Tome of Blood

Northeast of Castres, Port Legles.

As the name suggests, this is the last direct territory of the Legris family, the capital of the Viscounty of Legris, and at the same time, the northernmost city of the Earl of Castel.

Of course, this is also the last stronghold of rebel resistance.

As a port city on the border, Port Legris has a city defense system comparable to that of North Port, which caused a lot of trouble for Castel's army to attack the city.

However, it is just some troubles.

After the destruction of the main force of the Legris family, it was only a matter of time before this place was breached.

Especially after the arrival of the support fleet led by Viscount Romain Fore and Earl Urst.

Facing the powerful Castel fleet and the "extraordinary mercenaries" led by Earl Urst, it was almost difficult for the city to form any effective resistance.

In just half a day, Port Legris, which had persisted for so many days, completely fell.

At the port of Legris, one after another Castel warships have put away their stone-shooting guns and are mooring into the port.

At the bullet-scarred gate of the city, the mighty Castel army is entering the city in an orderly manner under the command of noble officers.

The banner belonging to the Legolis family on the city wall has been pulled down.

Instead, it was Castel's battle flag.

Starting today, the history of the Legolis family ruling the city may be coming to an end.

However, what is strange is that after entering Port of Legles, Castel's army did not find members of the Legles family.

Only the soldiers disarmed and surrendered, but as for the members of the entire Legris family, none of them were seen, as if they had evaporated out of thin air.

"Have you found anyone yet?"

In the lord's castle of Port Legris, Sebas the Flame Elf looked at the soldiers coming and going, frowning slightly.

The soldier shook his head:

"Lord Sebastian, no, there is no one in the castle, not even waiters and maids."

"What do the surrounding residents say?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment, then replied:

"Lord Sebastian, the surrounding residents said that they could still see people entering and leaving the castle yesterday, and it seemed that the Legris family had gathered all the nobles last night. Many people thought that the Legris family would use the castle as a The stronghold is the last resistance..."

Sebastian narrowed his eyes immediately:

"However, there is no one in the castle..."

"Interesting, the whole family, plus so many nobles, can actually disappear out of thin air in the castle?"

After pondering for a moment, he said:

"The members of the Legris family will not disappear out of thin air. They must have been hiding somewhere, or... evacuated in some way."

"Look, keep looking, even if you dig three feet into the ground! See if there is any teleportation circle hidden in the castle, or some secret passage."

"yes!"

The soldiers should be respectful, and then prepare to move on.

"Wait a moment!"

Seemingly remembering something, Sebastian suddenly stopped them:

"Look for it and see if you can find some special marks..."

"A special... mark?"

The soldiers froze.

Sebas nodded:

"Yes, special marks, for example, roses and the like, or cat's paws and the like."

"In short... If you see any suspicious marks, come back and report to me."

Following Sebastian's order, the soldiers moved into action and continued to search the lord's castle.

And soon, there was a discovery.

"Lord Sebastian! We found the mark you mentioned in the storage room of the castle!"

A soldier ran over excitedly, panting.

"Oh? Really marked? What is it?"

Sebastian was a little surprised.

"It's... a rose flower, with a rose flower mark wrapped around thorns and vines!"

The soldier replied respectfully.

"The rose of thorns?"

Sebas was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said:

"I didn't expect that guy to start flattering his master."

"Go, take me to have a look."

...

Under the leadership of the soldiers, Sebastian quickly came to the storage room of the castle.

He saw the pattern of thorns and roses carved on the wall of the storage room at a glance. The pattern was not very standard, as if it was scratched by some kind of claws. It was a miracle that the soldiers could recognize it.

Sebastian judged almost instantly that this was definitely done by the black cat Niss.

"It seems that that guy is still safe, and he should have been taken away by the Legris family."

Sebas mused.

He carefully observed the pattern on the wall for a while, and then his eyes flickered.

He suddenly pulled out the long sword from the scabbard of a soldier at the side, channeled his magic power and slashed hard at the wall.

The power far surpassing that of ordinary Yinyue erupted in an instant, and the entire wall was suddenly shattered, revealing a dark passage.

"Secret passage! It's a secret passage!"

The surrounding soldiers exclaimed.

"You stay here, I'll go in and take a look."

Sebastian's eyes flickered slightly, and he ordered.

As he spoke, he picked up the long sword and fled into the darkness.

...

This is a typical underground passage in a noble castle.

However, after Sebastian entered, he soon discovered that this secret passage was not as simple as it seemed.

After going deep into the secret passage, he found that this underground passage was connected to more secret passages, and they criss-crossed under the ground, like a huge underground city network.

These secret passages are all of masonry structure, but they look very old. Even with Sebastian's hundreds of years of experience, he couldn't judge the specific age of these secret passages for a while.

After entering the secret passage, Sebastian found the imprints of thorns and roses in the corners one after another, each of which was there, guiding him to go deeper.

And after walking for an unknown amount of time, he finally came to an open underground space, and what caught his eyes was a magnificent underground palace.

No, perhaps it cannot be simply called a palace.

Seeing the vicissitudes of life, the religious murals depicting high towers and war scenes, and the dilapidated fuzzy statues enshrined in front of the palace, Sebas's heart moved slightly:

"This is... an underground temple?"

Taking a deep breath, Sebastian carefully searched for the holy emblem in the temple, wanting to see which god belonged to this temple that had been buried for an unknown number of years.

However, what surprised him was that all the places where the holy emblem should have existed had been artificially erased.

However, in the process of searching for the holy emblem, he found the mark of the rose of thorns again.

He continued to move along the markers calmly, went deep into the temple, and finally came to an ancient stone gate.

It was a huge stone gate, at least twenty meters high.

There are indistinct patterns engraved on the stone gate, and there are grooves surrounding the patterns.

In the groove, there was a strong smell of blood. Sebastian took a look, and soon saw some residual blood.

And in the center of the gate, you can still see a symbol of the Devil's Eye, which is obviously newly carved, and it can be vaguely seen that there are other symbols carved on the gate before that symbol.

"This is……"

Sebas stared slightly.

"This is the mark of the Gorefiend Duke..."

"Hehe, I really didn't expect that there is still an ancient temple in the Northland. No wonder the lunatics of the Blood Demon Sect want to do some tricks here."

A lazy voice came from behind him, and Sebas was instantly alert.

He almost subconsciously pulled out his weapon, and then saw a handsome young man in black behind him.

"Bloodlines?"

Looking at the other party's scarlet eyes, Sebas raised his eyebrows.

But the handsome young man smiled slightly, and looked Sebas up and down:

"Red hair, tuxedo, you are Earl Castel's butler, Your Excellency Sebastian?"

"Nice to meet, Your Excellency Sebastian, you can call me Yurst."