On the path outside the village of Buts, the white oak trees that cover the hillside cast a shadow, and villagers are returning from their fields with hoes. The fields in the distance were covered with a golden light in the afterglow of the setting sun.

After removing the hood from his head, Carl rubbed his hair lying on his scalp and sat down casually on the side of the road. Taking out the dry food and homemade jerky he had bought in the previous village, Karl dealt with his own dinner.

It's not impossible to go to the village to borrow a place to stay, or find a hotel to stay in. But after what happened at the Firefly Light Tavern, Carl was like a different person, away from the crowd and closed himself inside. So in the process of bidding farewell to Carlenezzi and Amerigo to the Alverian Empire to complete the mission, Karl chose to sleep in the wild. Perhaps, this will be able to get closer to Vilia, who is close to nature.

Just as Carl bit a piece of jerky and swallowed his stomach, a rough voice came to mind, "Hey, little brother, why are you sitting here alone?"

"Aha, it's really good wine. I could smell the aroma of this wine from afar. The man took the jerky handed over by Carl, and after taking a bite of it, he said indistinctly: "Little brother, do you want to go back with me, I invite you to eat hot soup!"

Carl raised his head at this time and looked at the people around him clearly. A typical rough peasant man, with a messy beard on both sides of his cheeks, thick lips still chewing on the jerky handed over by Carl, and his piercing eyes were looking at Carl as he looked at him.

"Hey, little brother, you're an adventurer, aren't you?" asked the stout man as he looked at the sword at Carl's waist. "Hmm. Karl just hummed, then ignored the big man, and got up and began to prepare the tent.

"Hey, little brother. Anyway, I drank your wine for nothing and ate your food, if I don't repay you, then everyone will look down on me Black Bear Baker. The man named Baker grabbed Carl's hand directly, and pulled Carl to the village of Butz regardless of whether Carl wanted it or not.

The dim oil lamp provided the only light source in the humble house, and with the light that could barely make out who was sitting across the table, Carl looked at the little boy sitting across from him with a blank expression. As if the expression on Carl's face was too intimidating, the little boy jumped out of his chair and cowered at his mother's lap, who was cooking in the kitchen.

Speaking of the kitchen, it was only a small space in a small room separated by a few wooden boards, and Baker's wife, a thin woman, prepared dinner in the kitchen with what little food was left in the house for the guests her husband had brought back.

As the door opened, a gust of evening breeze followed Baker's body into the room, blowing the faint light on the table flickering. "Hey, little brother, come and try this, this is the bacon I took from the old Tom's house in the east of the village, and it tastes good. Old Tom's bacon is even loved by the nobles in the city. ”

After a piece of bacon that wasn't much size was placed on the table by Baker, Baker began to tear the bacon himself as he spoke. When the little boy in the kitchen heard that there was meat to eat, he was no longer afraid of Carl, and trotted all the way into Baker's arms, and then took a bite of the bacon that Baker handed him.

"Well, eat slowly, there's more. Baker touched the head of the child in his arms dotingly, and then saw that Carl didn't eat it, so he urged: "Hey, little brother, why don't you eat it?"

"With your ability, why don't you make your wife and children live a better life?" Karl suddenly raised his head, looked at the rugged man in front of him, and said.

"Ahaha, what are you talking about, little brother?" Beck's hand that wanted to tear the bacon paused slightly in the air, then instantly returned to normal, and after putting a piece of bacon in his mouth, "Little brother, come and eat it quickly." It's a shame not to eat it so delicious. ”

Looking at Baker's dodging eyes and the innocent eating of the bacon handed to him by his father in his arms, Carl sighed inwardly and then stopped talking. Everyone has their own choice, and if they choose to live their own life, what right do they have to interfere?

Lying on the floor, listening to Beck's deafening snoring in the inner room, Carl had no intention of sleeping. It had been more than three months since he left the small town of Gran to reach the village of Butz, and in the long period of these three months, Carl still couldn't get out of that shadow, and the figure of Bairandi that day was like a huge shadow that enveloped his heart.

"Who?—come out for me?" Carl, who was lying on the floor, suddenly felt a dangerous aura envelop the shabby room. "I didn't expect a human being to be so acutely alert. An arrogant voice rang in Karl's ears, and a churning shadow appeared in front of Carl.

After a few moments of rolling of the dark shadow that exuded a rich blood, a slender creature in the form of a human man appeared in front of Karl.

"The Luvans family, William Luvans III, sends you the warmest regards. The man said elegantly.

"Vampire?" Looking at the pale face of the man in front of him and the white fangs that came out of the scarlet lips, Carl was already sure that the man in front of him should be an undead-vampire.

As high-level undead creatures, vampires are not as terrifying as traditional undead creatures, and in various legends of the continent of Emerodas, vampires have always represented beautiful and bleak love, the most famous of which is the love story between the bloody Countess Elisabeth Bartory and the vampire Count Dracula.

However, Carl, who has been exploring the ruins for many years, knows that beneath the vampire's handsome exterior lies a cruel heart and bloodthirsty eyes. Vampires who are always accompanied by vampire bats are very difficult to entangle in the ruins, and vampires with near-immortal bodies cannot get out smoothly as long as they are entangled without shedding a layer of skin. Carl, who had just ventured out, had suffered from vampires.

Therefore, Carl did not have a good impression of the vampire, especially the vampire in front of him who came uninvited and disturbed his sleep.

"Carmels Les, a traveler and an adventurer. Carl gave a brief introduction, using the fake name of the dead ghost daddy.

The vampire named William Luvans, after hearing Carl's introduction, thought carefully for a while, and said, "Lord Carme Les, I wonder if you will be able to leave this house? ”

If the vampire is the second undead creature with a grudge, then he would not dare to be the first, so it is better to expect the vampire to remember your kindness, than to let the dragon give up his treasure.

"I don't know, what is Lord William willing to give me in return? You know, my lord, I am only a humble adventurer, and I still want to be paid directly. Karl asked with a sneer in his eyes.

And William Luvans, the vampire, didn't seem to notice Carl's sneer, and still had an elegant smile on his face, "I don't know how to make Your Excellency the guest of honor of Luvans Castle? To be honest, our Luvans family also has some friendship with Lord Alberly in Lin Si City, and may be able to help your Excellency find a decent job in Lin Si City." ”

"Thank you so much for your generosity, Lord William. When Carl heard this, he immediately showed an excited expression on his face, and without hesitation, he directly got out of the way, exposing the Baker family behind him to the vampire William Luvans.

"Greedy and stupid humans, make you a vampire puppet of the Louvance family. Seeing that Carl thought that a bright future awaited him, and let out the Baker family who had entertained him, William Luvans showed a hint of mockery on the corner of his mouth. At the same time, when he saw the boy in Baker's arms, William Luvans could no longer contain the excitement on his face. "As long as I suck all that boy's blood, I can become a viscount, and I can trample Jack's bastard under my feet!"

With a smile on his face, William Lufans walked "defenselessly" to the inner room.

"It seems that His Excellency Kamei is not an ordinary traveler, and it is really rare for ordinary adventurers to spit out a mouthful of blood under my whip. William Luvans, who walked up to Carl, suddenly attacked, kicking Carl straight away with a whip leg and crashing him into the mud wall.

Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Carme Les looked at William Luvans who was approaching in horror, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord William, don't you want to help me, why do you want to attack me?"

"It's always pleasant to work with smart people, and stupid people are only good at making food. The grace on William Lufans' face was completely gone, and the canine teeth that slightly showed his scarlet lips instantly grew into devouring fangs, and his entire body began to grow larger, becoming a monster of a giant bat. At the same time, outside the house, the rustle of fallen leaves, like the night wind, began to sound. Carl knew it was a vampire bat that had followed the vampire William Luvans.

The huge bat monster burst through the roof, and then pounced on Carl in a cloud of dust, and at the same time, the door of the room that was not a matter of matter was also broken by the vampire bats, and countless vampire bats were like a huge dark net, enveloping Karl.

With a "clang", the bat monster that flew over Carl re-transformed into William Luvans and stood in front of Carl. Wiping the wound on his cheek with his right hand, William looked at Carl in front of him unharmed, his face was still full of smiles, "Since His Excellency Kamei is so powerful, then why hide his strength." ”

"In that case, I wonder if we can deal with this matter more peacefully? After all, there is no good in fighting each other. Rather than being complacent about fending off a William attack, Carme now felt that he could not leave safely this time.

"Why, in this situation, the family can still sleep so peacefully?" Carl couldn't help but be a little surprised to see the Baker family, who were still sleeping soundly, even though the roof had been opened and the door of the house had been knocked off.

"I don't know if Your Excellency Kamei has any good opinions, the Loufans family will always maintain respect for the powerful and powerful, if your Excellency is willing to join the Luvans family, then the cooperation with Lord Albery will definitely be successful. Now it was William's turn to have a mocking look on his face.

"As long as the adults can spare this family, then I am not only willing to become a retainer of the Louvans family, but also willing to give this treasure to Lord William as a greeting gift. Kamei bowed down respectfully, then held a bloody ruby in both hands.

"Blood Crystal!" William looked at the red gem in Carl's hands in shock, now he had no spare head to think about why the person in front of him had to save the Baker family, and now he was completely attracted by the Blood Crystal in front of him.

Blood Source Crystal is similar to Fire Source Crystal, both of which are manifestations of energy condensation into substance, and the same is also the Water Source Crystal, Thunder Source Crystal, Wood Source Crystal, etc. However, compared to these traditional elemental crystals, the blood crystals are more special, because the blood crystals are artificially made, not naturally formed.

I don't know how many years ago, a talented vampire count fused the dark power in a dark source crystal with the blood essence of a vampire demon bat he hunted through alchemy, and then extracted and refined it to finally create a blood source crystal.

Later, the vampire count made ninety-nine blood crystals through this method, and with the help of these ninety-nine blood crystals, the vampire count successfully became the first vampire emperor who was not from the thirteen vampire clans. And this talented vampire is Count Dracula, a vampire who is infatuated with Countess Elizabeth Bartory.

Therefore, no vampire can resist the temptation of blood crystals, not to mention that the surname Luvans is a small group in the vampire clan, and William is a small vampire baron in the Luvans family, the lowest existence of vampires.

Just as William was greedily moving forward, trying to get the blood source crystal in Carl's hand, a silver light flashed, and Carl held a holy silver dagger and stabbed it into William Luvans's abdomen.

The pain of being burned by the Holy Silver in his abdomen instantly made William, who was carried away by the Blood Source Crystal, wake up, open his bloody mouth, and a stream of blood mixed with a fishy smell rushed straight to Carl's face. It's a pity that Karl is long gone.

Staggering back a few steps, William endured the severe pain and threw the holy silver dagger in his abdomen aside, and then looked at Carl with a hideous face, "Human, you should be damned!"

Casually throwing the blood crystal on his hand, Carl smiled and said to William: "Dear Lord William, I don't think I'm still fit to be a retainer of the Loufans family, so I can only kill you." There is no way, our goal is the opposite. ”

"Who is it?" William gradually could not bear the damage caused by the Holy Silver Dagger, he could no longer stand against the wall, and there was no trace of blood on his pale face.

"An explorer from the small town of Glen. Karl smiled, and then with his sword in hand, he walked towards William Lufans, who was already sitting on the ground.

"If you want me to die, then I want you to be buried with you!" William Luvans, who knew that he could not escape from Carl's hands, also gave up the idea of escaping, and when Carl was about to walk in front of him. William's body began to exude a dangerous aura, and the blood began to diffuse from William's body.

"Die!" William roared, his blood instantly swelled and stretched William's body, but unfortunately, when he was about to explode, Karl had already stabbed the enemy sword into William's heart first. And those irascible blood qi are like tamed horses, all obediently sucked into the enemy's sword.

William's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that he would die at the hands of a human. However, it was actually he who kicked the iron plate today and died in this small broken house.

After pulling the sword from William's dead body, looking at the sword without a trace of blood, and glancing at the wound that did not have any blood flowing out, Karl's brow furrowed slightly. During the last battle in the ruins of Kuskes, Karl discovered this problem, and the sword would absorb the blood of enemies he injured without Karl's control.

Karl was a little puzzled, according to the words of the Fire Hammer Sage Dvachi, this sword should be a treasure left by the archmage Gandaus in the dwarven kingdom, why did a mage have such an evil rune sword?

"You're awake, or would you like to talk to me, Uncle Baker. Karl withdrew the sword into the spatial ring, then turned to Baker, who was standing behind him.

Baker touched his child's head dotingly, and then kissed his wife on the cheek, "Let's go out and talk." ”

Stepping out of the dilapidated house, in the soft moonlight, Carl sat side by side with Baker on a stone slab. Carl took out a bottle of fine wine and placed it beside Baker, "Uncle Baker, now that the wine is there and the moonshine is there, the rest is your story." ”

After heroically picking up the wine that Carl had put on the ground, and then gulping it down, Baker looked at the traveler he had just met, who claimed to be an explorer from the small town of Gran, and felt a little funny. It was as if he had known this guy for a long time.

"Little brother, do you know the feud between werewolves and vampires?" Baker stood up, then took a few steps forward, and under the moonlight, Baker's size grew larger and larger, and finally a werewolf with strong hair and a huge size appeared in the moonlight. Although there is no full moon and he can't exert his strongest strength, Carl can already feel the surging power in Baker's body wantonly catharsis.

"Uncle Baker, it seems that your story is worth hearing. ”