Gonzalo said pity, but didn't look further at the blood-stained floor.

"This is the armor I wore in battle when I was a human. He approached the two sets of armor that were his height at the door of the hut, and stroked the scratched badge on his chest.

"My family is a small family, two hundred years ago, a small nobleman was not a nobleman, we were at most a tax collector who managed the land for the big family. Look at the current barons, the coinage, the establishment of four gallows, the private court, except that there is no big difference in rights except for the difference in dress from the more noble lords. ”

"Under the strong orders of the Count, I had to take out the most elite soldiers of my land and myself, and go to the battlefield to fight for them. ”

"Such wars have brought me nothing, but my territory has been set on fire by hostile nobles during a war. ”

"It's ironic that I used the soldiers of my own territory to help my lord, but in exchange for a blank land. Gonzalo stroked the frame of an oil painting on the wall, a little distracted.

In the painting, a dozen or so villagers kneel in front of a statue of the god, led by a well-dressed young man, praying sincerely.

"Unlike the great nobles who have many territories, my territory is small, and my relationship with the people is closer, and I am not so much their administrator as their patriarch, and after returning to the territory with the dozens of surviving soldiers and seeing the bloody village, I can't help but think about what I should fight for. ”

Gonzalo's words made Leo think about it as well, and it was also a question he had pondered, what was he fighting for in the war between the Sky Church and the Marquis of Golden Sands.

"Title, fame, wealth, power?" Gonzalo led Leo to the second floor, picking up a pair of sword axes.

"Confused, I disbanded my remaining subordinates and traveled the world alone to find answers, and during one of my adventures, I happened to experience an invasion of dark creatures, in the face of strange and powerful dark creatures, the power I was once proud of seemed small, and the resistance of the invaded town was extremely fierce. That town reminded me a little of the time I had when I was a lord, and I couldn't help but do a little stupid thing, and for the sake of greater power, I voluntarily degenerated into a blood clan, not feeding on blood, but on the blood of the nobility as the source of power. Most nobles become a Bloodline when they fall. ”

"Among the dark creatures, it is very popular to judge the high and low by blood and race, and with the superior bloodline of the blood clan, I successfully stopped the invasion, but because of this bloodline, I can never return to the human world, so I have to wander around. And because the bloodline never ages, and because of its immortal nature, I can't hide in the same place for long. When believers see a person who is eternally young, their first reaction must be to report it to the church. ”

"Over the next twenty years, I traveled from city to city, clearing away the creatures of darkness until I saw my original lord, the Count of Fosa. Gonzalo put down his axe, picked up his bayonet, and reached into the hole in the armor that Leo and Nana had seen, the hole in his chest where his neck met.

"Although the lifespan of the Sanctuary is not eternal, it is much longer than that of normal people, and sixty years is not too long for them. Driven and helped by the dark forces of the riot, I easily killed him, but it was this incident that taught me one thing. ”

"The power of the forbidden is the power of the taboo, the dark power is tempting you to do some crazy things all the time, to satisfy your endless desires, and most of the predecessors of the blood clan are nobles, our desire for the title is more obvious, and we can't withstand the temptation in this regard, the envy and desire for status, through the dark power to control my every move. ”

The greed in Gonzalo's eyes came to light, but he quickly pushed it back.

He pulled the bayonet out of his armor and put it back on the wall.

"Fortunately, I finally found a peaceful home here. Gonzalo beckoned, motioning for Leo and Lizanka to follow him upstairs.

There are only two rooms on the third floor of the small building, one is a study and the other is a bedroom.

Gonzalo pushed open the door to his study, took a piece of paper from the highest part of the shelf, and handed it to Leo.

The paper reads:

"In the 300th year of the Holy Calendar, Father Criwezi of the New Water Town Church of the Fraternity Church reached the following agreement with Gonzalo:

One, the Church of Newwater agreed to conceal Mr. Gonzalo's identity as a blood family and to provide the necessary help in due course.

2. Mr. Gonzalo shall not violate the ordinances of the Church in the town of New Water and within the limits of his diocese, and shall be obliged to restrain the actions of the dark creatures in the parish. ”

Underneath this piece of paper, four more names were written, namely Krivezi, Gonzalo, Andes, Zmin.

"Father Krievezi is a true philanthropic man, who does not judge a person arbitrarily by narrow classifications, and after discovering my whereabouts, he talked to me carefully for several days, and decided to help me alleviate the pain caused by the dark forces, and at last he came up with a brilliant solution, he let me live in this town, let the nuns of the church pretend to marry me, and once I was theoretically forty years old, the news of my tragic death came out, and at the same time had my son attend my funeral. ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gonzalo, but, your son?" asked Leo, interrupting Gonzalo's story.

"That's right, my son. Gonzalo snapped his fingers, and another Gonzalo appeared next to him.

"I see. Leo touched the illusion and said, "This is your Sanctuary ability?"

"One of them. ”

"You're just going to switch between yourself and your son's?"

"To be exact, I'm my own grandson now. Gonzalo said half-jokingly.

Leo and Lizanka looked at each other with strange faces, which was really bad enough.

Gonzalo pulled the paper back from Leo's hand and said, "As you can see, I am actually the patron saint of darkness in this diocese now, and now, do you want to do anything to me?"

Leo thought for a moment and said seriously, "I don't think it's a wise choice to force a person who yearns for the light back into the darkness. ”

"I think so too. Lizanka agreed.

The signatures of the three priests on that piece of paper are the best endorsement of the authenticity of Gonzalo's experience.

"I'm glad I didn't look at the wrong person, my friends. Gonzalo happily put the agreement back on the shelf.

Although he and Gonzalo reached an agreement for the time being, Leo had no intention of leaving.

"Do you know anything about the Water Jedi? ”

"Water Jedi. Gonzalo's body, which had been about to turn in front of the bookshelf, turned back again, and once again picked out a booklet from the bookshelf without a cover.

"Yes, since you're here for the dark creatures, you're going to the Water Jedi. Gonzalo spread out the booklet, which was full of text written in beautiful floral script.

Leo flipped through it, and Gonzalo said, "This is the diary I have kept in the past nearly a hundred years, and there are many records of the Water Jedi. ”

"Your diary is true. Leo looked through a few pages with a wonderful face, and thought for a long time before he came out with a word. "True. ”

In this diary, in addition to the weather and mood, there are some gossips about the town, the mildest of which is shown below.

"Mary's food is like being washed out of a dunghole ten times and then taken out, I wonder how her guests can endure the smell of it, and she still doesn't accept my criticism, unseen country woman!

It can be seen that this elegant blood clan is not as noble as he seems to be.

"Diary, naturally, is to record your truest feelings. Gonzalo didn't have a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Okay. Leo still had a little less experience, and he couldn't stand the rather heavy records in his diary, so he quickly skipped over the unimportant places.

Suddenly, Leo's gaze froze, and he stopped in one place.

He read, "In the three hundred and forty-second year of the Sacred Calendar, there was a wave of dark power in the Water Source Jedi, I don't know what it was, but this power is different from all the dark forces I have come into contact with, and perhaps my responsibility is going to become more difficult. ”

Lizanka said, "In other words, the riot of the dark forces did not appear only two years ago?"

"It's obvious. ”

Leo continued to scroll downward, and during this period, there were many deeds of dark power fluctuations, but they were all the same, until a record from more than twenty years ago made Leo stop his gaze again.

"Three hundred and seventy-three years after the Holy Calendar, the fifth rebellion of the Water Source Jedi, but the dark power in it has become different, I feel a trace of divine power in it, and there is an ambiguous power, this vague power seems to override the other two forces, I have to give Zmin that little guy a heads-up. ”

The message revealed in this passage is crucial, and it means that the form in this forbidden land has changed.

After this outbreak, the Water Source Jedi was quiet for almost twenty years, until two and a half years ago.

"In the three hundred and ninety-eighth year of the Holy Calendar, the dark power in the Water Source Jedi has finally broken through that layer of invisible bondage, and a large number of creatures have been corrupted by the dark power, I can feel the terrifying power of the monarch in the Water Source Jedi, if he plans to expand the territory, how long can I hold on to his hands?"

Leo closed his journal and said goodbye to Gonzalo, "Thank you very much for your hospitality, and I hope you will forgive us for our rudeness, but now I have my companions to join us." ”

p.s In the year 375 of the Holy Calendar, the dragon attacked the town of Artisans.