Because she couldn't wait to sign the contract with the little harpy, Lily couldn't hold herself back even before ten minutes in the room.
"So slow, so slow~" pinched the little harpy's face, and Lily said impatiently, "Aurelia, Ye Ji, you take care of Xiao Hei first, and I'll go to the city to find Sister Lan and the others!
"
"Xiao Hei?" Aurelia pointed to the little harpy who was staring around in fear, "Did you give her the name? Isn't it a little... too casual?"
Lily touched the little harpy's head, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Isn't Xiao Hei very good? He just happens to be paired with Xiao Bai (Siyana's mount)..."
"Ugh..." Upon hearing Lily's irresponsible words, the little harpy immediately puffed up his face and looked at Lily with tears in his eyes. It was obvious that although she could not speak human language, she could understand Lily's words.
Seeing the little harpy's appearance, Lily couldn't help but hold her in her arms and keep rubbing her face: "Mmm~ So cute, so cute! If you don't like this name... then I'll call you
Qianyu!"
However, the little harpy still looked tearful. I don't know whether it was because she was dissatisfied with the name or because she didn't like Lily rubbing her face.
"Aurelia! You take care of little Qianyu first, I'll go find Sister Lan and the others!" Lily handed the little harpy to Aurelia and was about to go out, but Aurelia stopped Lily's action: "Wait a minute.
For a moment, let Ye Ji accompany you, you are alone...I don't feel at ease."
Seeing that Ji Ye also had this intention, Lily waved her hand and said, "I'm not a child anymore, I won't get lost~" Without waiting for Aurelia and Ji Ye to object, she pushed the door open and went out, leaving Aurelia behind.
Ya and Ji Ye looked at each other in confusion.
"Yeji..." Aurelia was still a little worried about Lily, not because she was afraid that she would get lost, but because she was worried that she would be involved in some weird incident again, "Please, follow Lily and keep an eye on her secretly.
.”
"Of course." Ji Ye nodded and quietly followed Lily shortly after she went out. Although Ji Ye was not a qualified maid, she was a qualified stalker. With Lily's current strength, if Ji Ye had the will
Even if he hides himself, Lily won't be able to find him.
Not long after Lily left the room, Nieku also followed her out secretly. She still had some doubts about Lily's words, so after thinking about it, she decided to follow Lily secretly to see what she was going to do.
Lily didn't know that there were two more little tails behind her. After she asked the innkeeper about the whereabouts of the Dragon Spear people, she went to the north of the city to look for them. Because most of the pirates hit the port in the north of the city, the Butcher also
He often appeared there. The mercenaries of Dragon Spear decided to inquire about the area to see if they could find any clues about the Butcher.
Lily has a headache now, because since the mercenaries of the Dragon Spear are investigating the Butcher incident, they should be dispersed to investigate. In addition, it is getting late now, and it is possible that they are all on the way back. She went there blindly like this.
You might even pass them by... Just when Lily was considering whether to go back and wait for them to come back, she saw Silla and Lan coming back from the north.
"Ah! Uncle Bear!" Lily ran to Silla excitedly and asked hurriedly, "Uncle Bear! Where is Sister Lan? Isn't she with you?"
Silla's face seemed a little tired. She had been busy all day but didn't seem to get any useful information: "Now Tianlan and Ollie are monitoring the stronghold of the Book of the Dead, while we are investigating the matter about the Butcher. You are looking for
Is there something wrong with Tianlan?"
"There is indeed something...when will Sister Nalan come back?" Lily asked hesitantly - it turns out that the mercenaries of the Dragon Spear are already monitoring the stronghold where the Holy Book of the Dead is used to issue tasks? But Lily doubted it
There were no valuable clues in that stronghold. After all, the members of the Book of the Dead chose the deep mountains and old forests when they met before, not the stronghold that had been exposed by Ji Ye.
Silla shook her head and said: "Last night it was Ollie who was monitoring that stronghold, and tonight it's Lan's turn. If you have anything, you can go to the warehouse area in the west of the city to find her. She should find you when you get nearby.
"
"Oh! Okay!" Lily said hello to Silla and Lan, and ran towards the west of the city. The hotel where Lily and the others stayed was also in the west of the city, so they didn't have to worry about getting lost if they ran too far. Silla
Although he only gave Lily a vague concept of a warehouse area, Lily, as the nominal owner of Ji Ye, still knew the specific location of the Holy Book of the Dead stronghold. As long as she got there, she should be able to find Lan.
The warehouse area that Silla mentioned is actually the place where the Chamber of Commerce in Otez City stores goods. The goods here are basically large quantities and not very valuable. Although there are some people patrolling, in general
The defense force is not very sufficient. If you come here during the day, you may still see some carriages pulling goods in and out, but at night, except for the guards patrolling at fixed points, there will be no one else here.
The base of the Book of the Dead is located in an inconspicuous small warehouse in the warehouse area. According to Ji Ye's description, the warehouse was built between two large warehouses near the corner. You can only see it from the front.
When you arrive at two warehouses side by side, you can only see the main entrance of the small warehouse by going around to the side. However, the main door of the small warehouse is always locked, and the iron lock hanging on the door is completely rusted by the sea breeze.
.However, people like Ji Ye who are employed by the Book of the Dead usually enter and exit the warehouse through the only window in the small warehouse, so as long as that window is monitored, they can monitor who has entered and exited this place.
Unfortunately, Ollie and Lan took turns monitoring these days and never found anyone entering there. Even when Ollie took the risk to sneak into the warehouse, she only saw a wooden board standing in the empty warehouse.
What clue? It is said that the wooden board is the place where tasks are issued. If there is a task, a piece of parchment will be nailed to the wooden board. An address will be recorded on the parchment. For specific tasks, you need to go to that address to wait for the Book of the Dead.
Members can only find out if they come to your door in person.
When Lily arrived near the small warehouse, she never saw Lan or her pets. The surroundings were quiet, except for the occasional sound of wind, not even the chirping of insects and birds. Lily hesitated for a moment, and finally decided
He didn't call out Lan's name, because if Lan happened to find the target at this time, he might be in trouble if he shouted like this!
Helpless, Lily had no choice but to wander around here, but more than ten minutes passed, and still no Lan came out, and no other suspicious persons were seen... Lily looked at the dark window of the small warehouse, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to sneak in secretly.
Take a look - maybe Lan was hiding in there so he didn't notice him?
Lily jumped suddenly and grabbed the edge of the small window. The window was seven or eight meters above the ground. After being strengthened by the power of death, Lily could easily jump up. But what made Lily complain was that the window was actually
It's only one square meter in size, so it would be too troublesome to drill it around...
There is only one window open in this warehouse, which is the one Lily climbed into. The pale moonlight shines into this small warehouse from the window, which only adds a small area of light to the warehouse... In addition to the warehouse
Outside the wooden board in the center that was bathed in moonlight, there was another person standing in front of the board, with his back to Lily, standing motionless...
"Lan?" Squatting on the window eaves, Lily shouted with some uncertainty - although from the appearance, Lily could tell that the other party was not the Lan she was looking for, Lily, who still had a glimmer of hope, still spoke.
Oh...because the other party should have obviously known about my existence from the moment I climbed up the window! After all, now I am squatting in the only light source, and my shadow has completely exposed me!
"Kick-kick-kick-kick..." A creepy, weird laugh came from the man's mouth. He looked much taller than Lan, and was thin and long. He was also wearing a tattered black men's dress. It was obvious that
It's not Lan! Just when Lily was about to run away, the weirdo slowly turned around... a thin and tapered awl face, a mouth of terrifying long fangs, and weird fingers that were obviously longer than humans.
The knots and nails are so sharp that they glow with a cold light... This guy! Definitely not human!
"Kakakaka~ Good evening~ My lovely lady." Although the other person's image reminded her of the urban legend Slender Man that has been circulating on the Internet for a long time, the vampire Lily, who also exists as an urban legend, was not scared to the point of losing her mind.
: "Who are you? Why are you here?"
"Kick-kick-kick..." The other party's weird laughter was like scratching the plate with a fork, which made people's scalp numb. Even Lily couldn't help but shudder, "Of course I'm waiting for you, lovely lady~"
"Huh? Wait for me?" Lily's eyes widened, and in her mind ten thousand alpacas were flying past - Is this something wrong? Could it be that tonight is the day when the members of the Book of the Dead meet, and the other party will
Did she mistakenly identify herself as a member of the Book of the Dead? When she thought of this, Lily rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Oh, my memory is not very good. What are you waiting for me for?"
"Crack, click, click..." The weirdo smiled strangely, and suddenly raised his right hand, and the window behind Lily suddenly closed! And Lily, who was completely unprepared, fell into the warehouse! She fell into the mud...
"Introduce yourself~" The weirdo's sinister voice made Lily very angry - maybe the reason why she was angry was because she fell just now? In short, it was not important. When Lily patted her skirt and stood up,
The weirdo bowed exaggeratedly and said in his strange and terrifying voice, "You can call me Black Bone~ or you can call me the Third Holy Messenger~ The purpose of my coming to see you today is to welcome you.
Miss Saint, you are returning to the Book of the Dead..."
"Saint...saint? Oh...oh, is that so?" Lily couldn't help but be speechless - it seems that this guy is waiting for a big shot! The saint goddess immediately felt that she was very high-ranking when she heard it!
But was that rude behavior towards the saint just now? Why does it feel so unreliable? Could it be that the saint is actually a jerk, and she usually takes pleasure in being bullied by other people from the Book of the Dead? Ugh~ It’s hard to imagine.
…
"Kakkakkak... The saintly lady doesn't seem to be surprised at all..." There was an invisible joke in the black-bone eyes, and Lily's heart couldn't help but rise to her throat - shouldn't she?
Have you been seen through?!
"Hmph! Why should I be surprised!" There was no other way, so Lily had no choice but to pretend to be a saint... Speaking of which, she didn't even know the personality of that saint, would it reveal her secret? Sister, the goddess of light, bless you...
I hope the noodle guy opposite is not familiar with that saint... I can get away with it...
"Kakakaka... It seems that the Holy Lady is indeed the person chosen by my god!" A trace of morbid fanaticism appeared on Heigu's abstract face, but it soon returned to its original shape of baring fangs.
With a smile on his face, he said, "What a pity... Lady Saint, you actually chose a peripheral mercenary as your slave, otherwise I would have volunteered to follow you..."
Huh? Wait! Lily suddenly realized something was wrong... The mercenaries on the periphery? Why did it sound like they were talking about Ji Ye? Wait, wait... Did she understand something wrong?
Lily stiffened her smile and asked weakly: "Who is that... mercenary you are talking about...?"
"Kakakaka...it's naturally Ji Ye, the Yue tribe member from Hilland." Heigu's answer made Lily's heart freeze. "What? Didn't you also accept other slaves?"
"Ye Ji is my maid, not a slave." Although Lily complained, she was extremely flustered in her heart - obviously, the "saint" the other party was waiting for was none other than Lily herself! Oh my God! When will I do it?
Have you been given such a position? I don’t even know it myself! Wait... Could it be...
Thinking that she could inexplicably absorb the power of death, Lily's face suddenly looked as ugly as if she had eaten a fly - could it be because of this that the people in the Book of the Dead regarded her as that kind of saint? She actually
I foolishly thought that the other party was looking for someone else...
"Um...you...are you familiar with me?" As she spoke, Lily moved toward the door. Climbing through the window seemed to be out of the question. Now she could only hope to destroy the warehouse door with one blow and escape! Book of the Dead
Lily would not join an organization that looks like a villain! Although she has always felt that she does not have the halo of the protagonist, it would be too much to become a villain soldier and wait for the protagonist to come and gain experience.
Oh no!
"Kakakaka... Of course we are very familiar with you, Lady Saint..." A strange voice came from above Lily's head. Lily's face changed and she turned around suddenly! She saw that the black bone had arrived at some point.
Behind his own back! Even Lily's heartbeat is over sixty beats a minute right now - Huh? Do you think it's normal? You have to know that a vampire's heart hardly beats at all!
Ignoring Lily's frightened expression, Black Bone blocked the door and continued to talk about the topic slowly: "Since you arrived in Blake City, the Holy Lord has noticed you... You are the goddess of the undead.
The chosen darling! Those stupid Dix people are just lackeys of Hades! No one still remembers the glory of the undead goddess! Those damn guys! Damn! Damn! Damn!"
Lily looked at the black bones that suddenly went crazy in front of her with fear, thinking about how to escape from here - the three types of people Lily usually didn't want to mess with were lunatics, strong men and fanatic believers. It was obvious that the other party belonged to these three types.
A combination of human beings... Lily didn't know much about the mythological system of this world, but she could still tell that the God of the Underworld and the Goddess of the Undead didn't seem to be able to deal with it, and the Book of the Dead was a fanatical believer of the Goddess of the Undead!
Lily also has some affection for the goddess of light. What does that goddess of the undead have to do with her! But the top priority is to escape while this scary-looking guy goes crazy!
Lily's eyes froze! She threw a pill into her mouth without hesitation, then turned into a black shadow and rushed towards the only exit - the window! But when she just jumped up, a pair of skinny hands grabbed her
Her ankle! Thrown her to the ground!
"Kakkakkak... My Lady Saint~ Where are you going?" The black-bone eyes exuded a terrifying light, and the madness just now was completely gone!
"Cough... cough..." Lily coughed out the blood in her chest and smiled reluctantly, "Is this... your attitude towards... the saint?"
The fall just now caused Lily's internal organs and spine to be damaged to varying degrees, but fortunately, with the power of death, she could use the power of death to replace the blood in her body to recover from the injury without any scruples, but the opponent's strength was obviously completely overwhelmed.
Lily! Even if she recovers from her injuries, Lily can't escape from here...