As soon as the skyline of Floating City was revealed, a new day began. People are busy again. The sound of horses' hooves and shouts gradually broke the silence of the early morning. As usual, Geraint rode a tall horse and was patrolling the streets with several cavalrymen, admiring the scenery on both sides of the street. As the chief knight of the Golden Dragon Knights, Geraint has long been known to the civilians of the Reims Kingdom. Seeing Geraint passing by, everyone rushed to greet Geraint, and Geraint also responded to everyone very happily, constantly waving to everyone.

"Would you like to try the freshly baked sausage bread, Lord Geraintle?" said a roadside breakfast vendor, waving a shiny, steaming bread with a fork.

"No, Brad, I'll be satisfied with the smell. These fragrant breads are sure to attract a lot of customers. Have a nice morning. Geraint smiled and waved at the vendor, named Brad.

"Do you want a red rose, Lord Geraint, you can take it to your sweetheart this morning!" The flower girl on the side also greeted him.

"It's Lucy, let's keep these flowers for Lord Wren, he's your old patron. Geraint laughed.

"Oh no, no, Lord Geraint......" Suddenly, a hurried shout broke the peaceful atmosphere on the side of the street in the morning. A soldier was panting and running towards Geraint.

"Hmm, what's wrong with you, Harry?" Geraint frowned and asked the soldier named Harry, "Is there any emergency?"

"Whew...... Call...... Lord Geraint, something is wrong. A horrific murder occurred in a house in the third block last night. Harry gasped and said loudly.

"What? Anyone would dare to commit a crime in the royal city?" Gerant's eyebrows furrowed, "Let's go, take us to the third block, Harry." ”

"Yes, sir. After saying that, Harry took Gerrant and the others to the house where the murder occurred. At this time, the outside of the house was already surrounded by nearby civilians, and the noise was mixed with crying. The soldiers of the Golden Dragon Knights have cordoned off the scene and are waiting for their commander to come.

Residents were on the sidelines.

"It's terrible, the murderer must be a vampire. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, our castle is protected by the Holy Light Enchantment, how can a vampire get in?"

"I think it must have been done by a madman or an orc. ”

"I'll just say, leave those orcs in the royal city to work as coolies, and something will happen sooner or later. ”

"It doesn't have to be the orcs who did it, those orcs are guarded by our knights day and night, and they don't have a chance to come out and commit crimes, right?"

"Alas, all in all, the child died too miserably. ”

"Yes, I heard that the blood on my body has been drained. ”

"Please give way, let go. Harry asked the onlookers to leave, and led Gerant into the murder scene.

"Lord Geraint, you see, this is terrible. Harry said, pointing to the boy's body on the ground. The dead boy looked as if his blood had been drained, leaving only a pale corpse, but there was no trace of it around him. The boy's parents wept bitterly at his body.

"Harry, the child's body was first discovered by his parents?" asked Geraint.

"Yes, sir. This morning, when the child's mother made breakfast and called her child out to eat, she found that there was no response to the call. Then they found out that the child was not in their room. So the couple went crazy and searched around the house, only to find that their child had died in the courtyard. Harry reported what he had found to Geraint.

"This corpse looks very strange. Geraint took a closer look at the boy's body and said, "He died of blood loss, but no wounds were found, and there was no blood on the ground." ”

"yes, even legendary vampires should leave tooth marks. Harry touched his head.

"Let's take the child's body back first. Harry, take someone to check the surroundings again and see if there are any clues. Also, comfort the parents of the deceased and don't let any more trouble happen here. Geraint ordered the boy's body to be cleaned up while Harry did a good job of comforting the deceased's parents.

As if it had occurred to her that she had thought of something, Geraint walked over to the deceased's parents. The child's father struggled to get up, and the child's mother was reluctantly on her feet with the help of her husband.

"Didn't you hear anything at home last night, both of you?" asked Geraint, speaking to the boy's parents.

"My lord, we've asked this question several times. They said they really didn't hear anything. Harry interjected.

"In that case, the case becomes very tricky. Geraint's brows furrowed, "Let's report Lord Byron first!"

"This bastard, doesn't even let go of children?" Byron sighed after listening to the reports of the people in the palace.

"This murderer did not leave any traces at the scene, and it will be difficult for us to catch him now. Geraint said.

"There is such a big murder in the royal city, we must catch the murderer as soon as possible, otherwise the nearby civilians, especially those with children at home, will definitely fall into a panic. Byron mused.

"I heard that there was a murder on Third Street last night?" At this time, Archmage Parsa also arrived at the palace.

"Your Excellency, you are so well informed. Geraint glanced at Parsa.

"Such a big thing is about to spread throughout the entire royal city. "And I've heard that the blood of the dead has been drained, so I'm curious to see the body." This has caused panic in people, and it is said that many parents who have children at home now keep their children by their side when they sleep to prevent accidents. ”

"Yes, many seemingly impossible things can be explained by magic. Byron nodded and said to Parsa, "Your Excellency, can you help us find out the cause of this child's death?"

"This ...... I'm not a doctor, but if it really was magic, I should be able to recognize it. Parsa said as she walked over to the corpse.

The corpse was wrapped in a layer of white cloth, Parsa opened the white cloth and took a closer look, and then said slowly: "There are no wounds on the corpse, but it is obvious that the blood on this poor child's body has been sucked dry. ”

"There are no wounds, so how was the blood sucked out, Archmage?" asked Geraint.

"There's only one possibility. Parsa said, "In the royal city where we live, there really are magicians who study dark magic. This kind of magic that can instantly suck the blood of people's whole body dry, I once saw a relevant record in an ancient book, it should be the effect of the dark intermediate magic blood devouring technique. ”

"It turned out to be just a Cerberus puppy, but now it's actually starting to attack civilians. Geraint was furious, "This evil magician is too dangerous, but where is he hiding?"

"Matters related to magic can be handled by our Black Dragon Knights. Parsa said, "As for the arrest of the murderer, it is up to you to complete the work of the Golden Dragon Knights." ”

"Yes, starting tonight we must step up patrols and impose a total curfew on the royal city. Byron thought for a moment, then announced the order.

Soon it was late at night, and Geraint did not rest, but participated in the patrol together. Because of the curfew, the streets were empty at night. The reason Byron did this is that at present, the murderer only appears at night, and once there is a curfew, the murderer can be easily exposed without some civilians who are active at night to cover up.

Unfortunately, even though there is a curfew in the city, there are still naughty children or drunks who take to the streets at night. Naturally, the patrolmen drove them home mercilessly. However, there are still some people who do not want to go home and choose to hide, especially the smaller children, who are not easily detected by the guards.

"I said Dyce, if we sneak out like this, the family will be worried?" In a small alley, seven boys were hiding from the guards, and one of the younger children asked the older boy in the lead.

"We hide so well that they can't find us, this kind of hide-and-seek is fun, don't you think?" said the big boy Dyce.

"It's really fun, my boys!hahaha!" Suddenly a terrifying voice came from behind the boys, "it saves me a lot of time." ”

The children hurriedly turned to look, and a dark shadow appeared in front of them.