This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Ye Yiyi looked at the dark downtown area in the wind and rain, silently hoping that she could survive this last night.

Walking up the winding main mountain road, the two did not see any soldiers or Holy Blood Knights patrolling.

This made Ye Yiyi feel a little unbelievable, but Eurost seemed very calm.

Facing Ye Yiyi's doubts, the old hunter simply said casually: "Michaela, if you were a fleeing wanderer, between the heavily guarded upper city and the complex and winding lower city, where would you hide?"

"I'll hide out in the outer city."

"why?"

“It’s bigger there, and the terrain is more complex.”

"Very correct."

“But we are not wanderers.”

"Yes, but the Holy Blood Cult never imagined that you had the ability to overthrow them. And the most important thing is: they know I smuggled in, but they don't know where I came from."

"So that's how it is." Ye Yiyi suddenly realized.

The old hunter smiled confidently, "So I think that the Upper Town, which was ruled out as the first suspect, is actually the safest place for us.

"Perhaps we only need to make a slight detour through a cordon into Uptown, and then we'll be free to move about."

"As expected of an old hunter!"

"If you live long enough, you'll naturally experience a bit of everything."

As expected, after bypassing a cordon composed of Duchy soldiers and Eagle Beak Knights and entering the upper city, there were no more patrolling soldiers on the spacious streets.

The two stood in front of a huge steel gate, behind which was a fortified and towering stone castle.

The old hunter glanced at the doorplate and nodded.

"This is Castle No. 11 in the Upper Town, the residence of Count Görgen of the Duchy."

Chapter 111 It was really nice of you to come and give me the horse

Ye Yiyi didn't knock on the door because there was an open space behind the door, which was some distance away from the castle gate.

On such a stormy night, and with curfew, no one would hear you even if you knocked on the door, let alone open it.

He exchanged a glance with Eurost and tacitly chose to climb the wall.

After climbing over the wall, a clean and tidy small garden immediately comes into view.

Using the words clean and tidy to describe the garden is obviously an insult to a duchy earl.

But it was indeed the case: neat lawns, bluestone brick aisles, no decorations like flower beds and fountains, no rows of flower beds, and it was even worse than the previous church.

"It's so shabby."

Eurost glanced over and then asked a question.

"I've never seen such a simple garden for a nobleman. Is he bankrupt?"

"I actually like this simple style." Ye Yiyi stepped onto the aisle and walked towards the castle gate not far away. "Maybe others like this too."

"That's not the way of aristocrats." The old hunter shook his head silently. "Even merchants know to spruce up their appearance... The other nobles would laugh at them if they saw this."

"He sounds like a nobleman who is indifferent to fame and wealth. It seems we have come to the right place."

In front of the castle gate, Ye Yiyi reached out and knocked on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

After a while, a sleepy and yawning servant came over in a daze and opened the door.

"Is it dawn so soon?"

The servant rubbed his eyes, looked carefully, and saw the two strangers standing in the storm, his expression suddenly froze.

"Boom!"

At this moment, lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a loud thunderclap.

Ye Yiyi saw the male servant shrink back, and the emotions in his eyes changed from confusion to suspicion, and then to fear.

He slammed the door shut, but Eurost grabbed it with one hand, and that pliers-like hand held an irresistible force.

The butler tried several times but the door didn't move at all. He panicked and was about to shout when Ye Yiyi handed him a business card in a flash.

"Please don't panic," he said calmly. "We are here to visit Count Görgen."

The butler was startled, staring at the business card, and his panicked expression finally eased.

He apologized and then invited an old acquaintance of Ye Yiyi.

It was the old butler in a tuxedo who gave Virgil to him as a gift at Nanling Ranch.

"I didn't know you were coming. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I'm so disrespectful."

The old butler was extremely confused, but he did not show it on his face. He respectfully invited Ye Yiyi and the others into the castle, sat them down in a beautifully decorated reception room, and ordered someone to bring them clean towels and hot tea.

Listening to the extremely authentic Chinese words in his ears, Ye Yiyi remained calm, having long been accustomed to this Chinese translation mechanism.

He wouldn't be surprised if the old medieval butler just said, "Friends come from afar."

"I apologize for being rude to bother you so late at night."

"No, no, Master Magician, you have condescended to visit my humble home. My master is ecstatic! Please wait a moment. My master is changing and will be here soon!"

The old butler was extremely respectful and did not dare to neglect even the sloppy-looking Eurost. He not only sent someone to deliver clean silk clothes, but also prepared hot water for them to wash.

"Let's go clean up together." said the old hunter.

"You go ahead, I'll forget it." Ye Yiyi shook his head and looked at the male servants coming and going in the living room, feeling extremely confused.

Where's the maid? How come there isn't even a maid in such a big castle?

Why are they all men?!

Could this earl be a homosexual?

"It's not polite and etiquette to go to see the count with the smell of shit on you." Eurost looked around, leaned over and whispered.

"I know you don't care about human etiquette, but as the saying goes, courtesy should be reciprocated. If you respect me and I respect you, wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone is happy? Even if it's just superficial?"

"???"

Ye Yiyi's face was filled with shock.

Putting aside the fact that I don't care about human etiquette, wasn't I being very polite when speaking to the housekeeper just now?

He lowered his head to sniff again, then looked up with an expression of confusion and shock.

“Do I really stink?”

"Look around you."

Ye Yiyi suddenly turned around and looked around. The male servant standing in the corner of the living room was slightly startled and quickly put down his hand that was blocking his nose.

"..."

Ye Yiyi, the master of playing with shit, couldn't help but fall into silence.

No wonder the old blacksmith rolled his eyes when he saw him in the Cursed Hall before, and even told him to get out after he finished his job.

It turned out to be smelly...

But why didn't the Saint react at all? She even wiped my face considerately...

Excluding the possibility of rhinitis, she doesn't mind that I smell bad, which can only mean she truly loves me!

Ye Yiyi was full of joy.

"Then go ahead." He nodded and stood up.

Led by the butler, the two of them each came to a separate bathroom.

"The architectural styles of the land nations."

Looking at the unusually spacious white bathtub in front of him, Ye Yiyi put on the posture of a magician and asked the servant to wait outside. Then he took off his clothes and took a comfortable bath alone.

"If it was a maid, I could accept it, but having a male servant help me bathe is too much..."

Ye Yiyi expressed that she could not understand the Chinese people's deep-rooted tradition of liking homosexuality.

Then he put on his wizard robe and met up with Eurost, who had changed into new clothes. Led by the old butler, they took the mechanical elevator to the top of the castle and met Count Gorgon in a simple and spacious room.

"I've long heard of your name, Mage. It's been a source of fascination for me. Now that I've seen you, I can see you're truly worthy of your reputation!"

Wearing a bright red coat, white tights and leather high heels, Count Görgen looked surprisingly young.

He looked to be in his early 30s, with blond hair combed back and a neat, elegant mustache under his high nose.

He doesn't look like a noble... Even though Goergen is the first noble Ye Yiyi has seen so far, he just doesn't feel like one.

He had a very mellow temperament, and his blue eyes were exceptionally bright. As he looked the two of them up and down, there was a gleam in his eyes.

"Count Görgen, what do you think of slavery?"

Ye Yi didn't say a word of courtesy and went straight to the point.

"Oh?"

Count Görgen was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he smiled with great interest.

"Behind." He answered frankly with two words.

"why?"

"The Empire abolished slavery 70 years ago, and 70 years later, the Empire became the hegemon of its neighboring countries."

"Do you think this was just a reason to abolish slavery?"

"Of course not. The Empire has advanced production technology. They use iron artifacts to cultivate fields and grow crops. During the harvest season, one iron artifact can complete the work of 100 slaves in 10 days in just one day.

"These freed slaves were hired to work in factories, and the value of their labor in a day was hundreds of times that of a handicraft workshop.

“When slaves have money, they don’t think about becoming slaves again. They study, improve themselves, and learn more skills, just to make more money and live a better life.

"I've seen slaves rise from factory managers to scholars, and even to magicians.

"The talented slaves injected fresh blood into the empire. Their consumption made the market prosperous. They worked for their own happiness, but made the entire country rich and strong.

“And all this is thanks to the advanced production technology that combines magic and technology.

"It is this that freed the slaves and made the empire strong!"

After Count Gergen said all this, he smiled at Ye Yiyi who also smiled.

"Your Excellency, the Magician from the Zhige Palace, I wonder if this answer satisfies you?"

"Just him."

Ye Yiyi smiled and nodded, then looked at Eurost beside him.

"I have no objection." Eurost nodded approvingly.

"You two..."

Count Gorgon was very satisfied with the magician's approval, but what the two people said made him a little confused.

"This is Eurost, the God Hunter from the Church of the God Hunter." Ye introduced the old man beside him one by one.

"It's an honor to meet you, Lord Earl." The old hunter saluted gracefully.

"The Hunting God Church?"

Count Görgen widened his eyes and looked at Ye Yiyi beside him. After thinking for a while, a look of understanding appeared on his face.

"Could it be that the assassin captured by the Holy Blood Cult..."

"That's me." The old hunter smiled.

"hiss……"

Count Görgen gasped and quickly held onto the table beside him, his mind a little dizzy.

As a former overseas student in the Empire, he not only knew what the Hunting God Church did, but he had also visited the church's God Worship Expo Hall.

"So, the Holy Blood Order..." He muttered to himself and looked at the old hunter again.

"It seems we don't need to repeat what happened."