"Rogge?" Antonio stood up to look at the man in black, and Murphy, who was standing beside him, also turned to look at Rogge, only to see him slowly walk up to the two of them and hand Antonio the silver robe on his arm.

"I found it in a mud swamp about four or five hundred meters ahead. Rogge took off his black wide-brimmed hat and said in a deep voice, Antonio and Murphy looked at the rare sadness on his face with some surprise.

"Mr. Rogge!" At this moment, Catherine's cheerful voice came from behind the two, and she ran to Rogge with joy, took his arm and shouted, "It's great that you're back, I just told Lisa and Sister Tully, I don't know how you are, have you found President Wood?"

Rog nodded silently, and Catherine looked strangely at his solemn expression, and then at the little owl Lilith on his shoulder, and found that even the little furball had become sullen, which surprised her very much.

"If he found him, where is he?" Catherine glanced behind Rogge, but found no one, and she looked back at Antonio and Murphy with some uneasiness, and asked Rogge tentatively.

"He's dead. Rogge said in a low tone, took out a badge of the Guilty Breaker's Guild from his body and handed it to the three of them, and continued: "Annie killed him, just in front of me, I couldn't save him, I could only bring this back." ”

"Oh my God!" Catherine screamed in surprise, and Tali and Lisa, who were talking not far away, heard Catherine's exclamation, and hurriedly got up and walked over, asking the crowd what had happened, and they couldn't help but be shocked when they heard about Wood's death.

"These damn vampires, they're so damned!" Catherine said through gritted teeth.

Although she and Wood hadn't known each other for a long time and hadn't had many personal interactions, she had a good impression of the old vampire hunter, and now she suddenly heard the news of his death, and it was hard to accept.

"The next time I see bad bats, I must tear them apart with my claws!" The little furball echoed angrily, and turned back to ask Rogge: "And the gold coin I stole from the garlic president, Bad Wolf, can you help me bury it?"

Rogge nodded affirmatively, reached out and touched her little head, turned back to Antonio and said, "I wrapped the ashes left behind by Wood's clothes and buried them in the swamp, this badge is what I promised him, I will go to the Guild of the Convicts to help him train those juniors to fight vampires together." ”

"And this sword, you can also send it back to the Guilty Breaker's Guild. Murphy took Wood's silver sword from his back and handed it to Rogge, but Rogge pushed it back, shook his head, and said, "Let's wait until we get back to the Empire, you still need it to fight the vampires." ”

Murphy had no choice but to put the sword back on his back, and then looked back at Antonio, the knight leader took the silver robe that Rogge had brought back, and asked Rogge, "What about Bach?

"Yes, the garment was floating in a patch of mud, and there was mud all over the neighborhood that could trap people and make them impossible to climb up, and I asked Lilith to fly over and help me get it back. Rogge sat down on a nearby rock, took the water bag from Tali, and nodded to her in thanks as he said to Antonio.

"You mean, Bach fell into the mire?" Antonio's face showed a look of dismay, he knew that the Hallows was kept on Bach's body, and if Bach did fall into the mire, then the Hallows would also sleep forever with him.

"If that's the case, we don't have to worry about it, we can go home now. Rogge sighed and shook his head.

He beckoned everyone to sit down, pointed to the robe in Antonio's hand, and said, "When I found it, it was indeed in the middle of the mud, and I tried to get close from all around, but found it all mud that could not be settled. ”

As he spoke, Rogge took out a cigar, lit it, looked at the green smoke on the front of the cigar and said, "However, I saw that the robe was almost flat in the center of the mud, which is why it did not fall, and the balance of force did not fall downward." ”

"So, it makes me wonder," Rogge asked, looking up at the crowd, "Is it possible that the owner of the garment is stuck in the mud, and his garment is spread flat in the middle of the mud?

"And," he said, handing the cigar to his left hand, and reaching out to Antonio with his right hand, pulling the corner of the silver robe to show the crowd, "the robe is stained with mud only on the inside, and on the outside it is old marks from earlier, indicating that it has not been mired." ”

"You mean, Bach is still alive? is this another suspicion?" Antonio suddenly remembered the Void Hunter on the edge of the gnome realm who had been smashed in the face by Bach's holy hammer, and a glimmer of hope burned in his heart.

"Obviously, this is indeed a suspicious formation," Rogge nodded meaningfully, a pair of melancholy eyes swept over everyone present, and they looked at them a little coldly, "but the question is, who is setting up the formation." ”

"Isn't it Bach?" asked Catherine, surprised.

"It's hard to say right now, but I've found several corpses of vampires nearby, their heads have been severed by the Void Scythe, their heads are nowhere to be found, and they will sleep forever if they can't find their heads back or replace them. Rogge said as he took a puff on his cigar.

"You mean, William and Elizabeth's men are over there?" "Everyone present suddenly felt uneasy, if this was the case, then Bach would probably fall into the hands of the dark wizard or the vampire, either way, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Yes, but I've never seen Elizabeth, either over Wood or near the mire. Rogge nodded gloomily, got up and said to everyone, "If everyone has rested enough, we'd better set off now." ”

"Where are you going?" Antonio asked, looking up at Rogge, who was getting up, "Do you know where we should go to find Bach?"

"I think I might have found some clues, let's talk as we go. Rogge beckoned to everyone.

The group immediately packed up their journey and followed Rogge to the north for a distance of about four or five hundred meters, and sure enough, they saw a large low-lying muddy puddle, with disgusting bubbles churning on the surface of the mire, and the sound of bubbles popping was heard from time to time.

Rogge led the group around the mud and said, "I let Lilith fly around the mud and didn't find any footprints, which is very unreasonable, if Bach did fall into the mud, there should be his footprints nearby." ”

"You mean, the footprints were deliberately erased?" Antonio said, frowning.

"yes, look ahead, that's where I found the vampire's corpse. Rogge led the group forward for more than ten meters, a dark red dovetail cloak lying quietly on the ground, but the owner of the clothes had disappeared without a trace.

"The sun's rays have destroyed him. Rog picked up the swallow-tailed cloak with his silver sword, and when he saw a cloud of ash scattered from the cloak, he threw the cloak on the ground, pointed ahead, and said, "There are still a few corpses ahead, which should all be gone by now, but they can still guide our path." ”

He led the group forward, tracking the vampire cloak left behind along the way to a rocky valley littered with rubble tumbling down from the hills on either side, and rocks of various sizes stood in the valley, making the place seem extremely mysterious.

Just as everyone carefully avoided the gravel and advanced, Lisa, who was walking at the back of the group, suddenly screamed, and everyone looked back quickly, only to see a huge eight-legged lizard burrowing out of the ground and biting Lisa's calf.

"Lisa!" Catherine exclaimed, and quickly pulled out her twin guns to aim at the monster and pulled the trigger, but the monster turned around sharply and spewed a stream of venom at Catherine, and the two flying projectiles instantly turned into green smoke when they touched the venom.

Catherine dodged to avoid the oncoming venom, and before she could gain a foothold, the eight-legged giant lizard pounced unusually quickly, its sharp claws stabbing Catherine's leg.

"Catherine!" Murphy, who was closest to Catherine, flew forward and pushed Catherine away, the petrified lizard's claws striking Murphy's leg, and although Murphy had already activated his marble cloak with a fist, he still turned into a gray stone statue.

"No, Murphy!" Catherine, who was pushed to the ground, turned her head sharply, and saw Murphy stiff in place when she pushed herself away, and couldn't help crying, and raised her gun to shoot the lizard several times, and the poisonous lizard was hit in the head by the flying projectiles one after another, and went headlong into the ground after the pain.

"Catherine!" Rogge hurried to Catherine's side to help her up, and Antonio and Tali followed, protecting them.

Catherine lay in Rogge's arms and trembled from crying, and Rogge hugged her tightly and stared at Murphy's statue, then turned back to Antonio and said, "Be careful, there may be more than one such monster in this place." ”

"What are we going to do? Is there a way to save them?" Antonio asked Tali, gripped the sacred spear tightly, glanced at the stone statues of Lisa and Murphy.

"Petrochemical...... There should be a way to dismantle it, let me think about it, think about it......" Tali said in a panic, beckoning Monica to her and discussing with her how to free the two petrified men.

Before they could come up with a result, the ground behind Tali suddenly cracked, and a petrified poisonous lizard roared out, opening its mouth and biting Tali's leg, and the little owl on Rog's shoulder was quick with its eyes, and two immobilized beams of light shot out from its eyes, freezing the monitor lizard in place.

Shocked into a cold sweat, Tali hurriedly retreated out of range of the petrified lizard, and Antonio raised his spear and stabbed it through its head, and the petrified lizard fell to the ground after Lilith released the immobilization beam.

"Summoning the Lamp God to help!" Rog shouted back to Tali as he shielded Catherine with his silver sword in hand.

Tali hurriedly summoned the lantern god from the golden oil lamp to guard her, and at the same time, the surrounding land cracked one after another, and a dozen dark green poisonous lizards emerged from the ground, looking at everyone with their eyes that flickered with evil light, and closed in on them with their mouths wide open.