The sudden disappearance of the three-dimensional magic image made the council hall lively again.

"The hosts. Those two intruders killed the Bloody Night Bat in charge of monitoring, and we lost the advantage of being able to control their movements in time. "The Grand Butler Uonic truthfully reported to the Vampire Prince.

Melissa, the "Bat Queen", suddenly widened her eyes with rage when she heard that the bats had been killed, but then she remembered that there seemed to be no people among the Blood Night Bats under Uonik's rule, and she immediately returned to a nonchalant attitude that did not care about herself.

"It's all that damn slut who got in trouble. The sparrow cooed.

"Those two people don't have to be afraid. Aren't there more than 80 living people? It's a shame to let that blood go to waste. Leon focused on the dilapidated squadron that was retreating.

However, the disappearance of the three-dimensional magic image did not mean that everyone present had lost the ability to observe, at least not Orom, who clearly saw the whole event through the pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. Instead of being angry at the defeat of his lieutenant, Orom stared at Muffle with scrutinizing eyes and asked in a cold tone, "Why do you want to do such a superfluous thing, Muffle?"

"Superfluous? I don't know what you're talking about. Muffle shrugged innocently.

"Don't be confused. The illusion you laid down misled the two humans led by my lieutenant Zimbevank into the Soul Eater Cave. ”

Orome's words caused the council chamber to immediately fall silent. All eyes were on Muffle.

"That's right. Those humans dared to desecrate the sacred land of my blood clan, and killed and injured so many of their comrades. I sent them to the Soul Eater Cave, which is the most merciful punishment. This time Muffle readily admitted.

"If it weren't for one of the humans who cracked the illusion in time, even Zinbevank would have fallen into your trap. ”

"Mr. Orome, you have so many lieutenants anyway, what difference does it make between one more and one less? ”

"I ordered the guests to be received, and you are disrespecting me by doing so. ”

Hearing this, the sages couldn't help but gasp, there weren't many things that made Orome, a thousand-year-old wise man, fluctuate, and what Mauffle did this time was really not an ordinary excess.

"So be it. Since Muffle volunteered to deal with this matter, let him handle it all. What do you think, Orom?" the Vampire Prince finally opened Chrysostom, and although it sounded like he was asking Orome, everyone knew that he had made up his mind.

Muffle glanced at Orome like a victor, and then replied to the prince in a strange manner: "I will gladly accept any errand from my master, but I don't know if I can ...... it."

"Whatever you want. Of course, the prince knew what Muffle wanted to do, and he didn't even think about it, and just agreed.

"Yes. Muffle stood up and made a gentlemanly salute to his master.

Then the shape of the muffle faded and finally disappeared into thin air.

The Bard's terrace was empty at this time. It's just that no one in the main branch present noticed that Muffle was not the only one who disappeared into the council hall. The black fox, the sleepy man who had no sense of zài, had already disappeared from his seat and left the council hall as soon as the three-dimensional magic image disappeared.

Owen and Cassius, the two of them are walking along the seemingly endless forest path.

I don't know if the sun was already sinking in the west, or if the trees on both sides were getting thicker and thicker, Cassius always felt that the light was getting dimmer and dimmer, and the more he walked inside, the more uneasy he felt in his heart.

"Owen, how did you know that those were hallucinations?" In order to alleviate the uneasiness in his heart, Cassius took the initiative to chat with Owen.

"It's just a gut feeling. Owen's answer nearly caused Cassius to vomit blood.

"By the way, what was that big crater with green gas just now? When I got close to it, I had an indescribable terrible feeling, like I was going to be sucked into that crater at any moment. ”

"So you noticed it too. It is a vibration from the heart of the soul, and it is the instinct of self-defense after the fear of your soul and mine. I heard the desperate cries of countless souls coming from the pit, and those souls were not whole, but forcibly scattered into countless pieces. ”

"By the way, the vampire named Jinbei Vank just now called this big pit 'Soul Eater Embarrassment', literally, does it mean that the big pit is a place dedicated to devouring souls?"

"It's possible, but in reality it may be far less than devouring souls. Judging from the fragments of those souls that were broken and mixed, the big pit called 'Soul Eater' was like a cauldron. ”

"Cauldron?"

"Yes. Those broken souls are like all kinds of ingredients mixed there, cooked in a pit. ”

Cassius shuddered, and a cold sweat broke out on his back. Just hearing what Owen had guessed gave him a sense of panic that cooled from his heart. The illusion just now was deliberately luring him and Owen into the Soul Eater embarrassment, and he really couldn't imagine what would happen if he fell. If it weren't for the responsibility to rescue Sophia, he would have turned around and left immediately.

"That's right, Owen. The vampire named Zimbevank, he didn't seem to know that he wasn't the one who set up the illusion. To distract himself from his fear of Soul Eater, Cassius once again diverted the conversation elsewhere.

"Of course he wasn't. Even he knew that even he was trapped in the trap of illusion. Owen smiled, "That's why I didn't kill him." ”

"Then why did you attack him just now?"

"Because I'm going to make sure of one thing: vampires aren't monolithic inside. There is another reason. We can't keep following each other's footsteps, we have to take some initiative, so I'm going to take down the guide and kill all the bats that are watching our whereabouts. ”

"Hearing you say that, you already know where that so-called Dawning Villa is. Are we secretly infiltrating to rescue Sophia now?" Cassius said excitedly as he thought of something.

But Owen's answer was to pour a plate of ice water head-on: "No." I've never been to the Blood Mountains before, so how can I know where Dawning Mountain Villa is? ”

"Then we're ...... now," Cassius had an ominous premonition.

"You guessed it. Owen said in a mischievous tone, "We've lost our way, and we're just wandering around now." ”

"Owen, you can't make such a joke!"

"Am I going to joke about 'saving Sophia'? don't be too anxious, but I'm sure a second guide will come soon. ”

Hearing this, Cassius let out a long sigh. He couldn't tell if what Owen said would come true, but now that the fates of the two of them were tied together, he believed that Owen would not harm him. Although Owen has changed a lot in temperament as an adult, Cassius has always believed that the bonds they formed in childhood will not change.

The two of them wandered around the forest path for a while, until they saw a man walking slowly towards them on the dark forest road ahead.

"Owen. Front. Cassius reminded Owen and channeled his mana into the "Endurance Grip", which was ready to fight.

"Well, I saw that. Owen also stopped, standing in place with Cassius.

As they got closer, Owen and Cassius finally saw what they were looking like. With a wide-brimmed top hat with feathers, a black blindfold, a long blue-and-white costume, long blue hair, a slender figure, and fair skin, he looked like a bard about to take the stage, no, it should be said that the man was a bard himself, for in his left hand he was holding a musical instrument: a flute that seemed to be made of a human femur.

The visitor stopped about 100 meters away from Owen and Cassius.

The bard began to sing aloud:

"Finally came in,

With humble and filthy feet,

Set foot in the noble blood holy land,

Stupid humans,

All you have left is prayer and crying.

The maiden in the porch,

This night will chrysalis into butterflies,

shedding her fragility and impotence,

In the midst of the singing of the Holy Blood,

She will be given a new lease on life. ”

Listening to the bard's impromptu hymn, Cassius's face turned green: "What were you talking about? Sophia will be turned into a vampire tonight?"

The bard completely ignored Cassius' nervousness and anger, and continued to write his poems on his own:

"O despair,

the most merciful reward,

Because you still have feelings.

Nothingness,

This is a broken soul,

The final destination of an endless journey.

Repent,

There is no point in escaping,

The Soul Eater is in front of you.

Listen,

I play for you,

Requiem of Disillusionment!"

As the bard finished singing, a familiar crater suddenly appeared in front of Owen and Cassius, and the edge of the Soul Eater was less than 5 centimeters from their feet!

Luckily, Owen grabbed his hand in time, otherwise Cassius would have fallen into the Soul Eater.

After struggling to climb up, Cassius panted and looked at the big pit in front of him in disbelief: "Why is this happening? Aren't we far away from this Soul Eater?"

"Did you hear what he just sang?' 'There is no point in escaping, the Soul Eater is in front of us', which means that no matter how far we go, we will always only circle around the Soul Eater. Cassius, we were teased in the first place. Owen heard the clue from his opponent's verse, "There is only one bard among the vampires, and he is one of the Eight Sages, the Muffle who represents the spirit of 'progress'. It is also a formidable opponent that is difficult to deal with. ”

Muffle was always smiling, and seemed very pleased with what Owen had said about him. In response, Muffle held the human bone flute close to his lower lip. Before he played, a few words came out of Muffle's lips that were clearly recognizable:

"Enjoy, Requiem 'Disillusionment', Chapter 1: Emptiness. ”