Chapter 28 Half Beast

"Impossible..." The little girl was stunned, while Lalia muttered softly. Judging from the tone of the wind chime, this was not because she was talking nonsense, but because she had indeed investigated it carefully.

"The so-called Duke likes girls aged twelve to seventeen... It's just a cover." Fengling said. "It's been a lie from the beginning."

"Why do you lie?" The little girl calmed down immediately. If a vampire doesn't eat people, wouldn't it be better? Isn't it easier to be accepted? Since that's the case, why pretend?

"Maybe it just... pretend to be.... Anyway, he has been called a 'vampire' by humans, and it is a final conclusion. No matter how you say that you are harmless, no one will believe it. If that's the case, you might as well use this to make everyone afraid."

"This... is completely unreasonable..."

"Reasonable? There are many unreasonable things in the world. Lord Duke is the last one in the world. He has no kind of kind, and he can only be alone. Even Fei or Leya can't really comfort the loneliness and loneliness in his heart. As if he imagined, human beings disappeared and you live alone among a group of monkeys. What can you do if you become the monkey king?" Fengling stood up. "I shouldn't have told you so much."

"Aren't we afraid of being heard?" asked Lalia. "I heard that all the sounds in the castle can be heard."

"The premise is that he is listening." Fengling replied. Then she walked out of the room and left her last sentence. "You are already lucky to keep this luck well, and don't abandon it stupidly."

"She means... what we said has not leaked the secret?" After the door was closed, the little girl asked softly.

"I don't know." Lalia was also a little confused. She instinctively realized that this castle...is Sivania or this human world, something important is about to happen. The core of all this lies in... the Blood Duke and Ashu Rufate.

Then she realized that the key point might be tonight. Because Ashu Rufate, who stole the key last night, will come to save them, and this time, the castle will be ready.

...

The afterglow of dusk slowly disappeared into the sky. The noisy city gradually returned to silence.

In a tavern in the new town, or in the tavern closest to the Dark Castle, Ashu Rufate leaned against the wall, behaving like an idle man who did nothing (the kind of person who is always the least eye-catching), listening to the hustle and bustle in the tavern, watching the sky gradually getting darker above his head.

At dusk today, he had seen the vampires return to the castle. In short, it was a team of quite a large scale, coming out of the portal of the new city, passing through the city and entering the dark castle.

Ash Rufate dared not observe it up close, but he was sure that it should be the Blood Duke - the vampire who ruled the land. According to the publications of the church, it is the last and strongest vampire. Even among the vampire clan, he is also the strongest among the strong. At this moment, the vampire must have known what happened last night. No, he had known it for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the sudden attack on the twins this morning.

Ashu Rufate dared not have any luck because he knew very well how powerful vampires were.

If the factors of racial discrimination are excluded, everyone can clearly find that the Blood Duke is impeccable in politics, military, economic, and even personal wisdom and force. He is so powerful that some people think that he did not participate in the Battle of Kalean. Otherwise, the vampire clan would not have been easily destroyed by humans.

Of course, the so-called "easy" is just the concept of ordinary people. Ashu Rufate now knows from Berel that the vampire war was not "easy" at all. In order to defeat Kalean's Immortal Legion and the powerful Blood Knights, humans don't know how much the price they paid.

Speaking of which, since the end of the Battle of Kalean, the seven central countries have not been very stable - as if it was a curse of the vampire clan. First, the Green-skinned invasion, then the War in Sivania and the subsequent Ryan Civil War, the Sham Civil War, then the Invasion from Chaos, and then the Invasion of the Elves. Internal disputes continue, while external failures are one failure followed by another. So much so that in nearly twenty years since the vampire separating Sivania, no force has been able to gather strength to eliminate vampires.

Hmm, don't talk about the past, even in the foreseeable future, no one will try to eliminate vampires - of course, the premise is that vampires should not do too outrageous things. As the saying goes, rabbits will bite people when they are anxious. Although no one has the spare power to deal with vampires, if they really notice the fatal threat, countries can still gather together. For a bad neighbor, you can avoid him, ignore him, and pretend that he does not exist. But if you are a robber who is killing you, you have no choice but to take up your weapons and fight to the death.

The night became deeper and deeper - in the tavern, the dwarves became more and more noisy after being drunk (Ashu Rufat remembered that the dwarves and vampires had a grudge, but he didn't understand why they came to Sivania to do business). In fact, their voices did not increase, but the surroundings became quieter and quieter, and by contrast, their voices became noisy. Like all dwarves, they had already started to brag about their past achievements - as every human knows, dwarves always speak dishonest, always containing the "artistic exaggeration". There was a loud dwarves bragging about how they killed six green skins with one bullet, but in a few minutes, the six killed green skins added four brothers of the same fate.

"...At that time, the great founder rushed in front, and I followed him, and used my axe to kill all the green skins that were blocking the way..."

He looked at the sky and calculated the time absent-mindedly. He knew that the risk was very high tonight - in fact, although he had that shield armor as a trump card, his chances of winning would not exceed 40%. After all, the opponent was the strongest in the vampire clan, and he also had home advantage. Although the vampire was known as a noble demeanor, even if it was a noble, it was normal for him to siege the invaders under his mansion.

The time is almost over.

There was no difference between the route of Ashurufate last night. He originally thought there would be something different around the dark castle, but in fact everything was the same. He climbed into the castle from the low window along the original route, which was the invasion route last night. Although he carefully re-examined all the suspicious things, nothing changed.

There is no magic, no mechanical traps, and no - the guard on duty.

The entire Dark Castle was so relaxed that it was no different from last night. Although Ashu Rufate was very careful at the beginning, he soon realized that this was indeed not a trap.

Or it can be understood that even if there are traps, they are not arranged on the first floor.

It is easy to understand the idea of ​​the Blood Duke doing this: there are too many residents on the first floor and many people and eyes, which is really not suitable to lay out special traps. Obviously, whether it is magic or mechanical traps, those who accidentally step on them (regardless of who they are). If a person wants to catch mice at home, he will never install those iron-jawed tiger clips, but a mouse trap cage that is harmless to humans - although the tiger clip can kill the rats in an instant, it can also break the legs of the family. Similarly, the guards are not suitable - it is difficult for three or five guards to leave Ashrufate, and it is too dense, and the guard arrangements that are completely different from those in normal times have a great possibility of being discovered, and then through some channel (who knows if the intruder has eyeliner?) the news is spread.

The most important thing is that the Blood Duke is in his hand and he doesn't have to care about the escape of prey. He can patiently wait for Ash Rufate to come to the top.

The more relaxed the outside, the more dangerous the situation inside is - this is how Ashu Rufate inferred.

If the enemy has arranged a battlefield and waited for you to come to your door, the smartest strategy is not to go there. This is the obvious logic. But sometimes, the reason why others spend their energy on setting up a battlefield is to know that you have to go. Fighting is not something you want to avoid. If you don’t go, it will be more dangerous and more troublesome.

Will the specific place be the third or second floor? Ashu Rufate thought. The vampire might have prepared a thorny trap, but he would never have expected that he would be covered with an unbreakable eggshell.

Although he didn't know how long the force field shield on that pair of armor could last, it would be no problem for a few hours.

Now, he is standing at the stairs entrance leading to the underground cell. If he is not wrong, the little girl and Lalia are waiting for him to rescue him. And he does have the key to open the prison door. Maybe he should solve this small problem first and then look for the vampire?

Then he rejected the method.

Because it is obvious that if he succeeds, he will naturally be able to take them away. If he fails, then the little girl will not be able to escape from Sivania. On the contrary, he did this, just further revealing his weaknesses and giving the vampire a chance to take more hostages.

Ashurufat walked forward along the road he walked last night towards the upward staircase leading to the second floor. He soon discovered something strange. Last night, he avoided the figures of people who were still walking around at night more than once, and tonight this kind of person disappeared. Yes, everyone obediently hugged in their rooms and closed the door. The corridors, aisles, and squares were all empty, let alone people, there was not even a ghost.

If this is an accident or an accident, then I'm afraid Ashrufate himself wouldn't believe it.

Waiting for me? He grinned in his heart. Vampires may be dangerous, but - he is not a human or a beast.

A figure is at the entrance of the steps.

Ash Rufate found someone there from a distance. But in fact, the figure was always hazy and unreal. This was not a normal phenomenon, because Ash Rufate had dark vision - he could even see the carved lines on the wooden handrails on the steps, but he could not see the details of the figure clearly. He could—and could only—infer that the figure was not big and had a weird posture.

After getting closer, he finally discovered that the reason for this visual weirdness was the camouflage color. The color of the figure's surface was completely integrated with the steps, so that it was impossible to completely separate it from the background. It was not until very close that he recognized that it was a strange creature, like a human child, part of the body was covered with fur, part of it was naked, and a pair of ears that were as furry as a cat on his head. A tail was exposed behind him, shaking left and right with spirit.

The Semu tribe—or use another more popular name "half beast". This half beast is looking at him with a golden light in the darkness and full of curiosity.

Asu Ruffat immediately remembered what Belar told him before. He once had a half-beast servant - although he had completely forgotten about this matter (even the cause and effect), Belar should not have lie to him. If Belar wanted to cheat, he would never lie to such a worthless little detail.
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