After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

The knights responded in unison, and then began to act at Aze's wave of his hand.

Aize also took Alicia and Hecate into an abandoned hotel on the right.

Like most hotels in this world, there is a restaurant on the first floor and rooms on the second floor.

The restaurant has plenty of light, and although it is indoors, it does not have the conditions for blood slaves to survive. The guest rooms on the second floor are probably similar, so there is no need to waste time.

The three of them went straight to the kitchen and headed towards the basement which served as a wine cellar.

Sure enough, as soon as I went down the stairs, I immediately discovered the situation.

In the light of the torches, several pale-skinned, skinny humanoid monsters appeared in the darkness, curled up and hid in the cracks of the wine barrels.

"Be careful!"

Hecate almost immediately stood in front of Aize, ready to fight back.

However, nothing happened.

Even though Aize and others, who were their "prey", were very close, these blood slaves still did not react at all.

They were still curled up there motionless, their pale skin making them look like plaster statues.

This really confused Hecate. She stood there for a moment, not knowing how to react.

"It's okay, don't be so nervous."

Aize patted the half-blood succubus's shoulder, signaling her to put down her weapon, then walked past her and went straight to the side of the blood slaves.

He even squatted down to make sure his eyes were level with the other person.

This behavior is equivalent to sticking yourself directly to the mouth of the opposite party, and you can bite it with just one mouth, without even needing the hunting process.

Hecate and Alicia, who were accompanying them, were of course frightened, but they did not dare to act rashly.

After all, everything is fine now. If something happens to irritate the blood slave, it might cause Aize to get injured.

All he could do was stare.

And Aize met the eyes of one of the monsters.

The cloudy and dark eyeballs reflected an unpleasant light dully under the dim light of the torch, yet they kept moving slightly.

He seemed to be looking at Aize as well.

Its lips trembled and its nose twitched slightly. Because the distance was too close, Aize could even feel its breath full of blood and stench.

This shows that the blood slaves are not only alive, but have not even entered a state of hibernation.

So, why did it become like this?

After observing it closely for a while, I didn't find anything worth mentioning.

Aize stood up and waved to Alicia, who hurried over:

"Aize, are you okay? I was scared to death. What if you were hurt?"

"It's okay. Compared to this, you can help me lift the roof here."

"well?"

The pink-haired girl blinked, obviously not understanding what Aize meant.

"Tear off the roof here... or make a hole, anyway, to let the sunlight in."

After explaining it again, the girl patted her chest and nodded vigorously.

"I understand. Leave it to me!"

As soon as the words fell, the tentacles almost immediately extended from under the maid's skirt, with super speed that broke the sound barrier and unstoppable anti-momentum, directly hitting the ceiling.

The entire building, even the ground, was shaking.

The tentacles, which once belonged to high-level monsters, crushed the stone structure as easily as tearing paper, creating a large hole in an instant - at the same time, several other tentacles helped Aize and Hecate block the rubble that could have collapsed and hit them.

This made Hecate, who didn't know Alicia's true identity, stare with wide eyes in shock.

Of course, this is not something to worry about right now.

The not-so-strong sunlight shone into the cellar through the torn hole and directly fell on several blood slaves.

Accompanied by a sharp "sizzling" sound like food being put into a frying pan, the blood slaves' bodies immediately began to carbonize, collapse, and burn. Flames rose up, and while the heat wave hit their faces, an unpleasant pungent smell filled the entire basement.

However, even so, several blood slaves still curled up in the same place, without any movement.

Even the extreme pain of the sun's burning made their bodies twitch continuously.

Even their instinctive fear of the sun made their already inhuman eyes tremble constantly.

Even the damage caused by sunlight will reduce them to ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye.

None of them moved.

Then, after a few seconds, the blood slaves' bodies disappeared in the erupting flames.

All that was left were ashes emitting black smoke all over the ground, and Aize standing in front of the ashes with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

Chapter 106 Daily Life in the Capital

This is the situation.

Not only did the blood slaves unexpectedly suppress their bloodthirsty desires, but even their most basic desire to survive disappeared without a trace at the same time.

He even let the sun burn him to ashes without making even the slightest movement.

In such a strange state, even Aize didn't know what to say.

The three of them left the hotel with gloomy faces and reunited with other teams that had been investigating separately on the street. The situation on their side was exactly the same as what Aize had seen.

This meant that the blood slaves who had been wreaking havoc in the capital for nearly a month, turning it into a complete hell, had ceased their activities overnight without any warning.

Such a thing has never been recorded in any book. Even if we go back and ask Charlotte, it is unlikely to get any results.

The only thing that is certain is that the traditional blood plague does not have a similar function. Therefore, the current abnormal state must be part of the new blood plague, and it may even be related to the last unsolved ritual.

In this case, the sudden cessation of the bloods' activities is not a blessing from heaven, but is most likely part of a shady plan.

It even means that they have entered a new stage, and there may not be much time left for Aize and Wang Du.

This is not good news.

In the silence, Constantine, who was also thinking with his head down, suddenly spoke:

"Boss."

"Um?"

"No matter why the monsters have become like this, this is a good opportunity. What do you think? Should we take advantage of this time to do something?"

Fighting blood slaves in the complex terrain of the town is a very dangerous job.

Even the most elite knights could be injured by a monster rushing out from a dark corner in a moment of negligence - just like what happened to Constantine yesterday.

So, what he meant was that while the blood slaves would not take action and would accept being attacked and beaten, he would send out all the remaining combat forces in the safe zone at once to reduce the number of blood slaves as much as possible without any risk.

This way, no matter what happens later, the situation will not be too bad.

In response to this, Aize almost immediately shook his head:

"Forget it. Don't make such a big fuss when the situation is unclear. Who knows what's waiting for you?"

No one can guarantee that after a large number of troops leave the safe zone, the blood slaves will not suddenly start to act - what if this is the other party's fishing tactic?

It’s hard to say.

Unlike the almost desperate situation when Tafia faced Brian before, Aize now has cards in his hand and the situation is not so bad that he has to go all in.

It’s better to be steady to avoid a rollover.

Thinking of this, Aize also patted the dust off his clothes and stood up:

"Forget it, we won't find anything here, let's go back to the safe zone first... huh?"

Suddenly, his brows furrowed, as if he had thought of something, and he stopped talking mid-sentence.

Then he slowly turned to Constantine, a barely perceptible smile on his face.

He clapped his hands and said to himself:

"...Yeah, how could I have forgotten about this?"

Constantine was very familiar with this expression.

Every time the boss shows this expression, it means someone is about to be in trouble.

As expected, Aize turned to him almost immediately and gave the order seriously:

"I've changed my mind. I'll do as you say. Immediately dispatch all the manpower in the safe zone and clear out all the blood slaves as quickly as possible. Quick!"

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"Hmm... let's arrange it this way. It should be correct based on what Aize did before."

In the office that once belonged to Regent Arthur, Heidi, the princess, is handling today's work.

In order to relieve Aize's pressure and allow him to focus more on the incident, Heidi, as she had said before, took over most of the daily work in the royal capital.

Including material distribution, personnel arrangement, handling of small emergency incidents, etc.

These are all small but complicated things.

It can be handled quickly if you have experience, but for novices, it may be extremely troublesome.

Unfortunately, Heidi is a novice when it comes to matters concerning the people.

Before becoming a hero, Heidi would focus on the "more important" "high-level affairs" related to nobility and royal power, and would not bother to care about these trivial matters of daily life.

But now...

Fortunately, Aize had talked to her about many related things before, intentionally or unintentionally.

Even though I didn't listen carefully at the time, I was still able to complete the work with some effort thanks to the few words I wrote down inadvertently.

Only at this time would Heidi sincerely sigh that no matter big or small, she really couldn't do without Aize.

Naturally, I would also regret that I didn’t pay more attention when I was in “class” in the past.

I’m afraid it will be difficult to have such an opportunity in the future.

Thinking of this, my chest...

No, no, just focus on your work and stop acting like a nagging woman.

She shook her head, thinking so.

At this moment, there was a loud commotion outside the window.

The princess stood up and walked to the window to look out. She saw a small group of refugees arguing with the guards, even pushing and shoving to the point where a fight was about to break out.

The long-term torture and high pressure made both civilians and guards feel a little unhealthy.

Depression and despair make everyone feel angry and they will explode at the slightest conflict.

Therefore, even though the situation improved after Aize's arrival, similar situations are still common.

Heidi didn't ask about it before, and Elena could handle it.

But today, a subtle change in her mentality made her decide to meddle in other people's business.

He turned around, closed the half-written paper, put the pen and other tools neatly back in their original place, then walked downstairs to the place where the quarrel took place.

When she arrived, Elena had already arrived at the scene. Seeing her master coming, she quickly stood at attention and saluted.

"Princess! What are you doing here?"

"I heard a quarrel upstairs, so I came down to see what was going on."

The Knight Commander shook his head.

"It was just a minor altercation over the distribution of supplies. It's nothing serious. I didn't expect to alarm Her Highness the Princess. I'm truly sorry!"

As he said this, he bowed deeply and apologized.