Chapter 837

"The Inquisition? You've finally come."

The old woman on the central throne finally spoke at this moment.

She raised her hand, which looked like a mummy's, and signaled her two sisters beside her to stop. Consequently, the terrifying magic pressure that had originally shrouded the entire hall slowly faded away.

Seeing this, Dorothy also raised her hand, and the Grand Inquisitors behind her also withdrew their power.

The atmosphere in the Holy Blood Hall finally became a little calmer, no longer as tense as before.

"You should be Grand Duke Giovanni, right? You look quite clear-headed."

The Dragon Witch carefully examined this Vampire Grand Duke who looked unexpectedly friendly, and then saw nothing.

Well, after they were as old as they were, it was really face-blindness-inducing; after all, they were almost as old as mummies. However, to distinguish a witch's identity, looking at the magic aura was more accurate than looking at the face.

The magic auras of the three Vampire Grand Dukes in front of her were quite different.

The one on the left had a sweet magic aura, with countless flowers blooming on both sides of the blood river; this was obviously a witch specializing in the Magic Potion faction, and the one corresponding to her among the thirteen Grand Dukes was the Grand Duke of Flowers—Lesen.

Hmm, the Vampire Witch who tried to self-destruct before seemed to be from the Lesen clan; this clan was very good at poison arts.

And the one on the right, whose magic aura was irritable, with the water of the churning blood river looking like flames, should be the Grand Duke of Red Lotus—Nolan.

This Duke specialized in the Plastic Energy faction, and her blood flame magic was especially famous. The blood-burning effect of the Blood-Burning Curse before came from this Grand Duke's hand.

As for the one who spoke just now in the middle, her magic aura was dead silent, very cold, and there were ghosts wandering and skeletons roaring in her blood river.

Hmm, what this Grand Duke was best at seemed to be the specialty of the Vampire Witches—the Necromancy faction.

Most Vampire Witches were good at the Necromancy faction, but not many could cultivate the Necromancy faction to this extent. Among the thirteen Grand Dukes, three were quite consistent.

The Undead Grand Duke—Dracula, the Pure Beauty Grand Duke—Ventrue, and the Eternal Night Grand Duke—Giovanni.

These three were once the big shots of the Vampire Witches, and also the top three among the thirteen Dukes.

And excluding the first two, the remaining one might be this Eternal Night Grand Duke who was rumored to have been pursuing the mysteries of death all along.

It was just that the states of the three Vampire Dukes in front of her were obviously very bad. Among them, Lesen and Nolan had almost been worn away, with almost no humanity left in their eyes, only pure paranoia and evil thoughts.

It was this Grand Duke Giovanni who was unexpectedly clear-headed. Although her eyes also had the turbidity peculiar to old people, at least they weren't like the two beside her, who had almost become walking corpses.

This made Dorothy breathe a sigh of relief.

The Home Witch's consciousness went back online, squeezing out the Fairy King who was shouting about blood flowing like a river.

Hmm, being able to communicate was a good thing. She was a civilized person; if she could use her mouth, she should try to use her hands as little as possible.

Mainly because if she really fought, it would be a bitter battle.

Although they had many people now, these remaining eleven Vampire Dukes were all ancient powerhouses famous in Witch history, and they weren't so easy to take down...

Even if most of them were half-dead from wear and tear and in extremely poor condition, no one dared to underestimate them.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse, after all.

If it weren't for the fact that there were also several ruthless people famous in the Inquisition among the Grand Inquisitor team behind her, Dorothy wouldn't have dared to be so arrogant just now.

Although the Fairy King was reckless, she wasn't stupid.

"You've been waiting for us?"

The Home Witch asked with some curiosity.

From the lament of Grand Duke Giovanni just now, it could be heard that she seemed to have long expected the arrival of the Inquisition.

"Since you knew the Inquisition would come, why did you still dare to engage in that stupid plan of returning to the Abyss?"

Dorothy scratched her head, really unable to understand.

Hmm, the three clans of the Returnist Faction mentioned by her stepmother were exactly these three in front of her.

The Giovanni family, the Lesen family, the Nolan family.

The Dukes of these three families happened to be the current rotating Dukes.

The Home Witch had previously thought this was a coincidence or something, but now thinking about it carefully, she felt it was quite reasonable.

After all, for such a big thing as defecting, the ordinary Vampire Witches below didn't have the right to decide. This wasn't something that could be decided by a meeting of Marquises. Such a major event related to the fate of a clan must be decided by the Dukes.

And the Dukes of the other clans were still sleeping, so only the Dukes of these three families happened to be awake.

Thinking about it this way, maybe it wasn't that there were only three clans in the Returnist Faction, but that there were only three clans of the Returnist Faction awake.

If a few more woke up, maybe there would be a few more clans in the Returnist Faction.

It was just that Dorothy had originally thought that these Vampire Dukes had all been worn away and lost their minds, which was why they came up with such an outrageous defection plan.

But Grand Duke Giovanni, who was in charge of this Returnist Faction, seemed unexpectedly quite clear-headed, which meant that the so-called returning to the Abyss was a decision she made with reason.

Dorothy really couldn't understand how an ancient powerhouse who had experienced the Three Kings era and witnessed the greatness of the Three Kings with her own eyes could have the guts to make such a decision that was completely courting death.

She was really quite curious about this.

"Hehehe... why wouldn't I dare?"

Hearing the Home Witch's question, the Eternal Night Duke on the throne laughed.

The smile of a mummified corpse naturally wouldn't look good, and the laughter was also very hoarse and unpleasant.

However, Dorothy could hear the despair and mockery in that laughter.

"Naturally, it's the majesty of the Three Kings and the Sage Council."

Although she didn't know what the Duke opposite was laughing at, the Home Witch still responded very officially.

But this was also the truth. Besides fearing the power of the Three Kings and the various Sages, what else could the Vampire Witches fear?

Below the Sages, they already belonged to one of the strongest forces, and there was indeed nothing to fear.

"Hehehe... the Three Kings and the various Sages... indeed, such great majesty, too scary."

Hearing Dorothy's answer, Grand Duke Giovanni laughed as if she had heard some particularly funny joke, laughing non-stop.

And her withered body trembled constantly, which always made the Home Witch worry that the old lady wouldn't be able to catch her breath and just kick the bucket while laughing.

Of course, this should be impossible, after all, witches could live without breathing...

And just when the Home Witch was letting her imagination run wild, the Duke opposite suddenly changed her voice to one of resentment.

"Was it us who betrayed the Three Kings first, or was it the Three Kings who abandoned us first?"

"Huh?"

Hearing such resentful words, a series of question marks suddenly appeared on Dorothy's forehead.

What's the situation? Is there inside information?

The Home Witch became interested.

Dim lights to protect eyes, large, medium, small.

"What do you mean by that?"

She asked with a frown.

"What do I mean? Isn't it obvious? As the people closest to the Three Kings, shouldn't you in the Inquisition know better than me?"

Hearing Dorothy's question, Grand Duke Giovanni laughed even more mockingly, and she asked back.

Home Witch: "???"

You're a riddle-maker, aren't you? Can't you speak clearly? My fists are hardening, they're hardening.

It was just that while she was full of confusion, many of the Grand Inquisitors behind her changed their expressions.

Although everyone was wearing masks, so their expressions couldn't be seen clearly, Dorothy's intuition was so sharp that she immediately discovered that the emotions of these Grand Inquisitors behind her were wrong.

"Hey, what's the situation here?"

Dorothy, full of confusion, hurriedly and quietly sent a message to build a small group, then pulled in a few Grand Inquisitors she was quite familiar with, and asked suspiciously.

This feeling of everyone else understanding while she alone knew nothing really felt bad. She, Miss Forest Witch, had always stood on the high ground of IQ looking down on everyone, but now she was the only one full of confusion.

And in this small messaging group, someone soon answered her confusion.

"Oh, I forgot that Clown, you are still young and a newcomer. No wonder you don't understand. Actually, the longer you are an Inquisitor, the more empty you will feel, and the more you will doubt the identity of an Inquisitor."

The somewhat childish girl's voice of Tyranny rang out, and then she said so.

"Get straight to the point. Who understands what you're saying?"

Dorothy complained speechlessly.

"The point is, what is the duty of the Inquisition? Who should we listen to, and what should we do?"

The gentle big sister's mature voice of Purification rang out, but it was still a riddle.

"Can't you just speak human language?"

The Home Witch was also tired.

"And what's there to be confused about? It's already said, act first and report later, authorized by royal power. Of course, we should obey the will of the Three Kings and then obey the command of the Three Kings."

Dorothy answered as a matter of course.

"Then have you seen the Three Kings? Have you received missions directly assigned by the Three Kings?"

This time it was the charming and enchanting Queen's voice of Lust, but this voice also sounded a bit confused.

"I've seen them. I just came back from a mission, hmm, together with Jian Yi and the War Mentor."

The Home Witch was even more confused and answered blankly.

However, after answering, she was stunned for a moment.

Ah, this, don't tell me none of you have seen them or received missions from the Three Kings?

She couldn't help but gasp.

And just after she finished speaking, a series of question marks flashed in this small messaging group.

Tyranny: "???"...

Purification: "???"

Lust: "???"

Jian Yi: "???"

War Mentor: "???"

Hey, hey, hey, Aunt Purple, Teacher Spider, what are you two asking questions for?

Dorothy really wanted to ask, but on second thought, she found that these two didn't know who issued the Yingzhou Island mission before.

"That, God King and Long Wang aside, doesn't the Demon King show up often? She's often seen in various event reports or livestreams."

The Home Witch tried to refute with some disbelief.

After all, she recently always felt that the Three Kings' presence was off the charts...

Uh, okay, Long Wang aside, at least she really saw Good Sister and Adi often.

Especially the latter, she didn't want to see her at all, but it seemed she was being pestered.

"Those are all fake, they are illusion special effects. Before the Mana Web matured, I heard the Demon King was quite common, but since the Mana Web matured more than ten thousand years ago, the Demon King has not personally governed. Let alone outsiders, even the descendants of the Demon King find it hard to see her once."

Teacher Spider's voice rang out, and she said so affirmatively.

Don't ask her why she is so sure, because she is the great-granddaughter of the Demon King.

But since she could remember, that legendary great-grandmother was really just a legend. Anyway, she had never seen her once.

"Uh... then where do the Inquisition's usual missions come from?"

Dorothy was also confused. She really thought Adi was very active.

Damn, so the news is all fake? Then what can be trusted these days?

"Of course, they are issued by the Sage Council. We are quite strange as to why you always keep the Three Kings' authorization on your lips. Actually, that's just a bluffing title, you can't take it too seriously. The actual superior of the Inquisition is the Sage Council. It seems only the Sages have the opportunity to meet the Three Kings. Anyway, we haven't seen them."

This time it was Aunt Purple's voice. She wasn't even happy anymore, but quite serious.

Dorothy: "..."

No, she really didn't know. No one had ever told her this?

Damn, so the Witch World has been free-range all these years? No, Three Kings, oh Three Kings, is it really okay for you to slack off like this?

The Home Witch complained belatedly.

Heaven and earth conscience, in her impression, she really thought the Three Kings should be like human emperors working in the palace, occasionally calling ministers to hold a meeting or something.

As a result, you guys are like statues in a temple, where listening to the oracle is all about luck.

Although this is more in line with the style of a supernatural world like the Witch World.

Dorothy is now really full of confusion. Her worldview has been reshaped by these scenes.

Ah, this, doesn't that mean that for normal witches, the Three Kings have long been legendary existences, just like the gods in myths and stories?

Then what is there to be afraid of?

Although it is said that there are gods three feet above one's head, so many mortals swear in the name of gods every day, but I haven't seen many really struck dead.

Even if there really are gods, such high-and-mighty existences are too lazy to manage the words and deeds of ants like you. Otherwise, if so many people shouted every day, the gods would be exhausted.

And just when the Home Witch was stunned, the Eternal Night Duke opposite spoke again, still full of resentment.

"The world thinks that we Vampire Witches are angry that the Demon King helped the werewolves overthrow us back then, so we don't recognize her as the Witch King, but what about in reality?"

"From beginning to end, we haven't even seen the Demon King a few times. If we want to submit, we have to have a chance, right?"

"Since the God King retired, she has ignored everything. Because of our former faith in the God King, we missed the opportunity to talk to the Long Wang. The current Demon King is even more unfathomable."

"The Three Kings are too far away, we vampires really can't climb high. They don't look down on us, so don't they allow us to go home?"

"I ask you, Inquisitor, what is the reason for this?"

The old Duke looked at Dorothy with aggrieved eyes and questioned her like this.

And to this, Dorothy scratched her head, a little afraid to look directly at the other party.

Although this had nothing to do with her, at this moment she felt inexplicably guilty.

Damn, she should have thought of it earlier. The Three Kings don't even bother to manage Senior Fan Ni, directly free-ranging her, so naturally, they don't have the energy to bother with others.

Then what the hell am I sanctioning in the name of the Three Kings? I don't have the face to sanction anymore.

No wonder the Vampire Dukes are so severely worn away. With this treatment, who wouldn't feel aggrieved?

It's broken, now I've become the villain.

The Home Witch is feeling guilty. ===== CHAPTER 838 =====