose snorted sarcastically.

"Demons are just stories made up by madmen, enough to fool three-year-olds."

He imitated the voices of some ordinary citizens, deliberately saying, as if mocking those who did not believe in the existence of demons.

The topic of demons did not dissipate because of the disdain of some citizens.

In the past two days, shocking news spread throughout the city of Soren—

In the southern city of Wiok, two knights returning home at night were attacked while patrolling the outskirts of the city. Witnesses claimed that the attacker was a monster with scales all over its body and red eyes, ugly and unbearable.

Rumors were rampant, and people were panic-stricken.

If the city-states in the same province were suffering, then their Soren City would also be targeted by demons sooner or later.

"The mayor of Wiok has already reported a request for assistance to Hansabeck Province and the capital of Saint-Thirick. We have also strengthened night patrols these days to ensure the safety of citizens, but to prevent excessive panic, our city has not exaggerated the threat of demons for the time being."

The wealthy merchants in the VIP room were talking.

Lanqi sat quietly on the side, listening and nodding occasionally.

Several magic lamps were burning on the wall, and the swaying sunlight cast their silhouettes on the wall panels.

Until the entire scene dimmed down, Lanqi was no longer in the VIP room of the commerce guild.

[Based on the information you obtained, you came to the southern city-state, Wiok City, the place where demons are most likely to appear on the outskirts of the city.]

[You find that the further south you go, the more certain the news of demons becomes.]

[Wiok City has neither vampires nor demons, only humans.]

[You are very certain of this after using the Exploration Magic, as if demons simply do not exist.]

[You understand that precisely because of this, demons will cause panic, and people cannot even determine whether they are real or fake.]

Night.

A full moon hung high in the night sky, and the clear moonlight poured down like mercury.

Lanqi, carrying a suitcase, walked around near the city like a merchant who had just arrived in this city-state, looking ignorant.

"Now is not a good time to wander around!"

A shout sounded behind him.

Lanqi turned around and took a closer look. It was several patrolling knights from Wiok City.

The knights looked nervous, as if they had reluctantly accepted this dangerous patrol mission.

Similarly, when they saw a young man wandering aimlessly on the outskirts of the city at night, it was inevitable that they would guess and fear that he would turn into a demon in the next second.

"Sorry."

Lanqi raised his hands to show that he was harmless.

[You talked with the knights, revealed your identity as a Demon Hunter, and slightly demonstrated your strength above the fifth order.]

[The knights immediately saw you as if they had seen a savior.]

[Because if a strong person like you really wanted to harm them, they would not have any room for resistance, so they are willing to believe that you are a hunter who has come to help them deal with the demons.]

[In a simple discussion, your relationship with them became closer.]

[The knights are willing to cooperate with your entrapment and turn a blind eye to your wandering, and they guarantee that they will call you as soon as they see a demon.]

[You obtained some information from the knights.]

[There seems to be more than one demon on the outskirts of the city.]

"Ah, Mr. Randall, I'm counting on you."

The leading knight said gratefully.

"Once you find a demon, you must be quick, don't panic, and don't be reluctant to fight, but call me immediately, and I will be there right away."

Lanqi instructed the knights.

Watching the knights leave dejectedly, he secretly shook his head.

These knights also seemed brave enough to take on the night patrol work that no one wanted to do in the face of danger.

[You continue forward and pass through a dense forest in the southeastern corner of the outskirts of the city.]

Suddenly.

A strange, fishy stench drifted over, the smell of flesh and blood left behind by a beast being eaten.

Lanqi looked around, his gaze falling on a drainage ditch not far away.

Although he couldn't find demons through Exploration Magic, some physical traces were clues that couldn't be erased.

"It seems, it's time to pay a visit."

He said to himself.

Silently approaching the drainage ditch.

With the help of the dim light of the suitcase's magical device, he carefully examined the surrounding traces.

Clearly visible claw prints, broken branches and leaves, and scattered bloodstains.

Lanqi discovered that there were actually two different deformed footprints on the ground, one large and one small.

"It seems that there is more than one demon."

Talia was also a little scared.

She could only see every scene now, but she couldn't physically appear, just like watching a horror movie.

Talking to Lanqi was her only support.

"Teacher, don't be afraid, because it's already here."

Lanqi's eyes stared straight at the deep jungle in the distance.

The moment the words fell.

A cold wind howled, and the shadows of the trees swayed.

Red light appeared in the darkness.

Its figure was distorted and deformed, half-human and half-beast, and it let out a shrill howl mixed with giggles. Madness jumped in its blood-red eye sockets.

[You encountered a demon.]

[It's shorter than you imagined.]

[Just as you were about to subdue it.]

[You felt that something was wrong with it, so you hesitated.]

[Was it crying or laughing? Was it projecting murderous intent at you, or was it expressing something to you... begging you for help?]

[You heard a panicked cry for help.]

"Help! It's a demon!"

On the other side of the outskirts of the city, the knights' cries also reached Lanqi's ears.

[You didn't hesitate for a moment and went to save the knights first.]

[Human lives often vanish in an instant.]

At the same time, the knights were also approached by a terrifying demon figure.

This was a genuine large demon.

Just when they were full of despair, in the nick of time.

A dazzling aurora pierced the night sky and hit the demon's shoulder straight on.

The demon howled in pain and fell to the ground, its wound bleeding profusely.

"Mr. Randall!"

The knights shouted in surprise, looking at the distance.

They didn't expect this demon hunter to arrive so quickly.

They saw a merchant walking over with strides, carrying a lamp.

[You didn't miss, you just wanted to subdue the demon, not kill it. You have a lot of things you want to ask the demon.]

[This demon is larger than the one in the forest, fully two meters tall.]

[You think the demon is rational, and you want to talk to it.]

[But before you could speak.]

[The demon roared angrily and pounced on you.]

[You don't want to appear too strong in front of this group of knights. In order to act low-key and not alarm the Honing Empire, you begin to use magic that you are not very good at, and you capture the demon while ensuring that you can protect the knights.]

Lanqi stepped aside, and rock cones pierced the demon directly from the ground.

The demon howled miserably in pain, its red eyes burning with anger, and it pounced on Lanqi again.

At this lightning-fast moment, the ground under Lanqi's feet lit up, and several golden chains spewed out from the magic circle, instantly wrapping around the demon's limbs and torso.

The demon was tightly bound and could not move.

Lanqi approached steadily, looked at the demon, and was about to give it the final blow.

"Roar!!!"

Unexpectedly, the demon suddenly opened its bloody mouth and sprayed a viscous and smelly venom at Lanqi.

Lanqi couldn't dodge in time, and his left arm took a solid hit.

Taking advantage of Lanqi's pain, the demon broke free from its restraints and fled into the forest at lightning speed.

"Mr. Randall, are you okay?"

Several knights immediately came over with concern.

"It's nothing."

[You are actually acting, because it is impossible for you to be hurt by this demon.]

[If you capture it in front of the knights, then you need to hand it over to the knights and the city-state. Some things are inconvenient to investigate privately, so you deliberately let it run away, but you have grasped its whereabouts and are going to capture it alone.]

[You told the knights not to run around and that you would be back soon.]

The night grew darker, and Lanqi was walking through the forest, searching for the demon's tracks.

He was beginning to personally experience this illusion again.

Along the way, intermittent bloodstains and claw prints kept him chasing.

Finally.

In a hidden jungle basin.

He saw the dying demon and the small demon huddled beside it.

The wounds on the large demon were exactly what Lanqi had inflicted.

The small demon nuzzled the demon's chin with its head, making intermittent laughter. It seemed to be laughing, but it was actually crying, as if begging it not to leave.

Lanqi's footsteps stopped.

This emotion made him dizzy.

"That's not right, why does this demon look so much like... a mother and child?"

Talia also understood the true meaning of the demon.

They seemed to be uncontrollably crazy, but they still retained human emotions.

Just like an innocent ordinary mother and child, who had been forcibly turned into such monsters by someone.

"Demons are originally humans transformed through surgery..."

Lanqi murmured, covering his forehead.

Just then, a rustling sound came from behind.

"..."

Lanqi turned around and saw several knights walking out from behind the bushes tremblingly.

They seemed to be too worried to stay in place, so they followed Mr. Randall.

"Mr. Randall, please wait!"

The leading knight said, summoning up his courage.

"This demon... seems a little different..."

His face was full of sorrow.

"What?"

Lanqi frowned and asked.

"I found that it seems to understand human language, and..."

The leading knight's gaze shifted to the small demon.

"They may not want to hurt anyone, they are just foraging in this forest. Maybe we can try to communicate with them?"

He said hesitantly.

[Clearly, some of the knights have realized the same problem as you.]

[The process of you letting the demon run away made the knights see more.]

[Things have become troublesome.]

Just as Lanqi and the knights were talking, the demon mother lying on the ground suddenly moved.

It struggled to lift its head and looked in Lanqi's direction.

There was a strange light flashing in those dying eyes.

As if begging him for something.

Lanqi was stunned.

The next second, he suddenly pointed his finger, and a sharp gust of wind overturned the knights on the ground.

Immediately afterward, a dazzling fire burst out from the forest floor, instantly engulfing the demon mother and child.

Flames licked, and ashes fluttered.

In an instant, there was only silence in the basin.

The knights were dumbfounded and speechless.

"Don't risk your lives."

Lanqi's face was covered in shadow, and he walked away with his suitcase without looking back.

The night was vast, and the bright moonlight poured down on the bricks and tiles of Wiok City like water.

Everything returned to calm.

As if this night was just a fleeting nightmare.

"Lanqi, why did you kill them?"

Talia asked Lanqi in confusion.

It was the first time she had seen Lanqi take such a cruel action.

Since the Tibelius Mirror had completely handed over the illusion experience to Lanqi, it meant that in this illusion, no matter what choice he made, it would not affect the subsequent simulation. In other words, when he saw the demon mother and child, the truth had already surfaced without the need for conversation or interrogation.

"It was seeking liberation from me... The mother's instinct made her want to protect her child, and the human will made her seek death."

Lanqi bit his lip, his eyes filled with deep compassion.

In his mind, the demon mother's expression before death lingered.

"...Is there really no hope?"

Talia rarely saw Lanqi so decisively admit that there were people he could not save.

She also knew how much of a subversion it was for Lanqi to make this decision.

"Talia, do you remember the first Shadow World, the background story of the Purgatory Corridor Academy?"

Lanqi asked Talia in a hoarse voice.

"I remember it roughly."

Talia had also seen the record of Lanqi and Hyperion's Shadow World at that time.

The whole story revolved around the two key characters: the Vampire Envoy and the Demon King's City Special Envoy.

In the historical context at that time, there was a "Vampire and Demon Non-Interference Treaty" called the "North-South Treaty."

In that chaotic world, the vampires of the South dominated, and the emperors of many human nations were servants of the vampires.

And the demons of the North were also relatively weak compared to the vampires, merely occupying the icy and dangerous terrain of the far north for isolation.

The demons had to remain neutral regarding anything between the vampires and humans. This was the basic condition for the vampires not to attack the demons.

But more than thirty years ago, the vampires began to suspect that the demons were secretly trying to break this balance.

The cause of the matter was originally just an absurd rumor that had been circulating in the demon world for some time—

It was said that the vampires had discovered that a human being was suspected of disguising himself as a demon, trying to sneak into the demon world to steal the demons' knowledge.

At first, the demons did not believe it. It was only the demons who tried to disguise themselves as humans, but there had never been a human trying to disguise themselves as a demon.

Until later, the Vampire Archduke seemed to have cruelly interrogated some key information from a researcher in the Imperial Experimental Site.

And he learned that the last surviving members of a small number of Imperial secret forces were highly likely to be lurking in this Purgatory Corridor Academy, and had been there for a long time!

Faced with the vampires' tough pressure, the attitude of the Demon World Inspectorate was to resolutely abide by the rules. They led the Vampire Envoy across the dangerous terrain of the northern extreme cold to the demon world and would accompany the Vampire Envoy to the academy to investigate.

This Vampire Envoy had a unique Blood Authority, which could identify humans disguised as demons. Once a human was really found in the academy by the Vampire Envoy, the leaders of this Purgatory Corridor Academy would bear great responsibility.

In order to quell the vampires' anger, the demons might even directly make the higher-ups of the Purgatory Corridor Academy scapegoats. And, in order to prevent the headmaster from hindering, the Department of Education also transferred the headmaster in advance, calling it an important agenda, but in reality, it was temporarily suspending the headmaster.

The Demon King ostensibly handled things according to official procedure, but in reality, he still wanted to protect the Purgatory Corridor Academy, so he sent a special envoy to help the Purgatory Corridor Academy.

But what no one expected was that this special envoy was intercepted by the demon Lanclaus, who was lurking in the Purgatory Corridor Academy to study.

The fake demon, fake special envoy, fake headmaster Lanclaus had real skills, lived up to his heavy responsibilities, and successfully helped the Purgatory Corridor Academy get through the crisis.

This was the beginning of the Black Sun Lord's legendary story.

"So Tata, think about how demons are transformed, whether demons can be saved, and where the demon transformation technology is now."

Lanqi asked Talia in a calm tone.

The demon transformation surgery could not be reversed. Those demon mother and child were just like the failed products of the Honing Empire's experimental site back then, and could only endure endless pain and struggle.

Lanqi looked at the moonlight and already knew the answer.

[The transformation experiment regulations of the Honing Empire's experimental site are that if it fails, the subject voluntarily accepts death. At the same time, every soldier who accepts the transformation will ask his comrades, if he fails, please be sure to kill him and maintain his final dignity as a human being.]

[Killing the transformed demons who have failed is also the decision of the soldiers of the Honing Empire's experimental site, made with sadness and hope, and it is also their principle and creed.]

[However, now someone is abusing the transformation technology and creating more failed demons.]

[You must not tolerate such behavior continuing.]

"?!"

Talia was shocked and speechless.

"Are the vampires using civilians from the Honing Empire to conduct demon transformation experiments?"

[During the period when you infiltrated the Purgatory Corridor Academy many years ago, you heard from the vice-principal that the reason why the vampires suspected that there were humans lurking in the academy was because the vampires had interrogated relevant information from the surviving personnel of the Honing Empire's experimental site.]

[And the demon transformation technology of the Honing Empire, which should have been lost and short-lived, should now be in the hands of the vampires.]

[The birth of demons must be related to vampires.]

[The final answer is often hidden in the beginning.]

[You find that everything is connected.]

The surrounding bushes began to twist, and the text of the Tibelius Mirror appeared on the tree trunks.

[You are convinced that the vampires have not chosen to coexist with humans as they appear to be on the surface, but are planning something even more terrifying. Next, you will choose:]

[A. Turn a blind eye]

[B. Go straight to the capital]

[C. Continue investigating]

[d. Intervene personally]

[Remaining life: 2 days, 23 hours, 31 minutes]

[You are much weaker, and you clearly feel that you have fallen below the ninth order.]

"What to choose, Lanqi?"

Talia felt that this time was probably close to the end of the simulation.

Lanclaus had only two days left.

But continuing the investigation or going to the distant Honing capital of Saint-Thirick would take longer.

"Go to the capital, Saint-Thirick."

Lanqi's choice this time was faster than any previous one.

Maybe continuing the investigation would yield more information for the next simulation.

But then he probably wouldn't see those vampires who were living well in the capital of Saint-Thirick.

If he didn't risk his life with the vampires today, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep well.

Sure enough, what Caliera showed him was crucial.

The era of the Blood Moon Calamity was not ending so simply.

If Pope Lanclaus had died so peacefully, what would be left to this world would be an even greater disaster.

"Then let's start killing!"

Talia fully supported Lanqi.

Lanqi had chosen more conservative options before.

Only this time.

Enough is enough!

[Under the gaze of the stars, the empty valley is deep, and the forest is dark.]

[Betrayal brought about by trust and benevolence.]

[Ignited anger.]

[Like their long-standing practices.]

[Their sins, their unrepentance, their atrocities.]

[We are the witnesses.]

[The truth will be passed down forever.]

[Deliver the final judgment.]

After the demon text on the trees appeared, the sky became bright and dark.

Lanqi once again felt the sudden change in the things around him and continued to fly south for a long time.

Until after the second day and night.

He arrived in the southernmost capital of the Honing Empire, Saint-Thirick.

In the brightly lit night, the entire capital city of Saint-Thirick was like a dazzling gem.

Looking down from a high place, you can see the winding Rhine River like a shining ribbon, dividing the city in two.

Along the riverbank, the Saint-Thirick Cathedral, which Lanclaus had seen in his dreams, stood majestically. Nearby, the statue of an ancient hero stood in the center of the Honing Empire Square. Even at night, the square was crowded with people, and the street performers' performances attracted many onlookers.

On the south bank of the river, the iconic Moonlight Tower connected to the sky, and the observation deck at the top of the tower shone brightly in the night.

This was the dividing line.

The human territory was in the north, and the vampire territory was divided in the south.

[After arriving in the capital Saint-Thirick, you first entered the human territory on the north bank.]

[You learned about the current state of the capital Saint-Thirick.]

[Although demons often harass the city, the citizens are not so afraid.]

[You visited the residents of Saint-Thirick on the street.]

"Because the vampires have been protecting us."

A passerby replied.

[Whenever demons are mentioned, the citizens will actively and kindly answer you.]

"The vampires are all good guys. It's a pity that those guys in the Northern Saint-Porant Theocracy always like to slander them. If it weren't for the Theocracy, the vampires might have slaughtered all the demons."

"Demons must be related to the demons, right? If it weren't for the demons, how could there be such deformed things? That group of demons should have been wiped out long ago."

[Listening to the words of these former Honing Empire compatriots.]

[You realized.]

[The times have really changed.]

Talia watched Lanqi asking the residents of the capital Saint-Thirick one by one on the street.

She looked at Lanqi's smile.

She didn't know if this was Lanclaus's smile or Lanqi's smile. In any case, she felt uneasy.

Talia could not check the relevant information of the Shadow World outside the Tibelius Mirror now, and could not check how much Lanqi's understanding of Lanclaus had reached.

She also felt absurd.

Not a single resident thought that the vampires might be a threat.

In the eyes of the Honing people, Saint-Thirick's current stability and development were almost entirely due to the help provided by the vampires' co-existence with them.

Even the younger generation and children admired the vampires very much.

[""What exactly are vampires?""]

[Standing on the street, you, already laughing with a trembling voice, asked this question.]

The pedestrians on the street and the customers in front of the shops suddenly stopped all the activities they were doing.

They suddenly stood up in unison, turned around, took heavy steps, and all looked over here.

"Vampires are friends!"

The faces of the residents of Saint-Thirick were all filled with happy smiles as they said to him in unison.

["Hahahaha!""]

[You finally laughed heartily.]

[Your "Heartbreak" state expanded at this moment.]

[When you encounter emotional fluctuations, you will recall the most painful memories. It will make you very painful and cause hallucinations. All you can do is force yourself to cry or laugh and get through these few seconds.]

[Even your magic power began to shake, and powerful beings in Saint-Thirick City quickly sensed that you, the Saint-Porant Pope, had arrived.]

On the streets of Saint-Thirick under the night, there was a constant stream of people, and only one figure was disconnected from the surrounding crowd, standing in place and laughing.

"Lanqi, can you hear me?"

Talia's anxious voice echoed faintly in Lanqi's ears.

She knew that Lanqi was sad and upset at this moment, but he was uncontrollably laughing, laughing to the point of choking and unable to stop. Along with the laughter, this kind of laughter ruthlessly tore at her heart and also put Lanqi on the verge of collapse.

But she could not appear to hug Lanqi.

She was like being separated by a glass wall, unable to touch Lanqi in the slightest.

Talia had never seen Lanqi like this.

Perhaps they had underestimated the ninth-order negative state of Heartbreak, or perhaps Lanqi had unknowingly become too deeply trapped in this illusion.

"Haha..."

Lanqi's laughter gradually subsided, and his eyes began to change.

The text of the Tibelius Mirror continued, climbing on the clothes of these people in Saint-Thirick, forming dense rings of demon text—

[The vampires have realized your appearance and have also discovered your weakness.]

[Next, you will choose:]

[A. Wreak havoc]

[B. Raid the Vampire Realm]

[C. Flee with all your strength]

[d. Intervene personally]

[You are very weak.]

Without a moment's hesitation.

Lanqi chose to go to the vampire's lair and fight the vampires head-on.

Before he could even take a step towards the south bank.

The surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

In a dizzying whirl, he and Talia both felt like they were losing their balance and realized that they had been dragged into some kind of barrier.

The surrounding buildings and trees fell upwards at a rapid speed, and the sound of the wind whistling in his ears.

He was falling downwards at an extremely fast speed, and all he could see were the upside-down scenes of the city.

Countless buildings seemed to be embedded in the darkness. Some were inverted, some were skewed, completely ignoring the laws of gravity. The gorgeous wooden houses were intertwined with the castle-like stone walls, flashing with the intertwined light of brilliance and scarlet.

Lanqi opened his eyes clearly, certain that he was falling rapidly.

"This is... Bloodmoon City?"

Talia's heartbeat accelerated, and she realized that Tibelius's journey was also reaching its final scene.

But she didn't expect the legendary Bloodmoon City to appear before her eyes now.

In the endless fall, a vast but empty city gradually came into view.

The layered houses were closely arranged, staggered, and formed geometric patterns with four recesses and eight protrusions and distinct edges and corners.

The entire city seemed to reach desperately towards the sky, but helplessly fell towards the center of the earth.

"..."

Lanqi's figure continued to fall. He could have escaped upwards, but he resolutely went downwards, passing through layers of buildings, as if accepting the vampire's invitation. He was going to fight.

He gripped the silver-white mask and covered it on his face.

The Pope had already removed his disguise and was ready for battle.

He didn't know how long he had been floating before he was shrouded in a super-giant palace.

He saw wide corridors suddenly disappearing and reappearing elsewhere. The doors of the rooms suddenly shifted, leading to completely different spaces. The stairs wound and spiraled, but never ended.

Here was a narrow corridor, and the doors on both sides kept opening and closing, revealing creepy scenes. Some of the rooms were filled with surging seas of blood, and some were pitch black, able to swallow everything.

The air was filled with a faint smell of blood, which made Lanqi's nose wrinkle slightly.

He knew that this was the vampire's aura.

Suddenly, a gorgeous sliding door opened in front of him.

He passed through, and the fall began to slow down.

Lanqi looked around and found himself slowly landing in the center of the Royal Palace Round Square.

This looked like an altar.

It was also like a tombstone prepared for someone.

The square was surrounded by thirteen giant stone pillars, each pillar engraved with a gem totem corresponding to the progenitor.

When his feet finally touched the ground, he took a deep breath and felt the magic power of multiple vampire progenitors.

"Welcome to Bloodmoon City, Saint-Porant Pope."

A mocking voice echoed around, like a god's declaration.

In the bottomless fog at the edge of the Blood King's Palace Square, the owner of the voice gradually appeared.

He looked no different from a twelve or thirteen-year-old human boy, wearing a pure black velvet dress, with the golden Honing noble family crest embroidered on the front of his coat.

His face was delicate, his skin was as white as porcelain, and his soft brown hair fell to his shoulders.

At first glance, he seemed to be just a wealthy young man from Saint-Thirick, but when you looked directly into his eyes, you would find that those red eyes were bottomless, containing an age far beyond his appearance.

"I really didn't expect you to come. I have been living peacefully in the Honing Empire for so many years."

The Third Progenitor, Duke Raschiel, had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if mocking the stupidity of the world.

The silver-white masked Pope did not say a word to the Third Progenitor.

A ball of bright white light burst out from his palm, shooting straight into the sky, illuminating the entire Bloodmoon City as bright as day. Countless brilliant light spots quickly gathered in the air, turning into a giant light net, covering the sky and covering Bloodmoon City.

"Don't take action right away, Your Majesty Pope."

A purple-red magic barrier quickly formed around the Third Progenitor Raschiel, blocking the light net from the outside.

The two magic powers collided fiercely in mid-air, erupting in a deafening roar.

The veins on the back of the Saint-Porant Pope's hand trembled slightly, and he tried his best to maintain the light magic.

But gradually, this collision came to nothing.

"The invincible Saint-Porant Pope is nothing more than that."

The Third Progenitor, Duke Raschiel, murmured.

A magic circle formed under his feet within a few kilometers, emitting magic power far exceeding the Pope's previous magic power eruption.

Countless purple-red light spots flowed wildly in the Blood King's Palace, turning into scarlet giant python chains, whistling towards the Pope's light array, causing the air to freeze.

The silver-masked Pope activated his magic and quickly formed a rock seal shield in front of him.

In the collision between the Saint-Porant Pope and the Third Progenitor Raschiel, the rock shield still showed fine cracks, shaky and precarious.

Countless dazzling lights burst out from the Pope, interweaving in mid-air into thousands of light wheels, carrying the force of a thousand jun, and swept straight towards the Third Progenitor Raschiel.

The two destructive forces collided violently in the void, and the entire Blood King's Palace erupted with a earth-shattering roar.

The two sides' spells disintegrated in an instant, forming the largest-scale control cancellation.

Blood flowed from under the Pope's mask, and he gasped for breath.

On the other hand, the Third Progenitor Raschiel seemed very relaxed.

"Tired?"

The Third Progenitor Raschiel shook