Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the brown buildings, a few bells sounded to break the cold night, and the echo lingered around for a long time, which couldn't help but make people chill.

In the dimly lit church, a glimmer of light peeks through the Gothic stained-glass rose window, so faintly striking the stone statue of Our Lady in the center of the church.

Our Lady, who is revered and noble, is so wicked in the light.

The faint breath can be heard clearly in such a silent environment. Beneath the stone statue lies an immobile girl, dressed in a pristine white robe, with her eyes closed, and her hands clutching a slightly old cross, clutched to her chest.

'Boom, boom, boom, ......'

The lights lit up on both sides, and a man in a black cloak, muttering barefoot and muttering, slowly walked out from behind the stone statue.

"Listen to our hearts, O great Lord, and we will give our hearts to you willingly, and we will have mercy on you."

With a 'squeak', the door was pushed open, and many believers repeated the words just now, and the soft and long tone was like a soulless body, slowly entering and surrounding the lying girl.

How many pairs of eyes look at the statue of the Virgin, this seemingly pious gaze is actually a gaze without feeling. A flash of red flashed, and the stone statue's eyes seemed to move, and the little girl in front of her vanished, leaving only a scarlet trail of blood.

The congregation's faces were full of joy because the gods had heard their prayers and accepted their sacrifices!

Bang...... With a crisp sound, stained glass splattered everywhere, the fragments were dazzling in the moonlight, and a black shadow appeared in the air and stayed for a few seconds, and when it landed steadily, the dust was swept up by a stream of air, and the black-robed man struggled to pull the only hat on his head that could block his face, and the disciples staggered and fell into chaos.

After calming down, everyone reacted, and for this stranger who suddenly broke in, the eyes around him hit him like a tiger and wolf, with hostility and scrutiny.

"Who is so bold! How dare you break into the main hall of our Holy Maiden Sect at will! ”

"Holy Maiden? Demons dare to be pretentious! ”

The woman's voice seems somewhat familiar, but this is not a reminiscence of her relationship.

"Catch him!"

At the sound of the order, the man in black waved his hands, and the muscles of the sect's whole body suddenly bulged, and the blood surging under the skin was about to burst out, and his eyes were red and he pounced as if he was crazy.

"Humph......"

With a light snort, he stomped on one foot, and the clothes all over his body fluttered, and a silver-white spiritual light spread rapidly in a circle under his feet, and disappeared where he slipped through. A stinky mist of blood filled the air, and the disappearance of the cultists terrified the man in black, and his feet were completely unable to move, let alone escape, as if under a spell.

'Whoosh', and the black figure like Shura stood in front of him,

"Father Hierro"

"You, you, you...... Who are you? ”

The only faint thought left after being frightened asked with a trembling voice. Judging from the ability that this woman used just now, she is obviously a stranger!

"Humph......"

Faced with the priest's question, she walked under the moonlight, her snow-white and tender skin, graceful figure, and the moment she turned around, the side face illuminated by the moonlight, Father Hierro's pupils dilated instantly, her feet staggered, and she couldn't help but take a few steps back and sit on the ground.

"It's... It's you! ”

"I wonder if your great Lord can save you this time?"

"Don't, don't, ah......"

The voice suddenly changed from banter to bloodthirsty, and Father Hierro didn't even have a chance to beg for mercy, so he turned into a cloud of blood mist, which was erased by the world.

She turned her head to see that the stone statue of the Holy Maiden had been dyed red by the blood mist, sneered, and disappeared.

The cultists of the Holy Maiden disappeared in a day, and some bold people had secretly gone to see it, and as soon as they entered the door, they were smoked back by the thick smell of blood.

All the members of the Holy Maiden Sect were killed, and the news instantly spread throughout this small county town and also reached the ears of the academies.

"What is the origin of the Cult of the Holy Maiden?"

"It is said to be a religion organized by a group of people with no special abilities."

"In this era of frequent supernatural beings, some people without anomalies will always be frightened, the world's abilities are seriously polarized, and it is common to form a religion."

"Alas, it's just that this way of dying is too miserable, I heard that there is not even a single hair left."

There were discussions and even conjectures, and they were also curious but frightened by what happened that night.

In the central hall of the Southern Academy, the atmosphere was solemn, and on the top of the main hall sat a middle-aged man in a white robe, with a golden wheat ear logo hanging on his chest, and his face was not angry and arrogant. There was a group of people standing in the main hall, all of them with sad faces.

"Dean, this murder case in Sino Town this time is causing people to panic."

Unknown potential abilities are not only for civilians, but also for their ability academy, which is undoubtedly a threat. The instinct of the Four Academies exists to ease the relationship between the Anomalous and the civilians, and they have the responsibility and obligation to protect the safety of the civilians. The murder in Sino Town is undoubtedly a bombshell for this empire that has been quiet for a long time.

"This murder is within the jurisdiction of our academy, and I have already selected a good candidate to deal with this matter."

"Well, I don't know if the candidate set by the dean is ......"

"Please rest assured, teacher, I will definitely be able to complete the task!"

As soon as the words fell, a girl about seventeen or eighteen years old appeared in front of everyone, with neat and neat long hair, wearing a blue college uniform and black boots, standing straight in front of everyone, full of heroism.

"It's you."

"Yes."

"This time, I'll leave this task to Xiao Ling to do."

"Yes!"

No one disobeyed the dean's arrangement, at least on the surface, with the dean's approval, Xiao Lingpa's Lizheng saluted respectfully.

"But there may be a lot of danger in this investigation, and I found you a partner."

Xiao Ling frowned, a trace of doubt crossed her fair face, she didn't mention the matter of her partner when the dean told her before?

I saw the dean clapping his hands twice, and from the back of the main hall came a woman in a black power suit, with a ponytail raised high, thin lips pursed, and a pair of eyes as clear as water. However, the moment he saw Xiao Ling, a trace of disdain suddenly rose, and then disappeared and smiled gently at Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling also snorted lightly, in fact, she had long been accustomed to Yu Qingqing's pretense, and nodded politely as usual.

I don't know why, but the two of them seem to be born to be incompatible, maybe there is no reason, it's an intuition. You must know that a woman's intuition has always been very accurate.

Yu Qingqing is indeed a little hostile to Xiao Ling, mainly because the two of them are both outstanding students of the Southern Academy, and the level of the two of them was comparable in her eyes before, but in the assessment some time ago, Xiao Ling was suddenly upgraded to a level 5 ability, and climbed to the third place on the list of strong abilities, and Xiao Ling's name spread all over the major colleges for a while. It is also regarded by the college as the hope of the college.

In the eyes of everyone, she Yu Qingqing has outstanding ability, and she is the successor of the first family among the four major families, and she has always attracted more attention than Xiao Ling.

And because of Xiao Ling's fame, she is now low to Xiao Ling everywhere, and since then she has been competing with Xiao Ling all the time.

"I'm going to send the two of you to this mission, and it's the content of this final exam."

"Roger! Dean! ”

The two took over the task in unison and left side by side in the admiring eyes of everyone.

The moment they left the academy hall, the two figures separated in an instant.

"I'm telling you, you have to work this mission, don't drag me back when the time comes!"

Yu Qingqing glanced at Xiao Ling coldly, and the corners of his mouth lifted a trace of mockery.

Xiao Ling also accosted her, and just explained simply, "Leave tomorrow and gather at the gate of the academy at eight o'clock in the morning." ”

Yu Qingqing stared at Xiao Ling's departing dashing figure with wide eyes, and snorted coldly.

"What's there to be angry about." One raised his head and walked the opposite path.

As soon as the bell of the academy rang in the morning, Xiao Ling and Yu Qingqing had already boarded the academy's speedboat and set off for Sino Town.

It is inevitable that the two will not speak to each other along the way, Xiao Ling may be closing his eyes to recuperate, and Yu Qingqing's words may be out of sight and out of mind.

The two arrived at Sino Town at about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the Sino Town at this time was very different from usual, there were no more crowds of people and horses coming and going on the streets of the town, let alone any merchants and vendors.

The doors of every house are closed, and if someone who doesn't know comes in, I'm afraid they will mistakenly think that this is an abandoned and lonely city.

The wind blew the dust on the ground, and Xiao Ling and Yu Qingqing barely managed to find a shop that was still open. When they entered, there was not a single customer in the store, only a clerk lying on the counter yawning boredly. Yu Qingqing walked over and knocked on the table of the counter before attracting the attention of the clerk.

"Open us two rooms."

"Well, I don't know how long you two will stay."

The clerk looked uninterested, and even a little impatient, who didn't want to stay at home safely at this time, the black-hearted boss insisted that he guard the store, saying that he couldn't leave a business behind.

Yu Qingqing threw a bag on the counter with a cold face, which frightened the clerk and hesitantly reached out to open it, and his eyes instantly straightened. That's a bag full of gold coins!

Yu Qingqing looked at him, "Isn't it enough?" ”

As he spoke, he was about to take it out, but the clerk quickly pushed it.

"No, you two are from somewhere else, you should have seen that something is wrong here recently, to be honest, we have recently had a big event, bloody, you are all little girls, I won't tell you, I advise you, let's go back quickly, it's really not very peaceful here now."

Yu Qingqing and Xiao Ling glanced at each other.

Xiao Ling stepped forward and said, "Open a room for us." ”

The clerk looked at Xiao Ling and then at Yu Qingqing, and sighed helplessly, he had kindly reminded him that no one was a savior, and he couldn't help it if they didn't want to go. Lisuo opened the room, handed over the room card to Xiao Ling, sat down and continued to take a nap.