After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

A series of exquisite strokes are painted on the walls, and the ground underfoot is paved with finely crafted bricks and stones, even forming a huge royal family emblem with different colors.

In the center of this space, there is a coffin made of gold and silver, decorated with a large number of expensive gems, and looks extremely gorgeous.

Arthur was standing nearby, fiddling with something that looked like a workbench.

Heidi raised her axe and slowly approached without saying a word.

"That damn hero cut off the workshop's magic power supply first."

Arthur cursed without even looking up, probably because he noticed Heidi's arrival.

"Almost, obviously just a little bit, just a little bit, almost to be completely finished!"

"Shut up, it's over, surrender!"

Based on their blood relationship, Heidi warned her for the last time.

Hearing this, Arthur sighed and stopped what he was doing.

He turned around and looked at Heidi with an extremely complicated expression, as if he was thinking about something.

Then, he shook his head violently:

"No, it's not over yet!"

The Regent drew the dagger from his waist, raised it high, and then brought it down suddenly. With a crisp "swish" sound, he cut his wrist directly in front of Heidi's surprised eyes.

Then, he splashed the gushing blood onto the coffin beside him.

"This must be done! If you're short of magic power, use mine!"

"stop!!!"

Heidi, sensing something was wrong, rushed forward to stop it, but it was too late.

Every drop of blood that splashed onto the coffin seemed to be absorbed, seeping through the thick inorganic surface and into its interior.

Not even satisfied with that.

A dazzling blood-red light leaked out from the tightly closed gap of the coffin, as if it had turned into a tangible tentacle, tightly grabbing Arthur's arm.

Blood was continuously drawn from his wound at an alarming rate, along with his human essence and magic power, and was continuously sucked into the interior of the coffin amid Arthur's own wailing.

In just a few seconds, Arthur, who was just in his prime, fair and healthy, became haggard and looked like a corpse.

With a satisfied smile, he fell weakly to the ground.

It was also at this moment that the coffin began to tremble violently, and even the entire facility emitted a terrifying wail, as if it would collapse at any time.

finally--

boom!!!!!

With a loud bang like an explosion, the heavy lid of the coffin was directly blasted into the sky by the terrifying force from inside and outside, hit the ceiling and then fell heavily to the ground.

"Uh-uh-"

The air was filled with blood mist and the cold air was pressing.

From the open coffin came a mournful sigh that seemed to exist in this world. A withered hand randomly appeared in Heidi's field of vision, grasping the edge, as if struggling to stand up.

Does this bastard really want to resurrect the true ancestor of the vampire clan?

Cursing Arthur in her heart, Heidi faced the coffin, raised her battle axe, and prepared for battle.

Then, a skinny figure sat up, his bloodshot eyes spinning under his messy hair, as if trying to figure out the current situation.

however--

Bang! ! !

With a crisp sound, Heidi's battle axe slipped from her hand and fell to the ground.

Because the face of the person in front of her plunged her into unprecedented confusion.

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Accompanied by a group of knights, Hecate, and Alicia, Aize quickly moved forward in the tunnel.

We must catch up, we must catch up.

I kept praying like this in my heart.

However, it is counterproductive.

boom! ! !

Accompanied by a huge movement like an earthquake, blood-red fog spread from the front, and at the same time, a shivering chill came over.

Even the surrounding magic circuits changed synchronously, from the normal bluish-white color to an abnormal and ominous dark red representing the vampires.

"What's this?"

Hecate was a little confused, but Aize already knew that something was wrong.

Without saying anything more, he gritted his teeth, took two steps at a time, sped up his steps, quickly went down the stairs in front of him, and arrived at the huge space.

Then, the scene before him made him stop.

The coffin in the center of the space has been opened. The person who was originally sleeping in it, dressed in luxurious clothes, has completely recovered his vitality and resurrected as a half-vampire.

He even left the coffin and stood up.

However, facing this opponent, Heidi's expression became extremely ugly.

He was as pale as paper, trembling like an epileptic, and cold sweat kept pouring down like a waterfall, even blurring the bloodstains on his face.

His lips were trembling and twitching constantly, but he couldn't utter a single word, as if he couldn't even speak.

This situation lasted for a full twenty seconds.

The princess finally used all her strength to face the other party and squeezed out a word that was so vague that it was almost inaudible:

"Father...Father!!!"

Chapter 117 Eternal Night Comes

Aize has always had a question about this incident.

That is, what role did Regent Arthur play in the incident.

Theoretically speaking, he bribed the Adventurer's Guild and spread the blood plague, causing an extremely tragic tragedy with the intention of subverting or even destroying the kingdom. He is undoubtedly the mastermind behind the scenes and his crimes are extremely heinous.

But is it really that simple?

Arthur Art, this person can almost be regarded as the sum of all the synonyms of pedantic aristocrats.

Stubborn, arrogant, and inflexible.

A considerable part of Heidi's deformed personality was also due to the influence.

But on the other side of these negative traits, he did believe in the theories of those aristocrats very seriously.

He treasures the orthodoxy and legitimacy of the royal family based on bloodline, so his loyalty to Heidi and the entire royal family is very strong.

Would such an old-fashioned person rebel?

But the facts are there.

Is it possible that, although Arthur was doing something treasonous, for some reason, he himself did not consider himself a traitor?

Aize actually had this speculation a long time ago.

However, there has been a lack of evidence, and if this half-baked speculation is casually put forward, it will do more harm than good to the current situation in the capital and will only cause panic among the people.

So before the truth comes out, it is better to keep things simple. I kept it in my heart and never told anyone a word.

Just now, Aize searched the coffins in the underground workshop and found that the corpses lying in them were all wearing luxurious funeral clothes that only the king of the kingdom was qualified to use.

In addition, the location of this workshop basically coincides with the location of the royal tombs outside the royal capital.

So at that time, Aize understood that Arthur's purpose was to resurrect all the kings of the Kingdom of Arte, including Heidi's father.

Since Villian cut off the workshop's magic power supply at the beginning of the attack, the resurrection progress of the king, whose body had completely turned to bones, was interrupted.

However, Arthur's desperate struggle successfully awakened Heidi's father.

This has led to the current troublesome situation.

Hecate and Alicia wanted to go forward with their weapons, but were stopped by Aize.

Now that things have come to this, it’s better to observe the situation for a while.

Over there, the former king who had just risen from his coffin was still as emaciated as a mummy, with even his facial features difficult to recognize.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and the blood mist scattered around him immediately gathered towards his body.

The skinny body immediately swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, the skin stretched and became smooth, and the rotten parts disappeared quickly as if time had been reversed, replaced by flesh and blood as fresh as a healthy living person.

Even her hair, which looked like dry grass, returned to the royal standard red color, the same as Heidi's, in a few seconds, and her facial features were unusually young and lively.

You have to know that even before his death, Heidi's father was an old man in his fifties, and now at first glance, he even looks about the same age as Eze and Heidi.

"The power of the vampires is really convenient."

The late king opened his eyes, lowered his head, and looked at his hands with enjoyment and approval.

Then he raised his head, opened his deep red eyes, which were no different from those of the vampires, and looked at his daughter who was not far away with a half-smile.

"What's wrong? My daughter, what did I teach you? Standing there with your eyes wide open, motionless, is not the attitude you should have when facing your father."

"you……"

Heidi hadn't recovered from her shock yet. He was so shocked that she almost subconsciously bowed her head and said, "I'm so proud of you."

"Princess Heidi Yalter, I pay my respects to...to my father..."

"Yeah, that's right. We are royals. We must be elegant and not lose our manners at all times."

The late king nodded in satisfaction, then cast an unfriendly glance at Aize and the others:

"What about you? You are just a knight's maid. Why don't you kneel before me?"

Aize snorted coldly, then straightened his clothes a little, signaled others to wait on the side and not to act rashly, then walked up to Heidi.

Then, he saluted solemnly and said:

"Nice to meet you, King George Art. I am Aize, a chosen warrior of the Church of the Supreme God. From a standpoint, I am not one of your subjects or subjects, so of course there is no reason for me to kneel before you."

George Art, this was the name of the previous king, Heidi's father. Eze had seen it in relevant documents before.

"presumptuous!"

Faced with Aize's attitude, George's expression changed suddenly.

"I know you. Before he woke up, Arthur reported to me that a commoner from another world had deceived and corrupted my daughter and even attempted to interfere with my resurrection. I bet that was you, right?"

"I have no objection to the identity part, but as for the second half of the sentence..."

Aize's brain was working rapidly. He glanced at Heidi, who was standing beside him, looking dumbfounded and sweating profusely, and said:

"I've only come here to deal with the blood plague in the capital, and I'm unaware of the underlying circumstances. I wonder if His Majesty the King himself is aware of Arthur's actions? Is he aware of his plan, which resulted in the deaths of over a hundred thousand people?"

It is certain that the purpose of spreading the blood plague is to resurrect the king.

But whether this was Arthur's arbitrary act or a premeditated plan by the royal family is still unknown.

This will also be the key to how things progress next.

In response, George sneered:

"Hmph, do you even need to ask? Of course I know the orders I gave."

These words were like a thunderclap, bringing Heidi back to her senses. She raised her head and looked at her father with disbelief.

George himself didn't care at all and continued complacently:

"It was a secret decree given to him before my last expedition. If I died on the battlefield, he would be granted the position of regent and required to utilize the 200 years of research conducted by the Art family to resurrect me."

Secret decree, 200 years of research, resurrection.

The amount of information contained in these keywords was so terrifying that it made Heidi's brain go blank.

I could only half-open my mouth and shake my head blankly:

"Father, what are you talking about... This... What is going on... How..."