Gospel of Blood

“Sir Knight! It’s the courtyard ahead! I saw a carriage go in there with two horsemen following!”

“They also had crossbows in their hands!”

On the dilapidated street, a skinny vagrant pointed to the yard not far away, trying to please. In front of him were two squads of knights.

One squad dressed in black robes and carried silver swords, obviously knights from the Demon Hunter’s group. Leading them were the Silver Moon female knight, Kara, and the Duke’s son, Leno, followed by the anxious old steward of the Castell family, Casimodo.

The other squad was uniformly dressed in leather armor, the city guards of Borde City, led by a nobleman with a mustache.

The nobleman in the robe was talking to the vagrant.

He touched his mustache with dignity, nodded slightly, and then looked obsequiously at Leno beside him.

“Lord Leno, it should be here. This used to be the mansion of Count Brois. After the disaster ten years ago, it was abandoned.”

“We received a report about fifteen minutes ago that someone was galloping through the city. The description of the carriage matches that of the Castell family’s carriage, and it’s likely the kidnappers.”

Leno nodded solemnly and then looked at Kara.

Kara didn’t speak but directly led the Demon Hunter Knights into the yard.

Leno hesitated for a moment, subconsciously wanting to follow, but after scanning the hopeful vagrant beside him, he stopped and reached into his pocket. After some searching, his expression became awkward. After exchanging a glance with the vagrant, he cleared his throat and awkwardly averted his gaze, casually saying to the others.

“Captain Kara has gone in. Let’s catch up.”

With that, he rode after them.

The vagrant sighed and looked at the nobleman in the robe, who was the adjutant.

The nobleman:…

“What are you standing around for? Get out of the way! Can you afford to delay the affairs of the Demon Hunter?”

He had a stern face, and his whip cracked in the air as he coldly ordered.

Then, he also rushed in with the remaining city guards.

Kicking up dust in the air and leaving the cursing vagrant.

“Damn! Stingy nobles! Curse you all for not having assholes in your next life!”

…

As everyone entered the courtyard, a strong smell of blood hit them. Almost everyone’s faces changed drastically.

Kara’s gaze swept over the beast-like bloodstains on the ground. She dismounted, knelt down, and grabbed a handful of blood-stained soil.

Leno also followed up, looking around. He said,

“The blood has not yet solidified, probably within fifteen minutes to half an hour ago. Judging from the signs of the battle, it should be some kind of small monster, humanoid in nature.”

Surprisingly, Kara glanced at him but said nothing. Her gaze followed the bloodstains to the broken carriage and the hideous corpses not far away.

“Two attendants had their hearts ripped out, and one… sigh… looks miserable, seems to be the first one to encounter the monster.”

Leno clicked his tongue. He then stroked his chin, lost in thought.

“This killing method… is a bit like—”

“Bloodborne.”

Kara continued. Her gaze had been wandering around as if searching for something.

“Blood… bloodborne?! Lady Kara, do you mean my master has encountered a bloodborne again?!”

Casimodo widened his eyes, looking terrified, large beads of sweat almost instantly forming on his forehead.

“Don’t panic first, your master is not here, which is a good thing.”

Leno comforted.

After saying that, he went up to investigate but was tripped by something on the ground.

Leno looked down and found it was a hand crossbow. He picked up the hand crossbow, intending to throw it away after a few glances, but his expression suddenly changed.

After carefully examining the handle of the crossbow, his face became even more unsightly.

Quietly looking at the Demon Hunter Knights and city guards who were searching the scene, he silently put away the crossbow.

The scene in the courtyard was appalling. After a careful investigation, everyone confirmed that the three people who had kidnapped the young lady of the Castell family were all dead. Even the horses pulling the carriage were found dead in the woods. However, the abducted girl was nowhere to be found.

Casimodo’s expression became even more anxious and worried, and the faces of the Demon Hunter Knights gradually became solemn. At this moment, a crazy roar suddenly came from the deeper part of the courtyard.

“Roar!”

Without hesitation, Kara rushed over almost instantly, followed by the remaining Demon Hunter Knights.

Leno hesitated for a moment, then followed with the nobleman and the city guards.

They bypassed a patch of woods and the view opened up.

What came into view was an abandoned garden, with a conspicuous silver light cage in the night, trapping a hunched humanoid monster inside. It had sharp fangs, and its long tongue was dripping with saliva. It kept roaring and struggling inside the cage.

Leno’s gaze slightly narrowed, and Kara’s eyes flashed with a cold light.

“It’s a frenzied blood thrall.”

“Yo! You guys finally came, meow!”

A hoarse voice attracted everyone’s attention.

They looked over and saw a fat black cat lying lazily on a broken sculpture not far from the light cage. One of its front paws was propping up its head, while the other front paw was yawning.

“Yawn… if you didn’t come soon, this Lord Cat would have fallen asleep.”

“Lord Nice? What are you doing here?”

The Demon Hunter Knights were slightly surprised.

Kara wasn’t surprised but asked concisely.

“Where is she?”

“Yawn… she’s in the carriage behind me!”

It gestured with its paw behind it.

There, a perfectly intact carriage was parked.

Under the moonlight, with the night breeze blowing, the curtains of the carriage were blown open, revealing the scene inside.

Inside the carriage, a petite and beautiful girl was curled up in the corner, sleeping peacefully. Her breathing was steady, her white dress was neat, her slightly developed chest rose and fell gently, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she occasionally puckered her lips, as if dreaming sweetly.

“Mistress!”

Casimodo was overjoyed and hurriedly went over.

“Shh! Keep your voice down! She’s still asleep!”

The black cat quickly raised a paw to its mouth and hushing.

“Um… oh oh!”

Casimodo was stunned for a moment, nodded quickly, and became unusually gentle and careful in his movements.

The black cat breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Kara looked at it, her voice as cold as ever.

“What happened?”

“Heh, what else could happen? Those three idiots had bad luck. Whether to choose or not to choose this courtyard as their base, who knows there was still an out-of-control blood thrall hidden here!”

The black cat sneered. With a resentful tone, it continued.

“That’s really an ugly and cunning blood thrall! So cruel! So evil!”

“If it weren’t for this Lord Cat secretly following along, Lady Castell might have suffered!”

“Well, it’s good you’re here. Maintaining this Prison of Order has exhausted this Lord Cat!”

“Is it you? Did you save my mistress?”

Casimodo was full of gratitude.

The black cat’s expression was slightly unnatural. It coughed and glanced guiltily at the sleeping girl behind it before arrogantly saying,

“Um cough, Lord Cat was also entrusted by someone to protect your mistress just before! If you want to thank… go thank Raoul at the church hospital!”

When it mentioned the name Raoul, it almost gritted its teeth.

“Thank you! Thank you very much! The Castell family will never forget your kindness!”

Casimodo kept thanking.

The voices of everyone seemed to wake up the sleeping girl. A weak hum came from the carriage.

Casimodo’s spirits lifted, and he hurriedly went over, surprised.

“Mistress! Mistress, you’re awake!”

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the girl slowly opened her drowsy eyes, her confused gaze carrying a hint of bewilderment.

Seeing Casimodo’s ugly and worried face, her gaze gradually regained focus. Her delicate and pretty face revealed a sweet and innocent smile, and her delicate voice was pleasant to the ear, like an angel.

“Oh! It’s Casimodo…”

“Are we… home?”

Nice:…