The running team was not hindered, partly because the members of the Edward family, who were dissatisfied with the patriarch, were desperate to open the way. On the other hand, when Cheese and the others enter the combat mode, the dangerous aura on these people is enough to make the craziest beasts think about the consequences of stepping forward to stop them. The half-beastly Jack led the way, the Wolfwalker's unmatched strength and speed allowing him to knock enemies out of the way too late to dodge. Even if a ghoul is lucky enough to avoid the humanoid tank, the two knights who follow Jack, Lothar and Atticus, will wield the witch-hunting knives in their hands to harvest those lives, and the two knights, one old and one young, inspire each other to perform dazzling skills.

With this hard open-path combination, Cheese and the old ghoul beside him almost only had to run and climb over the tombstones along the way. The mage was surprised to see that although the thin guide looked weak, the oil lamp in his field of vision remained in the same position during such a high-speed movement, which meant that the other party's speed could completely keep up with the mage, or even surpass it. Heather, who was at the back of the line and was in charge of the palace, had the most say in this, and in the eyes of the female knight, the old ghoul was not fast, nor did he rely on the power of his muscles to speed up like the others, and instead of running, the old man seemed to float against the ground, and its body seemed to have no weight, and it only needed a light kick to fly far away.

The tombstone quickly retreated beside several people, and in the blink of an eye, the team had penetrated into the center of the cemetery. The civil war of the Edwards family is even more fierce here, if there are still clear two forces in the outer cemetery, the battle in the central area can already be described as chaotic, every ghoul is trying their best against the same clan in front of them, there is no extra energy to estimate the formation and the like, severed limbs, flesh, disemboweled, corpses, they hang on tombstones, spread on the ground, even those branches that grow in mid-air have the remnants of battle, the air is filled with the pungent smell of ghoul blood, even the bright moonlight is not enough to cover the purgatory-like scene。

The battle was so fierce that even the battle-hardened Iron Knight and the Count of Montenegro couldn't help but frown. They knew that the battle in front of them was far more brutal than the war between humans and nezumi, or the war of the kingdom's armies against other kingdoms or the extermination of bandits. "Is it worth the terrible price?" Cheese's voice whispered. He looked at the old ghoul beside him, and the mage understood that the Edward family would come to this point, and the betrayal of the patriarch alone was definitely not enough, this old man called the elder must have also played some kind of role, promoting the civil war in the entire family.

"There's never anything worth it, Mr. Greyrobe. Many questions cannot be easily asked, because once they are discovered, they must be answered, otherwise they will destroy everything about the questioner. After saying this, the old man rushed to the wolfwalker's side in three or two steps. "I can't count on those young people for the rest of the road, it's time for me, the guide, to work. The lantern in his hand began to radiate a violent light, that light was not firelight, and it was different from the light of the world, that light was strange and intimate, and he wanted to stay away but couldn't help but snoop, only Cheese knew in the team, and there was only one thing that could radiate this light, the soul of a creature.

Sheltered by the light of their souls, the ghouls in the chaos were unaware that someone was passing them. As he went along, Lothar noticed that under the light of the tombstone, all the words on the tombstone had disappeared, and in their place were the different faces on the stone slabs, and the Count of Montenegro only felt that his scalp had exploded, and he wanted to alert his companions, but Cheese reached out to stop him. "Those are the souls buried here. We are now walking through their world, so don't alarm them. ”

In this strange environment, the group walked through the cemetery for a while, and soon an open mound appeared in front of them, with a stone tunnel leading below the ground, where ghouls could be seen fighting far more than in other areas. "Come on, while the light is not extinguished, let's go straight through. The old ghoul leading the way said, and rushed straight to the ghouls who were standing in front of the door. The moment his body touched the other, something unbelievable happened, and the members of the Edward family who were fighting were pierced like non-existent phantoms, unnoticed.

Jack, who followed him, was surprised by the scene in front of him, but it was too late for him to brake. The wolfwalker closed his eyes, exerted force under his feet, and rushed over as well...... When Heather, the last of the team, stepped down the steps, the flames in the old ghoul's lantern began to normalize. "Welcome to the Edwards' crypt. Although now is not a good time to visit. The leader said, walking down the steps into the darkness.

The crypt stretched downward, and in the narrow, dimly lit corridors, even the most directional werewolves forgot how far they had gone. Surprisingly, however, the air in this crypt is unusually clean, there is no expected corpse stench, and there is no damp and moldy smell of the tomb soil, and the air here is not as clean as a ghoul. The staircase, turning back in front, an empty hall connected the top and bottom, and Jack could faintly see some cabinets in the corners of the hall with his night vision. "This is the chapel hall, where we usually hold a vigil for the deceased. The hall is connected to thirty-one rooms, each with a corresponding clansman in charge. But by the time we came down, nineteen of the thirty-one had lost their owners. Selecting new sacrifices is a tedious task, and it is hoped that there will be enough qualified people among the remaining clansmen. After the Great War, the kings had a lot of corpses to dispose of. The old man said calmly, as if he was really introducing his home to outsiders.

The team continued down the stairs in the hall, and as they walked about the same distance as before, an empty space appeared, and unlike the hall, the air here was filled with a faint smell of blood. "This is the family's dining room, and the corpses that have completed the vigil in the chapel will be transported down for our people to eat. Eating etiquette is the basic skill of the Soul Keeper, which frees us from the eating frenzy and stops being blood-eating beasts. Every Edward spends a lot of time training at a young age. However," the old man shook his head, "how can the nature in the bones be so easy to overcome? as long as the spirit is slightly relaxed, years of training will collapse in an instant. ”

The hallway leading to the deeper part of the crypt in the cafeteria is locked by a gate, preventing the team from advancing. "The third level, the deepest part of the crypt, is the private space of the patriarch of the Edward family and his cronies, where they were taught by their ancestors and learned about life and death. But now, it's occupied by an immortal. It's ironic that its very existence is the greatest desecration of death. ”

"Can you open this floodgate?" asked Jack, the blasphemer of the ghouls apparently the lich they were looking for. And as a protection to the Lich's location, the floodgates will certainly not be so easy to open. "Originally, I did have the qualifications to go to the deepest depths, but the presence that the patriarch brought back changed the way the gate operated, and now only the key that belongs to this door can open it. ”

The answer wasn't so satisfying, and Lothar frowned, "Where are we going to find that key?" the old ghoul didn't answer, just smiled and looked at Cheese. The mage nodded under the gaze of his companion, took out the shovel he had received from the Edward chief, walked to the gate, took a closer look at the iron grid, and then picked up the shovel and tapped the tip of the shovel lightly against one of the iron bars. "Ding!" a crisp sound echoed through the empty crypt. Then there was a sound of metal grinding, and the enchanted floodgates slowly opened upwards.

Cheese stood at the top of the stairs and looked back at the members of the team. The gray-robed mage tilted his head, "Let's go, it's time to meet this friend." ”