On the other side of the dark forest, stands a tall, majestic but gloomy castle.

At this time, the door of the castle was closed, and there were guards in armor on the high walls, who would throw down the torches if they heard a vision from the castle, and if they found something unusual, arrows would rain down immediately, and the defense was very strong.

The constant howl of wolves in the distant forest had long attracted the attention of the castle, especially the guards who looked at the dark forest at the end of the line of sight with vigilance and fear.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Be vigilant, the arrow is wound, a werewolf appears!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, a tall black shadow rushed out of the dark forest, like a black lightning bolt towards the castle, and behind it there were dozens of werewolves in frantical pursuit, and their mouths let out wild roars.

"Shoot the arrows."

At the shout, the archers, who had already drawn their bows, spread their fingers at the same time, and the bowstrings flicked back, sending sharp arrows into the sky.

Hundreds of arrows converged in the air, flew, and then drew an arc in the air and then fell, and then the speed became faster and faster, and the sound of breaking the air became even more sharp and piercing, like countless ghosts screaming.

"Huh."

The werewolf who was running in front raised his head and shouted, but when he saw a dense rain of arrows falling from the sky, he immediately stopped, stretched out his hand to block his head, and at the same time hugged the female vampire in his arms tighter, and continued to run while blocking the roaring arrow rain for her with his body.

Although the arrows were sharp, they were directly nailed to its back, turning it into a giant hedgehog in an instant, but this did not affect its speed.

On the contrary, because of the painful stimulus, it ran faster and farther away from the front of the castle.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

At the same time, the werewolves who chased after it were also baptized by the rain of arrows.

But not all of them could withstand such a dense attack of arrows, and more than a dozen werewolves fell to the ground with screams one after another, and were completely nailed to the ground by dense arrows.

"Ballista ready ......," shouted the guard in charge of the city's defense.

Immediately, one after another ballistas were brought out, and the ballistae as thick as eggs were aimed at the werewolves who were rushing towards the castle, and someone on the side of the ballista had already raised their mallets, ready to be activated.

"Slow down, let the werewolf at the front in." Suddenly, a deep voice ordered.

At the same time, an old man dressed in gorgeous costumes, with a pale face and gloomy eyes appeared on the city wall silently, looked at the werewolves running wildly below, and said lightly: "That's Lucian." ”

He is the owner of this castle, Victor, one of the three elders of the vampire clan. He is also Sonia's father.

"Yes."

With the sound of "boom ......", sharp crossbow arrows shot out, shooting all the werewolves chasing after them in a piercing whistling sound.

The werewolf at the front rushed into the castle door that slowly opened a gap, and after gently putting down Sonia in his arms, he shook his body suddenly, shaking off the arrow inserted in his body and the blood that flowed from the arrow.

After a few moments, its size gradually became smaller, the wolf's fur faded, and it soon became a naked man with a strong temperament.

"Sonia, you shouldn't go to the Dark Forest at this time, the werewolves there will go berserk." He said to Sonia.

"Don't worry about it, Lucian, you're just a slave." Sonia glanced at him and said with an unhappy face.

"Sonia, shut up...... Does your aristocratic etiquette teach you to speak like this to your savior? With a shout, Victor, who was still on the city wall just now, walked over, looked at Sonia and said, "You should say thank you." ”

"Humph!" Sonia glared at Lucian, then turned to leave.

"Lucian, you're doing a good job." Victor nodded approvingly at Lucian and said, "I'm grateful that you saved my daughter, but you left where you should be without permission, and you also destroyed the neck ring, which is a huge mistake, so I want to punish you, after all, rules are rules, do you understand?" ”

"Yes." Lucian bowed his head.

At this moment, several vampires in full armor came over, surrounded Lucian, re-attached him to the neck ring with sharp spikes on the inside, and handcuffed and shackled him, and then led him to a torture rack outside, and then took out a long whip and began to whip him.

The whip hit Lucian's flesh and skin, and the pain made Lucian's muscles tremble, but he was holding back, and at most he let out a muffled call from the depths of his throat: "Sonia......"

in the castle.

Sonia, who was standing by the window, looked at the scene below, looked at Victor who came over with cold eyes, and said sarcastically: "It turns out that this is how you treated my savior." ”

"I'm just teaching him the rules." Victor said lightly: "These werewolves are like hunting dogs, they can't be too full, they can't be too good to them, the whip must be held in their hands at all times, so that they will know who is the master." ”

Speaking of which, Victor looked at her and said, "The council is concerned about your absence. ”

"I've got other things to do." Sonia said.

"Yes, I hope you enjoy the gallop on a moonlit night." Victor said with a bit of sarcasm.

"I'm on patrol." Sonia argued.

"You're simply disobedient, I told you to stay within the walls." Victor looked at Sonia and said, "Dad can't let you do anything and leave the wolf clan to the Praetorian Guard. ”

"Why? I'm not taking as much risk as they are? Sonia was dissatisfied.

"They're not my daughters, they're not council members, you are." Victor turned around and said, "One day you will succeed me as an elder." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Sonia and said, "Sonia, the council is very considerate of you. But it's too dangerous to do that, they start to get tired of your games and absences, there are no fewer dangers hidden in the forest than in the council chambers, you have to learn to play politics, learn to be ruthless and cunning, and most importantly, you have to be loyal to your family, to me. ”

Victor reached out and stroked Sonia's cheek and said, "After all, if there is no loyalty between us, what difference is there between us and the beast at the door?" ”

"I went out today and met Merisi." Sonia apparently didn't want to say much on the subject, saying, "He's been caught. ”

"Who is it?" Victor frowned, his face full of coldness.

"Rosen, that mercenary recruited by Ferenc." Sonia lowered her head and said, "His strength is very strong, I can't beat him, and more importantly, ...... He was a werewolf, like Lucian, sober...... Werewolf. ”

…………………

"Click." The crunch of bones breaking suddenly sounded.

Then a scream of pain broke the silence on the hills, but it did not startle any birds or beasts.

Only Vali, who was lying next to him, looked up at Merissi, whose handsome face had become a little distorted by pain, and then yawned before falling to the ground again.

"Why bother." Rosen let go of Merissi's twisted finger and said lightly: "I heard that you are a painter, although I don't know if it's true or not, I guess your fingers are still quite useful, if you play tricks again, I estimate that you may not even be able to hold a spoon for dinner in the rest of your life." ”

As he spoke, Rosen grabbed one of Merisi's fingers again, twisted it slightly, and said, "Now tell me, are you a human or a vampire?" ”

"Man, I'm human, damn it, I've already said it three times, I'm human, it's true, I didn't lie to you." Merissey was sweating profusely because of the pain, but at this time she shouted frantically, for fear that Rosen would not believe it.

"Very well, it seems that you did tell the truth before, I hope you will continue to keep it up in the future." Lawson said lightly.

Merissi really wanted to scold Rosen at this moment, but he didn't dare.

In order to verify whether the answer to one of his obvious questions was true or false, he pouted three of his fingers alive, and he really couldn't afford to provoke such a heartless and ruthless guy.

Now Merissi only hopes that Rosen will finish asking quickly, and then even if he kills himself with a knife, it will be happier than this.

"Who's behind you?" Rosen looked at Merissi.

Merissi didn't speak.

"Who sent you to Elizabeth?" Rosen asked a different question, his voice was flat, but he was twisting Merissi's hand but slowly exerting force.

"Yes...... Count Victor. Merissi hesitated for a moment, but finally did not dare to say anything, because he believed that if he was wrong, and Rosen noticed it, he would definitely break a finger again.

"I'm glad you're telling the truth." Rosen smiled, "But next time I want you to hurry up, lest I think you're trying to fool me." So...... Who is Victor? What did he go to great lengths to send you to Elizabeth for? ”

"Count Victor used to be a nobleman of the kingdom like Count Ferenc, of course, he still is, but he is very different from what he used to be." Merissi looked at Lawson, whose eyes were as calm as water but with a little coldness, and finally decided to tell everything he knew.

With his explanation, Rosen finally understood the current situation and the twists and turns of the conspiracy.

Originally, Victor, like Ferenc, was once the main force in the fight against infidels and evil forces, and even received a commendation from the church, but unfortunately, as he grew older, his health became worse and worse, and his thinking changed greatly.

Especially when he was lying on his sickbed, facing death, the elder of the vampire clan, Marcus, found and seduced him.

In order to live longer, Victor chose to fall without hesitation, and became one of the three elders of vampires in one fell swoop.