The Holy Sword Empire is one of the most powerful countries in the Western Continent, and its territory is divided into twelve provinces, each of which is the size of a kingdom, which can be described as a behemoth.

Outside of the twelve provinces, the capital city of London is not within the twelve provinces, and it directly occupies the center of the territory of the Holy Sword Empire.

It is precisely because of this that after tens or hundreds of years of continuous construction, the city of London has become a super city, with the city and the surrounding area, almost equivalent to half of the province, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to call it the thirteenth province.

Unlike the most remote towns in the province of Lockhart, such as Far Hill and Fronthill, London is lit up at night, and the fruits of the Industrial Revolution have been fully popularized.

In a small manor house on the outskirts of London, men and women in gowns laugh and sweat on the dance floor.

But just as everyone was drinking and dancing, a middle-aged man who looked a little sick suddenly got up from his seat, smiled at several female companions around him, and walked to the study at the end of the second floor of the manor, accompanied by the maid.

Opening the door of the study, the sick man nodded lightly at his maid, and then opened the door and walked in.

The moment the sick man closed the door in the study, his black pupils, which looked extremely gentle, instantly turned blood-red, and his already pale face became even paler.

Sitting at the desk in the study, he took out an unlabeled wine bottle from the cabinet of the desk, and poured a viscous liquid with a slightly dark red color from it into the goblet on the table.

After taking a sip of the viscous dark red liquid in the goblet very elegantly, and sighing quite comfortably, the sick man's eyes glowed slightly red, and the small mirror directly reflected a slightly humble figure.

"Master, just ...... There was news from Mulder and Sasha. ”

The sick man seemed very satisfied with his humble attitude as a servant, he nodded slightly, and said directly: "Gold, I don't like to be disturbed when I taste the blood of virgins, so don't talk about it, just tell me the news." ”

There was a slight dissatisfaction in the sick man's words, and Gold, the owner of the humble figure, looked extremely frightened, his body trembled slightly, and then he bowed his head and said, "Lord...... Master, just now Mudder and Sasha have reported back, and my men told me that Mudder and Sasha's soul crystals are ...... All...... It's all shattered. ”

As soon as these words came out, the sick man's hand that was shaking the goblet suddenly stopped, and his eyes, which were slightly fascinated to look at the blood in the goblet, became dark and dark.

Gently putting down the goblet in his hand, the sick man looked at the small mirror in his hand, and said slowly word by word: "Gold, you mean, Mudd and Sasha not only failed to complete my task and bring back what I wanted, but were even killed by others, right?"

So you can tell me if you promised me that Sasha and Mudd would be able to bring things back, wouldn't you...... Are you deceiving me?"

As soon as the sick man said this, Gold's body trembled even more violently, and Gold in the mirror knelt on the ground suddenly, and said to the sick man with extreme humility: "Master, please give me another chance, I will personally go and bring things back." ”

Looking at Gold who was kneeling on the ground in the mirror in his hand, the sick man was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Give you another chance, you are the only blood clan under my command, so there is a second chance."

The injuries left on me by the people of the church are almost uncontrollable, and if you fail this time, then I will have to take out your blood crystals to prolong my life and suppress my injuries. ”

Hearing this, Gold was overjoyed, he nodded fiercely, and said with a slightly hideous expression: "Master, don't worry, I am a blood clan after all, countless times stronger than Mudder and Sasha, as long as I make a move, I will definitely be able to get things back for the master, please rest assured." ”

Nodding, the sick man said to Gold, "Remember, I'm only giving you a week, and in a week I'll leave London and return to the Blood Castle, and I hope to see you greet me with your things." ”

As the words fell, the sick man casually put the small mirror that had lost its luster back into his arms, and then he drank the blood from the goblet in his hand.

......

At the same time, in the blood-colored castle in an unknown location, Gold, who looked like a boy of eighteen or nineteen, put on a black cloak and flew directly into a black bat into the sky, and under the reflection of the moonlight, it flew rapidly in the direction of Lockhart Province at an astonishing speed.

......

Al was lying in his room at Grant Manor, and he was in a state of half-asleep and half-awake, and no matter how hard John and the doctor he had hired, he could not fully wake up for him.

This made John, who was suddenly overflowing with fatherly love, fall into an inexplicable anxiety, if he hadn't had a trace of sanity, I'm afraid he would have already taken his anger out on those doctors.

After walking around the house twice, John seemed to have made some decision, walked out of the house directly, came to Xiulan, who was standing outside the house and was smoking, and whispered: "Xiulan, I think it's better to ask a pastor of the church to come, Al's condition is not something that those doctors can cure." ”

Hearing John's words, Xiulan took another puff of the cigarette in his hand, and then said in a low voice: "John, you are right, I think so too, Al's situation is very strange, I'm afraid only the priest can be cured, I will set off to the distant mountain city to ask the priest now, and wait for me to come back." ”

After speaking, Xiulan prepared to take people to the church in Yuanshan City to find the priest.

However, just as Xiulan was about to leave, the two doctors in the room let out exclamations one after another.

Hearing the exclamation, John and Huran immediately rushed into the house, and instead of paying attention to the two frightened doctors, they looked directly at Al on the bed.

At this time, Al was sitting on the bed, rubbing his forehead with one hand, as if he had just woken up from a big dream.

Raising his head, Al looked at John and Xiulan who were standing beside the bed, and smiled: "Father, Uncle Xiulan, don't worry, I'm fine, and I don't need to go to any priests." ”

Hearing Al's words, John and Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time, and then John spoke: "Al, it's okay if you're fine, and I'll let the two doctors check it out to make sure that nothing is overlooked by us." ”

Al looked at the intense look of concern in John's eyes, nodded a little uncomfortably, and said no more.

Seeing that Al didn't want to continue talking, John said a few words to Al such as taking care of his body and recuperating well, and then left El's room with Xiulan.

Patiently, the two doctors examined themselves, and when they were sure that there was nothing wrong with Al, they also exited Al's room and gave Al a quiet environment to rest.

Seeing that there was finally only himself left in the room, Al finally breathed a sigh of relief, he got off the bed directly, stood on the ground and moved his body, and after finding that he did not have any discomfort, he nodded with satisfaction.

Walking into the closet in the room, Al opened the closet and found that his things were all inside, which was a little relieved.

Taking off the space bag on his belt, Al took out two potions directly from it and held them in his hand, looking at the potions in his hand, Al gradually fell into deep thought.

Just now, in the half-dream, half-awake, Al saw a lot of pictures, which seemed to be reality, and the dream-like pictures made Al quite conflicted.

In those scenes, Al sees a Bloodline raid Grant Manor, killing John and Huran who are fighting back, and then finds himself in the Hunter's Hut, and after killing himself, takes El's space bag.

Those pictures are very real, so real that Al even thinks it is reality, and it is precisely because of this that Al wakes up directly from that inexplicable state in fear.

Recalling everything in the dream, Al felt that he was really too nervous, and that just a dream scared him nervously.

Laughing at himself, Al was about to put the two potions back into the space bag, but just as he was about to throw the potion into the space bag, a warning that seemed to come from the depths of his soul made Al's hand stop in place, and he didn't throw the potion into the space bag.

This seemingly instinctive warning made Al's face change slightly.

If that somewhat bizarre dream wasn't enough for Al to believe.

At this time, this kind of warning that seemed to come from the depths of the soul made Al have to think about it more.

There have been many times when Al has felt this similar warning, whether it was when he was in the Snake Forest Mansion, when Lancer suddenly checked whether El contained wizard power in his body, or when he was in Far Mountain City before, he subconsciously followed the guidance of the warning and brought the Burning Sword that he didn't originally intend to bring, or the time when he was assassinated by the killer of the Meteor Thief and reacted in advance under the effect of the warning, this warning made Al escape from the shadow of death.

Today, when Al was about to put these two potions back, the alarm appeared again, which made Al face up to the images he had seen in his half-asleep and half-awake minds!