The old castle was almost dead silent, and the air around it was cold and damp, as if it had never been exposed to sunlight.

The torches on the wall flickered, illuminating the long and narrow passages of the castle, and the butler Derek walked slowly and crunched, and the light of the torches stretched and shortened his shadow like a ghost.

He came to the door of the study, and without knocking opened it and entered, as if he were the owner of the castle.

The study was empty, and in the middle of the room lay a large desk, behind which was a large chair.

As soon as Derek entered, the candlesticks on the table lit up automatically, and the curtains hanging on the walls rose to the ground without wind.

Derek stood quietly in front of the desk, and the shadow of a person slowly appeared on the wide chair behind the desk, the shadow turned from light to thick, from virtual to real, and finally, a pale man appeared on the chair, his eyes were blood-red, embedded in the pale face, which made people feel even more chilled.

Derek seemed to have become accustomed to this strange scene, and bowed to the man in the chair and said, "My master, the Phantom has sent a message, she wants us to tell her the details of the little lord of the Northlands and all the situation in Maple Grove, and she also said that this is what it means after the darkness, and if we can't do it, she will take action herself." ”

"Oh?" The magnetic voice sounded in the voice of the little uncle in Bilingbair's mouth, "After the darkness, she was given an order. That's not going to be easy. What does the Phantom say? ”，

Derek kept hunched over, his head kept down, and he said humbly: "Phantom said, go back and tell your master, that human named Neo, who has made a lot of money in this war between humans and the abyss, and has earned a lot of face for the Light camp, and both Tannes and Tyranstoia will reward him." ”

"This made the Mistress very angry, and the Great Dark Madam made a decree to bring him to the altar of the Mistress when he returned to the realm from the Holy Court of Light,"

"His soul will forever be bound in the web behind darkness, like the scar of shame on the faces of the goddess of light and ice."

"Go back and tell your master, whatever you do, to bring me this Neo. If you do this well, maybe it will make me happy. Go ahead. ”，

Derek repeated the Phantom's words word for word, and as soon as he finished speaking, the little uncle's calm and stone-like face immediately became crazy and distorted, and a sharp whistling echoed in the room, "No~~!" This damn human. How could he attract the eyes of God, he should be quietly crushed. ”

The voice of the little uncle was sharp and piercing, and the room was like a storm, the curtain on the wall was torn to pieces, and the clothes on the two of them were flying.

After a while, the room returned to calm, and the little uncle also changed back to a calm appearance, and the madness just now seemed to be just an illusion.

The little uncle said to himself: "The patron of the goddess of ice and snow? It's remarkable, hehe, even the Dark Mother is interested in you. How long will Tannes and Tyranstoya shelter you? ”，

The little uncle calmly said the names of the god of light and the goddess of ice and snow, without the slightest respect in his tone.

The room fell silent again, and after a while, the little uncle said: "We can help her get the information, but we must erase the key places, and if necessary, we must even help the little lord, and we must not let the phantom get him to the altar behind the darkness." ”

"Oh~~?" ，

Hearing Derek's question, the little uncle said, "If the Phantom sacrifices the patron of the Ice and Snow Goddess to the Queen of Darkness, then she will definitely ask the Queen of Darkness for all the exercises of Soul Devouring and Blood Flow, and if she gets all the exercises, we will no longer be able to control her." We finally found such a good opportunity, and it is impossible to find a second phantom, our holy relics cannot be lost, and the phantom must be firmly controlled in our hands! ”

Still with his head down, Derek said, "But we can't keep it off, and if we don't hand over that Northland Lord to her, she'll definitely do it herself." ”

"Yes, so we have to hurry up, but we still have a little time, that little leader will go to Qinglan to receive the reward, and then he will go to the Bright Holy Court, and it will take at least two to three months for him to return to the territory."

"In this way, you go and tell the Phantom that I am fighting for her final merit, as long as she does two more things for us in the end, the complete exercise of Soul Eater Drinking Blood Flow will be given to her,"

"You go and tell her that I'm doing my best to persuade the Council of Elders to agree to the matter, and it's up to you to make this last effort."

"In a few days, you will bring her some more exercises. Let her calm down for a while, and say that I am currently working on this matter with all my might, and I have no time to take care of other things, and she can tell which is more important. ”

Derek replied respectfully, "Yes!" My master. There was one more thing, Chelavet made a request, he needed a silvergill trout, saying that he had a big customer, and Lord Bilingbaier had also taken care of it, and this customer's needs were met as much as possible. You see? ”

"You don't need to report this kind of trivial matter to me, you can bring one for him when you go to the Phantom's place." , Derek bowed his head respectfully, and waited for the little uncle in the chair to turn into a shadow and disperse before leaving the study.

The Liujin River runs through the entire Jinwu City, and the two banks of the river are covered with golden sycamores, which are reflected in the river water, and from a distance, the whole river is like a piece of gold flowing.

On the river, all kinds of merchant ships are endless, bringing rolling gold coins to Jinwu City, which is the origin of the Liujin River.

As the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the surface of the river, reflecting a little golden light.

Lazia was dressed in a cloth jacket, with a cloth towel wrapped around his head, and his young face was covered with furrows, and he walked barefoot on the crowded docks, his feet covered with mud, and his bare skin showed a kind of tanning that only had been exposed to the sun all year round, and he looked like the coolies on the docks, and at this time, if the Cheravet couple had walked in front of him, they would not have recognized this man as their good friend, Mr. Arkani, a son of a family from the imperial capital.

Lazia jumped into a small boat and rowed upstream.

When I came to a river mouth, there were many small boats parked here, and the small boats were dried with worn-out clothes, and some of them had a small stove on the deck, which were the homes of the lower classes of the people who were begging for a living in the Liujin River, and the family could not afford to buy a house, so they would live on such a small boat.

Looking deeper into the river, you can see a castle standing on the other side of the river.

Lazia rowed the boat into the middle of the parked boats, slipped into the canopy, and waited quietly for dark.