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Time goes back to half a day ago.

"It can't go on like this," Avery said.

His answer was silence.

Under the dim candlelight, a few people in cloaks sat together. This is a private room in a remote corner of the bar, specially prepared for those guests who want to enjoy privacy-as long as you have money, Troon Town can provide you with anything These small booths are just one of the thoughtful services you can think of or can't think of, and they are common in most bars.

"I thought he was capable enough to lead us, but I was wrong." Avery snorted, resisting the desire to raise his voice. "Look at what he said, let's play for three days before we talk? This is so ridiculous, I've never seen a more ridiculous person than him! I've heard more ridiculous things than this!"

The middle-level priest Alexander looked around and saw that no one else had spoken, so he hesitated and said, "Maybe we go to the hotel that Lord Hill mentioned to find him, and try to convince him again?"

Avery rolled his eyes: "I don't think that's useful, he didn't take us seriously at all!"

Darwin, who is also a mid-level priest, said gently: "Maybe he wants to complete the task alone. Judging from the previous 'shrouded in holy light', his magic level is very good..."

"That's not the point!" Afuri was angered by his words, and tapped the table with his staff. "What is teamwork? He doesn't regard us as companions at all! Oh no, maybe like you said, he looks down on us, so he is not willing to act with us! Then what can he do alone? Leave us alone to kill Kill those vampires, or return to the Holy See empty-handed? Ha! I don’t want to be a joke of the Holy See like him!”

Bart couldn't help defending his priest: "I believe His Excellency Hill is not such a person..."

After he broke up with Yannick, he didn't want to play around like Yannick said, and he didn't want to stay in the hotel, so he simply ran out. He didn't expect to meet Ai Fuli and the others on the street, so he just followed. bar.

"Your Excellency Hill is not such a person!" Avery imitated his tone, and then sneered: "Okay, Bart, your Lord Hill is not here now, you don't need to please him like a dog all the time!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Darwin reconciled, "Maybe Sir Hill is doing it for our own good. After all, it is too dangerous to deal with the blood race with our abilities..."

"Ervin! Don't bring your seasoning here, we're going to find a way, find a way!" Avery interrupted him.

Darwin closed his mouth a little aggrieved.

"Your Excellency Augustine, what do you think?" Dante asked politely. In his opinion, his priest was a little too impulsive, which didn't help solve the problem, even though they were really helpless now.The only person present who could be regarded as calm was Augustine, the cold-faced priest who often had trouble with Ai Fuli.

"You all should be self-aware." Augustine looked around. "Although this task is very important, and we were all told before we came out, this still doesn't change the fact that we are 'superfluous people'."

"Who is the extra person! That's just you..." Ai Fuli's voice stopped abruptly, and then he secretly regretted why he was stared at by the other party and didn't continue.

Augustine said coldly: "We are not popular in the Holy See, no one likes us, we don't have enough backers, and we are not the strongest in terms of ability. No matter what we do, we are the ones who are excluded. They are all facts! Therefore, this mission is the only opportunity to change our destiny, we must grasp it and complete it, no matter how difficult it is."

"Priest Augustine is right," Alexander sighed, very annoyed: "But how are we going to accomplish this? Is it really like what His Excellency Hill said, we should visit casinos and brothels first? I I dare not imagine the scene of me wearing a priest robe and going to a brothel, if the Holy See finds out, we will all be deprived of our positions, right?"

Even though Avery likes to fight Augustine very much, he has to admit that what he said is correct. This task is indeed the only straw they can grasp. If they can't complete it, will they accept punishment or not? But after returning, they will definitely never have a bright future. Oh, maybe when the Holy See wants to deal with mages or undead, they will be used as the first batch of cannon fodder, and they will be sacrificed without hesitation, right?

"Actually, there's no need to do that..." Darwin said timidly, "I know where the vampires live..."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him in unison, Darwin flinched back, and Avery pressed his shoulders: "Aha, I forgot, our dear Priest Darwin has a distant uncle who is a cardinal archbishop, you You don’t have to be scolded after you go back like us!”

"Don't, don't make fun of me, you know that, it's just a distant uncle." Darwin smiled wryly, "If I had anything to do with it, I wouldn't have been sent here."

"Avery, shut up, Darwin, tell me," Augustine said.

"I also heard my uncle talking to others once. They all said that there is a ghost castle outside Troon Town, where vampires live, and there are often vampires partying all night in it. The last time... was just before Among the priests who were killed, one of them was found dead outside the castle."

Just at this time, a girl wearing a court dress came in to sell the new wine in the bar. There are often some girls who accompany and sell wine in the bar. They wear scantily dressed clothes to attract customers. Sometimes the guests give more tips. The guests will also be allowed to play their hands up and down to take advantage of it. Alexander reluctantly paid for the drinks for 11 people and asked for a large barrel of wheat wine, and then asked the bartender about the ghost castle.

"Ghost Castle?" The wine lady who was called in to ask had a weird look.

"Is it famous?" Alexander asked.

"Oh yes, we locals call it Ghost Castle." The young liquor girl grimaced. "I heard that its owner was an earl a long time ago. After the earl died, the castle began to be haunted. It was very powerful. All the people who lived in it died. After that, the old castle was abandoned, and there are many ghosts every year. People went there to explore, but as you know, none of them came back alive. Are you planning to die too? Troon Town has a lot of fun, but it doesn't include your own life. I advise you better not to go ..."

"Okay, you can go out!" Avery waved her away impatiently, and then asked the others, "Darwin's words are correct, it seems that this ghost castle is indeed the settlement of those damned vampires!"

"It's impossible for us to just pass by like this! If this is true, then there must be a lot of vampires. I think we should be careful!" Alexander said.

"Of course you have to be careful, but mid-level priest, if you are afraid, you don't have to follow, anyway, it won't matter if you are missing!" Ai Fuli glanced at him.

Alexander blushed and wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know how to organize his words, looking embarrassed.

"You don't need to go into the castle, just go outside and investigate first. If you can catch one or two vampires, then ask them about the whereabouts of others." Augustine said.

Everyone thought this was a good idea, but Bart hesitated: "Should we tell Lord Hill about this...?"

Avery raised his eyebrows: "Oh, go! I forgot, you are Sir Hill's new paladin, kneeling at his feet and licking his toes, of course you have to tell him!"

"Your Excellency Avery, you are going too far!" Batter stood up abruptly, he couldn't stand others insulting his sacred profession.

"Your Excellency Avery was just joking, don't worry about it!" Dante hurriedly comforted him, pressing his shoulders and pushing him back to his seat.

"Avery, when will your mouth be as clean as moonshine grass? Seeing you makes me feel that it is a disgrace to the Holy See to have a priest like you." Augustine said coldly.

"Come on, Augustine, you are also someone who is not liked by the higher-ups, don't pretend to be such a noble face to criticize me!" Avery sneered.

Darwin coughed lightly and interjected into their topic: "So when shall we go?"

Augustine: "Tonight, night falls."

This time, even Avery didn't raise any objections. Obviously, everyone was confused by the atmosphere of luxury and money in Tren, and they all hoped to get a breakthrough soon.

After thinking about it, Bart still felt that something was wrong. He found a chance to sneak out, but was stopped by someone as soon as he left the bar.

"Baker?!" He was tongue-tied and quickly lowered his voice, "Why are you here!"

"Priest Hill asked me to follow you!" Baker said as a matter of course.

"...Okay, okay!" Bart was a little helpless, "It's just right, you help me go back and tell His Excellency Hill that they want to go to Ghost Castle to find traces of vampires."

Baker snorted, he had never heard the name of Ghost Castle, and he didn't think it was so scary, "What about you?"

"I can't go back now, I have to go with them... although I think it's very unreliable."

"Will it be dangerous?" Baker asked.

"I don't know." Bart smiled bitterly, "It shouldn't matter if you don't enter the castle, and there are two high-ranking priests!" He didn't think Yannick could help, as the opponent's paladin, he It is obviously not appropriate to make such an arbitrary decision, but now that he has set foot on the boat of Ai Fuli and the others, if he runs away casually, he will be regarded as a traitor or retreat, so he has no choice but to bite the bullet and act with them .

Baker nodded: "Then be careful."

Looking at Baker's ignorant and fearless expression, Bart suddenly felt that he was very miserable, and began to wonder if he didn't know if he would come back.

There is a large forest outside Troun Town. Under the moonlight, when the thick leaves rustle under your feet, and the chirping of night owls comes from your ears, no matter how bold you are, you will feel a little panicked.

The priests walked very slowly, they were not reckless anymore, they had to check the movement before and after each step, and the paladins carefully put away all their bravery and fearlessness, and carefully inspected the surrounding environment.

Everyone was wearing a black cloak, which almost blended with the night, making them more concealed.

The forest is not big. After walking for about an hour, Ai Fuli suddenly whispered: "Look!"

Everyone stopped, followed the direction he pointed, and looked at the black castle standing on the cliff at the end of a small road ahead through the shadows of trees.

"That should be Ghost Castle." Avery said.

"Shall we move a little closer?" Dante asked.

"Let's go, take a look at the edge of the forest first, don't go out of the forest, otherwise we may be discovered without shelter, those damned vampires have good noses." Afuri made a decision.

The others had no objection. They were completely attracted by the castle, so that they forgot the possible threats around them for a moment.

"Ah!" A short cry sounded, and Alexander found that the body of another mid-level priest walking beside him suddenly flew backwards in a very strange posture, as if someone had grabbed his neck and pulled his whole body Bring them all.

The priest's back hit the tree trunk heavily, and then rolled down, life or death unknown.

While calling the priest's name, Alexander drew out his staff.

But there was no target, and he didn't even see clearly what direction the attack was coming from. A paladin ran up quickly to help the unconscious priest, but just when he was about to touch the priest, his body It was also suddenly lifted up and flew out.

"Damn, these bastards!" Avery cursed, and he used several blessings with his staff, not only on the two injured people, but also in the aimless void in front of him, because he didn't know the other party at all. where to hide.

Where the white light passed, it turned into a little bit of starlight, which looked very beautiful in the dark night, but no one was in the mood to appreciate it.

When Alfred used blessings to eliminate various negative states, Augustine used the staff to release a large-scale harmful magic "brightness", which was very expensive, but he did not hesitate. The moment a mysterious force was raised, a bright light enveloped his chest.

With a bang, a figure appeared from the air and rushed towards Augustine.

Alexander escaped unharmed and fell from mid-air.

Augustine only felt that he was swept in by a black hurricane, and there was a sharp pain in his chest. He tried not to groan, and he was still holding the staff tightly in his hand, and he lifted it up with difficulty, trying to put it down again. A light shines all over, but the wrist is broken immediately, the staff falls, and the ability to attack is completely lost.

"Ha ha……"

"Don't let him die, this high-ranking priest looks good and can be brought to the auction..."

Only then did everyone realize that there was more than one blood clan attacking them. Ai Fuli gritted his teeth and rushed towards the person who grabbed Augustine. Sting, however, easily dodged Avery's attack.

In the darkness, another blood race appeared behind Ai Fuli, and his five fingers grabbed Ai Fuli's heart.

His speed was too fast, Dante rushed forward reluctantly, but he couldn't keep up with the opponent's movements.

At this time, a dazzling white light suddenly enveloped the opponent's arm.