The female devils I saved came to my door

Ciel, who had put on his armor, stood in the center of the teleportation circle.

Saint Ann IV cut Catherine's fingertip, took out a drop of blood, and pressed it on Charles' forehead.

Katrin, who was unconscious in pain, seemed to notice something.

She opened her eyes with difficulty and looked at Ciel, who was about to teleport.Her lips pursed, wanting to say something, but neither Charles nor Saint Ann IV paid attention - because the teleportation spell had been activated.

After chanting a strange incantation, the runes and magic circle under Charles's feet emitted a soft blue light. Then, his vision began to blur and become confused. What he saw in his eyes was like those passing by on both sides while traveling at high speed. landscape.

After a strong feeling of weightlessness, his body finally stabilized.

He arrived at the end of the teleportation, the underground labyrinth built by the Eucharistic Training Society.

The surroundings were pitch black, and after being deprived of vision, my sense of smell and hearing became much more sensitive.

Charles could smell that the turbid underground air was mixed with the disgusting stench and irritating smell of medicinal liquid. He could also hear the sound of dense dripping water, and the roar of wind or animals, which echoed repeatedly in the small space. Weird noise.

After confirming that he was in a closed underground space, Ciel cursed secretly.If he is on the surface, he can also find out his location through celestial phenomena, or use the astrological instrument he carries to contact the nearby church forces for support.

But now it's terrible. He is underground, and it seems that there are still underground palaces where you can't even see where you are.

He lightly tapped the rune on his chest, allowing himself to gain some night vision and see clearly the filthy and dirty maze corridor in the darkness. Both sides of the corridor were slippery walls stained with mud and rancid liquid. , the drainage channel in the corner was also filled with corpses and skeletons.These are the sources of the rancid smell.

This narrow corridor was very inconvenient for fighting with a heavy sword, and the turbid air made him feel a little dazed.

After walking through the underground palace for a while, Charles realized that this place should be some kind of maze, but he was still not sure about the situation - maybe he should find a way to directly blast through the soil above his head and return to the surface.But that would be very risky, as it might trigger some mechanism, and we don’t know how thick the soil above is and where it is located.

At this moment, another rune on his body began to heat up - it was a rune made by St. Ann IV and also made with Catlin's blood, which could sense Monroe's location.

This shows that his current location is not far from Monroe in a straight line.

After a brief thought, he decided that it would be better to look for Monroe first.

He continued to walk slowly through the maze.

Thick, smelly water flowed slowly along the drainage channels of the labyrinth corridor.It shows that there is still a difference in height here.

According to the guidance of the runes, Munro should be in the front and downward direction.

The passages in this maze were too complicated, and he had to be careful about possible traps, which gave him a headache.

The sound of running water became louder and louder. The sound of running water echoed throughout the claustrophobic maze. It was very noisy, and Charles felt a little panicked.

But he suddenly realized a problem - the speed of these water flows was getting faster and faster.This is obviously wrong, because the height difference between the lanes in the maze is not obvious, and the water in the channel should not flow so fast.

As soon as he had this doubt, he got the answer quickly.

At the corner of the maze, these foul-smelling liquids, like living creatures, gathered into a large puddle of thick black tar at the corner, and the surface exuded a strange oily sheen in the lightless darkness.

This wriggling mass of mucus blocked the entire intersection. Its sticky surface was churning with weird deformed tentacles. Twisted and evil eyeballs formed and decomposed on the surface. The sunken hollows were like the roaring mouth of evil beasts. The flowing body surface seemed to The roaring face of despair.

It seemed to be making a silent scream, announcing its challenge to Ciel. It had probably been waiting for Ciel here for a long time.

"Oops."

This monster is as deformed and disgusting as the monster that Viscount Prafatin transformed into two years ago, and is even uglier than that thing.It must be another blasphemous creation of some training group.

But there was no time to think too much. Ciel could only draw out the heavy sword "Ether" from his back to resist the enemy.

The heavy sword couldn't be swung in the narrow maze corridor. He could only hold the hilt tightly with one hand and the back end of the blade with the other, using the heavy sword as a spear to fight against the monster in front of him.

Actuating the magic carvings on the surface of this magic sword, crackling dark red lightning jumped and flickered at the tip of the sword.

As a peerless magic weapon, the various powerful spells attached to this weapon are enough to help the holder defeat most enemies with ease.But unfortunately, for more advanced combat skills, Ciel was limited by his poor spell talent and could not display them like Monroe.

Therefore, he has always been at a disadvantage in the battle against this invisible slime monster.He could only use continuous thrusts in the narrow corridor to block the dense tentacles extended by the monster.

The monster's stretched out fluid limbs would turn into wriggling mucus again every time they were crushed, and flow onto its bloated body again.

Even the stabs with blazing flames and thunder cannot cause real damage to it.

There was no way he could break this thing.

He fought and retreated, but the monster pressed closer and closer.He was suppressed to the end of an alleyway in the maze, almost blocking his escape route.

Seeing that there was no way out, Charles could only laugh at himself, "This battle is much harder than massacring mobs armed with sticks in the city." At the same time, he was preparing to activate several sacred exorcism runes given to him by the Pope - these rare He only carried two or three of the powerful runes. Even in the face of the current dangerous situation, he was hesitant to use them.

"Charle!"

But a familiar shout made him stop.

Then, the rune used to find Munro's location began to tremble violently, indicating that the sword master was getting closer to him.

That was Monroe's voice.The shout came from the other side of the passage blocked by the monster. It was only a faint sound that reached Charles's ears, but it cheered him up.

A sword tip emitting white soft light passed through the body of the invisible monster and pierced out from the center of his body. The light emitted made Ciel, who was accustomed to darkness, feel a little dazzling.

The body composed of the monster's mucus received a violent stabbing, and the surface of the body surged violently, twisting into more shapes like roaring human faces, and continued to squelch like boiling liquid.

This blow was more effective than all the attacks put together during the fight between the Ciel.This blasphemous, ugly monster limp and spread out like melted wax, dividing into a large puddle of black slime, losing all signs of life.

When the monster fell apart, Monroe, who was standing behind it, also appeared in front of Ciel.

"Sir Monroe?" he asked tentatively.

"It's me..." This tired old guy, whose armor was stained with blood, was breathing heavily, and his hair was full of caked blood. He looked very tired: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would actually You teleported here...is there anyone else coming with you?"

"Uh...no, Your Majesty only sent me to rescue you." Charles thought for a while and added: "Because Your Majesty, I don't want the secrets of you and the Eucharistic Training Society to be known to others."

"Oh, it seems that Your Majesty has told you that I am a synthetic human..." There was no surprise in his tone: "...Well, you will know sooner or later anyway... Ciel, we have to leave quickly. "

"Where is this place? What happened? What happened to you?"

"This is the largest stronghold of those bastard heretics. It is a labyrinth located underground in the northern mountains. They have conducted many forbidden experiments here, and there are even deformed creatures used as experiments on the resurrection of the dead - I encountered an unprecedentedly powerful person in the depths of the labyrinth. Monster. I fought with that thing for a few days and was almost killed by that guy, but I just found a chance, killed the guy and escaped."

He obviously didn't want to talk nonsense: "Okay, Charles, we have to get back to the ground quickly. My physical strength is almost exhausted now. There are still many deformed monsters and mechanisms in this maze. If we continue to stay here, we are seeking death. We Gotta leave quickly.”

"How to leave?"

"I entered the maze by drilling a downward passage on the surface. I remember where the entrance of the passage is. Just follow me back along the way."

After saying that, he turned around, stepped on the corpse of the monster that turned into putrid sludge under his feet, and walked towards the depths of the maze.

Ciel opened his mouth, wanting to ask something more, but he still couldn't get out of his mouth.

He felt something was wrong: he was obviously here to rescue Monroe, but in the end he had already solved the problem and saved Charles's life; his tone was also a little impatient, and his movements were a little strange, but he couldn't explain it. Something is wrong.

Charles followed him and asked hesitantly: "Lord Monroe, when I teleported here, I told you that your life was in danger. But you actually solved the problem by yourself. What happened to the monster you encountered deep in the maze? How strong is it? Moreover, are there only monsters in this maze? Are there no mages from the Holy Body Training Society?"

"I will report these to Your Majesty when I get back. I can't explain it clearly here. In short, my journey of atonement should be over." He said perfunctorily: "...Don't ask about these now, my daughter Katrin, her How's it going?"

Charles: "It's terrible. It seems that she sensed that you were in crisis, and the curse on her body broke out. After I rushed to the Holy See, she was in a coma and looked very painful. I used her blood as a guide. , activated the teleportation circle and teleported me here."

"Oh, it's okay. I'll rush back to the Holy See and her condition will get better." Monroe's tone did not change: "I will share the curse for her."

These words are also strange. Although the tone is a bit anxious, it does not have the worry of a father for his daughter. Instead, it makes people feel that he is a little... urgent?

The sense of dissonance is getting stronger and stronger.

Monroe still walked in front of Ciel without warning.

He led Ciel out of the labyrinth, and then made a mark here. He collaborated with Ciel to contact the local church, and in the name of the Sword Master, he ordered them to immediately contact the local devout lord to inspect the blasphemous labyrinth built by the heresy. Carry out cleanup.

He simply rested for a long time, then immediately followed Ciel and rode back to Glory City.

He is definitely not a monster or a heretic mage disguised as Munroe. After all, the charm in Charles's arms indicates that he is the Munroe who is related to Katrin by blood.

But those strange and inconsistent feelings always lingered in Ciel's heart.

What's wrong?

80. After parting with the devil, Lovna’s decision

Lovna has been very anxious recently.

At the beginning, she was encouraged by Miss Devil and started her adventure with Miss Devil excitedly.

Travel around the continent together, help the oppressed residents together, and execute the oppressors who bring trouble...

When Miss Demon possessed her, she also felt truly empowered for the first time.Whatever she wants, she can easily achieve it with a wave of her hand, whether it makes a tall wall collapse, a well-armed warrior fall, or a well-guarded fortress disintegrate.

Moreover, she did feel that what she did with the devil was very popular - those scoundrels who whipped the serfs, those elders and dignitaries who dominated the city, those who could hold events when others were starving. The lords who enjoy themselves at banquets... They are obviously bad people.

After executing, driving away those guys, and distributing their property, everyone was obviously cheering, cheering loudly at her, calling her Holy Lady, Angel... They were all so happy.

This should have been a great thing.

But why, she felt that the places along the way did not get better, but became more and more chaotic.

There are swarms of bandits everywhere, wars are everywhere, various fortresses and fortresses are rising on the plains, and there are more and more barren tombs without inscriptions.

There are also rumors in some places that the Holy See and the great nobles are looking for the "red-haired witch who brought about the riot", saying that wherever the witch walked, there were only tragedies of fratricide and uncontrollable chaos.

Miss Devil sneered at these remarks: "The current chaos is just a temporary transitional state. They are the reflection of the oppressors. Don't worry. Believe in yourself, we are the heroes who save people from oppression."

"Is it really just a transitional state? However, the plague has obviously subsided a lot, why are there still so many people dead, and why are there robbers and bandits everywhere? Why is the Holy See chasing us?"

"The Holy See and the nobles of those big countries are the biggest oppressors. Of course they will stigmatize our actions." Miss Demon explained: "They are the source of evil."

"But Teacher Charles and Sirna are in the Holy See, how can they be bad people!"

The devil replied: "The root of evil is authority. The Holy See and those nobles who think they are superior to others will create evil oppression as long as they exist, and they will inevitably become a breeding ground for corruption. Your teacher Charles and sister Hilna No matter how good you are, if you enter that place, you will be contaminated by those bastards and become bad people, so you must defeat the Holy See and save them."

As she spoke, the devil displayed the picture book "The Great Adventure of Saint Lovna" she had made for Lovna.

"Look, this picture book is already going to be filled with our adventures: in Weylan, we executed the elders and powerful men who oppressed the residents; in Richter, we saved thousands of naked serfs; we Fatland, killed those tyrannical lords... This picture book records our achievements, except for the last few blank pages. Don't you want to give this adventure a grand, glorious and wonderful ending? ? Let this picture book have a perfect ending?"

After the picture book was unfolded, each page was opened in turn, showing the achievements of the venerable saint Lovna in the book.

Kill the powerful, save the serfs, fight against the villains... the stories in the picture book are very wonderful, and the vertical paintings of the common people all show the happy smiles of those who have gained freedom.

But Lovna still hesitated.

She sensed something wasn't right, and her rationality took over.

It's better not to trust this devil.

Especially recently, in order to avoid the chaos, she and Miss Demon took a detour to the middle of the northern mountains.

Here, Lovna bizarrely lost a long period of memory. She only vaguely remembered that she had merged with Miss Devil, and then met a group of strangely dressed guys, accepted their wishes, and did something... I don’t remember it after that.

Miss Demon explained: "Those people are a group of mages, a group of people who call themselves the 'Holy Body Training Society'. They are dedicated to researching ways to allow humans to achieve transcendence and salvation. Their ideals are very good, and I admire them very much, so I helped them." A handful of them."

"Why do I feel that those people are dressed a bit like... heretics?" Lovna recalled the sneaky appearance of those mages in her memory: "You don't look like good people, do you?"

"They are just wanted by the Holy See. It does not mean that they are bad people. The ideals held by advanced people will not be understood by the world. Just like some people don't understand us and insult us as 'witches who bring disaster' Same"

The devil explained: "The purpose of these people is to create perfect, noble and rational new humans. Of course, it is not just new humans, their research can also have wider uses - I have helped the founder of this organization in the past People. Now, their research has achieved very fruitful results, and I plan to help them again."

"..."

Lovna didn't answer.

She began to doubt the demon again.

"Lovna, don't you trust me?" The devil felt her doubts: "Do you think I'm lying? Don't forget, I won't lie to you."

"Yes." Lovna admitted: "I'm not smart, but I feel that what I am doing is not right, and you must be hiding something from me. I can't hang out with you anymore, I have to leave you No, I have been wandering around this continent with you for too long...I want to find Teacher Charles."

"So, you are going to separate from me?"

"Well, just like the contract said, I don't want to be with you anymore. I'm tired of it, so I choose to leave." Lovna said word by word: "From now on, I have to rely on myself to go to glory." Cheng, look for Teacher Charles."

"This is the northern mountain range, far away from Rongguang City. You have to walk south for several months, and it is also very dangerous along the way. Are you sure?" The devil's face seemed a little unhappy: "You don't even want me to escort you to the south. , do you want to say goodbye again?"

"I'm sure, let's separate now." Lovna felt that she had to make a decisive decision, otherwise her not-so-smart mind might be swayed by the devil's rhetoric.

"You don't even have much warm clothes on you, you don't have enough food and drinking water, and you don't have much money. Can you go?" The devil still had an attitude of disbelief: "How about I send you to a place close to Glory City? Let’s make a difference somewhere.”

"I can hunt and make money myself, and I can travel on my own."

"...Okay." Seeing Lovna's insistence, Miss Demon said nothing more.She tilted her head, thought for a while, and finally conjured up the thick picture book "The Great Adventure of Saint Lovna".

The devil blew lightly, turned the picture book into a palm-sized size, and handed it to Lovna.

"Take this picture book as my parting gift to you. Lovna, although you are full of doubts about our great cause, I still feel that this is a great adventure that we have experienced together. What we are doing is An act of undisputed justice. One that we will always remember. I hope you will remember our trip too.”

Lovna hesitated for a while, then put the picture book into her pocket.

The devil leaned down again and looked into Lovna's eyes: "Lovna, do you really plan to leave? You have to stay, and you can become my carrier to walk in the world. You will become stronger than your sister. , everyone will be in awe of you, and your teacher Charles will also respect you - you can do whatever you want."