Faced with the sudden blood mist, Elise exclaimed in surprise and retreated as if frightened.

But there was no panic in her eyes.

And in the process of retreating in a panic, there was no pause in the movements of her hands, and she cast multiple protective spells smoothly:

"[Three-Ring Magic: Nature Guardian]"

"[Three-Ring Magic: Protective Energy Damage]"

"[Four-Ring Magic Eric Protective Film]"

Almost instantly, her body was tightly wrapped in colorful protective spells, like a humanoid LED light, shining.

Ron laughed at this scene, and the dragon wings waved and flew to the door:

"It's just ordinary blood, don't be so nervous, right?"

Letting the red mist drift through his body, Ron smiled at Elise who was in a spell-casting pose as if she were facing a great enemy.

Elise frowned slightly, watching as the blood mist gushed out was gently repelled by the natural shield of light around her body, and then gradually drifted away, faded, and disappeared towards the sky.

Sure enough, as Ron said, the blood mist was not mixed with any magical power, it was just a simple mist of blood evaporation and condensation.

"So, you already knew what was inside, and the sudden opening of the door just now was definitely deliberate, right?"

Looking at the iridescent dragon standing on the side watching the play, Elise sighed helplessly.

"Who knows."

Ron spread his hands, and then flew forward on his own, entering the sun-lit palace hall inside the bronze door.

Soon, his smiling expression retracted.

Looking at the scene in the hall, Ron's eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of emotion appeared on his face:

"It's really, ruthlessly."

When Elise heard Ron say this, she also walked into the door curiously, and said as she walked:

"What's in there?"

As soon as he walked up to Ron's side, Elise's words suddenly stopped, and her footsteps froze in place.

The gray sunlight shone on the dusty castle, and countless dust particles danced in the air like light elves.

Here, in the dream scene, is a blood-red "earth".

It was the appearance of countless blood clotting and black-red blood clots enveloping the entire interior of the building.

And in this solidified "sea of blood", countless corpses in black robes were lying quietly on it.

They stacked one stack after another, rising high like a hill until they reached the top of the castle.

That feeling. It's like a red pepper that floats on top after the base of the hot pot oil solidifies.

Halls, stairs, rooms

Corpses, corpses, corpses.

In the huge castle hall, everywhere you look, there are corpses of humanoids!

The strong smell of rust filled the air, and the strange thing was that all of this was confined to the castle, but there was no spillage outside the castle, as if the castle was divided into two worlds.

Thousands of corpses were scattered among the steps and halls, the vast majority of them human, but also a handful of humanoid sapient beings.

But without exception, their bodies were soaked in blood, and they were even completely wrapped in a sea of coagulated blood.

"This"

Smelling the rich smell of blood in the air, and looking at the hellish scene in front of her, a chill instantly invaded Elise's body from the top of her head to the tips of her toes.

"This ...... What the hell is this? Are they in civil strife? ”

Elise asked with her mouth wide open and in a trembling voice.

"Judging by the expressions on their faces, they should all have died in their sleep by a dagger cut through their carotid arteries, although the death is miserable, they should not have suffered too much."

Ron's voice was still calm, and he even had time to analyze the state of the deceased before he died.

"The time of the death of this group should have been a week ago, according to the time, it should be shortly after the rat was destroyed by me, and the massacre began"

After saying that, he waved his dragon wings, kept his feet about a meter above the ground and began to probe it.

There was no way, the place below one meter of the castle hall had already been occupied by a solidified sea of blood.

Some of the blood doesn't look completely coagulated, and in many places there are reddish, moist folds and bubbling bumps.

If you walk on it, if you accidentally step into it, you will really nauseize yourself.

Outside the hall, Elise was still hesitant to enter.

Looking at the tragic situation in front of her, a feeling of nausea suddenly hit Elise's heart.

In fact, Elise has seen many scenes of adventurers or monsters spilling blood, and it is not unseen that the picture of blood flowing has never been seen.

Although she has not participated in major wars, small-scale conflicts are not uncommon in this primeval forest, and Elise, as the guardian of the blue, naturally does not have a phobia or anything like that.

It's just that those scenes are too gentle compared to the scene in front of them.

Although it was the first time for Ron to see this kind of slaughterhouse-like scene, perhaps because of the influence of the dragon's nature, he did not feel any discomfort in his heart, and even felt a little throbbing.

It's as if this kind of scene is familiar to him.

"Tsk, this is the so-called river of blood."

Ron's eyes lit up as he shook his wings as he looked around the castle.

The Gothic castle was a large space, with dozens of separate rooms in addition to a hall full of corpses, and although the sight was mostly of slaughter, Ron searched through the rooms.

As the largest stronghold of the Holy Religion, this should not be the only place to be.

really

While searching for the last room in the southeast corner of the castle, Ron stopped.

Unlike other blood-soaked rooms, the room with the green wooden door in front of me looked old, but there was not a trace of blood that had spread here.

All the blood flow stopped automatically three meters outside the door of the green wooden room, forming a semi-circular vacuum area.

On top of that, it's the only place Ron hasn't seen through.

"The real vision can't see through the scene inside, is there a kind of divine power or divine power protection?"

Ron touched his chin, looked at the wooden door in front of him with interest, and thought to himself:

"In the whole castle, the other doors are made of metal, but this one is made of wood, and the metal walls that surround it are actually wooden walls of the same material as the doors."

Thinking, thinking

A bold idea popped into Ron's mind:

"Could it be that those guys built this whole castle for this one room?"

"No matter, explore the path first."

With that in mind, Ron swung it out and unleashed a summoning spell.

This is not a streamlined summoning circle, but a real [Seven Rings Magic: Summoning Slaves].

Soon, a giant elemental creature covered in flames slowly walked out of the rift.

"Yo, I'm still an old 'acquaintance'"

Looking at the glazed fire elemental giant in front of him, Ron was a little emotional.

He remembered that the second meal he had eaten on the fire elemental plane seemed to be this creature, but now that time had passed, he didn't expect to see this elemental life again.

It's a pity that it is no longer the fire elemental giant it used to be, and Ron is no longer the weak young dragon he was at the beginning.

"Push the door open."

Following Ron's instructions, the dazzled fire elemental giant slowly floated to the door, stretched out his scythe-like hands, and pressed against the wooden door.

Fire Elemental Giants belong to large elemental lifeforms, and their strength can be said to be the first among the four elemental giants.

But it was such a force that could not push the wooden door in the slightest.

Not only that, but as the Fire Elemental Giant's movements became bigger and bigger, large and mysterious green marks began to slowly emerge on the wooden door.

The next second

Countless green runes poured out of the wooden door, turning into a sharp arrow.

"Boom!"

In an instant, before Ron could make a move, the poor fire elemental giant was shattered into a pile of stone scum by the green rune arrow.

"Huh?"

Ron frowned slightly.

For a split second, he sensed some kind of coercive force similar to a contract.

"Is it something like a [Forbidden Minions]?"

"In other words, does this door have to be opened by myself, but the real vision can't see what's behind it, so it might be a bit dangerous to open it so rashly."

After thinking for a moment, Ron suddenly turned his head and shouted into the hallway:

"I said, aren't you coming in yet?"

Outside the gates.

After hearing this, Elise, who was still hesitating, suddenly took a step forward involuntarily.

"Ahh ——”

This time Elise was really panicked, this kind of scene that looked like something big would happen, and she really didn't want to go in and take risks.

However, the invisible force helped her make the opposite decision.

Before she could react, Elise's ribbon-wrapped left foot had already stepped through the gate, stepping on the sea of blood.

Syllable!

Fortunately, the river of blood at the door was still solidified, and the soles of her bare little feet only slightly dented when stepping on the "red velvet carpet".

Elise, who reacted, hurriedly waved the leaf staff, and her body slowly floated with the help of the breeze.

Her little feet kept moving at the same speed in Ron's direction, and it felt like a puppet being controlled.

Almost instantly, Elise understood what had happened.

Master-servant contract!

"Damn, that guy actually used the contract to forcibly control his body!"

Elise gritted her teeth and struggled desperately.

It's a pity that under the constraints of the contract, her actions are completely futile.

Soon, Ron, who was lying in mid-air and wagging his tail leisurely, saw Elise walking out of the corner, her face extremely dark.

"Looks like you're not in a good mood?"

Ron said with a smile of "concern".

Elise gritted her teeth and looked at him, and slowly burst out of her teeth:

"Would you be in a good mood when someone else forcibly controlled your body?"

"Yes."

Ron nodded, then spread his hands:

"But I can't help it, there's a door here, I'm too weak to push it, and you can't come in at the door, which makes it difficult for me to do it."

You're a demigod dragon, telling me you're delicate and frail?

Elise almost laughed at Ron's words.

"You didn't show any weakness when you pushed the metal door, did you?"

"Besides, wouldn't you just summon an elemental life to do this?"

But apparently Ron's mind wasn't going to change in any way because she didn't want to.

"What do you think the explosion just now?"

After speaking, without waiting for Elise to respond, Ron slowly stepped back behind her, smiled and said:

"Anyway, I'm going to bother our Blue Guardian Elis to help open the door~"

"Don't worry, you shouldn't die."

Along the way, although it seems that he is very reckless in doing things, and everything is open and closed to the front, it is actually based on the fact that the [True Vision] brought by the power of guardianship is effective.

Where the level of danger can be determined, Ron naturally doesn't mind being the vanguard and rushing to the front line.

But in places like this that you can't see through, it's better to be steady.

"Should?"

"You damn it!"

Elise glared at Ron fiercely.

This guy definitely did it on purpose, right? It's all like this, even if you lie to yourself!

Although 10,000 were reluctant, they were stronger than people, and under the constraints of the contract, she could only take the initiative to walk to the wooden door.

However, in the process, Elise has released countless protective magic spells to herself, which can be said to be armed to the extreme.

"Hum—"

A protective magic that shone brighter than the doorway just now surrounded her body, and the white jade-like skin illuminated by the strong light faintly became transparent.

And Ron let her do it, and even added a layer of iridescent orbs to it himself as protection.

"Whew"

Taking a deep breath, Elise slowly pressed her palm against the wooden door, and Ron was also engrossed in her movements, ready to rescue at any time.

After all, he was just exploring a way, and he didn't mean to kill her.

The door was made of dead wood, and the surface was full of traces of time.

It looked fragile, as if it was about to collapse at any moment, but Elise didn't let her guard down.

This is something that even that dragon needs to be cautious about!

Unexpectedly, the wooden door, which had been immovable under the terrifying power of the fire elemental giant, made a creaking sound the moment Elise gently pushed it.

"Squeak-"

It was like a dilapidated ordinary door, pushed open effortlessly.

Without any hesitation, the moment she pushed the door open, Elise came behind Ron with a flicker.

"If you want to die, let's die together!"

Elise, who had been planning for a long time, was ready to be attacked.

In fact, Ron, who was attracted by the scene behind the door, didn't care about her movements.

The dangerous scene he had expected did not appear, and there was only a swirling gray-green mist behind the wooden door, as if leading to another world.

"It's actually a teleportation circle?"

Looking at the scene behind the door, Ron muttered.

It seems that the opening of the wooden door has triggered a chain reaction.

Above the mist, a line of emerald green runic words was slowly emerging in the air one by one.

"Ancient Elven Text?"

Ron frowned, recognising at a glance the words that had disappeared from Cullen.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at Elise behind him.

The latter looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Hey, I pushed the door open exactly as you said! You can't blame me for something! ”

Elise said to Ron, a little nervous.

She stared vigilantly at the iridescent dragon in front of her, for fear that the other party would force her to do something dangerous again.

"It's okay, just to see if you get hurt."

Ron shook his head.

He turned, looked up, and read the meaning of the line of ancient elven words in his mind:

"By blood, you will pay back twice what you owe."

Seeing that Ron didn't seem to be pursuing the meaning of his actions just now, Elise breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and then looked curiously at the line of incomprehensible text:

"What does that mean? Can you read it? ”

"Yes"

Ron nodded.

"The above means"

In the middle of speaking, Ron suddenly turned his head, curled the corners of his mouth, and looked at Elise with malicious eyes:

"Whoever pushes the door will be the first to enter."

"Huh?"

Feeling bad in her heart, Elise was just about to flee with a flicker, when a dragon claw suddenly grabbed the ribbon of her clothes wrapped around her neck.

"What are you running?"

The irresistible force lifted her up directly, levitating her in the air.

"Don't worry, this door will definitely be fine for you."

Ron said with a smile as he lifted the back of Elise's neck.

"Don't! I don't believe you, dragon! Let go of me."

Elise struggled desperately, but the dragon claw that grabbed the back of Fate's neck still didn't move.

The words are not finished yet

In Elise's desperate eyes, Ron shook his hand mercilessly and threw her directly into the portal made of mist.

Immediately afterward, he also entered the portal with Elise in a swooping position.

"Po"

With the sound of a bubble bursting, the figures of a man and a dragon instantly disappeared into the clouds.

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meanwhile

In one of the interlayered planes of Karen

A bloody figure tied to a cross slowly raised its head.

Looking at the blood-red space that suddenly began to surge in front of her, she whispered to herself:

"Finally. Is it coming? ”

The hoarse voice echoed through the mezzanine plane, lingering for a long time. (End of chapter)