"Ha, haha...... Ha...... ，......”

The laughter gradually subsided, and the somewhat embarrassed Kerr gently tugged at the ears of the mountain hare and kept making circles. This was already the third joke he had racked his brains for. And this was also the second time he had finished speaking, and he laughed alone.

Except for the laughter that people echoed just now, everyone now looked at the boy with a wrenched face. As for the Bolna boy, he ran away under the pretext of looking for his sister. hated the teeth of the people present who were worse than dead.

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If you want to maintain a strong heart in the oppressive darkness,—— smile is always the best stress reliever. No one can maintain sanity under excessive pressure all the time. So a smile has become the best way to release stress. Whether it's true or not, people just have to laugh.

Reflecting the "flames" emitted by the beacon tower that had no temperature and were not easy for the demon beasts to repel, the three-petaled lips of the mountain hares who stayed near Kerr seemed to be quietly rising.

But...... ，

Looking at the team members who listened to their jokes but didn't say anything and their eyes diverged, Kerr thought for a moment with a little embarrassment....... Isn't it funny that the necromancer misspelled the second formula of the necromancy's summoning? Or the unpleasant vibrating sound of the demon spirit in the Song of the Undead, which he described too stiffly.

"Boss, what the hell are you trying to say?" Igusi rubbed his temples with a headache, and hurriedly interrupted Ker's next joke.

"I'm telling a joke! Can't you hear me? What a funny thing I'm telling!"

"......" Igusi suddenly choked hard.

"Ahahahaha!" Cleo, who was watching the wrong atmosphere from the sidelines, suddenly laughed a few times and played a round for Igusi. "It's a joke!

"Yes, yes...... Hahahaha! I said how could it be so funny?

"yes, hahaha, I'm laughing to death. Hahaha!" The crowd burst out laughing as if they had seen something very funny, and even the echoes of silver bells came from Leto's muffled armor.

"......" This time it was Kerr's turn. Vel, who had never seen or noticed such a scene, was surprisingly ...... Nervous. "Hah...... Hah, I'll just say it's funny. Hahaha!" "Kerr, who had spent all his life in battle and chaos, had only finally woken up from the madness of the demon spirit infection until now, looked at the people around him who were laughing backwards and forwards, and even giggled along.

"It's not funny at all. ”

"Hahahaha! ”

"It's not funny at all. The crisp voice accentuated her tone once more.

There was silence for a moment.

"Captain, are you talking?" all of them looked at the source of the voice.

"No, it's not. Kerr shook his head in confusion.

"It's just me talking. This time, everyone heard the abrupt voice clearly. The fighting quality in the face of danger has always made people instantly form an impermeable defensive circle around Kerr.

Under everyone's gaze, first an arm, one shoulder, and then gradually to the whole body. ...... Kerr felt the crow mark on his neck as if it was burning, venting something.

As if the tattered robes Kerr had draped over his body were an illusion of nothingness, a white girl dressed in the same shabby linen clothes as on the corpses in the underground temple "walked" out of Kerr's body.

It was really a white girl, with a sickly pale from top to bottom, except for the tawny linen. ...... With pure white hair, snow-like skin, and pale eyes, it seems that there is no trace of life, and the whole body is full of a sickly beauty.

"Ghost!?" muttered, and the tense human was about to rush up when he heard the sound, but was stopped by a wave of his hand from reacting in time.

"What's not funny?" made everyone react helplessly.

“......”

"What's not funny!" Quill emphasized.

"Hahahaha......" Suddenly, the girl who suddenly appeared smiled back and forth.

"What are you laughing at?" Kerle, who was still a little uncomfortable with normal communication with people, became nervous again.

"Laugh at you like a dad. ”

"Daddy?"

"Only you don't frighten me. The white-haired girl who suddenly appeared seemed to be unconcerned about the tense atmosphere of the people around her, and said softly.

"You're Io-Eleo's daughter?"

“...... Did you just notice......"

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Tucker felt like he was in a little trouble. Oh, and of course it could be said ...... It's a big trouble.

The chaotic air pressure and disordered spiritic tides that characterize pre-winter interfere with radar detection and most devices that require a stable energy supply to operate. The entire defense system of "Sidam" has also appeared unprecedented vulnerabilities due to the interference of external demons. However, if you want to slip through the heavily guarded outer walls without noticing, it must be something that only vampires above the earl can do.

Tucker looked thoughtfully at the corpse of the dwarf whose arteries had been severed in front of him. It's not like a vampire who goes into battle and uses blood as a medium to turn enemies into dried corpses. It's more like a professional killer, from the start to the end quickly and without the slightest drag, and the rhythm without blood also represents concealment and imperceptibility. This is already the fourth body lying in the machine room. It looks like this strange vampire is hunting his prey by waiting for the rabbit.

What stupidity, when the dwarven patrol arrived. Tucker felt sorry for the poor vampire. He didn't know what he was doing when he came in, but when the dwarven alchemist sprinkled a special red powder into the air, revealing a blood-red trail, Tucker knew that whatever it was, the vampire was dead.

"Your Excellency, you look like you need a piece of clothing. The captain of a patrol saw Tucker, who was wrapped in a bath towel and hesitated to enter the computer room, and said loudly.

"Yes, I need not only a piece of clothing, but also a squad that can fight hard with the Earl. Tucker slowly pulled out a blackened iron-colored medal of honor from under his large beard and spoke.

"Yes, sir. It's an honor to serve you. "The iron-clad dwarven captain raises his battle axe above his head, the most common ritual of respect for the dwarves. It represents a commitment guaranteed by life.

Tucker looked at the instrument watch that had been worn by his side, which had been completely ineffective due to demonic interference, and took the clothes that were handed over. Hurry up, Tucker always had a sense of foreboding.

"Follow me to the nearest computer room. Tucker casually opened the nearby railroad elevator and used his seat belt to secure himself to the wall of the cylindrical elevator. Looking at Tucker's skillful technique, the dwarf captain who was secretly observing from the side was really relieved. led the crowd into it. After all, no one knew who would be a vampire in the first place.