After leaving the chapel, Fangzheng followed Dr. Youssefka's instructions and walked up the stairs.
Along the way, Fangzheng encountered several clergymen in white clothes who looked like priests. But these guys had obviously lost their minds. When they saw Fangzheng, they picked up the wooden sticks in their hands and attacked him without saying a word. And against these enemies, Fangzheng didn't feel any pressure at all. The wooden sticks in their hands didn't have any defensive strength. Against Fangzheng's broadsword, they were as weak as paper. Often, Fangzheng cleaved down with his sword, cleaving the unlucky bastards and the wooden sticks in their hands into two.
These guys were much easier to deal with than the cultists in the dark ….
But when Fangzheng reached the end of the stairs, a huge iron door blocked his way. Although Fangzheng wanted to attempt to find the mechanism to open the door, it was a pity that the area was completely sealed off.
"It's useless."
At that moment, a voice came from behind Fangzheng. Fangzheng turned around and saw Irene walking over from behind. She stretched out her hand and pointed to the iron door in front of Fangzheng.
"This door will be completely sealed on the night of the hunt. It will only be opened when the hunting captain returns after the hunt is over. Only the hunting captain is qualified to open this door. No one else can open it."
"I see."
After hearing Irene's explanation, Fangzheng shrugged his shoulders. He took two steps back and took a closer look at the iron door in front of him. Obviously, the sealing here could not change the fate of the cathedral because Fangzheng saw two huge mutated monsters walking back and forth. It seemed that they had also been corrupted by nightmares and turned into terrifying monsters.
"Are you going to give up?"
Eirinn smiled as she looked at Fangzheng.
"Of course, maybe you can open this door if you find the captain's badge, but I don't know where it is …."
"There's no need for that."
Fangzheng shook his head and interrupted Eirinn.
"I have an easier way."
As he spoke, Fangzheng tightened his grip on the greatsword in his right hand. He narrowed his eyes and the burning power began to circulate on the pitch-black blade. Soon, a burn mark appeared on the originally smooth blade. Then, Fangzheng suddenly raised his sword and slashed at the door in front of him!
"Boom!"
All Irene saw was a series of sparks appearing in front of her. At the next moment, along with a deafening boom, the tightly shut, heavy metal door was split open by Fangzheng's sword. The shards scattered in all directions like cannonballs. The monsters on both sides of the door were caught off guard. The shards pierced through their bodies and they fell to the ground, howling in pain as they turned into corpses.
"Phew …"
Fangzheng sheathed his sword and let out a long sigh. He had used his full strength in that slash just now, but that was all he could do. But for now, it was enough.
"Well then, I'll take my leave first."
Fangzheng turned around and nodded at Erin, who was dumbfounded not far behind him. Then, he continued to stride toward the cathedral.
"…"
Looking at Fangzheng's back, Erin was silent for a while before she let out a soft snort.
"What a monster."
With that said, Eirinn followed behind Fangzheng and walked in.
It seemed that the Archbishop couldn't be saved.
Fangzheng sighed helplessly as he watched the last crazed clergyman fall in front of him and looked at the tightly shut door. Although Erin said that the entire cathedral was sealed off, it still couldn't stop the nightmare from eroding and mutating crazily. Since even the people around the cathedral were behaving like this, it was hard to imagine that the Archbishop inside could still maintain his sanity.
But no matter what, let's go in and take a look first.
With that thought in mind, Fangzheng stretched out his hand and slowly pushed open the door in front of him.
The whole cathedral was relatively peaceful. At least, there was no bloody scene and corpses everywhere as Fangzheng had expected. Under the illumination of the candlelight, the cathedral looked quiet and peaceful. It even gave an illusion that it was completely different from the cruel, dark, and bloody world outside.
Fangzheng slowly walked into the cathedral. Soon, he heard a faint voice echoing in the cathedral.
"In search of the Ancient Blood, let us pray. Let us pray to be able to participate in the Holy Communion ritual. Let us participate in the Holy Communion ritual and enjoy the Ancient Blood … Our desire for blood will be satisfied, our fear will be appeased, but even so, we cannot let down our guard, because our will is still weak and immature … "
Fangzheng raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice. In front of the altar deep in the cathedral, a woman wrapped in a white robe was kneeling there and praying in a low voice. The originally white and flawless cloth on her body was stained with blood and turned bright red.
"Archbishop Amelia!"
At that moment, Irene also hurried in. When she saw the figure kneeling in front of the altar praying, she could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's great that you're okay. I've been worried …"
"…"
Hearing Irene's voice, the figure kneeling in front of the altar slowly turned around. She raised her head and looked at Irene. After seeing the face of the woman in front of them clearly, Fangzheng and Irene could not help but be surprised!
Under the silvery white hair was a skinny, shriveled face that looked like that of a living corpse. Her eyes were full of chaos, and she seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
"Archbishop Amelia …."
Seeing this scene, Irene did not know what to say for a while. But before she could think of the next step, she saw Amelia clenching her hands tightly and bowing her head in pain.
"Oh, Lawrence, help me … Lawrence …."
The voice coming from the gap between her hands was almost a beast-like whimper. Even Fangzheng felt a little numb when he heard the voice. He turned his head and glanced at Irene beside him.
"Well, what should we do now? Ms. Irene? I don't think the Archbishop can be saved …. "
"… Indeed."
Irene gazed at Amelia with sorrowful eyes. She didn't have many interactions with Amelia, but no matter what, it wasn't a good choice to watch someone she knew fall into depravity in front of her. So Irene sighed softly, then drew out two short swords from her waist.
"Let me bring her peace."
"Wait, don't you two know each other? Let me do it. "
Seeing that the Black Crow in front of him was about to step forward and give the Archbishop a quick death, Fangzheng hurriedly said. The Archbishop looked like he was going to die anyway. In that case, he might as well do it himself. Maybe he could get another wave of "EXP" like when he killed the fake Dr. Youssevka.
"No need. It's my mission as a Church Hunter and my duty to free my crazy companion …."
Irene paused for a moment and glanced at Fangzheng.
"But … thank you."
If you're thanking me, just leave the EXP to me. NPCs don't give EXP for killing monsters, right ….
Looking at Eirinn walking towards Amelia, Fangzheng was completely speechless. He was still considering if he should kill the archbishop who seemed to have gone mad while Eirinn was not paying attention. But after thinking about it carefully, Fangzheng gave up on the idea. After all, the other party was just a weak woman who could not even truss a chicken. Killing her might not necessarily give him EXP, and it might even make Irene unhappy. Therefore, Fangzheng considered for a moment ….
"Ugh …. Ah …."
But at that moment, the Archbishop who was kneeling on the ground and praying suddenly began to moan in pain. Then, she suddenly straightened her body and screamed.
"Ah …. Ahhhhh!!"
Accompanied by the screams, Fangzheng and Irene were surprised to see Amelia's body begin to deform and expand rapidly. Her head began to elongate, and her bones spread out. Even the body hidden under the cloak was torn apart, and blood sprayed out. In the blink of an eye, the thin woman who was kneeling on the ground just now had turned into a huge monster as tall as two people. It had pointed ears like a wolf and a pair of horns like that of a deer. Her silver-white hair covered most of her body like a cloak, and the white robe had been torn into bandage-like things that wrapped around her limbs.
"How could … such a serious beastification …."
Seeing this scene, Irene gritted her teeth. She had seen her companions turn into beasts more than once, which was why Irene chose to be a Killing Frenzy Hunter. But she did not expect that the source of the beastification had already reached the inside of the church. Even Archbishop Amelia was not spared.
"We must be careful. It's more difficult to deal with than the beasts outside!"
But what Eirinn didn't expect was that Fangzheng would push her to the side after seeing the monster.
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