Preface Shadow of Death

"When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by an unfamiliar ceiling...... I've wanted to say that for a long time. Looking at the unimpressed dome, Andrea subconsciously said this.

She sat up, and found herself in a very luxurious room, and she herself was lying on a soft bed. The clothes on my body have been changed, but fortunately, there is no discomfort.

Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings around her, she muttered to herself, "Anyway, where is this?

It so happened that at this time, the door to the room was opened, and several maids walked in...... Then they saw Andrea, who had woken up.

"Ahh

"Brave?" Andrea pointed at herself with a strange expression, "Are you talking about me?"

The other maid replied as a matter of course: "You saved the life of Lord Brigitte, and you are naturally a brave man of the Empire...... By the way, Your Majesty knows that Your Excellency the Brave will definitely receive you when he wakes up, so let's serve you to freshen up. ”

"Huh!?wait, just let me do it myself......"

"Hehe, Your Excellency the Brave will still be shy, what is there to be ashamed of all girls. ”

Obviously, he was able to withstand the attacks of three demonized humans alone, but now the maids are picking up Andrea into a little white sheep with all their hands.

After a bit of freshening up, Andrea soon got the news that the Emperor was going to receive her.

The place where Andrea was received was not between the receptions, but in Kaos's study.

Kaos, dressed in black, sat in a chair, a smile appeared on his seemingly pale and gloomy face.

"Your Excellency, you don't feel unwell, right?"

"Yes, yes, my body has recovered without any discomfort. Andrea, who was seeing such a big man for the first time, seemed a little nervous.

Seeing the other party's reaction like this, Kaos tried his best to make his tone appear gentle: "Don't be nervous, Your Excellency the Brave is a great benefactor of the Empire, you don't need to be so polite, just treat this place as your home...... By the way, I haven't asked your name yet. ”

"Oh, my name is Andrea and I was born in the village of Normadik. Then Andrea unceremoniously found a chair and sat down, "I have a question, why do you call me a brave man......, Your Majesty?

"You saved Brigitte, and you are fully qualified to accept the title of Brave. "Kao's calmly recounted some of the secrets of the royal family," Brigitte has an irreplaceable role for the Empire, to put it mildly...... I, the emperor, am just a mascot, and she is the one who is really in charge. If she were to die, the entire empire would be thrown into chaos, and perhaps even disintegrate. ”

[I've known this kind of thing for a long time......]

The secret in Kaos's mouth was just an old piece of news for Andrea, and when she was a child, she often heard her father muttering about the decline of imperial power, that the black-skinned rabbit was the real emperor or something...... Although she didn't know where her father got the information, Andrea wrote it down.

Andrea thinks about it now, and only then does she realize that her father seems to be very powerful...... Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered something, "May I ask Your Majesty, how long have I been in a coma?"

"It's not long, it's only three days. Kaos immediately understood what Andrea wanted to ask, "Is there something urgent for Your Excellency the Brave?"

"My companion stayed at the Rezerin Inn, and I didn't know ...... after so many days without contact"

"It's okay, I'll have someone go and inform them right away. Before he could finish speaking, Kaos summoned a guard with a look of understanding, "You go to the Rezerin Hotel and inform Your Excellency the Brave's companion...... By the way, what is the name of His Excellency the Brave's companion?"

"Garusis, Loraine, Nightingale, and Ellis Megatron!" Andrea added...... Poor Camilla, she is forgotten again.

Hearing the name Garusis, Kaos was visibly stunned for a moment, and then smiled brightly.

"Garusis...... It's an interesting name, I don't know what kind of parents would give their children such a name. ”

It didn't take much time to go back and forth, but the information that the guard had brought back made Andrea feel disappointed...... According to the innkeeper's account, Garusis and the others had checked out three days earlier.

“......”

Andrea falls silent in her frustration, while Kaos is thoughtful in silence.

......

The smell of blood is in the middle of an unknown grotto, and in the deepest part of the grotto, a bloody sacrifice is taking place.

"Wait a little longer...... Just wait a little longer...... My beautiful bride, you will always belong to me. In the dim light, a hoarse and gloomy voice said this, and looked at the frightened girl on the side.

The girl was hung naked in the air, with a rag stuffed in her mouth, and the emotion in her eyes was nothing but horror in the eyes of the man in front of her.

He ignored the girl's graceful figure, just stared at the girl's arm, and stretched out his pale hand to caress it.

"What a beautiful arm, it feels exactly like her hand...... Girl, for the sake of my happiness, please sacrifice yourself. ”

The next moment, he pulled out a hand-axe and "clicked" twice, and simply cut off the girl's two arms shoulder to shoulder.

Blood stained the rock wall red, and the girl fell to the ground from mid-air...... However, the pain of falling is obviously not as strong as the pain of breaking her hand, but in any case, the girl is in pain now.

Blood continued to flow from the wound in her shoulder, and soon the ground was stained red, but she couldn't scream loudly because her mouth was gagged.

He untied the rope, removed his arm, and carefully placed it on the altar not far away.

In addition to the pair of arms that had just been placed on the altar, there were also a pair of maiden legs and a body with a missing head and limbs, which showed that this was not the first time he had done such a thing.

Looking at the female body trembling in a pool of blood, he sighed compassionately: "Don't worry, I'll help you get rid of it immediately." ”

As the words fell, several black monsters emerged from his shadow and pounced on the girl and tore the girl to pieces.