Chapter 162: Tribute
"Okay, after paying tribute, I must visit all this place, and then go back and build the same!"
Lin Chen also smiled, beat the snake on the stick, and directly put forward the request to visit.
"It's a pity that I can't take you on a tour because of other things, but I can arrange for someone to take you on a good tour."
"Good ......"
Lin Chen wanted to say something more, but the voice of the civilian interrupted him.
"Distinguished guests, we have arrived."
He led Lin Chen and the other human nobles to a wide stone door guarded by two vampire guards, and spoke loudly.
"Lord Victor is already waiting."
After a pause, the vampire quietly approached Lin Chen and whispered in his ear: "For the sake of our chat, let me remind you first, now that the adult is very angry, don't provoke him......"
The civilian vampire spoke, pushing the door open first, his eyes coldly sweeping over the human nobles behind him, and no longer speaking.
"Thank you very much."
Lin Chen nodded slightly, giving the vampire a grateful smile.
As the stone door slowly opened, several pulsing torches provided enough light to bring a hint of heat to the otherwise gloomy hall.
Lin Chen's sloppy gaze allowed him to take a clear look at everything in the hall without squinting.
The entire hall originally seemed to be a huge karst cave, but it was artificially dug a little and several stone pillars were built to support it.
The torches came from the jacks on the stone pillars.
The entire hall was rectangular, and on both sides of the hall, there was a row of dozens of vampire guards standing with their swords, allowing Lin Chen to dispel the idea of assassination at this time.
After all, this is reality, and it is normal to have discrepancies with the plot of the movie.
The general trend of the plot has not changed, and Lin Chen is already very satisfied.
At the end of the hall, on the stone chair that symbolized power, sat the grim aristocrat with a blank face.
On either side of the stone chair, which symbolizes the supreme power, is a row of sofa-like chairs, on which the vampires are all richly dressed and proud.
They are all members of the council, and they are the most powerful vampires in the territory, with the exception of Viktor.
The civilian vampire entered the hall and sat down on the couch at the end of Viktor's right hand.
It seems that his status is quite high among vampires, and even Sonya, the daughter of Viktor, is just standing in front.
Of course, this is also because Sonia doesn't like to be around these council elders very much.
As Lin Chen and his party of nobles slowly walked into the hall, they gradually approached the throne of Weikduo, and stopped a few meters away from him.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
A mouthful of heavy wooden boxes was lowered to the ground, echoing in the hall, and Wei Keduo's needle-like pupils stared at the tightly bound wooden box, especially on Lin Chen's extra-large wooden box for a few seconds.
A hint of greed flashed in Wei Keduo's cold eyes, and without any words, the palm that was gently placed on the armrest was slightly raised, making a gesture of invitation.
The attendant carrying the wooden box immediately opened the wooden box with interest, revealing a box full of silver metal coins stacked in it, lustrous **.
Especially Lin Chen's box, the silver light reflected in the firelight attracted the attention of all vampires in an instant!
The box that Lin Chen brought was unusually large, as conspicuous as the noble robe on his body, almost worthy of the tribute of four other nobles!
Not only vampires, but even human nobles, when they saw so many silver coins, their eyes were straight, and they couldn't help but feel distressed.
After the entourage opened all the wooden boxes containing silver coins, Lin Chen and a human nobleman with half of his head bald stood at the front, leading the nobles to accept Wei Keduo's ......
"Jones."
Viktor, who had not expressed his attitude, finally made his cold voice.
"I'm here, sir."
The middle-aged nobleman beside Lin Chen, who was bald on half of his head, took a small step forward, and his slightly lowered head concealed his eyes.
"Don't you own the largest silver mine?"
Listening to Wei Keduo's tone, it seems that he is quite dissatisfied with the silver coins that this nobleman has paid.
"It's all in ruins, my lord."
Jones looked up and said, "The workers are all infected and turned into beasts, and there is nothing we can do......"
"Oh? Yes, the loss is so great, I feel sorry for you. ”
The grim expression on Viktor's face did not change in the slightest, and even if he received pity from his mouth, it only made people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.
"I think half of the proceeds from your territory should be able to repay me for my assistance to you."
Sure enough, this greedy and ruthless guy didn't care about anything else, just thinking about blindly increasing taxes and doing his best to squeeze these human nobles dry!
"What?! Halfway?!! ”
Jones, who was still as obedient as a lamb, suddenly raised his voice, like a mad dog that had been cornered, ready to jump off the wall.
"How come I didn't see the slightest hint of your assistance when we were attacked?!"
It's coming......
Lin Chen's eyes flickered slightly, he lowered his head, and quietly took a step back.
If no miracle happens, this guy named Jones will be killed by Viktor, and if he doesn't retreat a little bit and is considered a gang, it will be a tragedy.
"One of us, just outside, under your castle, has been eaten by werewolves, and you can't stop those beasts anymore, they have all attacked the city!"
The more Jones spoke, the more agitated he became, his hands waving vigorously, strengthening his tone and conviction.
"You're not enough to protect us! You've drained me! ”
Jones shouted with his hands held in the air, his eyes fixed on the dark ceiling of the hall.
"This place has been cursed by demons! We've all heard about it! ”
Jones pointed his finger at Wei Keduo, whose expression was already obviously a little distorted, and turned back to Lin Chen and the other nobles and yelled, "Look at his eyes!" The legend is true! He's become a demon! Demon!! ”
Jones's roar directly caused the nobles behind Lin Chen to talk one after another.
And Wei Keduo could no longer suppress his anger at this time, and this was expected......
"Whoosh!"
I saw Viktor sit up directly from the stone chair, and the agility of the vampire was exerted to the extreme, and when Jones waved his hands and wanted to say something, a pair of powerful big hands directly choked Jones's neck!
Vikto's hands are very thin, almost skinny, and you can clearly see the tendons.
But it was such a slightly thin palm that had the power to make Jones desperate......
Jones's still strong body was directly lifted up by Viktor with one arm, and his feet were more than ten centimeters off the ground!
Jones kept clapping his hands, trying to break Wei Keduo's palms, but a human being, unless he was like Lin Chen, awakened the power of **, how could he compete with vampires!
Wei Keduo's palm is like an iron tong, no matter how hard Jones tries, he can't shake it!
Lin Chen's thoughts turned, in the end, he still let go of the idea of killing Jones by himself, such a risk was too great, and it might even anger Wei Keduo even more!
"It's far better to deal with the demons you know than you don't!"
Wei Keduo said coldly, and flicked one arm fiercely, only to see Jones's body slammed into a stone pillar like a fluttering sack!
"Click!"
Lin Chen was keen to hear and could clearly perceive the sound of broken bones.
A stone on the stone pillar was smashed off by Jones's head, and Jones, in the collision with the stone pillar, broke his cervical vertebrae!
A large amount of blood gushed out of the broken scalp, and the crimson liquid merged into a trickle, slowly flowing to Lin Chen's feet, making his brows jump involuntarily.
The human nobles who had been talking about it suddenly fell silent, and the crimson trickle passed around Lin Chen's feet, like a deadly poisonous snake coiled around their throats, so that they didn't dare to shake their vocal cords and attract attention. (To be continued.) )