The group of people traveled under the stars and the moon, and finally arrived at the entrance of a gloomy canyon.

"Everyone, after passing through the canyon, you will find the old castle of Viscount Dortmund. It has only one way in, and it is backed by the Mondor Zee."

Mentioning Mondo Ji Ze, everyone's eyes flashed with suspicion and hesitation. Moreover, the tone of Saidamu's voice suddenly dropped at the end, as if he was afraid that he would speak too loudly.

, can wake up the demon in a distant area.

Two hundred years ago, there were many adventurers in the Mondoji Ze who went deep into it to hunt creatures in the swamp, or collect food and medicine. But suddenly, the Mondoji Ze seemed to be occupied by a terrifying and powerful beast.

Among them, the adventurers and even the imperial army became members of the missing list. Among them, there was a nine-ring mage and an eighth-level holy swordsman. In an instant, Mondo Jize became a human being

One of the fourth largest forbidden areas on the mainland.

On the outer edge of the swamp, in the buffer zone between swamp beasts and humans, no adventurer has seen this terrifying beast climb out of the Mundo swamp in two hundred years.

There are only rumors that all the adventurers who entered the dangerous swamp were devoured.

Human hunters have come to a general conclusion: the ferocious beasts that live in seclusion in the Mondo Zephyr seem to hate going out.

This is also the reason why the Viscount of Dortmund can stay safe and sound in this deep canyon.

They passed through the canyon without any danger, and after walking a few miles, they saw a majestic and eerie castle on the vast plain.

The pale starlight reflected on the cold stones of the city wall, making it chilly.

The high wall tower on the right wing of the castle reaches straight into the sky, but half of the granite stone wall of the high wall tower has collapsed, and the spiral staircase on the upper right can be vaguely seen.

The castle on the left wing is built against a hill, but it is intact. It is a little higher than the hill, but half shorter than the castle on the right wing.

However, only three of the seven dome spires in the castle are intact. The other four have either big holes in the domes or the entire domes have collapsed. It seems that not long ago, this castle just experienced a trebuchet.

siege battle.

Behind the castle is a swamp where darkness extends endlessly. The stars are dim and appear and disappear, as if a huge creature is swinging towards it.

Priest Saidam exhaled a burst of white mist and said loudly: "According to the earl's information, this vampire viscount only has the strength of a fifth-ring mage, and the most powerful ones are blood slaves. They will not fight for him. The other two are the second most numerous.

The others are the members of the vampire family of the Viscount of Dortmund. They are strong and bloodthirsty. They probably have the combat power of a second-level mercenary. Just be careful not to be bitten by them. In addition, the viscount also used his own blood to sacrifice

He has raised several vampire bat armored knights and is controlled by the viscount. They can execute the viscount's orders meticulously and their strength is equivalent to a third-level knight. However, don't worry too much. The number of these vampire bat armored knights is very small and will never exceed

Ten. Moreover, as long as the vampire bat armored knights take off their helmets, they will release the vampire bats inside and lose their ability to move. Of course, everyone should pay attention to these large numbers of vampire bats and try to stay within the range that the sacrificial torch can shine.

Inside."

Among the team of twenty-six knights, there are three sixth-level mages, six fifth-level mages, four fourth-level mages; and one sixth-level swordsman, seven fifth-level swordsmen, and seven fourth-level swordsmen.

Shi. ​​In terms of strength, he has completely crushed Viscount Dortmund's power.

At the command of Sacrifice Saidam, the team approached the gate of the courtyard in a mighty manner.

At this time, the gates of the castle courtyard were open, including the gate of the innermost castle, which was brightly lit.

A circle of dozens of houses made of wood and stone formed the courtyard wall, which looked dilapidated by the wind and rain.

Under the dazzling sacrificial light, dozens of vampires with pale faces and bloody white teeth could be vaguely seen hiding inside, poking their heads from time to time, pairs of scarlet eyes showing greedy gazes, and low beastly roars coming from their throats.

Priest Saidam held the reins and rode the horse for a few steps.

After the snow-white staff in his hand shone for a few times, a faint glow poured out from the magic gem at the head of the staff, covering the body of Saidamu Sacrifice.

After the first layer of the sacred blessing technique was cast, the loud voice of Saidam's sacrifice resounded throughout the entire castle.

"Viscount Dortmund, we are the sword and shield guardians of the sacrificial church. We are here, and I believe you also know the reason. We have every reason to believe, and there is evidence to prove that three days ago, on October 10, 1456 AD,

One day, Your Excellency attacked Mr. Roger's carriage convoy, killing not only the four third-level swordsman mercenaries guarding the convoy, fifteen second-level swordsman mercenaries, and twenty swordsman mercenaries, but also robbed the carriage.

property, and also kidnapped Mr. Roger’s beloved daughter, Miss Morgenne.”

"Mr. Roger is the representative of the honorary businessman of the Priestly Church of Flanders County. This attack has made everyone in the entire diocese panic, and the higher levels of the church are also extremely shocked. The red-robed bishops of the Priestly Church ordered us to sword

The Shield Guardians investigated the matter thoroughly. Through the wounds on the necks and hearts of the mercenaries escorting the carriage convoy, as well as the corpses of bats on the ground——"

"In addition, there was a small group of church scouts behind the convoy. Although they were attacked by Your Excellency's bats, they were lucky enough to escape. These are ironclad facts that no one can deny. Considering that Your Excellency is Count Jockvis

Viscount, the church has sent us here. Regarding this matter, Lord Flo Dean, the fourth red robe of my church, has already trusted the earl. The earl wrote back and said that this was your idea alone.

He has never heard of Lord Roger and Miss Morgenne before. As long as you can return the belongings in the carriage and Mr. Roger's beloved daughter, with some mutual respect, our sacrificial church may compensate and comfort the deceased.

I can be of service to you."

"Humans from afar, welcome to my territory, please come in. After nearly a hundred years, extraordinary mages and knights have finally visited the castle." A sharp voice came from the castle.

Following the sound, I looked over and saw a cold, slender black shadow standing on a gloomy balcony, gradually retreating and disappearing.

"Walk!"

With an order, the team of human knights burst into the castle in a mighty manner.

What is surprising is that there are three spacious carriages parked in the courtyard, guarded by two tall armored knights, while some vampires are quietly hiding behind stone pillars, not daring to get close, with greedy looks on their faces.

He looked frightened.

There were several huge open wooden boxes placed next to the three spacious carriages. The surface of the wooden boxes was rotten and gave off a disgusting smell, but there was a vague smell of alchemical materials inside the wooden boxes, although they were empty. Black

Mao Chengke wrinkled his nose. The smell was very familiar, the smell of sulfur and coke.

Saidam just glanced at it and then lowered his voice and said: "There is no sign of the Roger Chamber of Commerce, it is not the carriage of the Roger merchant, and I don't know where the Viscount of Dortmund came from to dig up the alchemist's things. Everyone, be careful and pay attention.

trap."

The human team quickly entered Dortmund's castle.

At this time, hundreds of candles and torches were lit in the castle hall, illuminating the entire hall as if it were daytime.

The entire hall has obviously been carefully decorated by the Viscount of Dortmund and looks extremely elegant and classical. Exquisite carvings, beautiful paintings, the first creations of some alchemy masters...etc., there are a dazzling array of treasures.

Entering the hall of this ancient castle is like stepping into a glittering kingdom of art.

Everyone secretly sighed in their hearts: What Master Saidam Sixth Ring said was true. The successive heads of the Dortmund family really loved collecting art.

"Human beings from afar, welcome to your arrival. This place is a little more alive because of you!" A tall and handsome gentleman with tall hair stood on the platform in the middle of the stairs, with a trace of silk in his eyes.

A thread of bloody light is looking down at everyone.

The viscount walked from the shadows to a place where the candle could shine.

Saidam, the leading sixth-level priest, looked around the hall before slowly taking a step forward. A pair of bright and wise eyes on his old face looked directly at Viscount Tmund before he spoke.

"Where is the carriage of Roger's caravan, and Mr. Roger's beloved daughter? We have been ordered to take back all the things you robbed!"

Faced with the man's aggressive questioning, Viscount Dortmund listened quietly. After hearing that he wanted to take everything back, Viscount Dortmund's eyebrows slightly furrowed and a pair of blood-black eyes also narrowed slightly.

Priest Sedam, who had been paying attention to the expression on the face of Viscount Dortmund, paused for a moment in his narration. After realizing that Viscount Dortmund did not immediately speak out to defend himself, he continued: "I believe that in the near future, His Highness Earl Jockvis will issue a message to Your Excellency.

I have received the message, and I hope you will cooperate.”

Viscount Turmond stared at the six-ring logo on the magic robe of Saidamu, and then glanced at the group of resolute-looking church mages and swordsmen behind him. He pondered for a moment, and seemed to have made some important decision.

, sighed, looked deeply around everything in the hall, and then looked at Sacrifice Saidam with a hint of pleading, and said slowly: "Wait a minute. I'll have someone clean up the things in this castle."

All is my life.—Bingo.”

As he spoke, the Viscount of Dortmund, who had a pale face and scarlet lips, snapped his fingers, and quickly, an old man with gray hair in a butler's clothes walked out of the dark corridor. As he walked, he stood upright, behaved solemnly, and nodded slightly to the people worshiping the church.

After bending down to salute, he saluted Viscount Dortmund and said, "Master, what are your orders?"

After the Viscount of Dortmund seemed to follow his instructions, the butler straightened his body and climbed a short flight of stairs and disappeared into the dark corridor.

The Viscount of Dortmund quickly walked down the stairs, took off his cloak from the wooden hanger with a carved flying angel beside the stairs, and quickly put it on in an orderly manner.

"Sorry, although I am not very afraid of your holy light, it is still very dazzling. Please allow me to be rude."

He took off another wide-brimmed hat from the hanger with his left hand and put it on gracefully. Then he walked straight towards Saidam to offer sacrifices to everyone. When he was nearly half a foot away, Viscount Turmond stopped.

He stepped forward and said in a soft tone: "Master Priest, please forgive me for the offence. I think there must be something extremely valuable in that batch of goods or Miss Morgenna, otherwise it would not be possible for the Priest Church to survive in just two days.

The earl was notified within a short time, and three sixth-level mages and a sixth-level swordsman were urgently summoned from three counties, and your Excellency personally led the team here. And, that swamp beast

He wouldn’t have ordered me to attack Merchant Roger’s carriage without any reason.”

There was a trace of doubt on the face of Saidamu Priest: "Swamp beast, order?!"

"Yes! Three days ago, when the carriage passed through the Kuza Forest area, it came to me! I couldn't see it, but it could see me, and my whole castle trembled in its shadow. It threatened me,

If I don't plunder the entire caravan, it will destroy the entire castle, everything, all the treasures - before my eyes."

The Viscount of Dortmund reluctantly looked around at the dazzling array of works of art, and then said: "They are the only ones that have accompanied me in these long years! I love them more than my life. So, I had no choice but to attack the merchant Roger's caravan.

I have no intention of offending your church. Just half an hour ago, the other two bat-armored soldiers I trained had taken the carriage and Miss Morgenna to Mondogize. I hope we are still in time! The carriage has not been delivered yet.

Stop it in front of the Mondo Swamp. The beast seems unable to leave the Mondo Swamp. If you leave the Mondo Swamp, it will pay a huge price - if you stay away from the swamp, it will be unable to do anything to us."

At this time, from behind the crowd worshiping the sword and shield guardians of the church, a knight walked out, holding a shiny metallic shackle in his hand, and gradually walked towards the Viscount of Dortmund.

Viscount Dortmund's eyes narrowed and he said: "When can the Priestly Church cuff a Viscount from the Noda Empire?!"

After saying that, under the eyes of the church swordsmen who were wary, Viscount Dortmund walked out of the hall with an upright posture.
Chapter completed!