Section 17 Intimidation

Under the night, the dark castle is like a towering giant pillar.

There are actually not many people here - although the new city is extremely prosperous and has a large population, the dark castle is strictly not in the new city, but in the suburbs - it is just very close. This practice is of unknown significance, but it is indeed a big violation of the rules, because other lords have built their castles in the middle of the city.

The benefit of the castle being placed in the center of the city is obvious. But the vampire's castle does not stand in the center of the town, and he does not have a mansion in the city.

As people know, if someone asks to see the Blood Duke, he should visit him officially during the day - the process is no different from visiting ordinary human lords. Usually, the vampire can meet as long as the vampire is at home. Moreover, vampires are not the kind of unreasonable monster. So far, there has never been any example of a visitor being killed by him. Even in the worst case, both sides are not speculating, and the vampire just orders to drive "unwelcome guests" out of the castle. To be honest, this practice is much more conscientious than many human lords.

Everyone who has seen vampires admits that vampires are not only smart, but also have rational thinking, organized, and have surprising judgment. But everyone who has seen vampires also admits that although vampires look very much like humans (and usually hide their fangs), as long as they spend a little longer, they can clearly tell that they are not humans.

"Those eyes... are dead objects, not living people!" People who met vampires said this in private. The church's statement that "the vampires are a rotten corpse, but their own strong will and the magic of black magic make them live again" has also been recognized by many people.

However, you can come to the door to see the Blood Duke during the day, but not at night. After dark, the guards who were originally on duty at the entrance of the Dark Castle will evacuate, and the castle gate will also be closed - using a very clear attitude to indicate that there is no guest at night. However, if the "guest" feels that such an attitude cannot stop him, things will become completely different.

As mentioned earlier, the so-called "dark castle" is a tower from the outside. Moreover, the tower has enough windows, but there are no troubles in the outer periphery, such as trenches, low walls, moats, etc. The shortest windows can even allow a more agile person to climb up empty-handedly. Even those high-point windows are assisted by hooks and ropes, it is not a problem to climb up.

In addition, since many "regular" guests have legally (usually invited) into the castle and have the opportunity to visit, the layout of the castle is not a secret - at least in the eyes of those with hearts.

So it is easy to guess that in the more than 20 years since vampires ruled this land, I don’t know how many people have sneaked into the castle at night with various purposes.

Then, those who entered disappeared from this world from then on. It is said that many famous thieves in various countries.

This is also why Fur said that before.

But tonight, Ashu Rufate became one of these "idiots".

It was already midnight. After dinner, for a while before nightfall, Ashu Rufate had set up his mystery as much as possible. Speaking of which, he was lucky, he actually found a person with a figure similar to him and successfully bribed the other party with a sum of money. The man was willing to wear his full suit, including a helmet, and spend five days. In these five days, the substitute would claim to be uncomfortable and stay in the room without going out.

In addition, he also found a valuable news from the roadside: that is, the vampire seemed to have recently gone to the south to meet with the dark magicians, and was not in the Dark Castle for the past or two days.

As long as this matter cannot involve twins, Ash Rufate will be more than 70% sure. He knows that he is very good at survival in the wild - after this journey in the Chaos Realm, if he has greatly improved his ability to move wildly. Whether it is tracking or counter-tracking, he is now enough to defeat the most advanced scouts in the seven countries. And there are mountains around Sivania. As long as he can go to the wild, it will be high and birds can fly. Even vampires will have no choice but to do anything to him.

As for Fur - Ashu Rufate was not intentionally deceiving him, but to be honest, for Fur, ignorance is the best situation.

The dark castle is so quiet that it is scary. As the southernmost tip of human territory, Sivania can be said to be like spring all year round. However, around the dark castle, there is no sound of insects. This vision itself shows that there is something wrong with the castle.

Now Ash Rufate wears a black tight dress, which is completely dressed as a "Night-Running Thieves" in children's storybooks. He holds a hook for sale everywhere in his hand. With this simple piece of equipment, he can freely choose between high and low windows.

As mentioned earlier, the window at the bottom of the Dark Castle can make people climb up with bare hands. Since the Blood Duke is confident to open such a short window, he must be prepared. But the question is, what is this "preparation"? Maybe it is magic, maybe it is a mechanical trap, maybe it is a guard, and of course it is most likely to be there.

However, after being so close to the castle, Ashu Rufate was convinced that there was definitely no magic in this "preparation". Because even at this distance, he did not feel any energy flow of magic winds.

So is it a mechanical or a guard?

Asu Rufate thought about it and finally chose the target on the shortest window. If the vampire chose a mechanical trap, then there is actually no difference between high and low. And if it is a guard, the possibility of low-level guards being too lax than middle-level guards.

The process of climbing into the window is not difficult. In fact, the window itself has no traps, it is just a very ordinary windowsill. This is consistent with Ashu Rufate's inference - if the trap is on the window, then the failed thieves and assassins will not disappear silently, and at least they can make dying screams to their companions waiting outside the castle.

Within the window, there is a room with obvious piles of debris, including some cleaning tools for cleaning. With his superhuman night vision ability, Ashu Rufate clearly saw that the handles of these cleaning tools were very smooth, and they were obviously used frequently. In other words, there must be people entering and leaving this room from time to time. Such a place is not suitable for any mechanical traps.

Didn't even have a mechanical trap? Ashu Rufate became more and more surprised. But at the same time, he became more and more alert. This was not a good thing - it meant that the last possibility, namely, the guard, would be very powerful.

Asu Ruffat still remembers the killing performance of Lalia. If every vampire guard has the combat power of Lalia...

Only three, Ash Rufate had to summon his newly obtained energy shield armor. But it was a behavior of drinking poison to quench thirst. Wearing armor (although the armor was very light) would inevitably affect his actions, and he might not be able to escape by then.

If that happens, Ashu Rufate can only hope that he can escape by looking similar to the Blood Duke (this before allowed him to have a great impact on Lariya). However, this situation is best not to happen, because doing so will likely attract the high attention of vampires - and crazy pursuit at all costs.

It is one thing to rescue a prisoner from a vampire. But it is another thing to affect the vampire rule. The former may not be particularly concerned with the vampire, while the latter will definitely do its best.

Ashrufa decided to calm the mind, opened the door of the utility room from inside (the door was not locked at all), and walked out.

...

The cell at the Dark Castle was unexpectedly clean and spacious.

Usually, prisons are instinctively related to words such as dirty and smelly in people's concepts, let alone people have built water prisons specifically used to abuse prisoners. However, the cells in the dark castle are not this concept at all. If you want to describe them, they can be called "small and tidy". At least, after the little girl woke up, she did not find it unbearable here.

She and Lalia are neighbors, separated by metal bars, but their hands can still pass through the gaps in the cage. This metal is not steel. Although the metal bars look thin, they are much stronger than steel. Even Lalia's strength cannot be shaken at all.

There were more than thirty prison rooms in the entire corridor, and the prisoners were only two of them. The number of guards was smaller, only half - the reason for saying that was because the guard was away for at least half of the time.

The guard was naturally the same as Lalia. Although she was very beautiful, she seemed very difficult to get close to. She always had a stern face and didn't say a word. She appeared once a day after the old man, and then took a look at the two prisoners and left at a glance.

"The vampire should not be in the castle these days." When the guard left again, Lalia said. "Otherwise, he might have come to see us. Fei is the same, and he should not be there either."

In the past, the little girl always felt that Lalia was a very strong person - not only her combat power, but also her confidence. Even though she was surrounded by the Chaos Legion before, Lalia always seemed calm and confident, without any fear. But now, she could clearly feel Lalia's fear - she was afraid of the vampire.

"I guessed wrong." A voice sounded. Then, a familiar person, the wind chime, walked in from the stairs. "The Duke is indeed not here for the time being... but the captain is there. It's just that she is not available for the time being."

"What will happen to us?" asked the little girl. When she saw the wind chime, her neck felt a scorching pain.

"It's up to the Duke." Feng Ling replied expressionlessly. "Or it's up to Fei. Maybe it's going to die." When she said the last sentence, she looked at Lalia. The little girl was the same age now, but on the surface, Lalia was at least seven or eight years older than Feng Ling. In fact, Feng Ling looked about the same age as the little girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old. "Is there anything I want to do?"

"I want to write a letter to my sister," Lalia said. "Print and pen are needed."

"I'll help you with some." Fengling replied. "If you die, I will find a way to give it to your sister. This is a trivial matter, and the Duke will not care about it. However, no matter what you wrote, you must be read by the captain before you can send it out." She paused. "If her husband can change someone else... there is no need to take this extra measure. Unfortunately, your sister married General Berel."

Lalia stopped talking, perhaps because she agreed to the other party's request. When Fengling wanted to leave, the little girl shouted. "Murderer! She also pretended to be hypocritical!"

"As for you," Feng Ling smiled, "Little girl! Don't worry, you shouldn't die... In theory, this is the case. You look very in line with the Duke's wishes, and I'm sure he will love you well!" Her voice was mixed with so many malicious hints that the little girl took a step back and couldn't help but hug her breasts. Of course, there were actually no breasts.
Chapter completed!