After leaving the chapel, Fang Zheng followed Dr. Yusefka's instructions and walked up the stairs.

On the way, Fang Zheng met a few clergymen dressed like priests in white clothes. However, these guys had obviously lost their minds. When they saw Fang Zheng, they picked up the wooden sticks and hit him without saying a word. Fang Zheng had no pressure at all to deal with these enemies. The wooden sticks in their hands had no defensive power at all, and they were as fragile as paper when facing the big sword in Fang Zheng's hand. Often, Fang Zheng would chop down with his sword, cutting those unlucky guys in half along with the wooden sticks in their hands.

This thing is much easier to deal with than the cultists in Diablo...

However, when Fang Zheng came to the end of the road along the stairs, a huge iron door blocked his way. Although Fang Zheng wanted to try to find the mechanism to open the door, it was a pity that it seemed that this area had been completely closed.

"it's useless."

At this moment, a voice came from behind Fang Zheng. Fang Zheng turned around and saw Irene walking towards him from not far behind him. She stretched out her hand and pointed at the iron gate in front of Fang Zheng.

"This door will be completely sealed on hunting nights. It will only be opened when the hunting is over and the hunting captain returns. Only the hunting captain is qualified to open this door. No one else can open it no matter what."

"I see."

After hearing Irene's explanation, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders, then he took two steps back and took a closer look at the iron gate in front of him. It was obvious that the blockade here could not change the fate of the cathedral, because Fang Zheng could see two huge and mutated monsters walking around there. It seemed that they had obviously been corroded by nightmares and turned into terrifying monsters.

"Are you going to give up?"

Looking at Fang Zheng in front of her, Irene smiled slightly.

"Of course, maybe as long as you find the captain's badge, you can open this door, but I don't know where the captain's badge is..."

“That’s not necessary.”

Fang Zheng shook his head and interrupted Irene.

"I have an easier way."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng tightened his grip on the greatsword in his right hand. He narrowed his eyes, and the burning power began to flow through the dark blade. Soon, burn marks appeared on the originally smooth blade. Then, Fang Zheng suddenly raised the greatsword and chopped down hard at the gate in front of him!

"boom--!"

Irene only saw a series of sparks emerging in front of her, and the next moment, accompanied by a deafening bang, she saw the tightly closed, heavy iron door being split open by Fang Zheng's sword. The fragments flew in all directions like cannonballs, and the monsters on both sides of the door were caught off guard. They were directly pierced through the body by the fragments of the iron door. They fell to the ground wailing and turned into corpses.

"call……"

Fang Zheng put away his sword and let out a long breath. He had already used all his strength in that strike, but that was all. However, for now, it was enough.

"Then I'll go first."

Fang Zheng turned around and nodded to Irene, who was standing not far behind him in astonishment. Then he continued to stride towards the church.

“…”

Looking at Fang Zheng's back in front of her, Irene was silent for a long while before she snorted softly.

"What a monster."

After saying this, Irene followed Fang Zheng and walked in.

It seems that this archbishop is beyond salvation.

Seeing the last mad clergyman fall down in front of him and the closed door in front of him, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly. Although Irene said that the entire church was sealed, it was still unable to stop the nightmare from invading and madly changing. 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 anyway, let's go in and take a look.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng reached out and slowly pushed open the door in front of him.

The entire church was relatively peaceful. At least there was no blood and corpses everywhere as Fang Zheng had expected. Under the candlelight, the cathedral seemed quiet and peaceful. It even gave people the illusion that it was completely different from the cruel, dark and bloody world outside.

Fang Zheng walked slowly into the church, and soon he heard a faint voice echoing in the church.

"Seeking the ancient blood, let us pray, let us wish to participate in the holy communion ceremony. Let us participate in the holy communion ceremony and enjoy the ancient blood... Our thirst for blood will be satisfied, and our fear will be appeased, but even so we cannot let our guard down, because our will is still weak and immature..."

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a woman wrapped in a white robe kneeling in front of the altar deep in the cathedral, praying in a low voice. The originally flawless white cloth on her body was stained with blood and turned bright red.

"Archbishop Amelia!"

At this moment, Irene also hurried in. Seeing the figure kneeling in front of the altar praying, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm so glad you're okay, I was so worried..."

“…”

Hearing Irene's presence, the figure kneeling in front of the altar slowly turned around, raised her head, and looked at Irene. After seeing the face of the woman in front of them clearly, Fang Zheng and Irene were both shocked!

Under the smooth silver hair was a thin face that looked like a zombie. Her eyes were filled with confusion, and she seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

"Archbishop Amelia..."

Seeing this, Irene didn't know what to say for a moment. But before she could think of the next move, Amelia clenched her hands tightly and lowered her head in pain.

"Oh, Lawrence, help me... Lawrence..."

The sound coming from the gap between his hands was almost like a beast's whimpering. Even Fang Zheng felt a little numb after hearing this sound. He turned his head and glanced at Irene beside him.

"Well, what should we do now? Lady Irene? I don't think this archbishop can be saved..."

“…Indeed.”

Irene looked at Amelia with sad eyes. She and Amelia didn't have many interactions, but watching someone she knew sink in front of her was not a good choice. So Irene sighed and drew two daggers from her waist.

"Let me bring her to rest in peace."

"Wait, don't you two know each other? Let me do it."

Seeing the black crow in front of him about to step forward and kill the archbishop, Fang Zheng spoke up hastily. It looked like he was going to die anyway, so he might as well let himself do it. Maybe he could get some "experience" like he did when he killed the fake Dr. Yusefka before.

"No need. It is my mission as a hunter of the church to free my mad companions. It is also my duty..."

Having said this, Irene paused for a moment and then glanced at Fang Zheng.

"But...thank you."

If you want to thank me, please leave the experience to me. NPCs don’t give experience when they kill monsters, right?

Seeing Irene walking towards Amelia, Fang Zheng was completely speechless. He had originally thought about whether to kill the mad archbishop while Irene wasn't paying attention. But after thinking about it carefully, Fang Zheng gave up. After all, the archbishop was just a weak woman who couldn't even tie a chicken. Killing her wouldn't necessarily give any experience, and it might even make Irene unhappy. So Fang Zheng thought about it for a moment... and decided to forget it.

“Ugh…ah…”

But at this moment, suddenly, the archbishop who was kneeling on the ground praying began to groan in pain, and then she suddenly straightened up and screamed.

“Ah…Ahhhhhh!!”

Along with screams, Fang Zheng and Irene were surprised to see Amelia's body begin to deform and expand rapidly. Her head began to stretch, and her bones spread out in all directions. Even the body hidden under the cloak was torn apart, and blood spurted out. In just a blink of an eye, the thin woman who had just kneeled on the ground turned into a huge monster that was two people tall. It had pointed ears like a wolf and a pair of horns like a deer. The originally silver-white hair covered most of her body like a cloak, and the white robes had been torn into things like bandages, wrapped around her limbs.

"How could it be... such a serious transformation into a beast..."

Seeing this scene, Irene also gritted her teeth. She had seen her companions turn into beasts more than once, which was why Irene chose to kill the crazy hunter. But she didn't expect that the source of the beast transformation had reached the inside of the church, and even Archbishop Amelia was not spared.

"We must be careful, it's more difficult to deal with than those beasts outside!"

But what Irene didn't expect was that after seeing this monster, Fang Zheng pushed herself aside.

"Get out of the way and let the professionals do it!"