"Treading ......"

The sound of footsteps echoed through the silent corridors, and Leo's face was serene, and the magic surging around him shattered the vines that blocked his way, leaving behind a flurry of debris as he walked.

The length of the staircase was not long, and it was not long before Leo came to the exit, and at this moment, the bell with its distinctive rhythm had not subsided.

Leo could feel his emotions calm down in the bell.

At the end of the stairs was a metal door entwined with vines, which shattered as the magic swept by, and Leo reached out and pushed open the metal door.

"Squeak......

Because it has not been opened for a long time, the axle of the metal door makes an unusually sour sound when it turns.

The light reflected in the metal as it opened, and Leo's eyes narrowed slightly, looking outside.

Outside the metal door, there is a wide platform, and at the end of the platform, which is the very top part of the church, a large bronze bell three meters high is placed.

At this moment, the big bronze bell swings slightly, and the bell that makes people feel peaceful in their hearts spreads in all directions with the swing of the bronze bell.

Leo stared at the large bronze bell, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Contrary to his expectations, the bronze bell at the top of this old church was shaking, but there was no bell-ringer.

And who rang the bell?

Did the bell-ringer leave?

With thoughts fluctuating in his heart, Leo took a step and walked into the big bronze bell.

The closer you get, the more peaceful the effect becomes.

Looking at the bronze bell in front of him, Leo's eyes flickered for a moment.

He remembered the bell-ringer who had been on the top of Marym's Ninth Church outside Jör, the missionary Herwyn, who had been on the ground for an unknown number of years.

What courage does it take to watch in the darkness where there is no hope?

Shaking his head, Leo laughed to himself.

Perhaps because he was getting closer to the source of the aberration, his heart became more sentimental.

The bell stopped, and Leo reached out to touch the bronze bell, the uneven face of the clock, smooth as new from the perennial vibration.

For the large bronze bell, the character panel did not prompt it to pop up, which made Leo a little puzzled.

There is no doubt that the big bronze bell has extraordinary power, and the ability to soothe the soul is inseparable from the magic of the light attribute.

From the time you get the character panel to the present, as long as it is related to magic, the character panel will be displayed.

But now this situation ......

The big bronze bell, without any extraordinary power?!

Eliminate all the wrong options, and the remaining one, no matter how incredible it may seem, will be the right choice.

If the big bronze bell itself does not have extraordinary power, then the only one with extraordinary power is the bell ringer!

Next to the large bronze bell, stands a stone tablet with two lines of short characters engraved on it.

Leo stared intently.

——

【Church of the Holy Prison】

【Sanctuary of Suppression of Hell Demons】

——

Suddenly, there seemed to be a voice coming from behind him.

The sound is so slight, like a spring silkworm breaking silk, easily crushed by the wind, if it weren't for Leo's affinity for the wind at this moment, far beyond ordinary people, I'm afraid it would be impossible to find it at all.

The volume of the voice was too small to be heard, but it could be inferred from the warm tone that it seemed to be a song.

Leo's spirit instantly tightened like a tightened bowstring, and without hesitating the consumption of magic power and sword intent, the transcendent realm spread sharply around his body as the center.

However, to his shock, even though he had expanded the transcendence realm to a radius of thirty meters regardless of his magic power and sword intent, covering the entire platform at the top of the church, there was nothing in his senses!

Obviously, the soft singing voice that seemed to be absent came from behind him, but Leo couldn't sense the existence of the owner of the song!

The expected attack did not come, and Leo was tense and doubtful at the same time.

If it were him, he would never give up such a great opportunity.

Leo slowly turned around and looked behind him.

The platform structure of the old church is a whole platform, the front end is the top of the church where the large bronze bell is located, and the back end is a large raised white cross.

At the top of the cross, a snow-white girl sits.

Her whole body exuded a hazy shimmer, a plain white dress, long snow-white hair in a shawl, and two hanging feet swaying gently in mid-air.

The girl's face had a dreamy and poetic smile, and the cherry lips, which were more blurred than the most beautiful cherry blossom colors, opened slightly, and the shallow, intoxicating singing voice came from her mouth.

The breeze made her long skirt fit her body, outlining the curve of youth.

The girl didn't seem to notice Leo's gaze, still sitting on the top of the cross, her hands propped behind her back, her little face slightly raised, and her eyes looked at the gray mist in the sky.

“……”

Leo's gaze was solemn, and it was not until his eyes saw the girl's figure that he had the existence of the girl in his vision and perception.

It's hard to describe.

It's like people who have never seen a girl have no concept of a girl's existence in their cognition, so no matter how strong their detection ability is, they can't find her; And once she saw the girl and constructed the girl's existence in her cognitive view, she became an ordinary girl, even if she was a warrior or knight who had just embarked on the road of a professional, she could easily find her.

Leo's face remained unchanged, but his heart was extremely cautious.

Dangerous territory, old churches, churches called the Holy Prison, weird maidens......

The combination of various conditions does not make him cautious?

But to Leo's surprise, the strange snow-white girl just hummed a beautiful melody to herself, ignoring him in the slightest.

Leo frowned slightly.

The presence of the girl is very peculiar.

He has been in contact with souls for many years, and he is very sure that the girl in front of him is not flesh and blood, but a soul body.

However, she didn't seem to have the semi-illusory sense that a soul body could have, no different from a real body.

Such a strange and strange soul body, Leo is also the first time to see it, and the character panel does not have any reaction to the girl in front of him, indicating that the existence of the girl is not the same as the soul he produced after killing monsters or creatures in the past.

As the existence of the girl is constructed in the cognitive view, the previous seemingly absent singing voice gradually becomes clear.

The singing voice seems to be wrapped around the heart, slow, beautiful, flawless, and transparent.

Like the clearest spring, it washes the tired body and soul.

Like the gentlest breeze, it embraces all remorse.

Like the warmest sun, it dispels the filth of body and mind.

Holy and moving, like the legendary saint singing a requiem song, bringing peace to all the dead souls.

Under Leo's gaze, where the song passed, the gray fog retreated one after another, as if it had encountered the greatest natural enemy, but in an instant, with the old church as the center, all the gray fog within a radius of one kilometer disappeared.

At the same time, Leo felt as if a flame had ignited inside his body.

This flame was located in the heart area, and the moment it ignited, Leo felt that all his cells became active, and all his attributes such as strength, physique, and agility increased by about 100%.

It's hard to imagine that just a song has so much power.

Feeling the sublimation of his body and mind, Leo's eyes became more and more cautious as he looked at the snow-white girl on the cross.

If he hadn't been able to expel this flame on his own initiative, he would have expelled it from his body as soon as possible.

Strange powers, no matter how tempting they seemed, he didn't want to get them.

As the song echoed, the huge bronze bell began to shake, and a low bell rang out.

Perceiving this scene, Leo's doubts were finally resolved.

His guess was not wrong.

The big bronze bell itself does not possess extraordinary power, but it is thought that the person who rings it has supernatural powers, which causes the bell to dispel the monsters in the gray mist.

Bell Ringer......

Under Leo's gaze, the snow-white girl on the cross bowed her head leisurely, and her chin, which was whiter than the frost and snow of the plum, reflected the surging arc light.

“……”

“…… We...... will ...... Death ......"

It was obviously a very short word, but when it came out of the girl's mouth, it seemed to be singing, with a beautiful melody.

】

She had a gentle smile on her face, but that smile was not a spontaneous smile because she was happy, but more like what she looked like after maintaining a habit of expression for a long time.

Hearing this, Leo was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes moved down to the cross where the girl was sitting.

I saw that the cross, which was originally as white as jade, began to spread blood-colored lines from the bottom at this moment.

The rich ominous aura spread, and even Leo felt a chill in his heart.

The speed of the lines spread was very fast, even if the girl's singing voice was constantly suppressed, it was useless, and in just two or three seconds, the blood-colored lines crawled all over the cross.

"Boom!"

A blood-colored pillar of light rose from the bottom of the church, and the terrifying shock wave shattered the church inch by inch in just a moment, and Leo, who was at the top of the church, was also coerced by the shock wave, and his body flew hundreds of meters into the distance, breaking more than how many giant trees, and then stopped his body.

The moment he landed, Leo set his sights on the church.

I saw that the original tall church had completely disappeared, and even all the grass and giant trees within a radius of 500 meters of the church had also disappeared, revealing the bare ground under it.

And within this radius of 500 meters, the only thing that existed was the statue of the goddess of light with the small half of her body shattered.

However, the statue of the goddess of light was now full of cracks, and the inside of these cracks was glowing crimson and black from the inside out.

The next moment, the statue of the goddess of light shattered.

The blinding light was so strong that Leo had to close his eyes, because if he didn't close them, even if he protected them with magic, his eyes would be burned.

The light reaches its peak, then rapidly weakens.

When Leo reopened his eyes, he was greeted by a figure about 1.8 meters tall.

It was a man who looked to be about thirty years old, wearing a blood-colored robe, no, it would be inaccurate to say that it was blood, the original color of this robe should have been some kind of light color, but because it had been soaked in blood for too long, the color had now become deeper than blood, and it could not be washed away.

The man's face was slightly pale, like a patient recovering from a serious illness, but his face was indeed a suppressed wild laugh, and the laughter gradually spread far away, and even he bent down with laughter.

“…… Bloodseeker ...... One of the Great Lords of Hell......"

The melody of a song sounded in his ears, and Leo tilted his head slightly, looking at the cross that stood a few meters above the pile of ruins.

At the top of the cross, the snow-white girl sat quietly, and at this moment, she still had a gentle smile on her face.

"This guy, how strong is it?"

Leo didn't say anything, but asked the key questions directly.

“…… High Lord of Hell...... Lowest strength...... It's also a demon god-level ......"

“…… But...... Thousands of years of seals...... Its strength...... Not a ...... out of ten"

The voice of the aria tone came into his ears, and Leo's brows furrowed, but his heart was slightly calm.

If the strength of the "Blood Demon" is at the level of a demon god, then he probably won't even be able to escape.

The symbol of the demon god, the power of the "world", he had seen it when he was crusading against the corrupt demon god - Spider Queen Christel, even if his strength now has surpassed him under the multiple blessings of that time, but he still has no grasp of fighting the "world".

Even if it is the weakest "world".

The weight of the "world", which non-human beings can resist.

If he fell into an aberrant form, he could probably try to fight, but with him now, even if he burned out his soul, he would never be a demon god-level opponent.

Right now, the Blood Demon has been sealed for thousands of years, and there is no one in ten of its strength, although it still gives Leo a great sense of oppression, but it is definitely not facing the despair of the demon god level.

What's more, at this moment, his body cells are highly active, and all attributes have increased by 100%, coupled with the previous absorption of the soul of the Qiguang Knight, the brightness of the soul fire has increased, and the combat power has increased greatly compared to the battle against the Qiguang Knight, even under normal conditions, he has more than the strength of the demigod middle level.

In such a state, in the face of the "blood demon" that broke the seal, it is not impossible to win.

On the cross, the snow-white girl looked at Leo who turned her head, her head tilted slightly, and an incomprehensible emotion appeared in the silver child's hole.

On the other side, the laughter of the blood demon suddenly stopped, it raised its head reluctantly, and its crimson eyes stared in the direction where Leo and the snow-white girl were, and finally condensed on Leo's body: "Blood Food ......"

Next moment.

"Winter—"

The ground sank and cracked, the layers of soil in a radius of 100 meters shattered and rolled, and the shock wave visible to the naked eye swept in all directions, and at the same time, a blood-colored streamer, like a falling meteorite, flew towards Leo's location.

In the blink of an eye, the blood-colored streamer had descended.

"Bell ......"

The light-chasing sword was unsheathed, and there was no room for hair to stand in front of him, and with a strong buzz, the blood-colored streamer stagnated, and a sharp claw crawling with blood-colored scales was blocked by the long sword.

The ground under Leo's feet was sunken downward, and the huge force made the ground crack within a radius of a hundred meters, he raised his head and looked at the blood demon about a meter in front of him, and the corners of his mouth grinned slightly:

"Blood food?"

"It depends on whether you have the qualifications to do so......"