XV

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Free Army Major Hull Tedwood will turn 24 this year. He graduated third in his class three years ago and became the fastest-rising among his peers.

He served as an adjutant in the most elite unit of the entire Free Army and had the privilege of being the head of one of the top 10 intelligence networks in the South.

In his twenty-four years of life, there have been many memorable days – but this is the most memorable one.

"Gods bless freedom!"

At 7 p.m. on December 7, 1665, he stood in the middle of the council chamber to receive flowers and praise from the councillors who represented the people of the United provinces.

"Let's cheer for the defenders of freedom!"

At 7 p.m. on December 7, 1665, he saved the Union Parliament and the government of the Republic.

"Long live the heroes who saved the provinces!"

At 7 p.m. on December 7, 1665, he saved his homeland. As a soldier, there is no more glorious moment than this.

"Everyone, please calm down a little. Hull suppressed the excitement in his heart, "The battle is not over, the enemy army has not been completely defeated, and the plotters of the coup have not been caught. Until the coup is over, please allow me to use this as a temporary headquarters. ”

Naturally, no one would object to this reasonable proposal. "No problem, General!

"I'm sorry, I'm just a major, not a ...... yet"

"But you're going to be a general someday, young man. The older congressman patted him on the shoulder again, "You're going to be a general." ”

"Excuse me, I'm going out to monitor the progress of the battle. ”

The Major was a little dizzy by the praise of the enthusiastic politicians here, and he humbly apologized and withdrew from the chamber under the pretext of being aware of the situation.

"It's not your credit...... You're just an executor. Wake up, Hel Tedwood, these plans and advances were all deployed directly by General López, and you don't have any credit!"

He shouted loudly in his heart. Standing at the top of the seventy-two steps, letting his figure be reflected in the glorious flames of the parliament building, listening to the rumbling of cannon in the distance, and feeling the cold wind blowing in his face, Hull felt as if he was a little sober. We can't get carried away with joy yet, the battle is not over yet.

"Sir, now that the troops have switched to pursuit, everything is going well. Seeing him walk out of the parliament building, the long-awaited intelligence officers hurriedly stepped forward to report the situation of the battle.

"Everything went according to plan, and the damage was kept to a minimum. He looked at the map and calmly mobilized his troops, "If the other side retreats sharply to the east, let the three companies in the center speed up and be sure to stop the other side from plundering and setting fire." Two companies in the northern district sent men to reconnoitre, and tried to form an encirclement with the general's troops and annihilate all the rout troops in the northern district......"

But it's a good feeling to be called a general, and it's a good feeling to calmly deploy troops on the brink of death, Hull thought.

I wish I could see that she could be a "hero who saved freedom...... It's not enough to be called a 'target worthy of infiltration by extraordinary means,' but it looks a little handsome, right?"

- Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly saw a bewitching figure with light blue hair floating up the "seventy-two steps to freedom".

At that moment, he even thought it was an illusion of his own eyes.

“...... Balluth Wei?!" Hel Tedwood cried out.

"Yo, good night, Your Excellency Major. Bonnie Seiffel, who appeared as the "female half-vampire Balus Yui", scratched her head and replied with a smile. - The smile was a disguise for the rude fact that she couldn't remember his name.

"Well, what are you doing here? Are you sure we've reclaimed the council building......?" Hull wondered in his heart.

"Not exactly. Bonnie smiled seductively, "There's more work to do." ”

She turned around and motioned for Kezmi to catch up with his men, and a dozen or so menacing retinue rushed up the steps - no one knew how they had broken through the encirclement.

"Sir, this ......" the guards asked for Hull's opinion with some surprise.

"Let's wait and see what happens. For some reason, the Major didn't want to stop the woman's movements.

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In the main hall of the parliament building, the atmosphere was still warm, and the councillors were celebrating the victory with a drink they had gotten out of nowhere, but an untimely voice interrupted the grand celebration.

"Stand still, everyone, stay in your place! Whoever resists or does not listen to the command will be killed!" the woman's voice was clear and loud.

The vast majority of the councillors looked at the gate in amazement, and almost no one acted on the order.

"Is this a joke?"

"Women...... this is a good aftershow, who called it?"

Seeing that no one paid attention to her words, Bonnie sneered at the corner of her mouth and walked quickly to the rostrum.

"Introduce myself, I'm the Vampire Slayer, Balus Yui. I have come here to do justice. ”

The jade finger of her right flicked in the air, and a gorgeous sterling silver pistol appeared in the palm of her hand. A hermetically sealed structure with incredible destructive power, and a pistol capable of piercing through almost any magical enchantment.

"Just borrowed. She whispered softly, flicked her hand, didn't aim, and immediately pulled the trigger.

"Bang".

The crisp sound of gunfire immediately overpowered all sounds, and everyone's smiles froze on their faces.

"What seems to be the most righteous and awe-inspiring is often the most despicable ......"

Bullets with powerful divine power flew and shot straight at the chairman of the National Justice Party in the audience. The face of the upright parliamentarian immediately changed drastically. He subconsciously reached out and popped a blood shield from his fingertips, trying to block the bullet.

"The most honest and reliable people are often the ...... with the deepest scheming"

The bullet landed accurately on the blood shield, paused slightly—and then, without hesitation, pierced through. The six-pointed star's demon-breaking array flickered slightly—flashing the proud achievements of the two hundred and fifty years of scientific and technological progress in the later generations.

"The loudest words of praise are often the darkest ...... of thought"

The bullet swirled and swirled, striking the councillor's heart like a stake capable of nailing him to death. The legislators, who represent the rights of 15,000 Southern citizens, screamed and turned into snow-white ashes, which were blown into the air by the bullet wind. The vampire elders, who were able to barely move in the sunlight and achieved the status of glory in the sun, quietly turned to ashes.

"Dust to dust, dust to dust. It's never wrong to judge people by their appearance and identity. ”

Bonnie blew away the smoke from the muzzle of the gun and scanned the room again with a sharp and beautiful look. Not even one person can laugh anymore.

"I'm going to accuse. "I accuse the president of the National Justice Party, Bella Lugosi, of plotting a coup d'état and attempting to control the new parliament after the failed coup d'état. In the name of the Undead Countermeasures Act and the Nature of Divinity and Faith, I execute Bella Lugosi as a vampire, along with all his minions. ”

She took out a small box from her bosom and opened it, which was full of small holy water bottles: "Please take the test one by one." It is time for the scum who have wished for endless lives and given up their dignity and dignity to pay the price. ”

Hel Tedwood's eyes were wide open, looking at the unbelievable things in front of him. He felt that everything he knew, defended, and believed was crumbling.

The old councillor, who had patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him, pulled out his sword and stepped forward like crazy, only to be cut in two by the fierce guards beside Balus.

The parliamentarian who was clinking glasses with his colleagues with a smile just now would actually hold his companion hostage as a shield - but still couldn't escape the pursuit of bullets.

The heroine of the play throws the box in her hand into the air, causing it to explode to pieces at her gesture.

The bottles of holy water in the box turned into countless bundles of water, from which they shot out one after another, shuttling through the air, and the splashed water droplets were suspended in the air, like stars in the light.

Bring the rain of holiness that transcends and rests. Looking at the councillors who were still wailing wildly with white spots burned by the holy water, Hull felt a pang of nausea. He drew his sword and joined the warband.

"I ...... What did you save, a servant who saved the people, or a servant of the vampires?"

At 7:30 p.m. on December 7, 1665, Hull realized that he had nothing to save. The dream of becoming a hero lasted only half an hour before it turned into a harrowing reality. Hull didn't know what the look on his face was, maybe it should have been called "crying and laughing".

An hour and a half later than historically, the Union Parliament was forcibly dissolved because more than one-twentieth of its members had died.

*** ***

Clouds drifting from nowhere obscured the moonlight.

The sporadic fires lit one after another, reflecting on the clouds, showing a faint crimson, as if the sunset was still lingering in the Free City. The cruel beauty created by violence, but unfortunately there is no white dove as a foil.

The main force of the garrison had completely collapsed, and the rout had already begun to loot and plunder the city. In order to reduce the cost of maintenance, a large part of the garrisons of the Free Nation are mercenaries, and like most governments, the local government of Lenny owes these mercenaries their salaries, and now they are getting their "due" back in their own way.

"Get out the money and valuables, or I'll kill you!"

Screams rang out one after another. After quickly obtaining the loot by various means, professional mercenaries from all over the country did not hesitate to kill the witnesses. They lit fires and tried to stop their pursuers with their blazing flames. Wooden houses can easily burn one after the other during the dry winter months.

"Alright, light the fire and leave, and retreat to the east gate! Go to the next street in three minutes, leave it alone!" The experienced mercenary non-commissioned officer turned a deaf ear to the cries of the civilians and skillfully commanded the looting and killing. "The one over there, still with a woman? Do you really have the leisure to think that you can still escape with a woman?!! Kill ...... No, let's let it go. ”

"Woman, I didn't, who brought it?" The mercenary who was named turned his head in surprise, and his gaze could no longer be moved.

What attracts the attention of all men is a beautiful girl with a bright and dazzling smile. She radiated a charm that even the non-commissioned officer found difficult to grasp.

"I'm sorry, but I came on my own. There are only a few places that burn up, and it's really tiring to hurry. Anne Seffir took the map in her hand, looked at it for a moment, and smiled toothily, "Everyone, let it be the end, you should not continue to be evil." ”

Tonight, she deliberately wore tight-fitting leather armor that flattered her perfect body, and also wore light makeup, a little magic to attract the opposite sex, making her sexy charm even more dazzling, looking not at all 16 years old, but like 20 years old. Illuminated by the burning fires of the surrounding buildings, her shawl blonde hair was a dazzling golden red. It's not so much a heroine who comes to save the world, but a high school girl who goes on a date.

The mercenaries couldn't help but swallow their saliva and surrounded them, revealing hungry wolf-like eyes: "Why can't you go any further?"

"Because...... You're all going to be taken captive here. Anne chuckled, and with her left hand took a humble bundle of thick hemp rope from her waist pocket and threw it on the ground. "Activate! Ropes that move freely and tie up all the enemies in front of you!"

This order was carried out very faithfully by those magic ropes. The magic rope quickly wound around and tied up all the mercenaries who had just participated in the plunder. Anne ignored the mercenaries who were destined to become captives, and quickened her pace and ran towards the burning house.

Where is it...... Where is that person, is that person in this city?

The blazing flames were extinguished with a "swoop" as soon as they touched the breeze of the extinguishing magic that overflowed from her fingertips. Anne raced from burning house to house, fire after fire extinguished in her hands, vials of healing potions emanating from her magic bag.

"Thank you, thank you, how can we thank you for saving your life? Please be sure to leave your name, and we will do our best to repay you......" The dying people thanked her solemnly and sincerely.

"Ah, don't reciprocate, just call me Savior. By the way, do you have any handsome young men in your family who are calm and dashing?" asked everyone, Anne asked the question she had been preparing for a long time.

Unfortunately, most of the time, she only gets regrettable answers.

Occasionally, a few families will claim that "the dog is calm and handsome", but the results are very disappointing to the girl: most of them are "really pure beautiful boys" who are only tall enough to the tip of her nose, or "good slender beautiful boys" who are good in height but have a pale and thin face.

"The food structure and aesthetics of the Enlightenment era are really problematic. Isn't it time to bring in some new crops?"

The girl from the afterlife complained, paying attention to the crimson glow under the clouds in the distance.

"It seems to be on fire again? In that direction, near the Cathedral of Fortila, right? It's so far away, I hope it can be ...... in time."

Despite the constant blows, the savior, full of self-confidence, competitiveness, and a sense of justice, still managed to run forward as fast as he could.

She runs from east to west, searching for love, dreams, and hopes, and she doesn't stop.

*** ***

After changing into a black cloak that made it easy to hide, the ordinary-looking boy poked his head out of the alley where he was hiding. After looking around and making sure that there were no soldiers on any of the sides, Soleton walked out with peace of mind.

"Hmph...... It's despicable. He took a few steps forward and stopped in front of a shop that had been burned to the ground. He stopped here because he noticed a gentleman who had been cut was lying on the ground nearby and convulsing.

"Sir, do you need treatment?" the boy asked kindly, and the middle-aged gentleman nodded busily at the words.

Soleton smiled more kindly: "Please pay for the treatment." 500 gold coins, cheque or cash are acceptable. ”

The gentleman nodded busily: "Okay, okay! Just cure me, and I'll sign you a check!"

"Thanks for the review. Soleton closed his eyes, focused, and began to chant the incantation. “...... Heal the wounds!Cure Light Wounds!"

The wound on the gentleman's arm began to heal. He felt that it was no longer painful, and he stood up.

Soleton looked at him with a smile: "Please pay." Now that you know I'm a mage, what happens if you don't pay?"

After a few moments, the boy touched his money bag with satisfaction and continued on his way.

"Very good...... Another check for 500 gold coins. What a good night tonight...... It's good not to go back for now. Thanks to the fact that I also have the magic to learn the healing sub-lineage, and am not as pedantic as other mages, I have this money to make today. All the people on this street have been treated...... Where do we go next?"

"Stinky Boy...... Get out of the way!" a rout rushed from the west. "Be careful that we kill you...... Damn, the road has been plundered again. ”

"Big brother, you make a lot of money, right?" Soleton raised his hand in an imperceptible motion. "Do you want to know where a rich man lives nearby?"

"Ah...... what did you say, rich man, where ?......?"

The soldier's question was interrupted only halfway through the question - because Soleton's spell had already been struck: "...... Let's be friends, Charm Person!"

The magic of confusion is generally useless against other magicians, who are too strong in spirit and will, but if it is used against these mercenaries, who have broken down in morale and can only flee for their lives and plunder, there is no chance of failure.

"With the relationship between the two of us...... Should we meet in half?" said Soleton, patting the man on the shoulder.

The rout was stunned, thought about it for a moment, and pulled out a handful of jewelry and gold coins from his clothes. "That's right, brother!"

The boy took the gold coin, snickered and turned to leave: "Thank you, my dearest friend, goodbye!"

When the rout had gone away, he continued on his way. The streets were burning, and corpses lay on the side of the road. Even precocious teenagers have no resistance to this cruel sight.

"People should have fled to the nearest church. The nearest church to here should be ...... Florilla's Cathedral, huh?" the boy touched the gun at his waist and muttered to himself, "There is not much magic left...... I brought it out today because I was upset, so I hope I won't use it. ”

Numbing himself with the reason of "making money", and suppressing the discomfort in his chest, Soleton slowly walked in the direction of the cathedral.

He walks from west to east, crossing interests, reality, and death, stop-and-go.

*** ***

The four-color cross flag at the top of the parliament building was quietly lowered, symbolizing the dissolution of another joint parliament.

The earth has been cloaked in a cloak called night, and the sun has left the city. Under the cover of darkness, countless dialogues and monologues take place.

Some are close......

"Sir, when are we going to attack this orphanage? The brothers are in a hurry. ”

"Wait, it's supposed to be 8 o'clock. Don't worry, the welfare home won't run away anyway. ”

...... And some are far away.

"The plan to control the Southern Parliament, failed. Govar could be defeated at any moment. ”

"If you can't control it, let them mess up. Let everyone take action, the night is ours. ”

Some are full of enthusiasm......

"Miss Balus, where are you going next?

"It seems that now is not the time to start celebrating victory. ”

...... Some of them are very lonely.

"It's probably going to snow, isn't it? What is this guy doing in Soleton, why hasn't he come back yet?"

Fate and fate meet, plans and plans interfere with each other, and the scales of history are shaking.

Butterfly wings flapped, and then a storm descended after dusk.

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