Irene watched as the boundless darkness enveloped everything in front of her, and then sighed helplessly.

"There's no escape now."

While talking to herself, Irene turned her head to look around, the spiritual fire that was originally used for lighting had been completely swallowed up by the darkness, and there was only pitch black as far as the eye could see. However, Irene is well aware that this is not ordinary darkness, but the effect of her brother activating the ultimate protection of the Night City, the Dark Veil. This is the ultimate defensive enchantment that was created at the beginning of the Night City. Once this barrier is unfolded, the boundless darkness will envelop the entire castle without a trace of light. No one can enter or leave this place until the barrier disappears on its own. Thinking of this, Irene sighed lightly, it seems that the elder brother has indeed fallen into madness, and he even did such a thing as opening the enchantment. Of course, Irene knew that he was trying to catch himself, but in order to catch himself, he would be so desperate? If it weren't for the pressure of the dragon power on Ion's body, Irene would even wonder if her brother had been dropped? Otherwise, how could he have done such a crazy move?

But now it doesn't make sense to think about it, in fact, Irene has a vague sense that her brother will become like this. Because just now when she faced the attack of those necromantic creatures, she felt a rather familiar aura——— which was what she had been facing for all this time, that is, the distorted chaos that was born from the world world called the earth.

Because of this, after noticing that something was wrong, Irene's first reaction was to turn around and run. She knew better than anyone else what would happen if she got her hands on it. So Ireen decisively used her blood to activate the passage hidden in the castle for escape, and got into it. And now......... She's in the middle of it.

I don't know if this escape route can escape the search of my brother.

Irene stretched out her right hand and made a gesture, very quickly. A bright light flashed around her, and then it turned into a dark and drowsy bracelet that fell over Irene's hand. And with the appearance of the bracelet, the aura on Irene suddenly converged. For Irene, this is also a helpless move, she and her brother are twins. It's a dragon again, if you don't rely on this means to restrain your breath, then it will be a matter of minutes to be caught by him. Although the "Forbidden Demon Bracelet" will also suppress the soul power in his body while sealing his breath, at least his combat ability is still fine......... Well......... Although it has been suppressed to the level of human form, it is also a lot higher than that of ordinary humans, so I guess it's fine.

Thinking of this, Irene reached out and clenched the sword in her hand, and then she walked forward quickly.

Although it was pitch black in front of me. But at the level of Irene, she basically doesn't need light to see the affairs in front of her. It was clear that she was currently in an ancient escape route. The escape route of the Night City is different from other places, in order to prevent being caught by the other party, the ancients used the method of design to open the teleportation channel, only one person can be teleported at a time, and it is a random teleportation to one of the passages. This is also to avoid a pursuer following closely behind, once someone follows the former into the teleportation tunnel. He would then be teleported to another escape route. Since each escape route is independent, there is little fear of encountering others. This is also the reason why Ireneen is so relieved. Escape routes lead in all directions, throughout the Night City. It would be impossible for Ion to find it even if he wanted to turn it upside down, and he wouldn't even think about it unless he turned the whole night capital upside down.

I don't know if the Dark Curtain Enchantment will block my retreat.

With a little worry, Irene sped forward without touching the ground. Although she never came to the escape route. However, the escape routes here are carved with symbols and words that only dragons can recognize, so Ireen can easily follow the escape routes to find the exit.

However, this escape route is really long.

As she followed the pathway, Irene became more and more curious, accompanied by a deeper understanding. She noticed that the passage in front of her was becoming more and more dilapidated, and the patterns on it were gradually changing to the old traditional pattern. And Irene could keenly notice that as she advanced, the passage began to slope gradually, as if it was going deep underground. This also made her more and more confused and curious. But even so, Irene still didn't stop, although she likes archaeology very much, but now is obviously not the time to appreciate ancient murals, if she is chased by someone sent by her brother, then she will be in trouble. Even her brother can't resist the erosion of chaos, and Irene is worried about whether she can withstand it. In any case, there is a way out only by getting out of here.

In the darkness of the night, Irene's figure flew forward so fast, so fast that she couldn't even hear footsteps in the passage. As the princess of the Night Country, Ireen of course knows how powerful the tracking skills of the undead are in the Dao Dao, they never rely on their eyes to lock on to their prey, but more through the soul breath and sound, although they are now in the underground passage, but the Night City has a special facility for monitoring the underground, and if you don't get it right, you may be discovered.

Well?

As Irene sped through a passage, she suddenly slowed down and came to a ghostly halt. Then Irene frowned, wary eyes ahead. She could sense that not far around the corner ahead, something was hiding there.

Could it be that my brother's pursuers had found him so quickly, and were about to surround him? Thinking of this, Irene couldn't help but sink slightly, but soon she shook her head. If it was those undead creatures around his brother, then it would be impossible for him to notice it. In the previous battle, this was what terrified Irene. Although she was surrounded by so many undead creatures, if she closed her eyes and felt them, she would not be able to detect their presence at all. It's just too dangerous to fight such a tricky enemy. The undead creature in front of him seemed to be just an ordinary undead creature ——— Irene could sense the pure necromantic aura emanating from the other party's body, just like most of the original necromantic creatures in the Night Kingdom.

Could it be that there are secret guards in the escape route?

Irene thought about it for a moment, but couldn't think of anything. She only learned about the existence of these escape routes from the records of the dragons, and she didn't say anything about what was inside. In case it's really a secret guard. So I have a little more help, but ......... Be careful. Thinking of this, Irene clenched her sword and walked forward.

One step, two steps, three steps. Irene held her breath. Vigilantly staring at the corner of the hallway, the other party seemed to be completely unaware of her presence, just standing there not knowing what Lu Dao was doing. Irene, on the other hand, held her breath, squinted her eyes, and strolled forward with her whole body tense like a graceful cheetah preparing to hunt its prey. Then...............

"Whoa———!!

With a barely audible sound of breaking through the air, the sword in Irene's hand suddenly turned in the darkness and stabbed towards the corner of the wall. Almost at the same time, Irene's body completely fused with the sword light. Suddenly, she stabbed forward, and before the other party could react, the sharp blade in Irene's hand was already against her throat.

"Don't move."

Irene looked at the bright red eyes in front of her that were wide open with surprise, and whispered. After confirming the identity of the other party, she became more and more nervous. Because those bright red eyes can only say one thing, that is, the other party is ———

“…………… Angelinte? ”

Irene widened her eyes as she looked at the girl standing in front of her, too frightened to move. The girl in front of her was all the more familiar to her. After all, during the time of the Void Lord, she was the one who took care of herself. And because of that. When she saw the girl in front of her, Irene's first reaction was whether she had fallen for some illusion.

“……… How did you end up here? ”

"Gong, Her Royal Highness the Princess..............."

Hearing Irene's curious inquiry, Angelinte's face was also embarrassed, her eyes wandered and looked around, but she didn't know what to say at all. Look at the way she looks. Irene knew that there must be something wrong with this, but now, being able to have a familiar person as her companion still made her tense mood relax a lot. And more importantly, Irene didn't take Angelinte's body. Feeling the chaotic aura that gave me a headache, it showed that the girl in front of me was still very safe.

（……… Well, don't talk. ）

Just as Angeline was about to say something more, Irene interrupted her with a wave of her hand. She stared at the bright red eyes, waved her hand slightly, and then quietly put away her sword and gestured around. Angelint understood what she meant, and nodded slightly. Soon, Angelinte's voice sounded in Irene's head.

(Your Royal Highness, you're back.) ）

(Well, I didn't have long since I returned, and His Majesty Rhodes and they came back safe and sound.) ）

(His Majesty Rhodes has returned?) ）

(Well, but then again............... What are you doing here? ）

（……………… ）

Facing Irene's smiling gaze, Angeline was silent for a moment, then lowered her head in some embarrassment.

(That......... On the orders of Lord Marlene, I have come to investigate the information here............... ）

Hearing this, Irene smiled slightly, and she understood why Angeline would be so embarrassed to see her. Angelinte used to be a native of the Night Country, but now she has become a spy for the Void Lord, returning to the Night City to investigate information, but accidentally encountering the main master, it is impossible to say that she is not embarrassed. However, Irene didn't mind this, on the contrary, she happened to need Angelinte's help.

(Angelinte, can you tell me what's been going on lately?) ）

(Her Royal Highness, Princess?) ）

Hearing this, Angelinte's eyes widened in surprise and she looked at the girl in front of her in surprise. Obviously, she was hesitant to explain the information she had previously investigated to the Moon Princess in front of her. In the face of her gaze, Irene nodded solemnly.

(Please, things are already bad in the Night Nation right now.) And if I'm not mistaken, there's chaos involved, and things are getting more and more chaotic out there. I suspect my brother has also suffered from the encroachment of Chaos, so I need your help, Angelinte. ）

（……… Well, Her Royal Highness the Princess)

Hearing about this has something to do with chaos. Angelinte's eyes lit up, and she hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He began to tell Irene what he had seen and heard.

As Angelin herself said, she came to the Night Capital on Marlene's orders, after the Night Nation once again began to invade the borders of the Void Realm. Both Marlene and Alice believe that it is necessary to send someone to gather information on the Night Capital and see what is going on inside the Night Nation. And Angelinte, as the highest-ranking and oldest undead creature in the Void Realm, was naturally chosen ——— deservedly. Of course, Angeline didn't care about this, after all, Esvile was dead, and now that the vampires were scattered, she had enough power to protect herself, and she was familiar with the rules of the undead. Even sneaking into the Night City is not a difficult task, so Angeline set off for the Night City and began to secretly gather information.

And because of this, she also witnessed what Ion did, which surprised Angelinte, and like Irene, she had never seen such a crazy side of the Dark Dragon at all. Not only that, but as a vampire species. Angeline also discovered something even stranger. That is, Ion actually uncharacteristically promoted the vampire species and made it his own personal guard!

Angelinte, of course, knew that the Dao Vampire Species had no status in front of the Dark Dragon. Therefore, this unusual behavior also aroused her curiosity. If you change to another race, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for Angelin to break into the enemy. But who told Ion that he was promoting the vampire species? As the oldest descendant of the Bloodline, Angelinte's hand is simply novice-level difficulty to play deep behind enemy lines.

Soon, Angelinte discovers the secret.

(You mean, the elder brother is creating bloodlines on a large scale?!) ）

Hearing this, Irene's eyes widened in surprise. Looking at Angelinte in front of her. Angelinte, on the other hand, nodded solemnly.

(That's right, Your Highness the Princess.) It is not an easy task for the Bloodline to create descendants, and it does not mean that if we suck the blood of others, we will turn them into bloodsuckers. At most, a person whose blood is drained will only become a ghoul after death, unless he has a unique talent of his own. It can be awakened after sucking blood, otherwise it is only a ghoul at best. In order to create a descendant of the Bloodline, we need to condense the life essence in our body and put it into the other person's body like a plant, so that it can be transformed into a bloodsucking seed. But His Majesty Ion didn't know what means Lu Dao used to change all this, he injected the vampires with a very strange black blood, and then those vampires could completely transform them as long as they bitten people! ）

After that, things were very simple, Angeline wanted to explore the secret of that black blood, and it didn't take much effort, and she finally found some clues. But because of this, he was almost discovered, and after realizing that he had aroused suspicion, the little one immediately turned around and slipped away. However, the other party also launched an arrest operation at this moment, and the desperate Angelinte, who was chased, had no choice but to quietly escape with the help of a well in the abandoned part of the palace, but was washed by the underground waterway I don't know how long it took to be in the tunnel, anyway, when she woke up, she found herself in this dilapidated tunnel. And Angelin naturally wanted to leave here, but unfortunately she couldn't read the dragon script, so instead of going out of the way, she stepped on the trap several times and almost lost her life here. In desperation, Angeline had no choice but to take the stupidest and easiest solution——— which was to wait here for His Majesty Rhodes to return before summoning herself back. Anyway, as a bloodsucker, he can't die without eating for a year and a half. But once she gets caught by those black weird guys, then Angeline is really in trouble.

(Black weird guys?) ）

(Yes, Your Highness the Princess, they have been following His Majesty's side, and their whole bodies are wrapped in black robes, and they don't know what they are.) But I don't think they're alive or dead......... All in all, they're responsible for the transformation of the vampire species, and I've seen them once............... Saying this, Angeline couldn't help but shudder, she couldn't forget the scene in front of her now. The normally majestic vampires were hung from metal hooks like lambs to the slaughter, forced to open their mouths wide open, and then the black-robed creatures reached out and shoved a strange bottle of potion into their mouths. The vampires who took the potion would wail in pain, scream, convuls, and then ——— and then they would become something more dangerous and insane.

(Are they undead?) ）

(I don't think so, at least as far as I can remember, I've never seen anything like it in the Night Realm before.) ）

Angelin was very sure of this, and when she heard the vampire speak, Irene nodded slightly, it seemed that her brother had really gone wrong.

(Okay, let's move on, I can read the signs a little bit, and if I'm not mistaken, just follow the passage and you'll reach the exit.) ）

（………… Over there? ）

Looking in the direction of Irene's finger, Angeline was stunned for a moment, and then she became sad.

(Your Royal Highness, are you sure it's over there?) ）

（…………… What's the problem? ）

(I don't have a problem, but.................. ）

Speaking of this, Angelin glanced at the depths of the dark passage with some hesitation.

（………… There's a madman over there............... (To be continued......)