Chapter 64: Gibran
Following the ranks of the Greywater Mercenaries, Karl made his way through the garrison camp of Limsi City to the woods in front of Mount Pandavi. There is also a small camp dedicated to the Greywater Mercenary Regiment.
According to the results of the discussion between the Greywater Mercenary Group and Lin Sicheng just now, the Greywater Mercenary Group is the leader, with the heads of the Explorers Association and the Mercenary Association as the auxiliary, and jointly leads the adventurers who are willing to obey the arrangement. Although the conditions of the missions issued by the Mercenary Association are harsh, there are still many adventurers who choose to accept the quest because of the generous remuneration and interest in Dracula's mausoleum.
It's just that there are not many adventurers who can accept the mission, only more than 20 people. Among them, there are twenty-three people in the famous mercenary squad Dragon Lance Squad and Oak Shield Squad in Lin Si City, and the rest are three or four independent adventurers with strong self-sustaining strength, among which is the man who drinks quietly in the mercenary hall.
The captain of the Dragonlance Squad, Blake Jeffrey, is a veteran adventurer with the strength of a great swordsman, and his favorite weapon is a huge cavalry spear, while the captain of the Oak Shield Squad, Aemond Matthew, is about the same level as Blake, and also has the strength of a great swordsman, but his favorite weapon is a shield made of ancestral oak.
Because the Dragonlance Squad and the Oak Shield Squad are of similar strength, and the weapons used by the two captains are so targeted, some good people wonder if Blake's cavalry spear is sharp, or Aemond's oak shield is strong. Although all kinds of rumors are rampant, the two captains don't have the slightest desire to compete, and the relationship between the two teams on the opposite side is very good, like a harmonious match of gun and shield!
When Colin and the others arrived at their exclusive camp, Blake, Aemond and the others had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw the arrival of the famous Greywater Mercenary Regiment Leader Bloody Hand Colin, everyone hurriedly stood up and greeted Colin.
"Everyone, please take a seat!" Colin motioned for Blake and the others to sit down, and when everyone was seated, Colin took a look at all the adventurers present. When he saw the man, his gaze suddenly paused, and in the blink of an eye, he returned to normal.
"Now that you're here, I don't need to talk about anything else, I'm sure you're already clear in your hearts. Then I'll tell you what I'm going to do next!" Colin looked up and nodded slightly to Chris beside him, and Chris took out a map and spread it out in the middle of the crowd.
Colin took the map stick from Chris's hand, and then pointed to the point on the map that represented Mount Pandavi: "Since you all know the purpose of our Greywater Mercenary Regiment's trip, in order to complete the commission of the Alverian Empire, the safety of Mount Pandavi must be foolproof!"
"At present, there are three passages that can lead to Pandawei Mountain, all of which are avenues with better roads, and these three avenues have been guarded by Lin Sicheng's garrison, so we don't need to worry. There are a few paths that you need to consider as you reach the Dracula Mausoleum, which are the focus of your guards!"
"As agreed, Blake
Captain, you and your dragon lance team will be led by Sir WΓ©cor to guard a passage southeast of Dracula's Mausoleum, which is a better place to guard because of the water and difficult roads. Captain Aemond, you and your Oak Shield team are to guard a wide oak grove west of Dracula, led by Chris and Gris!"
Colin pointed to the map as he assigned the adventurers involved in the mission.
"All of you have already assigned tasks, I don't know if you still have any doubts, if not, please arrange your own manpower according to this plan. As long as you can guard the place where you are responsible, then you will not only be able to win the friendship of the Greywater Mercenary Group, but I believe that the Alverian Empire will not be stingy!"
After saying that, Colin looked at the two dozen adventurers in front of him with a smile.
"Master Colin, there's something I'd like to ask you!" After a few seconds of waiting, Blake stood up. "Captain Black, I don't know what I didn't understand about the arrangement I just said?"
"Captain Colin, I don't know what the enemy we are facing will be? The mission issued by the Mercenary Association only says that we must obey the arrangements of the Mercenary Association and the Explorers Association, and there is no other explanation. With such a lack of information, our team couldn't prepare in advance. What's more, instead of guarding one place, my dragon spear squad hopes to be able to participate in the operation of a large army!"
"I don't know what you mean, Captain Aemond, is it the same as Captain Black?" asked Colin to Captain Aemond, the Oak Shield Captain who was sitting silently next to Black.
"No, it's just my personal thoughts!" Blake said hurriedly.
"It doesn't matter what Captain Black means personally, or what you mean together. I can tell you now that the next act is for your own good. Because the next enemy we have to face is the head of the Bronhers! a vampire with the strength of a duke, Albert Bronher!"
Seeing that Blake and the other adventurers were shocked, Colin smiled and said, "Rest assured, you won't run into Albert. He's aiming for the treasures in Dracula's mausoleum, and so are our goals, so he won't let us get them before he does. The reason why you have to guard those places is only because there is information that other vampire families will come to cause trouble. β
"Of course, if you are unfortunate enough to run into Albert, then even if you give up the place you are guarding, Lin Sicheng and I will not blame you afterwards, after all, even I am not Albert's opponent!"
When Colin finished speaking, the twenty or so adventurers all let out a startled sound, and now they could understand why the mission conditions required gold-level adventurers.
"Since it is the promise of the bloody hand Colin, then the dragon lance team will definitely guard the place they guard, please rest assured Lord Colin!" As Blake took the lead in expressing his position, the other adventurers also let go of their worries, originally the adventurer was the one who licked the blood with a knife head, although the risk of this mission was relatively large, but the rich reward for completing the task has been
It's time for them to take a risk.
"Since you don't have any opinions, then Wei Cor, you take them to the front barracks to get the supplies, since it is the materials provided by Lin Sicheng for you, naturally you can't waste them!" As soon as Colin said this, all the adventurers laughed.
When Sir Wacole led Black and the others to the front garrison camp to collect supplies, only six or seven people remained here, including Colin, Carl, and Meredith, among whom was the adventurer who was sitting alone opposite Colin.
"Long time no see, Sean!" Colin looked at the person opposite, his expression complicated, "I didn't expect our next meeting to be here!"
"Well, I didn't expect to see you again, and I didn't even kill you!" The adventurer named Sean on the other side had an extremely hoarse voice and a very low voice!
"After all these years, you still can't forgive me!" Hearing Sean's words, Colin's expression also became bitter. "About Celine, I ......"
"Shut up, you don't deserve to mention that name!" Sean, who was sitting across from him, suddenly yelled.
"I'm here to find you, I need you to help me with something!" roared, Sean lowered his head very lonely, and said in a very low voice.
"You say, no matter what it is, I will promise you!" Hearing Sean's request for himself, Colin suddenly asked in surprise. After that incident, he had been looking for an opportunity to make amends to Sean, but the disheartened Sean disappeared, and no matter how much Colin tried to find it, he couldn't find it.
"I need Dracula's crystal coffin!" Sean said in a hoarse voice. "Celine's body is almost impossible to keep, I need a crystal coffin to maintain Celine's body!"
"Okay, I promise you!" Colin didn't hesitate at all, and directly agreed!
"But, Commander, the Alveria Empire demands that all the items in Dracula's Mausoleum be handed over! If you do this, I'm afraid the Empire will ......," said John, a member of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment on the side, hurriedly.
"Don't get in the way, I'll communicate over there in the Empire!" Colin stopped John from continuing.
"Sean, I hope you can come back! I'm sorry about Celine. But you are so sinking, I believe Celine is also willing to see it. If you are willing to come back, then together we can find a way to resurrect Celine!"
"No need!" Sean rejected Colin's kindness, stood up and left the Greywater Mercenary Regiment's camp.
Looking at Sean's back as he left, Colin sighed deeply.
Carl, who was sitting on the side, looked at Colin's appearance and knew that there must be some story between the two, but it was not easy to ask depending on the situation.
"That's my former adventurous brother!" Colin said suddenly.
"It was a long time ago, I don't even remember how many years ago. At that time, Sean and Celine and I were partners on the adventure together. The three of us have been through a lot and accomplished a lot of tasks. It's just that in one mission, I was more anxious to open an unidentified treasure chest and triggered the curse in it. And Celine, who was closest to me at the time
Sensing danger, she pushed me away, and instead fell under a curse. β
"Because that curse was more vicious, it didn't show it at the time, and after we checked it carefully, we didn't find any problems, so we gradually forgot about it! However, what I didn't expect was that after Celine completed that task, she became a little abnormal, became bloodthirsty, angry, and hurt innocent people from time to time. β
"In the end, Celine can no longer bear this torture, and I hope we can help her out. But Sean, who loves her, doesn't want to admit it at all and doesn't want to kill Celine. In the end, Celine, who I didn't want to watch, was being devastated, so I killed Celine. And Sean thinks I killed Celine. β
"We had a fight, and I didn't want to attack him, so I put it in his hands. However, Sean didn't kill me, he just left a word, and disappeared with Celine's body. Afterwards, I looked for them countless times, but Sean seemed to have evaporated from the world, no matter what method I used, I didn't find a trace!
At this point, there was only pain in Colin's eyes. Looking at the man in front of him, who had always been rough, could show such pain, Carl knew that this incident must have touched Colin greatly.
"I don't know how Goliath is doing now. Thinking of his friend, Carl also sighed deeply, the world is impermanent, no one knows what will happen next, just like Carl didn't know that Goliath at that time would do it to himself!
"Colin, will your companions have an impact on our plans?" asked Archmage Meredith on the side.
"I can't be sure of that. After all, I can't be sure what kind of person Sean is now. One thing I'm sure of is that if we can't hand over the crystal coffin to Sean, he'll do it to us!"
Colin seemed to remember something, "At that time, when we were still on an expedition together, there was a man who did not finish what he promised Sean and was abused to death by Sean. He is a little paranoid, and he must do what he thinks!"
"Well, Colin, if he gets in the way of the plan, I hope that when the time comes, you won't show mercy to him because he was a former companion, and the kingdom's cooperation with the Alverian Empire cannot be compromised. Otherwise, the consequences are not something you can afford for the Greywater Mercenary Group!" Meredith said at the end, her words already harsh!
"Well, I understand that. The cooperation between the kingdom and the empire, I will put it first!" Although Meredith's words were very harsh, Colin also understood that Meredith was for his own good, and if the cooperation between the kingdom and the empire went wrong because of this incident, then the Greywater Mercenary Group could disappear!
"According to the plan, Karen will lead the Purple Gold Knight to come tomorrow, and then it will be time to open the Dracula Mausoleum!" Colin turned to John sitting next to him and asked, "What are those miscellaneous vampires doing now?"
"The people of the Assammet family are already at a distance from Mount Pandawi
A group of vampires gathered in the Terje Mountain, all of which were some vampire families near Lin Si City. Except for the people brought by the Asammet family themselves, those vampire families are all small vampire families and are relatively weak in strength. However, it should be noted that Gibran Assammet of the Asammet family also appeared in the team. John said as he pulled out a stack of information from his bosom.
"Gibran?, the vampire who had the strength of a marquis at a young age, known as Gibran the Second Albert?"
"Yes, Commander!"
"Assammet, aren't you afraid that this so-called genius will fall here?" Colin said with a smile.
"Since the Asammet family dares to let this Gibran come, they must have something to rely on, or something to take precautions!" Meredith reminded.
"What about the other forces?" continued Colin asked.
"The Lesenbra family has also sent a branch of people and is rushing here. Of course, their external name is to help their allies and fight Albert together!"
"Hmph, the Lesenbra family is so insatiable, they want to get the production method of the blood crystal, and they are not willing to pay the price in the war that follows. Don't they understand? At this time, without paying some price, when the kingdom of the Great Emperor is included in the territory, the land of chaos will have no value of existence, and the situation of the Lesenbra family will be better at that time?"
"What about Albert?" Meredith asked.
"I'm sorry, Master Meredith! No matter how many rangers and thieves we sent, we didn't find a trace of Albert!" John said apologetically.
"It's okay, if Albert wants to hide, don't talk about you, even I may not be able to find him!" Colin waved his hand, signaling John not to blame himself, then turned to Carl and said, "Carl, tomorrow we need to break the seal outside Dracula's mausoleum, and when the time comes, we will need the help of your Shar Lamp!"
"Well, good!"
"Let's go, let's get some drinks!what's he going to do tomorrow!" Colin was the first to stand up, then put his arm around Carl, who was standing up later, and smiled heartily.
Karl smiled helplessly, and then followed Colin to the garrison camp in front, where wine and barbecue were already ready and waiting for their arrival!
"Master Gibran! In front of you is Mount Pandavi!" In a valley far away from Mount Pandavi, a group of vampires gathered, standing in the valley in twos and threes.
In the middle of the valley, a huge parasol was propped up, and under the umbrella sat a handsome young man, elegantly sipping wine with a wine glass. And standing beside the boy is the young man's butler, Duke Asammet, a vampire with the power of an earl.
"Grandpa Duke, what kind of existence is that Albert? Since I was a child, I have heard a lot of praise about him, what one person is a family, what is the greatest genius in the history of vampires! Grandpa Duke, is this Albert really so powerful?"
It was Gibran's eyes full of disdain.
"Young Master, I'm sorry, I haven't met Lord Albert a few times, and all I know is that I have heard about it like Young Master. However, there are rumors that something seems to have happened to Lord Albert, and the opportunity to become the Emperor of the Blood Clan has been lost, and I believe that as long as the young master is given enough time, then the young master will definitely become a greater blood clan than Lord Albert!" Duke said softly.
"Grandpa Duke, don't praise me like this, I still know my abilities, without the help of that Blood Source Crystal, I definitely can't become the Emperor of the Blood Clan!" Gibran said with a smile as he finished all the wine in his glass.
"Well, a good boy with self-knowledge!" Albert's figure suddenly appeared in front of the wine table, and after picking up the wine glass from the table and pouring himself a glass, Albert raised the wine glass and gestured slightly to Gibran, and then drank it in one gulp!
"It's Lord Albert!Please forgive me for not going to greet you!" When all the vampires around him took out their weapons and aimed them at Albert in a panic, only Gibran calmly poured himself a glass of wine, and then drank it in one gulp.
"Well, that's good, I'm not going to kill you!" said Albert, sitting down beside Gibran, lazily.
"Oh, yes, I don't know what Lord Albert relies on, I have a lot of bloodlines here with the strength of the earl!" Gibran said with a smile as he looked at Albert.
"It turned out to be an arrogant child!" In the next second, Gibran's neck had been clamped by Albert's hand, and at the same time, outside the valley, a terrifying demon wolf roar startled countless birds!
"Good boy, be polite to the elders!" After discarding Gibran in his chair like garbage, Albert sat back in his chair and poured himself another glass of wine.
"Thank you, Lord Albert, for your church, Gibran will remember it for life!" Rubbing his somewhat red and swollen neck, Gibran did not have any resentment on his face, but thanked Albert with a smile.
"Since Lord Albert is here in person, it must not be just to teach me how to be polite, I don't know if my lord has any other requirements. As long as the Asammet family can help the adults, Gibran will definitely persuade the family to help you with all his might!"
Hearing Gibran's words, Albert turned his face and gave Gibran a weird smile!
(End of chapter)
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