Chapter 345: A True Nightmare
Leaving Field Castle, Rogge and the others went all the way to the west, then turned north, and traveled for a week on the plains in the middle of summer, approaching the royal capital of the Duchy of Italy, and standing in front of them was a small town on the outskirts of Italy, called Turin.
"We're almost there. Standing outside the gate of the town of Turin, Rogge pointed to the north and said to Catherine, "From here continue north, and you will be in the city of Itali for another day." ”
"Shall we then go to the Guild of the Convictors?" asked Catherine expectantly.
"Yes, they shouldn't be hard to find, the Convictor's Guild is different from the Thieves' Guild, they are an open anti-vampire organization, and the guild's location is not hidden underground, so we don't have to bother. Rogge said as he entered the town with Catherine and Murphy in the twilight sunset.
At the entrance of the largest inn in the town, the three saw a convoy parked in front of the store, a group of dusty travelers were sorting out their vehicles and horses, Rogge walked past them, passed by a man with three hideous scars on the left side of his face and a mustache, the two looked at each other, and Rogge calmly entered the inn.
He booked three rooms with his boss, paid the deposit, and took Catherine and Murphy to the second floor, on which Catherine asked curiously, "Who are those people outside the door?" ”
"They're werewolf hunters. Rogge replied softly.
"Werewolf hunters?" Catherine immediately became vigilant when she heard this, and asked with concern, "What are they doing here? Could it be that there are werewolves around this town?"
"I don't know, maybe it's just passing by, there are very few werewolves in the human kingdom now, and you have seen it when you were in the Sun and Moon Forest, and most of the werewolves have retreated to live in the forest. ”
Rogge stopped at the door of his room, pushed open the door and said, "Of course, it is not excluded that a few people will go out alone. ”
"Could it be ......" Catherine looked at him with some excitement, but swallowed back halfway through the words, Rogge glanced at her expression and smiled: "Maybe, if they really came to hunt werewolves, then we can get the news tomorrow morning." ”
"Tomorrow morning?" Catherine still looked at him inexplicably, and Murphy behind her reminded softly, "Tonight is the night of the full moon." ”
Catherine suddenly realized, saw Rogge nodded slightly, and said: "That's right, werewolf hunters usually spend a month looking for targets and preparations, and then do it on a full moon night, whether there is a harvest or not, we will see tomorrow morning." ”
Catherine nodded silently, suppressing a small expectation in her heart, when she was in her hometown of Willis, she had thought about asking Rogge to help her find the white werewolf who killed her father, but she finally gave up because she was afraid of delaying her business, and now the appearance of the werewolf hunter gave her a glimmer of hope.
As the night deepened, a bright moon rose into the night sky, and Catherine stood at the window of her room, looking at the full moon in the sky, secretly speculating about the actions of the werewolf hunters tonight, hoping that they would be able to bring back the white werewolf who killed her father at dawn to avenge her father.
Suddenly, there was a scream in the street outside the window, and Catherine's curious probe looked out, and saw a black shadow reflected in the bright moonlight, which whistled through the air, and a pair of magic wings behind it flapped lightly, and volleyed at a passerby who was running wildly, knocking him to the ground and stabbing his body with a claw.
"Oh my God!" Catherine exclaimed, as she saw more black shadows skimming through the air, constantly attacking the crowd on the ground, and the magic that radiated red light bombarded the town's houses, burying them in a cloud of rubble.
"It's the vampires, these demons are slaughtering the people of the town!" Catherine looked at the vampires whizzing in the night sky in surprise, and turned to call the little flower spirit to rush out of the room.
She anxiously knocked on Rogge's room and shouted anxiously, "Mr. Rogge, do you hear me, vampires are slaughtering people outside, we have to save them!"
"Don't worry, calm down. Rogge turned around and walked into the room unhurriedly, Catherine anxiously followed the room, saw him sitting down at the table, she rushed to his side and urged: "We can't afford to waste time, they have killed a lot of people, we have to stop them!"
"This is Elizabeth's revenge for us killing Field. Rogge replied slowly, "It's also a trap." ”
"Trap?" asked Catherine, surprised.
"That's right, if we go out and fight them now, the vampires who were killed won't leave a trace, but when they're gone, the sheriff will come here and find us and the corpses all over the floor, so wouldn't we have a hard time?" said Rogge, picking up the coffee pot on the table and pouring a cup of coffee.
"But even so, we can't die without help!" said Catherine, clenching her fists in fear.
"Death is sometimes the best way to save, because when you save someone else, and in turn need someone else to save you, no one will come to save you. There was an unusual calmness in Rogge's eyes, which sent a chill through Catherine's heart.
She stood there at a loss, hesitated for a moment, then raised her head and stared at Rogge and asked, "But, aren't you hunting vampires just to save people? You already bear a lot of stigma for this, aren't you? Why did you suddenly retreat at this time?"
"Because I have been burdened with stigma and never been grateful for it, I do not want to jump into Elizabeth's trap at this moment, and if we are hunted by the sheriff at this moment, then our operation in the capital of Itali will become very difficult. ”
Rogge calmly took a sip of the coffee in the cup, looked down at the coffee in the cup and said, "What's more, I didn't hunt vampires to save humans, I just did it for myself." ”
"For yourself?" Catherine stared at him in surprise, not understanding the meaning of his words, and before she could ask for an explanation, Murphy appeared at the door of the room, his gaze swept over the two of them, and said to Catherine, "Don't say it, since he doesn't go, let's go and save those people!"
Catherine glanced back at him, nodded silently, turned around and was about to leave, when Rogge got up from the table and shouted, "No one is allowed to go, Elizabeth is waiting for you to throw yourself into the net!"
"If we really want to die here, that's our fate, and we'll gladly accept it, instead of hiding here and being a coward!" Murphy sneered unabashedly.
Rogge turned his head and landed a sharp gaze on his face, Murphy stared at his cold eyes with the same hostility, Catherine, who was caught between them, looked at the two of them uneasily, Murphy suddenly reached out and grabbed her, turned and walked out of the house.
"Stop!" Rogge rushed out of the room and grabbed Murphy by the shoulder, Murphy let go of Catherine and grabbed his arm, an over-the-shoulder throw threw him in front of him, and Rog landed on a somersault and jumped at Murphy, knocking him against the wall of the hallway.
"Brother, I hope you don't go against me this night, I know you don't really like me, and even dislike me, but I don't want Elizabeth to profit from it, you know what I mean?" said Rog through his arms around Murphy's neck, staring into his eyes and gritting his teeth.
"You may be able to defeat me, but you can't sway us, we're not your puppets, we have our options, you can't ask everyone to be as ruthless as you are, and sit idly by and ignore the slaughter like you!" Murphy stared at him coldly and replied, "You're a monster at all!"
Rogge looked at him silently, was silent for a moment and muttered, "You're right, if that's the case, that's the end of everything, let's go our separate ways from here!"
He let go of Murphy, glanced back at Catherine, and said to the two, "I hope you two don't regret it." ”
With that, he turned back to his room, slammed the door shut, and Murphy and Catherine looked at each other, and the girl was very sorry that things had turned out to be like this, and stood there helplessly.
"Let's go!" Murphy stepped forward and took Catherine's hand, turned and walked in the direction of the stairs, and after a few steps, the wall next to it suddenly collapsed, and a dark shadow broke through the wall and knocked Murphy and Catherine to the ground, grabbing Catherine's neck and lifting her into the air.
"Catherine!" Murphy struggled to her feet, and saw Elizabeth unfurl a pair of blood-red wings behind her back, her black-gloved hands pinching Catherine's neck, and a ray of moonlight shining into the hallway from the broken room, reflecting a sinister smile on the corner of her blushing mouth.
Suddenly, the door to Rog's room opened, and Rogge's figure came out of the door, and he stood in the shadows staring at Elizabeth, the vampire princess floated in the moonlight, looking at him like a midnight ghost, and said, "Lone wolf, you finally appeared, I thought you didn't even care about this girl's life!"
"Elizabeth, don't force me!" Rogge's eyes showed a fierce murderous intent as he stared at her viciously.
"Are you begging me?" Elizabeth sneered and shook her head, "When you killed Field, you should have known that there would be such a day." ”
She glanced back at Catherine, who was held hostage by herself, stabbed her sharp claws into her delicate neck, saw a blood trail flowing down from the wound, and smiled proudly: "Make a decision, come and save her, or watch her die?"
Rogge silently laid his gaze on Catherine's anguished face, and after a long silence he strode towards Elizabeth, when the little owl Lilith suddenly flew up to him to block the way, and cried out, "No, bad wolf, you can't go!"
"I don't have a choice, baby. Rogge shook his head meaningfully, raised his hand and gently pushed her away, saying, "Stay away from me and protect yourself." ”
"Bad wolf!" Lilith cried out helplessly, watching Rog walk past her, and when he was only a few steps away from Elizabeth, he suddenly rushed towards Elizabeth and leaped into the moonlight.
With a terrifying roar, his body suddenly doubled in size, the clothes on his body turned into snow-white manes, his hands and feet turned into sharp steel claws, his head turned into a hideous wolf head, a terrible wolf howl came out from his mouth full of fangs, and a pair of eyes shining green suddenly opened.
The white wolf rising in the moonlight slashed at Elizabeth with his claws, and the vampire princess withdrew from the blood mist, and the white wolf hugged Catherine who had fallen, put the stunned girl on the ground, looked at her with extremely complicated eyes, turned and rushed out of the broken wall, and pounced on Elizabeth who was flying in mid-air.
"No, that's not true!" Catherine, who was lifted up by Murphy, stared blankly in the direction of the white werewolf's departure, the moonlight reflected in her flickering pupils of horror, and a desperate exclamation echoed under the moonlight: "Murphy, tell me! It's just a nightmare!"
(Lao Luo's ultimate has been unlocked, and this bitter feud between him and Catherine will also be broken here, the curtain has been opened, this full moon night, wish me a happy birthday, brothers and sisters!)