"Oh? You found this place so quickly? Castel is pretty fast..."
After hearing what the girl said, the male noble was surprised. He thought for a moment and said:
"I'm afraid the secret passage in the castle has been discovered. They found their way in so quickly. They must be Castel's vanguard..."
The Blood Demon Priest's eyes narrowed slightly.
Unlike the male nobles, as an experienced blood demon priest, he knew that at this critical moment, Eudocia's reaction would definitely not be as simple as someone breaking in.
Not to mention, the other party also caused her avatar to self-destruct...
"who is it?"
He asked with a slightly serious expression.
Eudocia closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then said:
"It's a familiar aura. It should be the elf we met before who defected to Castel. In addition... there is also the aura of the vampires. The aura is very strong, even stronger than his."
"Elf? Sebastian? Vampire?"
The Blood Demon Priest was slightly stunned, and then his expression became serious.
He and the girl looked at each other, and saw a hint of solemnity in each other's eyes.
An elf whose strength had fallen from that of Chiyang was not enough to make him feel that he was facing a formidable enemy, but the problem was that after the last fight, he knew that the elf might have recovered his strength.
And a Chiyang is very troublesome.
If there is another vampire whose strength is as strong as Chiyang or even stronger, it will be even more troublesome.
Although he can activate the grace of the fallen god and use the power of the gods to gain the strength to fight against it, that is only enough strength to compete in the short term.
If we cannot win quickly, there will be many variables.
"Eudocia, the ceremony is terminated. Bring the container and sacrificial core, and we will retreat."
The Blood Demon Priest said decisively.
The middle-aged noble was stunned:
"Retreat? Master Priest, you said retreat?"
"No, we have been preparing for this day for so long, even sacrificing the entire Legris family, why are we suddenly retreating?"
The Blood Demon Priest glanced at him:
"The Third Prince has already failed. This ceremony was already hastily carried out..."
"The one who chased in here was not an ordinary person, but Chiyang. Chiyang's battle was too noisy and the risk was too high, not to mention that there was more than one person coming!"
"I have seen Sebastian. With his own strength, it would be impossible for him to recover. However, he recovered..."
"Mr. Chait, you are already a core believer of my Blood Demon Cult, and you also know some of the intelligence we have collected. I think... you should know what this means..."
After hearing the words of the Blood Demon Priest, the expressions of the male nobles also changed.
The Blood Demon Cult has been planning in the North for many years. The most important thing is to take advantage of the ambitions of various forces to secretly control the North and accumulate power for the Blood Demon Duke after his birth.
Of course, after the failure of the God's Descent Ceremony in the city of Boulder, they had another task, which was to use the ancient temple hidden in the northern underground to try to summon the Blood Demon Duke again.
But ever since the mysterious "god" stopped the descent of Bold, the Blood Demon Cult has been in bad luck. Everything has gone wrong, and any plan has almost failed at the critical moment...
The people of the Blood Demon Cult are not stupid.
The various attacks over the past year or so were too obvious, and the source of all of them stemmed from Bolder's failed descent of God more than a year ago, and the mysterious deity called "God of Dark Night" by the Holy Royal Court.
"Is... that mysterious evil god? You mean, there is that mysterious evil god standing behind him?!"
The noble was speechless.
"It's possible."
The Blood Demon Priest said in a deep voice.
After that, he began to pack up the items for the sacrifice, saying as he packed up:
"It's hard to find a suitable container, and it takes time to accumulate sacrificial cores, but there is more than one ancient temple..."
"Not to mention, the remaining power here has been obtained by us. Even if we leave here, we can find another place to perform the ceremony again."
As he spoke, the Blood Demon Priest took out a crystal clear statue from his arms.
The statue was exactly the same as the one enshrined in the ancient temple. It was also blurry in appearance, emitting a hazy glow, and seemed to hide some mysterious power.
"This is a matter of great importance to His Majesty the Grand Duke, so it is always better to be cautious."
The Blood Demon Priest put away the statue and said.
"So... how does she handle it?"
The noble pointed to Viscount Laura Legris who was unconscious not far away.
The priest's eyes flickered:
"It's just a sacrifice. Although it's a pity, we can't bring too many burdens. Let's deal with it."
After saying this, he signaled to Eudocia with his eyes, but the girl did not make a move.
"Eudocia?"
The Blood Demon Priest frowned.
"Keep it. It's difficult to accumulate strength again. Keep it for her to use later."
The girl said.
The Blood Demon Priest was stunned for a moment, then squinted his eyes and looked at Eudocia and Laura, and said in a deep voice:
"Then leave her here, leave a mark on her, and find a chance to take her away later."
The male noble was not happy with this decision, but seeing that the two had already made up their minds, he could only look at Laura on the ground with regret, and reluctantly followed them to evacuate.
…
After that, Sebastian and Yust encountered no more resistance.
The journey was smooth until they arrived in front of the towering temple.
When they arrived here, there was no trace of the Blood Demon Cult in the temple. There was only a huge pool of blood. The corpses of the Leglis family members were scattered around, indicating that a sacrifice had just been going on here.
"It is the Profane Cross, the sacrificial magic weapon of the Blood Demon Grand Duke. It can block the detection of other beings."
Yulster said as he looked at the cross in the pool of blood.
And soon, he also saw Laura lying unconscious on the ground.
"Bloodlines?"
Feeling the other person's aura, Yust was a little surprised.
Sebastian was not surprised:
"It's Laura, the head of the Gris family."
As he spoke, he looked around and said:
"It seems that the Laiglis family has been abandoned by the Blood Demon Cult. I'm afraid the commotion just now alarmed them, so they chose to evacuate."
"Hey, these guys...are becoming more and more vigilant."
Yulster closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then frowned:
"With the Profane Cross here, they didn't leave any trace, so it might be hard to track them."
"What do you mean? Do you want to chase me?"
"Don't bother..."
Sebastian shook his head.
As he spoke, he walked to the center of the altar and looked at the devil's eye pattern on the cross, as well as the thorn rose symbol carved by the cat's paw below the pattern, with a strange look on his face:
"They carry His Majesty's locator with them. Since they have left here, His Majesty must have known where they are."