Tome of Blood

  Chapter 161-11-Escape

  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 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 Shu Ling.

  Just now, this guy tried to invade her body, but was directly deprived of a lot of power by herself. Somehow, she could feel that the other party was extremely afraid of her now.

   This is also normal.

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

   Hallows are no strangers to Charlotte.

   After gaining the power of [God's Blessing], for more than half a year, she has specialized in researching how to inject divine power into an item to make it an artifact.

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 a 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.

  Different from artifacts, holy artifacts all 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, the opposite is true, 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 mortals can also use them, they often need to pay a heavy price.

  The sacred 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 artifact is a little less, the "artifact spirit" will fall asleep or even dissipate, and the sacred artifact will also degenerate into an ordinary weapon.

   As for whether there is an artifact with a 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.

  Having a weapon spirit seems to be a taboo for a divine weapon...

   Because of this, Charlotte knows very well that as long as she wants to destroy the book, it is 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 holy weapon will become a more powerful artifact.

  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 the book spirit who felt the divine power of blood in her body also knew it.

   In order to survive, it is normal for Shu Ling to admit love.

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

  They could only widen their eyes, 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."

  Looking at Shu Ling lightly, Charlotte ordered.

   "Great existence, I will obey 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 bound blood girl 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, startled and angry in her heart:

  This hateful, shameless, **** book spirit!

   It was clearly an order from someone else, 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, and naturally knows that sacred artifacts need contractors, and also knows that these two guys are just digging holes for her.

   But who let her cheat.

  The power of the book spirit must be stimulated by external forces after all. It dare not beep with itself, so it naturally wants to deceive its contractor.

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

   Solved the problem of the undead tide, Charlotte closed the book of the dead.

  The book spirit, who had been pardoned, saluted her respectfully, and then got into the book with a quick search. The speed was so fast, it seemed that she was afraid that she would be eaten alive if she stayed here for a second.

  Naturally, he handed the Book of the Dead to Sebas for temporary storage. Charlotte sat gracefully on the noble chair that Sebas did not know when, and slightly raised his legs.

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

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

   She didn't realize it until she put it on her lips lightly. Good guy... When did she become so proficient?

  She couldn't help but look at Sebas, and the elegant flame elf returned a bright smile, standing respectfully beside her, like a most loyal housekeeper.

  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 mentally polluted by Sebastian.

   This set of procedures also surprised 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 drink milk with a crystal goblet...

   But let alone, coupled with the inexplicable temperament of a girl, there is really a unique... um, elegance.

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

  Charlotte wiped her mouth gracefully, put the silk scarf into the tray that Sebas didn't know where to take it out, 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 sat on the armchair with her legs crossed, looking down at the tied-up girl and knight.

  Charlotte could see that these two people probably weren't members of the Gorefiend Cult.

Although they belonged to the blood race, although they took 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 did not sniff at them. To the disgusting smell of Gorefiend Cultists.

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

   This made her even more curious.

  After hearing what Charlotte said, 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, her aura 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, fell silent for a few seconds, and said:

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

  After hearing what the middle-aged knight said, the girl couldn't help but glance 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, mercenaries."

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

   Past?

  Charlotte's heart moved slightly.

   Seriously speaking, the dress of the girl and the knight looked like a fallen nobleman, which made her guess whether the other party was a family that had enmity with Castel before.

   However, she did not delve into this issue.

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

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

  Someone... doesn't want her back on the estate.

   "Who hired you?"

   Charlotte asked.

   This time, the middle-aged knight stopped talking.

  Charlotte frowned, and noticing her dissatisfied expression, Sebastian snorted softly and snapped his fingers.

  Following his movements, the chains binding the middle-aged knight suddenly contracted, releasing a series of lightning bolts.

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

   "Sorry, this... can't be said, this is the mercenary's code."

   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's eyes widened.

  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 makes the decisions. 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:

   "That's enough, Rachel, survival is more important to us than the mercenary's code! I don't want to see you suffer because of me!"

  After hearing what the girl said, the middle-aged knight opened his mouth with a complicated expression.

   But 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 believed that it was definitely not an illusion that she felt the strange state of Eleanor, the daughter of the Duke of Boulder that day.

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

  Charlotte has a headache.

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

  Earl Tulip is dead, Duke Boulder may die at any time, 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 get the Earldom.

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

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

   "Shu Ling, is what she said true?"

   Necronomicon not responding.

  Charlotte glanced lightly at the book:

   "Book Spirit?"

   "It's true, it's all true."

  The Book of the Undead 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-scale task of attacking the caravan, the two must have signed a mercenary contract with the third prince.

   Calculating 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 it doesn't mean she will let the other party go.

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

   Obtaining a mercenary contract and revealing 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 face.

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

   The two of them seemed not to be rich, 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 on the ground not far away.

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

  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!"

   As she said 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 fell to the ground quickly, and the next moment, the ground burst into dazzling brilliance.

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

  Sebas'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 circle prepared in advance..."

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

   There is still 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...

  (end of this chapter)