Tome of Blood

She she she she he...!

How could she just call out that stinky book spirit? !

Looking at the respectful and well-behaved book spirit like a servant, the blood girl's eyes widened, almost doubting life.

It can be seen from the sky that she regularly breeds blood on weekdays, and the other party is still full of disdain for her and ignores her!

Charlotte was not surprised by the appearance of the book spirit.

Just now this guy tried to invade her body, but she directly took away a lot of power from her. Somehow, she could feel that the guy was extremely afraid of her now.

This is also normal.

After all, Charlotte has the ability to completely destroy this Necronomicon at any time!

Charlotte is no stranger to things like holy artifacts.

After gaining the power of [God's Blessing], for more than half a year, she has specialized in researching how to infuse items with divine power to make them into artifacts.

Although the divine power of her own blood is too precious, coupled with the lack of sufficient artifact materials at hand, in the end Charlotte was not able to tinker with a matching artifact for herself, but after reading a lot of literature, she is very interested in Artifacts and holy artifacts have a deeper understanding.

Like divine artifacts, sacred artifacts are also creations of the gods, and they also contain divine power.

In a broad sense, since it is the creation of the gods, the sacred weapon can also be classified as a kind of divine weapon, but many times the supernatural beings in the world of Miria like to list it separately.

Unlike artifacts, holy artifacts have artifact spirits.

This also means that the holy artifacts are all intelligent weapons.

However, this does not mean that the sacred weapon is stronger than the divine weapon.

In fact, on the contrary, the power of sacred artifacts is generally much weaker than that of divine artifacts...

This is because the output method and source of power of the divine weapon are "divine power", while the source of power of the sacred weapon is the offering and sacrifice of the "contractor".

In the final analysis, artifacts are the equipment that gods create for their avatars when they walk on the ground. Although ordinary people can also use them, they often need to pay a heavy price.

The holy weapon is the equipment specially created by the gods for their own agents. Although there is a price to use, the price is within the range of mortals.

Holy artifacts cannot use divine power as their "source" of power like ordinary artifacts. For them, "divine power" is the root of maintaining the existence of artifact spirits.

If there is more divine power in the holy vessel, the unbearable "artifact spirit" will be swallowed by the divine power.

And if the divine power in the holy weapon is a little less, the "spirit of the weapon" will fall asleep or even dissipate, and the holy weapon will degenerate into an ordinary weapon.

As for whether there is an artifact with an artifact spirit, Charlotte is not sure.

It's just that in the literature records she read, it seems that there has never been an artifact with a spirit.

Possessing an artifact spirit seems to be a taboo for an artifact...

Because of this, Charlotte knew very well that as long as she wanted to destroy the book, it would be enough to absorb the little bit of divine power in it.

Of course, she can also do the opposite, injecting divine power to devour the pollution of the book spirit.

In that case, maybe the sacred weapon will become a more powerful divine weapon.

Of course, in that case, the spirit of the book will dissipate, which is equivalent to "death" for a smart weapon like a holy weapon.

Charlotte knew it, and so did the book spirit who felt the divine power of blood in her body.

In order to survive, it's normal for Shu Ling to confess his love.

Of course, the blood girl and the middle-aged knight don't know about these things.

They could only stare wide-eyed, looking in disbelief at the book spirit who was usually aloof, but now has a respectful posture and a flattering tone like a dog...

"Put away all the undead."

Glancing at Shu Ling lightly, Charlotte ordered.

"Great existence, following your orders..."

The book spirit bowed respectfully to Charlotte, the Necronomicon bloomed with deep brilliance, the raging tide of undead collapsed instantly, and all the undead turned into streamers in an instant, flying towards the Necronomicon .

At the same time, the face of the blood girl tied up by five flowers turned pale, she became dizzy for a while, and her breath became even more sluggish.

She widened her eyes, and looked at the dog-like book spirit with an even more inconceivable gaze, both shocked and angry in her heart:

This hateful, shameless, damn book spirit!

Obviously it was someone else's order, but it actually consumed her power to take back those summoned undead!

Noticing the girl's gaze, Charlotte glanced at her with a half-smile.

Charlotte has studied artifacts and sacred artifacts for more than half a year, so she naturally knows that sacred artifacts need contractors, and also knows that these two guys are digging holes for her just now.

But who let her cheat.

After all, the book spirit's use of power must be stimulated by external forces. It dare not beep with itself, so it naturally wants to trick its contractor.

It can only be said that the girl did it on her own.

After solving the problem of the undead tide, Charlotte closed the book of the dead.

The book spirit, who had been pardoned, bowed respectfully to her, and then burrowed into the book with a quick search, as if he was afraid that he would be eaten alive if he stayed here for a second longer.

Naturally handing the Book of the Dead to Sebas for temporary storage, Charlotte sat gracefully on the aristocratic chair that Sebas did not know when, and slightly raised her legs.

And Sebastian quickly offered Charlotte a glass of sweet milk, um... it was still in a crystal goblet.

Charlotte took it almost subconsciously, with skillful and graceful movements.

It wasn't until she put it on her lips that she suddenly realized, good guy... When did she become so proficient?

She couldn't help looking at Sebastian, and the elegant Flame Elf returned a bright smile and stood beside her respectfully, like a most loyal butler.

Charlotte: ...

She felt that her behavior and style of painting were a little bit closer to Sebastian, who had to lay a red carpet in a horse-drawn carriage...

It is true that he was polluted by Sebastian's spirit.

This set of procedures also stunned the blood girl and the middle-aged knight.

Although I really want to complain about why some people carry aristocratic chairs with them when they go out, why do they drink milk with crystal goblets...

But let alone, coupled with the inexplicable temperament of a girl, she really has a unique...well, elegance.

Charlotte took a sip of milk, then handed the crystal cup to Sebas, and Sebas quickly presented her with a folded silk scarf.

Charlotte wiped her mouth gracefully, put the silk scarf into the tray that Sebas took out from nowhere, and then asked leisurely:

"Tell me, who are you? Why did you attack my convoy?"

"I have limited time and limited patience. I will give you one minute to answer my question."

She was sitting on the armchair with her legs crossed, looking down at the tied-up girl and knight.

Charlotte could tell that these two people might not be members of the Gorefiend Cult.

Although they belonged to the blood race, although they were holding the holy artifact left by Abaddon, the blood demon prince, and although her summoning of the girl in the night castle attracted the obstruction of the blood race prince... But Charlotte was not on them Smell the disgusting smell of Gorefiend cultists.

Charlotte believes that she will never forget that smell. It is the degenerate breath of the soul being polluted and corroded after participating in the blood sacrifice for a long time. After unlocking [True Ancestor Liberation], Charlotte is very sensitive to that smell.

This made her even more curious.

After hearing Charlotte's words, the girl glared at her, and then soon greeted Sebastian with a pure smile:

"Beautiful lady, if you look at Master with such presumptuous eyes again, Sebastian really can't help but want to gouge out your beautiful eyes."

The girl froze slightly, and her momentum suddenly weakened.

Her expression changed slightly, she pursed her lips and gritted her teeth, looking away.

The middle-aged knight looked at Charlotte and the two with a solemn expression, remained silent for a few seconds, and said:

"Mercenaries, we are free mercenaries active in Violet."

After hearing the middle-aged knight's words, the girl couldn't help but glanced at him, pursed her lips and fell silent.

Charlotte narrowed her eyes.

Her gaze paused on the young girl's dress, which was of good quality and must have come from a high-end textile workshop, even though it was washed white, and then glanced at the middle-aged knight's dress, which was damaged in many places, but But it obviously has the armor of the kingdom's military style, playful and authentic:

"Mercenary?"

The middle-aged knight naturally noticed the playfulness in Charlotte's gaze and tone, but he didn't panic, but said in a deep voice:

"Yes, mercenary."

"No matter what identities we had in the past, at least... now we are free mercenaries of Violet."

past?

Charlotte's heart twitched slightly.

Seriously speaking, the dress of the girl and the knight looked very much like a declining nobleman, which made her guess whether the other party was a family that had a grudge against Castel before.

However, she did not delve into the issue.

Since the other party said that he was a mercenary, the meaning of the expression was obvious.

They attacked her convoy, not just for hatred, but for taking on someone else's task.

Someone... doesn't want her to return to the territory.

"Who hired you?"

Charlotte asked.

This time, the middle-aged knight did not speak.

Charlotte frowned, and noticing her dissatisfied expression, Sebas gave a soft snort and snapped his fingers.

Following his movements, the chains of the forbidden magic that bound the middle-aged knight suddenly contracted, releasing a series of lightning bolts.

The middle-aged knight hissed, his face turned pale instantly, and his figure was almost crumbling.

"Sorry, this... can't be said, this is the principle of mercenaries."

He gritted his teeth and said tremblingly.

"Third Prince! The person who hired us to intercept your convoy is the Third Prince of the New Moon Kingdom!"

On the other side, the blood girl who had been silent all this time suddenly said.

"Miss?!"

The middle-aged knight widened his eyes.

The girl pursed her lips and looked at him apologetically, then straightened her body, which was much flatter than Charlotte's, and said calmly:

"Lahaier is my blood, and I am the one who decides. If something happens, come to me."

"Miss!"

The middle-aged knight couldn't help but wanted to get up, but was stopped by the girl:

"Enough, Rachel, survival is more important to us than mercenary rules! I don't want to see you suffer because of me!"

After hearing the girl's words, the middle-aged knight opened his mouth with a complicated expression.

Charlotte frowned slightly.

The third prince?

Is it because the third prince doesn't want to see her return to the territory?

To be honest, she was not too surprised when she knew the answer. Although she only met the third prince Philip once, Charlotte didn't know why she didn't have a good impression of him.

It seems to be out of some kind of instinct...

Also, Charlotte believes that feeling the strange state of Eleanor, the daughter of the Duke of Boulder that day must not be an illusion.

The third prince...it's not that simple.

Charlotte has a headache.

She could probably guess why the third prince would attack her.

Earl Tulip is dead, Duke Boulder may die at any moment, Leno has given up his inheritance rights, and her commitment to the church has become ambiguous because of the fall of the high priest Linus.

If anyone is to say who is the current number one heir to the Earl of Castel, it must be Eleanor.

Thinking of this, Charlotte sighed softly.

It seems that, as Sebas said, the strategic position of the Castel Territory is too important, and there are too many people who want to acquire the Earldom.

Of course, she didn't directly believe the girl's words, but looked at Sebas.

Noticing Charlotte's gaze, Sebastian understood immediately, picked up the Book of the Dead again, and imitated Charlotte's tone and said:

"Shu Ling, is what she said true?"

The Book of the Dead didn't respond.

Charlotte glanced at the book lightly:

"Book Spirit?"

"It's true, it's all true."

The Book of the Dead flickered slightly, and a respectful and hasty voice came out.

Blood girl: ...

Middle-aged knight: ...

The two of them stared wide-eyed, as if they were once again shocked by the shameless betrayal of the book spirit of the Book of the Dead.

After being confirmed, Charlotte narrowed her eyes immediately.

She glanced at the two of them and said:

"Where is your mission contract?"

To carry out such a large task of raiding the caravan, the two must have signed a mercenary contract with the third prince.

Counting the time, the third prince should have arrived in Boulder by now.

Boulder is too far away from Castel, and as the royal family, Philip must have the protection of the blazing sun. In addition, there are likely to be a lot of things in her own territory that she needs to deal with herself. Charlotte has no energy to find them for the time being. Trouble with the third prince.

But this does not mean that she will let the other party go.

It is taboo to hire mercenaries to attack other nobles. There may be nobles who secretly do this, but they must not be shown on the surface.

Getting the mercenary contract to reveal this matter is enough for the third prince to drink a pot.

After hearing what Charlotte said, the blood girl pursed her lips, and finally gritted her teeth and said:

"The contract... I put it in the storage ring."

"Miss! No!"

The middle-aged knight couldn't help but change his expression.

For mercenaries, betraying the contract means ruining their mercenary career, and they will also be blacklisted by the mercenary association.

The two of them didn't seem to be well off, and apparently mercenary missions were their main source of income.

"Storage ring? Where is it?"

Charlotte asked.

"Backpack, my backpack."

The girl gestured to the package that was placed on the ground not far away.

Charlotte gave Sebas a look, and Sebas nodded and took the package.

He fumbled for a while, and soon found a ring.

However, the moment Sebastian took out the ring, the blood girl suddenly shouted:

"Rahail! Now!"

Saying that, she suddenly bumped into the middle-aged knight, and the middle-aged knight also fell behind in the direction of the girl, where...the place where Sebas picked up the package just now.

The two quickly fell to the ground, and the next moment, the ground burst into dazzling brilliance.

Under Charlotte's surprised eyes, the figures of the two flickered and disappeared instantly.

Sebastian's expression changed slightly.

He flashed to the place where the two disappeared, and after some inspection, his face was a little ugly:

"Master, it is a one-time teleportation array prepared in advance..."

"The package on the ground is the organ that triggers the magic circle!"

There is even a backhand to escape?

Charlotte was a little surprised.

...

At the same time, in a castle somewhere.

In the dark secret room, the ground was shining brightly, and a huge circular magic circle faintly emerged.

Accompanied by a series of spatial rhythms, the bound blood girl and middle-aged knight fell out of the light...