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Lyons ignored Samus and stared at the curse mark for a long time before getting dressed and leaving the oil painting.

The hall is empty and quiet. This private building belonging to vampires now houses a hunter and a human baron.

Samus occupied the single sofa very familiarly, and sat where the usual guests should sit.

There were only two candlesticks on the coffee table, and the two burning candles were of different lengths, with wax tears piled up under the candlesticks.No tea set, no dessert.In order to check the roster conveniently, even the copper ornaments were taken away by Mass as a toy.

"How did you hide it from Andre?" Samus sat on the guest seat, stretched out his hand and gave a gesture of invitation, without the restraint and low-key of a guest.

This is Samus, the leader of the Dawn Crow, who stands on the top of the Vesenor Tower, is in charge of intelligence and contacts, and grabs jewels from power.

Lioness was not surprised by Samus's change of mood.Although he had only met him a few times, he knew the man well.The pupils who were nimble and cunning when they were children are bound to build a lair in the main city where the dark tide is surging.

"How much do you know about me?" Lyons asked.

"From your conversations and the rumors from the main city, the pieces are basically complete," Samus said.

Lyons stared at Samus, his eyes turned a little darker red than that of the blood race, and the dark brown in the middle of the pupil closely fit the surrounding red, like a fruit core wrapped in a dark red plant.

"Sunwalker..."

"You can understand that," Lyons said. "I used a little illusion on Andre. It seems to work well."

"Can a hybrid of human and vampire fool a third-generation vampire? Lyons, I'm not easy to fool."

"It's not just mixed blood." Lyons said, "In the beginning, hunters were not a profession, but a family."

Samus was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Lioness meant.

In the legend of Vesenor, besides the blood race, there is another race that contends with it.They are composed of human elites, who have hunted vampires and protected Vesenor for generations.Due to the deliberate selection of spouses with outstanding abilities, the children born in the family are often strong, intelligent, and have the talent to practice witchcraft formations.

They live in the mysterious forbidden area, travel through the deep forest to hunt vampires.

This family gradually declined due to conflicts within the family, and finally retired to seclusion and disappeared from the eyes of the world.

"Gavin found my mother, the last bloodline of this family." Lyons said, "Gavin has praised her more than once as a unparalleled treasure in the world and his long-lost love. In fact, he just admired her in his veins. The blood that flows belongs to the hunter."

"It is rumored that this family is not afraid of the vampire's venom, and their lifespan is longer than that of human beings. During the generations of breeding, they have evolved the ability to resist the blood race." Samus thought, and asked, "Is Gavin doing it for this? "

"Gavin believed that thirsting for blood was the behavior of a rude beast. He wanted to find a way to become a 'god', so he bred a child with both hunter and vampire blood. Gavin's blood was pure and balanced after combining with the hunter's blood .I don’t need to drink blood to fill my stomach, and I haven’t found any disadvantages for the time being except for excessive mood swings.” Lyons said, “Therefore, Gavin’s experiment was a success.”

"Visenor is just one of his many goals, and the blood race is the same. His goal is to get you." Samus figured out the reason and kept his eyes on Lyons.

"It's me." Reins readily admitted, "After the blood was restored, I remembered many things intermittently. Including the part of Gavin's memory that I read after killing him. He used to plant curses on chess pieces Seal, Roy, Bernal IV, me. Gavin does not allow the pawn to escape from his palm. This curse seal is aimed at the blood race, and it will not take effect until my bloodline awakens."

"You take Andre away and leave me, what do you want to do?"

Lyons picked up the ancient book on one side and turned to a page: "Please enter the urn."

Samus is familiar with many languages ​​and can play all kinds of musical instruments, but he has little research on witchcraft spells. He looked at the formations displayed by Lyons, and the complicated lines made his eyes hurt, but he couldn't figure out why. .

The lack of knowledge of witchcraft did not affect Samus' guessing of Lions' intentions. He ignored the ancient books raised in front of him and looked at Lions: "My intuition tells me that this urn is not a formation."

If it was just to trap and kill Gavin through the formation, there was absolutely no need for Reins to hide his curse mark.There must be something involved in Lyons' plan that Andre wouldn't allow.As for the "urn" that can accommodate Gavin, apart from the trap for catching the vampires, there is only the body he is looking for.

Lyons closed the ancient book and confirmed Samus' reasoning: "It's not the formation, it's me."

Even though he had already guessed, Samus still felt the hairs on Lyons' plan stand on end.The water in Samus' peach blossom eyes disappeared completely, and he stood up abruptly from the single sofa: "Are you crazy?"

"Let a monster enter your body? Leaving aside whether you can really kill Gavin, Reigns, you can only think of such an idea!" Samus glared at Reines, obviously angry.

Not only because of Lions, but also because of Dai Zhu, and also because of Roy.

Samus is sensitive enough.When Dai Zhu sent him away without saying a word, Samus saw the scythe of death waving towards them.And giving away the ring represented Roy's formal betrayal of Gavin, and he must have paid the due price.If he hadn't exposed Lions' lies tonight, Lions would have concealed everything by himself, and walked out of this near-death game.

Samus clearly realized the insignificance and fragility of human beings at this moment.

"Samus," Lyons called him, "this is war."

Samus's gaffe lasted only half a minute, and his calm and frivolity were put back on his face like a mask.Samus looked at Reins, made an obscene gesture to the ancient book in his hand, and cursed in the most polite tone: "Go to tm war."

The last two candles in the hall were extinguished.The tree trunks and branches swaying in the rain are reflected on the stairs, and the gray shadows spread all over the floor, as if dancing a waltz without rhythm.

In the corner between the landing and the wall, Samus watched the rain with a fat bat in his arms.

He finally agrees with Lioness' plan.The formation in the ancient book is the most powerful offensive formation that Lions can find.Not only the body, but also the soul can be destroyed.After introducing Gavin into Lions' body, activate the formation.That's the whole plan for Lioness.

Samus ran over the letter in his hand, wondering if he had missed anything.

Fat bats are not used to "nests" that are too hot, and they are not at all restful in his hands.

In the end, Samus stuffed the two letters into the letter box at the bat's feet, and said: "This is for Karl. This is for your master. Then go to No. 182 in the noble district of the main city and press this down. If you remember something wrong, eat it." Bat soup."

The fat bat squeaked, looked at him with extremely contemptuous eyes, and disappeared into the rainy night.

Mankind has a way for man to overcome.He is a crow hiding behind his back and playing with people's hearts. As for those noble concealment and sacrifice, it is not a character that a crow should understand.

***

Fat bats shuttled nimbly in the rainy night.Skimming rushing rivers, skimming dark wine estates, stopping at the spire of the cross on top of the church.

The bat straightened its wet short hair, landed outside the round glass window, skillfully cut a round opening with its claws, and squeezed in.

Priests were given full authority over church affairs, so Roy also moved to the cathedral for office.

At this moment, aromatherapy is burning in the house, and dim light shines from the top of the head.Roy lost a lot of weight in just a few days.

He consulted all the ancient books about formation and witchcraft and finally found the spell used by Gavin.The condition for the spell to be activated is a change of heart.That is to say, as long as he can fool himself, the spell will only warn, but Gavin will not be notified.

Just like this, the tingling pain and mental conflict that spread throughout the body from time to time are enough to torture Roy.

"Bang! Bang!"

There were two random and rough knocks on the door, and the door of the office was kicked open by a bat.The bat dropped a letter, gave him a second look, and flew off with the other in the letterbox.

Roy opened the letter with an increasingly serious expression.

The bat came out of the church and found No. 182 in the noble district.

The backyard of Samus' villa has always been empty, with all kinds of weird machines piled up.The bat stepped on one of them, and one of the fireworks, which was not gorgeous, even looked ugly, was lifted into the sky.

At the same time, the "crows" who had been hiding in various places after the morning crows disbanded were attracted by the fireworks in the rain, and rushed to the homes of various nobles one after another, leaving behind a letter that had already been written.

Last night, the fat bat snorted twice, swaggered and took a piece of dried meat from Samus' kitchen to start a new journey.

And the main city, after another night of heavy rain, ushered in a new climax of gossip - the pope attempted to murder Samus and his wife, and the baron came to seek justice for his dead wife.

At the same time, the nobles were counting the letters while enjoying their breakfast. When they received a letter with crow-shaped wax and was handed it to their hands, all the nobles stopped their movements.

The letter was short and hasty, with only twelve words in total, without even a signature: "The royal family is not guaranteed, the priest is rebellious, so discuss it early."

On this day, several carriages and umbrellas appeared in the heavy rain, and they went to the church from various places in the noble district.

The royal family and the church are the two largest power structures in Wissenor, and they can only live in peace under mutual checks and balances.The pope gained power day by day, and the nobles were anxious all day long.They are also afraid of being fooled by the Pope, who will deprive them of power and wealth, and fall into the dirtiest streets of the main city.

Roy looked at the gathered nobles, heard the people's doubts and dissatisfaction with the Pope conveyed by the priest, and remembered the last sentence of Samus' letter last night.

"My lord priest, let's see the power of connections."

The author says:

Lyons: I want to die.

Samus: Get out!

Andre: You wait (laughs)

Lyons: ...