Tome of Blood

"Ouch, pain pain pain pain pain!"

Falling from the teleportation, the blood girl only felt her head hit an iron plate, causing her to grin her teeth in pain.

Until the somewhat weak voice of the middle-aged knight came from below her:

"Miss, you... are pressing on my wound."

The girl's face froze, and only then did she realize that she fell directly on the knight's body, and it was the knight's uneven armor that was in close contact with her forehead just now.

But at this moment, the gap in the knight's breastplate was faintly seeping blood.

"Hug hug hug... sorry! Rachel! I didn't mean to!"

The girl let out an exclamation, and quickly twisted her body bound by five flowers, and chrysalis to the side like a big caterpillar.

Then, she immediately brought her small face up cautiously, and asked worriedly:

"You... are you in pain? You're bleeding!"

"Ahem, I still can't die, the elf avoided the vital point when attacking..."

The middle-aged knight coughed twice and said with a pale face.

As he spoke, he struggled to get up, but was stopped by the girl in an instant:

"Don't move, I'll untie you!"

But after she finished speaking, she realized that she was still tied up by Wu Hua Da.

"Dagger... I have a dagger on my waist..."

The knight is weak and authentic.

Only then did the girl look at the knight, and soon found the dagger.

Like a caterpillar, she struggled to reach the proper position, barely took the dagger from the knight's waist with her hands behind her back, and then wove the magic vine on her body little by little. The forbidden chains were cut.

After gaining freedom, she didn't care to catch her breath, and hurriedly cut off the chains on the knight.

"Quick! Heal your wounds first!"

The girl helped the knight up with difficulty, and then took out a water bag from her bosom.

However, after opening the lid of the water bag, a strong smell of blood rushed to his face. The water bag was not filled with water, but blood.

Because it was left for too long, the blood in the water bag had already solidified, but the girl seemed to be used to it.

She bit her fingertips again and dripped a drop of her own blood into the water bag.

As if some kind of miraculous chemical reaction had taken place, as the girl's blood merged, the coagulated blood soon melted again.

The knight supported his body with difficulty, trying to take the water bag from the girl's hand, but was stopped by the girl again:

"Don't move around, I'll feed you."

"Rahail! You are my last family member, and I don't want to see anything happen to you! This is an order!"

Looking at the girl's stubborn gaze, the middle-aged knight felt a little helpless, but finally opened his mouth obediently, and the girl took the opportunity to send blood into his mouth.

The blood gushed out, the knight's throat surged, and his eyes immediately emitted a strange crimson light.

As he drank the blood, his pale complexion gradually returned to normal, and the wounds on his body also slowly healed.

Seeing that the knight's state had recovered, the girl breathed a sigh of relief, and then collapsed on the ground with confidence:

"Huh... the blood race is not useless, at least this kind of healing method is really beyond the reach of humans."

"Fortunately, I kept an eye out and prepared the teleportation circle long ago, otherwise we would really become Castel's prisoners today!"

After finishing speaking, she asked with some doubts:

"Lahaier, tell me... hasn't Sebastian, the Crimson Flame Blade, already dropped down? Why is he still so strong? Even you, who beat Silver Moon's invincible hands all night, are no match for you?"

"And... what is the origin of the heir of the Castel family? That stinky book spirit is so respectful to her, and even betrayed me, the contractor!"

"Strange! It's so strange! The Necronomicon didn't treat that perverted Earl of Shedito that well before! He's a follower of the Gorefiend Grand Duke!"

The middle-aged knight Lahair thought for a moment, then shook his head:

"I am not sure……"

"After becoming a blood race, my strength at night is much stronger than during the day, but I can clearly feel that I am no match for Sebastian, the Crimson Flame Blade..."

"He's not an ordinary Yinyue. He was originally from Chiyang's lowered rank. Before his lowered rank, he was well-known in the mercenary circles of the Eastern Unet Blackland and Koria Kingdom."

"Now it seems...he may have found some way to restore his strength. Although he has not fully recovered to Chiyang, it is probably far from being comparable to ordinary Yinyue."

"As for Castel's heir, I've heard some rumors about mercenaries, and I have some uncertain guesses..."

The girl's heart moved slightly:

"you say!"

The middle-aged knight Lahair pondered for a moment and said:

"There are rumors that Charlotte of Castel a year ago was attacked by the Gorefiend Sect and awakened the gods, and was favored by the Lord Harald..."

"Not long ago, there were rumors that a miracle occurred at her coming-of-age ceremony, and the glory of God Lord Haral descended directly."

"She... is probably the saint chosen by the gods!"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid the Necronomicon has felt the power of God Lord Harald."

"You know, for such evil holy artifacts, the power of the Holy Royal Court is their greatest terror..."

After hearing what the knight said, the girl frowned:

"Can the saintess of the holy court...can be called a noble and great 'existence'?"

The middle-aged knight shook his head:

"That's not clear... She can't be a reincarnated god, right? In that case, the Theocracy would have sent the Knights Templar to escort her long ago, but look at Castel's convoy, even its own armored cavalry Only more than a hundred people came, obviously not taken seriously."

After hearing the middle-aged knight's words, the girl's face was still a little ugly.

She sighed:

"Forget it, I'll ask that damn book spirit directly in a while."

After finishing speaking, she felt uncomfortable even after thinking left and right, and said depressedly:

"Damn it! The information given by that squinting-eyed prince is too inaccurate! If I had known that the masters around Castel were so strong, and if I had known that Castel had so many tricks, I would definitely have slaughtered him! The commission must be doubled at least, no, doubled! No, tripled!"

"Cough cough cough...Miss, even if the commission is tripled, such an opponent is not something we can deal with."

"But I can ask for help! Many of those vampires are very interested in this castle. In exchange for the castle, I don't believe that I can't find an earl-level vampire! I don't believe that an earl-level vampire can't deal with them." ! A divinely favored person who has only been awakened for a year is not that powerful!"

Rachel: ...

"Miss, a castle is worth more than a commission."

The middle-aged knight couldn't help but said.

"But this is not our castle. Now that our identities have not been revealed, we may still be able to stay here, but we will leave sooner or later, and it is impossible to sell it to mortals. It will harm others."

"Take a castle that is destined not to belong to us in exchange for Castel's head, plus a large commission, and maybe the friendship of a blood earl, I think it's worth it!"

The girl said excitedly.

After hearing her words, the middle-aged knight was speechless.

As if thinking of something, he couldn't help asking:

"Speaking of which, miss, did you really put our mission contract in the storage ring?"

"How is it possible? They were all lied to! I have always kept the mission contract in the castle."

The girl shook her head and said proudly.

After hearing her words, the middle-aged knight's eyes were a little surprised, and the girl looked a little uncomfortable:

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No... I just didn't expect that you would lie too."

The knight shook his head.

The girl was silent.

After a while, she said silently:

"After all... People have to grow up. From the moment I was turned into a blood race, I am not the same as I used to be."

Then, she sighed again:

"However, our mission has failed..."

"As long as there is a way out, there is still hope for everything, miss, we still have a chance in the future."

The middle-aged knight comforted.

After hearing what the knight said, the girl's expression softened slightly.

She patted her face and cheered herself up:

"You're right, we still have a chance."

After that, she pursed her lips, took out a scroll that had been drawn in advance, and said through gritted teeth:

"Okay, now it's time to call that damn book spirit back, don't stop me, I'm going to teach it a lesson today! Let it know who is its contractor!"

The Contractor has a contractual connection with the Hallows.

No matter where the sacred artifact is lost, as long as the contract is passed, the contractor can summon it again.

That's why, after the book of the dead was taken away by the other party, the girl was not in a hurry.

However, when she input magic power and activated the summoning scroll drawn in advance, she did not get a response from the Necronomicon.

The scroll was completely burned in the flames of magic power, and the contract did come into effect, and the girl also truly felt that the Necronomicon had received her call, and then... there was no more.

The girl's eyes widened, and her hair exploded instantly:

"Not coming back? It-it-it...how dare it not come back?!"

...

"Master, there is no mercenary contract in the storage ring, we have been fooled."

Holding the tattered package, Sebastian looked a little ugly.

Hearing Sebastian's words, Charlotte slowly opened her eyes and withdrew from consciousness.

Although she already had a vague guess the moment she saw the girl and the knight fleeing, after knowing that she was put together, Charlotte was still somewhat depressed.

However, she quickly adjusted her mood and said with a light smile:

"Forget it, let them go, they will come back."

She just searched with the help of the summoning of blood, and found that the stars representing girls and knights could not be found nearby.

Obviously, the destination of the other party's teleportation is quite far away, and it has already merged with many stars in the Scarlet Star Sea. It will become quite difficult for Charlotte to find the other party in the vast sea of ​​stars with Charlotte's current perception power.

Unless the power of the blood god is used, unless the other party comes near her again, otherwise, it may be difficult for Charlotte to find the other party again.

However, she didn't intend to spend extra power to actively find the two of them.

She knew that those two people would come back sooner or later.

The Necronomicon is still with her, and the blood girl is obviously its contractor, and unless there is a legendary power to take action, it is impossible to unilaterally terminate the sacred contract.

Although there is a contract, the Necronomicon cannot directly betray the contractor, and Charlotte may not be able to learn the girl's specific information from it, and even if she knows the information, the other party can run away... But as long as Charlotte Holding the Necronomicon, in a sense, the blood girl's life is held in her hands.

the reason is simple.

When the Necronomicon uses power, it will consume the power of the contractor. The power of the vampire comes from the blood. That is to say, the girl is likely to rely on the power of the blood and vitality to maintain the operation of the Necronomicon.

This bullying holy artifact does not dare to trouble Charlotte. If Charlotte uses this book, it will definitely continue to absorb the power of the blood girl...

In other words, Charlotte does not plan to sever the contract of the Necronomicon, but intends to rely on the Necronomicon to continue bloodletting the blood girl... With this fatal clue, the other party will definitely try to get the Necronomicon I took the book back.

Thinking of this, Charlotte's heart suddenly moved, and he looked at the Necronomicon in his hand.

At this moment, the Necronomicon flickered slightly, emitting a radiant brilliance.

Feeling some kind of rhythm in the dark, Charlotte smiled like a smile:

"What? You want to run?"

The Necronomicon trembled slightly, the brilliance went out by itself, and it instantly calmed down, as well-behaved as the Holy Tome of Blood.

"That's about the same."

Charlotte nodded in satisfaction.

...

After repeatedly confirming that the girl and the knight could not be tracked by the invalid teleportation array, Charlotte and Sebastian returned to the camp.

As the tide of undead receded, the battle in the camp had also ended, and the mercenaries hired by the knights and the caravan were counting the casualties.

With the protection of Niss's high-level range of magic, the convoy did not suffer many casualties. Except for the knight Darren who was accidentally attacked and killed in the woods alone, only four people died under the undead knife, and all of them were When the wave of undead just launched an attack, they were caught off guard and fought, and died in battle without the protection of divine magic.

There were more than 30 people injured, but the convoy was accompanied by priests, so it was easier to treat them.

"It's also thanks to Ms. Reina's support. If Ms. Reina hadn't acted in time, I'm afraid I would have been killed by the undead."

In the camp, the caravan mercenary who was being treated by Lottie said with emotion.

"Yeah, yeah, me too, me too."

Other mercenaries also echoed.

"Lena?"

Charlotte was a little curious.

"Lena?"

Sebastian was stunned for a moment, only feeling that the name was somewhat familiar.

"It's a young mercenary lady from the Kane firm, she's really quite young!"

A mercenary introduced to Charlotte flatteringly.

Are you a mercenary...

Charlotte suddenly became interested:

"Where is she?"

"She's... huh? Where's Miss Reina?"

"Huh? Where did she go? She was still there just now..."

The mercenaries who were about to introduce Charlotte were slightly taken aback.

Seeing that there was no one to see, Charlotte didn't continue to pester her.

It was just a mercenary. Although she was curious, she was not so curious that she had to meet.

Not all mercenaries like nobles. In fact, many mercenaries, especially the young ones, hate nobles. The other party disappeared at this time, obviously intending to avoid her. Don't force it.

"Those who died in this battle will receive three times the pension."

Returning to her tent, Charlotte ordered Sebas.

As she spoke, she said meaningfully:

"Also... Take a careful count of the people in the convoy to see if there are any suspicious persons, and be careful not to expose yourself."

"Suspicious person?"

Sebas raised an eyebrow.

"For example... a blood clan who hides his identity."

Charlotte said.

Sebas's heart moved slightly, and he nodded solemnly:

"I see."

"Besides, the person who spread the wind and attacked us is a mercenary who knows the undead spell, and the hirer is the third prince of the New Moon Kingdom."

Sebas raised his eyebrows and saluted again:

"Follow your orders."

After getting the order, Sebastian went down to make arrangements.

Charlotte lazily took out a cup of extraordinary blood and drank it slowly.

She didn't forget that there was a blood race hidden in the convoy.

However, the other party has never committed any crimes, and it is very likely that they just took a ride with the Castel team along the way.

If it's just curious, Charlotte doesn't need to use the power of blood to find out the opponent by herself, just leave this kind of thing to Sebas.

Sebastian is already a member of the blood family, and he has a relatively keen sense of the breath of the blood family.

As for the third prince who hired someone to attack her...

Although it was just a one-sided statement of the blood girl, to be honest, Charlotte had already believed it in her heart.

However, it is important to return to the territory now, and Charlotte really doesn't have time to line up with him for the time being.

After all, the third prince belonged to the royal family, and he was surrounded by powerful people to protect him, but he was not the kind of Earl Tulip who she could easily get close to.

Without a mercenary contract, it is true that the opponent's conspiracy cannot be confirmed... But sometimes, rumors can settle a lot of things without definite evidence.

As for the evidence... When the blood race girl obediently came to the door, she would naturally come back.

...

At the same time, in an inconspicuous tent in the Castel motorcade.

The old woman Anna frowned and looked at the girl who lowered her head in front of her:

"Leina, didn't I tell you, don't you take it lightly along the way?"

Lena trembled, raised her head and looked at Anna with her big pitiful eyes. Seeing those beautiful eyes, the old woman softened her heart and said helplessly:

"Forget it, forget it, I wanted to observe it for a while longer, but... since you made a move, we must be exposed too."

"That being the case... Follow me tomorrow to visit Him in person."