When Rog and Lilith returned to Milan, it was already dark, and they saw the outer gates of the city lying in pieces, the ground beneath the walls covered with broken bricks, and the streets inside the gates littered with the corpses of many Itali soldiers.

The city was dead silent, the doors and windows of many houses facing the street were smashed, the corpses of soldiers and civilians lay in pools of blood, and broken weapons were scattered in the streets, making the morning even more bleak.

Rog and Lilith made their way down Center Avenue to the Inner Fort, where they saw many broken barricades, scattered with bullets that had broken after shooting, and some lost guns, and a few spears made of gold pierced the chests of several soldiers, the tips of the blood-stained spears that seemed to tell the story of the bloody battle of the previous night.

As they approached the gates of the inner fort, they saw many soldiers cleaning the battlefield in front of the gates, and the ground outside the gates was full of traces of the battle, and the molten iron that had poured down from the city last night had solidified, turning the ground beneath the walls into a hard iron plate.

Many of the golden golems that had not been completely melted by molten iron had merged with the steel floor, and the remaining bodies stood erect on the ground, and the Duchess's death had forever turned them into sculptures.

With the help of artisans, the defenders of Milan are detaching the statues from the ground so that they can be taken away and minted into gold coins to repair the city's defenses after the war and to help repair the homes of the people whose houses have been damaged.

After identifying himself to the officer who was commanding the soldiers, Rog followed the soldiers into the inner city to find Antonio, who told Antonio about the situation of Prince Gurman and the Duchess, and was relieved to hear that both Prince and Duchess of Gurman were dead.

"Prince Gurman is dead, and all that is left is Elizabeth. Rogge sat down on the couch in the hall of the Inner Fort, relaxed his tired body, lit a cigar and said, "She shouldn't have been in Milan last night, right?"

"We didn't see Elizabeth. Antonio nodded affirmatively, but then said, "However, in the early hours of the morning, probably when you killed Prince Gurman, all the vampires suddenly flew away from the city of Milan and flew away in a northwesterly direction. ”

"Northwest direction?" Rogge squinted his eyes and said after a moment's thought, "Raphael Castle is northeast of the city of Milan, and I didn't see any vampires on the way back, they obviously didn't fly to Raphael Castle." ”

"So I wonder if they sensed Prince Gurman's death and responded to Elizabeth's call to join her?" Antonio guessed as he looked at Rogge.

"Quite possibly, but there doesn't seem to be a base for them to hide in the northeast of Milan. Roger frowned slightly and said with a puzzled face, Antonio turned around and ordered the soldiers to bring a map of the territory of the city of Milan and spread it out on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

The two of them looked down in front of the map, and found that the northeast of Milan was a large forest and plain, and it was not until the border between the two principalities of Itali and Errus that a border town called Lucca appeared, and on the other side of the border not far from this town was the border town of Dixon on the Erus.

"Did they go to Lucca?" Antonio said to Rogge, tapping his finger on the map.

Rogge took a deep puff on his cigar between his fingers, stared at the location of Lucca and Dixon, and muttered for a moment, "I've been to Lucca, and it's just a small town, mainly for travelers and caravans traveling along the border. ”

He tapped the town of Dixon with his cigar-holding finger and said, "If Elizabeth is really in Lucca, it means that they are preparing to cross the border into the territory of Erus, which is also in line with her current situation, after the death of Prince Gurman, Itali has no place for her." ”

"Is there any vampire nobleman in Erus that is comparable to Prince Gurman?" Antonio looked up and fell on Rog's face, Rog shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Not really, Prince Gurman is the only remaining brother of the Vampire King, and the rest are Elizabeth's juniors and juniors except him." ”

"But......" He glanced at the ease on Antonio's face, and said with a twist, "Compared to the situation in Itali, the possibility of Erus is more complicated, since the headquarters of the Guild of the Guilty Judge is located in Itali, and the vampire power is relatively seriously contained here. ”

"Erus, on the other hand," he said, knocking on the territory of Urus on the other side of the border, "Erus is bordered by dark hills, and is heavily influenced by dark wizards, and there are many people in various towns and villages who are influenced by dark wizards, and vampire forces are significantly less contained here than Itali and Deiz. ”

"That's great news!" Antonio sat up straight and sighed, "You mean, we're likely to have to deal with both vampires and dark wizards?"

"That's quite possible, especially since there are a large number of Dark Wizard followers in the northeast of Erus, and William is likely to come and muddy the waters. Rogge leaned back on the couch and said to Antonio with his hands outstretched.

"Well, it seems that we should go to Lukka at once, and maybe we can intercept Elizabeth before she gets into trouble with her back?" said Antonio, leaning forward and looking at Rogge.

"That makes sense," Rogge said with an unhurried look on his face, "Where's the others?"

"I hear someone say bad things about me!" Rogge's echo in the hall had not yet dissipated, when Locke's voice suddenly came from the side of the hall, and Rog and Antonio looked back to see the magician walking through the side door with Catherine and Tully.

"That's not a bad word, it's just a nickname!" Rogge smiled as he beckoned to the trio with a smile.

However, there was not a smile on Tali's face, and she came to the two of them with a solemn face and whispered, "Things are not good. ”

"What's wrong?" said Antonio, standing up and looking at her worried face.

"Mademoiselle Marquis has just passed away," said Tali, with a sad sigh, "and not only that, but even the Marquise has similar symptoms, chest pain, severe coughing, and blood in the sputum, which is very bad. ”

"Have you two come into contact with the Marquis and Madame?" asked Rogge immediately looking back at Catherine and Locke.

The two were stunned for a moment, and Catherine hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, only Monica and Miss Tully went to see it together, and Mr. Locke and I didn't know how to do medicine, so we didn't go over for fear of causing trouble when we went." ”

"Monica, come to me!" Rogge hooked his finger at Little Flower Spirit, Monica flew up to him, and Rogge leaned up to her and whispered to her, "Tell me, what are the features on the corpse of the dead Miss Marquis?"

"Do you mean appearance?" Xiao Hualing said as she recalled, "I remember that there were large black and purple patches on her skin, which looked very scary, and before she died, she kept coughing up blood, and it became more and more difficult to breathe, and it was very painful. ”

When Rogge heard this, a cloud suddenly rose between his eyebrows, and he looked up and said to Antonio, "Let the butler be fought, I have something to ask him." ”

Antonio immediately ordered the soldiers to summon the Marquis of Milan's butler, and Rogge beckoned him to him and asked, "Who have you been in contact with lately, or where have you been?"

"Mademoiselle had been to Erus once two weeks before, to visit the castle of a familiar countess, and had not been to any other place. The butler replied with a sad face.

"Has she been sick since she got back?" Rogge continued.

"That's right, a few days after I came back, the young lady had symptoms of fever and cough, and many doctors didn't work, and her condition became more and more serious......," the housekeeper sighed regretfully and shook his head.

"And what about Madame?" asked Rogge, staring at his sad face, "Has Madame ever left the city of Milan recently, and has she been taking care of Mademoiselle?"

"Yes, Madame has been taking care of Miss, she has never left the castle, Madame is Madame's heart, and every life from childhood to adulthood has been taken care of by Madame herself. The butler nodded slowly.

"Damn!" Rogge slammed his fist on the coffee table, and everyone around him was startled, only to see him stand up and say to the butler, "Last question, who else has a similar illness besides Miss and Madame?"

"A week ago, the maid next to the young lady also had a fever and had to go home temporarily to recuperate, and there has been no news so far. The butler's answer made Rog gasp, and he turned back to Antonio and said, "We must immediately seal off the whole city and find out the maid and all those who have contact with her!"

"What the hell is going on?" asked Antonio, looking at him in amazement.

Rog stepped up to him and said with a solemn expression, "Have you ever heard of the Black Death? It was a terrible contagion, I had seen it turn several villages into ghost villages in just a few weeks, but those were only remote villages, not big towns, and if the Black Death spread in the city of Milan, the whole of Itali would be destroyed!"

Rogge's words made everyone present look at each other, and Tali looked at him worriedly and asked, "So what can we do?"

"Let all the soldiers wear masks that are highly disinfected with alcohol, and gather all the people who have been in contact with the sick......" Rogge said here, his voice suddenly stopped, and Antonio looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What about after the gathering?"

"Watch them and kill them if they show signs of infection......," Rogge muttered softly.

The people present looked at him in amazement and heard him explain: "We have no other way, no one can save them, and having doctors treat these patients will only increase the risk of the medical staff getting sick and spreading the plague, and the only thing that can be done is to kill them and burn the bodies." ”

"But what is it that makes these people sick, and what is the cause of the Black Death in your mouth?" asked Antonio, puzzled.

With a long sigh, Rog snuffed out the cigar in his hand on the edge of the silver platter, and raised his head to stare at Antonio with a cold gaze, the Knight Captain felt the coldness in his gaze in surprise, as if he was the source of the plague.

"You won't want to know the answer, and if I say it, you won't believe it, and maybe you'll be angry with me. Rogge shrugged helplessly, glanced at Antonio's puzzled expression, sighed and said, "The culprit of this plague is your Holy Emperor." ”