Tome of Blood

  Chapter 326-176-Remains

  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 also 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 has 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.

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

   In just half a day, Port Legris, which had persisted for 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 flag belonging to the Legolis family on the city wall has been pulled down.

   It was replaced by 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 the port of Legris, Castel's army did not find members of the Legris family.

   Only the soldiers 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 someone 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 they seemed to see the Legris family summoning 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 squinted his eyes:

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

   "Interesting, the whole family, plus so many nobles, can 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, Sebas suddenly stopped them:

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

   "Special... notation?"

  The soldiers were stunned.

  Sebas nodded:

   "Yes, special marks, such as roses, or cat's paws."

   "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.

   "Master 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 see."

  …

  Led by 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.

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

   "It seems that the 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.

  I saw him suddenly pull out the long sword from the scabbard of a soldier on the side, and use his magic power to slash towards the wall.

  The power far surpassing that of the ordinary Yinyue erupted instantly, and the entire wall 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."

   Sebas's eyes flickered slightly, and he ordered.

   As he spoke, he picked up his 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 dark passage, he found that this underground passage was connected to more dark passages. They criss-crossed under the ground, like a huge underground city network.

  These secret passages are all made of masonry, 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.

   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, probably not simply a palace.

  Looking at the vicissitudes and ancient religious murals depicting towers and war scenes, looking at the dilapidated fuzzy statue 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 **** belonged to this temple that had been buried for so many 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 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. Sebas took a look, and soon saw some residual blood.

   And in the center of the gate, you can still see a symbol of the eye of the devil. The symbol is obviously newly carved, and it can be vaguely seen that there are other symbols carved on the gate before the symbol.

"This is…"

  Sebas stared slightly.

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

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

"Bloodlines?"

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

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

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

   "It's our first meeting, Your Excellency Sebastian, you can call me Yurst."

  (end of this chapter)