Dracula's Castle is arguably the most famous attraction in Transylvania and Romania.

Thanks to some literary and film productions, as well as centuries-old vampire legends, this seemingly mysterious castle is very popular with foreign tourists and can provide a large amount of revenue to the local government every year......

So it is very common for two foreign travelers to suddenly appear near the castle.

In order to prevent it from being too conspicuous, Jon deliberately made Sandru a black robe and wrapped him all over his body, so that his rough appearance would not attract frequent attention, although it was a little strange.

Sandru was quite dissatisfied with the outfit, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"That Muggle Pistor...... Do you really feel free to let him leave alone!" Sandru asked softly, bowing his head and under the black veil, "What if he tells us the news......"

"No, it won't. Jon shook his head confidently, "We are his only hope for revenge, and he will certainly not betray us." ”

Sandru pursed his lips and said nothing.

Taking advantage of this, Jon had already bought two tickets to enter Brown Castle.

......

Through his conversations with Mayor Pistol, Jon was able to determine that there had been almost no record of vampire haunts in Transylvania for nearly fifty years.

After all, the media has been relatively developed since the forties and fifties of the twentieth century, and it is certainly impossible to hide a large number of vampire attacks that have caused a large number of casualties.

And those who have actually experienced vampire attacks are old people...... Although they really believe in the existence of vampires, everyone thinks that the stories of the old people are made up to coax children, or "legends" that are spread falsely.

However, many of the core stories of the "legends" end up focusing on Brown Castle, that is, Dracula's Castle...... Jon thought about it for a long time and decided to come and investigate, maybe he could find any clues?

Brown Castle was crowded with more visitors than Jon had expected, and he found a tour guide and patiently followed behind a group of tourists, listening to her explanation—

"Many of the legendary monsters are actually related to the common local beasts...... In Transylvania, for example, there were a large number of wolves and bats living in the 19th century and before, and the locals feared them, so they were personified in legends and rumored to be monsters such as vampires and werewolves. The local guide in Transylvania was explaining in a somewhat stuttering English:

"This anthropomorphic monster is present all over the world...... For example, the legendary tiger man in India, the leopard man in Peru, and the human-faced lion in Egyptian legend...... All of them are related to the large number of tigers, jaguars and African lions that existed in the area at that time......"

Jon listened patiently, but felt that she still had some point...... Although according to the History of Magic, humanoid magical creatures such as werewolves, vampires, and sphinxes are mostly related to failed Transfiguration or the curse of a dark wizard......

After all, whether it is the Guannai area, or the North China Plain, or the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the environment is relatively stable, and there are few large number of ferocious beasts, so it does not constitute the conditions mentioned by the previous tour guide...... No, it's not completely devoid of ......"

A strange smile suddenly appeared on Jon's lips. Because he suddenly found that he was wrong, he thought of a kind of half-human, half-beast monster that frequently appears in traditional Chinese culture-

Fox man!

Or call them "vixens".

......

No longer thinking outside the box, Jon continued to follow the guide, blending in with the crowd and patiently observing the situation around him.

The guide had already led them to the castle's drawbridge, where several mischievous children were dangling the drawbridge, causing the women next to them to scream.

"According to our archaeologists, the real Count Dracula does not actually exist. The female guide continues: "His prototype comes from the Middle Ages Vlad Tepes (Vlad III), Grand Duke of Wallachia, who ruled the region of present-day Romania from 1456 to 1462...... It is said that the Grand Duke was mad and cruel, and liked to torture and kill captives with sharp stakes and humiliate their corpses...... During the reign of Vlad III, there were ......"

"Vlad Tepes is Dracula, the first Count Dracula!" Sandru on the side suddenly turned pale and whispered: "He used the identity of a secular principality king as a disguise to hide his identity as a vampire, and the fundamental reason why he tortured and killed prisoners of war was also to share the blood of the captives with his children and grandchildren......"

“...... In the Fourth Kruja War, it was this damned vampire who whistled on the Ottoman sultans and led to the defeat of Albania and ultimately the death of the great George Skanderbeg ......"

“...... George Skanderbeg, our ancestor, died in Dracula's Castle, along with the thousand brave Kruja warriors he had captured, and was ...... by the bastard and his children and grandchildren Suck it alive and do it!"

Sandru wiped his tears and said intermittently, "From now on, we are inseparable from these bats in the dark...... Even if we are no match for them, even if we die to the last man......"

Jon gently patted Sandru on the shoulder, softly comforting him.

At the same time, he heard the director pointing to the forest on one side and introducing: "The forest in front was a cemetery hundreds of years ago...... Legend has it that Vlad III and his children and grandchildren, after killing each captive, would abandon their bodies in the forest...... For hundreds of years, that cemetery has been filled with tens of thousands of corpses......"

Sandru wiped away his tears, faced the forest, and prayed silently.

Jon's gaze scanned around—

When he saw behind him, his brow furrowed, and his right hand reached into his pocket.

Because not far behind them, a group of travelers who seemed to be fierce and vicious were hurrying towards this side...... The passengers next to them gave way to them.

The brutal face of the leader was slightly familiar to Jon......

PS: George Skanderbeg (1405-1468) and Vlad III (Dracula's prototype, 1431-1476) are indeed people of the same era, and the plot of this chapter and the previous chapters is based on artistic creation and pure fiction;