Chapter 31: The Man Behind the Scenes
It was Roy's idea to have Lucius step in to capture Van Helsing and incite the townspeople to be antagonistic to Anna's family.
Since it was decided to take Anna's soul, which has the potential to become a noble quality, Roy naturally had to cooperate with Dracula's actions, and even push Dracula, and isolating Van Helsing from Anna is a good way.
Roy's goal is two, one is Anna's soul, let Dracula test Anna, if Anna is willing to sacrifice herself for his brother, then the noble soul may really be able to form, but on the contrary, if Anna is unwilling to do this, then maybe even if Anna dies in the end, it is just an ordinary lower soul, and it is not worth Roy's attention.
As for the second target, of course, it is Lucius's, the soul of the fallen Lucius is the most grasped, although Roy is hindered by the demon contract and cannot directly attack Lucius, but he can use Dracula, or even Van Helsing's hand, to let them kill Lucius.
And the fact that Lucius and Van Helsing met was a guarantee that as a monster hunter, Van Helsing could not smell the demonic aura on Lucius's body......
No matter who kills Lucius in the end, Roy will be able to achieve his goal, and he will find that he likes the feeling of being behind the scenes!
As for Van Helsing's soul, it is not in Roy's plan, although he doesn't remember the plot very well, but he also vaguely remembers that Van Helsing seems to be a very awesome existence, an angel incarnation or something, so out of prudence, Roy did not think about plotting Van Helsing's soul, Lucius may come forward to expose his deal with the devil, but as long as Roy does not appear in front of Van Helsing, there will be no problem, Van Helsing will only attack Lucius when he can't chase the demon, and Lucius will die, Roy can go back to the abyss.
Of course, Lucius is also very thoughtful, and no one dares to guarantee that in order not to expose his deal with the devil, he will not make a move on Van Helsing, after all, Van Helsing was sent by the church.
It doesn't matter to Roy whether Lucius makes a move or not, if he can really kill Van Helsing, it will be profitable for Roy!
The crux of the matter now is that Roy needs a little time, leaving Dracula time to execute his plan......
Van Helsing and Karl were put in the wilderness outside the town by the townspeople, tied to the stakes of the cross, their hands and feet tied, and the townspeople left, a common method used by the town's executions for many years, and after night, hungry beasts would come here in search of food! All the townspeople had to do was come the next day to collect Van Helsing's body and use his head to collect the reward.
When leaving, Luciust stayed at the end, and he waited until there was no one left, and then said to Van Helsing: "I guess the people of the church must have a wonderful expression when they see your corpse!" ”
Van Helsing had no expression on his face, and said calmly to Lucius: "I can smell the demon smell on your body from afar, but I didn't expect that in this place where vampires are entrenched, there is another person who makes a deal with demons, and the church asked me to clean this place, it's really the right one!" ”
"Hmph, what do you know?" Lucius's fat face looked fierce, and he said, "For so many years, the church has not cared about our life or death at all, and now it is running to pretend to be a good person again?" What was wrong with me seeking the help of demons in order to protect myself? ”
"This is not a reason for you to fall!" Van Helsing said: "No matter what kind of deal you made with the demon, I will kill you and expel that demon back!" ”
"It's this sanctimonious face again!" Lucius shook his head and said, "However, if you can do it, you should pray that the one who came here tonight to forage for food is a fierce beast, in that case, you can at least die faster!" ”
With that, Lucius left without looking back.
"Van Helsing, what are we going to do? I don't want to feed the wolves here! Karl waited until Lucius had left, then asked Van Helsing with a frustrated expression.
Van Helsing struggled a few times, but found that he was tied very tightly and could not break free at all, but he was not too depressed, and said to Karl: "Don't worry, the blonde beauty today is the descendant of the Villellis family, since he knows my identity, he should understand that we were sent by the church to help her, she will not watch us being eaten by wild beasts, maybe after dark, she will come to save us!" ”
"And what if she doesn't come?" Carl asked worriedly.
"Then we'll have to find a way to save ourselves!" Van Helsing sighed.
As time passed, night slowly fell, and a figure finally appeared.
When he saw that Anna was really here, Van Helsing was also relieved, and it seemed that he had made the right bet.
Anna is not stupid, she also understands that Dracula sent his bride to pass the word, although it is for his brother, but it is definitely ill-intentioned, if she is really stupid to send it to the door, not only can she not save her brother in the end, but will take them all in, so after thinking for a long time, she ran to save Van Helsing, and planned to save Van Helsing, and let him go with her to save her brother Viken after saving Van Helsing.
Anna stepped forward with a torch and quickly cut the rope and lowered Van Helsing and Karl from the cross.
However, at this time, an accident happened, and two gunshots suddenly rang out in the dark night, and Van Helsing's body shook and slowly fell to the ground.
"Oh no!" Anna threw herself on Van Helsing, looking at the blood pouring out of his chest with a look of despair.
Lucius came out of the darkness, and in the firelight, his face was full of smugness, and said, "Miss Anna, I guessed that you might come to release these prisoners, so I have been waiting for a long time!" ”
"Why did you kill him!?" Anna yelled at Lucius and asked.
"Why can't I kill him?" Lucius asked rhetorically, "He's a wanted criminal, do you need a reason to kill him?" On the contrary, you, Miss Anna, have you come to free the prisoner without permission, intending to join him? ”
Van Helsing coughed up blood and said to Anna, "Don't listen to him, he is the one who made a deal with the devil, and he has already fallen!" ”
When Anna heard this, she immediately pulled out her gun, pointed it at Lucius, and shot it twice.
Although it was far away, Anna's marksmanship was not very good, and she didn't hit Lucius, but she still startled him, and quickly crouched down and hid.
"My lord! Save me! Lucius shouted.
As soon as the words fell, Lucius's body was dragged away by a force that appeared out of thin air.
That's right, Roy also came, but he didn't show up, hiding in the shadows and only letting Lucius come forward, although he was very speechless about Lucius's greedy character and afraid of death, but Roy couldn't let Lucius be killed for the time being, so he dragged him out.
All this was hidden in the night, Anna they couldn't see it, they just thought Lucius had run away.
Anna was a little desperate, she originally wanted Van Helsing to save her brother with her, but as soon as Lucius's variable appeared, Van Helsing was injured first, even if she was not dead for the time being, in this case, Van Helsing couldn't save people with her, so after hesitating for a while, Anna stood up and said to Carl: "You stay and take care of him, I'll go first!" ”
She was already planning to go to the appointment alone.