There is also an ancient palace underground in the royal capital?

Charlotte was surprised.

But while I was surprised, I also had a feeling that it was like this.

The Ancient Palace is hidden deep underground and is inherently secretive. If the Blood Demon Cult uses this place as its base, the church may really be in trouble.

However, Charlotte was also a little confused.

There is an ancient temple underground in Lutesia. This matter... the Holy Royal Court, who is a local snake, doesn't know about it?

With curiosity and doubt, Charlotte's eyes glanced around again.

She remembered that the ancient temple in the North contained ancient statues that could be fused by her.

After some searching, Charlotte's eyes naturally fell on the altar.

There was indeed a familiar statue there, exactly the same as the one she fused with some time ago.

However, after merging with the ancient statue once, Charlotte's perception in some aspects seemed to have become sharper. Although the statue was exactly the same as the one in the North, she found differences.

This statue looks too new.

She took a step forward, felt it carefully, and then realized that it was just a fake.

This statue is not original, and there is no divine power of blood in it, only some turbid and mixed power of blood.

The statue of the god is connected to the restriction shrouded in the temple, exuding weak magic power, just like the ancient temple in the north.

That's a ban on outside exploration.

However, the restrictions of this ancient palace are obviously not as strong as that of the ancient palace in the North.

The ancient palace in the North can even block the gaze of the gods after activating the restriction, but this cannot be done with the one in front of you.

Otherwise, Charlotte would not have been able to successfully "possess" her.

Charlotte can probably tell the reason.

The ban in the Ancient Temple was established around the statue of the god. The statue was a fake, so the ban was naturally a weakened version. It was for this reason that Charlotte's "will" could be projected over.

Charlotte pondered for a moment and looked at the "ceremony" in front of her again.

Her eyes fell on the criss-crossing ferocious blood vessels on the statue, and she quickly recognized that this statue was part of the ritual, or to be more precise, it was the container for the ritual to collect the power of the blood.

Her sight spread along the blood vessels, and Charlotte saw that the blood vessels extended underground and were connected to a mysterious magic circle composed of grooves. The grooves of the magic circle had turned black and red, and there was still some dirty blood inside.

Combining the sacrificial circle on the altar with the Holy Emblem of the Blood Demon Archduke, Charlotte came to the conclusion:

This is not a divine descending ceremony, but a sacrificial ceremony. This is where the Blood Demon Cult offers sacrifices and bloodline power to the Blood Demon Archduke and prays for divine favor!

Charlotte thought again of the scene where she had just summoned the Blood Demon Priest.

Her heart moved, and she turned around to search in the hall, and soon saw several unconscious children in the corner.

Their faces were disheveled and their clothes were shabby. They were obviously commoners from the outer city.

Charlotte squinted her eyes, her gaze darkening slightly.

She became a vampire just by mistake. Although she became a dark creature, Charlotte has always implemented the principles of life and will never harm innocent people.

Seeing the Blood Demon Cult sacrificing innocent children, the disgust in her heart increased.

"Sebas said that there were sacrifices by the Blood Demon Cult in Lutecia some time ago, and some children were missing in the outer city. It must be that the Blood Demon Cult kidnapped people as sacrifices."

Charlotte was thoughtful.

The Blood Demon Cult is more rampant than she imagined, even in the church center of Crescent Parish.

This shows that either they have great intentions in Lutesia, or they are confident that they will not be noticed by the Holy Royal Court.

She let out a breath and looked at the children in the hall, wondering how to rescue these poor little ones.

At this moment, there was a loud knock on the door of the temple.

Charlotte's heart moved and she took it back

sight, and then said in a deep voice:

"Come in."

The voice was old and hoarse, and she felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

The door slowly opened, and three Blood Demon cultists wearing black robes walked in. They wore hoods, only showing pale faces and scarlet eyes. They were all vampires.

I saw them bowing respectfully to Charlotte, and the leader took a step forward and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty the Priest, the Apostle's envoy has arrived and is already waiting in your study."

Messenger of the Dark Apostle?

Charlotte immediately became more vigilant.

She nodded slightly, expressionless:

"knew."

The three Blood Demon cultists stood up and moved out of the way, as if respectfully asking Charlotte to move.

Charlotte was a little embarrassed.

She didn't know how to get to the study room.

Her eyes fell on the three Blood Demon cultists, wondering how to speak to avoid their suspicions while allowing them to lead the way, or to simply send them away so that she could act alone.

At this time, she noticed a Blood Demon cultist's eyes falling on the children in the hall.

Seemingly noticing Charlotte's gaze, the Blood Demon Cultist quickly withdrew his gaze, but Charlotte felt a hint of nervousness from him.

Um?

nervous?

After "divine possession", maybe it was because of "will projection", maybe because she was unfolding the dark night castle, or maybe because she took advantage of a blazing body...

Charlotte found that her perception became much stronger than usual.

For example, now, she can vaguely sense the emotions of these Blood Demon cultists.

The other two people's emotions were very similar.

Awe, fear, yearning...

Only the bloodline cultist who peeked at the "sacrifice" was a little strange.

Although there is also fear, it is more of anxiety, nervousness and worry.

There is no awe.

Even less yearning.

Charlotte suddenly became more curious.

Her eyes fell on the Blood Demon Cultist, and upon noticing her gaze, the Blood Demon Cultist's mood became more wary and vigilant, and at the same time, his level of nervousness rose rapidly.

With that kind of mental fluctuation, even Charlotte would believe that he would violently beat her in the next second...

Charlotte looked away and did not irritate the other person any more.

She is currently using the body of a blood demon priest, which is not suitable for fighting. It will be a loss if her identity is exposed.

However, even though she looked away, Charlotte's perception was mainly focused on this bloodline cultist.

There seems to be something wrong with this Blood Demon Cultist...

And when Charlotte strengthened her perception, she discovered more details.

There seems to be something wrong with the aura of this Blood Demon Cultist.

Although it is also the breath of a vampire, his breath seems a bit mixed, as if it is mixed with something.

Charlotte calmly connected to the Dark Night Castle, activated [Blood Call] to further enhance her perception, and then was shocked to find that there was no star representing this Blood Demon cultist in the sea of ​​crimson stars.

This blood demon cultist...is not a vampire!

Not a vampire?

Charlotte became more and more curious.

She decisively increased the input of the divine power of blood, further strengthening her perception, and finally discerned the state of the blood demon cultist.

His aura is not mixed, but he has used a vampire's aura to cover up his real aura in some way!

The aura of the vampire is not real, it should be some kind of extraordinary item.

And when Charlotte discerned the other person's true hidden aura like a cocoon, she suddenly didn't know what expression to make.

That smell was familiar to her.

It was the aura of sacred power, and it was the aura of sacred power fused with extraordinary power. Its intensity was almost at the second level of Silver Moon...

This is a demon hunting knight disguised as a blood demon cultist!

This discovery was beyond Charlotte's expectation, but after careful consideration, it made sense.
To be continued...