Corvo, outside the walls of Wiljos.

In just a few years, there is no trace of war here, and the green forests and fertile fields seem to have long been a country of its own, facing Hurlis from afar, like two tigers lying on a mountain, squinting slightly, but the muscles of the body are already as strong as steel.

Igniz was completely entrenched here, occupying almost all the towns in the northwest outside the walls of Corvoweljos, and even continued to encroach on the surrounding towns and land during the last two years.

However, Corvo did not know what to think about, but he had always maintained a great tolerance for all the movements of Ignaiz, as if he could not see this behemoth at all, and quietly rested and recuperated.

At this moment, if anyone came to the walls of Wilhos, he did not need to go far, and soon he could see that in the middle of the distant plain, a dark city had already sprected, and the city seemed to appear on this plain overnight, and it was incredibly fast.

The city looked at it from afar, as if it could hear the whispers of hell, and the houses were all black, and sometimes even a faint scarlet color, although I don't know if it was dazzling, but it still made people stand upside down.

This town is indeed from Hell, because the city was built by all the demons that Curry summoned from the Hell, and these demons worked day and night under the supervision of the overseers, and as long as they died of overwork, they would be built directly into the walls of the city, so if you smashed any of the walls of this city, you might be able to see the bones of the forest white that did not belong to humans and the blood that had long since solidified into a deep purple.

The city is called Krefeld, but it is more called the Holy City, and it has really become the Holy City outside the walls of Wilhos, and the first thing Igniz did here was to develop the Believers in a frenzy, and they have turned all the people of the entire northwest of Corvo into Igniz's most loyal believers.

Ignez's way of proselytizing is fundamentally different from other religions, although other religions have various methods of controlling people's minds, but they will not always adopt violent methods, and Igniz's way of dealing with ordinary people is no less than ideological implantation, that is, with that mysterious way of preaching, the most loyal faith is directly implanted deep in the people's minds.

Only those who are most loyal and committed to Igniz can live in this holy city, and it has long been a place of great aspiration, and legend has it that when you come here, you will have the opportunity to meet some of the legendary lords.

The roads in the middle of Krefeld were wide open and closed, revealing a smell of slaughter and coldness everywhere, but the gates, countless wide roads, finally led to the same place, the towering black castle as cold as a giant beast.

"Your Highness"

A man in a straight military uniform and a black trench coat stretched out his pale and thin knuckles, tapped lightly on the door frame, and called respectfully.

It was a large room on the top floor of the castle, with a dark brown floor, staggered windows scattered across the surrounding walls, and expensive ornaments of pure wood that showed the good taste of the owner, and in the middle of the room, a double window was open, and the wind blew the curtains on one side, and this window could be looked up by the whole city.

Because sitting here is the city lord of Krefeld, and the current supreme leader of the Igniz Church on earth, Curry.

Ke Rui didn't raise his head, still leaning back on the chair and looking at something quietly, Ke Rui has long since lost the immature appearance of his youth, a fair and angular face, a pair of peach blossom eyes that should be gentle, but the light in the corners of his eyes is always mixed with a terrifying fierce light, he is wearing a loose white robe, and his shoulder-length black hair is scattered casually on his shoulders.

Looking up simply, Ke Rui, who is sitting here, no longer seems to be the killing god who has thousands of troops behind him, breaks three cities in more than a month, and does not leave a single person, but is just a young son.

The man in the black robe stood at the door with his head bowed respectfully, not daring to affect Ke Rui's thoughts at all, until Ke Rui put down the information in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Xia Zuo"

The man straightened up slightly, walked in quickly, and Curry took a sip of the cup placed next to him, which was not wine, it looked like it was just the most ordinary white water.

Xia Zuo stood in front of Ke Rui's table, bowed deeply, and then straightened up, and at this time, Xia Zuo's face was revealed, the mask covered half of his face, and the lower half of his face was covered with frightening red blood vessels, this man was not a stranger, it was the mysterious person who had watched Luo Mu and his party enter the holy ruins in Lohmadhi.

The military uniform worn by Xia Zuo is different from any other country, it is extremely dark blue, the collar horns have a symbol that belongs to Ignitz, and he is holding a dark black book jacket in his hand, Xia Zuo opened the folder and glanced at it slightly, and then said, "Your Highness, this week the northeast and southwest have expanded outward by more than a thousand meters, and sixteen villages and towns have been accepted, and a total of 275 new believers have been developed."

Then, Xia Zuo reported all the things that happened this week in the territory under the jurisdiction of Igniz to Ke Rui one by one, and Ke Rui just listened quietly with a glass of water, without saying a word, Xia Zuo seemed to be familiar with this model, but Xia Zuo didn't dare to be careless at all, although Ke Rui was just sitting there, there was still an invisible momentum that filled the whole room, so that he was almost out of breath.

After Xia Zuo finished reporting the last piece of information, his back was already a little sweaty, he exhaled very quickly, his eyes looked at the desktop, and he didn't dare to look directly into Ke Rui's eyes, and respectfully called "Your Highness"

Curry nodded, put down the cup, and asked calmly, "Is there anything else?"

Xia Zuo closed the clip in his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Today is a Valentine's Day among the people, and it seems that some people have brought their relatives into the city, because there should be a gathering in the east of the city tonight, you have approved it, everyone who lives in the city has the right to let a relative into the city, but as far as I know, there should be some unrelated people who have also mixed in."

Krefeld's control is far stronger than anyone could have imagined, which also reflects to some extent that it is not the honeymoon period of the two major forces, and even Curry does not dare to say whether Corvo will suddenly come over tomorrow.

There was still no expression on Curry's face, and he asked again, "What festival?" Xia Zuo replied with a glance, "Qixi Festival, this is not Corvo's native festival, it is said that it should have been passed from Rootia, at first it was only celebrated in villages and towns near the border with Rootia, and later because the time of this festival happened to be in the middle of the year, it also gave a reasonable time for men and women, so it gradually became popular."

Curry nodded, Xia Zuo knew very well what Curry meant, if Curry didn't give a way to deal with it, it would be no deal, and he also believed that it was impossible for anyone to dare to violate the rules of the city in this city, because countless blood and heads had already proved that there was only one punishment in Krefeld City, the death penalty.

He bowed deeply again, then turned around and walked out of the door, just as he walked out of the door, a bright red suddenly appeared in front of the door, Xia Zuo hurriedly lowered his head, did not dare to look at the face of the person, and respectfully said "Lord Lilith"

It was none other than Lilith, the only woman among the Four Horsemen.

Lilith hummed lightly, and walked into Curry's office by herself, the people in the entire Krefeld City who could walk into Curry's office so swaggeringly, counting Lilith, would not exceed the number of a hand, Lilith pulled over the chair in front of Curry's desk, crossed Erlang's legs, took out a cigarette and lit it, and after exhaling a puff of smoke, she threw a small box on Curry's desk.

Curry raised his eyelids and glanced at the small box on the table, and asked, "What is it?" Lilith said with a smile, "Qixi Festival gifts."

Ke Rui didn't have the slightest mood to open it and take a look, stood up and said, "If you have more money, it's better to donate more, the guards in the north of the city still lack a batch of arm armor."

Lilith was still smiling, as if she had long been accustomed to Curry's style, and Curry didn't say a word, took a step forward, but her body had already disappeared in place, until Curry left, Lilith stopped laughing, snorted, and then slightly angrily pressed the cigarette butt directly into the cup that Curry usually drank from, stood up and left.

Walking to the door, Xia Zuo was still waiting in front of the door, Lilith looked at Xia Zuo and drank, "Xia Zuo!" Xia Zuo's body trembled slightly, and then lowered his head and said, "My lord, what do you command?"

Lilith snorted coldly and said, "Take me to the north of the city, the old lady wants to donate her arm armor!"

At this moment, Ke Rui has already appeared in the alley in the east of the city, the white robe on his body has already been replaced by a gray robe, Ke Rui has not made any changes, but with his means, when the people in the entire city look at him, they will have the illusion that he has preset, and they can't really see his face at all, this is the strength of the Lingge Soul Master who has almost reached the realm of transformation.

Curry actually has free time, and he always walks around the town, not because this city belongs to him, but because he always feels that if he can't really see the people in this world, hear the voices of the people around him, and see people who are not under his control at all make actions that he will not be able to predict, he feels that the world is becoming more and more unreal, and he always feels that strength itself is a curse.

The eastern part of the city is now very lively, although Ke Rui has never heard the name of this festival, but now it seems that this festival has long been accepted by the people, and now the square in the east of the city is full of couples, and there are also a lot of hawkers gathered here, and it is said that later in the future, there will be a very rare folk spontaneous performance.

The rules of Krefeld are extremely strict, but like the laws of any place in the world, when you don't touch it, it is as if it does not exist, although there are all kinds of rules in Krefeld City, but the daily life of the people can still be guaranteed, just like the gathering at this moment, although it is rare, but it is not strictly forbidden.

Curry walked through the crowd without any purpose, listening to the shouts of the vendors around him, Curry could truly feel that he was still alive in this world.

Suddenly, a crisp voice came into Ke Rui's ears, but such an inconspicuous voice seemed to roar like thunder, making Ke Rui stand in place for a few minutes without relieving himself.

I don't know how long it took, he slowly turned his head and looked at the other side of the square, where there was a girl who kept selling balloons in her hand to passing couples, it could be seen that the girl's performance tonight was not good, it was not early at the moment, but there were still a lot of balloons in her hand that had not been sold, she seemed to be a little anxious, but when people in the past looked at her, they would inevitably show a trace of vague or obvious disgust.

The girl's face had a hideous scar that ran from her right eye over the bridge of her nose to her jaw.

The girl was Claire.

Curry didn't say a word, and he walked over to Claire.

It is said that during that night, dark purple blood flowed from all the walls of the entire city of Krefeld, as if something had been imprisoned about to break out of its shell.

It's like a man's blazing heart.