After Trieste was executed by the Purification Punishment, Owen and his party continued to stay in the Holy City for a few days, and then set off back to the Kingdom of Morning Light.

The route back is different from the route they came here. Everyone will travel in the northeast direction. After reaching the Pilgrimage River, they will continue eastward along the river. They will leave the Pas Plateau and arrive at Hanlu Town, a border town on the western border of the Dawn Kingdom.

There, Owen can take a boat and follow the Pilgrimage River back to his capital, Junhui City.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, one year passed, and now it is the summer of the second year.

A lot of things happened during this period, let me briefly describe them from far to near.

After returning to the Kingdom of Dawn, Owen immediately used a wireless phone to notify the Roar City City Hall and announce the death of the second princess, Trish Wells.

As soon as the news spread, the reputation of the new king, who had reigned for only one year, greatly increased among the people of the South.

Because Owen promised to the people of the South that he would severely punish the second princess who abandoned her people and escaped without permission. He really did it and kept his promise.

How could the people not support such a sincere king?

Last summer, the two joint investigation teams conducted the third joint investigation as planned, but found nothing and the undead monster disappeared without a trace.

After receiving the report, the People's Army could only continue to strengthen its defenses in the northern Mark Desert.

Last autumn, the Holy Theocracy of Caleb invited various countries to hold a meeting in the Holy City. Owen warned the rulers of various countries at the meeting that the Immortal King Khaztu was very likely to prepare to launch another great war, which would be the third war in history.

The beginning of the Holy War.

Finally, under the witness of the Pope, the rulers of various countries signed an emergency mutual aid agreement.

If the undead army really invades the south in a large scale, various countries will send troops to help the Kingdom of Dawn.

Last winter, an extremely important event occurred. The old Pope passed away peacefully in his bed.

Irving was deeply shocked after learning the news. When the heads of state meeting is held in the fall, his body will still look strong.

It had only been a few months since the Pope passed away, and everything happened so suddenly that people were caught off guard.

This spring, the Holy Kingdom of Caleb held a grand funeral for Laev XXIII, and all countries sent envoys to pay their respects.

After the funeral, the ceremony for the appointment and dismissal of the twenty-fourth Pope followed.

Saint Freya Lutis was elected by the church and became Laev XXIV, the country's first female pope. She accepted the worship of the people and the congratulations of envoys from various countries.

After Freya became the pope, she inherited the ideas of the previous pope and insisted on implementing the policy of good relations with the Kingdom of Dawn.

This reassured Owen a lot, and he continued to carry out various cooperation with the Holy Theocracy of Caleb.

The view reaches the Far North Icefield located at the northern tip of the continent.

It is obviously the height of summer, but the Far North Icefield is full of wind, snow, and freezing wind. There is only cold winter here.

Deep in the arctic ice sheet, there is a mountain of bones with a height of more than a thousand meters. It looks very scary, but it is made up of countless bones piled up.

This mountain of bones looks terrifying on the outside, but it also has a cave inside. It turns out to be a large space for people to live in.

The decorations inside are all made of bones, creating a terrifying atmosphere to the extreme.

In the center of this space, there is a throne made of hundreds of heads. Sitting on it is a skeletal undead dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing a crown.

He is none other than the Immortal King that the Rumical Cult and the Dawn Kingdom are searching for—Kazitu.

At this moment, Kazitu was in a deep sleep state, sitting on the seat with his head supported by one hand, his eyes were dark, and there was no pupil flame representing wisdom beating.

In this state, he rarely had a dream consisting of several fragments.

Those were some things that happened a long time ago when the Kazitus were still humans.

Fragment one——

Mark Kingdom, royal palace and castle.

Kazitu is a handsome prince who is excellent in all aspects, making other princes very jealous.

One day, the old king summoned the four princes who had the right to inherit the throne to the audience hall and announced a decision in front of several important ministers.

"You are all my excellent sons. To be honest, whoever will be the next king is very suitable. In order to avoid the tragedy of the throne struggle, I officially announce here that I will send the four of you to take over a small town. Five years later,

Whoever can manage the small town well will be the heir to the throne!"

In response, the four princes, including Kazitu, knelt down at the same time and said in unison: "I obey, father."

Fragment two——

Late at night, in a mansion in a small town, Kazitu was sleeping in his room.

Suddenly, a dark figure outside easily avoided all the guards, sneaked in through the window, and quietly came to the bedside. Looking at the sleeping Kazitu, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise an evil smile.

At this time, it can be clearly seen that this infiltrator actually has a pair of fangs, and his identity is undoubtedly a vampire.

Pulling back the quilt, the vampire opened his mouth wide and bit into Kazitu's neck without hesitation, injecting his own special blood.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The Qazitu, who was bitten in pain, woke up on the spot and screamed.

In the end, the infiltrator escaped, and the Kha'ztu survived the painful transformation process and became a vampire.

However, the church at that time was still in power with the old school, and the identity of the vampire must not be exposed. He had to conceal the matter and gave a hush order to his personal guards who knew about it.

Fragment three——

A large group of mobs armed with all kinds of strange weapons rushed into the mansion where Kazitu lived. The few guards and knights he brought from the royal capital couldn't stop them at all.

In this regard, the Kazitus had to come forward to appease: "My people, stop it. Why do you do this?"

"Damn vampire, where did you take my wife and daughter? Have they been brutally murdered?"

"And my son, he is only five years old!"

Upon seeing the Qazis, the mob began to accuse them.

Faced with these inexplicable accusations, Qazitu finally realized that he had been framed.

After becoming a vampire, he has been carefully hiding his identity, only secretly drinking animal blood, and has never sucked human blood. Naturally, it is impossible to arrest the residents of the town.

At this time, one of the traitorous subordinates of the Qazis deliberately shouted: "Oh! There are so many corpses in that room!"

The mob quickly rushed in and found the recently missing town residents lying in various places inside. They were all dead, with traces of vampire bites on their bodies.

"No!" Kazitu suddenly panicked, "Listen to me, I was framed, and I didn't kill those people. Please believe me! I promise to catch the real murderer and give you a satisfactory

explanation.”

During the period when he took over the town, Kazituko had been working diligently and managed the place in an orderly manner, and the living standards of the local residents had been significantly improved.

After having paid so much for this town, Kazitu felt that someone should still trust him.
Chapter completed!