The eastern periphery of Jukai.

A group of adventurers composed of humans from the Tower Kingdom are approaching the intelligence house where the intelligence dealer is located.

As far as they can remember, the news that Mr. Morrick was selling was a little expensive, but it was quite reliable and there were few accidents.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party only haunts the sea of trees, they would even want to choose to buy information from the other party every time.

The thick snow is not a problem for adventurers.

Even, many times, will become their help.

Merely...... This time, when they arrived, they didn't find the Mr. Morrick.

According to the rules, they found a specially marked tree near the intelligence house, and after placing the money bag where they bought the news, they did not take it when they came back the next day, and the cloth strip that stated that they needed information was not taken.

Again, no response was seen......

The elite team, which consisted of only ten people, couldn't help but glance at each other for such a situation.

That Mr. Morrick, not there?

However, just as they were discussing whether or not to enter Mr. Morrick's intelligence house, the archers in their team brought them a piece of news—

There were other groups of adventurers who also arrived nearby.

.....

The two teams of adventurers, who were not much different in numbers, faced each other for a moment, and then entered the intelligence house that stood alone at the edge of the forest, like a hunter's hut.

Just as they remembered, there was no sign of long-term habitation, just a place that was built as a sign and easy to find.

"You didn't find Morrick 'Shadow'?"

The leader of the other team, a man with a strong physique wearing metal gloves, said something in surprise, but he didn't stop, smashing the wall lightly with his fist, apparently trying to find the dark grid.

"Nope."

The leader of the first team shook his head, his thickly gloved hands, trying to pat the hoarfrost off his frozen beard.

However, at this moment, a slightly pale man in their team suddenly spoke:

"'Bloodaxe' Elson may have been here."

This sentence made the members of the two teams look shocked, and almost all of them immediately tensed up and drew their weapons.

"Are you sure? Lusco? ”

The armoured man questioned the blood mages in his ranks.

"I'm sure." The pale skin of the blood mage opened his hand slightly, as if it was a scaly hand, and the hard, thick nails were revealed.

The others looked at each other's obviously inhuman arms, and they all showed some jealousy.

And the blood mage named Lusco didn't care about their defenses, as if he was used to it:

"There's a smell of 'blood beasts' here."

"'Blood Beast'?" Everyone's eyes widened.

They are no strangers to the "blood beast", because the blood beast is the "specialty" of the tower kingdom.

It's like elves are trying to gain the power of all sorts of creatures.

The humans of the Tower Kingdom have never given up trying to gain a power comparable to that of other races.

"Blood Beast", to be precise, is a "human blood beast".

Lusco stared at the ground, a drop falling into the room, frozen into ice, like a strange thing like a jewel.

As a blood mage, he knew very well what kind of thing a humanized beast really was.

The human body, which lacks adaptability and resistance, is very suitable for erosion and is very "tolerant". Eight Chinese Net

Some people will take the initiative to introduce corrosive external forces, let them erode themselves, and make themselves "inhuman".

Or, bet that you are one of the descendants of the promiscuous giant king, and try to awaken and awaken the bloodline of the giant king.

The former, known as the Blood Mage, and the latter, is known as the Son of the Giant King.

Of course, there is a third option, to bet on whether you have other "human blood", such as barbarians.

However, in Lusco's view, the "barbarians" are not "human blood" at all, but the power of some kind of race that is closer to humans, such as elves and dwarves.

Even, the "Giant King Bloodline" is not the power of human beings.

However, the Blood Mage is not only trying to introduce external forces.

Introduce external forces to strengthen yourself.

Or...... Insert yourself into another body.

Its original source was just a group of blood mages who were unwilling to give up their powers.

There will be a conflict between the different life forces, the weak human beings will be eroded, and the life force traits will soon change.

However, if there are some people who have strong vitality through various exercises and various means of enhancing their lives, and even those who are the sons of giant kings themselves, they have also chosen the path of blood mages-

They retain their vitality and are unwilling to give up, but they want to gain inhuman power.

Flesh and blood are the best carriers of life force, concentrate their own life force in the blood, and then ...... Drain the target's blood and inject its own blood into the target's creature.

Lusco learns from his mentor that all of this whimsical attempt at first fails.

The blood of these blood mages is either rejected and eliminated by the target who has the ability to resist, or it is too strong to cause the target to be killed, even if there are a few examples of accidental success, it does not carry their memories and thoughts.

It's just a reversal of the "humans" of several different races.

According to his mentor's speculation, these xenos are the ancestors of human races such as "barbarians".

However, unexpectedly, one day, suddenly, there was a case of successful people -

He succeeded in transferring his consciousness and memories into the body of the target creature.

And this ......

At least, among the Blood Mages, this is rumored to be one of the founders of the Crimson Kingdom.

It's just that no one can verify it.

However, one of his great attempts, or his "secret method of success", about this legendary blood mage, is still circulating among the blood mages of the Tower Kingdom.

Find a monster that can survive even when only blood is left, find a blood mage, and use its power to corrupt yourself.

Then, he transferred his own blood into the body of another human being, and repeated and repeated transformations until he ......

Blood, become their essence.

Regarding the intelligence of "Blood Axe" Elson, Lusco has been paying attention to it for a long time.

He deeply suspected that Elson, the "blood axe", had attempted this forbidden transformation.

Yes, taboo.

For other races, for humans, the Blood Mage is a dangerous forbidden area.

But for the Blood Mage, this "Blood Beast" is also a forbidden area.

The reason is that this kind of "blood beast" can rob the blood mage's vitality.

But...... He also knew that if he had the opportunity, the vast majority of blood mages wouldn't mind becoming this taboo themselves.

Fingers squeezed, and Lusco's eyes narrowed.

The power of the blood beast, he is going to decide!

No one could stop him.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.