"Yes, I am."

Peter looked at the woman in front of him with a slightly gloomy expression and asked her, "Are you Lady Verusa?" ”

"Verusa. Bloodstone, I'm Ulysses. Bloodstone's wife. ”

The woman smiled, her face moving strangely, and she reached out to shake Peter's hand.

"I'm very happy to receive your email, because this is the second good news we've received, Elsa hasn't been home for a long time, anything related to her, will make us happy."

"I'm glad you're here today, we've got a Halloween treat in place, and we hope you enjoy it."

The woman said to Peter with both reserve and enthusiasm.

"I was just going to meet Elsa. Bloodstone, is she there now? ”

Peter asked her straight to the point.

"Ma'am."

Mrs. Verusa was just about to respond to him when a thin old man walked up to her and whispered in her ear, "Elsa is here." ”

Hearing the words of the old man who seemed to be the butler, Mrs. Verusa's expression changed slightly.

Soon she adjusted her mood and said to Peter, "Of course, we will guide you to the meeting later, but for now, Mr. Parker, you can sit down on the couch and rest, we have hot tea for you." ”

With that, she hurried away.

Peter watched the other man's disappearing back, and after a while, walked into the hall.

Strangely shaped monster heads are glued to the walls of the living room.

The first thing that caught his eye was the head of a strange vampire.

With its mouth slightly open, its eyes protruding, and its ears sharp, the vampire bat looks like it must have suffered a lot before its head was cut off.

Continuing to walk along the monster specimens, the monster head nailed to the second wall came into his eyes.

A monster with a green face and fangs and ears as long as a donkey, it looks like a horned ghost in Japanese culture.

Moving on, the minotaur in Greek mythology, the white and black gods in Slavic mythology, and the petrified chicken snake that will be petrified at the top of the line

The heads of these monsters from different ethnic legends were all used as specimens and appeared in this castle, and were used as collectibles by the owners of the castle.

While Peter was observing the monster heads, the others in the hall were watching him.

The black man with a serious face, standing in front of the mural in the hall, looked at Peter who came by, and his eyes followed him.

The Asian with the strange symbol painted on his face wiped the blade in his hand and saw Peter approaching him, showing a wary expression.

Sitting on the couch, a woman in a white leotard stood up, as if examining something, her gaze constantly wandering over him.

Peter naturally felt these malicious and complicated gazes, but he ignored them and continued to admire the monster specimens to himself.

Moving his feet, he finally walked to a quaint book in the middle of the hall.

The book is chained with a hollow section in the middle.

In the hollowed out, a fist-sized stone with a blood-red luster sits along.

He was staring at the Bloodstone in front of him when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Peter turned his head and found a man who looked like a Viking and had a white beard covering his chin, standing in front of him.

The man with a short stature greeted him with a familiar voice, "I killed 57 monsters." ”

The other party opened with how many monsters he had killed, "Next year is the 30th year of my career, which is really a long time. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and tried to shake Peter's hand.

"The smell of blood on your hands is unusually strong."

Peter didn't shake his hand, but said meaningfully.

"Haha, of course, I'm experienced in this industry."

The dwarf man smiled heartily, and did not seem to be angry because of the rejection, but continued: "We are always incognito in this business, and it is inevitable to feel lonely after a long time. ”

He pointed to Peter's clothes, "I like how you dress, naturally, without any superfluity." ”

Peter was wearing a black jacket at this time, matching his temperament, unexpectedly handsome and young.

The dwarf man coughed, approached Peter, and whispered, "They despise you because they see you as young and young." Honestly, brother, did any of those monsters on the wall be hunted by you? ”

Peter knew that these people were witchers, and seemed to think of himself as a witcher.

He didn't bother to explain, and in the spirit of sending the other party away, he casually pointed to the head of the vampire nailed to the wall, "I've killed a few of that thing." ”

"Oh! Bloodsucker?! It's amazing! ”

The dwarf man was shocked, "It looks like you're a capable person too." ”

On the other side, Mrs. Verusa saw her stepdaughter, who had not returned home for many years.

She is not Elsa's biological mother.

Meet Elsa. Bloodstone, her face immediately turned cold.

It seems that the relationship between the two is not very good.

"Elsa, after twenty years, I don't think you're obligated to come! Others will be very upset. ”

"Whatever they want."

Elsa, with her long black hair draped over her shoulders, wore a brown-colored woolen trench coat.

Her facial features are delicate and full of heroism, even if the trench coat covers most of her body, you can see her long legs and bumpy figure.

"How long are you going to stay?"

"Leave now, just give me something."

Elsa said coldly.

"What exactly do you want about Bloodstone, the power, protection, or infinite longevity it provides?"

Lady Verusa asked her slowly.

"You don't need to know, Verusa, how I use it after I get it has nothing to do with you."

She said, clasping her arms over her chest, "Even though that's probably the best part." ”

Looking at Elsa, a mocking smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Lady Verusa's mouth, "I doubt that in all these years that you have not been trained. Can you still use the "

Before Lady Verusa could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Elsa, "No, it's not that you haven't been trained, it's that you haven't been trained by him, let's wait and see!" ”

"You"

Madame Verusa shook her head and said to her in a disappointed tone: "You had great potential when you were a child, and everyone thought you would be better than the blue, but you were willing to follow your mother's example, and I have done my best for you. ”

"It's a pity that I'm not successful."

Elsa still has an indifferent attitude.

"Don't think too highly of yourself!"

Angered by Elsa's attitude, Lady Verusa said menacingly: "You have disappointed countless people, and the one who is most disappointed in you is your father. ”

Exhaling, she suppressed her anger and continued to say to Elsa, "You have a friend, and she has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Friends?"

Hearing that the other party said that her friend was visiting, Elsa was a little puzzled.

Led by the butler, Elsa walked to a room.

After pushing open the door, he looked at the man inside with his back to him.

"Who are you?"

Elsa asked Peter coldly.

"A man who has been entrusted to him."

Peter turned slowly and looked at the woman in front of him whose face was covered with tiredness, but whose eyes still had a god.

"You're Alyssa. Bloodstone? ”

"I am, but I don't think I'll know someone like you and cross paths with you."

Elsa said politely, "You shouldn't be here, especially tonight." ”

"Is it just because it's Halloween? Honestly, those guys out there are good Halloween dresses. ”

Peter said casually to the other party.

"You think it's a Halloween joke?"

Elsa took a step closer to Peter, and said in a cold tone: "This is a cave that eats people and does not spit out bones, for the sake of your life, get out of here." ”

"I will, but before I do, I have to do something."

Peter took out a fragment of Bloodstone and said to Elsa, "About Bloodstone." ”

Looking at the bloodstone fragment in Peter's hand, Elsa took a step back in shock, and cast a horrified gaze at Peter.

"It's . Why do you have shards of Bloodstone? ”

"Entrusted to you by a friend."

"Friends? Who? ”

Alyssa didn't think she would have any friends.

"One is Gwen. Stacy's lady, she also asked me to tell you a word. ”

"What?"

Alyssa took off her gloves and took the bloodstone fragment from Peter's hand in disbelief, and asked as she looked up at him.

"Your father has always loved you and is proud of you."

Alyssa is reminiscing about Gwen. Stacy's lady, who is it?

Hearing Peter's words about her father froze for a moment.

She turned away from Peter's expression.

"How can he be qualified to say such a thing."

Elsa's words were full of indifference.

After a moment of silence, she turned to Peter and asked, "Can you tell me about your client, Gwen. Stacy's information? I have something I want to ask her personally. ”

"No, you can find out for yourself if you want. But I still advise you not to break her life. ”

"You"

Elsa frowned and looked at Peter, very unhappy with the other party's tone.

Peter stared into her eyes for a few seconds before turning away.

"I'm here to see you off, those guys standing outside aren't good people."

Alyssa still suppressed her unhappiness and put on an unsmiling expression again.

Peter didn't speak, but let the other man follow him out of the room.

In the hall, the monster hunters gathered to listen to what Lady Verusa had to say.

"Elsa, sit down and listen too, after all, it's about you. And Mr. Parker, if you're interested, listen to our ceremony. ”

Lady Verusa said to Elsa from afar.

Elsa didn't speak, but turned her gaze to Peter.

"If you want to listen, I can accompany you before sending you out, but I'd better advise you not to listen."

"Why not?"

Peter found a random chair and sat down.

He is indeed more interested in the affairs of the Monster Alliance.

And there was also a strong interest in that bloodstone.

He had planned to snatch the intact Bloodstone out for research after leaving here.

Naturally, I won't be in a hurry to leave now.

After sitting down, Peter noticed a guy who had just entered the hall sitting in the hall.

The other party has a deep expression, a man with Eastern European characteristics, dressed as a vampire, with a bunch of hair tied back his head, and dark eyes, staring at him all the time.

Glancing coldly at the other, Peter withdrew his gaze.

Seeing Peter sit down, Elsa's brow furrowed.

She found a random chair and pulled it into the middle of the living room.

The chair dragged on the floor, making a screeching noise.

The piercing voice attracted everyone's attention, and everyone present glared at her with dissatisfaction.

Then she sat on the chair, crossed Erlang's legs, and had an expression of "the old lady is deliberate".

Lady Verusa looked at the unscrupulous Elsa, and anger welled up again.

But she took a deep breath, forced herself to suppress her anger, and began to introduce the witchers present.

"200!"

She pointed to the man dressed as a vampire and said, "Amazing numbers. ”

Then he walked up to the woman in a white uniform with bulging cheekbones and said, "37! ”

"And you, 26!"

The black man, who was introduced as "26" by Mrs. Verusa, greeted everyone with a smile.

"You killed 43!"

An Asian man with a strange pattern painted on his face is introduced to kill 43 monsters.

Finally, she walked up to the dwarf man she had accosted Peter and said, "This one killed 57 of them, that's amazing!" ”

After introducing everyone's identities, she stood in the middle of the crowd and said, "Tonight, Halloween, so many death mongers have gathered in honor of our leader, Ulysses. Beyond the Bloodstone, it's for tonight's hunting ritual! ”

"Our most esteemed Ulysses. Bloodstone has left us, and we must elect a new leader to lead the crowd against the monsters. The privilege of leadership can only be given to the strongest and most committed to the mission. ”

After a pause, she looked at everyone and continued, "Next there will be a powerful monster entering the Holy Land, a monster you have never seen before, and the person who hunts this monster will become the new leader, and will be able to possess Ulysses. Bloodstone of Bloodstone. ”

After listening to Mrs. Verusa's introduction, everyone had different expressions.

Peter, on the other hand, thoughtfully shifted his gaze to the bloodstone in the ancient book.

"Step! Trample! Trample! ”

Following everyone's gaze, Lady Verusa walked over to the ancient book and asked the butler to help open the chains.

"There is only one bloodstone, and it can only be inherited by one person, and this person was originally his daughter, but she disappeared for decades and has automatically renounced this inheritance."

As she said this, she glanced at Elsa, who was expressionless.

"The weapons that are allowed to be used tonight are placed all over the garden, waiting for you to discover!"

As she spoke, she picked up the glowing red Bloodstone, "According to my husband's last wishes, the Bloodstone will be attached to the monster's fur, which will make it stronger and also anger it. ”

"Good luck guys!"

"Wait!"

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by a sudden voice.

(End of chapter)