"..."
Yager refused to comment on Miss Audrey's description that inexplicably revealed the truth, and silently turned his gaze back to the street in front of him, trying to find an opportunity to change the subject.
When you walk out of the alley, you will find that the town outside is extremely decayed.
Abandoned items can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road, as if a sudden disaster forced everyone to escape.
Overturned bamboo strollers, dilapidated wooden tables, wooden chairs, and even carriages with horse corpses together created a gloomy atmosphere in the city.
However, there are not many monsters blocking the road under the high bridge.
After his cleaning, in a short time, there were only three or five beast corpses lying flat here.
Ahead is a deep house.
This is the only smooth route, and there are only closed iron gates behind it.
Although the stacked buildings make the road seem complicated, in fact, upon closer inspection, you can see that there is only one choice here.
Enter the building at the end, climb the stairs, and then cross the bridge to reach the bottom of the clock tower on the other side.
If nothing unexpected happens, the conspicuous bell tower that pierces the sky is the exit passage.
He was going to go there.
Unexpectedly, Audrey from behind stopped him again.
"Mr. De Lester," Audrey's expression was very nervous, and she bit her lower lip hard, making an indentation on her round lips.
This is the expression she subconsciously shows when she encounters something she cannot handle.
She held a yellowed page of paper with trembling hands.
"I noticed that you didn't seem to mention that you didn't receive the note?"
This time it was Yager's turn to be confused: "Note? What note?"
"The note suddenly appeared in her pocket." Although Audrey was panicked, she still explained the matter in an orderly manner.
"When I first came here, I subconsciously searched myself to confirm how useful the things I carried were, and then I found this extra note."
"In my cloak pocket."
"I was at Sir Shaw's banquet. I'm pretty sure I didn't bring anything like this."
She handed over the piece of paper in her hand.
The ability of the 'audience' allows her to judge the situation very well.
With its yellowed and old appearance and the tattered edge of the note, this kind of item that seems to have been torn off at will really shouldn't appear in the pocket of a noble girl.
Hearing this, Yager silently touched his pocket.
Nothing.
He could only reach out and take Audrey's note and read it.
It says in black letters:
'Below the great bridge, you wait.'
'You look at all this with pity. Just as you have seen the old city burn to ashes on an ordinary bright night.'
What does it mean?
Yager couldn't help but frown.
In the text, ‘your’ experience is clearly limited.
In front of the gate, I saw the burning of the old city. These two things definitely have nothing to do with Audrey's past, but more like the story of this area.
However, the note appeared in her pocket.
Audrey next to her also noticed this difference.
After carefully looking at Yager and making sure that he had finished reading, she said hesitantly: "...I'm wondering if this means imposing restrictions on me?"
"I once heard at a party that there are some special extraordinary items that can assign identities to people."
"Could it be that this is actually the identity given to me?"
"But, Mr. Drester, you have no identity. This makes me not sure."
Yager pondered for a moment: "It's not impossible."
After all, this is connected to his dream, so it is normal for him to receive some special treatment.
"If it's as you guessed, you probably shouldn't leave this area and violate the settings on the note."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Miss Justice may have to stay where she is.
It's not a big deal when the surrounding area has been cleaned up. But the key is what is she going to 'wait' for?
Being a low sequence, subsequent changes can be fatal.
Audrey's nervous expression showed perseverance: "I also brought a lot of extraordinary items for protection. Please don't worry about me! Although the monsters around me are scary, I think I can barely deal with them."
Werewolves look scary, but they are only as strong as sequence nine.
If they all wait in place, Yager, who has no identity, will waste time in vain.
Too late and things will change.
In extraordinary events, every minute is precious.
"Mr. Drester, go explore as soon as possible. Just let me know when you open the exit."
She decided so.
After a brief hesitation, Yager finally chose to leave. But before leaving, he gave her an illusory bell, which was said to provide protection after shaking.
Under the dark red dusk, Audrey stood in the shadow of the bridge and waited quietly.
'Come on, you can do it! Don't worry.'
'You'll be fine. If anything happens, Mr. Bishop's bell will protect you.'
She stood silently repeating these words in her mind, suppressing the uncontrollable fear that arose in the girl's heart.
Life has never put her in danger.
But fear will not blind her.
She calmly judged the form and chose the safest position, waiting to test her theory, with the bell and extraordinary bracelet in her hand ready to go.
The girl's upright body became a bright spot that could not be ignored in the bloody corpse-strewn field.
"Squeak!"
The iron gate at the end of the road suddenly opened slowly with a sour rusty sound.
The sound of hoofs hitting the ground came.
Audrey immediately turned her head and looked over there——
Oncoming were several tall horses, their shiny black fur looking extremely oppressive in the dusk.
And even more majestic is their owner.
On top of the black horse are multiple men wearing black or white robes. The exquisite costumes all exude a strong smell of blood. They are holding various weird weapons, just like the Paladins in the novel.
The embroidered scarf around her neck fluttered proudly in the wind.
The kind Mr. Bishop once wore!
Audrey recognized it immediately.
A small procession of horses in holy attire crossed the street quickly, then stopped suddenly in front of her.
Apparently, she was discovered.
She nervously looked at the stopped knights, waiting for their actions.
The handsome young man with blond hair in the front looked at her condescendingly for a few seconds, frowning.
He turned back to look at his companions, and then loudly reported back: "Your Excellency, there are civilians whose condition is unknown here!"
The other holy knights stepped aside slightly and surrounded the girl.
And from the way out of the way, a man carrying a conspicuous long sword appeared.
He has black hair, black eyes, extremely sharp facial lines, and a calm and majestic expression.
This is the ‘chief’ in the young man’s mouth.
"Chief of the Healing Church, Ludwig." The man sat on a high horse and spoke softly.
"Who are you?"
Ludwig, the first hunter of the Healing Church in Bloodborne and the original owner of the Moonlight Sword, single-handedly formed the church's hunter team and led them to clean up the beasts in the city. It is about a level higher than the Secret Sequence.
He participated in the church's attempt to hunt down the ocean god "Kos", and later lost control and turned into a beast.
(End of chapter)
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