Dracula is a synonym precisely because he is so charming.

So even Westerners still like to call him Dracula.

But he himself is actually a famous figure in European history, a famous Romanian general in ancient times, Vlad III, who was named Grand Duke.

He is known for his cruelty, often inserting prisoners of war from the anus into a long wooden stick that passes through his entire body and out of his mouth, and then standing it high in the air, torturing prisoners of war to death, and once executing thousands of Ottoman Turkish captives at once. That's why he is also called the "Grand Duke of Piercing".

At the same time, according to historical records, Vlad III also had the disease of blood madness, but he was the strongest knight of the Holy See at that time.

Of course, with the scrolls in the classified archives of the City of the Prophets, Pope Mario and the presiding judge Jorge naturally do not think that history is true.

But according to the scroll, Vlad III, who is also known as Dracula.

He was the first knight of the Holy See at that time, the shield of God.

Before he fell into darkness, he was one of the few strong people in the whole world, and after falling into darkness, he was even more powerful and invincible.

In the end, it was the Pope and the 12 cardinals at the same time that sealed the former "son of the dragon", "Archduke of Piercing", and former first knight.

Pope Mario walked to the cross in the center of the church and stood quietly with the sword of Cass in hand.

He was flanked by the black-clad presiding judge, Jorge, and behind them was the Papal Bodyguard, the Pope's most loyal bodyguard.

It was a sacred and solemn atmosphere.

"Move away!"

Pope Mario finally withdrew his gaze from looking at the cross and said lightly.

With Pope Mario's order.

Ten of the Holy See's guards stepped forward, grabbed the base of the huge cross and began to move it slowly.

This cross has not been moved for 400 years.

Because it's so well placed, it looks like it's blending in with the ground from a distance.

In this way, no one will think of moving it.

After all, many of the sculptures here are extremely valuable works of art and historical relics, and it would be bad if they were damaged.

"......"

With the sound of the cross rubbing against the groove in the ground, the huge cross was slowly pulled up.

At this time, the dried corpse in the underground secret room was shaking his fingers slightly.

As if it had heard something, he raised his head slightly.

As the huge cross was pulled out, a ray of light shone into the dimly lit chamber.

The dried corpse instantly returned to its static state.

"Bang!"

With the sound of a huge cross placed on the ground, the light of several flashlights on the ground shone into the dimly lit chamber.

"Let's go down and see what's going on!"

Presiding Judge Jorge said coldly.

But the crowd had long been accustomed to his coldness, under the arrangement of the captain of the papal guard.

Eventually, a papal escort walked in with a flashlight.

"It's a secret room, with only a dried corpse in it, and an entrance to a cellar, and the entrance to the cellar is hidden behind the dried corpse. ”

After about five minutes, a voice came from the entrance to the underground.

And the papal guard who opened the mouth below didn't notice that when he reported, the dried corpse behind him was tilting his head and looking at him quietly.

The dry corpse's hollow gaze swept over the neck of the papal guard.

"Is the corpse dead?"

Outside the underground chamber, Jorge was dressed in a black missionary suit, slightly disappointed.

"It's about the same, after all, it's been more than 600 years, which is long enough to transition ten generations. ”

Pope Mario looked at the huge cross that had been moved in front of him, shook his head, and said:

"It's normal for him to not be able to survive, after all, he hasn't taken in any energy for hundreds of years. ”

"Also, time is the most terrible weapon. ”

"No, no, no, there's a god, isn't there?"

Pope Mario smiled, and after glancing at the presiding judge, Jorge, he stepped forward slowly.

The presiding judge, Jorge, followed, and when he walked to the underground chamber, he made a gesture for everyone to follow.

The Pope was at the front, sword of Cass in hand, and slowly stepped forward into the underground chamber.

It is a small and spacious chamber, but the surrounding walls are intricately carved with various patterns of angels and sages.

In the secret room, there was a faint smell of decay in the air.

After entering the underground secret room, the presiding judge looked at the dried corpse in front of him with a complicated expression.

"He was one of the greatest warriors of the Holy See, but alas, he turned his back on the Lord. ”

"At least, in history, he died heroically, and there are still many people who remember this 'Count Dracula', right?"

Pope Mario looked at the dried corpse in front of him, which was as dry as rotten wood, and his expression was slightly complicated.

Historically, he was a hero of the Holy See, but in reality he was trapped here.

This is the impermanence and unpredictability of the human world.

He thought that if this person was still alive, he should be able to answer his doubts.

Now it seems that I have thought too much.

"Take him out and hand him over to the scientific institutions of the Holy See. ”

The Pope waved his hand and said, it was not that he did not want to give this man a rest.

It's just that the church needs to have a detailed understanding of dark creatures.

The Papal Guard moved at this, and they stepped forward to untie the chains of sterling silver on the corpse, and then removed the corpse bound to the cross.

Six men lifted it out of the underground chamber.

After removing the dried corpse, a stone cover in the shape of a cross was revealed before Pope Mario's eyes.

On the surface of the cross on the stone cover, the breath of holiness is constantly flowing.

It gives an extremely sacred feeling.

And underneath the cross are written a few big hideous letters: Don't open it!

The person who writes carries a strong emotion in the text, and the whole font is like a struggle, that is a kind of admonition, a kind of warning.

"Do you want to open it again? ”

The captain of the papal guard asked, looking at the stone cover in front of him.

As the captain of the Pope's guard in the City of Prophets, he naturally knew that there was something mysterious in this world, and since there was such a warning in the church, it meant that there must be something extraordinary in it.

If you open it, you can't tell what exactly will happen.

Pope Mario looked at the cross in front of him and thought for a long time, then said, "No need, let's go, re-trim this one." ”

On top of the scrolls, it is said that the place below is where the demons are kept, but since many scrolls are missing, no one knows what exactly is locked up below.

It's not a good time to open it.

But what Mario doesn't know is that he has let go of a dying devil.