Karina rina and Luna found a relatively clean spot to land, while Shirley continued floating in the air.

"What a disgusting creature."

Shirley looked with disgust at the broken limbs scattered around.

The gross yellow pus mixed with the bright red blood, which looked even more disgusting.

"Ah — my carriage..."

Only then did Shirley realize that her nightmare carriage was soaked with these filthy liquids.

Precisely controlling her altitude, Shirley stopped above the carriage.

For some reason, she had the illusion that even touching the carriage with magic would contaminate her.

But she couldn’t ignore the blood slaves, even though they were inside the carriage.

So, Shirley pinched her nose, used magic to levitate the carriage into the air, and rescued the frightened blood slaves from within.

Looking at the carriage with pus dripping from it, Shirley suddenly felt the urge to crush the entire carriage.

In fact, she did.

A layer of blood covered the surface of the carriage, constantly compressing toward the center amidst the screams of the nightmare horses.

The horse and carriage were crushed into a ball of blood the size of a fist, which fell with a "plop."

"That's much better."

Shirley felt utterly uncomfortable thinking she had been in such a dirty vehicle.

Now that everything was cleaned up, she felt completely at ease.

"You destroyed the carriage! How are we supposed to proceed!" Karina shouted not far away.

If she had been full of energy, she wouldn’t have cared about walking, but now that she was starving, she had no interest in walking.

"What are you talking about? You won’t die if you skip a meal!" Shirley replied. "The most important thing is to get out of here quickly."

Amidst Karina’s disgruntled complaints, the three left the area and stopped where they could no longer smell the stench.

“I’m sorry, Princess Shirley, for letting something so dirty stain your eyes.”

Luna knelt, lowered her head, and apologized profusely.

Their relationship didn’t need to reach this point, but as I said, it was her duty as a maid.

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“It doesn’t matter.” Shirley waved her hand. “It’s not your fault, but we’re already on the outskirts of the Dark Forest, how can there be such a group of mutated creatures?”

Whether they are common beasts or powerful magical beasts, they mutate for various reasons.

However, most mutations occur in remote and inaccessible areas.

There are human activities here, so logically, there shouldn’t be such mutated creatures.

“I’m not sure about that…” Luna stood up, hesitated, and continued: “Tens of thousands of years ago, the terrain here wasn’t a dense forest, back then, such creatures were quite common…”

Although many things impressed her deeply during that period, no one paid attention to every movement of those underground worms.

Over time, Luna didn’t remember the specific situation very clearly.

“Tens of thousands of years ago?”

Upon hearing this, Shirley suddenly lost interest. Although vampires have a very long lifespan, tens of thousands of years is a long time for them.

Since these underground worms are merely remnants of history, there’s nothing to worry about.

After chatting a bit more, several shadow bats flew back.

Upon receiving the information brought by the shadow bats, Shirley’s lips slightly curved: “Let’s go, we’ve found a place to stay.”

...

While still asleep, he was awakened by a violent tremor.

Ray quickly opened his sore eyes, pushed the woman beside him away, put on a nightgown, and ran to the window.

What happened!?

He was frightened and confused, and his fat body left him breathless after running two steps.

He didn’t bother to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and forcefully opened the curtains.

What appeared was a tricolored sky formed by moonlight, bloodlight, and darkness.

What the hell is this!?

Ray felt as if his heart was being held by a hand, his blood was inexplicably agitated, and the sudden nausea almost made him choke.

The color of the blood made it difficult for him to look directly, but his symptoms soon eased because the color of the blood in the distance had diminished.

"What exactly is happening!?"

The anger caused by the unknown fear made him bang on the window sill with both hands.

After venting his anger, the pain in his hands calmed him down.

Could it be that ancient legend…

He couldn’t help but think so.

It is said that in the depths of the dark jungle, in a place unknown to humans, lives a group of powerful and terrifying monsters.

They are ugly, cruel, and irrational.

These dreadful monsters wreaked havoc on the continent in ancient times.

It was thanks to the saints of the Church of Light that these monsters were driven away.

Now… are these monsters returning?

Ray couldn’t help but slap himself for his stupid idea.

Are you kidding me? Tens of thousands of years have passed, so why is such an unfortunate disaster happening to him? Maybe the red thing is a climate change!

He continued to deceive himself, but the remaining reason still told him that there would likely be misfortune.

He looked back at the bewildered woman in bed, who was a maid he had forcefully recruited from a nearby village.

He then shifted his gaze to other places: the expensive bed, the exquisite wardrobe, and all sorts of luxuries.

If he left here, could he still live such a happy life?

He knew very well how those aristocratic friends were, they were all people who would eat you without spitting out the bones!

So, what if you go to the countryside and become a rich man?

The thought was expelled from his mind as soon as it appeared.

No, maybe it’s not so serious.

For now, I’m just scaring myself.

It’s necessary to first ask your subordinates to inquire about the situation.

If something happens, it won’t be too late to run away.

With this in mind, he quickly called the guards still on duty during the night, ordered them to head south to detect the changes, and asked others under his command to reinforce the surveillance.

After organizing everything, Ray sat at the table and silently looked at the lit candles.

It was almost dawn, and he had no desire to continue sleeping.

After thinking for a moment, he took out paper and pen and wrote a letter.

"Send this letter now!" he ordered his men.

This letter is just a precaution...