After bringing the cupcakes to the duty officers in the various rooms, Esther played cards with Siga and Frye in the nightwatchers' recreation room, and even won two pennies after the losers took turns to be evil.

Siga was soon to make a tour of Raphael's cemetery in the suburbs, so the game was over, Frye went back to the house to catch up on sleep, and Esther returned to the reception hall to listen to Roseanne talk about next week's concert.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Neil has a piano at home."

"Piano? When? I hadn't seen a piano when I visited Old Neil's house before. ”

"I don't know," Esther shook her head, "I saw it from Klein last time I visited, probably new." ”

Roseanne suddenly clapped her hands: "So Esther can actually come!" Are you interested in going to the concert together? ”

Esther was stunned for a moment, then thought that she didn't even have a formal dress, and quickly gave up the idea: "No, I'm not that interested in concerts." ”

Of course, this is a lie, in fact, she is quite interested, and she was quite keen on singing when she was still "Li Xing".

Speaking of which, the predecessor of Russell the Great basically copied literary works, should I leave some musical heritage for the Kingdom of Rune......

The door to the reception hall was suddenly pushed open, and Roshan and Esther responded and saw Crane dressed in formal clothes and carrying a cane.

Esther subconsciously said, "Good afternoon, you won't encounter anything again, will you?" I remember today was your day off. ”

Crane was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly and took off his hat: "Sometimes I wonder if you can also do divination, Esther." Good afternoon, two beautiful ladies, I'm really on the move, I'll go talk to the captain first. ”

"Good afternoon Crane, go ahead, the captain is in his office."

Klein left in a hurry, and Esther vaguely sensed that he seemed to be a little unwilling to face herself, but she didn't think of any possibility of offending her fellow countrymen. If you can't think of it, you don't want to, Esther is a very casual person, anyway, the fellow is so kind, as a member of the night watch, he will not harm himself.

It didn't take long for Dunn to walk up and beckon to Esther, "There's a mission that might involve evil spirits, and you'd better keep the seal with you." ”

Esther instantly swept away her lazy state, stood up from the sofa and straightened her back: "Understood." What do you want to bring with you 3-0782? ”

Dunn smiled slightly, and raised the signed application form in his hand: "You remember it very well, this is it." ”

A few minutes later, Dunn and Esther returned to the reception hall again, Crane and Frye ready to go, the "mutated Sun Emblem" was being held in Esther's hand, emitting only a faint warmth and light, but rather faintly. Esther's usual seal, Half Dawn, was also in her arms, and Dunn had nothing to worry about her prowess.

"Let's go, Fry, you take care of the drive. Even with Esther's suppression, Cizer couldn't withstand the purification of the emblem for so long. Dunn gave the other three the approximate itinerary, "Our destination is the small town of Lamb, and we have to go around Daffodil Street first to let Klein talk to his family, and the round trip will take a lot of time." ”

Frye didn't qualify, and after checking his belongings again, the group set off.

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The setting sun darkens the skyline, and it looks down on the ground like a half-aged cyclops, but there is still plenty of time before it is completely dark.

Located on the northwestern side of Tingen, the town of Ramder is different from the industrialisation of Tingen, which retains more of the simplicity left over from the previous centuries, but as a trading point in the nearby countryside, it is more prosperous than other villages, so it barely supports the façade of the town, and the commercial buildings and population of the town are quite limited.

While the carriage was moving, Dunn had already questioned the townspeople in his dreams through Nightmare's special abilities, and learned about the abandoned castle from their "mouths", but most of these materials were inclined to folklore, and there was no content that could be used to assist in subsequent battles.

Under Dunn's arrangement, Frye parked the carriage at the town inn, and the four of them set off towards the location of the castle on the hill, except for Esther, who was wearing a leather jacket, and the other three men were all wearing long black trench coats, which looked quite like team uniforms.

Esther wanted to wear it that way, too, but because of some height issues, she forgot about buying a trench coat forever.

After the fork in the road, a few people almost settled among the weeds, the wide road is dominated by flora, and almost no one in the town will come here, but it is not difficult to imagine that many years ago, there were horse-drawn carriages passing here.

A few minutes later, an ancient castle with a crumbling façade came into view, guarded by lush trees and surrounded by even more lush shadows. Vast expanses of vines crawled all over the ruins, giving the mottled old creature a fresher greenery, making it less lonely from the desolation of the last century.

Esther didn't feel anything, but she noticed Klein rubbing his arm, "Will it be cold?" ”

Dunn held out his hand to Esther, "Give me the Sun Emblem." ”

After Esther handed the seal, she immediately felt a faint coldness in the air, but what she felt was not cold, but an invisible and vicious hostility, which made her brow furrow instantly, and immediately began to unwrap the bandage on the "Half Dawn" in her arms.

Frye's voice, which had never been much undulating, said, "There are indeed resentful spirits. ”

Dunn smiled at the slightly apprehensive Klein: "Don't worry, there is 3-0782, there are Frye and Esther, and the resentment will not cause much trouble." ”

"3-0782" is a mutated Sun Emblem that can continuously purify dead corpses and ghosts within fifteen meters of the surrounding area, causing them to collapse in no more than a minute, and is a seal from the Republic of Intis.

Esther muttered quietly, "I don't know if I can tear the soul with my bare hands, I really haven't tried ......"

Dunn's expression immediately became serious: "Esther, don't make a mess. You keep a good distance from the perimeter so that you don't get injured by bullets. ”

Esther smiled, "It's not for Klein to relax." ”

Crane was silent for a few seconds, he wouldn't say that he almost took Esther's words seriously!

Several people were ready to fight, Esther's short sword in the palm of her hand, the other three night watchmen drew their pistols and were ready to pull the trigger at any time, and Crane pressed the charm in his pocket. They concentrated and approached the gate of the gloomy castle.

They got close enough to see that the roof of the stables was gone, with only half a fence and a few bare pillars, and a well not far away where the bricks had fallen off.

At this moment, a terrible cold wind blew out, and the rich malice filled with it made Esther's breathing slow by half a beat. But they did not stop there, but walked more and more cautiously towards the entrance of the castle, where the gate that should have been erected was gone.

From this point on, every step of the four of them was on the broken floor tiles.

The castle's hall was large enough for a ball, but because the pillars had long since collapsed, it was now particularly gloomy and cramped, with only the narrow windows at the top letting in a faint light, allowing dim shadows to cling to every corner, competing with the moss for whose territory was larger.

With a roar, a thick black mist filled the air, countering the warmth and purity emanating from the Sun Emblem in Dunn's hand.

The tall shadow covered by black armor all over his body condensed from the black mist, and he held a broadsword in his hand that was difficult for ordinary people to wield, two red lights appeared through the gaps in his visor, and his red-flame "eyes" stared angrily at the four intruders.

What made several people even more vigilant was that a voice came from under the visor, and the roar echoed in the gloomy castle hall: "You disturbed my sleep!" It must be repaid with flesh and blood! ”

He took a sudden step, approaching Dunn in an instant, the broadsword in his hand slashed down on his head, Dunn stepped back with agility, and his backhand was a shot, but the demon hunting bullet that left the chamber of the gun was bounced off by the half-illusory black armor, making a strange crisp sound.

Crane stepped back at the same time, aiming at the head of the black-armored knight and pulling the trigger, and as Frye retreated, his eyes turned to a calm grayish-white, intently looking at the resentful spirit between the unreal and the real.

The black-armored knight roared and strode after Dunn, his broadsword sweeping through the air with a slamming sound, this time Dunn was knocked away and fell heavily to the side of the door, a large expanse of blood coughing up from his mouth.

The special Sun Emblem fell to the ground, making a soft sound in the collision, and the Wraith couldn't wait to kick it out of the castle, keeping itself away from the fifteen-meter range of the Emblem's purification.

Crane felt a strange sense of detachment from the scene before him, which prompted him to fire another shot, and the silver bullet was once again bounced off the visor without causing any damage.

"Right hand glove!" Frye shouted, his tone full of anxiety, a far cry from his usual cold attitude.

Crane and Frye aimed at the glove on the right side of the Black Knight at the same time, and the guns in their hands rang out almost simultaneously, but the Wraith had already prepared to raise his broadsword and easily block the bullets.

The Black-Armored Knight stepped forward again, charging towards Crane, crashing directly into him.

Crane flew out upside down, seeing his chest sunken and spitting blood, but not much pain, and he saw the anxious gaze of Frye in the field, and - Esther, who had disappeared at some point.

He came to his senses in an instant, and the scene around him was like a shattered surface of calm water, shattered in the ripples.

It was as if everything was rewinding, back to the moment when the Black Knight emerged from the black mist.

Esther was still standing two steps to Crane's right, vigilantly raising the broken sword in her hand, as if she had maintained this position for a moment.

Dunn, who was half-hunched, straightened up, his gray eyes turned into a dull night, looking at the resentful spirit who was about to swing his broadsword, he calmly spoke, "It's been more than a minute." ”

The black-armored knight's movements paused, and then a terrible scream came out from every part of the armor, and black smoke continued to billow, as if it had been ignited.

Dunn's "death declaration" is just right, this black-armored knight is far from the level of an evil spirit, as can be seen from his fear of the Sun Emblem in the dream. Dunn's practice of dragging everyone, including the resentful spirits, into a dream succeeded in delaying the Black Knight's approach to the fifteen-meter range of the emblem, allowing it to perish as it approached to drive the four people away.

The warm, pure area spread out from around the emblem, purifying the black mist that the black-armored knight had turned into until the broad sword also turned transparent, and the targeted malice that Esther had been feeling in the castle dissipated, but there was still an uncomfortable feeling lingering in the castle.

"Dang!"

The black iron gloves fell to the ground, a little white frost condensed on the surface, and that was the last thing the wraith had left.