Croadic woodland suburbs.

A sprawling manor house sits in the middle of it, nestled by a forest and a river.

It is the most luxurious manor in the area, with a long history of ancient mansions, huge hunting grounds, gardens and cultivated land; The interior of the building is beautifully decorated, the space is spacious, the furniture is beautiful, and expensive huge oil paintings and various carved artworks can be seen everywhere.

And this manor is called Bevo Manor, which belongs to the property of the Fanzhuo family, and the successor to the Duke's throne is Bedren?? Van Zhuo was the lord of the entire manor, and the vassal families of the manor included the side branch family of Bruch.

In a room full of expensive ornaments.

Bedren was sitting upright at a long table, legs folded, and a stack of paperwork in his hands.

On that well-groomed face, you can vaguely see the excellent genes that give Jia Luojun his beauty.

At the moment, he was dealing with issues relating to the distribution of cultivated land among the tenants of the estate, as well as the documents for the payment of the royal tax rent.

"Lord Duke, Knight Elk asks to see you."

Butler Fore knocked on the open door and walked in to give a report.

Bedren put down the papers in his hand: "Let him in." ”

A short time later, Elke, dressed in armor, strode into the room with a dusty face, and respectfully handed the letter in his arms into the hands of Prince Bedren.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

Seeing that Elk was slow to leave the room, Bedren asked as she opened the envelope.

"Your Excellency, I think there's something you have to see!"

Elke's expression was serious, as if some kind of catastrophe had happened.

……

Inside the arable land warehouse.

Two large iron cages stand in the corners, and inside are two humanoid species. There were more than a dozen blood guards on duty on both sides.

As if sensing someone approaching, he immediately pounced from the corner of the cage and let out a terrifying roar.

Because they are blocked by iron cages, they can only stretch out their claws that are as rotten as dead branches, constantly clawing at the air, as if with a little more, they can grasp the prey they crave in their hands, put it to their mouths to bite, and begin to enjoy a big meal......

"What are they?"

Before he could get closer, Bedren felt an evil and filthy force, a power he had never seen before.

"They're blood guards."

"What do you mean?"

"These two monsters were created by two of the Blood Guards that Count Garlo and I brought out."

"Is it the mutation caused by the bite of the dead body mentioned in the letter?"

"Yes!"

As he spoke, Bedren and Elk had already walked to the iron cage, and they had a more intuitive and clear observation of the true face of the monster.

I saw that the monster in the cage had no hair on its whole body, its whole body was covered with the smell of corruption, its skin was sallow and dry, and its eyes were cloudy and dull, like a dead man.

There was one word in his mouth: "Blood...... Blood ......"

Constant repetition and tirelessness.

Every time he opened his mouth, the rancid smell came out of his mouth, stronger than the taste on his body.

Bedren and Elke involuntarily covered their noses and mouths.

After seeing the monster's appearance, Bedren strode out of the warehouse, followed by Elk.

After walking a hundred meters away, Bedren also sniffed the smell of his body, the smell of perfume on his clothes had long been masked by the smell of rotting corpses, he frowned, and complained: "This robe is wasted!" ”

Behind him, Elk immediately buried his head in panic, for fear that the prince would blame him for this.

Seeing Elke's reaction, Prince Bedren laughed loudly: "Don't worry, I'm not a tyrannical lord. ”

Elke's restrained expression finally eased a lot after hearing his words: "Thank you, Prince." ”

"By the way, why did Count Garlo say in his letter that he wanted to extend the time to return?" Bedren said nonchalantly.

"Because Lord Earl wants to stay and investigate the dead body thoroughly." Elke paused, "I also want to share it for you." ”

Bedren chuckled and nodded in satisfaction.

……

Without the Prince's order, Elk still followed him in fear, not daring to say a word. Seeing that he was about to enter the manor mansion, he didn't want him to leave at all.

"Your Excellency, if there is nothing to do, my subordinates will return to the clan residence."

“……”

Bedren ignored Elk, and continued to walk, until he reached the gate, when he stopped and turned to look at Elk at his side.

"Is there anything else you haven't said?"

Elke, who was weak-hearted, was stunned for a moment and stammered: "Everything has been said!" It is all mentioned in the letter of the Count of Gallo. ”

Bedren raised her eyebrows in disbelief and spat out two words: "Really?" There was also a hint of threat in his tone. Then he said, "Follow me!" ”

The three words that could not be refused made Elk silently say in his heart: I'm sorry, Count Galo!

……

Under the silent "coercion" of Bedren, Elke revealed the existence and disposition of Jue and Han Qingluo, as well as the arrival of the intruders, which also had a lot to do with them.

"My children have learned to hide from their fathers, they have really grown up!" Bedren sighed.

This sound made Elk panic - not to speak, to offend the prince. Saying, he offended the Count of Garlo again.

These two fathers and sons are so tormenting!

"That's because they are useful, that's why the Earl will keep them."

Elk is trying to salvage a little bit of a retreat.

"You go and bring him back to me." Bedren glanced at Elke, "And bring back two of his friends!" ”

Elk struggled to control his expression and pulled out an ugly smirk, "Yes, Prince." ”

When he was over, Bedren also insisted that Elk must convey to his good son as he had said, so that he could put down his investigation and rush back to Croatia as soon as possible.

In order not to be harshly criticized by the prince, Elke, who had just returned, said goodbye to his wife in the clan residence, and then led a group of blood guards to go back day and night to pass on the prince's message to Galo and them.

And he was ready to be punished by the Prince, for he always felt that Count Galo would not easily follow him back to Croatia this time.

——

The sky was overcast.

It's been raining for days on end.

The muddy country lanes are filled with the smell of damp and fishy earth.

Not far away, three horses were leisurely walking on the dirt path. The horse's hooves trample on the mud and make a "click" sound.

"Look, it seems to be that little village up ahead!"

Following Han Qingluo's voice, Jue and Jia Luo looked ahead together—the blackened and collapsed houses were sitting in front of them.

……

After a week, Han Qingluo's internal injuries have healed.

Loris and the others have fled the town because of their vital injuries, and the crisis has been temporarily resolved.

The blood guards who had been staying at the inn to obey their orders also rushed to the small town to pick up Galo and them, and the investigation team began to officially enter the investigation plan for the corpses.

The first stop was to return to the small village where the incident occurred to investigate.

As he gradually entered the burned village, a sense of desolation hit Han Qingluo's heart: once upon a time, this was also an inhabited house.

There were charred ruins, huge black wooden beams that had collapsed across the road, and corpses on the ground that had been blackened and curled up by the fire—the bodies of those burned by the fire.

It seemed that the fire had wiped out all the dead bodies.

In addition to sighing, Han Qingluo also paid special attention to the reaction of Lilian in her arms, after all, this was also the home where she had lived for more than ten years, so it became this ruined appearance.

Lillian clung to the reins, having already seen her home in ruins, all about her adoptive parents burned, and her reddened nose showed that she was struggling to grieve.

She didn't want to affect anyone's mood, after all, it was all predestined.

"Stop!"

Galo, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke up.

I saw a group of figures in front of me searching every corner of the village. The leader of the group seemed to have spotted them, and was approaching them.

A tall man with brown hair and black eyes walked up to them with a few soldiers.

Galo motioned for everyone to dismount.

"Excuse me, which noble force are you from?"

The man was not at all guarded and looked at Garlo and asked.

"I am the son of the family of Cload, Galo."

Garloh held out his hand to shake his hand.

The man looked surprised, shook Galo's hand, and shook it enthusiastically: "Oh, I've heard of it! I'm the sheriff sent by the Berke District Government to investigate the fire in the village, Lake?? Smith! ”

"Hello, Lord Lake!" Garlo smiled in response.

Then the man walked around everyone and said, "Then what is the matter with all your efforts to come to this ruined village?" ”

"We just happened to be passing by."

"Then please leave as soon as possible, we still need to be busy here for a long time, you stay too long, I'm afraid it will destroy the scene." Lake said, looking at the dozen or so people behind Garlo, "There are too many people, it will affect my work." ”

Garlo looked apologetic: "Okay, I'm sorry. After saying that, he directly asked everyone to get on the horse, turn around and leave here.

"How could there be a sheriff in this remote place!"

Han Qingluo muttered to Jue in a low voice.

"It may have been that the fire alarmed a nearby village, so someone reported it."

"Oh!"

Han Qingluo nodded.

As they spoke.

Suddenly there was a rush of horses' hooves behind him, accompanied by Lake's shouting.

"Wait a minute, Lord Garlo!"

Because of his shouting, they took hold of the reins and stopped their horses.

Garlo looked back, and Lake was riding towards them.

"Garlo-sama, do you have any other urgent matters?" Lake stopped and asked.

"No, just wandering around." Galo smiled, "You know, nobles are generally very idle, come out to play and experience the new world. ”

Lake showed a happy expression and looked at the dozen or so blood guards behind him: "I don't have enough manpower, so can Lord Garlo be merciful and help some of my people?" ”

He looked embarrassed and continued: "Because of the remote location, the public doesn't want to give me too many people, but yesterday we found a strange thing, so ......"

This was exactly what Gallo wanted, but he still had to make it difficult: "That doesn't seem appropriate!" ”

Seeing this, Lake said another kind thing, and Galo reluctantly agreed.

Han Qingluo and Jue, who watched him perform behind him, always thought that this guy was too good at acting.