our family is gone

Chapter 848 Scarlet Courtyard (9)

Yulia turned into a leech-like beast and stood in front to distract the countess who had turned into a mosquito. Lance went behind and stabbed a sword directly into the fat and full tail. The feeling of the whole sword being deeply embedded in it made the countess scream in pain.

It’s too long, who can stand it?

The tail twisted wildly in an attempt to expel the foreign object inserted into the body, causing the insect's body to tremble. It was a pity that it had no aesthetic appeal at all.

The vicious tail needle even wanted to stab Lance who was following behind, but unfortunately his flexibility was too poor. Lance simply let go of the sword to dodge. He was big and weak, so he just turned around and was done for.

Although it had escaped from Lance's hands, the Blood Blade still sucked blood. This was its instinct and it didn't matter who held it. The tail, which was swollen with blood, had shrunk a little visibly.

The fact that it couldn't get rid of it made it even more terrified, and this action even made the sword stirring in its body worse, causing it to wail again and again.

Is it committing suicide?
However, the countess still found a way. She turned her head and stuck out her long tongue behind her, trying to pull the sword out of her butt.

But don't pretend that Yulia doesn't exist!

The leech pounced on it, opened its big mouth, climbed on it and bit it fiercely, as if it was madly trying to eat the whole thing.

Seeing this, Lance didn't delay any longer. If he continued to eat like this, what would he use as a sacrifice?
He rushed forward to rejoin the battle, grabbed the sword on his butt and pulled it out, then passed by and landed on the side, inserting the big sword into the side.

The scarlet tip directly broke through the already broken shell and inserted into it, then dragged the sword and slashed fiercely, tearing the fat insect body from the inside out. The insect was already being pressed down by Yulia, and it collapsed suddenly.

"Stop, stop!"

Lance shouted as loud as he could, but he kept his distance, and was somewhat on guard. If Yulia lost control or turned against him, his sword would still fall on her.

Fortunately, Yulia did not lose her mind. She let go of the Countess and stepped aside. Then, after a twist of her body, she returned to human form from the tentacle-like leech state. The clothes transformed by the Iron Maiden also appeared with her, like companion equipment.

It seemed that she was not able to adapt to the pain easily, and she was leaning on the big sword stuck in the ground to ease the pain.

But Lance didn't care too much about it, but hurried to the fallen countess.

The power brought by the bloodline's scarlet curse prevents it from dying easily, even though it has suffered such serious injuries. If no one interferes, it will probably lie on the ground waiting for its injuries to recover a little, or release those mosquitoes to suck its blood to feed it. Anyway, it will not die.

He originally wanted to sacrifice it directly, but after a little hesitation, he gave this final blow to Yulia, who was eager for revenge, to fulfill her dream.

Yulia came over with a greatsword on her shoulder, and the two looked at each other, but it was obviously useless to say more to a guy who had lost his mind, so she just raised the greatsword and sneered.

"There's nothing much to say. You're just a poor creature drowning in hunger and thirst."

After saying that, he chopped off the head with his great sword. There was no further movement to torture the corpse. Instead, he just stood there in a daze, as if he had lost his goal and felt empty.

Lance stepped forward to initiate the sacrifice, and the void swallowed the Countess's huge corpse. The equipment that exploded was also very simple. It was a black sword with a dark red rapier at the tip. The caged hand also had some intertwined limbs, and two fangs protruding. The overall look was like the mosquito mouthparts of the Countess just now.

There is no doubt that the greatest effect of this equipment is blood-sucking and feeding back, and these blood descendants also have similar characteristics.

There was nothing to poke at him, so he just threw it back into the showroom and turned to look at Yulia.

"What are you going to do next?"

Yulia finally came back to her senses from the silence, looked at Lance and paused for a second or two before answering.

"Go back to Totnes and find the man behind this."

It was still revenge. After learning more information from Lance, killing the countess was only a part of revenge in her mind, so her reaction just now was not so big.

Now the target of revenge has shifted. There is a guy hiding behind, who took away everything from her and turned her into this.

"Can you beat her? She is a real monster who has lived for who knows how many years. She is the source of the scarlet curse. Your power comes from her, not a temporarily infected toy like the Countess."

Lance kindly reminded her that Yulia's strength was indeed very good. With the power of her bloodline, her human form could be called legendary among the extraordinary, and she was even stronger when she transformed into a beast.

But even so, she almost fell when she was fighting the Countess just now. If Lance hadn't intervened, she would probably have been sucked dry by the Countess.

It's not that Yulia hasn't thought about this question before, which is why she fell silent, not knowing how to answer.

"Even if you kill her, so what? What happens next?"

Lance asked again without waiting for her to give a definite answer, and Yulia didn't know how to respond to this.

Fortunately, Lance has helped her make up for it.

"He was involved in killing that woman and the Emperor of the Empire, the capture of Totnes, and your infection."

Yulia reacted and nodded to confirm, but she didn't expect Lance to say another sentence.

"But what happens after the emperor is killed? What are you going to do next?"

After being asked a series of questions, no matter how stupid Yulia was, she could sense that there was something behind Lance's words, and she couldn't help but frown and question him.

"You mean I shouldn't seek revenge?"

"Yes...and no." Lance smiled strangely, but shook his head slowly.

This attitude confused Yulia. Yulia could tell at a glance that Lance was the type of person who would rather break than bend, and Lance's words seemed somewhat sarcastic to her.

"Don't say any more! This is my own business."

Yulia didn't say anything else and picked up the sword to leave. Lance could only shout to stop her.

"Wait for me to tell you a story first, a story about the Avengers..."

Lance was not talking nonsense, because Disma was once blinded by hatred, and relied on the power of anger to survive the pain of prison. Later, he escaped from prison and escaped death. What kept him alive was revenge.

But because he regarded revenge as everything, he quickly became corrupt and did whatever it took to get it.

But this did not help him to complete his revenge. Instead, he fell into numbness because he could not find his enemy, and fell into regret and inner torment because of what he had done.

That is, he met Lance, and finally found the meaning of his life in the desperate place of Hamlet and completed the ultimate redemption.

However, it was easy to complete his revenge at this time, but what he got at that moment was not peace, but endless emptiness.

Fortunately, Hamlet found the meaning of his life, otherwise he might have pulled out a gun and committed suicide the next second.

A similar example is Grindel, who killed the War Wolf and did not react much when she heard that the Wolf Fang Tribe was destroyed by the beast disease. This situation is now happening to Yulia, and Lance also roughly understands what she thinks as a very traditional feudal noble.

As the last member of the family, he was infected with the scarlet curse and became a blood descendant. The bloodline that the nobles valued so much was polluted, which meant that the family was over and the territory was meaningless.

The fact that she only mentioned her name and did not mention the most important surname of the nobles was enough to explain her attitude, so the only motivation that kept her alive was revenge.

But what comes after revenge?
"I have seen many people who were blinded by hatred. After they took revenge, they only felt endless emptiness. I believe you must have felt that kind of emptiness just now. It will completely devour your sanity. It is more terrifying than a curse."

"Are you saying I shouldn't take revenge?"

"Are you really listening to me?" Lance was a little speechless. No wonder she was so deceived that she had nothing but her underwear. Her brain was not even as good as Boudica's. He could only explain it.

"Of course you need revenge, but revenge should not be the meaning of your life. It is not everything to you."

Yulia listened to this thoughtfully. Lance didn't know whether he understood it or not, he just said it casually.

"You've been sleeping for so many years and have lost touch with the world. I suggest you stay in Hamlet for a while to adapt and think about it. Anyway, you're not in a hurry, right?"

After saying that, Lance continued to clean up the surrounding insect nests and cocoons, otherwise there was a possibility that the curse would spread even after the countess died.

Yulia had nothing to do, so she followed Lance to continue cleaning the courtyard that had lost its owner.

"This is too inefficient. Get ready."

Lance was dissatisfied with this method. He was always very brave, so he directly raised the Holy Grail and lifted some restrictions.

The aura of the essence and blood in the cup immediately spread, and this attraction to the blood descendants was unparalleled. They could immediately feel that everything around was madly converging here.

Yulia, who was standing by, finally understood what Lance asked her to prepare for. Facing that aura, she couldn't help but feel a little shaken.

He smells so good...

Not only mosquitoes, but even the vampires came over and fell directly into Yulia's hands and became toys for venting her desires.

By the time it was over, there were corpses all around, but Lance didn't even move from where he was, he just stood there.

Julia can even resist this. Her will is so strong that it's no wonder she can control the power of the curse.

That’s right, this is still a test, and Lance doesn’t dare to put a mouse into the rice jar.

Of course there will be compensation, because the cup is full of blood.

Lance took out the bottle and filled it up. Of course, he also used the "universal potion" and ten drops of contaminated blood to prepare ten potions for her.

"There's no need to eat people. If you really can't help drinking this, ask me for it if you run out."

Lance handed the potion over. Of course, there was no way that Yulia would refuse it. She was even a little happy. She knew very well what the effect of that thing was. If she had more potion, she would dare to challenge the Countess alone.

To be honest, the blood curse drawn from these blood descendants cannot be used on other people.

What's in the cup now can be easily made into hundreds or thousands of similar potions. It's too easy to control her.

The two continued to move forward and clean up the surroundings. Even though the Countess was dead, Yulia was still very proactive, after all, she would get potions by working.

"By the way, do you know the origin of this mist?"

Lance felt a little strange when he saw the mist above his head which still had not dissipated. It seemed that the one who controlled this was not the Countess.

"I should ask you, the heir, about this. As a place where nobles are active, it was already a huge extraordinary ritual when it was built. If you want to unlock it, you probably have to find the core and destroy it."

Lance understood that the ancestor used this to seal this place. He immediately took out the Prophet's Eyeball to spy on the flow of the fog and soon found the core.

But as the core of a supernatural ritual, there must be protection, which may be mechanical traps, raised evil beasts, or guards.

But Hamlet's strength back then was so amazing that they can feel it even now.

Guarding the core of the ceremony was a warrior statue. The statue was broken into three parts, and even its lower body had sunk into the swamp. Judging from its appearance, it actually had the style of an ancient empire. Could it be that Hamlet really had something to do with that thing back then?
The power of the curse was so terrible that it could even corrupt stones, and blood kept flowing out of his body, especially his facial features.

The swamp was turning blood red and constantly spitting out bubbles. Strange blood-colored tissues stretched out from it and stuck to the stone sculptures. It was obvious that they did not expect that the blood descendants had already discovered this place and even destroyed it in an attempt to corrupt this "warrior".

Even so, they still carried out the mission of guarding this place, wielding shields and spears to attack any living creature that approached. But it seemed that if Lance had not come in, they would not have been able to hold on for too long, and by then the blood descendants would have spread out.

"Give it some relief."

As soon as Lance opened his mouth, Yulia understood and rushed into the swamp to fight with the garden warriors. The big sword that had always been invincible was like scraping the wound.

As for chewing it? Do you eat rocks?

Moreover, the stone statue's counterattack came quickly. Under the control of an unknown force, the broken hand grabbed the spear and stabbed forward.

Blood sacrifice to the soil!
It seems that it is also craving for blood. I wonder how many blood descendants are buried under that red swamp.

At the same time, a stone shield will be smashed out, which is even more terrifying when it falls.

Now Lance knew why the vampires were so helpless against it. He could only try to trap and corrupt them. If he really let it run around, there wouldn't be enough vampires here for it to kill.

Yulia was actually a little embarrassed for a moment and was attacked and injured.

"Come back, I'll play with it."

Lance called back to Yulia, then found a sturdy place, took out his cannon, loaded it with iron bullets, and fired it out.

The damage caused by the shells was extremely exaggerated. The metal collided with the stone, and the spear was directly broken by one shot, and the power attached to it was also dispersed.

"Don't hit the shield. The power on it is still suppressing the pollution of the scarlet curse." Yulia reminded. She kept protecting Lance and had been hit several times. Naturally, she felt something.

Lance did not object to this. He fired a few shots to knock down the upper body that was exposed in the mud. The force then dissipated, and the shield also lost its power and no longer moved and was inserted into the swamp.

Even though Lance was unwilling, he had no choice but to enter the swamp to find the core of the ritual. Soon the fog in the sky gradually dissipated, and the fierce cold wind mixed with melted snow fell on this land that had been polluted by evil.

Can nature cleanse all this?