Ariana shook the mud off her boots, her brows furrowed slightly, the boots on her feet were the new boots she had just changed when she left Nancy City, but now she had some dislike for these boots.

Ariana has traveled to the mainland for many years, sleeping in the open and wading through mountains and rivers often makes herself covered in muddy water, she has never cared much about these external things before, she is an extraordinary person, she has a gift for cleanliness, no matter how dirty it is, it will not smell like those who don't take a bath all year round.

But since she saw a man who often bathed, she unconsciously hated "dirty".

Or rather, she fell in love with the clean taste.

A man who doesn't rely on any spices to hide his body smell has that kind of heartwarming taste.

"Bell...... Clang...... Bell"

The church bell rang, and wisps of morning light appeared from the east and spread slowly to the west, illuminating the land and the huge castle in front of Ariana's eyes.

"Are you actually in collusion with the Night Cultists?

Ariana's heroic eyes and eyebrows turned cold, and her beautiful face was slowly enveloped by coldness.

When they were in Fort Greensen, Ariana and Charles and the others met the lord of Fort Greensen, Dietre Greenfaces, who had fallen into darkness, and the god of the night, Herdorf, if it wasn't for Charles, the hidden god, who turned the tide of the situation, maybe Ariana and Bishop Honeywei would all have died in Fort Greensen.

Dietre Griffith was a relative and loyal subordinate of the family of Haaland Griffiths, the Grand Duke of Luxon, so Ariana suspected that the continuous dark events in the Lorraine region were related to the Grand Duke of Luxon.

And last night she happened to meet a suspicious Night Cultist, although she chased people away halfway, but with the dark lamp in her hand, she still followed the clues to lock the approximate range, and the Duke's Palace in front of her was located in the center of this range.

Although Ariana is a woman, her personality is not inferior to that of a man, and she immediately broke through the gate of the Duke's palace of Lucerne.

"Stop, knight, is there anything wrong with you?"

The guards guarding the door had long seen this female knight with an extraordinary temperament, and when they saw her coming, they hurriedly stopped and asked.

"I want to meet His Excellency the Duke of Lucerne!"

"I'm sorry, our Lord Duke has not seen any guests, if there is anything you can do to complain and negotiate with the office west of the Duke's Palace, and if you really need to, our Lord Duke will summon you. The guard at the door skillfully uttered a set of prevarications.

"You go and report to your Excellency the Duke, the deacon and bishop of St. Leman's Church in Lorraine Nancy will discuss with him the dark events that took place in Luxon last night!"

"Dark Events?"

The guard of the Duke's Mansion exclaimed in surprise, and then suddenly thought of something, and said very sternly: "Are you the female knight who did not allow the Dawn Church to treat our wounded?"

"Guard, do your duty, the things that the big man thinks about are not something you have the right to ask, and now you are deliberately delaying time with me, does it mean that you have something to do with the dark events of last night?"

Ariana's face was very cold, and the words she spoke were even colder, these days she had some irritability in her heart that could not be adjusted no matter how she adjusted, and she was questioned by a guard at this time, and the fire in her heart was soaring looking for a breakthrough.

When a woman is angry, she can buy clothes to relieve her anger, and the same can be done when she fights!

"Your Excellency Ariana, Your Excellency Duke Haaland is a believer in my Church of Light after all, and now you casually accuse him of colluding with the darkness, which can easily cause misunderstanding between us!"

In the distance of the long street, a group of knights appeared, slowly walking towards the Duke's Palace in the face of the newly rising sun.

The leader is a middle-aged Knight of Light, who has a dispute with Ariana over a portrait of Charles in Nasser, and Lupat, the envoy of the Cathedral of Light in Norman City.

"Wouldn't the believers of the light fall into darkness?, Lord Lupat, you have always studied the doctrine in Norman City, and I'm afraid you don't know what happened in Nasser last year, right? There is a Bishop of Light named Comella........

"Well, Your Excellency Ariana, your Cardinal Greria has reached an agreement with us on the matter of Cormela, and we will no longer discuss it with each other. ”

Lupat's face was impassive, but he was a little discouraged in his heart, Cormela was a Bishop of Light, but he was bewitched and controlled by the big boss on the dark side, and tolerated the members of the Moorish Church to build an underground sacrificial hall in Nasser, which almost caused a catastrophe, which can be said to be the biggest shame of the Church of Light last year.

"Guard, go in and inform your Lord Duke, the Norman City Light Envoy Lupat, and the Dawn Church Light Warrior Ariana have asked to meet!"

The two middle-level transcendents of the two major churches jointly signed a meeting, and the guards at the door couldn't bear it no matter how tough they were, so they hurriedly went in to spread the word.

After a long time, the guard returned.

"Your Excellency, please come in!"

Lupat glanced at Ariana and casually made a gentlemanly gesture of "you invite first", and Ariana stepped in without giving in.

The two men followed the guards around to the Duke's Palace and entered the legendary super-large living room, but when they entered the door, they did not see the Grand Duke of Lucerne, but saw a beautiful woman in a red dress greeting them.

The woman in red has white and greasy skin, golden-red hair, and a bewitching and charming body, especially a pair of peach blossom eyes, all of which exude a seductive smile intentionally or unintentionally.

The guard whispered, "This is our Duchess." ”

The woman in the red dress gave a noble greeting salute, and said with a very kind smile: "The Duke's health is not very good, and every time he sees a guest, he has to wrap himself first, so I will receive the two first, and the Duke will come out to meet the two after a while." ”

"Beautiful lady, excuse me, Bishop Coulson has always kept in mind the physical condition of Lord Duke, and this time I have brought some black spirit powder from Lord Bishop, which should relieve Lord Duke's physical pain. ”

Lupat returned the salute to the Duchess very gentlemanly, and the assistant behind him took a small wooden box and handed it to the Duchess's maid.

"Thank you, Bishop Kopal and Your Excellency, for your concern. ”

The Duchess smiled a little more, and then looked at Ariana, although she was silent, but her hooking eyes clearly wrote: "Did you come to the door empty-handed?"

Feeling a little cramped, Ariana felt a little cramped, and she felt in her pocket and pulled out a small bottle.

"This is the high-quality holy water of the Dawning Sect, maybe it will be of some help to the Duke!"

"Thank you, Miss Ariane. ”

The Duchess smiled without missing a trace, but the maid who came up to take the gift had an unabashed look of disgust.

After Ariana and Lupat sat down, the rest of the group retreated, leaving a safe space for the master to discuss important matters.

Lupat first asked: "Duchess, I received an urgent order from the church to come to Lucerne to rescue those innocent warriors who drank holy water, but when I arrived in Qingshui Town, I found that all the thousands of soldiers had turned into ashes, does the Duke know about this?"

"All dead? God, how is that possible?"

The Duchess's little hand covered her lips in panic, and expressed her surprise in a pompous way.

"Duchess, I regret not helping those innocent warriors. Lupat said a few very formulaic words, saying that the matter was over.

"Yes! I feel sick now when I think of those innocent warriors........." The Duchess even took out her handkerchief, looking very weak and touching.

Watching two hypocritical men and women discussing the life and death of thousands of people, Ariana was rarely disgusted, and she asked coldly: "Dear Duchess, I found a Night Cultist in Luxon City last night, and after chasing him for most of the night, I think he ran into your castle, do you have any explanation?"

"Impossible! We have a relic of light from the Archbishop of Light in our castle, how dare the Night Cultists enter?"

The Duchess said very firmly.

...........

...........

The Duke's Palace is a large castle-like complex surrounded by a large main castle surrounded by many small fortresses, which can break all the teeth of the enemy if attacked from the outside.

Inside a small, dimly lit castle, two Nightlings were whispering over something.

If the Duchess saw these two people, she would probably swell and smash her pretty face.

"Haaland, it looks like you got what you wanted last night, so now ...... Can you give me an answer?"

Grand Duke of Lucerne Haaland Greenface hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "We can maintain the current cooperation, I can pay more money, more people......." The Grand Duke of Lucerne was wearing a mask, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but just by the tone of his voice, Berun could judge his anxiety and entanglement at this time.

What a temptation for a crippled man to suddenly possess the abilities of a man.

"Yes, of course!"

Before Haaland Griffith could finish speaking, the new envoy Berluen Augustin interrupted him and said with a sneer: "Then what you get will always be a cup of bitter water that cannot quench your thirst, and your body will continue to decay, just like you have experienced in the previous ten years." ”

"Haaland, many people think you are a leprosy, but you should know your own situation, you have fallen under the curse of darkness, and even the archbishop of the Church of Light cannot lift this curse. ”

"You use sterling silver armor, clothes, and masks to cover your body, others think that you are using metal silver's restraint on evil to suppress the leprosy injuries on your body, but only you know that this is to cover the dark curse that may erupt at any time, if you let those high-level hypersensitive people see you........"

"Is the stake fun to be burned?"

"And I now give you hope that if you follow me to the darkness once and for all, you can make this curse wear off. ”

"I can't give up everything I have, the Duchy of Lucerne is the inheritance of my grandfather and my father, how much pain they have endured for this land, how much humiliation I have endured for this land, if I fall into darkness, this land will fall into the hands of others, you must have another way, right?

"Your land, your title, will fall into the hands of your wife and son, and you ...... Just hide in the dark and control your lady at all times. ”

Instead of ridiculing Haaland Greenface, Berun once again played the role of the devil, and there was one thing he didn't say, Haaland controlled his wife and son in the shadows, and he Berun controlled Haaland in the shadows, and there were people in the higher places who controlled him........

"My son?"

Haaland Greenface suddenly realized that last night's lingering experience had given him great physical and mental satisfaction, and if he could continue in the future, the word "son" that he had never thought of before might really become a reality.

"Think about it, give me an answer as soon as possible, I won't wait too long for you!"

Béruen patted Haaland Greenface on the shoulder, turned and stepped into the sun, just as Haaland Greenface was stunned, and walked away.

"Walking in the sun?"

"You can, I ....... You can too!"

..........

..........

Harland Greenis, Duke of Luxon, bowed his head and walked towards the reception hall of the castle, he already knew the identities and intentions of the two guests, and he was extremely angry at the arrival of Ariane, a warrior of light.

Silver metal can suppress darkness and evil, and it can also block the spread of darkness and curses to a limited extent, Haaland Greenface has been using silver clothes and armor since he was very young to suppress the curses on his body, and at the same time mask the occasional burst of darkness on his body.

But last night he suddenly received an urgent notice to go to the party, for the sake of the secrecy of his identity, he did not wear special silver armor and silver-plated robes, after all, there are so few people who like to wear silver armor clothes, so few that you don't have to guess to know that it is his Excellency the Grand Duke of Lucerne.

But coincidentally, he happened to run into Ariana who was in a daze on the roof, although he got rid of her according to the route of the rehearsal in advance, but in the end she still came to the door, and there should be a special tracking method to find subtle clues.

"The Duke arrives at !!!"

"The Duke arrives at !!!"

Haaland puffed up his chest, raised his mask slightly, and walked into his reception hall proudly.

The servants set up a chair at least thirty meters away from Ariana and the others and sat down Haaland Greenfez.

This is also the origin of the very large living room of the Marquis de Lucerne, leprosy is contagious, and the Duke must keep a long enough distance from his guests.

Haaland Greenface had just finished and before he could say a word, he saw a female knight in the distance pull out a stone lantern from her waist.

There was a mercury-like light flickering in the fine veins on the lantern, and if you injected special spiritual power into it, this light might rise to the sky.

"Ariana, are you crazy?"

"Lord Ariana, you have gone too far!"

Lupat, the envoy of the Church of Light, and the duchess in the red dress all stood up angrily.

"It's all right, the lamp that drives away darkness, it's not the first time I've faced something like this!" said Haaland Greenface calmly.