"If I'm not mistaken, Mistress Medici is talking about the devil?"

"To deal with the devil, adults should go to the witchers, they are more professional and cheaper. ”

Someone chuckled, leading to a burst of laughter.

They thought that Medici meant that there were devils in Florence, so they summoned them with the intention of sending an army against them.

But how can ordinary people deal with the devil?

Even the Church's specially trained Judges are far better at dealing with poor witches than with devils.

Human, after all, is an animal that is better at extending the butcher's knife to its own kind.

Medici looked at the smiling nobles with a very serious face, and he said solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am not an ignorant stupid woman. In fact, I've hired thirteen well-known witchers, but none of them made it to the point, and all of them died on the way. ”

The laughing aristocrats finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and they turned their eyes to the cardinals, whose faces were as gloomy as water, and their hearts chuckled.

One of the cardinals spoke: "Your Excellency Medici is not joking, you have been summoned this time to deal with the devil. ”

The aristocrats recognized this as the patriarch of the Archdiocese of Florence, a clergyman of high moral standing and high moral character, and it was clear that he could not have lied.

Duke Medici spoke again: "There is more than one devil lurking in Florence, and the evil devil believers are trying to help their masters, open a gate of hell in Florence, and turn the whole of Florence into a human purgatory - I will contribute 10,000 gold florins to form an alliance against the devil." ”

He exclaimed, "For every soldier you send in armor, I will pay a weekly salary of one gold florin, three times as much as a knight!"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the nobles suddenly became excited.

Ten thousand gold florins may not sound like much, but in reality, there are very few people in Europe who can come up with this cash, except for a large country like the Franks.

"That's a lot of money. ”

Knight Elwin sighed.

Even if the whole of Sicily is wrung out like a rag, it will not be able to squeeze out 10,000 gold florins, and these Italian city-states that have become rich by relying on oriental trade are really enviable.

"If we can plunder Genoa, Venice, and Florence, we will easily raise an army of more than 100,000!"

It's a pity that Erwin just thinks about it.

These Italian city-states relied on the papal state's protection and paid sky-high tributes every year, not to mention that it was impossible for them to turn against them as a divine power.

Even if it really turned the other cheek, these Italian city-states could quickly pull up a large number of mercenaries to counterattack the enemy.

......

Deep.

Leon didn't know how long he had been walking in the dark.

At first, he could see all kinds of strange sea creatures through dark vision, such as swimming green-shelled turtles, colorful jellyfish and octopuses, and schools of fish that resembled an underwater storm......

There were all sorts of weird things that he hadn't seen in a documentary.

He felt as if he was on a sightseeing submarine, looking at the scenery through the completely transparent portholes, and there was an indescribable sense of freshness.

But now, there is not even the slightest light here.

Overhead, underneath, and in all directions, it was pitch black.

Even the dark vision of the werewolf can't see the slightest light and shadow.

Dark vision is not really able to see in the dark, but can receive more light than humans, and the same should be true of the witchcraft used by Lagaia.

So in this environment where there is not even a little light, Li Ang still can't see anything.

He instinctively clung to the white shark man's rough dorsal fin, like a drowning man clutching at a life-saving straw.

A strong sense of loneliness welled up in his heart, and he felt that he had been abandoned by the whole world in the bottomless abyss, and he could only go with the flow and gradually decay.

He subconsciously shouted, "Sister?"

No one responded, and he couldn't help but get agitated.

He repeated again: "Sister?"

There was still no response, as if he had really been abandoned.

An uncontrollable fear welled up in his heart, and for the first time he realized that his heart was so fragile.

He forcibly suppressed the panic and tried to calm himself.

After a long time, he began to call Lagaia's name over and over again in a constant, neither high nor low, neither fast nor slow, tone and speed.

"Don't be afraid, Leon. ”

In the long silence, Lagaia's voice suddenly sounded, like a heavenly sound.

"Sister, why didn't you speak just now?"

Leon suppressed the tremor in his voice, trying to make himself appear less afraid.

Lagaia said apologetically, "We were too far apart just now for the sound to be heard. Don't worry, this is close to the habitat of the White Shark people, and there will be no danger. ”

Whoa—

The sound of a stream of water suddenly sounded.

He could clearly perceive a shapeless behemoth swimming past him, and he could even feel the white shark man beneath him quickly turning and dodging.

It's a long process, it's at least twenty meters long!

The fear of the unknown made Leon subconsciously hold his breath.

"Don't be afraid, it's a docile whale shark, it's big, but it's not aggressive at all, and it's just afraid of being hit by this ill-eyed gentleman," Ragaia reminded. ”

Leon nodded, realizing that she couldn't see, before he replied in a loud voice, "I'm not afraid. ”

Lagaia laughed, "The first time I saw it, I was scared to death, you were so daring. ”

Leon: "Uh-huh!"

(￣へ￣)φ

I don't know how long later, the light returned, and clusters of yellow fluorescence like ghost fire floated from afar, illuminating some of the surrounding horizons.

Leon could see that the white shark man carrying Lagaia was not far in front of him, and she was turning her head to wave to her.

"It's a sea ghost fish, a little guy who relies on light to attract small fish to prey, and it may look a little ugly, but it's not a threat to us. ”

Li Ang showed a reassuring smile, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart, the deep sea is too terrifying, could it be that these strange things are because it's too dark here, and no one can see anyone, so they just give up on themselves and grow casually?

At this moment, Li Ang glanced into the distance, and a huge shadow quickly swam in.

Its outline gradually became clear under the light of the sea ghost fish, and it was an incomparably large squid.

It is about twenty meters long, and its slender wrists and feet propelled its body, advancing at great speed, like the legendary king squid.

"Be careful. ”

Lagaia's voice grew tense.

Li Ang also felt terrified, in front of this king squid, even if it was a white shark man with an average length of three meters, it was impossible to deal with it, right?

It's like the legendary Norwegian sea monster, which can easily tow a ship to the bottom of the sea with its wrists and feet.

At this moment, the sound of more violent water flow came, as if some kind of terrifying giant was speeding through the waves!

An incomparably large black shadow quickly enlarged in front of their eyes, it was a huge shark that resembled a great white shark like a giant whale.

It's so big, compared to it, the king squid is more like a branch floating in the water.

Almost instantly, the monstrous opening and closing jaw devoured the king squid, and its wrists and feet weakly grabbed the shark's mouth, gradually unable to let go.

Then, the shark slowly swam away, leaving only the wisps of stumps, and there was no intention of approaching.

"Alright, the crisis is over, this is the guardian beast of the White Shark tribe, an ancient Mr. Megalodon. ”

Lagaia's voice came with a slight mischievous smile.

"At the same time as we departed, Lord Lacanihu had already sent a messenger to ask him to protect our safety, so you can rest easy, this is still a shallow sea, and Mr. Megalodon is invincible. ”

Li Ang couldn't help but say, "Since the white shark people have such a strong strength, why do they still go to the island to nest and lay eggs, there are their natural enemies here?"

"Of course not. ”

"The White Shark Man just came to the island at the same time to pay tribute, and this Megalodon is an ancient fossil resurrected by his mother during a witchcraft experiment, and it was the White Shark Man who paid enough to order him to be the guardian beast of the White Shark Man," Lagaia explained. ”

"It is said that it lived on the island before we were born, but unfortunately it was put into the sea by its mother when it grew in size, otherwise it would not have been Mr. Wenqi who carried us in. ”