"Everyone, proceed with caution." Looking at the village that seemed to have been slaughtered in front of him, Nite felt an ominous aura.

He didn't know where this aura came from, it was a more evil, darker aura, as if something extremely filthy existed in this village.

Nit slowly walked into the village with his team, the magic in their hands was surging, and they would immediately attack if a suspicious figure appeared.

Nit was careful with every step, not only on his guard against sudden attacks from unseen places, but also against whether the villagers who had already died were actually dead.

Nit subconsciously thinks that this is probably John's doing, and John's ability to temporarily make the dead stand up makes Nit have to be wary.

Upon approaching the corpse of a villager, Nit ordered his men to fence themselves in and watch their surroundings, while he slowly crouched down to check what the villager had been killed.

Nit turned the villager's body over, but when he saw the corpse's face, Nit couldn't help frowning, and even felt a churn in his stomach. Still, Nit pressed down his discomfort.

The corpse in front of him can almost be described as disgusting, the face of this body and the flesh on the body have been cut, but these pieces of flesh have been carefully put back to the original body position by the murderer. However, these cut marks were not the cause of the villager's death.

In the end, it was a wound on the carotid artery that led to the death of the villagers. The blade stabbed directly into the neck through the carotid artery, then sliced through the head, splitting the entire skull in half.

"How could there be such a cruel method......" Nit couldn't help but feel a little frightened as he looked at the corpses of the villagers in front of him, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Nit, who entered the Wizard Church under the relationship of his relatives since he was a child, has never seen such a bloody scene, and he became the "Five Elders" only because the elders of the Wizard Church need to be replaced, and he is also the youngest of the current "Five Elders".

In terms of the strength that can be shown in actual combat, Neet is probably not as good as John, but the church has specially allocated some members with good combat experience to make Neet very comfortable with this operation.

However, when he saw this scene in front of him, Nit's heart hung again.

Deciding not to look at the corpse that might have kept him awake for days, he stood up, covered his eyes with his magic and looked around.

"What a ...... this" Nit was surprised to find that none of the corpses here had been killed with a sharp blade, they had all undergone varying degrees of torture before they died. Judging from the injuries on the corpse, almost all the scars on the corpse were formed in an instant, which means that the attacker attacked faster than expected.

"It's not a good place to stay long, let's leave for now, I'm sure it wasn't John's doing. When we find John and defeat him, we will go back to the church and report what happened here to Master Pasius.'" Fighting back his fears, Nite ordered his men to leave the village.

Since the revelation of Roge's collusion with bandits in the west of the former "Five Elders", Pasius, as the president of the Church of Sorcerers, promised to use the power of the church to protect the security of the west in order to make up for the losses of civilians in the west.

In other words, as a member of the Church of Magicians, Nite has the right and obligation to investigate and deal with the murderer in the face of this situation. But now, however, he had withdrawn for more important reasons than John, simply because he was terrified of what he had seen.

The situation of Nit's men was not much better, and despite their actual combat experience, they had never seen such a brutal murder scene, and everyone had varying degrees of panic. After Nit ordered the evacuation of the village, he immediately protected Nit's rapid evacuation.

Although they didn't know who the person who slaughtered the village was, their instinct for survival told them that this place couldn't stay long, and that the murderer was probably not something they could deal with.

Just as the Neet pedestrians had already seen the exit of the village, a figure suddenly appeared, blocking their way, and this person was Lil.

"It's going to be very distressing for Lil to leave in such a hurry." Liel looked at the human in front of her with a smile on her face, and the dagger in her hand was even dripping blood.

When slaughtering this village, Lil didn't trigger the effect of the Blood Devouring Seal, so it took her own thought a long time to slaughter the people here, but here are some of the most ordinary villagers who have never seen the world, and Lil doesn't need to use her ability to deal with it. In its purest form of strength, Lil is already strong.

"You...... It's ......' Nit looked in horror at the blood-dripping dagger in Lil's hand, and his instincts told him that Lil was the culprit in all of this in the village.

"Why are you so afraid? Lil won't do anything strange to you, and the master specifically told Lil not to kill you, so you should thank the master." Lil walked slowly and slowly towards Nit, her eyes already showing a red glow.

"I'd love to bring you to my master so you can thank him personally, but now doesn't seem to be the time, Liel wants to play with you, I wonder if I can accompany you?"

As soon as Lil finished speaking, she disappeared in place.

"Alert!" Nit almost roared and gave orders to his men behind him, he knew very well that the strength of the girl in front of him had exceeded his understanding, and he could only rely on the advantage of numbers to survive.

With Neet's order, his men surrounded Neet one after another, some erected shields, and some had condensed fireballs and wind blades in their hands. As long as Liel shows up, they can attack Liel at any time.

"Are they overreacting? It's useless to face Lil." Lil, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but look contemptuous as she looked at the humans who were already trembling from emotional stress in the clearing.

Although Liel used to be a human, but under the influence of the "Awakened" and the master-servant contract, she is no longer her former self at all, and even the corpses of the three companions when she was a human, Lil did not clean up, but Xio? Out of "kindness", the three men were buried in the village where they died.

"Lil, kill those useless trash fish as soon as possible, and leave the nits behind. Remember, don't incapacitate Nit as much as possible, and let him return to the Church of the Wizards on his own.'" At this moment, the voice of Artevans rang in Lil's head.

"Yes, master." Unlike the others in the Hell, Lil, who is bound by two powers, must unconditionally agree to Artevans' orders at this time. However, even if Art had given Lil the rights, Lil didn't seem to have raised any other ideas or questions.

Liel didn't know why she was like this, maybe because of the master-servant contract, or maybe because she couldn't think of a better plan than Artfans. In short, in Lil's eyes, Artevans is unbetrayable.

After responding to Atfans' words, Lil acted.

"Lady Nit, see her!" A member of the Church of the Magi saw the fast-moving figure of Lil and shouted at Neet.

"Attack! Keep attacking, don't let her get close!' Nit's fear was close to the extreme, and he hoped that the people of the church would protect him from the village.

For a moment, countless fireballs and wind blades flew out like fireworks, striking in all directions.

"Do you think such an attack can stop Lil?" Just when Nit felt as if she was safe, Liel suddenly appeared behind her and spoke to him in a low voice.

The moment Liel appeared behind him, all the wind blades and fireballs stopped flying, followed by the sound of shields shattering.

Since Artevans had ordered the useless people to be disposed of as soon as possible, Liel didn't plan to do anything more, and she was satisfied with torturing the villagers, so she killed everyone except Nit in an instant.

"Get out of here!" Nit suddenly had an extra staff in his hand, and he attached his magic to it, turning around and knocking on it, but Lil was deftly dodging it.

"Don't struggle, it's only going to make you suffer more." Lil smiled, and in a flash of form, placed the dagger around Nit's neck.

Nitt only heard the sound of the staff falling to the ground, and he looked at his feet with horrified eyes, and he saw that his arm had been neatly cut off.

Before Nett could even let out a scream of pain, he fainted in fright because he couldn't bear the mental shock.

"It's so weak...... Liel looked at the Neet who fell to the ground boringly, "Forget it, I'll leave it to the master."

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"Hmm...... Where is this?' Nit slowly opened his eyes and looked around blankly, only to find that he had returned to the Church of the Magies.

But soon, he remembered everything he had been through before he fainted, and he immediately looked at his lost right arm, confirming that what he had just experienced was not a dream, but a real thing.

"What the hell is that...... What kind of monster is it!' Unable to control his emotions anymore and ignoring his identity as the "Five Elders", Nite cried loudly to vent his fears.

Just then, the door to the room opened, and Pacius, the president of the Church of Magicians, walked in. Patheus saw Neet bowing his head and crying, sighed, walked up to Neet, and patted him on the shoulder.

"President, I see it...... A monster.'" There was still a cry in Neet's words, he was like a child at the moment, not at all like an elder of the Church of Magies.

"I knew you were in danger when the sigil I gave you shattered, but I didn't expect you to encounter such a strong person. Who the hell is that man?' Patheus was calm.

"A murderer, a girl with special eyes, a ...... ...... capable of manipulating blood Demons.'" Neet tries to stabilize his emotions and tells Pasius about Lil's appearance, while also communicating what happened to him.

"How could such a thing happen!" Pasius was also surprised and even a little incredulous when he heard what Nit had reported.

But just as Nit had said everything, he suddenly showed a pained expression and clenched his throat tightly. Pasius was shocked and tried to get his hand away, but no matter how hard he tried, Neet's hand seemed to be glued to his throat and did not move.

After a few seconds, with a scream from Nit, a cloud of black mist erupted from Nit's mouth and floated on the ceiling of the room. The black mist gradually condensed into a cloud on the ceiling, and a low but powerful voice sounded in the black mist.

"Dear Mr. Pasius, I am your old friend, Artevans Blake Berans. I have an idea to make your Church of Mages a puppet that I can manipulate to scavenge for Sepion's resources. Of course, I know that you will not intend to accept my offer, so I allow you to resist. Try it, and use all the power you can to resist me. In ten days, I will attack the Church of the Magies, and I look forward to what kind of surprise you will bring me, and I hope you will not disappoint me......

(End of chapter)