After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"So, how does it feel?"

"What does it feel like?"

"This is my first vampire experience. There aren't many opportunities to have your blood sucked directly by a True Ancestor. Was it like the legend says, a pure delight that left you completely delirious?"

"What a disgusting statement..."

Aize covered his face and avoided the other person's teasing gaze.

The magic power injected while sucking blood will have a charm effect on targets, including humans, and then make the other party surrender from the inside out, give up resistance or even actively assist the vampires.

When this effect acts on the body, it will be processed by the brain as an effect similar to pleasure.

This is not something to be enjoyed or talked about.

"Of course not. If there was, I'd probably be her lover by now. Wouldn't that be the end of me!"

The witch tilted her head with a puzzled look:

"Really? As for me, I don't mind if Aize becomes a vampire or something. That's actually pretty good too."

"ha?"

Aize blinked, not understanding what she meant at all.

Villian explained:

"Because vampires are the longest-lived race besides demons, if Aize becomes a vampire, won't he be able to live even longer? And if Aize then makes me his dependent, won't we really be together forever?"

"Uh……"

You know, it has been less than two months since Aize and Villian officially met.

In this situation, she has actually started to think about the issue of life span?

I don't know whether to be moved or confused.

Not knowing how to answer, Aize almost subconsciously turned his eyes away and changed the subject:

"...Let's go, it's time to go back."

After saying that, he started walking away.

Villian, still standing there, blinked, then gave a wicked smile and chased after him relentlessly:

"What? What do you mean? Do you hate being a vampire? Do you not want to be immortal? Or do you not want to be with me forever? Hey, which one is it?"

"That's not the problem..."

"That's the question! Which one? Where exactly is it? Please answer quickly~"

"So...wait, stop pulling my clothes!"

"Then answer quickly, which one is it?"

"I……"

……

……

……

The almost playful voices of the two echoed in the hellish capital, mixing with the roars of the blood slaves and gradually becoming blurred.

Chapter 99 Breaking Point

While playing and fighting, Aize and Villian quickly returned to the safe area around the palace.

As soon as he entered the door, Constantine, who stayed behind, came to greet him hurriedly. It seemed that he had been waiting for him here for a long time.

"Boss, you're back? Did you find anything?"

"Yes, it's a long story... Are you waiting for me? Is something wrong?"

"Yes."

The gray-haired mercenary nodded, and a hint of anxiety now appeared on his usually expressionless face.

"Shortly after you left yesterday afternoon, someone circumvented the palace's defenses, sneaked into the underground treasury, and destroyed the stone slabs placed there!"

Upon hearing this, Aize's expression immediately became serious.

After exchanging glances with Villian beside him, he suddenly waved his hand:

"Let's go over and have a look!"

"Yes!"

Led by Constantine, the two quickly passed through the numerous defense lines and the crowd, and came to the empty throne room, then walked down the stairs there to the underground.

The underground treasure house, which had been extremely deserted before, was now controlled by the Royal Knights led by Elena. No one was allowed to enter or leave at will to prevent the site from being destroyed.

The so-called scene can only be described as a mess at this moment.

The stone-paneled walls were dented and blackened, having been attacked by some violent external force.

The aftermath of the explosion even affected many other collections in the surrounding area. More than a dozen precious works of art or treasures were destroyed, which was enough to make any wealthy noble feel painful.

The stone slabs that were the main target completely disappeared from the wall, leaving only a pile of stone-like fragments scattered around the scene.

The text on it is completely unrecognizable.

Aize leaned over, picked up one of the broken pieces, and held it in his palm. After a moment's thought, he looked at Villian, who was also looking serious.

"Have those previous texts been recorded?"

Miss Witch spread her hands:

"No, this kind of magic-related record, the carrier itself also contains magic power, which is considered part of the information. Just recording the text is meaningless."

"That is to say..."

"It's impossible to recover. I can't even proceed with the remaining part of the deciphering process."

The two spells that have been cracked are for healing and magic transfer respectively.

If we look at it together with the blood plague currently raging in the royal capital, it cannot be said to be closely related, but at least it can be said to be completely unrelated.

I have absolutely no idea of the relationship between them.

But at this moment, the most critical stone slab was destroyed, causing the clues to come to an abrupt end.

Is this a coincidence?

Aize frowned and looked around.

In addition to the broken stone slabs and damaged collections, there were also several pools of blood on the ground not far away.

Then he asked:

"what is that?"

"Report, after Miss Villian left yesterday, Elena arranged for several knights to guard the treasury. When they heard the explosion and reinforcements arrived, the guards they had sent earlier had already been killed, and their bodies were lying there."

"Where's the body?"

"outside."

"Go and see."

Outside the treasure house, five bodies lay on stretchers, covered with white cloth.

After lifting the cloth to check the situation, they found that all the knights who died in the battle were killed by a single blow, and the wounds were all located in vital parts such as the neck and heart.

Even the enchanted armor of two people was pierced through.

This made Aize's eyebrows furrow even more.

He looked back at the open door of the treasury and asked:

"When did the attack happen?"

"Report, about two hours after you left yesterday afternoon."

"Um……"

Aize pondered.

The design of this treasure house is extremely sophisticated, even to the point of being indestructible.

So normally, there are no guards here because there is no need at all.

But that's different now.

The only one who can open the door to the treasure house is Heidi.

Her physical condition and schedule obviously did not support her running around opening and closing doors.

So, after the treasure house was opened that night, the door remained open.

Until the attack yesterday, Villian had been staying here studying the technique. Nothing happened during this period, but as soon as she left, something happened.

The timing is perfect.

In terms of timing, the attack on Charlotte occurred almost simultaneously.

Apart from the coincidence of timing, the situation at the scene was also shocking.

The Royal Knights are a super elite group that can rival the Church's Crusade Knights. Due to their stricter selection criteria, their individual combat capabilities may be even stronger.

Five such elite soldiers were killed with a single sword strike with almost no effective resistance.

It can be seen that the opponent's strength is extraordinary.

Combined with the traces of explosion and high-temperature burns left on the wall, they are almost identical to those left at the scene where Charlotte and others were attacked.

It is almost certain that it was the same group of people acting separately.

Moreover, it almost reconfirmed their status as heroes.

After all, there are three people in Charlotte, and if there is one more person in the palace, it will be a team of brave men.

The question is, which one?

The Goddess Blade exists in name only and it is hard to gather enough people. Besides, they are currently playing house in the Holy City and it is impossible for them to come here to cause trouble.

The Silver Star and Swift Shadow teams have very close ties with Aize, and it is hard to imagine them being involved in such an incident.

So, what about choosing between the two remaining teams?

Or, to put it more extreme, is there a sixth team of heroes in this world that even Aize doesn't know about?

Hard to say.

We'll think about this later.

Although the situation is extremely bad at the moment, there is still good news.

The other party could have taken action against Charlotte and others long ago, but they acted hastily before his visit, and the process was so rough that they almost failed.

why?

It can only be a temporary idea.

Why would you suddenly decide at that moment?

The only opportunity Aize could think of was the conversation between himself and Villian on the street.

The genius witch lady completed the puzzle that the royal capital's magicians had not been able to solve hundreds of years ago in just a few days. Her research even began to touch upon parts related to the blood plague and eternal night, which made the masterminds behind the scenes feel pressure and crisis.

That's why we are in such a hurry to do both.

On the one hand, it is necessary to cut off the information that Aize may obtain from the vampires, and on the other hand, it is necessary to prevent Villian from continuing to crack the remaining magicians.

In other words, their hysterical actions just proved that the direction of Aize and Villian's investigation was correct and had touched the key point.

It's just that Aize and Villian themselves may not have noticed this key point yet.

In this case, it will be necessary to sort out everything again later.

Thinking of this, Aize sighed softly and waved his hand to signal the people around him to carry the fallen knight away, prepare the body and bury it properly.

Then he turned to Constantine and asked: