First Act ONE

With the defeat of the Demon King, the entire Demon World became extremely chaotic for a while. Under the instigation of the Holy Kingdom of Stark Vons and the Republic of Shirvan, the human coalition forces crossed the territories and barren lands of various countries and once marched northward.

The demon army, which lost its leader, retreated steadily and was completely defeated. It no longer had the bloodthirsty aggressiveness it used to have. The current Demon Race is no different from a tiger whose teeth have been pulled out. On the other hand, the human coalition army sang all the way, and the momentum of victory made them soar, and they were invincible.

If the situation of the war continues to develop, presumably human beings will defeat the forces of the demon world and regain the territory corrupted by monsters, right?

And all of this is the result of the secret crusade against the Demon King by the Rose Knights.

Monsters without a leader are like buildings made of sand. Although it has a complete, exquisite and gorgeous appearance, it is always just a poor imitation, without the tenacity of a grand building, and it will fall apart at the touch of a touch.

However, under the behest of the monarch of the Stark Vons Holy Kingdom, or under the care of a certain innocent and lively girl—Princess Cafius, the Knights of the Rose have a leisurely vacation. The knights don't have to go to the front line to fight the monsters.

Therefore, Laika, who has not been able to sleep peacefully for a long time, can also close her eyes and take a nap with peace of mind.

Since the end of the mission to defeat the Demon King, troubles around him can be described as endless. Aliens escaped from prison, Emilia disappeared, and Xia Ti and others lost contact. These things finally made Laika feel the ups and downs.

But, it's all over at last. The battle of the Demon King's Fort finally ended with the **** of the Demon King. In addition, another group of Goblin war criminals who caused the border turmoil arrived at the capital in the early hours of this morning, and within a few days, they will be beheaded as a public display.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it's impossible for these goblins to escape, right?

Laika narrowed her eyes slightly, the sun was shining outside the window, and the light fell on the spotless floor.

"Well, is it already this time?"

During the days of crusade against the Demon King, sleep has never been so peaceful. During the overnight stay in a small fishing village on the way to the Demon King's Castle, he and the rest of the Rose Knights were attacked by a terrible dark creature at night.

Although these dark creatures are only at the level of miscellaneous fish, but as the price for not maintaining vigilance all the time, fate punished the Rose Knights.

A miserable and angry monster's roar came from the dark dilapidated wooden house, and the battle started.

It is different from the battles that have been won in the past. This time the Knights suffered heavy losses.

Xia Ti's right wrist, which was not equipped with armor, suffered a heavy blow from the enemy, and blood spattered all over for a while.

Even Tavia shook her head in disappointment after seeing the injury.

There is no doubt that the enemy's attack hits the core. This is a permanent trauma, an irreversible trauma, like a seed buried deep in the soil. Tavia's healing magic can only repair the appearance, and the casual healing medicine sold by the merchants is even more unlikely to have any recovery effect.

From then on, Xia Ti's wrist seemed to be tied with a heavy ore, and even the speed of swinging the sword did not go back to the past. Most of the time, her role is to take the attack and defend, not attack.

Even so, she still faces everyone with a smile and responds to everyone's concerns one by one.

But Laika knew that it was not Xia Ti's real smile. He once secretly came to the training ground, leaning against the wall, quietly listening to the cries of the knight girl in the shadows.

The girl's uncontrollable sobs broke his heart. He could only lower his head and hold his holy sword tightly. Hiding Xia Ti's true feelings in front of everyone in the Rose Knights, there is nothing else that can help Xia Ti.

Xia Ti was born in a family of knights, and his father is the well-known holy sword Ludwig. As the first knight of the church, he used [Sunshine] to kill countless deformed creatures to stabilize the regime of the newly born Stark Vons Holy Kingdom. The king and the previous pope praised him greatly, and the people worshiped him like a god, thinking that he was a messenger sent by heaven.

And as the heir of the famous holy sword Ludwig, Xia Ti cannot wield [Sunlight] like her father in the past. What a shame.

This incident has always left Laika with lingering fears. Why, he blamed himself, had he not offered to patrol around the encampment he had spent that night?

However, these things have already passed, and the current war situation is undoubtedly beneficial to the human coalition forces. Let the younger generation do the work of taking advantage of the victory to pursue and build meritorious deeds.

The present time is undoubtedly the best. All the members of the Rose Knights survived, and Xia Ti no longer had to take up arms to fight. The shackles of Ludwig's name had been released.

Laika had the good fortune to be in the back bedroom of the royal palace in the holy kingdom of Starkfons, living in the reception room specially set up for distinguished guests.

It is impossible to have night attacks by dark creatures here, let alone worry that the devil will appear in front of him.

'Since that's the case, it's okay to sneak in for a while, right? '

With lazy thoughts, Laika secretly thought of it.

"call……"

The even and faint sound of breathing came, which revived Laika who was about to fall asleep again. Only then did he realize that there was something wrong with the bed.

Laika raised his eyebrows, and he could clearly feel that he was not the only heat source in the bedding.

After preparing in his heart, he gently lifted the quilt.

Among the quilts was a silver-white girl. She has a pair of tied silver-white ponytails, her snow-white skin like milky white porcelain is covered by a thin silk pajamas, and a pair of slender and delicate legs covered by knee-length white stockings.

At this moment, she was lying in Laika's arms defenselessly, her eyes were gently closed, she was breathing evenly, and the expression on her innocent face was very soft and lovely.

"Huh, so it's Tavia." Laika smiled softly. Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes as if trying to play a prank, stretched out his right hand, and wiped the girl's delicate and jade-like face, as if he was wiping a piece of exquisite porcelain.

"Uh...eh?" As if reacting to Laika's behavior, Tavia turned over in a daze, slowly opened those pure and selfless light blue eyes, and smiled badly when she saw Laika He exclaimed in surprise, "Lai...Brother Laika!? Taviya...why is Taviya here?"

"Hmph, why don't you ask, you obviously came here in the middle of the night, right?" Laika smiled and said in a very gentle tone, "The last time we slept together was many years ago."

"It seems... so..." Tavia blinked her beautiful eyes, and nodded in a daze, "Taviya didn't sleep until late last night."

"Is it because of what happened yesterday? I heard that you were discovered by Xia Ti and the others last. I said, Tavia, what happened in the cave that day?" Laika asked. He still wants to know what happened in the cave yesterday.

That day, Laika saw Tavia in the cave with a dull expression. But every time he wanted to step forward to ask, he would be stopped by Angelica on the side.

In the end, Laika could only silently look at the blurred-eyed Tavia, walking crookedly and uncoordinated steps, following behind the royal troops of the Holy Kingdom of Starkfons, and returning to the city.

"Hmm~ well," Tavia blinked her light blue eyes slyly, and grinned, "Sister Xia Ti said, keep it a secret from your elder brother."

"Did you and Xia Ti come up with any plan to tease me?" Laika pretended to be sad, "Could it be that your dearest brother is no better than a strange big sister with big breasts?"

"No." Tavia shook her head lightly, and the two silver-white ponytails swayed accordingly. She obediently lay in Laika's arms, laying on her chest, and said softly, "No matter what Tavia has become, I like Brother Laika the most. For Brother Laika, let Tavia do whatever you want." Okay. So, brother Laika, please trust Tavia too."

"Well, Tavia, I like you very much too. You are my dearest sister." Laika said gently, hugging the girl's petite body into her arms.

"Brother, I like you the most~" The girl in her arms seemed to want to vent her emotions, she used those white lotus arms to wrap Laika's body tighter.

However, where Laika couldn't see, the corners of the girl's pink lips raised slightly and strangely, as if the plan had succeeded.

……

The power of the dark night poured into the body. What followed was a pain like burning flesh and reason.

The blood is boiling and the heart is roaring.

There was a hoarse roar like a beast in his throat. That was the most primitive animal nature in the blood. After drinking the blood of the blood queen, the desire that was sealed by reason was also released.

Blood now dominates the body.

Slaughter prey, fight with enemies, and turn into monsters with hair and blood. This is the terrifying voice contained in the blood, as if it is urging the young man to experience all this for himself.

He growled warningly, a deep, wolfish and manic growl. The limbs waved wantonly, wanting to release the desire to destroy to the fullest.

The blond woman in the distance just watched all this quietly, without any emotion on her face. She understands that her own blood is extremely powerful and can even bring immortality, but its shortcomings are also very obvious.

The blood of the Queen of the Night is the purest blood. This blood can awaken the monster in the human body. This monster is called "The Beast".

Those who cannot resist the temptation of blood will eventually be corrupted by the primitive animal nature in the blood and degenerate into blood-hungry monsters.

Finally, the boy stood still in front of the statue, he was panting, his eyes were filled with the color of blood.

Desire eventually turns into something sweet. He has successfully resisted the corruption of blood. And, always will be.

"Huh...huh, Ms. Annalize, I succeeded!" The boy said happily when he found that the power of blood was flowing through his body like breathing.

"Hmph, you're doing pretty well." Annalize snorted softly as a response, but her eyes remained on the corner, and she didn't forget to play with the body of the person who was first placed in the shadows.

"Is he... dead?"

"Not yet." Annalize shook her head, her beautiful eyes turned dark red, "I still know you humans very well, it is undoubtedly a stupid way to let this man die here. He has left a little vitality, and he can probably last for about four or five days."

"But, is this just a body?" the young man asked. The man in front of Annalize had already lost his soul. In other words, this guy is the living dead.

"Well, blood is the token of the soul. Too much blood that has passed away also means that the soul has been completely extracted by us." Annalize nodded and said, "I have completely sucked the inside of this human being. Now he, It's just a body without a soul. Of course, when encountering such a thing, we blood races also have ways to deal with it."

Biting the thin red lips lightly, Annalize leaned forward, allowing the few drops of blood to flow into the man's mouth.

After finishing this job, she flicks the corners of her lips lightly. In an instant, the wound healed, as flawless as it was at the beginning.

"Is this...?" the boy asked.

"Use your own blood to inject a puppet personality into this body." Annalize chuckled, "During the remaining four or five days, the puppet personality will control the movements of this body, so that no one can see a trace of it." Weirdness. And then, at the end of life, dissipated."

After a while of silence, the boy asked, "Ms. Annalize, can you teach me this ability?"

A look of surprise appeared on Annalize's face, but then it turned into a smile, "Of course, my little priest."

……

The man opened his eyes. He stood up expressionlessly.

"Is it a dream?"

"Even after so many years, I can still remember this incident clearly. I'm such a sentimental person." He sneered, as if mocking himself.

Looking at the crow mask on the table, there was a hint of nostalgia on his face, but in the next second, this emotion disappeared without a trace, "It will end soon."

"Wait for me, Emilia."