The bright sunshine shone through the windows, and the green trees outside were dazzling and even unable to see them directly, but in the ward separated by a wall, there was only the shadow of death. I could only lie helplessly on the bed, looking at the busy doctors and crying parents beside me, but I couldn't help. I couldn't accompany her by her sister's bed like them, but I could feel her pain and helplessness than anyone else.

This is really ironic.

Finally, she left.

And the nightmare that plagued Rhodes ended.

But for Rhodes, this was not the ending he hoped for.

He got what he wanted, but lost what was more important.

"Mr. Rhode, that girl..."

"I know."

Rhode interrupted Marlin without looking back.

"She is not my sister. Although we all look exactly the same, she is her and will never replace that part of my heart. I will not treat her as a substitute, which is not good for that child. However, I admit that I am indeed willing to do something for her..."

Speaking of this, Rhode turned around and looked at the two of them.

"Aren't you the same?"

Hearing Rhode's answer, both of them nodded. Indeed, even if they did not have the complex relationship of Rhode, just relying on the girl's background and her experience, it would be enough for them to lend a helping hand. At this moment, Marin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and her face was slightly red. In fact, she was indeed worried that Rhode had regarded Christie as a substitute for her sister just now. Although Rhode had said that he hated his sister very much, from Rhode's subsequent attitude change, Marin realized that Rhode actually attached great importance to his sister in his heart. This made her feel a little uneasy. If Rhode treats Christie as his sister, it would not be a good thing to Marin. In a noble family, Marin has seen many things that ordinary people can't imagine, so even if this is the other party's personal **, Marin thinks it's better to remind her in advance.

But now it seems that Rhodes are obviously more open-minded than he thought. Since he doesn't care, Marlin won't say anything more.

Of course, if you want to say that there is no impact at all, it is deceiving yourself. Rhode himself knows this very well. After all, the two look the same, and Christie is as weak and sick as his sister. In addition, the age gap between them makes the relationship between the two inevitably tilt towards the direction of brother and sister. However, Rhode does not intend to deliberately fight against this way of getting along, because Christie is Christie. There are no two identical leaves in the world. Even if they look exactly the same on the surface, they are completely different inside.

If Rhodes' heart is a hotel, then his current choice is not to open his sister's room and let Christie move in. Instead, he still closed the room and opened another door for Christie again...

Everyone is unique.

"alright."

Thinking of this, Rhodes withdrew his thoughts, and by this time he had completely changed back to his original appearance.

"You can go and rest. We are going to prepare for the battle tonight. I hope you can maintain your energy. As for Christie's side, let Lijie deal with it for the time being."

Hearing Rhode's orders, Marlene and Anne didn't say anything more, but nodded and returned to their rooms to rest. Rhode stood in the corridor and was silent for a moment, then he walked down the stairs.

"Ah, sir, you're finally here."

As Rhodes walked down the stairs, an anxious voice rang out. Rhodes looked up and saw Lando standing in the middle of the hall, looking anxious and uneasy.

"What's wrong? Is something happening? Or are the villagers planning to cause trouble without knowing what they want to do?"

Rhode asked while speaking, and his right hand intentionally or unintentionally pressed the hilt of the sword around his waist.

"Ah, no, sir, those villagers didn't do anything to us."

Seeing Rhode's actions, Lando hurriedly raised his hand and shook his head to deny it.

"That's right, Miss Celia discovered something and hopes you can go over and take a look."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Rhode raised his brow. He asked Celia to look around to see if he could find the reason for the sudden appearance of the undead creature. After all, it is daytime and the time when the angels are most powerful, they will be very sensitive to the evil around them. Whether it is because of the gaps in hell, the dark rituals or something else, so rampant, there should be some traces left. But now it seems that Celia has found it?

"Take me to see."

Rhodes issued an order quickly without any hesitation.

Under Lando's leadership, Rhodes came to a large pit located not far from the mountain. This place seemed to have existed as a quarry digging ground, but according to the introduction of the garrison leader who arrived together, it was abandoned many years ago.

"Owner."

Seeing Rhodes' arrival, Celia, who was standing quietly in the middle of the quarry, spread her wings, and soon flew to Rhodes and saluted him slightly.

"Have you found anything?"

Rode looked at the barren stone pit in front of him, and then asked in a low voice.

"Yes, please come with me."

Hearing Rhode's answer, Celia quickly turned around, then took Rhode to the position she was standing just now, and then the girl stretched out her right hand and pointed down.

"Please see."

"Um?"

Looking in the direction of Celia's finger, Rhode was stunned, and then his face suddenly became gloomy.

Deep in the bottom of the pit, there are white bones and blood stains everywhere, and their shapes are all kinds of strange, from humans to animals. On the surface, it looks like an underground slaughterhouse without a qualified sanitation business license. It is pitch black and the blood that has long been dried up is spread on the ground like a shadow. There are buzzing flies and insects everywhere near the scattered corpses, and the air is mixed with a strange smell, which makes people sick.

But Rhodes was not paying attention to this, but in the middle of the pile of corpses, a circular magic circle that looked dark and evil.

"Soul-Summoning Array."

Celia whispered, her tone mixed with a strong sense of mission and anger.

"Sir, this is the devil's trick."

Then, the angel girl said firmly.

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Chapter completed!