Villain: Glory bows to me

Since he did not carry any lighting props with him, Paul could only slowly grope in the darkness, moving closer to the distant light source.

Suddenly, there was a clicking sound under Paul's feet.

Looking down, the sight in front of him made Paul feel bad.

It was a severed hand with some rotten flesh still attached to it. The rotten flesh on the white bones was covered with tiny holes, and it looked like it had been pierced by sharp needles.

Paul swallowed, suppressed the nausea in his heart and continued to walk forward. As he got closer to the light ahead, Paul could feel the putrid smell in the air getting thicker.

Stepping on the floor that was sticky with dried blood, Paul finally reached the end of the passage.

As soon as he entered the room at the end, the thick smell of blood and putrid smell rushed straight into Paul's brain, making his stomach churn.

Likewise, the extremely bloody scenes greatly irritated his eyes.

Rather than saying this is a basement, it is better to say this is a slaughterhouse or execution ground.

Countless mummies were pierced by sharpened thick wooden stakes and stood in the room. The facial expressions of these mummies were twisted and ferocious, and it was obvious that they had been greatly tortured before death.

Paul was certain that these men had had stakes driven through their bodies while they were still alive.

At the same time, these mummies all have a similar feature. They have needle-pierced wounds on their necks or hands, which gives the impression that the blood has been sucked dry by something.

Such a scene made Paul shudder, not to mention the ordinary people who were helpless looking at the picture.

Paul fought back his nausea and discomfort and walked through the wooden piles to the deepest part of the room.

There is actually a luxurious dining table here, with all kinds of tableware neatly arranged, and even red candles.

It was obvious that Duke Hert was eating and even enjoying it while sitting among the pile of corpses in extremely miserable condition.

This undoubtedly placed another charge on Duke Hert.

After seeing this, many radical people started shouting that they wanted to kill Duke Hert. This was the effect Vito wanted. In fact, everything Paul experienced was a scene carefully arranged by Vito.

It looked like it was Duke Hert who did it, but in fact, those people all died under Vito's butcher knife and were then thrown over.

According to Vito's words, it is to let these dead people exert their final value.

Paul was not in the mood to think about these things anymore. He was now eager to find the exit here.

After all, staying a little longer may increase the risk for him, and since he and Locke are separated, Paul is also worried about Locke's safety.

The hard work paid off, and Paul finally touched the secret door switch on a wall.

After pulling out an unexpected brick from the wall, the room began to tremble violently, and an upward staircase appeared in front of Paul.

Paul didn't know where it would eventually lead, and there was no light inside, but this was the only way, and no matter how dangerous it was, Paul had to bite the bullet.

Paul took a deep breath and was about to walk up the stairs when a cry for help suddenly came from behind him.

Paul turned around and realized that there had been changes on the other side of the room just after he pulled out the brick.

The original wall fell down and was replaced by an iron cage, which contained a girl covered in injuries.

The girl's feet were chained, and her hands and neck were covered with wounds similar to those of the mummies.

"Help me, please! I don't want to be sucked dry by that monster, I don't want to be impaled by a wooden stake!"

The girl shouted hysterically.

Paul, who is kind-hearted and simple, naturally went to rescue him immediately. Paul found a wire in the room.

He pried open the iron cage and the shackles on the girl's feet. This was a skill he had learned as a peace officer, but he didn't expect it to come in handy here.

At this time, the girl was already a little crazy. It was obvious that she had suffered great physical and mental torture.

When Paul held her in his arms, she was completely unable to stop her body from trembling.

Seeing this scene, Vito couldn't help but smile.

Speaking of this girl, she was also sent there by herself.

The difference is that Vito deliberately did not let her die, but let the doctor control Duke Hert to torture her continuously.

She is the daughter of a powerful person who opposes Vito, and she can be regarded as someone who has witnessed the horror of this slaughterhouse from beginning to end.

Vito would also give her a beginning and an end.

Paul carried the girl up the stairs.

The two people, who were close together in the boundless darkness, could hear each other's breathing. Other than that, the only sound was Paul's cautious footsteps.

Faced with unknown situations and dangers that may arise at any time, Paul did not dare to be careless and kept looking around.

Suddenly, a pale face flashed in front of Paul, like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, twisted and horrifying.

Paul was so frightened that he lost his balance and fell to the ground, and the girl in his arms fell with him.

Before Paul could react, a clawed hand stretched out from the darkness to grab the girl and drag her into the boundless darkness. Only the girl's screams and crazy laughter came from the darkness.

"Stop! Let her go!"

Paul quickly stood up and rushed over to the location where the girl's scream came from.

However, the girl's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end there was no movement, leaving only a little echo in the darkness.

Paul finally reached the end of the stairs.

The girl's shriveled body was seen hanging from the ceiling, with traces of blood spilling from the new wound on her neck, and the culprit had long since disappeared.

This is what Vito said about beginning and ending.

"Ah! Asshole!"

Paul slammed his fist against the wall beside him. For the first time, he felt so helpless.

Seeing this scene, Vito had no expression on his face, but he was very satisfied in his heart.

Because the face just now was clearly that of Duke Hert, and since he had killed someone in front of so many people, his guilt was basically confirmed.

It's time to take action on your own.

It's just that Paul, this kid, needs to be comforted in the future, and he can't let this mission leave too big a psychological shadow on him.

So Vito also planned not to test Paul anymore, it was time for Locke to appear.

Thinking of this, Vito called Chris and told him to contact Locke and ask him to "force Duke Helt into a desperate situation" as soon as possible, and then let the Paladins take action.

Chris took the order and went to do it immediately, and gave Vito a letter before leaving.

This letter ruined Vito's good mood for the day.

The letter was written by Erwin.

Erwin refused Vitor's order and did not intend to storm Wind's End.

At the same time, he also refused Vito's orders to block grain roads and destroy water sources, and personally sent people to guard the water sources outside Wind's Breath City.

Since Wind's End City mainly relies on groundwater, if this water source is polluted, the people in Wind's End City will definitely die.

The upright Erwin directly rejected Vito's request.

This made Vito furious instantly.

Especially the words at the end of the letter that he would "take down Wind's Breath City personally and hold on no matter how long it takes."

Vito could see that this bastard was stalling for time. He just didn't want Vito to take over Wind's Breath City. It was most likely Sarah's idea.

This is a bargaining chip used in negotiations, and they are waiting for Vito to compromise further and give them more benefits.

"Okay, I really didn't expect you two to rekindle their relationship so quickly... I really overestimated the power of darkness to corrode you, Erwin...

In this case, don't blame me. When I take care of Tianshui City, your and Sarah's good days will be over! "

Vito held Erwin's letter tightly in his hand, and his eyes were about to burst into flames.

However, Vito quickly put away his emotions and continued to pretend that nothing happened, watching the scene formed by magic with an expressionless face.