Gargoyles' skin and muscles are as hard as stone, and even the inside of their mouths is as tough as cowhide.

Fortunately, the Sinful Dagger is made of extraterrestrial meteoric iron, and its own material is of the highest quality and sharpest. The soul power of attaching 12 relict souls is actually a magic law, and it can pierce the gargoyle's mouth in one fell swoop.

Despite its strange appearance, gargoyles have a somewhat human-like connection to the back of their heads and spine, and are not covered by a skull. The Sinful Dagger stabbed through its mouth and out of the back of its head, pinning it firmly to the trunk of the tree.

After the monster was hit hard, it did not die, but went even more violent. The originally slender muscle lines more than doubled, and the body swelled like a balloon, and the strength of the struggle became greater and greater.

Although the head was nailed to the trunk of the tree with a dagger, the hooked claws of the limbs scratched the hunchbacked servant's skin and flesh. Frank felt a burning pain in his back, and he had to squeeze the gargoyle desperately, limiting the monster's limbs. If it weren't for his incomparable strength, if he were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would not be able to hold on any longer.

"Eccentric!" A cold voice came from behind Frank. The hunchbacked servant was startled, and quickly tilted his neck and tilted his head to the side.

"Doo!" A sharp wind swept over the hunchbacked servant's ear, even leaving a trail of blood on his cheek.

When Frank came to his senses, he realized that he had a shovel stuck in the side of his head.

The shovel slashed into the gargoyle's ear-grabbing jaw, like a grotesque guillotine, nearly splitting the monster's head in two. The fierce light in the gargoyle's eyes slowly faded, and he stopped struggling, this time he was really dead.

Frank sat on the ground with his back against the tree, gasping for breath. His shoulders and back had been briefly bandaged by Qin Lun, but his expression was still a little dazed.

The red glow in Qin Lun's eyes had long since faded, and he was observing the dead gargoyle with great interest, only occasionally glancing at the hunchbacked servant with a blank look. Of course he knew why Frank had such an expression, and Joey's ruthlessness just now made the hunchbacked servant a little difficult to accept.

Although Wellington and Frank are in a master-servant relationship, the two grew up together, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a pair of brothers with a somewhat special relationship. The hunchbacked ugly man didn't mind dying to save Wellington, but Qin Lun stabbed him in the back in order to kill the gargoyle, which made him have a very strange sense of strangeness and distance in his heart.

Qin Lun really appreciates Frank's loyalty, so he will keep his promise and try to leave Frank a fortune so that he can live alone before leaving this world.

However, Qin Lun is not an ordinary person after all, the morality and ethics that normal humans should have, he has only read about it in books, not really integrated it into his thoughts.

For Qin Lun, even if Joey really killed Frank just now, he didn't have any guilt in his heart. The hunchbacked servant was a loyal servant, but not to him, but to Wellington Stein, who had long since died.

After a few circles around the dead gargoyle, Qin Lun straightened up again and looked towards the bush where he saw the white figure at the beginning. The ghostly white figure had vanished, as if it had just been an occasional hallucination he had just had. However, Qin Lun knew that this was not an illusion, at least the hunchbacked servant should have seen it too.

"It's almost dawn!" Qin Lun looked at the hunchbacked servant who was still in a daze, and sighed, "Frank, it's time to get up!" ”

"Oh? Few...... Master, shall we go back? The hunchbacked ugly man stood up with his shoulders on his shoulders, lowering his head and not looking directly at Qin Lun.

"Refill Stephen's grave first! I'll go back later, and you'll go back to the castle later." Qin Lun glanced at the hunchbacked servant's shoulders and bloody back, and paused, "If you can't hold on, come back immediately!" ”

"Got it, young master!" Hearing Qin Lun's words, the hunchbacked servant suddenly perked up, grinned, and a smile reappeared on his face, "What about the corpse of this monster?" ”

What a simple human being! Qin Lun looked at Frank, who was recovering his spirits, and sighed secretly in his heart, a fluttering word of concern made him immediately forget about Joey's ruthlessness just now.

"This gargoyle ......" Qin Lun's eyes flashed, narrowed his eyes slightly, and whispered.

After a while, Qin Lun patted the dirt on his body and walked towards the outside of the woods. It was already dark, and he must return to the castle at once, or else he would arouse the suspicion of others.

He had only walked a few steps, but his heart moved, and he walked towards the place where the white figure had appeared at first. Walking around the circle, Qin Lun paused in front of a nearby tombstone.

This hillside grove is the burial ground of the Albert family, and this tombstone is naturally also a member of the Albert family.

"Mary Albert"

"Finnit Calendar 1698-1732"

After seeing this tombstone, the corners of Qin Lun's mouth twitched slightly, and he rubbed his fingers. However, when he looked up at the sky, he exhaled regretfully, turned and ran towards the exit of the woods, never to stop.

……

On the winding mountain road, a young man is running unhurriedly to the majestic ancient castle in front of him.

At this time, the sky is bright, and some early risers have appeared in the courtyard of the castle, busy with the day's work. Seeing the young man running along the stone bridge into the castle, several servants had a courteous smile on their faces.

The young man was now the only doctor in the region of Odia who could cure that terrible plague, and he was the guest of the lord of the castle, and they did not dare to be disrespectful in the slightest, both in public and private.

With a kind smile on his face, Qin Lun walked into the castle hall and met Jason, the old butler who was preparing morning tea.

"Dr. Stan, are you going for a run again? Hey? You ......" The old butler looked at Qin Lun, who was covered in dust, and was slightly surprised.

"Oh, I ran too early today, it was too dark, and I slipped on the mountain road!" Qin Lun looked at himself, then explained with a smile, "By the way, I want to wash my body, so I won't go to drink morning tea, please confess to His Excellency the Baron for me!" ”

"Okay, I'll get it to your room early!" The old butler nodded politely. In the past few days, there have been showers, the mountain road is muddy, and the humidity is heavy in the morning, and it is not uncommon to fall on the mountain road, and the old housekeeper is quickly relieved.

After Qin Lun returned to the room, the maid quickly prepared bath water for him and brought breakfast. After washing his body and eating breakfast, Qin Lun only felt that the fatigue on his body was swept away, so he leaned on the bed and picked up a medical book to read. Just his eyes are looking at the book, but his mind is not on the book, quietly waiting for Frank's return.

There was no body of Stephen Albert in the cemetery, which one-sidedly confirmed that the mission target may not have died, but at this point in the mission, Qin Lun was once again in a predicament.

It is unlikely that the members of the Albert family will continue to reveal the inside story to him, and if it weren't for the fact that he found some clues last night, I am afraid that he will have to use forceful means next.

Qin Lun felt that he had slowly approached the core truth of a huge secret, and Stephen Albert's death was most likely just the tip of the iceberg. The Albert family tried their best to conceal that the incident more than a year ago was probably just a key.

It is likely that the truth behind this goes back hundreds of years, when the first Baron Albert had some connection to the Odia region. Of course, for now, this is just a guess by Qin Lun.

The danger he encountered last night ignited Qin Lun's fighting spirit, and he was more interested in the huge secret hidden behind the mission than the content of the mission itself.

The vanished corpse, the white ghost, the gargoyle that only exists in myths and legends...... Qin Lun put down the book, stood up and paced around the room, his face slightly flushed, and the excitement in his heart was a little irrepressible. The questions and curiosity that kept pouring out made Qin Lun feel the climax-like excitement and anticipation.

After resting in the room for a while, Qin Lun opened a window and suddenly frowned.

After calculating the time, he had returned to the castle until now, almost two hours, and Frank had not shown up yet. Although Joey's knife avoided the important veins and bones on the hunchbacked servant's shoulder, this penetrating wound could not be stopped by a simple bandage, and with Frank's back scratched by a gargoyle, the blood loss would be faster.

Qin Lun originally thought that Frank would come back every half an hour at most, but he hadn't seen a hunchbacked ugly man until now.

Could it be that the fool bled himself to death! All told him not to be reckless, in case he really died of blood loss, didn't he do so much preparation in vain? It doesn't matter if that fool dies, if it's been in vain for so much of his hard work......

Qin Lun's face twitched, his nails slightly embedded in his palms, but there was a strange uneasiness in his heart.

"Doctor Stan, Doctor Stan!" Just when Qin Lun was worried, the voice of the old butler Jason sounded outside the door.

"What's the matter?" Qin Lun's heart moved, and he hurriedly opened the door.

"Dr. Stan, your entourage is back, but he's not doing well, go check it out!" The old butler said a little anxiously.

"Where is he?" Qin Lun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his clenched palm loosened, revealing a small blood mark in his palm......

In a large room, Frank lies pale on a flat wooden bed, his eyes closed, his chest heaving slightly, and his upper body covered in white bandages. The maid next to her took the blood-stained basin next to the bed and replaced it with a basin of warm water.

Qin Lun wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, stood up from the side of the bed, and finished the work at hand. Last night in the grove, the light was too dim, and now on closer inspection, he realized that the hunchbacked servant's injuries were a little more severe than he had imagined.

Frank's through-wound on his shoulder is not mentioned for the time being, and there are several blood marks on his back that are deep in the bones. Being able to stay out for two hours before coming back, even with his strength, was almost a fatal act.

Qin Lun's plan behind him was inseparable from the assistance of the hunchbacked servant, and in desperation, he had to spend half a drop of the "World Tree Flower Dew" to replenish his body.

"How did he get hurt? Can someone sue me? Qin Lun turned to look at everyone in the room angrily.

"Wellington, please follow me! Originally, people outside the Albert family could not understand this. However, since your retinue is involved, and the incident is near the castle, I think you have a right to know something about it now! The old baron sighed, walked out of the room with his hands behind his back, and nodded to signal Qin Lun to follow him.