Quiet and dark underground waterways.

At a certain moment, two bats flew one after the other, and the bats in the rear quickly caught up with the bats in front, screaming in the air and began to attack the other one wildly, and the scene was soon splashed with blood.

The other bat was in pain, and after some struggle, it hurriedly dodged and flew upward, hitting the top of the rock wall above, its sharp wings cut through the rock wall above, and the layers of falling rocks fell, and the bat chasing below waved its claws and cut it into pieces, but the dust and debris produced also hindered its perception and movement.

The injured bat above took the opportunity to flee and stumbled deeper into the river.

After the bat below took some effort to get rid of the obstacle, it also immediately took off again and chased in the direction where the other party disappeared.

I followed it all the way, and soon, this dry underground river channel came to an end.

Later, the bat flapped its wings and landed on the ground, turning into Mai's appearance.

Looking at the dead end ahead, Mai sensed a circle on the ground, and soon looked in the other direction, where the mountain wall was covered with some kind of dark green underground broad-leaved plant.

Mai stepped forward and lifted a broad leaf somewhere, revealing a narrow passage behind the leaf.

"Look where you're going!" Mai sneered and dived into it without hesitation.

In the process of chasing just now, she had already noticed that the other party was just a viscount, and the viscount had no chance to resist in the face of the earl, so she was not worried about her safety at all.

The passage was shorter than expected, and after rounding the two corners, the front suddenly opened up.

Mai found himself in a vast underground cavern, artificially converted into a alchemy base, surrounded by herbs and instruments, and the scent of familiar herbs wafting through the air.

Mai Yi didn't think much about it, and rushed into the cave quickly, and soon on the other side of the cave, he saw a black-robed man standing against the wall, holding his right arm with one hand, and blood was pouring from his right arm.

You can't be wrong, that's the wound she just scratched!

"Die, traitor, you're cornered!" Mai said coldly, claws on his hands appeared, ready to attack.

From the surrounding environment, she could already imagine that it was this traitor who produced wolf venom every day from here, and then used it by the werewolves on the blood clan, causing a large number of casualties among the clansmen.

And such a person is no longer worthy of being a blood clan, and the blood clan's rule prohibiting cannibalism is not applicable to this kind of person, so in the face of this person, she doesn't have to keep her hands at all!

However, just as Mai Yi was about to rush up and take down the other party, he suddenly heard the other party's voice coming.

"Mai ...... To be honest, I'm relieved......"

"Huh?"

Mai Yi looked up in surprise and looked at the black-robed man opposite, his expression uncertain. Because, the voice just now was so familiar that it immediately reminded her of a character who could not have appeared here......

"It's great that you're after you...... It seems that he still left me some affection......"

In the sound of a wry smile, the black-robed man opposite took off the hood on his head, and the human face revealed from under the hood immediately confirmed Mai Yi's worst guess.

"Uncle? That's impossible! How could you ......?"

Mai Yi looked at Jonas opposite in disbelief, and the originally burning battle intent was instantly extinguished, leaving only a sense of confusion and absurdity.

There are so many viscounts in the blood clan that she has thought that there may be many people in the inner ghost, but she has never doubted her uncle. Because her uncle in her impression is such a good old man with a gentle temper and politeness to everyone, how can such a person be a traitor......

However, deep in her heart, there was a louder and louder voice reminding her that Jonas was the inner ghost, because she had actually discovered the clue a long time ago, but she had been subconsciously turning a blind eye.

For example, the identity of the uncle is a rare herbalist in the clan, and he naturally has the conditions to commit crimes.

For example, in the year since my uncle was injured, he often went out early and returned late, saying that it was to collect medicine to subsidize the family......

Another example is the smell of herbs she smelled when she came in just now, the reason why it feels familiar is because there is always a similar smell wafting in the house......

The thought of what these herbs meant, the smell of warmth and reassurance that had meant to her, now made her sickened......

"Why ......"

After a short ideological struggle, Mai Yi had gradually come to terms with this fact, clenched his fists, raised his head, and glared at Jonas, his eyes full of disbelief, grievance, confusion, confusion, sadness, and many other emotions, but finally all turned to anger.

"Why do you want to betray the clan and be a lackey of the werewolves?" Mai asked angrily.

At the same time, there is another thing that makes her feel confused: the action that asked her to catch the inner ghost today was arranged for her by her brother, that is to say, her brother already knew that the inner ghost was her uncle? So why let her come?

In fact, Mu You did have doubts about Jonas before, because there was a time before when he was frantically ambushed by werewolves, and at that time, there were not many people who could know where he was at any time.

Mu You even suspected that Mai Yi was an inner ghost at first, but later confirmed that it was not, so the scope of the inner ghost was further narrowed.

As for the real determination that Jonas is the inner ghost, it was this morning.

As a potion master, Mu You knows very well that the inner ghost is a master of making poison, and in the process of long-term contact with medicinal herbs, the inner ghost's body will definitely be impregnated with the corresponding smell. Unfortunately, the game's text doesn't mention overly detailed hints like scents.

So until this morning, when Mu You himself came to the Star Spirit Realm in person, the moment he came into contact with Jonas, he recognized the faint smell of medicinal herbs emanating from his body.

Mu You had specialized in studying poisonous blood before, and he knew very well what ingredients were in it, and the herbs represented by the smell on Jonas's body coincided with these ingredients.

At this point, the identity of the inner ghost has been completely determined.

"Why?"

Jonas shook his head and said, "Of course, for the sake of the family, for you." ”

"Family? We? ”

"Ever since Liston disappeared a thousand years ago, I have known that if no change is made, the Rhine family is destined to continue to decline until the day of its demise."

Jonas coughed and spoke weakly: "I have become the only adult male in the family, I feel a heavy responsibility, I must protect my family, I must shoulder the responsibility of family revitalization, and to do this, in fact, all I need is a bottle of ancestral blood!" ”

"However, it is this vial of blood, but it is an unattainable dream for us, a drop of ancestral blood in a hundred years, with the size and contribution of our family, even if it is thousands of years later, it will not fall into our hands!"

Jonas smiled wryly and shook his head: "I don't have the talent of Liston, I can't get blood by my ability, so I can only find a way to create other ways to get started......"

"So you're going to work with the werewolves to force the tribe to separate a vial of blood droplets to be used for detoxification by creating wolf venom against the clan?" Mai Yi said coldly, already understanding everything.

"I'm sorry, that's the only way I can think of at the time......" Jonas said bitterly.

"Uncle, do you know that I almost died at the hands of a werewolf because of your poisoning!" Mai said through gritted teeth.

Jonas was stunned for a moment, looked at Mai Yi and shook his head, "Actually, the werewolves would not have killed you at that time, this is one of my agreements with them." Otherwise, do you think that you have been hunting every day in the past year, and you have been hunted down so many times, and you have survived by your own ability? ”

"What about the other clansmen?" Mai Yi said sadly: "Just for the rise of our family, doesn't it matter if the blood clan sacrifices in vain?" ”

"Yes, as long as I can protect you, so that you don't have to live this precarious life anymore, and die some other vampires, it doesn't matter." Jonas said this calmly.

Mai looked at Jonas in surprise, unable to believe that he could say such a thing so plainly.

"But the elder brother has obviously returned, and he relied on his own means to easily get three drops of the blood of the ancestors! Our family has been revived and has become stronger than before, why should you ......," Mai said.

"Is he still the one who came back?" Jonas's voice, which had always been gentle, suddenly rose up, startling Mai.

"Mai, didn't you really find out? Or is it that you have already found out, but you simply don't want to believe that he is not your brother, but just a fool in your brother's skin, an impostor! If you are not of my race, their hearts will be different, if you stand in my point of view, do you dare to entrust your family to the hands of an unknown foreigner? Jonas's eyes were bloody, and he seemed to be told that he was in pain, and his face was a little hideous.

Mai Yi looked at the crazy Jonas blankly, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head and said seriously: "I only know that what I see, what I hear, and everything I feel is exactly the same as my brother a thousand years ago. I don't care what he looks like anywhere else, as long as he appears to me in this form, he's my brother! ”

"You ......"

Jonas looked at Mai Yi with a serious face in surprise, and sighed helplessly: "You have been affected too deeply by the blood binding......

"So that's why you refused to take Heart's Blood in the first place?" Mai Yi sneered. When she took her brother's Heart Blood before, she thought about whether to let her uncle use it first, but Jonas refused, and on the grounds that she needed to stabilize her strength just after being promoted, she was temporarily not allowed to feed her Heart Blood to her aunt and other children.

Jonas sighed and admitted calmly: "Yes, I don't want to become a slave of a foreigner, and I don't want my family to be a slave of someone else. ”

"So in your heart, am I no longer your family?" Mai asked with a miserable laugh.

"How so?" Jonas hurriedly shook his head and argued: "It's just that I know that he treats you as a sister, and he won't hurt you......"

"Then why do you think he will hurt your wife and children?" Mai asked.

"......" Jonas was silent.

"You ask yourself, after my brother came back, did he do anything that was sorry for you and our family? He brought us blood, so that everyone in the family could eat and drink, and also made our family regain the respect of the clan, and now he will lead the clan to help the blood clan survive better in the future! Can't you see any of these contributions? He has done so much for our family, and what is there for us to be a poor and dilapidated little family? If he really has other plans, he can find other big families to cooperate, besides, even the Grand Duke has already recognized him and chose to cooperate with him, why are you still unwilling to believe him? Mai asked one after another.

Jonas was speechless.

After a long silence, he sighed: "Perhaps, you are right......"

"It's just that I can't go back...... From the day I chose to cooperate with the werewolves, I have fallen into the abyss, and I have also put the handle in the hands of the werewolves, if I stop cooperating with them, the werewolves will expose me, and at that time, the Rhine family will bear the name of traitor, be judged by the race, and be nailed to the pillar of shame of the blood race forever, so the only way is ...... Ahem! ”

As Jonas spoke, he suddenly coughed violently, black blood mixed with internal organs, vomiting all over the ground, and the whole person instantly became sluggish, and sat down against the wall with difficulty, panting heavily.

"Uncle!"

Startled, Mai rushed over to check on his injuries.

"Uncle, you ......"

However, when Mai lifted Jonnas's black robe and looked at it, he found that the skin exposed on his whole body had turned black ink, and the arm that had been injured by her just now was constantly bleeding poisonous black blood.

This is a sign of toxin infiltration, and the toxin has clearly penetrated deep into the internal organs and cannot be reversed.

Looking at Mai's incredulous appearance, Jonas smiled bitterly, "How do you think such a strong toxin is made?" I tested the medicine again and again every day, and the toxins in my body are thousands of times heavier than other vampires, and I have no chance of surviving, so in fact, even if you don't come today, I won't survive tomorrow. ”

"Uncle......" Mai Yi couldn't help but drip tears: "You hold on, I'll go to my brother to save you......" said and was about to turn around and leave.

"Don't ...... Ahem......"

Jonas hurriedly grabbed her and said with a wry smile: "Actually, when he found me this morning, I knew that he had already seen through me, and even the Grand Duke already knew that the inner ghost was me." And he probably knew that I could guess that he was exposed. But even though we all knew it, we still cooperated to finish the play, and it was a silent tacit understanding: I will help him deliver false information to the werewolf and let the werewolf step into the trap, and he will protect the Rhine family from being held accountable by the Grand Duke......"

Jonas squeezed out a smile and looked at Mai: "So, don't blame him, I've been wrong too much, I must die, otherwise I won't be able to account for those people who died because of me, and if my death can be exchanged for the safety of you and my family, I will die without regrets......"

Jonas said, stretching out his right paw, and then, under Mai's shocked gaze, inserted into his left chest, from which he took his heart intact.

The black-red heart was still beating vigorously in his hand, but Jonas was a little weaker, his face was pale, and he stretched out his other hand tremblingly, and took out a green injection from his coat pocket.

"This is the source of the living blood, and my heart ......"

Jonas placed his heart on the ground and handed the needle to Mail.

"This is another poison that I have secretly developed during this time, a 'surprise' for the werewolves, those werewolves only know how to use me to deal with the blood clan, but they never thought that we are the ancestors who control the blood, and we will pay the price for daring to casually inject the blood of a blood clan into our bodies...... By injecting this injection into my heart, the living blood in all werewolves will be immediately inactivated, and at the same time it will be transformed into a toxin that restrains werewolves...... Although it was not possible to kill those werewolves directly, it must be enough for them to drink a pot...... Think of it as my final atonement......"

Jonas smiled miserably and stuffed the injection into Mai's hand: "The heart can't stay active for too long after leaving the body, let's do it quickly......"

"I, I can't do it......" Mai Yi shook his head with tears in his eyes.

"It's up to you to do it...... Only if you personally 'destroy your relatives with righteousness', the Duke will have a reason to let go of the Rhine family, you will become a hero who saves the clan, and the hero's family will not be embarrassed......" Jonas smiled and said: "When I die, remember to take my heart and go to the Duke to exchange for the blood of the ancestors." In addition, just grinding my heart into powder and making an antidote can cure those who have wolf venom in their bodies......"

As the two spoke, the heartbeat rate on the ground decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it looked like it was about to lose its vitality.

"Say, don't let my hard work go to waste......" Jonas urged, getting weaker and weaker, the rest of his life connected to the heart, and when the heart stopped, that was when he died completely.

Mai wiped away her tears, held the needle in both hands, and moved tremblingly above her heart.

After a pause for a few seconds, Jonas stabbed down in a relieved gaze......

……

At the same time, somewhere outside the Dark City, a group of werewolves in a stealthy state were on an emergency march, collectively running in one direction.

"No, wait......" At a certain moment, the voice of the werewolf boy suddenly sounded in the quiet team.

The tyrant at the head stopped and looked back at the boy: "What? ”

As soon as he stopped, the wolves behind him immediately stopped their way and looked at the boy.

The boy didn't answer, but looked back a little suspiciously, closed his eyes for a few seconds, and exclaimed, "There are a large number of vampires following us in the rear!" ”

"Oh? How many people are there? ”

"Yes, more than nine hundred, even thousands......"

"What?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Even the tyrant's eyelids couldn't help but jump.

More than nine hundred, that's almost all the blood troops......

They were so careful that they would still be found by vampires?

"Who is it?"

The tyrant turned into a wolf-headed human body, looked back at the wolves behind him angrily, and his right fist subconsciously smashed out, and a boulder beside him instantly shattered into powder.

The tyrant ignored it completely, and swept over all the werewolves with a sharp gaze.

He could be sure that the hidden measures he had taken along the way were in place, and he even took a detour in a deflective direction when he set off.

However, even so, they are still being stalked by vampires, so there is only one possibility: someone in the presence is deliberately revealing their whereabouts!

In the face of the tyrant's glance, the other werewolves were all silent, and they also subconsciously looked at the other companions around them.

An atmosphere of mutual suspicion began to permeate the wolves.

(End of chapter)