As a villain, I really don't want to be pursued by the heroine.

The treasure is right in front of us, so someone has to take the risk.

In desperation, Roy had to propose a compromise: "How about we decide by rock-paper-scissors?"

"One round decides the winner, whoever wins goes."

"also."

When you are undecided, just play rock-paper-scissors.

Fortunately, the balance of victory was on Roy's side this time.

"Oh, alright, just go if you want!" Nia held her head and wailed.

Before approaching the bloodstone, Roy gave a gentle instruction to the girl beside him.

"Let me make this clear first. If something unexpected happens, I can't save you, and you don't have to bother me. Let's escape as many as we can."

Although he didn't know if this was the place where Nia was seriously injured in the original work, Roy had to prepare for the worst.

But Nia held the back of her head, curled her lips, and made no comment. It was unknown whether she had heard it or not.

Roy shook his head and came to the dark coffin alone.

It was eerily quiet everywhere, with only the crimson light flickering.

The young man held his breath and slowly extended his hand towards the bloodstone.

As expected, before he even touched the bloodstone, the entire secret church began to tremble, and then a scarlet magic circle emerged from the void in front of the bloodstone.

The surging blood-red light rushed towards him rapidly, and Roy felt cold all over. Alarm bells rang in his heart, and he immediately dodged backwards as fast as he could.

A huge scarlet sickle flashed before his eyes, knocking Roy away.

A dark shadow of a shield appeared in the air and disappeared in the blink of an eye. It was the shattered [Obsidian Shield].

In the scarlet magic circle, a graceful figure holding a huge sickle slowly condensed. Except for the blurred facial features, her appearance was very similar to the short-haired vampire encountered in the portrait before.

Roy knelt on the ground with sweat all over his forehead. He felt as heavy as if filled with lead, and his face was extremely gloomy.

Damn, miscalculated.

[Iron Bones] was already known for its strong defense, and with dragon scales as a trump card, Roy subconsciously got used to taking attacks head-on, and became a little overconfident in his own safety.

The attack just now did not cause any physical damage, but was more like some kind of magic. In just one move, Roy could clearly feel the loss of vitality and felt extremely weak.

Fortunately, the [Obsidian Shield] can also defend against magical attacks, which prevents Roy from losing his ability to move.

Even so, one more move and it's over.

That's not an opponent they can handle!

Seeing the vampire shadow raise the scythe again, Roy shouted suddenly.

"Nia, run!"

Nia fought back extremely quickly and hid behind a pillar.

Immediately afterwards, the scarlet slash swept around like a terrifying hurricane, tearing the surrounding seats, walls, chandeliers, and glass into pieces.

The air was filled with an extremely strong smell of blood and a pressure close to that of a Sequence 6, which almost made Nia breathless.

No match, absolutely no match!

In fear, Nia looked towards the church door. They had previously confirmed that there was a way to escape.

However, just as she was about to run away, she stopped abruptly.

Because the shadow of the vampire was dragging a huge sickle and slowly moving towards Roy!

The shadow moved.

The agile figure crossed the distance of a hundred meters almost instantly and swung the deadly scythe!

Roy hadn't recovered from his previous weakness yet, and facing this potentially damaging blow, he felt almost devastated.

But at this moment, a wind blade passed by and hit the side of the shadow accurately.

The shadow was unharmed, but slowly turned its head towards Nia.

At that moment, Nia felt as if she was being stared at by the abyss, and fear surged over her like a tide.

But when she caught a glimpse of the young man's figure from the corner of her eye, she forced herself to give an arrogant sneer and challenged the shadow loudly.

"Come on, you flat-chested bastard! Come and catch me if you dare!"

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the shadow seemed to have a little more anger, and the scythe was swung even harder, continuously, and fiercely slashed at the girl with a crimson blade!

Nia relied on her nimble footwork to maneuver between the pillars and ran away in panic, but she was still careless and was hit by one of the blade lights and was knocked away.

The blade light did not cut her flesh, but it made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar in the blink of an eye. She felt cold and weak, her body was extremely heavy, and her vision instantly became dark.

Isn't it too unlucky to encounter such a monster in a mere practical test?

Lying on the ground, Nia smiled self-deprecatingly, raised her head with difficulty, and looked at the terrifying scythe attacking her, but the first person she thought of was not herself.

Really, I shouldn't have called Roy over.

But, he should have escaped...

But the next moment, those emerald green pupils suddenly focused.

Because the boy who was supposed to escape suddenly rushed towards her and held her tightly in his arms, with such great strength that it hurt her.

Roy stared at the oncoming giant sickle, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

[Blade of the Former King] carries the dragon's breath of the Dragon King. It is his biggest trump card and is definitely enough to defeat the phantom in front of him.

Even though the overly violent power of the Dragon King would take away half of his life, which could be described as a true double-edged sword, he couldn't care less now!

But just when Roy was about to fight to the death, he felt a strange throbbing coming over him.

The breathing and pulse of the boy and girl almost merged into one at this moment.

This unfamiliar stimulation made Nia couldn't help but let out a soft moan, but she was very familiar with Roy.

This is [Blood Resonance]!

In an instant, an endless green stream emerged from the two of them, like an invisible vine, forming an absolutely safe barrier.

It was as if the pure breath coming from the forest swept away the bloodiness that filled the entire church, and the seemingly unstoppable scythe melted on the spot after touching the barrier of vines.

The shadow was slightly stunned, but did not resist. It just stood there, allowing itself to be surrounded by the pure breeze and slowly disappear.

In just a few seconds, the church returned to silence.

Only then did Roy let go of the girl in his arms and let out a long sigh.

This time, I really saved my life.

"We, won?" Nia looked up in confusion, somewhat unable to believe it.

Just as a smile was about to appear on her face, she heard Roy's question with a hint of anger.

"Didn't I tell you to run away first? Why aren't you running away?!"

Facing the boy's accusing gaze, Nia remained silent for a moment, then smiled and asked, "Didn't you just say that if anyone could escape, then one would escape? Why did you come back again?"

Roy was speechless for a moment.

Chapter 69: The Restless Thief

If Nia hadn't just attracted the attention of the vampire phantom, he would have been in real danger.

Thinking of this, Roy's momentum softened.

It was at this moment that Nia stretched out her hands, cupped his cheeks, and stared at him with a hint of affection.

"I knew you would come to save me. So I won't abandon you."

The emerald eyes held a warm smile that was softer than usual, which made Roy's heart inexplicably palpitate.

Nia seemed a little embarrassed by being stared at, and her eyes became more and more misty.

According to the development of the adventure novel, after the dangerous battle, should sparks fly between the hero and heroine?

For example, what if Roy really kissed me like in the novel?!

I was hit by that phantom just now, and now I seem to have no strength to resist!

Wow, I should have chewed some mints or something!

Nia was still held tightly in Roy's arms. She peeked up at the boy's lips and secretly swallowed her saliva.

Just then the boy moved.

Nia's whole body was tense, but she opened her lips. However, what she got was not a passionate kiss, but a ruthless blow to the head.

"It hurts!"

"Be careful of future losses if you trust others so easily, idiot."

I’m not like this to everyone… Nia thought depressedly, covering her forehead.

Seeing Roy stand up and not have any intention of that, the weak girl suddenly regained her strength, straightened her waist and legs, and jumped up.

"So, was that your ability just now?" Nia clearly felt that the blood in her body was forcibly raised to a higher level under the rhythm coming from Roy.

"About that." Roy said vaguely.

"I can't believe it. No wonder you dare to rush over here. It turns out you have this trump card."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Roy looking at him deeply.

"I didn't know that ability was useful. To be exact, I didn't know that your bloodline could restrain that vampire."

"Ugh......"

After the boy finished speaking, he went to check the bloodstone.

Nia was slightly stunned, and her heart, which had just calmed down, began to tremble again, rippling with emotions that made her cheeks hot.

In other words, he really risked his life to save himself.

Nia covered her increasingly red cheeks and smiled sweetly at the boy's back.

Roy returned to the coffin and took out the bloodstone again.

This time, there was nothing unusual about the bloodstone.

But after the blood stone was taken away, the entire secret realm of the church began to tremble.

It is obvious that both the phantom and this secret realm are maintained by the power of bloodstone, which is enough to show the strength of bloodstone.

Before the secret realm collapsed, Roy and Nia returned to the master bedroom of the castle.

The portrait is still clearly visible, but it has lost some of its original charm and has become ordinary.

At the same time, Andy, who was taking a nap in the wild forest, sensed the cold and sticky extraordinary fluctuations coming from the cultists and suddenly opened his eyes.

Following closely behind was the shouting of his subordinates.

"Captain! There's news!"

A thief came holding a dark green evil fruit. The fruit had an uneven wooden mouth, and smelly mucus dripped out when it spoke. Even the thieves who were used to seeing blood and flesh and corpses and licked blood on the tips of their knives looked horrified.

This is how the cultists communicate with them over long distances.

Having said that, this was the first time Andy had received contact from them.

"[Black Claw], you don't have much time."

"What do you mean? I should have told you that you don't need to interfere with the specific tasks." Andy glanced at the fruit impatiently.

"The secret realm has disappeared. The adventurers have succeeded."

After hearing this, Andy's brows finally fell.

"I didn't sense any extraordinary fluctuations, and those adventurers didn't seem to be collecting treasures."

The source of the Black Claw potion was a magical beast called the Black Claw Fierce Panther, and Andy inherited its powerful breath-sensing ability. Even out of sight, Andy kept a close eye on the adventurers' movements.

Not to mention that there must be tricky traps in the castle. If they really got treasures, the adventurers would have been happy to set off fireballs into the sky to celebrate.

"Perhaps someone has succeeded secretly and kept it a secret. You'd better hurry up. If we don't get what we want, you won't get what you want either."

After speaking hoarsely, the fruit closed its mouth.