Inside the castle bedrooms.

Duke bounced off the bed with a thud, his chest heaving rapidly, gasping for air.

The moment he was watched by those eyes, which seemed to be pregnant with countless darkness and evil, he felt as if he was about to be swallowed and dissolved by endless darkness.

But now the familiar scene around him, the faint light through the curtains, and the real touch of his body told him that he had escaped very narrowly at the last moment.

The extreme discomfort of the spirit's rapid pulling and fleeing made him feel sick to his stomach, and the tension of the rest of his life still made it difficult for him to calm down.

He rolled out of bed, gently opened the closed curtains, and found that the sky outside was only gray with a little light, and in the distance there came a sparse barking of dogs and a wisp of light cooking smoke reminding him that it was the next morning.

He shook his head and forced himself to calm down and think, and was surprised to find that he couldn't accurately estimate how much time had elapsed in that strange space, and therefore the proportions of time between the two sides.

And if according to Duke's previous guess, the golden space should have a great connection with the Church of Light, and those golden energies may be the embodiment of the rich power of light.

Therefore, those whispers will also be filled with divine majesty and oppression, and eventually the information related to the Church of Light can be extracted from these voices.

However, last night's final attempt directly disturbed the unknown evil force, drawing direct attention from his gaze.

This made Duke frightened and puzzled at the same time, he really couldn't understand why the end of the golden space that was supposed to symbolize the best and most beautiful church of light could be such an irresistible and direct evil.

Does this mean that the current Church of Light has long since decayed and become a breeding ground for evil?

Such a dangerous thought flashed through Duke's mind, but he immediately cut it off.

First of all, the Church of Light is still very cautious in its actions, not interfering too much in the world, and often doing things for the benefit of all people, showing a decent style everywhere.

But the Church of Light's current strength on the surface is not something he can afford to provoke, and it is a complete loss to challenge their authority for the sake of an illusory speculation.

He straightened his thoughts a little, and temporarily suppressed the idea of continuing to spy on the golden space recently, planning to slow down for a while and wait for this turmoil to pass before finding a chance to test it.

At this time, he found that his spirit was unusually clear, and he did not have the excessive exhaustion after staying up all night, and it seemed that he could still rest in another space after the spirit body turned into a spirit body.

So he reached out and summoned a water ball, slapped it lightly on his face, and then prepared to wash and change his clothes and start his day's work.

Today he was going to oversee the progress of the welcoming ceremony prepared by Vlavich and Joseph, and last night's experience had made him interested in both the Church of Light and the Holy Maiden of the Church of Light like never before.

If you can find valuable information while preparing for the welcome ceremony, you will not be so distressed to spend these thousands of gold coins.

However, before he could finish his preparations, the hurried footsteps of the guards were heard outside the door, followed by a knock on the door.

"What's the matter?"

A hint of alarm rose in Duke's heart, although the most loyal soldiers were able to reach the castle, but the experience of last night made him a little noisy now, and he had to be more careful.

"Lord, the soldiers of the workshop outside the city have reported that outsiders have broken in!"

Hearing the guards' report, Duke was shocked to learn that the workshop outside the city was the gathering place of the Northland Iron Works and the Anvil Workshop, which had been relocated to Old Neil.

The experiments and tests carried out in it are very top-secret, and the preparation of new weapons and the experiments of simplified steam engines are carried out there, which can be said to be the key defense area of the entire northern dukedom.

Therefore, Duke adjusted the guard level in the vicinity to the energy-powered magic stone mine second only to the Dark Mountains, which was guarded and patrolled by soldiers day and night.

Originally, it was also a suburb of the city, and almost no people would run there, and there were no accidents. Unexpectedly, he received a report of an outsider breaking in early this morning, which made Duke nervous.

"How many people are there in the intruder?"

He opened the door, saw the familiar face of his guard, and asked three questions in succession.

"Uh...... Lord, in fact, there were only two people, and no one was harmed. Seeing his lord standing in front of him in disheveled clothes, the guard replied with some embarrassment.

Two people? No damage?

Duke's skeptical gaze began to wander over his guards, a little unclear.

He originally thought that the foreign intruder should be the size of a small team or even dozens of people, but in the end it was only two people.

This kind of thing is most likely because the people don't understand the ban on entering the forbidden area, and it happened a few times after setting up the two forbidden areas of the workshop and the mine, and in the end, it was just handed over to Lenia to verify her identity and released, and it was not directly reported to him.

The guard was not very comfortable staring at the lord, and quickly added: "The person who came is a man and a woman, and that woman claims to be Her Highness Agnes, the Holy Daughter of the Church of Light. ”

Agnes!

Duke's pupils shrank, and the news quickly sent a huge storm through his mind, making him stand on the spot for a moment.

"Are you sure?"

"We can't be sure that Lord Lenia is already on her way. ”

According to official information, the Holy Maiden and her entourage had just arrived in the north yesterday, and even if they started to rush to their side on the same day, it would be impossible for them to run to their factory overnight.

But as a saint of the Church of Light, it is normal to have some special methods.

The sudden appearance of the saint made Duke have no idea at the moment.

"You go and get your carriage ready, I'll be there later." ”

He made up his mind to go to meet Her Highness the Holy Maiden who suddenly appeared for a while, to see what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd, why did he suddenly carry out this surprise inspection.

Besides, with Lenia here, she can probably handle most of the situations, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.

After all, I had never heard of a saint who was known for her strength, and there were only two of them, and she was forced to use dozens of guns in a hurry, which was enough for them to drink a pot.

Seeing the guards leading the way, Duke snorted and closed the door and continued to get dressed.