N city flights, first class, dawn.

The slightly harsh light of dawn shone into the cabin, and Marianne squinted, dropped the partition casually, and then flipped the thick pages of the book in her hand to the next chapter.

It is a book called "Children of the Sun", one of the books on Andella's bookshelf, and the pages are very old, as if they have been read many times.

During the time she boarded the plane, the memory lines in her mind were renewed again.

This time, the key words are stone ghost masks and monsters with immortal bodies.

Instead of choosing to act with Ikeda and the others, she staggered her flight and went to the former site of Dracula's Castle alone.

In Marianne's "renewed" memories, the trio eventually found the monster's weakness in fear of sunlight and completely destroyed it by sealing it in a magic crystal, however, when she regained this memory, she noticed a problem that she had ignored at the time.

That night, Gu Yun once came up with a theory.

With the characteristics of that monster, if he devoured a creature that could overcome the only weakness of sunlight, he would become a perfect creature in the truest sense of the word.

Its characteristics give it the possibility of infinite evolution, and it is hard to imagine how far it will evolve if it is allowed to survive for centuries.

Although the monsters of W City were wiped out by the Magic Crystal, the research on the Stone Ghost Mask never stopped.

Marianne's discovery of seven books on stone ghost masks in Andrea's home is enough to show that Andrea's theft of the stone ghost mask from the museum was not improvised, but premeditated, and in addition to this, she has conducted another aspect of research over the years.

These include Clopera's spell book, as well as a book called The Children of the Sun.

Marianne felt that this was no coincidence, the ancient Egyptians believed in the sun god, and the rulers of dynasties, including Clopella, considered themselves to be the children of the sun.

However, these works only introduce the belief system between the ancient Egyptians and the sun god, and Marianne has read most of it without any clues.

Could it be that Andella's plan was to have a monster in the Stone Ghost Mask devour a pharaoh to overcome her weakness of fear of the sun?

But centuries ago, the ancient Egyptian dynasties had long since perished, and they were on the European continent, and without the convenient means of transportation such as airplanes, how could they find a pharaoh in a short time?

Marianne's mood gradually became irritable, and the memories in her mind were like squeezing toothpaste, and her intuition told her that Andella's purpose was not just about the stone ghost mask, but she really couldn't think of a specific plan to implement it until her memory was updated to Andella's next step.

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At the same time, July 16, 1460, early in the morning.

With the dawn, the carriage slowly drove into the forest path.

Gu Yun, who was driving the carriage, didn't look very happy.

Marianne and Vera's guess proved correct, and when the monster came into contact with the magic crystal sealed with the power of the sun, suddenly the whole person twisted together and turned to powder screaming in less than a few seconds.

A monster that is almost immortal has been defeated by an inconspicuous magic crystal.

The previous successors of the Stone Ghost Mask may have also casually turned into nothingness.

What Gu Yun was looking forward to was a victory or defeat with an unpredictable outcome, not this kind of anticlimactic ending, the only thing that made him look forward to it was the words that he said with a cruel smile before the monster completely disappeared.

"We'll meet again in the near future."

No trace of the stone ghost mask was found at the scene, and the specific identity of the monster could not be identified, but according to their speculation, the person wearing the mask should be one of the Egyptian language experts among the three Andella, and the strange Asian male he had seen during the battle.

The shade of the trees shaded the sun, and the chirping of birds and beasts could be heard in the grass on both sides of the path, and the whole forest looked alive, but Vera and Marianne said that the forest was full of death and danger.

Half of the merchants who pass through here every year don't make it out alive.

However, this forest is blocked between Port Z and W City, and although they know that danger lurks, merchants still flock to it.

As long as they can successfully transport the goods from Port Z to W City, the profit of one time is enough for them to live in wealth for several years, and the merchants of this era are also licking blood on the tip of the knife.

The source of all the crises is the Edward tribe who live deep in the forest.

Unlike the Brando, the werewolf tribe still lives in primitive colonies in the forest, and humans are one of their main sources of food.

Werewolves have similar habits to wolves, and tend to move in groups when hunting, while werewolves who live in cities are often ordinary people who have been accidentally infected with the werewolf plague.

Even witchers don't want to deal with werewolf tribes, because if they are accidentally bitten or scratched, they will be infected with epidemics and eventually become monsters that feed on people's hearts.

I don't know how long it took to act, Gu Yun suddenly stopped the carriage.

A werewolf blocked their way.

This "ferocious" werewolf was sitting on the rocks on the side of the road, holding a half-gnawed red apple in his hand, and his big watery eyes stared at Gu Yun curiously.

The main reason why Gu Yun could recognize the other party's identity at a glance was because of the pointed ears on the top of her head and the big fluffy tail that wagged a few times behind her from time to time.

However, Gu Yun couldn't do it.

Because she seemed to be a few years younger than Gu Tiantian, and since he came over, she had only been staring at him and the carriage.

"It's a werewolf cub."

Vera, who poked her head out, said after taking a look.

Werewolves of pure blood are not able to hide their traits until they reach a certain age.

The Witcher's Guild once wiped out a werewolf colony, and the witchers who participated in the operation found many children with obvious werewolf signs in the settlement.

Of course, they call werewolf offspring pups, because they can distinguish them from humans very well, and they may feel a little better when they are killed.

"Huh? Why do werewolf cubs appear here? ”

As far as Vera knows, werewolves leave their children in the village until they grow up, so it's hard to see werewolf cubs anywhere else than in werewolf settlements.

Has the cub been lost or abandoned by the tribe?

"What are you doing here? Don't stay out alone, I've heard people say the forest isn't very safe. ”

Gu Yun turned over and dismounted, persuading the other party.

It's just that his words of persuasion make Vera's head full of black lines.

Friend, the main reason why this forest is not safe is because of the werewolves living here.

"Everyone is hurt, I'll go home together when everyone recovers."

The werewolf girl said with her head tilted.