"Huh?" Vivien was genuinely curious.

Marx thought about it again and again, but did not say his nightmare killing curse.

Theoretically, he himself is an expert in the occult field.

Vivien wasn't his follower after all, and he couldn't trust them unconditionally.

And the solution to the curse of doom is imminent.

Twice in a row, the evil spirit broke off the spiritual essence of an arm, even if he could replenish it with the stored spiritual essence, it would be a super big trouble, plus pain.

The second time he tried to reduce his spiritual imprint to see if the other party was simply eating spiritual essence, he found that he was very wrong. The other side is completely rushing to destroy his soul.

What is eaten is a complete spiritual imprint, the spiritual quality that a whole person should have.

There is no spiritual imprint of the spiritual quality, and it is eaten as soon as it is eaten, and it is completely used as an extra snack.

This forced Mark to increase the loss of mental power and copy a large part of his memory to the newly replenished spirit arm.

This is not the way to go.

He is worse than an ordinary person who has been working all night for three days in a row at the moment, and now he can barely hold on, so what about after that?

Who can guarantee that the situation will not be worse.

According to Knight, this doom dream had bound his soul, and even under the protection of the goddess of the night, nightmares would still strike.

In the absence of better advice and solutions, strengthening one's own resistance is a never-ending approach.

"I'm working on a protective device against the spirits of the Psychic Erosion. I need a helper with a deep understanding of both demons and anomalies to simulate an attack by evil spirits. ”

"Oh? Please go on. ”

"You were a punisher before and have a lot of experience fighting on the front lines. At the same time, I have a good understanding of your strength. I think you're a good fit. Of course, the experiment will be held in the proving ground of the Night Chapel. If you are concerned, you can inform Abner or even His Excellency Knight. ”

Mark's words were quite skillful, and he cleverly hid his troubles, and at the same time set the testing ground here, and dispelled Vivien's doubts.

"And what do I get?"

"It's a private job, and of course I'll pay a reasonable amount of Night bonds, and you'll get ...... My personal friendship. ”

Like Mystic Points, Night Bonds are a high-level currency that circulates in your own church, without which you would not be able to move an inch in the Night Church. Promotion is based on the total number of points you have earned. It also costs points to learn a new secret art, and even if it is your own master, you can only get a symbolic discount.

Interestingly, Light & Night bonds can be freely exchanged at a 1-to-1 ratio, with unlimited redemption.

In this regard, the Destini family, as a veteran dog family, has an infinitely high creditworthiness.

Even if Vivian gets the resources of the Nadal family, she will have just as many places to use bonds.

As for personal friendship, it's just a nice way to put it, to put it bluntly, in the baptism of the blood moon, Mark took Vivian to fly, and you should return the favor now.

Friendships that only give without feedback are not long-lasting, and always owe favors to others, which makes Vivien very stressed.

Mark brought this up, and Vivien secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, let's see how far you want me to help first, and then I'll make an offer."

"Yes."

They found Abner, only to learn that the third person had been delayed by the ferry and that they now had free time. Mark simply went straight to it.

Of course, Mark did not forget Helena, he found his followers first.

"Master Mark, Bishop Albert has looked for me."

"I said don't see outside, don't call me the eldest young master."

Helena lowered her head: "At least here, I think it's more appropriate for me to call it that." ”

Mark had a headache: "Okay, it's up to you." What's the matter with Albert? ”

Helena said it truthfully.

Mark hesitated for a moment: "If they give it, you can take it." ”

"Young Master, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm training with Vivien to deal with the Curse of Doom, and it may take a long time. Why don't you go back to the [Ex Wing] first? ”

"Okay, I'll go prepare Minnie's repair materials."

After arranging for Helena, Mark arrives at a testing ground in the Night Church as promised. This medium-sized proving ground can be rented by anyone inside.

It's just the cost......

"Hello, Mr. Destini. Bishop Albert has instructed that all your day-to-day expenses in the Church of Light and Night should be put in the accounts of the Destini family. The waiter in charge of the test site said.

“……”

Not to mention the waiters, even Vivian behind Mark was watching the play with her hands on her chest.

It will be interesting to see if this supernova intends to merge with his family completely.

Mark hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "No need, I'm a guest consultant hired by Lord Knight personally, so keep my personal account." ”

"Ugh." The waiter's face was bitter, but he looked at him more and more indifferently, and finally bowed his head and promised: "Okay." ”

It's just an attitude.

Mark accepted it, which was to openly show that he was in harmony with his family.

He doesn't accept it, and that's fine. His surname is here, and his existence itself is a deterrent, and even if he changes his surname, he cannot be ignored. The stronger he is, the more the old man's political enemies have to weigh it.

Enter the proving ground, which is an underground cavern dug out of some kind of alien beast.

The cave is a hemisphere with a diameter of 50 meters. The entire cave wall is not only made of a one-meter-thick, cement-like building material, which is hard and smooth, but a large number of arcane runes can be clearly seen on the cave wall, probably to prevent the destructive force from being too strong and damaging the test site.

When you enter, there is also a sign that says what is prohibited.

The high test fee of 500 night points per hour is exchanged for the eggshell-shaped test field, where four arcane mages sit outside just in case.

Inside, Vivien spread her hands: "Okay, the outside world is cut off, you can experiment as much as you like." How can I help you. ”

Mark snapped his fingers.

A robot with a somewhat dull appearance turned from virtual to solid, stepped out of the void, naturally lowered its arms, and stood in front of Vivien.

"It's ......"

"The Cult of Mechanicus prize from the Baptism of the Blood Moon. It can help me simulate any of my Blood Moon cards. All you have to do is manipulate it to attack me. ”

"Oh?" Vivien's eyes were half-squinted, and there was clear doubt in her eyes.

"When I insert the card, you can inject spiritual power."

Mark can't help it, he doesn't have a suitable helper by his side. Conrad is only suitable for just frontal and does not work well against enemies with a strange stream. Helena's soul power is on the low side. And Minnie and Bison are connected to his soul, and in the end they still use his powers.

At this time, with confusion, Vivien still inserted the [Valkyrie's Remnant] that looked wrong.

If it weren't for the fact that these monsters who had been killed once to become cards were grossly lacking in self-awareness, maybe Vivien wouldn't have done it.

When she injected a little spiritual power, the strange robot immediately moved.

A strange aura suddenly swung, and a bewildered aura burst into their spiritual sea in one breath, and Mark and Vivien, who were present, became delirious at the same time.

"Woo...... Woohoo......"

The faint cries that came from all directions blew Mark up from this state of confusion.

The headless woman in the white dress was whispering something, or cursing something rhythmically.

Mark pushed his eyelids open.

Obviously, the last moment, he was still standing in the middle of the test site, and in this second, he returned to the state of being crushed to the bed by the strange force, unable to move a finger.

Trying to turn his neck, he stared at the headless and limbless woman in a white dress with the rest of his eyes.

Unlike the previous two times, this time the woman in the white dress swayed her body rapidly, her slender and toned waist swaying from side to side, as if looking for something, and as if she herself was frightened by some kind of otherness.

Immediately after, with the ticking sound of a strange liquid flowing on the ground, there was clear blood flowing out of the shoulder blades and hip joints of the woman in the white dress.

Scarlet blood ran down the skin of the limbs, which were probably non-existent, outlining the bloody limbs.

With the sound of "popping" footsteps, Mark knew that she was here again.

The woman in white cried even harder, and her mournful voice filled the air.

Mark was still lying on the bed, unable to see the soles of her feet, but could hear footsteps with blood trampling the ground getting closer.

Even after seeing this nightmare for the third time, Mark still felt his scalp tighten, and the fear that could not be dissolved quickly filled his heart.

"Hand ...... My hand ......," the woman's grumbling murmur grew fierce.

Mark knew that this was the last moment of calm before the stormy attack.

"Smack!" Illusory hands full of blood slammed into Mark's left arm.

Mark knew very well that in the next moment, one of his left arms would be brutally torn off again.

At this moment, a bright light that absolutely should not belong to this dream realm was cast, tearing apart this nightmare space.

Who is it?